Take the Floor events guide w/c 8 April
Take the Floor:Salutation Hotel, Perth, 21March 2011.
FRIDAY 8th APRIL
Accordion & Fiddle Club
Glenfarg - Glenfarg Village Folk Club - The Orwell Ceilidh Band - 8:30pm - midnight - *Tickets £7*
Concert
Glasgow - City Halls - Recital Room - Ewan Robertson & Rua MacMillan - 8pm - *Tickets £12*
Scottish Country Dance / Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
RSCDS Perth & Perthshire Branch - Perth - Ball - Jim Lindsay and his Band
Clydebank & District Highland Association - Old Kirkpatrick - Erskine Hospital - Ceilidh - 7:30pm - *Tickets £6*
Ayrshire Ceilidh Club - Irvine - Volunteer Rooms - Kenny Thomson - 7:30-11:30pm - *Tickets £7*
Wednesday Dance Club - Penicuik - St Mungo's Church Hall - Sandy Nixon - 7:30-11:30pm - *Tickets £5*
Foulden - Village Hall - James Coutts - 8pm-midnight - *Tickets £5*
Carluke Highlanders - Carluke - Masonic Hall - George King - 7:30-11:15pm - *Tickets £6*
Orkney Ceilidh Festival - Orkney Island - Kirkwall - 2 Bands - 7:30pm-midnight - *Tickets £10-£5*
West Renfrewshire Town Hall - Greenock - Town Hall - Ian Muir - 7pm - *Tickets £25*
Perth Ball - Scone - The Hangar - Jim Lindsay - 7:30pm - *Tickets £24*
SATURDAY 9th APRIL
Accordion & Fiddle Club
Fife - Largo Ward Village Hall - Live Music - 8-11pm - *Tickets £5*
Sutherland - Rogart Village Hall - Club & Friends
Class
Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Fiddle with Karen Hannah - improvers' class - 11am
Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Whistle with Helen Forbes - 12:30pm
Paisley Highlanders - Elderslie Village Hall - Morag Law - 7:30pm-11:15pm
Concert
Glasgow - Whitecraigs Tennis Club - Hot Jazz with Alastair McDonald - 7:30pm
Stirling - MacRobert Theatre - A Night In Scotland With The Alexander Brothers, Alisdair MacDonald and the Graham Laurie Accordion Orchestra - 7:30pm - *Tickets £10/£6*
Glenfarg Folk Feast - Workshop - Fil Campbell & Tom McFarland
Portsoy - Folk At The Salmon Bothy - Shepheard, Spiers & Watson with special guest Elizabeth Stewart - 7pm - *Tickets £7*
Glasgow - Eden Court Theatre - Larkin Poe - 7:30pm - *Tickets £12*
Glasgow - Milngavie Town Hall - Palace Theatre - Rodgers & Hammerstein Tour - 7:30pm
Glasgow - City Halls - Recital Room - Gillian Christie - 8pm - *Tickets £10*
Scottish Country Dance / Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Glenfarg - Glenfarg Village Folk Club - Saturday Concert - New Rope String Band with Wendy Stewart, Gary West and The Farg Folk - 8pm-11:30pm- *Tickets £15*
RSCDS West Lothian Branch - Uphall - Dance
Avondale Ceilidh Society - Strathaven - Ballgreen Hall - Bruce Lindsay - 7pm-11pm - *Ticket £8*
Largo Ward - Village Hall - Gavin Piper - 8pm-11pm - *Ticket £5*
Inverness - Kirkhill Com Centre - Susie Simpson - 8pm-midnight - *Ticket £5*
Set & Couple Dances - Glencarse - Village Hall - George Rennie - 8pm-11pm - *Ticket £4*
Orkney Ceilidh Festival - Orkney Island - Kirkwall - 2 Bands - 7:30-midnight - *Tickets £10/£5*
SUNDAY 10th APRIL
Accordion & Fiddle Club
Peebles - Peebles Rugby Club - 2pm - *Tribute to James Paterson of Peebles*
Biggar - Biggar Bowling Club - Steven Todd SDB - 7pm
Haddington - Railway Hotel - Roya MacLean Trio
Concert
Glasgow - Eastwood Theatre - Rodgers & Hammerstein Tour
Scottish Country Dance / Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Fife - Old Parish Church Hall - Kirk Wynd - Ceilidh, Old Time & Social Dance Club - 2-5pm - *Tickets £3*
East Kilbride - Girl Guide Hall - Ceilidh, Old Time & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £2*
Glenfarg - Glenfarg Village Folk Club - Final Fling - Heidi Talbot, John McCusker, Ian Carr with the Christine Bovill Band and Mochara - 6:30pm-10pm - *Tickets £15*
Peebles - Peebles Rugby Club - Musical Tribute to Accordionist James Paterson with Ronnie Patterson - 2pm
Orkney Ceilidh Festival - Orkney Island - Kirkwall - 2 Bands - 7:30-midnight - *Tickets £10/£5*
Take the Floor: Salutation Hotel, Perth, 21March 2011: Blazing Fiddles
Pitlochry, Recreational Grounds (Town Hall if wet) - Highland Nights
Dumbarton - St Patrick's Hall - Strathleven Place - Ceilidh & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm
Martice Annual Dance - Stirling - Albert Hall - Lothian - 7:30pm
TUESDAY 12th APRIL
Accordion & Fiddle Club
Blairgowrie - Coupar Angus - Red House Hotel - Colin Donaldson Band - 8pm
Dunfermline - Headwell Bowling Club - Club Night
Renfrew - Broadloan - Moorpark Masonic Hall - Richard Smith Trio
Thornhill - Bowling Club Hall - Leonard Brown
Class
Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Scots Song - suitable for beginners - 2pm
Edinburgh - TMSA Edinburgh & Lothians Branch Singers - The Royal Oak - 8pm -
Scottish Country Dance / Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Westerton Summer Dancing - Bearsden, Westerton Village Hall, Maxwell Avenue, Westerton - Musicians John Renton and Rickie Francie - 7:30-10:30pm
Humbie - Village Hall - Ceilidh, Old Time Club & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £3*
Folk Club
Leith Folk Club - Edinburgh - The Village - 7:30pm - *Tickets £8*
WEDNESDAY 13th APRIL
Accordion & Fiddle Club
Cults - Culter Sports and Social Club - Johnny Duncan Duo - 7:45pm - *All Welcome*
Accordion & Fiddle Club
Forres - Victoria Hotel - Neil Hardie SDB
Inveraray - Argyll Hotel - Dochie McCallum SDB - 8pm
Class
Fife - Kenoway Community School - Accordion Class - George Lawrie - 7-9pm - *Tickets £5.60/half price first lesson*
Midlem - Village Hall - Live Music - Old Time Class (GB Scott) - 8-10pm - *Tickets £2*
Concert
Glasgow - St Andrews In The Square - Live Music - Ceilidh & Old Time Club - 8-9:30pm - *Tickets £5*
Folk Club
Edinburgh - Edinburgh Folk Club - Pleasance Cabaret Bar - Eddie Walker and Fraser Spiers - *Tickets £8/£7*
Scottish Country Dance / Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Carnoustie Scottish Country Dance Club - Carnoustie, Beach Hall, Links Parade - Various Bands - 8-11pm
Newtongrange - Dean Tavern - Live Music - Ceilidh & Old Time Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £3*
THURSDAY 14th APRIL
Accordion & Fiddle Club
Button-Key - Windygates - Fife - The Button & Bows Group - 7pm
West Barns - Dunbar - John Crawford - 7:30pm
Concert
St Andrews - The Byre Theatre - Southern Tenant Folk Union
Scottish Country Dance / Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
RSCDS - Alva, Summer Dance, Cochrane Hall, West Stirling Street - various musicians - 7:30-10:30pm
Penicuick - Town Hall - Ceilidh Class - 8-9:30pm - *Tickets £2.90/£1.50*
Annual Club Dance - Glasgow - Merrylea Church Hall - John Renton *Tickets £7*
8th & 9th APRIL - INVERNESS WHISKY FESTIVAL
Held at Bogbain Farm with Bruce MacGregor, Dougie MacLean, Good Highland Food, Sam Carswell, Harris Tweed Hebrides and Tom Morton
8th - 10th APRIL - WEEKEND SCHOOL
RSCDS East Lothian Branch holds their weekend school in Pitlochry with Jimmy Hill and Alan Ross and his Band
11th APRIL - ***SING A SONG FOR DAVY STEELE***
To celebrate the life of Davy Steele everyone is asked to sing one Davy Steele song wherever you may be - the pub/work/school/bath - from the tribute CD or from his original versions
11th - 15th APRIL - FEIS ROIS OIGRIDH
Junior Feis in Ullapool with Tutors John Somerville, Matheu Watson, Lauren MacColl, Gillian Frame, Bob Massie, Donal Brown, Mhairi Hall and Maggie MacDonald
Take The Floor is on BBC Radio Scotland every Saturday 1905-2100.
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