Good and bad news on the music tuition front – piping and drumming included. Midlothian Council have decided to scrap plans to axe all music tuition in schools. (Incredible that they even considered this.) Well done to the councillors who saw the light and to the protesters who helped them see it. Perth & Kinross Council is apparently proposing to raise music tuition from £295 to £816 per year I’m…
Denis Browning in Australia: ‘I was flicking through some music books recently, your ‘Glasgow Collection’ being one of them. ‘I read your notes at the beginning regarding the gracing of certain parts of the Sheepwife i.e. G,D,E,D as opposed to G,D,G,D, and I realised that I had seen this written elsewhere. ‘My first tutor was P/M Mick Haggerty (Cameron Highlanders) and I am lucky enough to have in my possession his…
Well what a week that was. Small but perfectly formed, the 2019 Florida P&D Academy went like a breeze and Jacksonville proved a perfect location. Plans are already underway for 2020. We might change the date, moving it back a week to butt on to the North East Florida Highland Games. The school could then prove attractive to those competing there and wishing to brush up on their skills beforehand….
The first day of the Florida P&D Academy is over and has gone well. We have a lower intake than previously but this is to be expected given the change from south of the state to north east. A lot less traffic and a lot cooler up here than in the Boca Raton, though it was 81ºF just before we arrived. Travelling in North America via the northern states in winter…
By Robert Wallace The refurbishment of the RSPBA’s headquarters in Glasgow is well underway as the picture above shows. I understand that Association staff expect to be able to move back in from their temporary offices across the road in Washington Street before the end of the year, possibly as early as September. The building has been stripped back to bare stonework in readiness for a completely new custom designed interior….
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