Members' News July 2010 Updated 1st July
We will be having a
holiday from Friday sessions in July. No hall sessions on Friday 23rd
July or 30th July. On 6th August, instead of the session
we will be
playing at Drummond Castle near Muthil. See session and gig pages
for
more details. All members welcome to play.
The big news is that
we have secured a grant of £1000 for tutors and other things.
See below for more details.
Fridays have been busy again, with three sessions led by tutors.
We had Ruaridh Campbell once, then Marie Fielding the next week, and
then the luxury of both of them for the last session of the
month. We managed some new tunes, worked on ideas for how to
arrange tunes with more style and generally enjoyed ourselves.
And
that is the whole point of the exercise. Summer barbecue
On Saturday 26 June we had the excellent BFG summer BBQ at the Sloan's. Fantastic weather, lovely food, excellent work by the chef and all in all a really good evening. There was even some music as well. What could be better. In fact it was so good we all think Andy should organise another one before the summer is over. (AT the time of writing the excellent spell of good weather that has gone on for weeks has just ended with gales, thunder and heavy rain - much more what we expect in the summer.
Gigs
June has been a busy month for ceilidhs. We played three in total, two for schools and the Langtoon in June Community Ceilidh in Auchterarder - where we are almost a fixture. The good thing about all these gigs is that we can take players who are not yet seasoned ceilidh performers. So thanks to everyone who managed along and made them a success.
The other event which we can almost claim as a BFG gig was the Langtoon Folk Session at the Niblick. We suggested to the organisers that we host a session and they arranged for us to go to the Niblick. About 5 or 6 BFG members were there along with an equal number of others from Dunblane and Auchterarder. It was a good night and and was for a couple of people this was their first taste of session playing. It might catch on - we just need a regular local venue. Until then (and beyond) there is the The Tappit Hen.
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June has been a busy month for ceilidhs. We played three in total, two for schools and the Langtoon in June Community Ceilidh in Auchterarder - where we are almost a fixture. The good thing about all these gigs is that we can take players who are not yet seasoned ceilidh performers. So thanks to everyone who managed along and made them a success.
The other event which we can almost claim as a BFG gig was the Langtoon Folk Session at the Niblick. We suggested to the organisers that we host a session and they arranged for us to go to the Niblick. About 5 or 6 BFG members were there along with an equal number of others from Dunblane and Auchterarder. It was a good night and and was for a couple of people this was their first taste of session playing. It might catch on - we just need a regular local venue. Until then (and beyond) there is the The Tappit Hen.
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Grant from
Ochils Developments Blackford Community Fund
We applied for a £1000 grant from this fund and have been successful in getting the full award. We will be using the money for tutors and workshops over the next few months. Details and full credits will follow but we wanted to let you know straight away that we have secured this money. Last year the same fund gave us £600 to which we added another £800 for tutors and workshops. This year we expect to spend around £2000 including the grant which is fantastic news for us all.
Workshops / Tutors
Using part of the grant we will be running workshops and extra events with tutors in the autumn. We hope to organise some short courses of 1 to 1 sessions for under 18s and if you are interested then let us know. There will be a charge for the 1 to 1s, but we'll keep the price as low as possible
We applied for a £1000 grant from this fund and have been successful in getting the full award. We will be using the money for tutors and workshops over the next few months. Details and full credits will follow but we wanted to let you know straight away that we have secured this money. Last year the same fund gave us £600 to which we added another £800 for tutors and workshops. This year we expect to spend around £2000 including the grant which is fantastic news for us all.
Workshops / Tutors
Using part of the grant we will be running workshops and extra events with tutors in the autumn. We hope to organise some short courses of 1 to 1 sessions for under 18s and if you are interested then let us know. There will be a charge for the 1 to 1s, but we'll keep the price as low as possible
