Calendar

May
1
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
May 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Adv. @ Our Lady and St Joseph's Caholic Church hall
May 1 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
May
8
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

No playlist this week – come along prepared to become the world expert on pulse, tempo and rhythm.

Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Adv. @ Our Lady and St Joseph's Caholic Church hall
May 8 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Providing we all make it back from Ullapool in one piece we will start with:

Macpherson’s Lament, Jigging Donkey and Stetson’s

Boannie Polka set

 

 

May
14
Mon
Junior Band @ Haining House,
May 14 @ 6:00 pm
May
15
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Adv. @ Our Lady and St Joseph's Caholic Church hall
May 15 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

 

 

 

Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Adv. @ Our Lady and St Joseph's Caholic Church hall
May 15 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

 

 

 

May
18
Fri
Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
May 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Don’t forget to bring your fiddle/guitar!

May
22
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Performance Practice @ Our Lady and St Joseph's Caholic Church hall
May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Practice for Saturday’s park performance

 

 

Riddell Fiddles Performance Practice @ Our Lady and St Joseph's Caholic Church hall
May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Practice for Saturday’s park performance

 

 

May
25
Fri
Barbados Celtic Festival @ Barbados
May 25 @ 7:55 am – May 27 @ 8:55 am

Some Riddell Fiddlers travel back to Barbados (by invitation to work in schools and perform at the Celtic Festival

Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
May 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Don’t forget to bring your fiddle/guitar!

May
26
Sat
SBC Party in the Park @ Galashiels (next to Fire Station)
May 26 @ 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Three performances at 12 noon, 1 pm and 2 pm. Wear Riddell fiddles top.

Jun
2
Sat
Selkirk Square Session (with farmers’ market)
Jun 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Support our newly regenerated square!

Jun
3
Sun
Elliot Band Stand@ Wilton Park @ Hawick
Jun 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Come along to this wonderful Victorian bandstand and hear Riddell Fiddles in full flow!

Jul
25
Wed
Nibelungenfestspiel. Plattling. Bavaria @ Plattling, Bavaria
Jul 25 @ 5:00 pm – Jul 31 @ 11:45 pm
Aug
11
Sat
Playpark Opening @ Oxton
Aug 11 @ 11:30 am – 2:30 pm

Bring a picnic and wear a Riddle Fiddles’ top – we will be doing three short performances.

Aug
12
Sun
Melrose Garden Party @ Greenyards House Walled Garden
Aug 12 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Aug
14
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Performance Practice @ Our Lady and St Joseph's Caholic Church hall
Aug 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Practice for Sunday’s performance with the Silver Band at the Haining

 

 

Aug
19
Sun
Performance with Selkirk Silver Band @ Haning House, Selkirk
Aug 19 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Lazy Dayz x3, Merry Blacksmith. Montgomery Bell Waltz ( intro x2) and tune twice ( some may play harmony second time) with ending x2).The Rowan Tree, Tullochgorum, Stronsay Wedding.

 

Aug
21
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Aug 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A new tune will be taught! Have a listen.

 

Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Advanced @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Aug 21 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Aug
24
Fri
Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
Aug 24 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Aug
27
Mon
Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
Aug 27 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Don’t forget to bring your fiddle/guitar!

Junior Band @ Argus Centre
Aug 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Aug
28
Tue
No Tuesday session this week
Aug 28 @ 7:00 pm

Workshop on 29th August at the haining, Selkirk

Aug
29
Wed
Ali McCulloch workshop @ Haining House, Selkirk
Aug 29 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Ali McCulloch, Marc Duff & Marc Neal workshop & concert @ Haining House, Selkirk
Aug 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Aug
30
Thu
First Cranston Fiddle Practice @ Sheila's house
Aug 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Aug
31
Fri
Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
Aug 31 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Sep
3
Mon
Back Row Band Practice @ Sheila's House
Sep 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sep
4
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Sep 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

The ‘Greenland man’ as taught by Ali McCulloch last week . Listen here. Music with drones and harmony is available.  Revision of My Cape Breton Home and Rowan Tree set (with harmony).

Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Advanced @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Sep 4 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sep
7
Fri
Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
Sep 7 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Don’t forget to bring your fiddle/guitar!

Sep
10
Mon
Junior Band @ Argus Centre
Sep 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Sep
11
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Sep 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Advanced @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Sep 11 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sep
15
Sat
Bannerfierld Buskers Stow Train Trip @ Tweedbank to Stow (return)
Sep 15 @ 10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Sep
18
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Run-through for Scott’s Selkirk
Bonnie Lass of Fyvie set  (mp3)
Rowan Tree set with harmony
Bolloles Schottis (mp3)
Mothers of St Ann’s (mp3)
Catfish/Hoy tunes (mp3) with maybe the Hoi tune (mp3)
Other tunes we may look at: Greenland Man (mp3)
and possibly Ashokan’s Farewell

Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Advanced @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Sep 18 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sep
21
Fri
Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
Sep 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Don’t forget to bring your fiddle/guitar!

Sep
24
Mon
Junior Band @ Argus Centre
Sep 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Sep
25
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Run-through for Scott’s Selkirk with minimal music & some performance skills runthrough
My Cape Breton Home
Bonnie Lass of Fyvie set  (mp3)
Rowan Tree set with harmony
Bolloles Schottis (mp3)
Mothers of St Ann’s (mp3)
Catfish/Hoy tunes (mp3)
Tommy Hughes – Slow Air  including guitar part
Strathspeys – S’an Ile etc – guitar part
McKechnie’s Farewell
If time play through Ashokan’s Farewell at end but not on playlist

Sep
28
Fri
Bannerfield Buskers @ Philiphaugh Community Centre
Sep 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Don’t forget to bring your fiddle/guitar!

Oct
1
Mon
Back Row Band Practice @ Sheila's House
Oct 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Oct
2
Tue
Riddell Fiddles Session – Easy/Intermediate Tunes @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Oct 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Run-through for Scott’s Selkirk with minimal music & a performance skills runthrough
My Cape Breton Home
Bonnie Lass of Fyvie set  (mp3)
Rowan Tree set with harmony
Bolloles Schottis (mp3)
Mothers of St Ann’s (mp3)
Catfish/Hoy tunes (mp3)
Tommy Hughes – Slow Air  including guitar part
Strathspeys – S’an Ile etc – guitar part
McKechnie’s Farewell
Da Boannie Polka set 
Montgomery Bell Waltz (mp3)

Tunes from Louise’s class will include Auld Graden Kirn set.

Riddell Fiddles Session – Intermediate/Advanced @ Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Church Hall
Oct 2 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm