Shetland Fiddlers' Society
- Shetland Fiddlers' Society
The Shetland Fiddlers' Society was formed in 1960 following a concert of massed fiddlers brought together to entertain an organised party of Shetland exiles from the colonies, known as da Hamefarin. At that time there were 40 members and the society was affectionately referred to as 'Da Forty Fiddlers', a name which persisted despite the fact that the society grew in numbers. Members ranged in age from "14 to the over 70s" and "came from all walks of life". The president was L.W. Matthewson and the leader Tom Anderson.
The stated aim of the society was "to further and preserve the art of fiddle playing and also to encourage the habit of listening to a type of music which is being threatened into oblivion by modern science". The great revival in traditional fiddle music in Shetland since surely demonstrates that those aims have been achieved.
The contents of the record shown here (their first?) was as follows:
Side A: ::Reels (Trad.) The Teetotaler/The Carpenter::Reels (Trad.) Soldier's Joy/Flowers of Edinburgh
Side B:::Polkas (Trad.) The Bonnie Polka/The Seven Step Polka/Sister Jean::Reels (Trad.) Da Peerie Hoose/Da Merry Boys o' Greenland/McDonald's Reel
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Shetland — Islands Sealtainn Flagge der Shetlandinseln … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shetland-Inseln — Shetland Islands Sealtainn Flagge der Shetlandinseln … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shetland-Islands — Sealtainn Flagge der Shetlandinseln … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shetland — For other uses, see Shetland (disambiguation). Shetland Sealtainn … Wikipedia
Shetland — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Shetland (homonymie). Shetland Sealtainn (gd) … Wikipédia en Français
Walls, Shetland — Coordinates: 60°14′N 1°34′W / 60.23°N 1.56°W / 60.23; 1.56 … Wikipedia
Walls, Shetland Islands — Infobox UK place official name= Walls local name= Waas country= Scotland population= os grid reference= latitude= 60.23 longitude= 1.56 post town= SHETLAND postcode area= ZE postcode district= ZE2 dial code= 01595 constituency westminster= Orkney … Wikipedia
Yell, Shetland — Infobox Scottish island | GridReference=HU492935 celtic name= norse name=Jala meaning of name=Possibly of Pictish origin or from Old Norse for barren area=21,211 ha area rank=11 highest elevation=Hill of Arisdale 210 m Population=957 population… … Wikipedia
Lothian Schools Strathspey and Reel Society — (LSSRS for short) is an amateur Scottish fiddle orchestra based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The LSSRS consists of around 30 fiddlers and currently 2 double bassists, they play at many concerts throughout the year and also attend the Kirriemuir Fiddle … Wikipedia
GB-ZET — Shetland Islands Sealtainn Flagge der Shetlandinseln … Deutsch Wikipedia
