
From the Edinburgh Festivals 2022
Join Gary Innes for a special Take the Floor recorded at the BBC’s festivals site at St James Quarter, Edinburgh as part of The Edinburgh Festival 2022. We have not one but two bands for you with music from Iain Anderson and his Scottish Dance Band and the Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band.
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Iain Anderson Lead accordion
Iain Cathcart Second Accordion
Neil MacMillan Piano
Brian Cruickshank Bass
Duncan Christie Drums
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Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
Colin Dewar Lead Accordion
Alasdair MacLeod Second Accordion
Gillian Stevenson Fiddle
Gordon Smith Drums
John Delaney Bass
Jim Nichol Piano
TITLE: Kate Dalrymple
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gay Gordons
a) Lesley Angus [J. Halcrow]
b) The Bunessan Barbeque [G.Mitchell]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Posties Jig
a) Jacksons Bottle of Claret [Trad]
b) Peter Baillies Wife [Trad]
c) Mr & Mrs John McGinns welcome to Minnigaff [R. Easton]
d) Stuart Anderson [D. Ross]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
a) The Lochalsh Reel [C. Dewar]
b) The Draggers Reel [E. Arsenault]
c) Roadside Reel [S. Spence]
d) The Staircase Reel [I. Hardie]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva Three Step
a) RSM Boyde DCM, MBE [PM A Pitkeathly]
b) The Duke of Yorks visit to Balmore [W Burnside]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
a) Grannies Heilin’ Hame [Trad]
b) Kirkconnel Lea [Trad]
c) Hunting Tower [Trad]
d) Bonnie Gallawa’ [Trad]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Irene Meldrum’s welcome to Bon Accord [W G Meldrum]
b) Morag Ramsey [Peter R MacLeod]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: The Riverside Jig
a) Gordon B Cosh [N. McInness]
b) Livingston Accordion Club [D. Lawrence]
c) John Piper McCulloch [J.M. Mason]
d) AM Shinnie [A. Fitchet]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Fiddle Solo
a) Spootiskerry [Ian Burns]
b) Willafjord
c) Hurlocks Reel [Tom Anderson]
d) Morag’s Reel
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Highland Schottishe
a) The Kiwi Pipers [G. Patullo]
b) The Craic at Clashmore Hall [P. Cunningham]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Scottish Waltz
a) Rothsey Bay [A. Scott Gatty]
b) My Ain Folk [Laura G Lemon]
c) The Auld Scots Sangs [Trad]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Circassian Circle
a) The East Neuk of Fife
b) A Trip to Windsor [Dan R MacDonald]
c) Mrs Norman MacKeigan [Dan R MacDonald]
d) The Devils Delight [Dan R MacDonald]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Polka
a) The Border Polka [Linday Ross]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Strip The Willow
a) Sweet Biddy Daly [Trad]
b) Shandon Bells [Trad]
c) Saddle The Pony [Trad]
d) Pet O’ The Pipers [Trad]
ARTIST: Colin Dewar Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Gay Gordon
a) Annie Laurie [Lady Jane Scott]
b) Hawick Queen o' all the Border [David Rutherford]
c) The Rose of Allendale [Sidney Nelson]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance
a) Donald McLeans Farewell to Oban [Archibald McNeill]
b) Irene Meldrums Welcome to Bon Accord [P/M Robert Meldrum]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Pride of Erin Waltz
a) Come Home Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff [Percy French]
b) Believe Me, Of All Those Endearing Young Charms [Words: Thomas Moore/Music: Traditional]
c) The Green Glens of Antrim [Kenneth North]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Hoopers Jig
a) Peters Pierre Boat [Dr Tom Anderson]
b) Pet o' the Pipers [Traditional]
c) Trip to Glasgow [Traditional]
d) MacLeods of Mishnish [Ian Holmes]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Eva Three Step
a) Miss Joan C MacKenzie [Alasdair Downie]
b) Gordon Davidson of Banchory [Graeme Mitchell]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
a) Sands of Vatersay [Vatersay Boys?]
b) Lovely Stornoway [Leondard Robert Halfen & Calum Kennedy]
c) Mo Mhàthair [Neil MacLean]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: The Irish Rover
a) The Sally Gardens [Traditional]
b) The Merry Blacksmith [Traditional]
c) Spootiskerry [Ian Burns]
d) The Road to Holligarth [Peter Scollay]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Edinburgh Mixture
a) The Hills of Moffat [George Cockburn]
b) Walter Douglas MBE [P/M Donald MacLeod]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: White Heather Foxtrot
a) Dumfries Polka [Max Houliston - Dumfries]
b) The Boys from Bluehill [Traditional]
c) Orange and Blue [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Mayfair Quickstep
a) Bye Bye Blackbird [Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon]
b) Jambalaya (On the Bayou) [Hank Williams]
c) Alexander's Ragtime Band [Irving Berlin]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Military Two Step
a) Bouncing Bobby [Charles Fraser Sherrit - Aberdeen]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Britannia Two Step
a) The Heights of Cassino [P/M Dan MacRae]
b) Rab's Wedding [John Kerr]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Southern Rose Waltz
a) The Heroes of Longhope [Ronnie Aim]
b) The Boys of the Mhairi-L [Ewan McGowan - Dumfries]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Strip the Willow
a) Wee Todd (original name "Wee Tot") [Angus MacAulay - Benbecula]
b) Top of Ben Lomond [Traditional]
c) Scarce o' Tatties [Norman MacLean]
d) Lochiel's Welcome to Glasgow [Alexander Cameron]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant / Isle of Skye
a) Isle of Skye [Neil Gow]
b) Marie Pottinger's Reel [Ronnie Cooper]
c) Sheehan's Reel [Traditional]
d) Plough and Stars [Traditional]
ARTIST: Iain Anderson Scottish Dance Band
BBC Take The Floor Recording
Broadcasts
- Sat 13 Aug 202219:00BBC Radio Scotland
- Sat 26 Aug 202319:00BBC Radio Scotland