Performances and Workshops

2008

Weds Jan 16th - Feb 3rd	Glasgow's Celtic Connections Festival 0141 353 8000 and www.celticconnections.com
Thurs Jan 24th	Universal Folk Club Heroes and Heroines: Alison McMorland, Geordie McIntyre and Margaret Bennett. 8pm
January 26th	Burns Concert The Clinton Centre, Enniskillin, Co Fermanagh Diane Henshaw 02866.32.50.50.
Jan 30th	Celtic Connections Talks: Ian Anderson in Conversation (broadcast live) featuring Alison McMorland and Timothy Neat talking about their books on Willie Scott and Hamish Henderson.
February 27th	The Edinburgh Folk Club The Pleasance, Edinburgh University Paddy Bort 0131 650 2458 or 0131 6621 640
March 7-10th	The 19th Inishowan International Folksong and Ballad Seminar Ballyliffen Hotel, Inishowan, Co Donegal Grace Tolland 00 353 1281 9091
April 3rd	Lewes Folk Club, Lewes, Sussex Vic Smith 01273 478 124
April 4th	Musical Traditions Club The King & Queen, London WI 020 8340 0530 petawebken@aol.com
April 27th	Traditions at the Tiger, Nottingham John Bentham - the.benthams@ntlworld.com
April 28th	The Grand Union, Barrow on Soar, Leicester billwilkes@btinternet.com
May 9th	Bodmin Folk Club, Bodmin Mike Freemantle - mikeatpolmear@yahoo.co.uk
May 11th	Topsham FC, Topsham Barry Lister - 01395 579241
May 22-25th	Orkney Folk Festival, Orkney
July 19th	McIntyre International Clan Gathering, Oban
August 1st-4th	Sidmouth Folk Festival, Sidmouth
August 8th - 10th	Auchtermuchty FF, Auchtermuchty
August 20th - 22nd	Whitby FF, Whitby
October 24th - 26th	Baring Gould Festival, Okehampton admin@wrenmusic.co.uk - 01837 53754

2007

March 18th	The Blend Stirling's Roots Music Festival Songs of Willie Scott with Borders Musicians Tolbooth 2:30-4:30
April 6th	Edinburgh's Ceilidh Culture at the Netherbow Storytelling Centre 'A Shepherds Song' with Borders Musicians 7:30pm (also workshop on the 7th)
April 11th - 24th	USA tour including NEFFA Festival and house concerts
May 5 - 6th	Borders Gaitherin Festival, Coldstream
May 16th	Thorterdykes Roadhouse, Hawick 7:30pm
May 18th	Newcastleton Village Hall
June 29th – 31st	Four Fools Festival, Lostoch Hall, Preston 01257 263678
July 31st	The Wee Club, Royal Oak, Edinburgh
August 10th – 12th	Dartmoor Festival, Devon
Aug 30th	Star Club, Glasgow contact: Tom Holmes 0141 – 563 0454
September 7th	Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh contact: 0131 – 556 9579
Sept 19th	The Cle Club, Dublin contact: Jerry O’Reilly - 00 - 353 1626 7589
October 5th	The Rolling Hills FC, Melrose contact: Ron Anderson - rollinghills1@btinternet
October 14th	The Swallow Theatre, Whithorn contact: David Sumner - 01988 – 850 368, mail@swallowtheatre.com
November 2nd - 3rd	Denham Folk Festival, Denholm contact: 01450 – 377 165
November 7th – 13th	Hamish Henderson FC & other venues, Rome, Italy contact: Alison Adam - 0039 – 679 618
November 30th	St Andrews Night with Andy Irvine, Tolbooth, Stirling contact: Alastair Campbell - 01786 – 274 000
December 17th	Stirling Literary Society contact: Margaret Sutherland - 01786 – 461 379

2006 Festivals

August 20th	Innerleithen Festival, Scottish Borders Midday concert spot: Alison and Geordie. 1:00pm - Traquair House Walled Garden. Workshop/presentation on Willie Scott, Songs and Life of the legendary Liddesdale Shepherd. 3 - 4:30pm - St Ronans Well.
August 25th - 28th	Cornwall Wadebridge Folk Festival. Concert spots and workshops
September 2nd	Fylde Folk Festival, Lancs Willie Scott Presentation.
September 15th - October 5th	Various dates in New England, USA
October 27th - 29th	South Roscommon Singers Festival, Ireland
November 1st	The Scottish Storytelling Festival, The Netherbow, Edinburgh
November 4th - 5th	Scotland Sings, Airthrey Castle, Stirling University Weekend course on the Scots song and singing tradition, led by Alison and Geordie.
November 11th - 12th	The Carrying Stream, Edinburgh Workshop and concert. Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill and Alison McMorland.
November 23rd - 24th	Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Queens University Belfast Symposium on the links, both literary and musical, between Ireland and Scotland including contributions by Padraigin Ni Uallachain and Len Graham.

Recent Folk Festival Appearances

The National (East Midlands) Celtic Connections Warwick Carrying Stream (Edinburgh) Common Ground (Auchincruive, Ayrshire) Wadebridge (Cornwall) Girvan (Ayrshire) Inshowen (Co Donegal) NEFFA (Boston)

Old Songs (Albany, New York State) Orkney Auchtermuchty Sidmouth Folk Week Whitby Festival Irish World Music Centre, Limerick Galloway Folk Festival Cullerlie, Aberdeenshire The Border Gaitherin

Workshops/Presentations that can be offered by Alison and Geordie
Also joined in some instances by Kirsty Potts (Alison's daughter).

A Sense of Place Scots songs, old and new, of Land and Nature presented mainly by Geordie whose lifetime involvement in hillwalking reflects this theme and in his songwriting. Children's Songs and Games : Collecting in the '70's Alison recalls her experiences and shows her 20 minute film of the time. From this source she recorded ' The Funny Family' with musicians John Tams and the Derek Pearce band acompanying her in this influential collection of songs,games; also presented Listen With Mother introducing a whole new generation to traditional music. Willie Scott: Songs of a Border Shepherd His life, philosophy and work reflected in his repertoire through video film/audio tape/live singing and photographs With Alison McMorland Duration: 1 hour 15mins Ballads of the Uncanny An exploration of some supernatural ballads and their enduring fascination and significance as a major part of the 'narrative heart' of the Scots singing tradition. With Alison McMorland and Geordie McIntyre Duration: 1 hour Fruitful Co-existence / Two Way Traffic The importance of the relationship between printed and oral sources in song/ballad repertoire. With Geordie McIntyre Duration: 1 hour In Celebration of Hamish Henderson Either informal or a Concert-type format. This would be presented or hosted/compered by Alison and Geordie and embrace His life, songs, poetry and major contribution(s) as the 'father-figure' of the Scots Revival.