The Border Gaitherin - Coldstream 2002 - May 4 - 6th
This email is just to confirm that this event is going to go ahead. Last year was the first run of this event. The organisers got quite a lot of things right first time. We hope to build on the success this time. A repeat serving of the glorious holiday weather has been requested. The event is based on tuition in these workshops; fiddle - less experienced and more experienced players beginner's fiddle Flute and Whistle Pipes - Highland and small pipes Guitar Border Song Bohdran Traditional dance Clarsach (tbc) Accordian (tbc) We have a list of tutors lined up - some well known nationally others more locally. However, for the moment we cannot gives names until these bookings are confirmed. There will be a grand ceilidh on the Saturday night, a Concert on Sunday night and a presentation from the tutor groups on the Monday afternoon. There will be three luchtime recitals; Border Pipes, Border Song and Border Fiddle. There will, of course, be sessions in the pubs in the evenings. There will an open mike stage during the middle of each day. The popular festival music shop will, we hope, be enhanced by the presence of a local string instrument maker. Information will be available on the website www.bordergaitherin.com AT the moment there is only the information in this email - or less However if you want to look at some photos of this year's event, do click on the Gaitherin 2001 link. Some list members may spot themselves. Please leave it till tommorrow night as I am going to work on it for a bit this evening - probably quite late. Philip -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
