{"id":4328,"date":"2016-02-08T12:57:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2016-02-08T12:57:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:57:56","slug":"the-craigie-chanters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/the-craigie-chanters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Craigie Chanters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/files\/2016\/02\/img_0006-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/files\/2016\/02\/img_0006-1.jpeg\" title=\"\" class=\"alignright size-medium\"><\/a>&nbsp;About eighteen months ago, Dave Dewar, one of the organisers of Ayrshire&#8217;s Craigie Folk Club, decided that a singing group comprising of attendees at the folk club might be a good idea.  The aim was to have a musical ensemble which would be informal, fun, but serious as well.  It would not be called a choir as that would be too formal.  So the Craigie Chanters were born, under the leadership of ex-Battlefield Band member Alan Reid.  It has worked well and has developed considerably.  The ten strong group now includes a ukulele section to complement the two guitars and accordion, and recently whistle.  There has been much mirth as well as serious practice.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Dave thought that it would be all folk music songs.  While much of it is, the emphasis is on good songs that are suitable for harmony singing.   Even a Cole Porter song has been performed!<\/p>\n<p>We welcome newcomers.  Previous experience of singing is not essential.  Rehearsals are on a Saturday morning near Kilmarnock, usually monthly.   Contact Dave on dave@cultural-connections.co.uk<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"featured,news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1454936276\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"The Craigie Chanters\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;About eighteen months ago, Dave Dewar, one of the organisers of Ayrshire&#8217;s Craigie Folk Club, decided that a singing group comprising of attendees at the folk club might be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4326,"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":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/files\/2016\/02\/img_0006.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4329,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions\/4329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}