 | May 5th - 7th 2001
The Border Gaitherin - Coldstream 2001
The Borders Gaitherin
was
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to go to the
Gaitherin website.
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| Cancelled Bookings
Unfortunately quite a
number of our bookings for Ceilidhs during February and March were cancelled
because of the severe weather conditions or because of Foot and Mouth
Restrictions.
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Photos from
Sarajevo
Harriet Longman,
whose group of youngsters in the Sarajevo Orphanage we are supporting, has
sent some photographs of her young people playing their instruments. Her
letter and the photographs will be on display for all band members to see at
Birgham.
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6th January
2001 - Small Hall Band New Year Ceilidh
Band members invited
their friends for a New Year knees-up on Saturday 6th January. This
fantastic family fun occasion attracted well over a hundred people who had a
great night of dancing, eating , refreshing and enjoying themelves. Thanks
to everyone who helped to make it a success.
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| 10th November, 2000. -
Small Hall Band Concert
This concert raised
over £250 . A large proportion of this will go to the orphanage in
Sarajeveo to support the violin lessons for the disadvanatged youngsters.
Many thanks to all who participated and helped to make the evening a
success.
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| 27th and 28th September
2000 - Transatlantic Sessions with 'The Peninsular Scottish Fiddlers'
The Small Hall Band
played two concerts, in Eccles and Maxton with 'The Peninsular Scottish
Fiddlers' from California. Both evenings were very successful - the
audiences being treated to an enthusiatically played Scottish and Irish set
from the Small Hall Band , and a more sedate set of Scottish, Cajun and
American tunes and songs from the visitors. Both bands combined their
talents at the close of each evening with rousing renditions of some well
known Scottish reels.Two very entertaining and quality musical evenings
indeed !!
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8th July 2000
- Newcastleton Folk Festival
Members of the Small
Hall Band won many trophies this year in the fiddle, children's singing,
whistle competitions, as well as winning the Ceilidh Band Competition.
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April 12th
2000 - The 'Millennium Dome' - Greenwich, London. The
visit to the Millenium Dome and the performance by the Small Hall Band in
the MacDonald Our Town Theatre will remain a vivid memory for all the young
musicians in the Band. The additional performances in the main Arena of the
Dome made it all the more worthwhile. The Border TV documentary conveyed
some of the excitement and the committment of all the band members
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