Posts Tagged ‘Fiddle Frenzy’

Creative Connections blog – Tuesday and Wednesday

Posted by on August 5th, 2009 No Comments

Well here I am sitting in Whalsay school; the fiddlers, knitters and writers are distributed throughout the building and I just noticed a Shetland pony walking past the window. I’ve had my coffee and can draw breath to think about how its all gone so far.
Yesterday our first full day went fantastically; the feedback…

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Creative Connections blog – Monday

Posted by on August 4th, 2009 No Comments

Creative Connections got off to a flying start yesterday; visitors, from as far away as Australia, the States and Spain, started gathering in the early afternoon and Islesburgh Community Centre was filled with Shetland fiddle tunes. Our regular Fiddle Frenzy visitors were desperate to fire up a session and for three quarters of an hour…

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Fiddle Frenzy 2009 – the first aftenoon

Posted by on August 3rd, 2009 No Comments

Fiddle Frenzy, part of Creative Connections…, started this afternoon (Monday) with students from around the world registering and getting stuck straight into lessons from some of Shetland’s finest musicians.

The day will finish with a family dance, with music from the Jim Halcrow Band, and a late night music session back at the

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Bryan Gear and Violet Tulloch fiddle book launch

Posted by on July 30th, 2009 No Comments

Bryan Gear and Violet Tulloch launch Shetland Arts’ third fiddle tune book ‘Kebister Head’ – and other fiddle tunes composed, or as played, by Bobby Peterson. The launch will take place in the Foyer of Shetland Museum on Sunday 2 August at 2.30pm and an invitation is extended to anyone who would like to come…

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Bryan Gear and Violet Tulloch launch fiddle tune book

Posted by on July 29th, 2009 No Comments

Media release:
Bryan Gear and Violet Tulloch launch Shetland Arts’ third fiddle tune book ‘Kebister Head’ – and other fiddle tunes composed, or as played, by Bobby Peterson.  The launch will take place in the Foyer of Shetland Museum on Sunday 2 August at 2.30pm and an invitation is extended to anyone who would like…

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