The one thing which concerns me is the repertoire. The instigator is English, and he has been teaching a majority of irish tunes. It always strikes me as sad that here in Perthshire, historically a very strong centre of Scottish fiddle music (home of the Gows and many, many other giants of Scots fiddling) a basically Irish repertoire is learned. The good news is that the youngsters are enthused by the likes of Catriona MacDonald, The Wrigley Sisters, etc: there are role models in Scottish music, and the young people are finding them.
Are they playing the Irish tunes in a very Irish-style, or are they just taking Irish tunes and playing them in their own particularly regional style?
Toby
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