Stuart Eydmann wrote:
In connection with your previous message regarding Burn's as a potential
'Negro driver' - no doubt you are famous with the super portrait of the
Glasgow tobacco merchant Glassford and his family in which one of his
seven
children is playing an early guitar. Were the
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Derek Hoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I played in a show several years ago about his life (sponsored by the Post
Office :) It is crying out to be turned into a screenplay.
Incidentally, there is a Scottish country dance called Indian Peter's
Reel, devised by the
Sid at scottish.parliament sends me
http://www.haggishunt.com/home.cfm http://www.haggishunt.com/home.cfm
It will soon be Burns Night. I'm excused, but the rest of you might like to get your
complete guide to the haggis here.
The site offers "great prizes to revive a fine old Scottish
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:37:15 +, David Kilpatrick wrote:
Buchan's note implies that it might well have involved ANY children, of
ANY families. Given the strong family ties present in any town, even as
big as Aberdeen, and the propensity of families for direct revenge it
seems unlikely that
Derek said:
I seem to recall discussing this with Stuart Eydmann once- Stuart had some
evidence that 'down bow on the first beat' was not so common among self-taught
traditional fiddlers.
I was giving a fiddle workshop in Talinn, Estonia where a Swedish fiddler observed
that I
Anselm wrote:
Is there an 'original' tune for it, or what is recommended?
The book recommends »Da Mirrie Boys o' Greenland« (sp?). When I
remembered the dance I thought there'd be a tune to go with it, which
would have been cool, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the
case.
Ah
