TRADITIONAL MUSIC WEEKEND
MUCHTY 2008
Events
Date/Time |
Event |
Artists |
Venue |
Price |
| Friday 8th August | ||||
| 8pm - 11:30pm | Ceilidh | Geordie Muirison(MC), Ron Bissett, Scott Gardiner, Alison McMorland, Geordie McIntyre, Jo Miller, Joyce Muirison, Kirsty Potts, Charlie Soane, and John Watt. |
Church Hall | £7/£5 |
| 7:30pm - midnught | Ceilidh Dance | Lomond Ceilidh Band, Michael Philip and the Gary Sutherland Band | Marquee (The Cross) | £10/£7 |
| 8pm - close | Singers Session | An open session led by Joe Aitken, Doris Rougvie and Shepheard, Spiers & Watson. All singers welcome. | Forest Hills | Free |
| 8pm - close | Istrumental Session | Led by Bob Aimer and other local musicians. All musicians welcome | Cycle Tavern | Free |
| Saturday 9th August | £2 Allows entry to all events... | |||
| 10am - 4pm | Competition | All Singing Competitions | Church Hall | |
| 10am - 3pm | Competition | All instrumental Competitions | Victoria Hall | |
| 10am - 12noon | Competiton | Storytelling & Spoken Scots | Bowling Club | |
| 11am - 4:30pm | Open Air Music | Come all ye... Open stage informal session featuring festival guests and visiting singers and musicians | Marquee (The Cross) | Collection |
| 3:45pm - 5pm | Presentation | A presentation by Peter Cox on the original Radio Ballads, first broadcast on 2 July 1958 by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger. The presentation will incorporate extracts from these programmes to illustrate how they were made. Peter’s book ‘Set Into Song’ explores the lives of the musicians and singers who took part in the Radio Ballads series. This includes a question and answer session | Victoria Hall | £5/£3# |
| 4pm | Parade | Pageant parade from school | School to The Cross | |
| 4:30pm | Pageant | Childrens Entertainment | Marquee (The Cross) | Collection |
| 5pm - 7pm | Prize Winners Concert | The Prize Winners | Church Hall | £5/£3 |
| 8pm - 11:45pm | Citty's Concert | Jimmy Hutchison (MC). Guests: Jock Duncan, Scott Gardiner, John Watt, Jo Miller, Geordie Muirison, Kirsty Potts and Shepheard, Speirs & Watson. |
Church Hall | £7/£5 |
| 8pm - 11:30pm | Ceilidh | Doris Rougvie (MC). Guests: Shepheard, Spiers & Watson, Alison McMorland, Geordie McIntyre, Bob Aimer, Joyce Muirison, Joe Aitken and Ron Bissett. |
Victoria Hall | £7/£5 |
| 8pm - 12midnight | Ceilidh Dance | Box o’ Bananas with Bob Aimer | Marquee (The Cross) | £10/£7 |
| 8pm - 11:30pm | Dance | Gary Sutherland Band with support from members of the Early Learning Ceilidh Band |
Bowling Club | £7/£5 |
| 8pm - close | Sessions | Open sessions | Forest Hills | Free |
| 8pm - close | Sessions | Open sessions | Cycle Tavern | Free |
| Sunday 10th August | ||||
| 11am - 12:30pm | Workshops | Alison McMorland presents: The songs and life of Willie Scott, the Border shepherd. In this talk, Alison tells Willie’s life story, illustrated through historic archival recordings and live footage of him in performance. It also marks the publication of his book ‘Herd Laddie o the Glen’ compiled by Alison. | Lower Town Hal | £5/£3 |
| 11am - 12:30pm | Workshops | Children’s singing workshop with Kirsty Potts | Marquee (The Cross) | Free |
| 11:30am - 1pm | Workshops | Fiddle Workshop with Jo Miller. | Victoria Hall | £5/£3 |
| 11 - 12:30pm | Workshops | Master & Apprentice: Bothy Ballads old and new. Discussed and sung by Joe Aitken and Scott Gardiner |
Church Hall | £5/£3# |
| 1pm - 2:30pm | Workshops | Songwriting workshop with Geordie McIntyre. Songwriting in the Idiom: Geordie will discuss and illustrate many of his songwriting techniques including the use of Scots and the importance of style, pace and structure. |
Church Hall | £5/£3 |
| 1:30pm onwards | Open Air Dance | Featuring Musicmakers, Early Learning Ceilidh Band, Lomond Ceilidh Band Gary Sutherland Band and more | Marquee (The Cross) | Collection |
| 2:30pm | Silly Hat Comp. | Design and parade your silly hats around The Cross. | The Cross | Free |
| 3pm - 5pm | Farewell Sing-a-round | Featuring festival guests and visitors in an open floor session. Everyone welcome to come along and finish off the festival with a swing | Church Hall | £5/£3 |
Official festival programme will finish after this event but informal sessions will continue in the # pay at event |
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