Autumn Ceilidh

Saturday 27th October, 2007 - Terminus Hall, Grand Hotel Terminus

Building on the success of the 2006 Autumn Ceilidh, the Society arranged another large ceilidh. The evening’s star performers were Edinburgh ceilidh band Hugh McDiarmid’s Haircut, led by Gary West presenter of BBC Radio Scotland’s Pipeline programme. The band’s unusual line up was fronted by Gary on bagpipes, with Marcos Watt on drums Stan Wilson on Bass and Colin Mathieson on guitar and keyboard. The dance floor was packed all night, with over 120 people attending.

Bergen Pipeband opened the evening and put on a display of piping and drumming. The pipe band was joined by special guests Colin Pryde (Pipe major at Loretto School), Brian Alexander (Senior Drum Major in the British Army), Bill Carr from Oslo and Kenneth Jones from Stavanger. After Dark quartet and friends also joined the evening’s bill of entertainment singing a selection of Scottish songs, providing a breather from the dancing. All in all it was another tremendous evening.