Keith Festival

Subject: Keith Festival
From: GUEST,shona
Date: 20 Jun 01 - 02:27 PM

I was just wondering if anyone was at the Keith Festival (in scotland!) this year (june 2001). I was there and i was just wondering what everyone else thought of the festival!

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: Llanfair
Date: 20 Jun 01 - 04:08 PM

There is a thread about it. I was there, Shona, on the Saturday afternoon and Sunday. I loved the music and the atmosphere.
Cheers, Bron.

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: kendall
Date: 20 Jun 01 - 04:11 PM

Ah, Keith. I did a gig at the Ganowood House 11 years ago. Had a great time.

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: GUEST,Drumshanty
Date: 20 Jun 01 - 04:13 PM

Hi Shona

This year was my seventh! I love going to Keith. Where were you? Did you go to any of the concerts or singarounds? Or competitions? I help out with the running around so I got to see quite a lot of it this year.

Jock Morris was there as well and I believe there were a few incognito Catters too.

Tracy

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: Dunc
Date: 21 Jun 01 - 04:32 AM

Shona
I wasn't at Keith but I was at Killin where a Shona asked me to help her with a huge erection.
That wasn't you per chance, was it?

Dunc :-)

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: GUEST,shona
Date: 21 Jun 01 - 04:26 PM

ok, i wasn't at killin!! i was taking part in the festival actually, i won the womens signing (even thought i'm only 16!) i also won the poetry (13-16 years). After the chourus cup i was sitting in the back room playing my fiddle with sum of my mates. is anyone going to auchtermuchty?! just wondering!

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: GUEST,Drumshanty
Date: 21 Jun 01 - 05:52 PM

I wondered if it was you! I was joint third in the women's singing. I said it to you and I'll say it here - your voice is wonderful and I really hope I hear more of it. I think I am going to Muchty too so maybe I will hear you there.

Tracy

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From:
Date: 22 Jun 01 - 04:14 AM

Keith was brilliant.

Made it to Killin for the Sunday afternoon and evening; good fun.

Should make it to Muchty; probably be in the Cycle Tavern.

Scott

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: GUEST,shona
Date: 22 Jun 01 - 04:22 PM

thanx alot tracy. i'm glad you like my voice! i think i may be going to muchty if my parents will take me! fingers crossed! is there any other very good festivals going on? My mum says i cant go to too many because some are a bit too far but if there are any definately worth going to i'd see if i could go. any ideas? anyway, i loved the song you sang. its was great!

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: Drumshanty
Date: 22 Jun 01 - 05:31 PM

I haven't been to many festivals except Keith and Muchty to be honest - it gets a bit expensive!

Anyway, have a look at these websites, they have loads of information about festivals:

Click here

Click here for the TMSA website.

Will you be going into the competitions at Muchty?

Tracy

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: GUEST,shona
Date: 22 Jun 01 - 06:33 PM

i hope to enter some competitions at muchty. is there a lot? i dont really know very much about it. i do singing, poetry, diddling, fiddle, piano and tin whistle.is there competitions for them?! Yeah, my mum and dad dont really want to take me to all the festivals because its so expensive, but they said i could go to a few. Do you know any good songs that you think would suit my voice? i dont have a teacher or anything so all the songs i do are ones that my mum or my granny knows! just a few suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thank you for the we sites as well, they are great!

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: WickedLad
Date: 23 Jun 01 - 04:40 PM

what is your repetoire at the moment Shona I can send you urls of midis or tab do you have particular types of songs you like to sing Have you searched the digital directory?

Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: Drumshanty
Date: 23 Jun 01 - 05:34 PM

Hello again Shona

Click here for the competitions page of the Auchtermuchty Festival website - it looks like you're in luck!

As for suggestions for songs, that's a hard one. It's great that your Mum and Granny can teach you songs, I think that's a good way to learn. I learned a lot of songs from my dad, but his songs are mostly Irish so that's not much good for Scottish competitions!

I've been going to a singing class since last September. The best bit of advice I got was that you sing best the songs that you love and that really mean something to you.

The other bit of advice I got was to listen as widely as you can to different singers and different styles of singing and that way you will find songs. I've spent the last few months listening to some of the old singers such as Lizzie Higgins and Jeannie Robertson, and current ones like Sheena Wellington, Aileen Carr, Cathal McConnell (they don't have to be women!), Stravaig and Old Blind Dogs. I've also learnt a couple of brilliant Burns songs too.

I get a lot of stuff from Edinburgh Library so it doesn't cost too much money! I will put my email address at the bottom of this so you can email me and, if you like, I could send you a tape. Or if there is something you know you want and can't get, I could see if I can get it for you.

WickedLad is right - you should try having a look at the Digitrad. There are thousands of lyrics there and a lot of them have tunes too.

Sorry this is so long! I'm off to practice my pennywhistle now.

Tracy

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Subject: RE: Keith Festival
From: Dunc
Date: 24 Jun 01 - 05:02 PM

I would just like to point out that my comment above was all to do with a rather large tent that a lady called Shona wanted erected.