tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86879884249678466452023-11-16T03:22:57.142-08:00Scad the BeggarsPromoting the Traditional Music and Song of North Antrim.Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687988424967846645.post-82174846811834130802009-07-24T11:42:00.000-07:002018-01-21T23:45:43.047-08:00A warm welcome from Scad the Beggars<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">6 piece group based in North Antrim</span></b></h3>
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<u><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Scad the Beggars</b> playing at the annual </span><b><span style="color: #660000;">Broadisland Gathering</span></b></u></h4>
<span style="color: #660000;">Watch the video: </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i17kPwBves">Broadisland Gathering - Scad the Beggars</a></u></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #660000;">We play the music and song of </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Ulster, Scotland, Ireland and Northumberland.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">We play a wide variety </span><span style="color: #660000;">of instruments, including:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>Northumbrian</b><b> Smallpipes, Fifes, </b></span><b style="color: #660000;">Whistles, </b><b style="color: #660000;">Fiddles, Mandolins,</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">English Concertina, Piano Accordion, </span></b><b><span style="color: #660000;">Oboe, Harp, Nyckelharpa, Guitar </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #660000;">plus </span></b><b><span style="color: #660000;">Hammered Dulcimer.</span></b></div>
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<u><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Scad the Beggars</b> playing at the annual </span><b><span style="color: #660000;">Broadisland Gathering</span></b></u></h4>
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<span style="color: #660000;">We play & sing every Thursday night in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">This is an Open Session so everyone is welcome </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">to come along &/or bring an instrument & join in.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;">You'll get a flavour of this session by watching this video:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u56aooFGEKY">Weekly Session in the Diamond Bar, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim</a></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><u><b>Scad the Beggars</b> playing in concert in Bushmills</u></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #660000;">We also play every Saturday night in the <b>Bushmills Inn</b>.</span><br />
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<u><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Scad the Beggars</b> playing at the </span><b><span style="color: #660000;">Ballymoney Farmers Market</span></b></u></h4>
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<span style="color: #660000;">As well as our weekly informal session, we have </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">performed at a variety of functions & events over </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">the years, including Concerts, Burns Nights, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Weddings, Costume Period Events & in local </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Nursing Homes.</span><br />
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<u><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Scad the Beggars</b> playing at a </span><b><span style="color: #660000;">Wedding Reception</span></b></u></h4>
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<span style="color: #660000;">To keep up to date with our activities,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">you can follow us on</span> <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/scadthebeggars/">Facebook</a></span></b>.<br />
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<u><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Scad the Beggars</b> playing at a recording for </span><b><span style="color: #660000;">Radio Ulster</span></b></u></h4>
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<b style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><u>Playing at a Burns Night in Ballymoney</u></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: #660000;">Anyone wishing us to play at their event or </b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Tel: 07706825666</span></b></h4>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>eMail</b> us at:</span> <b><a href="mailto:dickglasgow@btinternet.com">dickglasgow@btinternet.com</a></b></h4>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Here's a lovely thank you letter I just received, following a recent gig.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #660000;">"It was a great night, many thanks to yourself, Alan, Sam, Reilly, Sabine, Deborah & Steven.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #660000;">
The performance lived up to my expectations. A member from Wales has
even gone home planning to buy low & high whistIes to accompany his
wife on the accordion.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #660000;"> There were many compliments on the band and some people said they would have been happy to sit o<span class="text_exposed_show">n a lot later!</span></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #660000;"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Thanks again for giving us such great entertainment last Friday night. <br /> I hope to see you at Ma Kelly's sometime in the not too distant future. Very best regards, Mark"</span></span></i></b></h4>
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<b><span style="color: #660000;"><u>Scad the Beggars at an open air event in Bushmills</u></span></b></h4>
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Ulster-Scots Music Tuition </span></h2>
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Fiddle & Tin Whistle Classes!</span></h2>
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #660000;">Every Thursday evening in the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ullanscentre/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Ullans Centre, Ballymoney</b></span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;">All welcome, including complete beginners.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;">Fiddle: 7 to 8pm ... Tin Whistle: 8 to 9pm</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;">Tel: </span><b><span style="color: blue;">028 2766 8897</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Scad the Beggars</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We have actually been on the go, in various guises, since </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2002<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This was</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">when we first got together to promote the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://northantrim.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Traditional Music and Song</span></span></a></span><a href="http://northantrim.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> of </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://northantrim.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">North Antrim</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">Here's a photo of the original line up.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">This Blog then, is a little potted history of our musical journey, so far, we hope you find it interesting. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">Before I start though, perhaps I should just explain that the expression </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-size: small;">'</span><a href="http://www.storyfinders.co.uk/Directory/?module=Item%20Detail&itemid=b1bad7cb-f0a7-47cf-b85c-f9b2eea0c6b1&directoryid=c68bb7ae-b57b-463b-bc83-d48716518c36&directorytabid=4" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Scad the Beggar</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #663300;">'</span><span style="color: #660000;">, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">which we adapted for our name,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"> is a local term for Mealie-Crushie, which is oatmeal fried in bacon fat, known in some parts of Scotland as Creesh-Mealie - so now you know!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For those not familiar with the music & song of this area, let me explain that, due to the close proximity of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Scotland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, the music and song popular in North Antrim has always been heavily influenced by Scottish material, so during any typical musical </span><i style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">soirée in North Antrim, you would always expect to hear a healthy mixture of both Irish and Scottish material.</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">If you live in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.northantrim.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">North Antrim</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">, we sincerely hope that you will manage to come along a enjoy our weekly informal Sessions each Thursday night in the</span><span style="color: #663300;"> </span><b style="color: #663300;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/diamondbarsession/">Diamond Bar</a></span></b><span style="color: #660000;">, Ballymoney and each Saturday night in the</span><span style="color: #663300;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.bushmillsinn.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bushmills Inn</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">. If you are yourself a musician and or singer we would especially encourage you to come along and join us, to share your musical talent.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">On the other hand, if you are planning to visit this area and would like to come along to one of our Sessions, whether to join in yourself or just to listen, then please do get in touch, either through this Blog or by sending me an </span><span style="color: #663300;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><a href="mailto:avgm50@dsl.pipex.com" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">E-mail</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #663300;"> </span><span style="color: #660000;">we look forward to meeting you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: "verdana"; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Scad the Beggars</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">playing three popular Scottish Country Dance tunes,</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">at their weekly session in the Diamond Bar, Ballymoney.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs5TjbjCrkY">Girl in the Blue Dress / The Kettle Drum / The Piper's Cave</a></span></span></span></h1>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #330000;"> </span><span style="color: #660000;">'Scad the Beggars'</span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">TV</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Watch out for us on your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">TV</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, cause we actually feature in a new </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">TV Advert</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Northern Ireland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, which is doing the rounds just now, in early </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2010</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, & is being seen throughout </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Scotland, England & Wales</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: 18px;">***</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dick Glasgow </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">on</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BBC 1's 'Country Tracks'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dick Glasgow</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> was featured in an edition of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BBC 1's 'Country Tracks'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The show ended up at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Springhill Bar, Portrush</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, where, as well as featuring clips of the musicians & their music, Dick was interviewed at length by the lovely </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ellie Harrison</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and even gave her a brief lesson in the art of playing the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bodhran</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BBC 1's 'Country Tracks'</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; font-family: "verdana";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #330000; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">***</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: medium;">Here's a recent video of us playing in Ma-Kelly's Pub, Ballymoney.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now, let me introduce you to the members of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Scad the Beggars</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> .........</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: medium;">***</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687988424967846645.post-64957084592370036692009-07-24T11:22:00.000-07:002009-10-04T00:51:14.347-07:00Scad the Beggars ~ Friends<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">**************************</span><br /></div></span></div>As we play regularly in local Pub Sessions, we often come in contact with Musicians and Singers who are just passing through or are actually on holiday in the area. We always encourage such musicians to join us, so that we might share each other's music and song. This open policy to our sessions has led to many wonderful musical evenings and new friendships being formed with musicians from all over the place.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">**************************</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Saturday 3rd October<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoD8SuOBpVf8BLTbn2j0_zNjZZZLCRmR2An36MM5Ly7pmvFIUpOnTAFbi0CjQNMV3_q4mz98WIp4eJd9Cl9WFSFFgfEUbbx6AteYLeMp1dKJzaMblEB1hLfHir96zU4Iuu44nXNpQKeM/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388536148074196658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">**************************</span><br /></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Clive</span>, who is a Portstewart man born & bred, is now living in England, but on this recent trip back home, he called in to see us & to share some of his music with us & we all had a great night. </div><div style="text-align: center; ">I must just say, these Salterelle Piano Accordions are the Bees Knees of PAs as far as I'm concerned. </div><div style="text-align: center; ">For my money, when it comes to PAs, that lovely dry sound is hard to beat.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">Saturday 26th September</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS_Hm_medSJVOEg-hzCA-FOvBJE91D33lKiAJeZdsvPbuq7gMKtnmj2A_cEpKf-Uvc8_Hy-3npM8IcZXo1EF5fcvwDT6D767EknCkKYZSLuyWt1EGVyZfX_KpmhpFRDJ6Lc5WF0Q0f5g/s1600-h/DSCF0001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS_Hm_medSJVOEg-hzCA-FOvBJE91D33lKiAJeZdsvPbuq7gMKtnmj2A_cEpKf-Uvc8_Hy-3npM8IcZXo1EF5fcvwDT6D767EknCkKYZSLuyWt1EGVyZfX_KpmhpFRDJ6Lc5WF0Q0f5g/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386457162437053858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Last Thursday night we had </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Uilleann, Border</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> & </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scottish Smallpipes</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> at our session in Portrush, then last night in Bushmills, we had a different </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Uilleann Piper </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">{Trevor Stewart}</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, plus the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scottish Smallpiper</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> {Alan Wade}</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> & a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Northumbrian Piper </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">{Sam Fleming}</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; line-height: 1.35; max-width: 50em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As a Fiddler, I just love playing along with Pipes and it was brilliant having those three very different pipes & their own music, all at the same session. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; line-height: 1.35; max-width: 50em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">However, I must confess, I was constantly tuning the Fiddle up & down, for nearly four hours, between the Uilleann & the Scottish Smallpipes, as they were never exactly in with each other, but it was worth every minute of it.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; line-height: 1.35; max-width: 50em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Luckily I had my spare Fiddle with me too, so I was able to tune that to F for the Northumbrian Pipes.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; line-height: 1.35; max-width: 50em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsmPiLtky2mPN5OdJCDkkf62Os1oqwGa2QcDYc110fwc27nq0eRNitxTroZH8tAL5MgWQDrh_O-grpEMC2FrbEyqpGiIHzvuTTANpMvCkb_LV7Ql1_G8Dp1uZn1r49ZXvW9SuqDjQ8j8/s320/24067025.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386458898785665202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 77px; height: 101px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family:georgia;font-size:16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">****************************<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;">Saturday 22nd August<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">We had a great night, with old friends & new joining us, including: </span></span></div></span></span></span></p></span></span></div></div></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Emmett & Emmett junior</span>, over on holiday from Nottingham.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysc0SbPIB550F-azmIxPCg46MpPpAn-U9W3dY-hElW12OMHTdPVJiDzzejfsG1f7pzILiCPbkIUXcSd6yPJTrzoiDPrSJmsGPQCMnKhuOWgYJQKhd8zJOpndRAi3IC-cB8OF9bPsnKLY/s1600-h/emmetts.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysc0SbPIB550F-azmIxPCg46MpPpAn-U9W3dY-hElW12OMHTdPVJiDzzejfsG1f7pzILiCPbkIUXcSd6yPJTrzoiDPrSJmsGPQCMnKhuOWgYJQKhd8zJOpndRAi3IC-cB8OF9bPsnKLY/s320/emmetts.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373462369829005426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Excellent musicians and Emmett senior is a member of the group <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.acushlafolk.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Acushla</span></a></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center; "> </div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">Saturday 15th August</span></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We had a great night, with a few musician friends joining us and a number of singers too. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The night included one song in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Irish</span> and another in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Welsh</span>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">......... oh yes and a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Willie Nelson</span> song too!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well, you can't beat variety!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe1w934ISRVmkOwm48KzwBhFbhjSbjwaR4dYI_F6F-LRyJGvRsCuz0MYYUUd0IfROWpthCbA_umz3vtgHbHtoyyHRTqauhOU8otW4gRMzWQ6lWOa2BgCMEDh6CU-GQX0n9zAplR9hCSk/s1600-h/DSCF0007.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe1w934ISRVmkOwm48KzwBhFbhjSbjwaR4dYI_F6F-LRyJGvRsCuz0MYYUUd0IfROWpthCbA_umz3vtgHbHtoyyHRTqauhOU8otW4gRMzWQ6lWOa2BgCMEDh6CU-GQX0n9zAplR9hCSk/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370474113824680194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px; " /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlfNYjeij-d74BZugDjpYeTQnjwpqUgyQRLk7nfqGc8c9zA20F06Tzc9buZtFak6vQ7vi9lg8gBbkOG14dzwNFcxNsrUdhoEtLhcZ51_cYxOZAGi9YWqrE_cPchvjiu1SgniBYA_c3II/s1600-h/DSCF0006.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlfNYjeij-d74BZugDjpYeTQnjwpqUgyQRLk7nfqGc8c9zA20F06Tzc9buZtFak6vQ7vi9lg8gBbkOG14dzwNFcxNsrUdhoEtLhcZ51_cYxOZAGi9YWqrE_cPchvjiu1SgniBYA_c3II/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370474477459373314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 248px; " /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">*************************</span></span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">1st August 2009</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Last Saturday, we were joined by Co Antrim Fiddler <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Kathleen Smyth</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">(see below)</span> and also by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Stiofán ó hEochaidh </span>and his wife.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Stiofán</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">, w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">ho</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">is</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">a regular musician at the sessions in the </span>Springhill Bar, Portrush<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">, not only plays<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Flute, Whistle & Bodhran but he also sings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and here he is, last Saturday night,</span> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">singing an unaccompanied song with us, in Irish.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKaEzlKpCme1aTmw3Z7mDx4aolua8blvtz1EKk5h5lj021HlzFxYVSnCkAmkOa1ySv5TNdJjYhlidHww3GCbK1mwPE1H6iQZ3mUK44BotCseM-G7odW7AipDmozq1FM_F28yT5lUW470/s320/stephen.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365406644967041522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 220px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">25th July 2009</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We had a great night recently, when well known </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Co Antrim Fiddler</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Alec Kerr </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Antrim and Derry</span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Country </span></span></span><em style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fiddlers</span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Association'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">joined us. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As luck would have it he arrived in on a night when four Scottish musicians also called in to join us for a few tunes.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here's a shot of Alec playing a couple of tunes with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.ceilidhexperience.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Norman Mackay</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMnjdN7Zdzxe8ufPjHPPaWwl3mq5KwEzxu5hPBBB5tRtjxDlkDPbntLX1PMLqVJOVkc83qpFWq-O440n5AdWqX91KNJNPS8tmiUDnIxY3HZx7CWDEZ89Nma6rKmXd81PDR6ZbIOq5H_k/s1600-h/DSCF0001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMnjdN7Zdzxe8ufPjHPPaWwl3mq5KwEzxu5hPBBB5tRtjxDlkDPbntLX1PMLqVJOVkc83qpFWq-O440n5AdWqX91KNJNPS8tmiUDnIxY3HZx7CWDEZ89Nma6rKmXd81PDR6ZbIOq5H_k/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362564594205847890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px; " /></a></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here are three members of the Argyll group </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzC4VdWRcw4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'Canterach'</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> galloping along through a set of Reels, with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/rebeccabrownislay"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rebecca</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/rebeccabrownislay"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/rebeccabrownislay"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Brown</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fiddle, </span><a href="http://www.ceilidhexperience.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Norman Mackay</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Accordion</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> & </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Angus McLaughlin </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Low Whistle</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kfWjLUQ-4CZIqvDQBogIVtDOK2X2VKjRVlg4sFPUOZNwhyYMB5ISZg8elZXoCeVPi_42ZWvHDk4JftkQyzWhVFqZQRwEQGNI4lMKZ6Dm6zFxWBzoZGZ7IGAJXVCM2Cu3ORMKN0QSHOw/s320/DSCF0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362861057329068930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 153px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These four excellent </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">S</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ingers from Scotland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> joined our Session one evening and treated us to some delightful Scottish Songs.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AoXqRcWft834kqfQNYZiDTQjfB88GZr003-whyphenhyphenZ76t-C_ijKxhJPNXfqAuvqi1v5Sc7hyphenhyphencxtguIb0f1AMmVNx_Xi_IzYDqc7urJNGRHfJ4LEmPdTvxC_gS1Cl7FePPHtf0u8_j9wlPM/s1600-h/DSCF0008.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AoXqRcWft834kqfQNYZiDTQjfB88GZr003-whyphenhyphenZ76t-C_ijKxhJPNXfqAuvqi1v5Sc7hyphenhyphencxtguIb0f1AMmVNx_Xi_IzYDqc7urJNGRHfJ4LEmPdTvxC_gS1Cl7FePPHtf0u8_j9wlPM/s320/DSCF0008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362046911170001170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Another very special night was when the last two resident </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://countyantrimdulcimer.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Co. Antrim </span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://countyantrimdulcimer.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hammered Dulcimer</span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> players, the late </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nat Magee</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">William Rea</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, joined our session for a few tunes.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_6cKB_iSBAgBFcDzdNts64uXtqR6073SUIaYyMFMDbPXpVSgV8xHZKGUZ69Gc711RrZa7ofhGrtJqAxd-d-qv45129-Oyd8yupAg-TvefWBMSDr0_b-SSQOxOZ_kekJo3hPoVbOm1V4/s1600-h/nat&william1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_6cKB_iSBAgBFcDzdNts64uXtqR6073SUIaYyMFMDbPXpVSgV8xHZKGUZ69Gc711RrZa7ofhGrtJqAxd-d-qv45129-Oyd8yupAg-TvefWBMSDr0_b-SSQOxOZ_kekJo3hPoVbOm1V4/s320/nat&william1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362053661414489906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Renowned Co Antrim </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Uilleann Piper</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Flute Player</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmDmjZtDYeQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">John Hughes</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, joined us one night, along with our friend </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnKTQ5dAsk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kathleen Smyth</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> on Fiddle, for a few tunes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitE5cz5kiE6bmcH2g29qtXttwY1IUDfTG98k6avhpAK9Z22c5kzVDrPRGyO06Qc9klELRzmHsPj8LUDo1kTIFiF5HEcvYvnoUt_FXoyXWu_4vFIhyphenhyphenqEO6TGiOcl2NoTwcF0P4KDoJzgJk/s1600-h/dkjavatar.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitE5cz5kiE6bmcH2g29qtXttwY1IUDfTG98k6avhpAK9Z22c5kzVDrPRGyO06Qc9klELRzmHsPj8LUDo1kTIFiF5HEcvYvnoUt_FXoyXWu_4vFIhyphenhyphenqEO6TGiOcl2NoTwcF0P4KDoJzgJk/s320/dkjavatar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362045451493183090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This lovely local singer has joined us on many occasions and is always only too pleased to give us a song or two.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdKliXT23Xo6K0UqPAo-QfdrYcuM9TDkLF9pfwEglOchEBBdx3nWUF6Kdn3uoNnSu7Co-v76PRIRSU5iPzvI54yB3DfEbpwZZQv-QWoWWpmbzLbT7BSM1omQu8bS7dqx3DfKsqEL4qb4/s1600-h/singeravat_1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdKliXT23Xo6K0UqPAo-QfdrYcuM9TDkLF9pfwEglOchEBBdx3nWUF6Kdn3uoNnSu7Co-v76PRIRSU5iPzvI54yB3DfEbpwZZQv-QWoWWpmbzLbT7BSM1omQu8bS7dqx3DfKsqEL4qb4/s320/singeravat_1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362050108360232050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.cutedogmusic.com/"></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://www.cutedogmusic.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rick Davis</span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Chattanooga</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> comes over every year to study the history of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hammered Dulcimer</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in Co. Antrim. He always makes a point of joining us at our Sessions to share his latest tunes with us & borrow some of ours. Here he is galloping through a few fast ones, with our Desie in hot pursuit!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ6EkEnRq7-GZnja1lcnJmZiT3t6CihJhxmo-mfhyphenhyphencBymSwPEXdeGeXemsmkde5-ysCeMJwxEP409JAVrDDoGNcB7UEKraux9fQZHB5NAbUfW8ysPFmNRoub3GyBo8FvkwW5eVmW8LUY/s1600-h/rickdesava.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQ6EkEnRq7-GZnja1lcnJmZiT3t6CihJhxmo-mfhyphenhyphencBymSwPEXdeGeXemsmkde5-ysCeMJwxEP409JAVrDDoGNcB7UEKraux9fQZHB5NAbUfW8ysPFmNRoub3GyBo8FvkwW5eVmW8LUY/s320/rickdesava.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362046200738892098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This charming and very musical English couple, have joined us on a number of occasions and we always enjoy their visits.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCK5dvwwMkKdxUxucLpGeVUrsOgG_3Ld-vwU6YwZ1VFjNTfaM665tsWF8eOoCKycqlBMZfxwQrKdzRcZJWiegdUJ5tgweBRzq_MCngMonPCO6UVJQHeIOv9ePaaC4SsGzapXe_LZ31cy4/s1600-h/DSCF0004.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCK5dvwwMkKdxUxucLpGeVUrsOgG_3Ld-vwU6YwZ1VFjNTfaM665tsWF8eOoCKycqlBMZfxwQrKdzRcZJWiegdUJ5tgweBRzq_MCngMonPCO6UVJQHeIOv9ePaaC4SsGzapXe_LZ31cy4/s320/DSCF0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362047547934815266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Co. Antrim Fiddler </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnKTQ5dAsk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kathleen Smyth</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> is a very good friend of the Beggars and always joins us when she is in the neighbourhood. She is known and loved the length and breadth of Ireland for her excellent musicianship and warm friendly personality. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We always look forward to her visits.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCvPxhBxn2Yy-RZ_y1BKv0KsZ3Je_qw0GGtFt9810GlkDgKh3_56xSnqlQOxC0hS-mNrQUQ57P-4uJz6J5pp1Nb_zmEaAXpc4u66YXoHcw5IkqGDflNht8TfokR4WA4CWrkUF2kBonV8/s1600-h/kathleenavat.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCvPxhBxn2Yy-RZ_y1BKv0KsZ3Je_qw0GGtFt9810GlkDgKh3_56xSnqlQOxC0hS-mNrQUQ57P-4uJz6J5pp1Nb_zmEaAXpc4u66YXoHcw5IkqGDflNht8TfokR4WA4CWrkUF2kBonV8/s320/kathleenavat.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362049143661958194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Two more regular visitors are this couple of fine English musicians. They have a holiday home nearby which is very fortunate for us, for it means we get to share some music with them each year. They both play F & D sets of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Northumbrian Pipes </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and when they are around, you can also expect to hear some dazzling finger work on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Accordion</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and see some very fancy footwork on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">English Step Dances</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xAEXcVUMrwqV0qSZyCvLz9lOgWoMODsGrvLIpATTCTy-aUJygbpN-OEPiXqASsRI7fry0MUw66_h-LQ2Dx5nH9fheHLenottwKpYpowdA42GtETANFGTRBt3_aye7K6vPpVH4z3S-mM/s1600-h/northpipava.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xAEXcVUMrwqV0qSZyCvLz9lOgWoMODsGrvLIpATTCTy-aUJygbpN-OEPiXqASsRI7fry0MUw66_h-LQ2Dx5nH9fheHLenottwKpYpowdA42GtETANFGTRBt3_aye7K6vPpVH4z3S-mM/s320/northpipava.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362048309000237842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We were in for a special treat when this lovely lady borrowed Riley's Guitar.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tvVERAGvntZYu4KcxBgzeUQBgMDguh0eblb6MVin2GB0jIAHjPTqitbZeVdlslUx1oDbkyMyUTSoLyXNJdO1gua00FdHKC7CSigEhffw_Ai7SXkkr8w9rE-TXP7l7BlvrODfEM0vvg0/s1600-h/DSCF0007.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tvVERAGvntZYu4KcxBgzeUQBgMDguh0eblb6MVin2GB0jIAHjPTqitbZeVdlslUx1oDbkyMyUTSoLyXNJdO1gua00FdHKC7CSigEhffw_Ai7SXkkr8w9rE-TXP7l7BlvrODfEM0vvg0/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362047311556725970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Mr & Mrs </span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hullksiazek"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">T'J' Hull</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">, all the way from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Milwaukee</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">, joined us on their Honeymoon and we enjoyed a memorable night with them, as T.J. in particular, produced some amazing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Fiddle </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">playing on the night.</span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWPmVoVJ9FXtiGmI4ecG_UVylXm8Wk0Yhb_mTbj0WVjBxBucCE5wDRD2G9oNHpUNBhQrDanLE8iiHw9yP1KMyi_Wv5PgohvIDgs8Uvr_fczX0g5FOpsFVKixes-53jM58eU5JZGV61qA/s1600-h/DSCF0010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWPmVoVJ9FXtiGmI4ecG_UVylXm8Wk0Yhb_mTbj0WVjBxBucCE5wDRD2G9oNHpUNBhQrDanLE8iiHw9yP1KMyi_Wv5PgohvIDgs8Uvr_fczX0g5FOpsFVKixes-53jM58eU5JZGV61qA/s320/DSCF0010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362050454660717826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">**************************</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We have, of course, enjoyed many more nights than I've listed here, when visiting musicians joined us for a nights crack, too numerous in fact to mention. However, the finest night in the history of our sessions so far, without a doubt, was the night previous guests of the Black Nun Fest, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.malinky.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Malinky</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, joined us for a session.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These guys are without doubt, some of the very finest musicians and singers in Scotland today and it was a real honour and privilege for us, when they joined our wee session for a night.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We heard in one night alone, the most delicate, controlled and unpretentious singing our session has ever experienced, coupled with some amazing musicianship including award winning Fiddle playing. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I've never seen our audience so affected by the music and song, the whole night was a pure delight.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Unfortunately, it was one of those nights when I didn't bring my camera, still, here's a photo of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.malinky.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Malinky</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> off on tour, somewhere in the World.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Judging by those sunglasses, I think it's safe to say they weren't in Scotland or Ireland, when this photograph was taken!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQz02ZNcTS7IfifPoxl0fXEo1rrbcw6D34PFkVHfxPHlJPWh5-uuTe5byIr74fW7jQpolAmVkPN1vWwogP8Y5l70ot0cDp70_evk76mDcKLGc5DVId5PPk9qk7182KfmQIPMzk85pcERc/s1600-h/malinkyavat.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQz02ZNcTS7IfifPoxl0fXEo1rrbcw6D34PFkVHfxPHlJPWh5-uuTe5byIr74fW7jQpolAmVkPN1vWwogP8Y5l70ot0cDp70_evk76mDcKLGc5DVId5PPk9qk7182KfmQIPMzk85pcERc/s320/malinkyavat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362052217277037042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.malinky.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Malinky</span></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">****************************************</span></span></span></div></span></span></div></div></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687988424967846645.post-22200740340070092552009-07-24T11:21:00.000-07:002009-11-01T10:04:41.670-08:00Scad the Beggars at Festivals<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*********************************</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">As well as all the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Folk Club</span> spots and in-house festival appearances <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars</span> have performed at over the years, we have also played in numerous Village Hall & Town Hall concerts, plus country fairs. </span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">One such local performance was when we played in Ballymoney for the BBC Radio show <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">'<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radioulster/a_kist_o_wurds/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">A Kist o' Words</span></a>'. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">The line up by this stage included <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/sabine-glasgow-harp-vocals-fifes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sabine Glasgow</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "> (Harp & Fifes)</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/alan-wade-scottish-smallpipes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alan Wade</span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">(Scottish Smallpipes)</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/meet-band-dick-glasgow-fiddle-hammered.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dick Glasgow</span></a></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">(Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Mandolin & Concertina)</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/sam-fleming-northumbrian-pipes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sam Fleming</span></a></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">(Northumbrian Pipes, Harmonica & Whistles)</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/riley-piddington-lead-vocals-guitar.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Riley Piddington</span></a></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">(Vocals & Guitar)</span> & <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/desie-hasson-percussion-vocals.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Desie Hasson</span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">(Percussion & Vocals)</span>. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4T-Mj4XCgN24pcb22JMsRWm8MoCjesoJxKKVtyqmH63hL-Dp5c-CVwdAGIE2RhVkcRDVuu2lMOkF7RdiZfa3dknPWRjvDT4kArOXprGWQjqxMFRocdgLmbGZl3hWwW90kTZ55CIyZpA/s320/scadthebeggars.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399197293331753154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 154px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">In Ballymoney for BBC's 'A Kist O' Words'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">Every now and then, we are asked to play at something a little bit special. So back in 2006, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars</span> were delighted to be asked to play at an open air concert, to celebrate the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/maritimefestival/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Maritime Festival</span></a></span> in Belfast.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCt-TCJzM8Gz3kKId7Gy2WYU89OgpVn1KJ5aPb9aoIfzg2DDFsU4BeQYFY6MiIIBOEiTZAwqL6kgpsexN8HQJaX2aC5wBCUvj7Whn_MSYBlNgWFUPLGia8fSSyC9EP1UUMDK_yjgnizMM/s1600-h/P7010119.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCt-TCJzM8Gz3kKId7Gy2WYU89OgpVn1KJ5aPb9aoIfzg2DDFsU4BeQYFY6MiIIBOEiTZAwqL6kgpsexN8HQJaX2aC5wBCUvj7Whn_MSYBlNgWFUPLGia8fSSyC9EP1UUMDK_yjgnizMM/s320/P7010119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361972475605676610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 94px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.rhmayne.co.uk/Events/MaritimeFestival/index.htm?Page1.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); ">Maritime Festival Belfast 2006</span></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">By 2006, our regular line up included <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/desie-hasson-percussion-vocals.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Desie Hasson</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "> ( Percussion & Vocals), <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/sabine-glasgow-harp-vocals-fifes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); ">Sabine Glasgow</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span>(Harp, Fifes & Vocals), <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/meet-band-dick-glasgow-fiddle-hammered.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); ">Dick Glasgow</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; ">(Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Concertina & Mandolin), <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/riley-piddington-lead-vocals-guitar.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); ">Riley Piddington</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span>(Vocals & Guitar) and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/sam-fleming-northumbrian-pipes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sam Fleming</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "> (Northumbrian Pipes, Harmonica & Whistles). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">For this particular event we were joined by local singer <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.nuigalway.ie/mooreinstitute/people.php?person=105"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">John Moulden</span></a> (</span>Vocals, Bodhran & Spoons).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">**********************************************</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">The Dalriada Connection</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ever keen to strengthen the musical links that have existed between </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">North Antrim</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Argyll</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for hundreds of years, from the time of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1l_Riata">Kingdom of Dalriada</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">,</span> I have, over the years, been in constant touch with a number of very fine musicians and singers in Campbeltown, Argyll. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This has resulted in me being invited to bring over a number of musicians to perform at various <a href="http://www.mokfest.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Mull of Kintyre Music Festivals</span></span></a> over the years, including my students. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx__eCB-668E3GuLBcwEor6KyQcLO9rJHjkQulBWXw8-TeowfVUXNj32ySoEWIiSgHfvvFEpwXJRXsm8-pReQ3W8S1ytV4ExjLUsOXOLnsLQ4Er8cgL7UrUlLDgv-UEJntblKNtMblqVM/s320/bandit_onferry.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361977621172051554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntMnWF5K6B-7JquukVs1enaiZWWQ7MQ7pIirUnPhywB13r8_-RLqSmypB4YDPOUkssLgUwj_bdY8FXUSUAPd_Odwf_EadPW2c4FDutDPaN6WtIRl7OXpd57q9iImInExpvKlDxFu9MMo/s1600-h/bandit_campbl_gig.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntMnWF5K6B-7JquukVs1enaiZWWQ7MQ7pIirUnPhywB13r8_-RLqSmypB4YDPOUkssLgUwj_bdY8FXUSUAPd_Odwf_EadPW2c4FDutDPaN6WtIRl7OXpd57q9iImInExpvKlDxFu9MMo/s320/bandit_campbl_gig.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361977771875790466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">The success of these trips led on to being asked to bring over an adult group to perform at the festival. So for three years I took over a group of musicians under the title <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars</span>, although not all the actual group members were available for these trips. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">For two years in a row we were even invited to perform at their prestigious '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.kintyrewebdesign.com/mokfest/festival/index.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dalriada Connections Concert</span></a>'</span>.</span></span></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtZuz1JrfZauidYghQu8hMtPfrseQKiqlvCVbS3QIQ3OQV2dAQNOwUjP3ySd0bQoclBp-VlQAq941r_RXES_wsvhFwitcc9SuCa0fmyp_kZbYtSIRaycHmVSjYW-QhYrL7Sxns5rYAHc/s1600-h/img_9058.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtZuz1JrfZauidYghQu8hMtPfrseQKiqlvCVbS3QIQ3OQV2dAQNOwUjP3ySd0bQoclBp-VlQAq941r_RXES_wsvhFwitcc9SuCa0fmyp_kZbYtSIRaycHmVSjYW-QhYrL7Sxns5rYAHc/s320/img_9058.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361979816575050994" style="text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 101px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">Scad the Beggars & friends at 'Dalriada Connections Concert' 2005</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">Here we are as a concert finale, playing with excellent local musicians, including </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">Ross Kennedy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "> of </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/canterach"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Canterach</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "> plus </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">Les Oman </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "> Anne Leith</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "> of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wildsarachs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Wild Sarachs</span></span></a></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">*****************</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">For the following year's festival, our line up had changed a little, but we still had a fabulous time at this event.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SzgddK_r9GeJmah0UWqZcPsOymOuOZNhLCSxnhq1RvqlWOQq900gh68LxpRBg0EjLJbp3ZTO88jXnnMizRnavEO-NEPGL5hFETXdnq_x16JrV_wcW6UkPQZYaBTn0a-MP-gCJZ3aCkw/s320/IMG_2975_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361982565994765858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 163px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">Scad the Beggars at 'Dalriada Connections Concert' 2006</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">As well as playing in concert and in sessions all weekend, we're always keen to make an impression and let as many people as possible hear our music, so we're not shy when it comes to any form of public performance, including a bit of busking on the main street of Campbeltown. </div><div style="text-align: center; ">This is a wonderful way to get the music out to lots of folk, especially young children, who might not be able to attend pub sessions or concerts.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEWgWZaliAkQXfTwYvzVkqdaI06C6DfJhHjT-cAk-x3JUpiaVvBzAUFd0mUKf9PmF1EX0bBfelkvuS1QitVJ32jvA049HUd2QPuLBZpWyp_HaSdo_ID9QExjHmcrKCCBTsJ46l53DTH4/s320/campava.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361983488546847986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 126px; " /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars playing on the Main Street of Campbeltown</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; ">*********************************</span></div></div></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687988424967846645.post-25709129363961998392009-07-24T11:19:00.000-07:002009-07-31T05:42:30.663-07:00Scad the Beggars at the 'Black Nun Folk Club'<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As well as playing at literally hundreds of informal Sessions over the years, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars </span>have also played at a variety of clubs and festivals.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For eight years I ran the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.causewaymusic.co.uk/blacknun.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Black Nun Folk Club</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in North Antrim, to not only help promote local musicians and singers but also to inspire by bringing talented musicians and singers to the area, who might otherwise never be seen here.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Looking down through the list of previous guests you will see that instead of the more traditional folk club approach, I opted for a far more eclectic variety of guest artist, so as well as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Traditional Irish and Scottish Singers and Musicians</span>, I invited many <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Singer Songwriters</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Bluegrass and Old Time Musicians</span> plus a number of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Rock and Country </span>groups too, so folks knew that the only thing they should expect, on a Black Nun night, was the unexpected!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Scad the Beggars</span> would usually start the Black Nun nights off, so over the years you could say we have supported a huge variety of musicians, which was a great way for us to give our material exposure.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">However, one of the main functions of Black Nun was to encourage local musicians and singers, so although Scad the Beggars would usually get the night started, I always encouraged other local musicians and singers to get up and perform a couple of numbers too. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Two such regular attenders and performers were </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/riley-piddington-lead-vocals-guitar.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Riley Piddington</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/desie-hasson-percussion-vocals.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Desie Hasson</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> who are now actually members of the regular <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Scad the Beggars</span> line up.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1N6N-yyHQmdpSM3dY82QiMMiZlI7l7XObhIFogDCalhNfRnIWGfWOCn2kkBL8WFmXxVrdWbhmL_yc0v31iguQEDu5jH8xuIkJnYwBZ9cJ0MCHZnNAZV4pwyGePZzu7L_9-03S6JPIyoA/s1600-h/rileydesi.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1N6N-yyHQmdpSM3dY82QiMMiZlI7l7XObhIFogDCalhNfRnIWGfWOCn2kkBL8WFmXxVrdWbhmL_yc0v31iguQEDu5jH8xuIkJnYwBZ9cJ0MCHZnNAZV4pwyGePZzu7L_9-03S6JPIyoA/s320/rileydesi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361956474421814722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">Riley Piddington</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "> and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">Desie Hasson</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">*****************************</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdQ8UnvWBQwZpenhe0UM84kYtXjXX6VD6IpLXOR0dc3zKihokeKMLkXTqhqrGsQU9juT3UMYERbb5y6_33KUhDl9B1qlASaYl7dG51zdT6tnfgXtUziO_vd2yyh6jXg27Nzgvz-lOEMI/s1600-h/malinkybwphoto.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdQ8UnvWBQwZpenhe0UM84kYtXjXX6VD6IpLXOR0dc3zKihokeKMLkXTqhqrGsQU9juT3UMYERbb5y6_33KUhDl9B1qlASaYl7dG51zdT6tnfgXtUziO_vd2yyh6jXg27Nzgvz-lOEMI/s320/malinkybwphoto.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361963691775912914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">Headliners: Scottish group '<a href="http://www.malinky.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">MALINKY</span></a>'</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.causewaymusic.co.uk/blacknunfest.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); ">The Black Nun Fest</span></span></a></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One of the highlights of the Black Nun years was the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Black Nun Fest</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in 2003. </span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As you will see from the festival programme,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> there was a great line up and members of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars</span> were always on hand to play.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">**************************</span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6uHkx8tTFxM8_WriBDVddzPiVz67oLhzfcf5NwuNYWLxnw2Ja0V9E_dIYYP4rQpxakB9dTh2YvrWoGaHdOcfwkr_Thl35YzK1UQHmW0a8oaoW9coalsY3NxYAac61pArARNY7TmgF-s/s1600-h/johnrea_1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6uHkx8tTFxM8_WriBDVddzPiVz67oLhzfcf5NwuNYWLxnw2Ja0V9E_dIYYP4rQpxakB9dTh2YvrWoGaHdOcfwkr_Thl35YzK1UQHmW0a8oaoW9coalsY3NxYAac61pArARNY7TmgF-s/s320/johnrea_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361964606656553570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 252px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><a href="http://clydesburn.blogspot.com/2009/04/john-rea-and-hammer-dulcimer.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">John Rea</span></a> of Glenarm</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.causewaymusic.co.uk/glenarmconcert.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); ">Glenarm Castle Kitchen Concert</span></span></a></span><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Another wonderful Black Nun event was the Castle Kitchen Concert which I organised in Glenarm Castle,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> which once again, saw <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars</span> helping to kick start the night.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">*************************</span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqpn3lq6-V7Y-HWoCAzqB4PT8EYo9YpcjCRp2oMkITUhjCg22W1WgQNYfeaO1gIHd0t0MhYviRrkuG59-RtNkT2uC5e9eQF16M2oEqmlC3pPlPj81S0oO_Rico0U0RAwlgLjitI3DXZU/s1600-h/glenarm_castle_group.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqpn3lq6-V7Y-HWoCAzqB4PT8EYo9YpcjCRp2oMkITUhjCg22W1WgQNYfeaO1gIHd0t0MhYviRrkuG59-RtNkT2uC5e9eQF16M2oEqmlC3pPlPj81S0oO_Rico0U0RAwlgLjitI3DXZU/s320/glenarm_castle_group.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361966006427587570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px; " /></a><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">The Festival Launch at <a href="http://www.glenarmcastle.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Glenarm Castle</span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.causewaymusic.co.uk/cdf05review.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Causeway Dulcimer Festival</span></span></a></span><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Probably the most ambitious Black Nun event took place in Bushmills in 2005, with the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Causeway Dulcimer Festival</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> which, like the Black Nun Fest before it, had a truly international line up. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I organised this event in memory of the late, great John Rea of Glenarm, and also to highlight the vanishing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://countyantrimdulcimer.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hammered Dulcimer</span></a></span><a href="http://countyantrimdulcimer.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> of </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://countyantrimdulcimer.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Co Antrim</span></a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">O</span>nce again, members of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Scad the Beggars</span> stepped up to perform at a variety of formal and informal events throughout the festival weekend.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">******************************************</span></span></span></div></div></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687988424967846645.post-29599356743472499852009-07-24T11:18:00.000-07:002009-07-31T05:31:30.003-07:00Scad the Beggars - 2002<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OBr6-UYri3dXroQjpRB36WYssOVlo7F8PCSoGHWnTC8tDP2VF0r11C0foQVT_-FCRP_dL9POhOWZ77vIdnk_FQKzPxCyAzYVpq2VR2VPcPd_Urtk0gj8fEG8nEPI9PLE0znfqcWEahM/s1600-h/scadtb.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OBr6-UYri3dXroQjpRB36WYssOVlo7F8PCSoGHWnTC8tDP2VF0r11C0foQVT_-FCRP_dL9POhOWZ77vIdnk_FQKzPxCyAzYVpq2VR2VPcPd_Urtk0gj8fEG8nEPI9PLE0znfqcWEahM/s320/scadtb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361937939592609218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 246px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Scad the Beggars</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After the success of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Ptarmigan</span>, I decided to keep the momentum going by forming a group to continue to promote the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Traditional Tunes</span>, the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Songs</span> and the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Rhymes</span> that are popular throughout North Antrim, so I gathered up a few like minded souls and formed this new group.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We needed a name and we left it to Charlie to come up with some suitable couthy local words or expressions which might work as a handle for this new ensemble. From all his suggestions we settled on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.causewaymusic.co.uk/scad.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Scad the Beggars</span></a></span>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For those who don't already know, Scad the Beggar, is actually a local term for mealie-crushie, which is oatmeal fried in bacon fat, known in Scotland as creesh-mealie - so now you know!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So the initial line up was in fact:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/meet-band-dick-glasgow-fiddle-hammered.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dick Glasgow</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer, Mandolin and Concertina.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/sabine-glasgow-harp-vocals-fifes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sabine Glasgow</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Harp and Fifes.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/voices/ulsterscots/charlie_g_r.shtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Charlie Gillen</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Rhymes and Banter.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/alan-wade-scottish-smallpipes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Alan Wade</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Scottish Smallpipes.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Colin Urwin</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Vocals and Guitar.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Greg Gault</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Guitar.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This line up lasted for a couple of years, but just as we were about to leave to perform as guest artists at the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> 'Music on the Move' festival</span>, in the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.nmni.com/uafp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ulster American Folk Park</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">, in May of 2004, Colin suddenly decided to leave the group.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We managed to carry out our festival commitments that weekend, without a singer, but that was a major setback and shortly afterwards, Charlie also decided to call it a day, to spend more time at his writing and that was effectively, the end of the first chapter. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">However, the remaining four members soldiered on, keeping the group's name alive, in order to continue to promote the traditional music of the area.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Since 2004, the line up has varied a little as we have become involved with other musicians and singers in the area and encouraged them to join us. So we meet up as often as possible and play informally in one local hostelry or another, to help keep the music and song alive in the area.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We also perform at local and not so local events when asked, so we've taken our music and song to stages in local village halls and town halls and to festival stages in Belfast and even Campbeltown in Scotland.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The important thing for us is to keep playing and singing, to help keep the old tunes and songs alive for the next generation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;">While Charlie was a member of the group, he penned this little ditty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.causewaymusic.co.uk/scad.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Scad the Beggars</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">1 </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">WE’LL TAK YE BACK TAE GRANNY, <br />WAE HER SKILLET ON THE CROOK, <br />THE RECIPES O’ YISTERYEAR, <br />THEY NIVIR LEEV’T WITHIN A BOOK.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-size:13px;">CHORUS </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SCAD THE BEGGARS, MEALIE CRUSHIE, <br />YE CAN CA’ IT WHAT YE CAN, <br />OATEN MALE AN BACON CREESH, <br />TASTY FRYIN IN THE PAN</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; ">2</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">WE HANNAE GOT THE OAT MEAL, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">NOR HAE WE A FRYIN PAN, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">BUT WERE HERE TAE ENTERTAIN YE </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">WI THE SCAD THE BEGGARS BAND.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; ">3 </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">COME BACK IN TIME A DANNER ,<br />JOOST COME WAE US FOR A WHILE,<br />TAE HEAR THE TUNES AN SANGS AN STORIES ,<br />THAT ARE SURE TAE YE BEGUILE.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;font-size:16px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;font-size:16px;">4 </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:georgia;font-size:13px;">HOOCH, CLAP AN JOIN THE FUN ,<br />AN WATCH YER CARES A' FLEE AWA’,<br />AN GIN YE AW WID KEN THE CHORUS ,<br />THEN YE AW CAN SING AWA’ .</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;font-size:16px;">5</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">SHUT YER EEN AN DRIFT AWA ,<br />FOR MEMORIES O’ TIMES LANG GAN ,<br />ON THE SHIP O' DREAMS COME SAILIN ,<br />WAE THE SCAD THE BEGGARS BAND.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Times;font-size:16px;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">by </span></span></span></span><span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Charlie Gillen</span></span></span></u></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*********************************</span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687988424967846645.post-26378463582113985092009-07-24T11:13:00.000-07:002009-07-31T05:25:50.067-07:00Ptarmigan - 2001<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeIwda9N6eNwmx4oye1zbYvzp2FHkkRaePGoJRuoNcAaxpx2Nfb56koF_8SKkJQYN8aDx3YCxHhai5fjLP3kDd_D36tW1bv7B_ST_7opNTRMmxiMvuTG9zutOkoA0EVvNFjbk_HpEk7Y/s1600-h/ptarmphoto.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeIwda9N6eNwmx4oye1zbYvzp2FHkkRaePGoJRuoNcAaxpx2Nfb56koF_8SKkJQYN8aDx3YCxHhai5fjLP3kDd_D36tW1bv7B_ST_7opNTRMmxiMvuTG9zutOkoA0EVvNFjbk_HpEk7Y/s320/ptarmphoto.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361821427272769410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">This is Charlie Gillen with 'Ptarmigan'<br /></span></span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">Way back around 2000, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/voices/ulsterscots/charlie_g_r.shtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Charlie Gillen</span></a></span> approached me to come up with some suitable music for a Tape of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://northantrimrhymes.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">North Antrim Rhymes</span></a></span> he was working on. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">However, rather than just play myself, I decided to ask a few musicians if they might like to get involved in the project and fortunately they all agreed, so a new group 'Ptarmigan' was formed.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">I hunted around for suitable tunes that would reflect the variety of traditional music which was favoured throughout the North Antrim area and I then proceeded to arrange the music to suit Charlie's Rhymes and the varied instruments of the musicians involved.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); ">The musicians I chose for this project were:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/meet-band-dick-glasgow-fiddle-hammered.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dick Glasgow</span></a>: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Fiddle, Banjo, Concertina & Mandola.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.robertwatt.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Robert Watt</span></a>: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scottish Small Pipes & Whistles</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.ulsterscotsexperience.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Valerie Quinn</span></a>: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Piano Accordion</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8893683517770100160"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Emma Culbert</span></a>: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Piano Accordion & Tin Whistle</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://scadthebeggars.blogspot.com/2009/07/sabine-glasgow-harp-vocals-fifes.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sabine Glasgow</span></a>: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Clarsach</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gregory Gault: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Acoustic Guitar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.kevinglasgow.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Kevin Glasgow</span></a>: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Acoustic Bass</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.irishbodhrans.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Paul McAuley</span></a>: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bodhran</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The resulting Tape and CD were called<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> 'When a' the Kye Had Names'</span>.<br /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DZfEbKRyl6lrrUkQfzwdJthj4ITnyD4MyzrQ37suqGIrMNs0mT2oFQe-klwuulSOPE6uZiIYgrQbtFTIYxNyg9Qirzo605r2baB6_VAqW8-gECkle8CVJ4iTnlVFhXihW31qZ4iIkko/s1600-h/kye.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DZfEbKRyl6lrrUkQfzwdJthj4ITnyD4MyzrQ37suqGIrMNs0mT2oFQe-klwuulSOPE6uZiIYgrQbtFTIYxNyg9Qirzo605r2baB6_VAqW8-gECkle8CVJ4iTnlVFhXihW31qZ4iIkko/s320/kye.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361821127455402306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 212px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I even experimented by arranging three waltzes to be played in behind Charlie's Rhyme on one track, and many folk have said since, that this is actually their favourite track.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">*****************************</span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here's a review of </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">' Whun a' the Kye Had Names' </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">by</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><b><u><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sean Laffey</span></span></span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - <a href="http://www.irishmusicmagazine.com/BckIssue/0111Nov/0111Nov.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Irish Music Magazine</span></a></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">November 2001</span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Charlie Gillen & Ptarmigan<br />'Whun a' the Kye Had Names'<br />Rhymes in the North Antrim Tongue and Scottish Traditional Music<br />Own Label, 11 Tracks.</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></b><span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Charlie Gillen is a North Antrim Rhymer, a composer of poems in the North Antrim dialect, and an able reciter of the same. He is joined on this album by</span></span></span></b></span><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dick Glasgow</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'s band Ptarmigan, who provide musical interludes between the poems. Dick plays Fiddle, Banjo, Concertina and Mandola, he is joined on Scottish Small Pipes and Whistles by</span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Robert Watt</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">,</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Valerie Quinn</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Emma Culbert</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Piano Accordions),</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sabine Glasgow</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (Clarsach), </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Gregory Gault</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Guitar) and</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Kevin Glasgow</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Acoustic Bass) and finally</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Paul McAuley</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">on Bodhran.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The poems reflect their author's Ulster Protestant backgrounds, but apart from the name Wullie and the accasional reference to Pipe Bands (Ten Poun Passage), the themes will be familier to anyone who has lived anywhere in rural Ireland. Tales of lost youth, lost opportunity & lost love, the spectre of emigration, the loss of place, almost universal motifs of course, but here they are given a particular Irish context, & one we all understand. It is not all bible black doom. Take Liza Jane's Pig for instance, which is a story of an unusual country courtship.<br />Musically this album is a little treat, & don't be put off by the "Scottish Traditional Music" in the title, the tunes here have a definite Irish accent. The Kiwi & the Braes of Knocksaughey (both Strathspeys) are clearly Scots pieces (the twin Piano Accordions come in with the Scotch Snap as the second number kicks off). Nice Small Pipes playing on Over the Hills & Far away treated as a single reel. There are some unusual tunes too. My love She's gone away (a quadrille). Jenny Pawned her Bonnet (a fling) Dick Glasgow's The Hazel (a March), Cave Hill Side & Jenny Put the Kettle On (2/4 marches), each taken at a sensible dancing pace and all are worth learning. They also point to the wealth of the musical tradition we share across the two communities.</span></span></span></span></b></span><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">**************************************</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here's the CD's Track List</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-family:Times;"><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1. Whun a' the kye had names </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Charlie Gillen)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2. The Fiddlin' Man </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Charlie Gillen)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3. Bees among the Heather </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Traditional Hornpipe)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4. Wullie at the Pictures </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Alec McAllister)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5. My Love she's gone away </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Traditional Quadrille)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">6. Tam </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Charlie Reynolds)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">7. Farewell to Ballymoney / Long Cookstown </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Traditional Air & 2/4 Marches)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">8. Wullie's Motor Car </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Alec McAllister)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">9. Jenny pawned her bonnet </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Traditional Fling & Reel)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">10. Oot here mae lane</span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (written by Charlie Gillen)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">+ Rathlin Sound, Rathlin Ferry & Angela's Waltz </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Dick Glasgow)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">11. The Batchelor</span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (written by Alec McAllister)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">12. Cave Hill Side & Jenny put the kettle on </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Traditional 2/4 Marches)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">13. Ten Poun Passage </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Frank McLernon)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">14. The Hazel </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(6/8 March by Dick Glasgow)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">15. Liza Jane's Pig </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Alec McAllister)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">16. The Kiwi / The Braes o' Knocksaughey </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Strathspeys written by Dick Glasgow)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">17. The Big Wumman </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Alec McAllister)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">18. Ower the hills an' far awa' / Goodnight an joy be wi' you a' / Come let us dance & sing</span></span></span></b></span></p><p align="center"><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Traditional Single Reels)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">19. Niver loas heart </span></span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(written by Charlie Gillen)</span></span></span></i></span></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">**************************************************************</span></span></span></span></p></span></div></span></div></span></div>Dick Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045009413389133603noreply@blogger.com0