Give us some warning! That event sounded excellent! Hope it went well. It would take us a bit of an early start to make it to the borders, but it would have been worth it. (This list takes a few days sometimes?) Jan Lane ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 2.00pm to evening, Saturday June 14th, the village of Swinton (between > Kelso and Duns, Scottish Borders) has its annual Gala and has been given > some asssistance based broadly on King James VI/1st accession > quattercentenary. Expect some oddly costumed villagers wandering round. > > Musicians are welcome to play on the green during the afternoon (song > and dance equally welcome). Matt Seattle will be doing a quick turn as a > 'Border toon piper' in a new 18th century drag he's acquired for acting > this neglected historical role; I shall be placing sundry instruments on > a table, for people to try out more than in any hope of selling 'em, and > mandolin, mandola, guitar, zouk etc will happily be lent to anyone able > to make a favourable noise. I'll have my cittern tuned 18th c and a laud > tuned and strung as a six-course lute, and some kind of small battery > amplification hidden away just in case. Any kind of traditional Scottish > and ENGLISH folky stuff is OK as they are trying to celebrate the UNION > of the crowns and will welcome visitors from south the Border. > > Swinton's committee folk have said they will especially welcome pipers > and anyone pretending to be 400 years old. Whatever, it may be a nice > day, and there's a chance to perform or create an open-air session with > official approval and refreshments (ask me about that, Matt and the > ceilidh and the disco are 'bookings' - I'm a freeloading sales stall - > but there's a bit left in their pot to be hospitable). > > Kelso's ceilidh musicians will be around during the early part of the > evenign barbeque around 8.00pm to 9.00pm, making a rapid dash from > Carham where they are playing until 7.30! This may be indoors, or > outside if the weather permits (looks very much as if it will!). After > 9.00pm there's a disco indoors. > > Beyond this, I only know that there will be the usual attractions, > stalls, activities, beer, food and stuff - great for kids because > Swinton really has a lovely village centre and green. > > David Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
