Ohhh...did the wood begin to move? David Francis wrote: > > In the spirit of the occasional bulletins Nigel sends out, I report on a > great night of music that took place last night in the small Highland > Perthshire village of Birnam. > > The occasion was the annual 'just-after-Ne'er-Day' dance which has now > become a highlight of the > Bella MacNabs' calendar. The dance is a real community affair with people > of every age and type, and plenty of young folk in evidence. It always > takes a while to get going, with people drifting in up until 9.30 or so, but > once it takes hold it goes like a fair. One of the high points is always > the Broon's Reel which plenty of people in that part of the world know as > well as the staples you'll get at dances the length and breadth of the > country. > > One of the things that sets this event apart is the quality of the turns who > perform in the band's breaks. Previous years have seen musicians like Rod > Paterson, Pete Clark and the Critton Hollow String Band from West Virginia > give a tune or a song (nobody does more than one or two). This year's was > no less wide ranging: Simon Bradley, the fiddler with Asturian mega-band > Llan de Cubel; Fin Moore and Cape Breton step-dancer Kelly MacDonald > (daughter of Mary Janet); Cathy Goode and Louis Kaplan from Boston, and > California fiddling wiz Laura Risk, all of whom just happened to be in the > vicinity. > > A potent combination of the global and the local - and the band weren't bad > either. > > A Guid New Year to one and all > David Francis > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
-- May neither your strings nor your spirit ever break, May your harp and your soul always be in tune. Rita Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
