Dunfermline Folk Weekend

Dunfermline Folk Weekend 24-26th October 2008 Programme of Events. Click on image above for further details and full program.
                                           

Friday 24th :

Opening Ceilidh with Dollarfield Ceilidh Band in Baldridgeburn Leisure Centre

Saturday  25th :

Old Dunfermline Slideshow with Songs.
Kids Kairy On with Dennis Alexander.
Traditional music and song workshops for all ages.
Lunch time and afternoon Sessions to share songs and tunes.
Evening Concert with the Battlefield Band.

Sunday 26th :

Lunch time and afternoon Sessions to share songs and tunes.
Traditional music and song workshops for all ages.
Celebration Concert featuring Dunfermline Folk Club regulars and guests.

Press Release

DUNFERMLINE FOLK WEEKEND 2008 ( October 24th - 26th )

Following the great success of the Folk Weekend in 2007, the Dunfermline
Folk Weekend 2008 will take place from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th October
2008.  The Weekend has been organised by The Dunfermline Folk Club and
will feature a mixture of professional and local artists.

Three days of concerts, ceilidhs, sessions and workshops will begin on
Friday with a Ceilidh in the Baldridgeburn Centre featuring the ever
popular Dollarfield Ceilidh band. The Saturday evening concert will
feature the internationally acclaimed Battlefield Band. On Saturday
afternoon Jack Pryde will present a slide show of old Dunfermline with
accompanying songs in the Baldridgeburn Centre, and this will be followed
in the West End Bowling Club by a concert of Fife songs featuring Andy
Chung, Andy Shanks, Gifford Lind and Peter Cameron on fiddle. The Sunday
evening concert in the Thistle Tavern will feature performances by Andy
Chung, Gill Bowman, Andy Shanks, Ian Davison and Scott Gardiner plus the
usual Folk Club regulars.

On Saturday there will be hourly family shows starting at 11.00am by Fife
based duo Crooked Jack in the Kingsgate Centre.

On Saturday and Sunday there will be lots of opportunities for musicians
and singers to participate in performing at sessions, and instrumental and
voice workshops for those wishing to learn something and develop their
skills. A number of highly experienced and talented workshop leaders will
convene the workshops in the Baldridgeburn Centre, including a ‘Develop
your fiddle playing’ workshop with Nicola Auchnie, current Oban Masters
Fiddle Champion from Turriff; ‘Improving your Songwriting’ with Ian
Davison from Glasgow; ‘Singing Scots Songs’ with the vastly experienced
RSAMD tutor Gordeana McCulloch; and a Singers Gathering to sing Scottish
Songs led by the highly talented and energenic Amy Lord from Dunkeld.  A
selection of local musicians will be on hand on Saturday morning to work
with anyone that wants to try a new instrument – guitar, fiddle, mouth
organ, Jews Harp, etc etc. There will be free sessions on Saturday and
Sunday in the club room at the Thistle Tavern.

Throughout the weekend the Art Club will be exhibiting a wide variety of
work, including a special display of paintings of Dunfermline and the
area.'

Tickets are on sale now for the Weekend.  All events are individually
ticketed, and they are available in advance, from the club on a Wednesday
evening, by contacting Jeanie Gardiner on 01383 725872, or by making
contact through the club website ( details above ) where a
full listing of events and prices can be found. To obtain a copy of the
programme contact Jeanie Gardiner on 01383 725872.

Some of the artists and bands appearing during the weekend include:

The Battlefield Band, one of the longest established Scottish Folk Bands.
Recognised internationally they have performed to sell out audiences in
Europe, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Canada, and the United States.

The Dollarfield Ceilidh Band have been together for more than ten years
and during that time have played the length and breadth of Scotland at
Country Dances, Ceilidhs, Concerts and Weddings.

Crooked Jack - Denis Alexander’s comic genius and Dave Vernon’s
instrumental skills on pipes and accordion have taken Crooked Jack all
over the world from their home town of Kirkcaldy.

Amy Lord.  Traditional singer; leader of Liltin’ Lassies from Dunblane;
finalist in BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year
2008.

Andy Chung.  A passionately Scottish cross cultural experience originally
from Kirkcaldy.

Andy Shanks.  Singer and songwriter from Angus whose songs about Fife are
performed all over the world.

Alex Mackenzie.  Multi instrumentalist and singer from Cairneyhill.

George Haig.  Originally from Falkirk and now resident in Dunfermline,
George was the winner of the world championships for autoharp in 2005.

Gill Bowman.  One of Scotland's foremost singer songwriters and a fine
interpreter of traditional music.

Gordeana McCulloch.  from Cambuslang has been singing for 40years, has
recorded numerous albums of Scots songs both solo and with the Clutha, and
now teaches Scots Song. at the RSAMD.

Ian Davison.  Prolific song writer and long established performer from
Glasgow.

Jean Young Talented fiddler from Dunfermline.

Johnnie Kemp guitarist from Anstruther. He’s guid.

Nicola Auchnie Young fiddler from Turriff. Winner of 2008 Oban Masters
title – a champion of Scottish champions.

Peter Cameron Gifted young Scottish fiddler.