Box and Fiddle
Year 31 No 10
June 2008
Price £2.30
44 Page Magazine
12 month subscription £25.30 + p&p £8.80 (UK)
Editor – Karin Ingram, Hawick
B&F Treasurer – Charlie Todd, Thankerton
The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time-consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
We’re all getting ready for the AGM and Celebrity Luncheon at the end of the month and you can read about Bobby Harvey, one of our three Guests of Honour, on Page 10. We hope to carry articles about Neil McMillan and Gordon Pattullo in the July and August issues and to cover the event itself in September (when more readers will be back at clubs).
We were saddened to hear of the death of Ray Milbourne. Iain MacPhail has kindly offered to write an obituary and that should also be in a forthcoming issue.
This year is the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Sir Jimmy shand and Heather McLean and Jock Thomson had a wonderful day at St Andrews at the Tribute Day. We’ll carry a full report next month.
Well done to all the prizewinner at the Newtongrange Competitions. A great time was had at Mull by the look of the photos on the back page, and once again talented musicians turned out in force for the Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival in Oban.
Many thanks again to everyone who has contributed to this month’s B&F.
Karin Ingram
Newtongrange competitions 2008
by Heather McLean
Dean Tavern, Newtongrange on Sunday 20th April 2008
BAFFI Nominations 2008
by
Bobby Harvey
by Bobby Harvey
To have been part of the Accordion and Fiddle Club scene right from the very start has been one of the great joys of my life. I had been playing with Max Houliston during a tour of England when he asked me to be his first fiddle guest at his ‘Hole in the Wa’’ Accordion Club in Dumfries (his first accordion guests had been Ivor Britton and Archie Duncan).
After that night, I returned to Milngavie, phoned all my Glasgow fellow musicians and we started the M.A.F.I.A. (Milngavie Accordion, Fiddle and Instrumental Associates). Our first guest was, naturally, Max and he agreed to our fee which was any cash in the old lum hat that I had bought at a jumble sale for a shilling! The night was hilarious, ending about two in the morning and setting the pattern for many years of fun, music and camaraderie never to be forgotten. I was the “Godfather” and the rule of silence, “Omerta” was strictly observed no matter who was playing.
When the archivist of the NAAFC wishes to trace the ancestry of all the present clubs in Scotland he or she will find the square root either in Gretna or Milngavie, since we both opened in the same month after attending Max’s original club in Dumfries. The MAFIA was directly responsible for Perth, Beith, Galston, Balloch, Inveraray, Oban, etc, etc since all of their original members were guests at the MAFIA and the pyramid effect spread over the country from there. We also started the original “stramash” and the shield for the most improved player in the club, and we are delighted to see this as part of nearly every club now.
Some of the special nights at the MAFIA will forever be remembered among members for their hilarious after effects and spontaneous fun. The night Jimmy Shand played for the first time at an accordion club as a personal favour and wouldn’t take a ha’penny because he enjoyed himself so much laughing as Charlie Cowie, pi**ed as a newt, played out of his skin and forgot he was there... The night we had a “Special” for our member George Hill, the loveable guitarist who had just lost his leg, and unknown to him, the doctors gave permission for him to arrive by ambulance to attend his own benefit night and we gave him his guitar and banjo and there he was – sitting up in a hospital bed playing with all the boys. On that night we had Andy Stewart, the Alexander Brothers, a full visit from the Perth club and many more top visitors plus our own members. The doctors said it was the best therapy anyone could ask for... for us as well as George who recovered and had many more happy years of playing. The night we had a visit from the Langholm Club and surprised them with another guest who had never performed at a club, and only for the cost of my phone call, Will Starr... The MAFIA cruises, which were an essential part of summer, although the destinations were unusual (we were the only club to run a cruise to Aberfoyle), and the cruise to Rowardennan became a mystery tour when we had to return by the postbus to Balmaha because the main bus couldn’t get up the hill... it gave us more time for drinking at Rowardennan as we, like the true gentlemen we were, adopted the policy of women and children first on the return shuttle service...
In the early days Ivor and I would travel either individually or together from Wick to Rothbury, and all points in between, in order to keep our type of music alive. We were the missionaries all right, but the audiences in each Club were already converted, and many a great night we had after the club finished. Langholm was one of the many memories of all night sessions with Geordie Bell and Archie Park and all the musicians from that airt gathering in Geordie’s house till dawn. Who could forget the sight of Geordie taking out his ‘gless e’e’ and placing it on the mantel piece saying “NOW the music can begin!” As Burns said, “From scenes like this Auld Scotia’s glory springs.”
It would be remiss of me not to mention and thank the members of my own Band, some of whom have now passed on. We spent twenty-four years as flavour of the month at Gleneagles, during which time we played at all of Scotland’s five star hotels, and in one week in 1993, we played them all! This year Ivor and I were made Honorary Members of the Glasgow Highland Club in recognition of playing their Annual Ball for forty-two years!! The happy memories of playing all over the world and through every spectrum of society, which only a musician can access, meeting fellow musicians and having a crack with them are what makes life for me. The memory of Ivor and me sharing a dressing room on the QE2 with forty topless Brazilian dancers will never be repeated by any Scottish Dance Band… and that’s just one of the wealth of stories I hope to put into book form eventually.
My greatest thrill now is hearing my son Scott and his Band and all of his generation of young musicians following the real music of Scotland. Keeping our music alive despite the BBC of the sixties was the original intention of the MAFIA and our sister Clubs at the start of the Accordion and Fiddle Club era, and now, due to all members of every Club in Scotland, the music will still be alive when we are awa.
Fiddling Down Under
by
The 5th Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle ………
The Butterfly Effect
by Gerry Reynolds
Some of you may have heard about …………….
See Hear! with Bill Brown
CD Reviews
Over the Moon – Catriona MacDonald – Peerie Angels Productions – PAP002CD
Brewed in Barra – Duncan MacKinnon CB- Independent – DMK001
The Celtic Collection – 30th Anniversary of KRL – CDDLD 5002
Take the Floor – Saturday Evenings 19.05 – 20.30 with Robbie Shepherd
7th June 08 – West Telferton Caledonian SDB – Presented by Bruce MacGregor – (Listeners Letters)
14th June 08 – Bandleaders Choices’ (Neil McMillan)
21st June 08 – Iain MacPhail and Friends pay tribute to the music of Andrew Rankine
28th June 08 – OB from Biggar Municipal Hall with Iain Cathcart SDB and Guests
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Old Machar RBL) –
Alnwick (The Farrier’s Arms – Shilbottle)
Annan (St Andrew’s Social Club) - 15th June 08 – John Stuart SDB
Arbroath (Viewfield Hotel) - 1st June 08 – Early Learning C.B.
Armadale (Masonic Hall) –
Balloch (St. Kessog’s Church Hall) –
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) – 30th June 08 – Wayne Robertson & Claire Telford
Banff & District (Banff Springs Hotel) – 25th June 08 – Iain MacPhail SDB
Beith & District (Anderson Hotel) –
Biggar (Municipal Hall) –
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 10th June 08 – Alistair McCulloch
Britannia (Arden House Hotel) -
Bromley (Trinity United Reform Church) -
Button Key (Windygates Institute) – 12th June 08 – David Cunningham SDB
Campsie (Glazert Country House Hotel) -
Carlisle (St Margaret Mary Social Club) -
Castle Douglas (Urr Valley Country House Hotel) –
Coalburn (Miners’ Welfare) -
Crieff & District (Crieff Hotel)
Cults (Culter Sports & Social Club) 11th June 08 – John Stuart SDB
Dingwall (National Hotel) –
Dunblane (Victoria Hall) – 6th June 08 – Annual Dance
Dunfermline (Headwell Bowling Club) –
Dunoon & Cowal (McColl’s Hotel)
Duns (Royal British Legion Club, Langtongate)
Ellon (Station Hotel) – 17th June 08 – Steven Carcary SDB
Fintry (Fintry Sports Centre) –
Forfar (The Royal Hotel) - 29th June 08 – Colin Dewar Trio
Forres (Victoria Hotel) – 11th June 08 - AGM
Galashiels (Abbotsford Arms Hotel) –
Glendale (The Glendale Hall) -
Glenfarg (Lomond Hotel) -
Glenrothes (Victoria Hall, Coaltown of Balgownie) - 24th June 08 – John Douglas SDB
Gretna (Athlitic & Social Club) -
Haddington (Railway Inn) -
Highland (Waterside Hotel) – 16th June 08 - AGM
Inveraray (Argyll Hotel) -
Isle of Skye – (The Royal Hotel, Portree) -
Islesteps (The Embassy Hotel) –
Kelso (Cross Keys Hotel) – 11th June 08 - AGM
Kintore (Torryburn Arms Hotel) – 4th June 08 – Graeme Mitchell SDB
Ladybank (Ladybank Tavern) - 19th June 08 – Club night
Lanark (Ravenstruther Hall) - 21st June 08 – Dance to Marian Anderson SDB
Langholm (Eskdale Hotel) –
Lewis & Harris (Stornoway Legion) - 5th June 08 – Susam MacFadyen Trio
Livingston (Hilcroft Hotel, Whitburn)
Lockerbie (Queen’s Hotel) -
Mauchline (Harry Lyle Suite) -
Montrose (Park Hotel) –
Newburgh (The Ship Hotel) -
Newmill-on-Teviot / Teviotdale (Thorterdykes Roadhouse)
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) –
North East (Royal British Legion, Keith) – 3rd June 08 - AGM
Oban (The Argyllshire Gathering) –
Orkney (Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall) –
Peebles (Rugby Social Club) –
Perth (Salutation Hotel) –
Premier NI (Chimney Corner Hotel) -
Reading Scottish Fiddlers (Willowbank Infant School, Woodley) -
Renfrew (Masonic Hall, Broadloan) –
Rothbury (Queen’s Head Hotel) - 5th June 08 – AGM + The Occasionals
Scottish Accordion Music (Banchory) - 8th June 08 – All Players Welcome
Selkirk (Angus O’Malley’s) -
Shetland (Shetland Hotel, Lerwick) -
Stonehouse (Stonehouse Violet Football Social Club) -
Sutherland (Rogart Hall) -
Thornhill (Bowling Club Hall) -
Thurso (Pentland Hotel) –
Turriff (Commercail Hotel, Cuminestown) – 5th June 08 – Wayne Robertson & Davie Stewart
Tynedale (Hexham Ex Service Club) – 19th June 08 – Ian Cruickshanks SDB
Uist & Benbecula (C of S Hall, Griminish) -
West Barnes (West Barnes Inn)
Wick (MacKay’s Hotel) –
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Aberdeen
2. Annan
3. Arbroath
4. Banchory
5. Banff
6. Blairgowrie
7. Castle Douglas
8. Coalburn
9. Crieff
10. Cults
11. Dingwall
12. Dunoon & Cowal
13. Duns
14. Forfar
15. Forres
16. Highland
17. Isle of Skye
18. Kintore
19. Lewis & Harris
20. Livingston
21. Mauchline
22. Montrose
23. North East
24. Peebles
25. Perth
26. Rothbury
27. Turriff
28. Tynedale
29. Wick
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT OCT 2007
(Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports or in the Club Diary above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975 – present)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Aug 1975 – present)
3. Annan A&F Club (joined Assoc in 1996 but started 1985 – present)
4. Arbroath A&F Club (1991? – present)
5. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months) Closed early 08-09
6. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue – present)
7. Banchory A&F Club (1978 – present)
8. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973 – present)
9. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition – present)
10. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
11. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974 – present)
12. Blairgowrie A&F Club (
13. Britannia B&F Club ( joined 07-08 but much older
14. Bromley A&F Club (joined 95-96 – closed early 08-09)
15. Button Key A&F Club (
16. Campsie A&F Club (Nov 95 – present)
17. Carlisle A&F Club (joined Sept 1993 -
18. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980 – present)
19. Coalburn A&F Club (
20. Crathes (aka Scottish Accordion Music – Crathes) (Nov 1997 -
21. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
22. Cults A & F Club (
23. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
24. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
25. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971 – present)
26. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
27. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
28. Duns A&F Club (formed 20th Sept 04 – present)
29. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980 – Closed 04/05)
30. Ellon A&F Club (
31. Fintry A&F Club (Dec 1972 – reformed Jan 1980 – present)
32. Forfar A&F Club (
33. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
34. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
35. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
36. Glendale Accordion Club (Jan 1973)
37. Glenfarg A&F Club (formed 1988 joined Assoc Mar 95 -
38. Glenrothes A&F Club (Mar 93?
39. Gretna A&F Club (1991) Known as North Cumbria A&F Club previously (originally called Gretna when started in June 1966 but later had to move to venues in the North of England and changed name. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
40. Haddington A&F Club (formed Feb 2005 - )
41. Highland A&F Club (Inverness) (Nov 1973 – present)
42. Inveraray A&F Club (Feb 1991 - present)
43. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981 – present – n.b. evolved from the original Dumfries Club)
44. Isle of Skye A&F Club (June 1983 – present)
45. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976 – present)
46. Kintore A&F Club (
47. Ladybank A&F Club (joined Apr 98 but formed earlier
48. Lanark A&F Club (joined Sept 96 – closed March 2015)
49. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967 - present)
50. Lewis & Harris A&F Club (Aug 1994 -
51. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – present)
52. Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973 - present)
53. Maine Valley A&F Club (
54. Mauchline A&F Club (Sept 1983 - present)
55. Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
56. Newburgh A&F Club (joined 2002 but founded
57. Newmill-on-Teviot (Hawick) (Formed late 1988 joined Assoc 1999
58. Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1977 - present)
59. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971 - present)
60. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975 - present)
61. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978 - present)
62. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981 - present)
63. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970 - present)
64. Premier A&F Club NI (April 1980)
65. Phoenix A&F Club, Ardrishaig (Dec 2004 -
66. Renfrew A&F Club (1984 -
67. Rothbury Accordion Club (7th Feb 1974) orig called Coquetdale
68. Selkirk A&F Club (
69. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978 - present)
70. Stonehouse A&F Club (first report June 05 -
71. Sutherland A&F Club (Nov 1982 -
72. Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition – closed April 2014)
73. Thurso A&F Club (Oct 1981 - present)
74. Turriff A&F Club (March 1982 - present)
75. Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980 - present)
76. Uist & Benbecula A&F Club (Dec 2007 but formed 1994 -
77. West Barnes ( - present)
78. Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975 - present)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
79. Acharacle & District A&F Club (cMay 1988)
80. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition) Closed
81. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
82. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
83. Brigmill A&F Club (Oct 1990) Closed
84. Buchan A&F Club
85 Callander A&F Club (
86 Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
87 Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
88 Club Accord
89 Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2? – became Rothbury?)
90. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
91. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
92. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
93. Derwentside A&F Club
94. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
95. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
96. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
97. Dundee & District A&F Club (1970? – 1995?)
98. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
99. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
100. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
101. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
102. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
103. Islay A&F Club (23 Apr 93 -
104. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
105. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
106. M.A.F.I.A. (1966 – 1993?)
107. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
108. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
109. Muirhead A&F Club (Dec 1994 -
110. Mull A&F Club
111. Newcastleton Accordion Club
112. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
113. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
114. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club (closed April 1992 – per Sept Editorial)
115. Reading Scottish Fiddlers (cMarch 1997
116. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
117. Stirling A&F Club (Oct 1991 – closed 20000/01?)
118. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
119. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
120. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
121. Tranent A&F Club
122. Vancouver
123. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
124. Wellbank A&F Club
125. Yarrow (prev known as Etterick & Yarrow) (Jan 1989 – closed 2001/02)
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B&F Treasurer – Charlie Todd, Thankerton
The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time-consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
We’re all getting ready for the AGM and Celebrity Luncheon at the end of the month and you can read about Bobby Harvey, one of our three Guests of Honour, on Page 10. We hope to carry articles about Neil McMillan and Gordon Pattullo in the July and August issues and to cover the event itself in September (when more readers will be back at clubs).
We were saddened to hear of the death of Ray Milbourne. Iain MacPhail has kindly offered to write an obituary and that should also be in a forthcoming issue.
This year is the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Sir Jimmy shand and Heather McLean and Jock Thomson had a wonderful day at St Andrews at the Tribute Day. We’ll carry a full report next month.
Well done to all the prizewinner at the Newtongrange Competitions. A great time was had at Mull by the look of the photos on the back page, and once again talented musicians turned out in force for the Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival in Oban.
Many thanks again to everyone who has contributed to this month’s B&F.
Karin Ingram
Newtongrange competitions 2008
by Heather McLean
Dean Tavern, Newtongrange on Sunday 20th April 2008
BAFFI Nominations 2008
by
Bobby Harvey
by Bobby Harvey
To have been part of the Accordion and Fiddle Club scene right from the very start has been one of the great joys of my life. I had been playing with Max Houliston during a tour of England when he asked me to be his first fiddle guest at his ‘Hole in the Wa’’ Accordion Club in Dumfries (his first accordion guests had been Ivor Britton and Archie Duncan).
After that night, I returned to Milngavie, phoned all my Glasgow fellow musicians and we started the M.A.F.I.A. (Milngavie Accordion, Fiddle and Instrumental Associates). Our first guest was, naturally, Max and he agreed to our fee which was any cash in the old lum hat that I had bought at a jumble sale for a shilling! The night was hilarious, ending about two in the morning and setting the pattern for many years of fun, music and camaraderie never to be forgotten. I was the “Godfather” and the rule of silence, “Omerta” was strictly observed no matter who was playing.
When the archivist of the NAAFC wishes to trace the ancestry of all the present clubs in Scotland he or she will find the square root either in Gretna or Milngavie, since we both opened in the same month after attending Max’s original club in Dumfries. The MAFIA was directly responsible for Perth, Beith, Galston, Balloch, Inveraray, Oban, etc, etc since all of their original members were guests at the MAFIA and the pyramid effect spread over the country from there. We also started the original “stramash” and the shield for the most improved player in the club, and we are delighted to see this as part of nearly every club now.
Some of the special nights at the MAFIA will forever be remembered among members for their hilarious after effects and spontaneous fun. The night Jimmy Shand played for the first time at an accordion club as a personal favour and wouldn’t take a ha’penny because he enjoyed himself so much laughing as Charlie Cowie, pi**ed as a newt, played out of his skin and forgot he was there... The night we had a “Special” for our member George Hill, the loveable guitarist who had just lost his leg, and unknown to him, the doctors gave permission for him to arrive by ambulance to attend his own benefit night and we gave him his guitar and banjo and there he was – sitting up in a hospital bed playing with all the boys. On that night we had Andy Stewart, the Alexander Brothers, a full visit from the Perth club and many more top visitors plus our own members. The doctors said it was the best therapy anyone could ask for... for us as well as George who recovered and had many more happy years of playing. The night we had a visit from the Langholm Club and surprised them with another guest who had never performed at a club, and only for the cost of my phone call, Will Starr... The MAFIA cruises, which were an essential part of summer, although the destinations were unusual (we were the only club to run a cruise to Aberfoyle), and the cruise to Rowardennan became a mystery tour when we had to return by the postbus to Balmaha because the main bus couldn’t get up the hill... it gave us more time for drinking at Rowardennan as we, like the true gentlemen we were, adopted the policy of women and children first on the return shuttle service...
In the early days Ivor and I would travel either individually or together from Wick to Rothbury, and all points in between, in order to keep our type of music alive. We were the missionaries all right, but the audiences in each Club were already converted, and many a great night we had after the club finished. Langholm was one of the many memories of all night sessions with Geordie Bell and Archie Park and all the musicians from that airt gathering in Geordie’s house till dawn. Who could forget the sight of Geordie taking out his ‘gless e’e’ and placing it on the mantel piece saying “NOW the music can begin!” As Burns said, “From scenes like this Auld Scotia’s glory springs.”
It would be remiss of me not to mention and thank the members of my own Band, some of whom have now passed on. We spent twenty-four years as flavour of the month at Gleneagles, during which time we played at all of Scotland’s five star hotels, and in one week in 1993, we played them all! This year Ivor and I were made Honorary Members of the Glasgow Highland Club in recognition of playing their Annual Ball for forty-two years!! The happy memories of playing all over the world and through every spectrum of society, which only a musician can access, meeting fellow musicians and having a crack with them are what makes life for me. The memory of Ivor and me sharing a dressing room on the QE2 with forty topless Brazilian dancers will never be repeated by any Scottish Dance Band… and that’s just one of the wealth of stories I hope to put into book form eventually.
My greatest thrill now is hearing my son Scott and his Band and all of his generation of young musicians following the real music of Scotland. Keeping our music alive despite the BBC of the sixties was the original intention of the MAFIA and our sister Clubs at the start of the Accordion and Fiddle Club era, and now, due to all members of every Club in Scotland, the music will still be alive when we are awa.
Fiddling Down Under
by
The 5th Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle ………
The Butterfly Effect
by Gerry Reynolds
Some of you may have heard about …………….
See Hear! with Bill Brown
CD Reviews
Over the Moon – Catriona MacDonald – Peerie Angels Productions – PAP002CD
Brewed in Barra – Duncan MacKinnon CB- Independent – DMK001
The Celtic Collection – 30th Anniversary of KRL – CDDLD 5002
Take the Floor – Saturday Evenings 19.05 – 20.30 with Robbie Shepherd
7th June 08 – West Telferton Caledonian SDB – Presented by Bruce MacGregor – (Listeners Letters)
14th June 08 – Bandleaders Choices’ (Neil McMillan)
21st June 08 – Iain MacPhail and Friends pay tribute to the music of Andrew Rankine
28th June 08 – OB from Biggar Municipal Hall with Iain Cathcart SDB and Guests
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Old Machar RBL) –
Alnwick (The Farrier’s Arms – Shilbottle)
Annan (St Andrew’s Social Club) - 15th June 08 – John Stuart SDB
Arbroath (Viewfield Hotel) - 1st June 08 – Early Learning C.B.
Armadale (Masonic Hall) –
Balloch (St. Kessog’s Church Hall) –
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) – 30th June 08 – Wayne Robertson & Claire Telford
Banff & District (Banff Springs Hotel) – 25th June 08 – Iain MacPhail SDB
Beith & District (Anderson Hotel) –
Biggar (Municipal Hall) –
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 10th June 08 – Alistair McCulloch
Britannia (Arden House Hotel) -
Bromley (Trinity United Reform Church) -
Button Key (Windygates Institute) – 12th June 08 – David Cunningham SDB
Campsie (Glazert Country House Hotel) -
Carlisle (St Margaret Mary Social Club) -
Castle Douglas (Urr Valley Country House Hotel) –
Coalburn (Miners’ Welfare) -
Crieff & District (Crieff Hotel)
Cults (Culter Sports & Social Club) 11th June 08 – John Stuart SDB
Dingwall (National Hotel) –
Dunblane (Victoria Hall) – 6th June 08 – Annual Dance
Dunfermline (Headwell Bowling Club) –
Dunoon & Cowal (McColl’s Hotel)
Duns (Royal British Legion Club, Langtongate)
Ellon (Station Hotel) – 17th June 08 – Steven Carcary SDB
Fintry (Fintry Sports Centre) –
Forfar (The Royal Hotel) - 29th June 08 – Colin Dewar Trio
Forres (Victoria Hotel) – 11th June 08 - AGM
Galashiels (Abbotsford Arms Hotel) –
Glendale (The Glendale Hall) -
Glenfarg (Lomond Hotel) -
Glenrothes (Victoria Hall, Coaltown of Balgownie) - 24th June 08 – John Douglas SDB
Gretna (Athlitic & Social Club) -
Haddington (Railway Inn) -
Highland (Waterside Hotel) – 16th June 08 - AGM
Inveraray (Argyll Hotel) -
Isle of Skye – (The Royal Hotel, Portree) -
Islesteps (The Embassy Hotel) –
Kelso (Cross Keys Hotel) – 11th June 08 - AGM
Kintore (Torryburn Arms Hotel) – 4th June 08 – Graeme Mitchell SDB
Ladybank (Ladybank Tavern) - 19th June 08 – Club night
Lanark (Ravenstruther Hall) - 21st June 08 – Dance to Marian Anderson SDB
Langholm (Eskdale Hotel) –
Lewis & Harris (Stornoway Legion) - 5th June 08 – Susam MacFadyen Trio
Livingston (Hilcroft Hotel, Whitburn)
Lockerbie (Queen’s Hotel) -
Mauchline (Harry Lyle Suite) -
Montrose (Park Hotel) –
Newburgh (The Ship Hotel) -
Newmill-on-Teviot / Teviotdale (Thorterdykes Roadhouse)
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) –
North East (Royal British Legion, Keith) – 3rd June 08 - AGM
Oban (The Argyllshire Gathering) –
Orkney (Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall) –
Peebles (Rugby Social Club) –
Perth (Salutation Hotel) –
Premier NI (Chimney Corner Hotel) -
Reading Scottish Fiddlers (Willowbank Infant School, Woodley) -
Renfrew (Masonic Hall, Broadloan) –
Rothbury (Queen’s Head Hotel) - 5th June 08 – AGM + The Occasionals
Scottish Accordion Music (Banchory) - 8th June 08 – All Players Welcome
Selkirk (Angus O’Malley’s) -
Shetland (Shetland Hotel, Lerwick) -
Stonehouse (Stonehouse Violet Football Social Club) -
Sutherland (Rogart Hall) -
Thornhill (Bowling Club Hall) -
Thurso (Pentland Hotel) –
Turriff (Commercail Hotel, Cuminestown) – 5th June 08 – Wayne Robertson & Davie Stewart
Tynedale (Hexham Ex Service Club) – 19th June 08 – Ian Cruickshanks SDB
Uist & Benbecula (C of S Hall, Griminish) -
West Barnes (West Barnes Inn)
Wick (MacKay’s Hotel) –
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Aberdeen
2. Annan
3. Arbroath
4. Banchory
5. Banff
6. Blairgowrie
7. Castle Douglas
8. Coalburn
9. Crieff
10. Cults
11. Dingwall
12. Dunoon & Cowal
13. Duns
14. Forfar
15. Forres
16. Highland
17. Isle of Skye
18. Kintore
19. Lewis & Harris
20. Livingston
21. Mauchline
22. Montrose
23. North East
24. Peebles
25. Perth
26. Rothbury
27. Turriff
28. Tynedale
29. Wick
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT OCT 2007
(Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports or in the Club Diary above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975 – present)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Aug 1975 – present)
3. Annan A&F Club (joined Assoc in 1996 but started 1985 – present)
4. Arbroath A&F Club (1991? – present)
5. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months) Closed early 08-09
6. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue – present)
7. Banchory A&F Club (1978 – present)
8. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973 – present)
9. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition – present)
10. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
11. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974 – present)
12. Blairgowrie A&F Club (
13. Britannia B&F Club ( joined 07-08 but much older
14. Bromley A&F Club (joined 95-96 – closed early 08-09)
15. Button Key A&F Club (
16. Campsie A&F Club (Nov 95 – present)
17. Carlisle A&F Club (joined Sept 1993 -
18. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980 – present)
19. Coalburn A&F Club (
20. Crathes (aka Scottish Accordion Music – Crathes) (Nov 1997 -
21. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
22. Cults A & F Club (
23. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
24. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
25. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971 – present)
26. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
27. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
28. Duns A&F Club (formed 20th Sept 04 – present)
29. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980 – Closed 04/05)
30. Ellon A&F Club (
31. Fintry A&F Club (Dec 1972 – reformed Jan 1980 – present)
32. Forfar A&F Club (
33. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
34. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
35. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
36. Glendale Accordion Club (Jan 1973)
37. Glenfarg A&F Club (formed 1988 joined Assoc Mar 95 -
38. Glenrothes A&F Club (Mar 93?
39. Gretna A&F Club (1991) Known as North Cumbria A&F Club previously (originally called Gretna when started in June 1966 but later had to move to venues in the North of England and changed name. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
40. Haddington A&F Club (formed Feb 2005 - )
41. Highland A&F Club (Inverness) (Nov 1973 – present)
42. Inveraray A&F Club (Feb 1991 - present)
43. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981 – present – n.b. evolved from the original Dumfries Club)
44. Isle of Skye A&F Club (June 1983 – present)
45. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976 – present)
46. Kintore A&F Club (
47. Ladybank A&F Club (joined Apr 98 but formed earlier
48. Lanark A&F Club (joined Sept 96 – closed March 2015)
49. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967 - present)
50. Lewis & Harris A&F Club (Aug 1994 -
51. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – present)
52. Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973 - present)
53. Maine Valley A&F Club (
54. Mauchline A&F Club (Sept 1983 - present)
55. Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
56. Newburgh A&F Club (joined 2002 but founded
57. Newmill-on-Teviot (Hawick) (Formed late 1988 joined Assoc 1999
58. Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1977 - present)
59. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971 - present)
60. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975 - present)
61. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978 - present)
62. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981 - present)
63. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970 - present)
64. Premier A&F Club NI (April 1980)
65. Phoenix A&F Club, Ardrishaig (Dec 2004 -
66. Renfrew A&F Club (1984 -
67. Rothbury Accordion Club (7th Feb 1974) orig called Coquetdale
68. Selkirk A&F Club (
69. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978 - present)
70. Stonehouse A&F Club (first report June 05 -
71. Sutherland A&F Club (Nov 1982 -
72. Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition – closed April 2014)
73. Thurso A&F Club (Oct 1981 - present)
74. Turriff A&F Club (March 1982 - present)
75. Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980 - present)
76. Uist & Benbecula A&F Club (Dec 2007 but formed 1994 -
77. West Barnes ( - present)
78. Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975 - present)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
79. Acharacle & District A&F Club (cMay 1988)
80. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition) Closed
81. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
82. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
83. Brigmill A&F Club (Oct 1990) Closed
84. Buchan A&F Club
85 Callander A&F Club (
86 Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
87 Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
88 Club Accord
89 Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2? – became Rothbury?)
90. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
91. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
92. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
93. Derwentside A&F Club
94. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
95. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
96. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
97. Dundee & District A&F Club (1970? – 1995?)
98. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
99. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
100. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
101. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
102. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
103. Islay A&F Club (23 Apr 93 -
104. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
105. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
106. M.A.F.I.A. (1966 – 1993?)
107. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
108. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
109. Muirhead A&F Club (Dec 1994 -
110. Mull A&F Club
111. Newcastleton Accordion Club
112. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
113. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
114. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club (closed April 1992 – per Sept Editorial)
115. Reading Scottish Fiddlers (cMarch 1997
116. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
117. Stirling A&F Club (Oct 1991 – closed 20000/01?)
118. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
119. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
120. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
121. Tranent A&F Club
122. Vancouver
123. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
124. Wellbank A&F Club
125. Yarrow (prev known as Etterick & Yarrow) (Jan 1989 – closed 2001/02)
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