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 |
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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 OReilly - 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.
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| 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
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| November 4th - 5th | Scotland Sings, Airthrey Castle, Stirling University
Weekend course on the Scots song and singing tradition, led by Alison and Geordie.
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| November 11th - 12th | The Carrying Stream, Edinburgh
Workshop and concert. Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill and Alison McMorland.
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| 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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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