{"id":2175,"date":"2014-08-07T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T09:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2014-08-07T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T09:16:58","slug":"trad-on-the-tyne-publishes-final-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/trad-on-the-tyne-publishes-final-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAD ON THE TYNE PUBLISHES FINAL PROGRAMME"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blazin<\/a>Haddington\u2019s Trad on the Tyne festival (www.tradonthetyne.com), which takes place in the town from 29 – 31 August, has published its final programme, with the headline acts \u2013 Karine Polwart, Blazin\u2019 Fiddles, the Friel Sisters (in the Music to Dine For evening), and Alex Hodgson \u2013 being joined on the bill by the Victorian Trout Conspiracy and dynamic duo Rachel Gray and Amy Low. A ticket hotline (07511 515 049) has also been opened, while there\u2019s again a strong programme of family entertainment, including a re-enactment group, and other activities.<\/p>\n

An impressive list of workshops sees top musicians from the traditional music scene coming to the festival. Mairi Campbell will be taking two workshops this year \u2013 in singing and in step dancing – while David Francis is running a guitar workshop and Nigel Gatherer will take a mixed instruments class.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one of the most intriguing workshops this year is in African dance, with Ghanaian dancer Adie Elias Baako of the Akrowa Dance Ensemble running a class on the Sunday.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s come-and-try-an-instrument classes include chanter, ukulele, moothie, clarsach and percussion.<\/p>\n

With the event hosted by Haddington Pipe Band, in association with the Waterloo Bistro, piping also features heavily, with Haddington Pipe Band parading through the town before performing at the Haugh (the festival\u2019s main home for the weekend) on the Saturday and pipers and drummers from Haddington, North Berwick, Preston Lodge, Strathearn and Knox Academy bands playing together in a massed pipes and drums performance on the Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Two local bars \u2013 the Golf and the Waterside – will host late-night sessions for anyone wanting to come along and play or sing, while the Open Stage on the Saturday offers the opportunity to play (or just sit back and enjoy the music). A \u2018slow session\u2019, led by Nigel Gatherer, will also be on offer for people at all levels, including early stages, to come together and play easy tunes.<\/p>\n

For children, as well as the come-and-try classes, there\u2019s storytelling by Heather Yule in the beautiful yurt, pony rides, face painting, a bouncy castle, sand bottling, and a balloon man. New to the programme this year is a re-enactment group. The Sealed Knot \u2013 Manus O\u2019Cahan\u2019s Regiment will be at the Haugh on both Saturday and Sunday, complete with weapons and clothing, to show people how life was in the 17th century.<\/p>\n

Another big attraction is top magician Gary James, who will be entertaining youngsters on the Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Craft Tent was a great success and this will again be open to visitors at this year\u2019s festival, with a fine array of stallholders, while the Waterloo will be hosting a brunch and acoustic music session on the Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been very fortunate in being able to bring some amazing musicians and teachers to Haddington for this year\u2019s Trad on the Tyne, including possibly the finest singer\/songwriter in the land \u2013 Karine Polwart \u2013 and the Folk Band of the Year \u2013 Blazin\u2019 Fiddles,\u201d said Ian Green, honorary president of the festival. \u201cAs ever, the programme offers people of all ages the chance both to enjoy listening to great music and to take part in plenty of other activities, mainly but not only music-related.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn these challenging times, we\u2019d also like to thank our sponsors, who have made the whole event possible. Now, thanks to them and our volunteers \u2013 that is, everyone who has organised this event \u2013 we are looking forward to welcoming folk from Haddington, elsewhere in East Lothian, and further afield to Trad on the Tyne 2014. We very much hope that they will see what a great place Haddington is and that they enjoy the festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full programme is on the festival website: www.tradonthetyne.com<\/a>. Tickets are available online, via the hotline (07511 515 049), or over the counter at Joe Forte Sports, 65 High Street, or the Waterloo Bistro, Poldrate, Haddington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Haddington\u2019s Trad on the Tyne festival (www.tradonthetyne.com), which takes place in the town from 29 – 31 August, has published its final programme, with the headline acts \u2013 Karine Polwart, Blazin\u2019 Fiddles, the Friel Sisters (in the Music to Dine For evening), and Alex Hodgson \u2013 being joined on the bill by the Victorian Trout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-festivals","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2014\/08\/Blazin-Fiddles.jpg","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2014\/08\/Blazin-Fiddles.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2014\/08\/Blazin-Fiddles.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"simon","author_link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/author\/simon\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcv15g-z5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2177,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions\/2177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}