Simon and Martin Forry headed up to Glenfarg Folk Feast to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Glenfarg Folk Club. Read about the club below and check the photos of the celebration here. Glenfarg Folk CLub folk club first met on Monday 3rd April 1978 in the Glenfarg Hotel. Happily someone at that first club night […]
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Stonehaven Folk Festival 1988 – 2018 (30 years old)
On 23rd March Simon and Martin Forry headed up to Stonehaven to celebrate the folk festival’s 30th Anniversary. Stonehaven Folk Festival began in 1988 after a successful Stonehaven Folk Club was started in the wine bar in Allardice Street, Stonehaven. The original idea for the Festival came from Sandy Johnston and Bill McEwen after they […]
Drake Music Scotland Landmark 1997-2017
Drake Music Scotland’s vision is to transform people’s lives through the power of music and boy do they do that! They play a lead role in making Scotland a place where ground-breaking new music featuring skilled musicians and composers with disabilities comes alive for everyone. They reshape the definition of musicians, musical instruments and ensembles, […]
Fergie MacDonald – celebrating 65 years as a dance band leader
We were very happy to present Fergie MacDonald with a Hands Up for Trad Landmark Award last week in Fort William. Simon couldn’t make it up so he recorded this presentation speech. Read about Fergie below. Long before he developed a second career as the notorious foil for Phil Cunningham’s onstage stories, Fergie MacDonald had […]
Landmark Presentations to Scottish Culture and Traditions and the Old Blind Dogs
We were very lucky to head to Aberdeen on Sunday to present two Landmark Awards. Scottish Culture and Traditions were celebration 20 years of work and the Old Blind Dogs 25 years on the road. Two great achievements. Read about them below. Scottish Culture and Traditions Old Blind Dogs If you know of any cultural […]
Fairport Convention Landmark Presentation
Last Tuesday we visited Celtic Connections festival to present the legendary Fairport Convention with a Landmark Award to celebrate their 50 years in the business. David Francis made the presentation while at the same time got to me some of his heroes! Read about the band below! Dave Pegg has likened Fairport Convention’s personnel changes […]
Saltire Society Landmark Presentation – Wednesday 30th November
We had a lovely time in Glasgow’s Oran Mor presenting the Saltire Society with a Hands Up for Trad Landmark Award to celebrate their 80th birthday. It was a night of presentations, poetry and music from Karine Polwart, Blue Rose Code and Cherrygrove. Congratulations to the Saltire Society – they do fab work throughout the […]
Fèis Rois 1986 – 2016 Landmark Award Presentation
I headed up to beautiful Ullapool last weekend to teach at Fèis Rois’s Adult Feis and present the organisation with one of our Landmark Awards. I hadn’t been before but what an event! 265 adults in Ullapool learning traditional music – how amazing is that?! I was working with the groupwork classes and had a […]
Clarsach Society receive their Landmark Award
On Monday 4th April, Persephone Nicol Bose presented The Clarsach Society with their Landmark Award at The Harp Festival, Edinburgh. Evergreen Studio and 16K Design designed us a beautiful natural slate award. Our next presentation is Feis Rois celebrating their 30th Anniversary. In the meantime have a read about the wonderful Clarsach Society.