Box & Fiddle Magazine

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42nd Year No. 10 June 2019

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BOX& The magazine for Scottish music enthusiasts

DUMFRIES FESTIVAL NEWCASTLETON FESTIVAL

ROBERT WHITEHEAD is Centre Stage

et MargaSrm ith Guest of Honour 2019 PLUS

NEWS, CLUB & DANCE DIARIES, REVIEWS AND MUCH MORE...

Welcome

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...to the June issue of Box & Fiddle The magazine for Scottish music enthusiasts

Editor • Pia Walker 7 Tarvit Gardens Cupar, Fife, KY15 5BT Tel: 01334 657 850 Mob: 07715 115 489 editor@boxandfiddle.com Designer • Marie Martin mamidesigns@hotmail.com Section icons by: FlatIcon

Printer • Ivanhoe Caledonian Printing Company Ltd Eskmills, Musselburgh, EH21 7PE

NAAFC Chairman Nicol McLaren The Shian, Woodlands Road Blairgowrie, PH10 6LD Tel: 01250 874 526 nicol@boxandfiddle.com Vice Chairman Iain Cathcart Tel: 01555 661 017 iain@boxandfiddle.com Secretary Shona MacFadyen secretary@boxandfiddle.com Executive Committee: Scott Band Charlie Kirkpatrick Susan MacFadyen Richard Ross Liam Stewart

We are getting closer to the AGM, and as per usual the NAAFC executive committee are working hard to get ready for what is always a great day. Votes have been counted and the BAAFI winners a closely kept secret, although you will find the final nominees for each category in this issue.

Thank you to all who sent in votes.

Pia Walker, Editor For me May was filled with music – the Shand Morino Day as well as a little celebration on the day before plus the ceilidh after the golf, all of which you will hear more of in the July issue.

July will also bring the much awaited guest artist list and this year more musicians have asked to join the list. We now have a search facility on our website, so the band section and the name section will be merged once again.

With regards to music, many of you report religiously which tunes are played at your meetings – and I can’t help wonder if the guest musicians are content that their repertoires are listed so diligently. Presumably, they repeat their programme (and stories) in other places and the element of surprise may thus disappear.

We have another little change. As you all know, the deadline for submitting information is the 5th of every month. This is so that the team have time to edit the information, proofread and set it before it goes to print in the middle of the month. We have only a short time span to do all that is needed to make this magazine the best and only magazine of its kind. Receiving content at 23:45 on the deadline date means the process is delayed somewhat. Please note the deadline is now 12 midday on the 5th. Of course, you can always contact me in case of problems, but do ask your reporters to send in as soon as possible after your meeting ☺.

We are still publishing during the summer. The magazine will still contain information pertinent to your clubs and your audience. Wouldn’t it be a pity to miss out?

I look forward to meeting many of you soon.

Keep up with the latest news at

www.boxandfiddle.com Box & Fiddle (NAAFC)

Pia

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While every care has been taken in compiling Box & Fiddle to ensure that it is correct at the time of going to press, Box & Fiddle assume no responsibility for any effects from errors or omissions.

Contents

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B&F • CONTENTS

7 News 10 Guest of Honour 2019 Margaret Smith

14 Centre Stage

Robert Whitehead

16 Festivals

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Dumfries Festival

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The story of Roger Dobson & the Newcastleton Festival

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Club News

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Club Diary

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Dance Diary

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Reviews

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Music

The latest news from our clubs

You are never too old to go clubbing!

Find the nearest dances and ceilidhs

These Are The Hands Imminent Winds of Change

Alistair Starkey’s Farewell

All articles, adverts, club reports and text for the magazine must be e-mailed to the editor by the 5th of every month midday at the latest. Copy received after this date cannot be guaranteed to feature in the next issue.

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Celebrations

B&F • NEWS

BAFFI

AWARDS 2019 The BAFFI 2019 nominees are (in alphabetical order) Morris Whyte (client of Sensory Services), club members Ally Rennie and Jim Hood, Joan Kennedy, Sensory Services, Isabel Byers and Sheena Skea from the Montrose Stroke Centre and Ron Ramsay Montrose A presentation was made to Joan Kennedy of Sensor Services (Angus & Dundee) and Isabel Byers and Sheena Skea of the Montrose Stroke Club. Each received a cheque for £250 A cheque for £100 was also forwarded to friends of Anchor, Aberdeen Infirmary via Paul Anderson to help families of cancer patients.

Guest Artist of the Year l Leonard Brown l Janet Graham l Addie Harper l John Morgan

CD of the Year l Alan Cookston l Leonard Brown l Ian Hutson l Lindsay Weir

Club Supporter of the Year l Gerry Boxall l Janet Graham l Alasdair Henderson l Billy Hutton

Langholm Adam Grant, Langholm chairman and MC of 30 years, has retired. Mabel Grant made a smashin’ cake to mark the occasion and a presentation was made. Thank you, Adam, for such great service to our music.

Club of the Year l Campsie l Clydesdale

l Dingwall l Windygates

It is always great to hear news from afar and I recently corresponded with Judi Nicolson Judi seems to be more than busy across the pond.

Not only has she been appointed music director for the Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School, but she has also become the music director for TAC (Scottish Country Dance Teachers Association of Canada) for July 2020. The venue will be the same as this year (Calgary, Alberta, Canada).

As well as attending Boston week in August, she is heading to Australia this summer to play for the Melbourne Winter School, Adelaide Ball and to visit Perth WA. Closer to her home she will be in Fort Worden near Seattle and at a Scottish weekend in Washington DC in September, and she will be playing at the Houston Ball in October.

Of the Boston Harbour Scottish Fiddle School, held 10-16 of August, she says: “As the new music director for Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to browse our website and learn about this most fantastic Scottish fiddle camp.

We meet in Boston to start our classes before taking the ferry ride the following day to the idyllic Thompson Island for a week of non-stop music!

We have excellent teachers again this year so I know it will be an exciting week of fun with Scottish fiddle as well as guitar, piano and accordion music! For the fiddle classes, we have levels for students of all abilities, from the rudimentary stage of playing and simply learning tunes and playing in a group through to advanced, where we add the more pivotal techniques like bowing, phrasing and interpretation. For some of the even more experienced players we will also be teaching stage presence for performance or competition.

There may also be the chance of some one-to-one teaching during the week.

The social evenings will be filled with sessions, concerts and events to encompass all things musical, where everyone can mingle and enjoy the company of fellow musicians! Whatever our students wish to achieve from their week on Thomson Island, we guarantee it will certainly be the most enjoyable experience!” l Judi Nicolson ALCM, Music Director Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School www.scottishfiddleschool.org

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19 0 2 r u no o H f to s e u G

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By Pia Walker

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o many people in the North East of Scotland know and have played with Margaret Smith or been taught by her and only have nice things to say, so I was quite looking forward to driving to Banchory to meet with this lady who has been accompanying many musicians and bands over the years. I wasn’t disappointed. What a nice lady.

She invited me into her lovely home in which she has resided since the late 80s and we had a great time chatting about her life.

Pianist Margaret Smith was born in Huntly in 1930.

Her father George Donald played the fiddle; but only at home, where Margaret, after she had learnt to play piano, frequently accompanied him. Her mother, Peggy Donald, also loved music and enjoyed sitting at the piano and trying to learn by ear. The musical gene runs in the family. Her younger brother George Donald became well known through Scotland the What; Margaret is very proud of him and calls him a genius. She told me that it was difficult to get him off the piano at home as he was always practising.

I got the impression that perhaps there was a little bit of competition between them in who should get to practise. They were obviously both very talented

and their mother, in order to support the war effort, arranged for concerts in the back garden where the siblings entertained.

Margaret was taught first by a Ms Anderson (from Huntly) where the lessons were mostly in classical piano. After finishing school at 15, Margaret travelled to Aberdeen every week for lessons from Mrs Gerrie and gained her music diploma in teaching while she was working full time at the Aberdeen Savings Bank, Huntly. Margaret worked in the bank from when she left school until she married Bill. It was the norm that when a woman got married, she would lose her job, so she then started to teach piano. Later when attitudes had changed and after the children started school, she resumed her work in the bank and after twenty-seven and a half year’s service, retired at the age of sixty.

She met the two years older Bill in 1948 when she started as a pianist with the Boys’ Brigade and the Huntly Harmonica Orchestra. They played all over the North East of Scotland, mostly for post-war charities, and had more than 50 musicians in the band. They were out most Fridays, so life was busy.

She married Bill, who played fiddle, in 1953 when

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Robert Whitehead Northumbrian Robert’s band was the first band I ever heard live, in, 1977 I think, when they visited Copenhagen. His smile, his calm demeanour and his accent have not changed to this day.

When was the first time you performed in public?

At a concert in Shilbottle County Primary - I was 11.

What do you appreciate most in life?

My health, my family and the gift to make music.

What is your most cherished childhood memory?

Accordion competitions in Alnwick when I was 12 or 13, and in Gretna and Perth.

Who was a big influence in your life and/or your music?

My parents’ encouragement.

The local band in the 60s, The Cheviot Ranters. Jimmy Shand, Andrew Rankine and Jim Johnstone.

What was your first job?

I worked in a travel agency in Alnwick for almost 20 years.

What is your greatest indulgence? Travelling.

What is your abiding musical memory?

Forming The Whitehead Brothers with my brother Jon (drums) and Alan Brown (keyboard).

The Danelaw Band came next in 1969 with Joseph Hornsby on fiddle. The band’s second public appearance on Opportunity Knocks, Sept. ‘69. In 1978 we were the first band from south of the border to play on Take the Floor. Playing at the 1994 Shetland Accordion & Fiddle Festival. I’m very proud to have

had eldest son Christopher in the band until he moved to Ireland and now have great fun with youngest son Graeme bringing in fresh ideas.

What are your worst fears?

Not being able to lift my accordion!

What are the best places in the world you have visited?

Orkney and Shetland. Dancing holidays in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Washington DC’s Smithsonian Folk Festival.

Our favourite holiday place is Sorrento.

What is your favourite musical venue?

Our first big, impressive venue the Floral Hall, Southport, De Montfort Hall, Leicester and Porchester Hall, London, not forgetting City Hall in Newcastle.

How would you like to be remembered?

For being happy and for my love of our music.

What makes you angry, annoyed or short tempered?

I get annoyed when stuck in traffic on the way to a gig.

What is your favourite location in Scotland?

Glenspean Lodge Hotel, Roy Bridge.

If you had to leave, what would you miss and what would you be glad to see the back of?

I would miss the beautiful county of Northumberland. Nothing I

would like to see the back of really, other than traffic jams on our single track A1.

If your house was on fire, what would you save?

Family photographs and my accordion.

Who are your heroes and why?

Muhammed Ali, Eddie the Eagle and Torvill & Dean for their determination to achieve.

The Scottish dance music scene - your thoughts and hopes?

It is very thriving with all these wonderful young players and their brilliant teachers. We have friends teaching ceilidh dancing; it would be wonderful to see this enthusiasm spread into the Scottish dance scene and into our schools.

What 5 people would you invite to your dream dinner party?

My wife Judith, Andrea Boccelli, Jack Emblow, Rod Stewart and Billy Connelly Your 1, 2, 3 of favourite tunes / songs?

Good Bye, My Love, Good Bye (Demis Roussos); Save the Last Dance for Me (The Drifters); When I need You (Leo Sayer).

Today I will: Eat: Roast chicken dinner Drink: Heineken Zero Read: Next week’s Scottish dance programmes Visit: The Sands Centre, Carlisle to see Foster & Allen Watch: Baptiste

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Festivals

Perform in Dumfries T

he accordion and fiddle section concluded the Dumfries and District Music Festival Association’s Perform in Dumfries Festival.

Entrants came from Crawfordjohn, Biggar, Livingston, Carstairs, Dolphinton, Edinburgh and Wishaw as well as Annan, Auldgirth, Closeburn, Carronbridge, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Parkgate, Lochfoot, Lochmaben, Moffat, Moniaive, Ruthwell, Thornhill and Waterbeck.

The adjudicators were Iain Cathcart and Nick Spencer. Iain is an accordionist and bandleader, originally from Kilwinning in Ayrshire and now residing in Lanark with his wife Shirley and two young daughters. Iain is the current vice chairman

of the National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs. Iain Cathcart and his band have recorded some 18 sessions for BBC Radio Scotland’s Take the Floor programme.

Nick is a well-known and popular local fiddler best known for playing in Two Left Feet for many years. A multi-instrumentalist, he was originally from North Yorkshire but brought up in Langholm.

He began learning the fiddle as an adult and soon reached a very high standard of playing. He is particularly fond of the ‘classical’ type of fiddle music and composers such as Niel Gow and Scott Skinner.

The results are as follows:

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Club News Just remember to seek permission to publish the photos and tell us the name of the photographers.

To ensure a more readable section, please only send in max 250-300 words.

A photo tells a better story, so add one or two of those too. Why not of your audience? Information in Club News helps attract visitors to your club, so make sure your club sounds like the place we want to go to.

Kyle Rowan and Callum Cruickshank

ABERDEEN On the last day of April we met for the second last club night of the season. First on stage was Frank Burnett on accordion with Stanley Flett on piano and Scott Gordon on drums. They stayed on stage but with a change of lead and Denis Shepherd on moothie gave us a few sets.

Back to accordion and Charlie Lawie with Esma Shepherd on piano ended our first half of local musicians. Thanks go to them all for a great start.

Our guest was young Kyle Rowan on accordion accompanied by a slightly older Callum Cruickshank on piano and they certainly lowered the average age of the audience!

Kyle at only 17 gave a superb

performance and never looked at a sheet of music all night, only at a list of tunes, and he impressed everyone with his Gaelic pronunciation of his chosen waltzes. The young duo gave us an excellent first half of every tempo from marches, reels and jigs to lesser known tunes such as Stomach Steinway Man. They played many more tunes including Phil Cunningham’s wonderful slow air The Gentle Light That Wakes Me and the duo got huge applause at the end of a fantastic first half.

After tea and the raffle, regular Sandy McAllan took the stage accompanied by Esma Shepherd and was followed

by Lynne Christie, Susan and Scott Gordon and Callum

Cruickshank who ended the music from local players.

Our guests returned for another polished performance with tunes including The Loch Ness Monster, Ballochyle and Am Falbh Thu Leam (The Tiree Bridal Song). Kyle finished off with reels of his own composition: Katie McAdam, Waiting for the Box and The Gin Jacket, a great title but no explanation from the under age lad! It was an absolutely brilliant performance, boys.

Sheila Bain ALNWICK Once again, we had a great night of good company and musical entertainment. The local artists were Sylvia Youngson, Elizabeth Younger, Joan Kirk, Robin Cowens and I, all on accordion. Jimmy Little played mouth organ and Ian Riddell drums. As always, a big thank you goes to these loyal supporters and the audience.

Guest artist was Gavin Piper playing 5-row button-accordion with MIDI sound. As always it was a very polished and energetic performance from Gavin who played music for us which followed an excellent

B&F DIARY • MAY 2019 B&F • CLUB

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Club Diary June 2019 DATE

CLUB

GUEST ARTIST

VENUE

TIME

CONTACT

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Arbroath

Neil Hardie Band

Arbroath Artisan Golf Club, Elliot,

By Arbroath DD11 2PE

7.30 pm

Tony Simpson 01241 875 326

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North East

AGM

Royal British Legion, Keith AB55 5EN

7.30 pm

Rory Smith 07769 801 996

4

Seghill

Club Night (Visitors welcome)

Seghill Comrades Club, Cramlington NE23 7TQ

7.00 pm

James Youngson 01670 356 410

5

Glenfarg

David Oswald SDB

Glenfarg Village Hall, Glenfarg PH2 9NU

7.30 pm

Stewart Smith 01577 830 296

5

Montrose

Steven Carcary Duo

Park Hotel, Montrose DD10 8RJ

7.30 pm

Ron Ramsay 01241 879 487

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Orkney

Club Night (Private function)

The Reel, Kirkwall KW15 1KD

7.30 pm

Jim Marwick 01856 874 474

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Crieff

Janet Graham Band

The British Legion, Crieff PH7 3EB

7.30 pm

Irene Anderson 01764 654 298

6

Rothbury

Jimmy Cassidy Duo - supported by Gillian Birnie, Robert Whitehead & Friends

Armstrong Hall, Jubilee Institute, Rothbury NE65 7SD

7.30 pm

Mary Davidson 01668 281 307

6

Turriff

Gavin Piper

Commercial Hotel, Cuminestown AB53 5WJ

7.30 pm

Pat Steele 01888 562 486

7

Lewis & Harris

Visit from Sutherland A&F Club

Caladh Inn, Stornoway HS1 2QN

8.00 pm

Janette MacIver 01851 704 870

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Blairgowrie

John Morgan

Red House Hotel, Coupar Angus PH13 9AL

7.30 pm

Helen Aitchison 01821 670 302

11

Seghill

Club Night (Visitors welcome)

Seghill Comrades Club, Cramlington NE23 7TQ

7.00 pm

James Youngson 01670 356 410

12

Kelso

AGM

Kelso Rugby Club, Kelso TD5 7EH

7.00 pm

Kevin Sterrick 07920 520 475

12

Orkney

Club Night (Visitors welcome)

The Reel, Kirkwall KW15 1KD

7.30 pm

Jim Marwick 01856 874 474

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Button-Key (Windygates)

Keith Robertson

The Greig Institute, Windygates KY8 5DG

7.00 pm

Mary Cook 01592 713 687

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Carlisle

The Allerdale Fiddlers

St Margaret Mary’s Social Club, Carlisle CA2 4JX

7.30 pm

Alison Davies 01228 675 505

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Annan St Andrew

Robert Whitehead

St Andrew Social Club, Annan DG12 5JW

7.30 pm

Mrs N Taylor 01461 204 604

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Highland

AGM

The Waterside Hotel, Inverness IV2 4SF

7.30 pm

Jacqui MacDonald 01463 231 929

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Ellon

Alasdair Salter & Ian Thow

Station Hotel, Ellon AB41 9BD

7.30 pm

Tom Jamieson 07864 824583

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Seghill

Club Night (Visitors welcome)

Seghill Comrades Club, Cramlington NE23 7TQ

7.00 pm

James Youngson 01670 356 410

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Orkney

Club Night (Visitors welcome)

Kings St Halls, Kirkwall

7.30 pm

Jim Marwick 01856 874 474

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Tynedale

Bryan Gear & Martin Henderson

Tynedale Farmers Function Suite, Hexham Auction Mart, Hexham NE46 3SG

7.00 pm

Roddy Matthews 01434 672 424 / 07801 951 965

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Banchory

TBC

Burnett Arms Hotel, Banchory AB31 5TD

7.45 pm

Brian Cruickshank 01339 883 582

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Dance Diary

Contact: ceilidh@dancediary.info Tel: 01389 767718 or send your entry to: Alasdair Graham, 1 First Avenue, Dumbarton G82 2PU

Ceilidh & Old Time Dances

Regular Weekly Events

DATE

TOWN

HALL

BAND

TIME

COST

CONTACT

COMMENTS

Monday

Kirkwall

St Magnus Centre

Live Music

7.30 pm - 10.00 pm

£5/£2

Door - All Welcome 01856 873 534

Orkney Dance Assoc.

Wednesday

Coupar Angus

St Anne’s Church Hall, Forfar Road

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7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

£2.50

Tracy Thom 01828 628 747

Ceilidh Class.

Wednesday

Glasgow

St Andrews in Square

Live Music

7.15 pm - 9.30 pm

£5.50 Bar

Door (Tricia Matthews) 01324 716855

Ceilidh & Old Time Class

Wednesday

Stornoway

Primary School

-

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

-

Janette Maciver 01851 704 870

Ceilidh & Old

Ceilidh & Old Time Dances

School term time only

June 2019

DATE

TOWN

HALL

BAND

TIME

COST

CONTACT

COMMENTS

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Canonbie

Village Hall

Johnny Duncan

7.30 pm - 11.30 pm

£6 B.Y.O.B.

07704 727 463

(own food) DG14 0UX

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Largoward

Village Hall

Jimmy Lindsay

8.00 pm - 11.00 pm

£5 Tea

07961 437 615

Weekly Dance KY9 1HZ

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N. Kessock

Village Hall

Ian Cathcart

8.00 pm - 12.00 mn

£6 Tea

01463 222 393

Social Dancers B.Y.O.B.& Food

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Bridge of Earn

Institute

Steven Carcary

7.30 pm

£5 No Bar

01738 813 997

Tea & Biscuits

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Foulden

Village Hall

Leonard Brown

7.30 pm

£6 No Bar

01289 386 400

Pay at Door - Soft Drinks avail.

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Keith

Legion Hall

Ewan Galloway

8.00 pm

£8

01542 882 638

TMSA Festival Dance

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Largoward

Village Hall

Leonard Brown

8.00 pm 11.00 pm

£5 Tea

07961 437 615

Weekly Dance KY9 1HZ

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Montrose

Park Hotel

Johnny Duncan

2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

£?

01241 879 487

A & F Club Sunday Ceilidh

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Glencarse

Village Hall

Scott Band

7.30 pm - 10.00 pm

£4 No Bar

01738 552 688

Set & Couples Dances

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Ayr

Heathfield C.C.

Susan MacFadyen

7.30 pm - 10.00 pm

Pay at Door

01292 440 037

Monthly Dance Club

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Largoward

Village Hall

Steven Carcary

8.00 pm - 11.00 pm

£5 Tea

07961 437 615

Weekly Dance KY9 1HZ

22

N. Kessock

Village Hall

Scott Band

8.00 pm - 11.45 pm

£6 Tea

01463 222 393

Social Dancers B.Y.O.B.& Food

23

Milnathort

Town Hall

John Stuart

2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

£5 tea

01577 863 244

Proceeds to Charity. Pay at Door

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Dufftown

Memorial Hall

-

7.30 pm - 10.00 pm

-

01340 871 529

Monthly Social

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Windygates

Greig Institute

Bruce Lindsay

7.30 pm - 10.30 pm

£5 Tea

01333 351 127

Monthly Dance - Tea & Eats

28

Helensburgh

Commodore Hotel

Liam Stewart

8.00 pm - 12.00 mn

T £10

01436 831 284

Highlanders Advance Ticket

B&F • REVIEWS

Reviews These Are The Hands Alexander McCall Smith & James Ross CDTRAX 404

Down through the years the wonderful people at Greentrax have provided us with many outstanding recordings. For me, this new release by Alexander McCall Smith and James Ross is up there with the best, if not THE best, the label has produced and I would urge you to get your hands on a copy. Alexander McCall Smith and James Ross have joined forces to create These Are The Hands, a celebration of Scotland, the sea and the land.

All the songs and music on the album are composed by James Ross with all poems written by Alexander McCall Smith. The songs on the album are beautifully performed with great emotion and sensitivity by singers Michelle Burke and Kathleen MacInnes.

Supporting musicians are James

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Ross (piano), Leo Forde (guitar), Liam Bradley (percussion), Patsy Reid (fiddle and viola), Su-a Lee (cello and musical saw), Euan Burton (double bass), John Kenny (trombone), Ryan Quigley (trumpet) and Mikey Owers (brass). Narration on the album is provided by the great voice of Alexander McCall Smith.

The inspiration was to produce a body of work that celebrated in song and music the strong relationship that Scotland has with the sea. In support of that Alexander McCall Smith wrote a series of poems that dealt with various aspects of the impact that the sea has had on Scotland and its people. A number of the songs featured on the album look back at Scotland’s maritime history.

Alexander and James decided to broaden their scope by saying something about the relationship that people have had with the land as well in order to paint a broader picture of the working life of Scots. Songs with titles such as The Waves Bear the Saints, On Clouds Over Mull, The Great Michael, Built on the Clyde, Miner and Silver Darlings all hopefully paint that picture.

This is an absolutely stunning body of work that has been beautifully written and produced.

If you only buy one CD this year, make sure it’s this one.

Find out further information at www.greentrax.com. l

Imminent Gary Innes GH102

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This is without question another outstanding release

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Imminent is the exciting new release from our illustrious new BBC Radio Scotland Take the Floor presenter Gary Innes, who took over presenting the iconic long running weekly radio show from the legendary Dr Robbie Shepherd MBE in 2016 (was it really three years ago?).

Gary was born in the village of Spean Bridge in the heart of the Scottish Highlands and has been performing and composing music for over 16 years. Gary is also one of the founding members of the award-winning Scottish supergroup Mànran.

Gary released his first solo

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