Ailis Sutherland’s 2nd blog. Maureen gave me a few local songs this week. Amongst them were “Tatties and Herrin’” a great wee song with a catchy chorus that mentions places like “Aiberdeen and Stonehaven” – Stoney – by the way – has a really good chippy/chipper that do the best chips, cheese and curry sauce […]
Singing in front of a single person
Sinead Leach’s first Paths to Songs blog Sitting on a bus rolling slowly through Angus, on one of the last days of summer, I was fairly scared of the prospect of what was to come. I had been in contact with Christine Kydd to arrange our first meeting, but the prospect of meeting a completely […]
Singing for charity…
It seems lately I’ve been hearing about many marathons for various charities. In fact I had a few friends take part recently, they trained really hard and raised brilliant amounts of money for their chosen causes, a massive well done to them all! Anyway I got to thinking about this, and as running is not […]
Belt it out!
I have been focussing on 3 songs so far and we spent time today talking about where we would go next. The 3 songs so far have been Mary Mild, Far Over the Forth and The Border Widow’s Lament. I love them all, and they are of a similar ilk – dealing with the difficult […]
Oh, Dear Me!
I went up to Maureen’s last week to have a chat and discuss what we were going to do. She sent me home with her first album to see if I liked any of the songs on it. She said she started off by learning songs with 3 or 4 verses. “Oh, Dear Me!” as […]
A Scots Chorus, Community Singing and Education Project
‘Reviving the Scottish Folk Music Custom Of Communal Song – Mick West And Muldoon’s Picnic’ Mick West and Muldoon’s Picnic have teamed up to create this wonderful project. There is a CD and also a booklet available to encourage and support those interested in Scots Song. You can see them perform live on 22nd September. http://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotlandsings/events/raise-your-voices-with-mick-west-and-muldoons-picnic/ ‘The […]
Scotland Sings Launch Fantastic Choir Leader’s Training Manual
Scotland Sings’ eagerly anticipated Choir Leader’s Training Manual is launched today! Co-written by Alison Burns and Christine Kydd, the Scotland Sings’ Choir leader’s Training Manual provides aspiring and established choir leaders a full toolkit of resources. Presented in clear sections, the Choir Leader’s Training Manual is packed full of useful administrative, practical and creative advice […]
Read the latest Newsletter from Scotland Sings!
Have a read at the latest news from Scotland Sings, including, The Big Song Relay, St Andrew’s Performance Weekend, Choir Leader’s Training Manual and Competition, how to get involved… and more! http://www.aweber.com/t/QJ4Af
Song Leaders Training Week Feedback!
I think it’s safe to say that everyone who attended had a fantastic time at the Song Leaders Training Week in Wiston Lodge! It was a great success, and completely sold out. The feedback we got from everyone was just fantastic, and the general theme was that the three tutors were great, the structure of […]
Wighton Heritage Centre
Instead of going to Sheena’s house this week I got to be a massive geek at the Wighton Heritage Centre. We looked through several really interesting collections – Wighton’s collection was a bizarre mix of dirty songs copied from Thomas D’Urfey and more respectable tunes from Gow and Marshall. The Thompson collection was really interesting […]
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