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Scotland Sings St Andrew’s Weekend 2013

With over 60 events, this years Scotland Sings St Andrew’s Weekend Celebrations were the biggest yet! Thanks to all who took part from Shetland, all across the central belt, down to Dumfries…. and even over in Germany! Next years dates will be 28th – 30th November 2014 and we would love as many people to […]

Scotland Sings Choir Leader’s Training Manual Winners Announced

In early 2013 Hands Up for Trad and Scotland Sings commissioned choir leaders Ali Burns and Christine Kydd to write a Choir Leader’s Training Manual. This invaluable guide covers so many important aspects of being a leader, from starting out and how to turn it into a business, to warm-up techniques and choosing venues. To […]

After tea…

I arrived at Rona from Sabhal Mor in Skye just before teatime. Once we’d finished the lovely meal we tucked into the songs. I went into these lessons with Rona with intention of learning songs connected and similar to pipe tunes. With Rona’s huge knowledge of pipe tunes and song we soon got stuck in to learning. These songs […]

Perth Singing Trail for Scotland Sings!

Join Horsecross Voices and choirs from Perth and Kinross as they sing their way around Perth city centre on the Perth Singing Trail. Each choir sings at the three stages of the trail; the first is in Redrooms Café at Perth Theatre, the second is at St John’s Shopping Centre, and the third and final […]

Auld Grey Beard & Drumdelgie

First of all – apologies for the lateness of these blogs! I have been a busy bee these past couple of months! A holiday to Rome, starting my dissertation at University and the Aberdeen TMSA branch have had some brilliant concerts – Cookney and the Doric Concert in Midmar, so I had my committee member […]

My Son David

I’ve had two sessions since my last blog and Anne and I have been working hard on lots of different songs to try out new things. I’ve still been practicing ‘Mary Hamilton’, ‘Rothesay O’ and ‘My Son David’ (a variation of the ballad ‘Edward’) and at the most recent session I tried ‘Thomas Muir of Huntershill’ and […]

The fun of singing!

I was just sitting on the train to Glasgow on my way to a band practice when I realised I had forgotten to write this blog. I remembered because the train went past the Victorian bandstand on the Magdalen or “Medlin” Green which features in Sheena Wellington’s song “Newport Braes”. After being away for two […]

Soundroutes – Addiewell Prison Choir – Shelter Scotland

Have a read about this great project which raised a substantial amount of money for Shelter Scotland! “The project was conceived by Shona Brown who set up and runs both SoundRoutes and the prison choir. Shona is an award-winning flautist and singer-songwriter. ‘Changing Key’ is a four-track EP featuring prisoners from Addiewell Prison, West Lothian, […]

The Queen’s Baton Relay!

The Queen’s Baton leaves Buckingham Palace today and will travel for nine months around the globe! “The tradition is for the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Queen Elizabeth ll, to write a message that is carried within a baton until it is finally read aloud to officially open the 2014 Games in Glasgow. During the […]

Is singing better for you than Yoga?

There are many studies that prove singing has various health benefits. Physical and Mental health can be improved greatly….just by singing in your local choir! “So it comes as no surprise that scientists have shown that not only does singing in a choir make you feel good, it’s got health benefits, too. Researchers at the […]