Subject: Season of Sessions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by argyll.wisemagic.com id PAA26114 A launch session for the 'Season of Sessions' - live music in a pubs and hotels every weekday night for a ten-week season from August to October - will be held at the Salmon Inn, Galashiels, on Monday August 6th at 8.30pm. All musicians involved in the project are invited, and the press/media for photographs. And, of course, since this is also an opening session, an audience too! This IS open to the public so bring a friend or tell them about it. Hope to see you there! David Kilpatrick, Vice-Chairman, JAM PRESS INFORMATION: This ten-week season adds over 35 new sessions to existing well supported regular live music in the Scottish Borders, ensuring 50 weekday night sessions over a ten-week period, plus additional weekend dates. It involves local musicians, supported by Scottish Enterprise Borders as part of their 'boost the Borders economy' �50,000 funding aimed at countering the effects of foot and mouth on tourism. It has been arranged by JAM Music in the Community, a local charity which already runs regular workshops and programs with the help of national funding. The session are typical of the region - fiddle, guitar, pipes, etc with a mixture of Border, Scottish, Irish and English music and songs - and visitors who want to join in are welcome. All sessions are free and the pubs and hotels involved have been chosen because they are traditional hosts for this kind of informal music, and also offer visitors suitable facilities. For further information, call Nick Addington who has co-ordinated the program as a whole, on 01228 543583. A full program of the events will be available. If you would like a photograph emailing from our own photographer, please reply to this email and we will organise it. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
