Year 6 No 3 November 1982
The large enthusiastic audience which attended the Chrissie Leatham Edinburgh Accordion Club’s first night of the season in the Berry Suite, Meadowbank, Edinburgh, showed that interest in the Club had not wained during the long summer break.
Our guests for the evening were the Black Family from Stanley, Perthshire ; father Bill on button accordion, sons Robert and Duncan on piano accordions and mother Ann on keyboard.
Compere Gordon Sinclair welcomes our guests, audience and fellow accordionists and hoped they all had an enjoyable evening. He also asked for their support during the forthcoming season.
The night’s entertainment got of to a rousing start with two selections from our junior band. They, in turn, were followed by a talented array of young duetists, who included Iain Brown and Scott Higginson, sister Sylvia and Kirsty Inverarity and David and Kevin Brown.
Among the soloists in the lead-up to the guest artistes were Gavin Gray, an excellent player for his age, and Jimmy Weir on mouth organ who gave us a couple of singalong modern selections.
Now to our guests, the Black Family, who captivated the audience with their varied programme of both Scottish and continental tunes. Sons Robert and Duncan also treated us to some fine solo playing.
Our programme continued after the interval with faultless performances from Craig McCallum, David Brown, Colin Brown, Willie McFarlane, Janek Kowalski with his new electronic rhythm unit, and finally Christine Leatham and Joyce Crombie, who gave an extremely polished performance.
Our thanks must go to Syd Archibald who accompanied most of the players on drums.
To finish off an enjoyable evening, the Black Family returned to the stage to give us a superb finale.
M McC
Year 6 No 4 December 1982
Once again a large, attentive audience gathered in the Berry Suite, Edinburgh, for the November meeting of the Chrissie Leatham A&F Club.
Our guests for the evening, making a return visit, were the very popular Currie Brothers. These personable young men, with their accomplished playing, virtually guarantee a large turnout.
The privilege of starting the night’s proceedings went to young Kenneth Trane, making his first appearance at the Club. Among the other youngsters to entertain us during the first part were Gillian Smith, David and Kevin Brown, Craig McCallum, all giving creditable and enjoyable performances.
They, in turn, were followed by Graham Crozier and visitor Ian Greig from the island of Kerrera.
Time for our guest artistes, the Currie Brothers. Their comprehensive programme included masic to cater for all tastes ; Scottish, Irish, Continental, Modern, Country and Western and accordion solos. No one was left disappointed. Full marks, lads, for presentation and content.
Our programme continued after the interval with two selections from our Juvenile Band, their first public appearance and didn’t they do well? Another youngster, Ian Brown, maintained the high standard sey by the band.
Our senior players were also out in force and we were treated to some excellent playing by Janek Kowalski, the Two Gordons (Wardlaw and Hoggan), Karen Higgins, Graham Edwardson and David Wilson. To round off an enjoyable evening’s entertainment, Jim, Tom and Liam returned to the stage for their second spot.
Thanks again must go to Syd Archibald, who accompanied most players on drums, Gordon Sinclair, our compere, and to our very willing band of helpers.
Our next meeting will be January, 1983, when our guest will be Ian Holmes.
M.McC
Year 6 No 6 February 1983
1983 got off to a great start for the Chrissie Leatham A&F Club, based in the Berry Suite, Meadowbank, with a large appreciative audience and a whole host of players, of all age groups, eager to entertain us.
Our guest for the evening was the very talented bandleader and composer Ian Holmes from Dumfries, accompanied by Kenny Wilson on violin and young Graham Jamieson on drums.
Because of the large turnout of players, Ian’s time on stage was quite restricted and he therefore kept his programme to mainly Scottish and Scandinavian numbers.
As in recent radio broadcasts, Ian showed his great musical versatility by playing no less than three types of accordion ; two-row chromatic, five-row Continental and piano accordion.
But first to our members. After an initial hiccup with the PA system, the Club’s youngsters started the proceedings with some fine playing by Kenneth Trane, Colin Howden, Iain Brown, Gillian McCormick, Scott Higginson and sisters Kirsty and Sylvia Inverarity.
The audience certainly appreciated their playing and the amount of practice they must put in between meetings. It is also important for the future of the Club that young members get a good hearing each month. They were followed by Craig McCallum, a young man showing great promise, playing ‘Tico Tico.’ Craig was accompanied by Syd Archibald on drums and on keyboard Neil Barron, fresh from his first radio broadcast as bandleader.
In complete contrast to the Latin American rhythm we were then entertained by Graham Crozier, playing a Scottish selection, joined by Graham Jamieson on drums and Dorothy Lawson on keyboard. Dorothy and Graham stayed on stage to accompany mouth organist Bill Rintoul. It gives all players a great lift when they are sympathetically backed by more experienced musicians.
Now to our guests, Ian Holmes and Kenny Wilson. These two compliment each others playing extremely well and this is no more apparent than in their Scandinavian selections. Although often quite simple melodies, they are both tuneful and effective.
After a very short interval, our programme continued with faultless performances from Colin Brown, Alistair Wood, a visitor to the Club, Karen Higgins, Graham Edwardson, Jimmy Weir, Gordon Wardlaw, who becomes more professional with each appearance, Janek Kowalski, Neil Barron and finally Janice Gray, a visitor from Dumfries.
To finish off an enjoyable evening’s entertainment Ian and Kenny returned to the stage to give us a quality finale.
The guest for our February meeting will be the very talented Gordon Pattullo.
M. McC
The large enthusiastic audience which attended the Chrissie Leatham Edinburgh Accordion Club’s first night of the season in the Berry Suite, Meadowbank, Edinburgh, showed that interest in the Club had not wained during the long summer break.
Our guests for the evening were the Black Family from Stanley, Perthshire ; father Bill on button accordion, sons Robert and Duncan on piano accordions and mother Ann on keyboard.
Compere Gordon Sinclair welcomes our guests, audience and fellow accordionists and hoped they all had an enjoyable evening. He also asked for their support during the forthcoming season.
The night’s entertainment got of to a rousing start with two selections from our junior band. They, in turn, were followed by a talented array of young duetists, who included Iain Brown and Scott Higginson, sister Sylvia and Kirsty Inverarity and David and Kevin Brown.
Among the soloists in the lead-up to the guest artistes were Gavin Gray, an excellent player for his age, and Jimmy Weir on mouth organ who gave us a couple of singalong modern selections.
Now to our guests, the Black Family, who captivated the audience with their varied programme of both Scottish and continental tunes. Sons Robert and Duncan also treated us to some fine solo playing.
Our programme continued after the interval with faultless performances from Craig McCallum, David Brown, Colin Brown, Willie McFarlane, Janek Kowalski with his new electronic rhythm unit, and finally Christine Leatham and Joyce Crombie, who gave an extremely polished performance.
Our thanks must go to Syd Archibald who accompanied most of the players on drums.
To finish off an enjoyable evening, the Black Family returned to the stage to give us a superb finale.
M McC
Year 6 No 4 December 1982
Once again a large, attentive audience gathered in the Berry Suite, Edinburgh, for the November meeting of the Chrissie Leatham A&F Club.
Our guests for the evening, making a return visit, were the very popular Currie Brothers. These personable young men, with their accomplished playing, virtually guarantee a large turnout.
The privilege of starting the night’s proceedings went to young Kenneth Trane, making his first appearance at the Club. Among the other youngsters to entertain us during the first part were Gillian Smith, David and Kevin Brown, Craig McCallum, all giving creditable and enjoyable performances.
They, in turn, were followed by Graham Crozier and visitor Ian Greig from the island of Kerrera.
Time for our guest artistes, the Currie Brothers. Their comprehensive programme included masic to cater for all tastes ; Scottish, Irish, Continental, Modern, Country and Western and accordion solos. No one was left disappointed. Full marks, lads, for presentation and content.
Our programme continued after the interval with two selections from our Juvenile Band, their first public appearance and didn’t they do well? Another youngster, Ian Brown, maintained the high standard sey by the band.
Our senior players were also out in force and we were treated to some excellent playing by Janek Kowalski, the Two Gordons (Wardlaw and Hoggan), Karen Higgins, Graham Edwardson and David Wilson. To round off an enjoyable evening’s entertainment, Jim, Tom and Liam returned to the stage for their second spot.
Thanks again must go to Syd Archibald, who accompanied most players on drums, Gordon Sinclair, our compere, and to our very willing band of helpers.
Our next meeting will be January, 1983, when our guest will be Ian Holmes.
M.McC
Year 6 No 6 February 1983
1983 got off to a great start for the Chrissie Leatham A&F Club, based in the Berry Suite, Meadowbank, with a large appreciative audience and a whole host of players, of all age groups, eager to entertain us.
Our guest for the evening was the very talented bandleader and composer Ian Holmes from Dumfries, accompanied by Kenny Wilson on violin and young Graham Jamieson on drums.
Because of the large turnout of players, Ian’s time on stage was quite restricted and he therefore kept his programme to mainly Scottish and Scandinavian numbers.
As in recent radio broadcasts, Ian showed his great musical versatility by playing no less than three types of accordion ; two-row chromatic, five-row Continental and piano accordion.
But first to our members. After an initial hiccup with the PA system, the Club’s youngsters started the proceedings with some fine playing by Kenneth Trane, Colin Howden, Iain Brown, Gillian McCormick, Scott Higginson and sisters Kirsty and Sylvia Inverarity.
The audience certainly appreciated their playing and the amount of practice they must put in between meetings. It is also important for the future of the Club that young members get a good hearing each month. They were followed by Craig McCallum, a young man showing great promise, playing ‘Tico Tico.’ Craig was accompanied by Syd Archibald on drums and on keyboard Neil Barron, fresh from his first radio broadcast as bandleader.
In complete contrast to the Latin American rhythm we were then entertained by Graham Crozier, playing a Scottish selection, joined by Graham Jamieson on drums and Dorothy Lawson on keyboard. Dorothy and Graham stayed on stage to accompany mouth organist Bill Rintoul. It gives all players a great lift when they are sympathetically backed by more experienced musicians.
Now to our guests, Ian Holmes and Kenny Wilson. These two compliment each others playing extremely well and this is no more apparent than in their Scandinavian selections. Although often quite simple melodies, they are both tuneful and effective.
After a very short interval, our programme continued with faultless performances from Colin Brown, Alistair Wood, a visitor to the Club, Karen Higgins, Graham Edwardson, Jimmy Weir, Gordon Wardlaw, who becomes more professional with each appearance, Janek Kowalski, Neil Barron and finally Janice Gray, a visitor from Dumfries.
To finish off an enjoyable evening’s entertainment Ian and Kenny returned to the stage to give us a quality finale.
The guest for our February meeting will be the very talented Gordon Pattullo.
M. McC