The biggest Gay Gordons?

Dave Lorminer along with several SC&T musicians played at the Bon Accord Centre on St Andrews Day.  In the competition between the Bon Accord Centre and Union Square - linked by large screens - both claimed victory in getting shoppers to participate in a dance.

A record of the event can be seen on the SC&T Myspace site - or click here.

Securing Scotlands Traditional Arts SC&T welcomes the announcement made by Ms Hyslop, the Scottish Culture Minister at the Hands Up for Trad Awards in Perth on Saturday evening. She announced a range of steps to support traditional arts including "Ł250,000 will be invested in the traditional arts sector" through Creative Scotland to help do that.

Read more about it here.

Scots Wha Rock! at the Lemon Tree

Scots Wha Rock!

A Scottish Rock Operetta

Saturday December 4th 1.00pm
At The Lemon Tree
A ‘Scaturday Live’ Event
Entrance Free!

The Story

Jimmy MacGuid comes to Aberdeen in the 1970’s to seek his fortune in the Oil Business. He meets a girl and falls in love but things don’t go to plan for Jimmy.

The Players

‘Scots Wha Rock’ is a very Scottish story told by SC&T tutors and students to an eclectic mix of rock songs and traditional instruments and tunes.
With an age range of thirteen to thirty plus (+++!) there’s something here for all ages.

The Music

Scottish Traditional Music and Song had a substantial influence in the roots of Rock n’Roll, especially in the Southern States of America (did you know the cross on the ’Stars and Bars’ is actually a St Andrews Cross?). Come and see a unique blend of history, culture and tradition!

Scotland's Songs Launched
Designed particularly for children, using this web site everyone can learn about traditional songs and music, understand themes in Scottish music and find out more about Scotland's instruments, like the bagpipes and the clarsach.

SC&T celebrates St Andrews Day

SC&T tutors and friends are out in force in Aberdeen city centre this weekend (27th/28th), joining in the city's St Andrews Day celebrations.

There will be free performances throughout the day in all four of the main shopping centres; Bon Accord Centre, Union Square, the Trinity Centre and The Academy.

With traditional music and song from the likes of Fisher Folk, David Anderson, Dave Lorimer, Fearghal McCartan, Christine Kidd, Lewis Kane, Richard Ward and Alison Hester - if you're feeling the cold this weekend, toe tapping to some great tunes might be the best way to keep warm!

Calling all ceilidh dancers!

St Andrews Celebrations

Tuesday 30th November, 12 – 2pm

This year, to celebrate St Andrews Day, ACC are planning a huge ceilidh dance event which will take place simultaneously at  Union Square and Bon Accord Centre - complete with satellite link up and radio coverage - and they would love SC&T participants to be involved.

They would like as many ceilidh dancers as possible to take part, so if you are free please come along and show off all the fabulous steps you've learnt at SC&T classes! And if you haven't ceilidh danced before, why not come and see how much fun it can be?

For more info, please contact the SC&T office.

Parking at Harlaw

The new car parking arrangement at the back of the school is working well.

If you do not yet know about this, and wish to avoid paying for on-street parking outside the school, the rear car park is accessed from the left-hand side at the front of the school (past the wheelie bins). To ensure easy access (and avoid dented bodywork!), please avoid causing an obstruction by parking in that area.

If you are still unsure, just ask Jenny at the SC&T desk and she will tell you how to access the rear car park and also how to get to your class from there.

YoungSC&T 2010 a success

With 15 young people between 7 and 14 signed up for the 3 days of workshops, the second YoungSC&T workshop was a great success. The tutors led by Hazel Thomson worked with the young fiddle players, flute players and guitar player and this culminated in a 20 minute spot on the Lemon Tree Stage on 23 October.

A vote of thanks to the tutor team of Hazel, Laura Lockyer, Kenny Hadden and Martin MacDonald, the volunteers Sandra Thomson, Winnie Middleton and Susan Kirkwood and to David Hunter who helped in the organisation.

The workshop was supported by the Lemon Tree/Aberdeen Performing Arts who suppled the venue and support. a grant from Creative Scotland, Morrisons (who allowed use of their car park) and to SC&T board and volunteers for helping it to happen.

Young SC&T 2010

This year the Young SC&T Traditional Music School will run from 19-21 October. The traditional music school is for young people aged between 10 and 14.

The three day course will finish with a sharing for friends and families on Saturday 23 October at 12.30pm. All Young SC&T 2010 events will take place in the Lemon Tree, West North Street, Aberdeen.

To find out more or book a place view or download the leaflet.

You can also book a place online by visiting the SC&T shop.

Want to join a class? There's still time to enroll - limited places left!

Have you always wanted to play the clarsach, accordion or harmonica? Or learn to play traditional music along with others or sing Scottish songs? Or perhaps you want to get ready for your next ceilidh dance?

Our traditional Scottish music, song and dance evening classes are filling up fast, but there are still limited places left in some classes.

Classes run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, beginning the week of 13 September at Harlaw Academy. You can find out more about the classes here. 

There are still some places left in accordion, banjo, bodhran, ceilidh dance, clarsach*, fiddle*, flute, guitar, harmonica, mandolin*, pipes, song and whistle. But hurry, many classes are filling up fast so register now to avoid disappointment!

The following classes are now full:

• Guitar Accompaniment 2/3
• Mixed Instruments 2
• Mixed Instruments 3
• Scots Song 3

However, if there is enough demand we may be able to run additional classes, so if you would like to be added to the waiting list please contact the SC&T office and we'll keep you informed.

*SC&T has one set of full Highland pipes, one full-size fiddle, one clarsach and one mandolin for hire.

The Scottish Culture and Traditions Association activities are supported by Aberdeen City Council, by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council and by local organisations and individual supporters and volunteers.