Haw ya bam, whit ur ye like! Jist cleek oan th blessit URL belaw an be done wi it! D'ye want us tae haud yer haun atweel? It's no like it's naw at th bottom o ilka ane o these posts!
Cleek an get aff ya wallopir ye! > Again, > please unsubscribe me from all these lists. > thank you > James Devlin > 14/12/02 17:03:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (scots-l-digest) wrote: > >> >>scots-l-digest Saturday, December 14 2002 Volume 01 : >> Number 441 >> >> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:30:18 -0600 (CST) >>From: "John P. McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [scots-l] traditional tune names? >> >>Dave, >> >>Have you tried asking the local teacher for some suggestions - dances >> that they do, and the tunes named for them? That might give you a list >> to take to your abc etc. libraries. Also consult the teacher about >> phrasing; e.g., Mairi's Wedding (the dance) requires 40 bar phrasing. >> >>Two or three fairly easy tunes: White Cockade, Highland Laddie, Duncan >> Gray, My Love She's But a Lassie Yet, Corn Rigs; Also, many of the >> jigs played in Scottish dance sets are (more or less) common to both >> Scottish and Irish repertoire; e.g., Smash the Windows, Haste to the >> Wedding; and there are tunes which I never know whether they are jigs >> or marches, Bonnie Dundee, Atholl Highlanders, and on and on. >> >>Have a great time, and best wishes to your local dancers, >> >>Peter McClure >>Winnipeg, MB >> >>Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >> subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >> http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:57:48 -0800 >>From: Steve Wyrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [scots-l] Re: Thanks. Summary follows >> >>Dave B wrote: >> >>>> These are from the Scottish Ceilidh Collection for Fiddlers -Jan >>> >>> Yes, I'll look for this. It could be just what I need. Danceable >>> tunes for new musicians. Excellent. >> >>Another one I'd recommend is Susie Petrov's "Susie Petrov, Her Book of >> Musick." It has some great medleys of tunes arranged specifically for >> SCD and a section containing tips on how to play for SCD. Some of the >> tunes are fairly challenging but all in all it's an excellent book. It >> should be available through the RSCDS's TAC bookstore or directly from >> Susie (I can give you her e-mail address if you want it) for around >> $20. Good luck tomorrow night; again please let us know how it goes. >> -Steve >>- -- >>Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California >> >>Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >> subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >> http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:48:31 -0000 >>From: James Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [scots-l] Re: scots-l-digest V1 #436 >> >>Please unsubscribe me from all these lists. >>thank you >>James Devlin >> >>30/11/02 12:21:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> (scots-l-digest) wrote: >> >>> >>>scots-l-digest Saturday, November 30 2002 Volume 01 : >>> Number 436 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:19:03 -0000 >>>From: "David Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: [scots-l] Re: Maids of Arrochar >>> >>>Thanks for the information, especially the attribution to John >>> MacDonald of Dundee. Interesting that before making the enquiry we >>> were messing around with an arrangement that wove the tune around >>> Scotland's alternative national anthem, 'Hermless' by Michael Marra - >>> of Dundee. >>> >>>Yours from the Twilight Zone, >>>David Francis >>> >>>t/f (44) (0)131 557 1050 (o); (44) (0)131 669 8824 (h) >>> >>>Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >>> subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >>> http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html >>> >>>------------------------------ >>> >>>Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:51:49 +0000 (GMT) >>>From: Nigel Gatherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: [scots-l] St Andrew's Day >>> >>>The annual St Andrew's Day parade took place in Crieff today. Nine >>> pipe bands led the procession, while the Muthill Clarsach Ensemble >>> tagged along for the first time. I'll admit they looked a bit funny >>> wheeling their harps on custom-made trolleys before them, but man, >>> there's nothing like the sound of thirty clarsachs playing "If Ye're >>> Scottish, Come Oot That Press." >>> >>>The pubs and hotels do their bit, selling glasses of woad beer - it's >>> a fine tipple, but it's a little disconcerting to see all those blue >>> lips for weeks afterwards. After a couple pints everyone starts >>> kissing each other, although the thistle buttonholes that most people >>> insist on wearing kept the local health centre busy. >>> >>>The council were hoping Jock Tamson's Bairns would come up and help >>> with the Blessing of the Tartan, but all we could afford was Geoff >>> Bartleby's Toddlers, whose twin washboard players really made the >>> rhythm rattle along. Dance? Dod, we danced, hoochin', wheechin' and >>> pechin' all afternoon in the square. When Bella McNab joined in >>> wearing only a saltire (why do they make these flags so small?) and >>> her >>>trademark corset, the pavements bounced. Why she left the band she >>> formed (was it in the 1940s Dave?) I'll never know; nobody can inspire >>> people to go off and lead better lives than Bella. As we say in these >>> parts, "Bella, Bella!" >>> >>>A local St Andrew's Day custom is toasting the lion and unicorn, two >>> stone carvings on top of pillars in the square. Seems a few years ago >>> the Conservative Club complained about the size of their respective >>> genitalia, saying that it was alright for that sort of thing in "the >>> old days" but that Crieff is a "better place" now, and perhaps for the >>> sake of modesty the offending parts should be shortened. A public >>> battle of words and wits ensued, but it was a journalist for the >>> Crieff Clarion, whose "Lion Too Rampant; Unicorn Too Horny?" banner >>> headline stopped the pro-dockers' campaign in its tracks. A >>> re-enactment with cardboard scissors seems to be popular with Crieff >>> women. >>> >>>So how did YOUR town celebrate St Andrew's Day? >>> >>>- -- >>>Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ >>> >>>Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >>> subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >>> http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html >>> >>>------------------------------ >>> >>>End of scots-l-digest V1 #436 >>>***************************** >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >> subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >> http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html >> >>------------------------------ >> >>End of scots-l-digest V1 #441 >>***************************** >> >> > > > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To > subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
