Happy Birthday Mauchline Club!
30th Anniversary
by Andy Rae
B&F February 2014
The December 2013 meeting was held in the usual venue with a very large turnout of players and supporters to celebrate the 30th Birthday of the Club. The Club was formed in 1983 by Kenneth and Elizabeth Nairn and, as they now live in Newtonmore, it was much appreciated that they made the effort to come.
We celebrated the occasion with a lovely supper and toasted the future success of the Club.
Ian Muir was our first guest artiste 30 years ago and even though he has entertained us many time over the years we were delighted to welcome him at our special night.
Ian and his band gave us a very varied and interesting programme, which went down extremely well with the listeners. The band consisted of Ian on accordion, Marie Fielding on fiddle, Neil McMillan on piano and Derek Hamilton on drums. Club players on the night were – Jim Hutcheon, Marshall Harkness, Archie Marshall, Kenny Jackson, Susan Rodger, Bill Dunn, David Graham, Ronnie Easton, David Ross, Bill Young, David Helm, Kenneth Nairn, Susan MacFadyen, Dochie McCallum and Malcolm Rae.
On keyboard was Derek Hamilton and on drums Robin MacLean and Jimmy Simpson.
We were particularly honoured to be presented with copies of two tunes specially composed for us : namely ‘Salute to Mauchline Accordion and Fiddle Club’ by Ian Muir and ‘The Mauchline Pearl’ by Derek Hamilton.
A big thank you to Ian and Derek for their support to the Club over the years and to all the Club players and listeners. I am confident that the Club will continue for many years to come
We celebrated the occasion with a lovely supper and toasted the future success of the Club.
Ian Muir was our first guest artiste 30 years ago and even though he has entertained us many time over the years we were delighted to welcome him at our special night.
Ian and his band gave us a very varied and interesting programme, which went down extremely well with the listeners. The band consisted of Ian on accordion, Marie Fielding on fiddle, Neil McMillan on piano and Derek Hamilton on drums. Club players on the night were – Jim Hutcheon, Marshall Harkness, Archie Marshall, Kenny Jackson, Susan Rodger, Bill Dunn, David Graham, Ronnie Easton, David Ross, Bill Young, David Helm, Kenneth Nairn, Susan MacFadyen, Dochie McCallum and Malcolm Rae.
On keyboard was Derek Hamilton and on drums Robin MacLean and Jimmy Simpson.
We were particularly honoured to be presented with copies of two tunes specially composed for us : namely ‘Salute to Mauchline Accordion and Fiddle Club’ by Ian Muir and ‘The Mauchline Pearl’ by Derek Hamilton.
A big thank you to Ian and Derek for their support to the Club over the years and to all the Club players and listeners. I am confident that the Club will continue for many years to come