Rothbury Accordion Club’s 25th Anniversary
by M.D.
The 25th Anniversary meeting of Rothbury Accordion club was celebrated in the Queens Head Hotel on Thursday, 4th February. Neil Telfer, the compere, gave a word of welcome to everyone.
First in stage were Alan and Margaret Cockburn accompanied by Tommy Wilson on drums with vocals by Peter Renton. The next local artiste on stage was Robin Cowens on accordion with Margaret Cockburn keyboard and Jock Wilson on drums. Joan Kirk, accordion with Gillian Birnie, fiddle were next to entertain then Bob Widdrington, mouth organ and last of the local artistes for the first half was Stuart Barron accordion accompanied by Margaret Cockburn and Tommy Wilson.
Our guest artistes for the evening were the Sandy Legget Trio with Sandy on accordion, his wife Shauna on keyboard and Alistair McBeth on drums. They presented a varied selection of tunes which included Irish jigs, waltzes, the Kerrera Polka, pipe reels and music of Rabbie Burns.
The Chairman, Bob Herdman, gave a vote of thanks to the many people who had contributed to making the evening such a success and then cut the cake. A buffet supper, which followed, was most enjoyable. A very large raffle was drawn, with 23 prizes!! The toast to the Club was given by Tommy Edmondson, the Founder Chairman.
The second half then got under way. Local artistes included Tommy Edmondson, Mungo Riddell and Norman Foster on accordion, Ernie Gordon and Willie Atkinson, mouth organ, and Andrew Davison, Northumbrian pipes.
The guest artistes then took over for the rest of the evening playing Continental numvers, Shetland reels, pipe marches, hornpipes, Gaelic waltzes and sing-along tunes.
A great evening of entertainment which will be remembered for a long time y:Arial'>Here’s to the next 21 years.
Box and Fiddle
April 1999
First in stage were Alan and Margaret Cockburn accompanied by Tommy Wilson on drums with vocals by Peter Renton. The next local artiste on stage was Robin Cowens on accordion with Margaret Cockburn keyboard and Jock Wilson on drums. Joan Kirk, accordion with Gillian Birnie, fiddle were next to entertain then Bob Widdrington, mouth organ and last of the local artistes for the first half was Stuart Barron accordion accompanied by Margaret Cockburn and Tommy Wilson.
Our guest artistes for the evening were the Sandy Legget Trio with Sandy on accordion, his wife Shauna on keyboard and Alistair McBeth on drums. They presented a varied selection of tunes which included Irish jigs, waltzes, the Kerrera Polka, pipe reels and music of Rabbie Burns.
The Chairman, Bob Herdman, gave a vote of thanks to the many people who had contributed to making the evening such a success and then cut the cake. A buffet supper, which followed, was most enjoyable. A very large raffle was drawn, with 23 prizes!! The toast to the Club was given by Tommy Edmondson, the Founder Chairman.
The second half then got under way. Local artistes included Tommy Edmondson, Mungo Riddell and Norman Foster on accordion, Ernie Gordon and Willie Atkinson, mouth organ, and Andrew Davison, Northumbrian pipes.
The guest artistes then took over for the rest of the evening playing Continental numvers, Shetland reels, pipe marches, hornpipes, Gaelic waltzes and sing-along tunes.
A great evening of entertainment which will be remembered for a long time y:Arial'>Here’s to the next 21 years.
Box and Fiddle
April 1999