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LINLITHGOW FOLK FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION - AGM
The Linlithgow Folk Festival in September 2022 was a huge success, albeit held on a smaller scale than many past ones.
The Burgh Halls / Rose Garden again provided a great venue for the Nora Devine stage, Children’s concert, “Come and Sing” session, and Family Ceilidh. The Sorries and the Tonkerers headlined two well-attended concerts at the Rose Club, while 4 days of sessions were hosted at the Black Bitch Tavern.
The success of the venture was testament to the dedication of a small committee of 6 individuals who worked all year to ensure success. However, several of these busy individuals also have demanding professional lives, and demands like shift work saw many of our meetings inquorate.
Appeals to our members for assistance often reaped a dispiriting response, e.g.
- Last year’s AGM was attended by the Committee and 2 other members
- Despite being highlighted as a crucial need before, during and after last year’s AGM, the post of Minute Secretary was never filled, leading to Robert Leishman duplicating that role with his Treasurer post
- The initial appeal for volunteers to help with the 2022 Festival (by Facebook and Email to over 40 members) brought 6 replies, two of them offering their apologies (fortunately, by the time the Festival came around our personal approaches to members both here and abroad swelled the ranks of volunteers)
Before planning a future festival, sessions and other activities, the Committee would like to be reassured that the Linlithgow and wider public still have an appetite for such events, and the forthcoming AGM will be a gauge of that interest.
Notification is therefore being given that the Linlithgow Folk Festival Association Annual General Meeting will take place at 7.30pm for 8.00pm on Monday 12th December 2022 in the TASTE Cafe Deli (47 High Street, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7ED).
Should you be interested in volunteering or joining the Committee, please contact
Many thanks.
Neil Macdonald
Chair, Linlithgow Folk Festival Association
Nora Devine Stage at the Burgh Halls Garden
Below are the timings for the Nora Devine Stage at the Linlithgow Folk Festival this weekend.
Family Ceilidh at the Burgh Halls
Launch of Linlithgow Folk Festival flyer
The flyer for the Linlithgow Folk Festival 2022 was launched at the Music Session in the Black Bitch Tavern on 21 August.
Click here to view a PDF version of the flyer.
The Sorries in Concert - Friday 16th September 2022
We will welcome The Sorries to the Linlithgow Rose Social Club on Friday 16th September at 8pm.
THE SORRIES are Douglas Kay (vocals, guitar, bodhran, mandolin) and Martin Philip (vocals, guitar, bodhran, tres). The duo sing, play and banter their way through a show which features a host of traditional tunes from the much-loved Scottish songbook, as well as some songs gathered from the oral tradition and a few original compositions.
The two formed The Sorries following a conversation during a tour of the Highlands where both Martin and Douglas were performing as part of separate projects. Coming from very different musical backgrounds, Kay and Philip discovered a shared love for the music of The Corries. Over a bottle of whisky they decided that the duo is still an ideal format in which to present so many of the sensational folk songs in which Scotland is so rich.
The Sorries made their live debut in Edinburgh during December 2006 and during the next three years moved from the pubs of Edinburgh to playing sell-out shows in locations as diverse as Lossiemouth’s Warehouse Theatre, Coldingham Village Hall, Aberdeen’s Lemon Tree and the Isle of Eigg Community Hall. 2009 saw the duo complete a successful three week run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, during which they played to packed audiences and garnered attention from the national press. That first Fringe run was the start of an annual engagement which has continued ever since; it also saw the release of their eponymous debut album.
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