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EYG at the Fringe!
For the first time ever, EYG is having a very special concert at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We are all sooooo excited!!!
An outstanding group of EYG participants will have you stomping your feet and dancing in the aisles. Haunting airs and dynamic sets of jigs and reels performed on fiddles, piano, guitar, whistle, clarsach, and pipes, as well as beautiful songs in Scots and Gaelic.
We are performing at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s at 7.15pm on Thursday 7th August 2008. Tickets cost £12 (£10) and are available from the Acoustic Music Centre box office on 0131 346 1405 and from the Fringe Box Office on 0131 226 0000 or online at www.edfringe.com
Please come along and support our young people and enjoy what promises to be a truly magical evening!
Singing Out with Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers
Would you like to make music with other young people?
How about writing your own songs?
…and the chance to perform alongside a professional band!
Findlay Napier and his band will lead a weekend of workshops for young people of secondary school age on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November 2008. You will have the opportunity to take part in classes including, vocals, song writing (for complete beginners and another class for those who already have some experience) and accompaniment for songs – a class for instrumentalists. At the end of the weekend, you will perform on stage with Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers at a professional gig in the city.
The weekend costs £40. Please download a booking form here or contact us for further information.
The concert at 7.30pm on Sunday 2nd November will be open to the public so please put this date in your diary and keep an eye on the website for details of the venue and ticket sales as they are announced later in the year.
Family Ceilidh, Tollcross Community Centre, Sat 13th September
Following the success of our first family ceilidh at St Peter’s Church in June 2008, we are planning to hold another one at Tollcross Community Centre on Saturday 13th September 2008 from 7 – 10.30pm. There will be ceilidh dancing as well as performances from EYG participants, a raffle, a bar and a tuck shop. Tickets cost £7 adult, £4 concession and £18 for a family of four. Tickets will be available on the door on the night or in advance from us. Please contact us if you would like to volunteer to help out at our ceilidh. This may involve selling tickets in advance of the event, helping on the door on the night, running the bar on the night, etc.
Fiddle 2008, 21 – 23 November 2008
We have been busy putting together an exciting programme of workshops, talks, and sessions for the annual fiddle festival which takes place on from 21st - 23rd November this year.
EYG are offering the following classes for young people who are currently in P5 – S6:
- Advanced Fiddle with Patsy Reid
- Intermediate Fiddle with Jeana Leslie
- Intermediate Fiddle with Sarah-Jane Summers
- Improving Beginners’ Fiddle with Sarah Hoy
- Improving beginners’ fiddle with Anna Wendy Stevenson
- Beginners’ Fiddle with Mairi Campbell
- Mixed Instruments with Anna Massie and Mairearad Green
- Song with Dave Francis
- Playing for step dancing (fiddle) with Fiona Dalgetty
- Step dancing with John Sikorski
This information is hot off the press! The programme is not out yet so keep an eye on www.scotsfiddlefestival.com for details on how to book.
Trad for Teens Workshops, 24th August and 22nd October
Trad for Teens is a series of whole day workshops where young people of secondary school age have the opportunity to work creatively with pianist and composer, James Ross.
Participants spend the day learning new material and then working on arrangements to create a lively band sound.
These workshops take place every two months. The next workshops will take place from 11am – 4pm at the Society of Musicians, Belford Road on Sundays 24 August and 26 October 2008.
Workshops cost £10 and booking forms are available to download here.
Craigmillar Ceilidh Club
EYG’s Craigmillar Ceilidh Club continues to grow from strength to strength. We currently have over 30 young people who come along after school on a Friday afternoon during school term time to take part in singing, song writing, fiddle, guitar and keyboard workshops led by Dave Francis, Anna Ryan and Mairi McFadyen. Classes resume at Greengables Nursery School on Friday 22nd August 2008.
Other News
A small group of senior EYG participants gave performances and led “come and try” fiddle sessions at WHALE (Wester Hailes Arts for Leisure and Education) and Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre in the Moredun area of the city in June 2008. These sessions were part of Napier University’s Expert Witness programme.
Currie Primary School approached EYG and asked if some young musicians would like to perform at their summer fete last month. Sally Simpson (fiddle), Hannah McLaughlin (fiddle and piano) and Robbie Greig (fiddle) went along and gave an excellent performance to an appreciative audience.
EYG is delighted to be invited back to perform in Haddington on Wednesday 6th August 2008. A group of eighteen EYG participants will perform at the invitation of Haddington Folk Club.
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