Year 7 No 1 September 1983
‘Where have all the people gone’ could quite easily have been the signature tune of the Edinburgh A&F Club when they met in the Berry Suite, Meadowbank for their April meeting. Since the turn of the year we have noticed a gradual, but steady, decrease in numbers both of players and audience. We would seem to be in the classic ‘Catch 22’ situation, where if we don’t have well-known guest artistes, we don’t get the audience and because we don’t have the audience we cannot afford the guest artistes. When you consider the interest shown by listeners to our local radio’s Scottish entertainment and accordion programmes this would seem all the more surprising.
Certainly if this trend continues another Accordion Club would ‘bite the dust.’ Well Edinburgh! Do you want your own Accordion Club?
Now to our April meeting with our guests for the evening, the very talented Donaldson Brothers from Glenrothes, Fife. The lads treated us to a most enjoyable and varied programme of accordion music. No one in the audience, whatever their taste in music, was left disappointed.
The Club’s junior band, comprising of 12 members, opened proceedings with a lively tango and a stirring Scottish selection. For 12 accordions to keep together is surely a feat in itself. They were followed by some of the Club’s younger players, who all did themselves proud and they included Sandra Halley, her first public appearance, Iain Brown, Kenneth Trane, Craig McCallum, with a faultless and very rhythmic performance of ‘Cubanola,’ sisters Kirsty and Sylvia Inverarity and Scott Higginson.
Time for our guest artistes Colin and Gary, the Donaldson Brothers, accompanied by Graham Jamieson on drums. Their comprehensive programme included Scottish, Irish, Continental, Modern, Country and Western, singalong and novelty numbers, the latter being the theme tune from ‘Jungle Book.’ They had even done their homework, one of their Scottish numbers being the Lindsay Ross favourite ‘Out at the Meadowbank Inn.’ Top marks boys for your wonderful playing.
After the interval, our programme continued with some Scottish selections by a band comprising of Alistair Edmondson, accordion, Andrew Knight, fiddle, Robert Baird, keyboard, and Graham Jamieson, drums. Our senior players maintained this high standard with excellent playing by Graham Crozier, Billy Rintoul and Janek Kowalski. Our thanks must go to both Syd Archibald and Graham Jamieson on drums who accompanied most of the players.
To finish off an enjoyable evening, the Donaldson Brothers returned to the stage for their second spot.
M. McC
Year 7 No 3 November 1983
The Edinburgh A&F Club started the new season on Wednesday, 5th October, in fine style with a packed hall and plenty of players.
The evening’s entertainment was started off by Graeme Crozier and Craig McCallum who also played a solo spot each later.
There seems to be such an improvement in their playing since last season and that also goes for the young players who followed, Kenneth Train, Adam Birch, Sylvia and Kirsty Inverarity, Scott Higginson, Iain Brown, Alastair McLeod and not forgetting young Colin Brown who gave us some excellent playing on his new 5-row button Pigini accordion, which he only changed to a few months ago from piano keyboard, and it is amazing to see how he has easily adapted to the changeover.
We also had newcomers to our Club, Owen and Marie Fielding (accordion and fiddle), who gave us some nice selections.
Thanks also to Alastair Edmondson, accordion, Andrew Knight, fiddle, Dorothy Lawson, keyboard, who also gave some fine tunes and it was nice to see some fiddlers playing and I hope you will all come and visit us again soon.
We also enjoyed the great playing of Janek Kowalski, Gordon Hoggan and Gordon Wardlaw, known as the Two Gordons and Graham Edwardson of the Oakbank Sound.
A big thanks also to our drummers Graham Jamieson, Neil Hutton, and the one and only Bobby Colgan.
On moothie we had Billy Rintoul who supports our Club every month with his fine playing.
Now to our guest artistes the Jacqueline Dick Quartet. Jacqueline plays her Scottish music with such good technique and style it is difficult to think that she is so young. With the backing of such talented young men as Robert and Duncan Black, who also played solo – changing places with each other on keyboard and accordion, and drummer Graham Jamieson, is it any wonder that the audience were so impressed. We hope they will come back soon.
Next Club night, Wednesday, 2nd November, we have as our guests Tommy Kettles and Frank Henery, and on Wednesday, 7th December, we have John Huband and the Tayside Sound.
Christine Leatham
Year 7 No 6/7 Feb/March 1984
Edinburgh A&F Club had its first meeting of the New Year on Wednesday, 1st February, and due to recent bad weather had fewer than usual of our regular players, but those who did come played to a very high standard.
The evening got under way with Ian Brown and Scott Higginson, followed by Graham Munro, Adam Birch, Colin Brown, Craig McCallum and Marie Fielding, who all gave us some very nice selections.
It was now time for our guest artiste for the evening, Mike Clarke from Ayr, who also gave us some very nice selections on his electronic accordion.
The second half started with Craig McCallum, Marie Fielding and Graham Edwardson, followed by Billy Rintoul and Davie Robertson on their moothies, Graham Munro, Colin Brown, Karen Higgins and Scott Higginson.
It was now time for Mike Clarke to return to return to finish off the evening.
The next meeting of our Club will be on Wednesday, 7th March, when our guest artistes will be the Oakbank Sound.
Christine Leatham
Year 7 No 8 April 1984
The Edinburgh A&F Club was held on Wednesday, 7th March, and what a great night it was with the Oakbank Sound as the guest artistes.
The evening was off to a good start with Graham Crozier who gave us some fine playing and good tunes and that goes for the other players who followed. Accordion – Gary Smith, Karen MacPherson, Owen Fielding, Neil Barron, Janek Kowalski, Iain Bain, Lorna Thoumire and her brother Simon who gave us a good selection on his concertina.
On fiddle Marie fielding, Wendy Clampitt and on moothie Billy Rintoul and friends.
Now to our guest artistes The Oakbank Sound, and what a great band they are and they are all so young. Graham Edwardson and David Wilson, sharing lead accordion, Gregor Borland, fiddle, Katherine Wilson, keyboard, Bobby Miller, bass, and Gordon Smith, drums. They really were a treat to listen to and they sound very professional with a great selection of tunes and I think they have a great future to look forward to and I hope they come back and visit us again.
We must also congratulate Craig McCallum and his Band who won the Band Competition at the recent Musselburgh Festival and also the West Telferton Band who were runners up, and not forgetting Colin Brown who came second in the Under 12 Scottish.
Chrissie Leatham
‘Where have all the people gone’ could quite easily have been the signature tune of the Edinburgh A&F Club when they met in the Berry Suite, Meadowbank for their April meeting. Since the turn of the year we have noticed a gradual, but steady, decrease in numbers both of players and audience. We would seem to be in the classic ‘Catch 22’ situation, where if we don’t have well-known guest artistes, we don’t get the audience and because we don’t have the audience we cannot afford the guest artistes. When you consider the interest shown by listeners to our local radio’s Scottish entertainment and accordion programmes this would seem all the more surprising.
Certainly if this trend continues another Accordion Club would ‘bite the dust.’ Well Edinburgh! Do you want your own Accordion Club?
Now to our April meeting with our guests for the evening, the very talented Donaldson Brothers from Glenrothes, Fife. The lads treated us to a most enjoyable and varied programme of accordion music. No one in the audience, whatever their taste in music, was left disappointed.
The Club’s junior band, comprising of 12 members, opened proceedings with a lively tango and a stirring Scottish selection. For 12 accordions to keep together is surely a feat in itself. They were followed by some of the Club’s younger players, who all did themselves proud and they included Sandra Halley, her first public appearance, Iain Brown, Kenneth Trane, Craig McCallum, with a faultless and very rhythmic performance of ‘Cubanola,’ sisters Kirsty and Sylvia Inverarity and Scott Higginson.
Time for our guest artistes Colin and Gary, the Donaldson Brothers, accompanied by Graham Jamieson on drums. Their comprehensive programme included Scottish, Irish, Continental, Modern, Country and Western, singalong and novelty numbers, the latter being the theme tune from ‘Jungle Book.’ They had even done their homework, one of their Scottish numbers being the Lindsay Ross favourite ‘Out at the Meadowbank Inn.’ Top marks boys for your wonderful playing.
After the interval, our programme continued with some Scottish selections by a band comprising of Alistair Edmondson, accordion, Andrew Knight, fiddle, Robert Baird, keyboard, and Graham Jamieson, drums. Our senior players maintained this high standard with excellent playing by Graham Crozier, Billy Rintoul and Janek Kowalski. Our thanks must go to both Syd Archibald and Graham Jamieson on drums who accompanied most of the players.
To finish off an enjoyable evening, the Donaldson Brothers returned to the stage for their second spot.
M. McC
Year 7 No 3 November 1983
The Edinburgh A&F Club started the new season on Wednesday, 5th October, in fine style with a packed hall and plenty of players.
The evening’s entertainment was started off by Graeme Crozier and Craig McCallum who also played a solo spot each later.
There seems to be such an improvement in their playing since last season and that also goes for the young players who followed, Kenneth Train, Adam Birch, Sylvia and Kirsty Inverarity, Scott Higginson, Iain Brown, Alastair McLeod and not forgetting young Colin Brown who gave us some excellent playing on his new 5-row button Pigini accordion, which he only changed to a few months ago from piano keyboard, and it is amazing to see how he has easily adapted to the changeover.
We also had newcomers to our Club, Owen and Marie Fielding (accordion and fiddle), who gave us some nice selections.
Thanks also to Alastair Edmondson, accordion, Andrew Knight, fiddle, Dorothy Lawson, keyboard, who also gave some fine tunes and it was nice to see some fiddlers playing and I hope you will all come and visit us again soon.
We also enjoyed the great playing of Janek Kowalski, Gordon Hoggan and Gordon Wardlaw, known as the Two Gordons and Graham Edwardson of the Oakbank Sound.
A big thanks also to our drummers Graham Jamieson, Neil Hutton, and the one and only Bobby Colgan.
On moothie we had Billy Rintoul who supports our Club every month with his fine playing.
Now to our guest artistes the Jacqueline Dick Quartet. Jacqueline plays her Scottish music with such good technique and style it is difficult to think that she is so young. With the backing of such talented young men as Robert and Duncan Black, who also played solo – changing places with each other on keyboard and accordion, and drummer Graham Jamieson, is it any wonder that the audience were so impressed. We hope they will come back soon.
Next Club night, Wednesday, 2nd November, we have as our guests Tommy Kettles and Frank Henery, and on Wednesday, 7th December, we have John Huband and the Tayside Sound.
Christine Leatham
Year 7 No 6/7 Feb/March 1984
Edinburgh A&F Club had its first meeting of the New Year on Wednesday, 1st February, and due to recent bad weather had fewer than usual of our regular players, but those who did come played to a very high standard.
The evening got under way with Ian Brown and Scott Higginson, followed by Graham Munro, Adam Birch, Colin Brown, Craig McCallum and Marie Fielding, who all gave us some very nice selections.
It was now time for our guest artiste for the evening, Mike Clarke from Ayr, who also gave us some very nice selections on his electronic accordion.
The second half started with Craig McCallum, Marie Fielding and Graham Edwardson, followed by Billy Rintoul and Davie Robertson on their moothies, Graham Munro, Colin Brown, Karen Higgins and Scott Higginson.
It was now time for Mike Clarke to return to return to finish off the evening.
The next meeting of our Club will be on Wednesday, 7th March, when our guest artistes will be the Oakbank Sound.
Christine Leatham
Year 7 No 8 April 1984
The Edinburgh A&F Club was held on Wednesday, 7th March, and what a great night it was with the Oakbank Sound as the guest artistes.
The evening was off to a good start with Graham Crozier who gave us some fine playing and good tunes and that goes for the other players who followed. Accordion – Gary Smith, Karen MacPherson, Owen Fielding, Neil Barron, Janek Kowalski, Iain Bain, Lorna Thoumire and her brother Simon who gave us a good selection on his concertina.
On fiddle Marie fielding, Wendy Clampitt and on moothie Billy Rintoul and friends.
Now to our guest artistes The Oakbank Sound, and what a great band they are and they are all so young. Graham Edwardson and David Wilson, sharing lead accordion, Gregor Borland, fiddle, Katherine Wilson, keyboard, Bobby Miller, bass, and Gordon Smith, drums. They really were a treat to listen to and they sound very professional with a great selection of tunes and I think they have a great future to look forward to and I hope they come back and visit us again.
We must also congratulate Craig McCallum and his Band who won the Band Competition at the recent Musselburgh Festival and also the West Telferton Band who were runners up, and not forgetting Colin Brown who came second in the Under 12 Scottish.
Chrissie Leatham