Here is a message from Chris Ormston, who has graciously agreed to make the selection this month:
John has asked me to select the theme for January's TOTM. In keeping with previous months, I've chosen something to appeal to both Northumberland pipers and Border pipers (though I'm aware that this trend effectively excludes most tunes that came into the smallpipe repertoire after 1810! - future selectors may wish to bear this in mind) The theme I've chosen is Highland Laddie. There are at least two strands here, Highland Laddie and New Highland Laddie, so there's plenty of scope for contributions. Examples I can think of include the GHB quickstep Highland Laddie, The Bonny Lass of Livingston, Dixon's Highland Laddie, and Peacock & Clough Family settings of New Highland Laddie. Be careful though; New Highland Laddie was the last tune played by 'Old' Thomas Clough (II) before his death, and Tom (III) once remarked that Henry Clough played it beautifully one evening, and the next day he was dead! The superstitious amongst you will be relieved to know that the last tune played by 'Young' Tom (IV) was not Highland Laddie, but Nae Guid Luck! Looking forward to your contributions, Chris -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
