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	New Orleans Strathspey & Reel Society
		Similar societies are found not only in Scotland but also in Nova Scotia, Australia and throughout the United States.
		Strathspeys and reels are two of the most distinctive forms of Scottish traditional music performed in ensembles of fiddles and supporting instruments.
		Society members are amateur enthusiasts and performers of Scottish fiddle music to include the dance tunes used to accompany Scottish traditional dancing as well as the airs and marches included in the repertoire of traditional Scottish fiddlers.
	members.cox.net /nosr (251 words)

	Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society - History
		The Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society was formed in 1932 and has had 6 conductors since then.
		Sandy Milne was the third conductor of the Society and a great enthusiast who did much to keep the society going and to put the society in the public eye.
		The Society draws its members from a wide area Banchory, Ballater, Aboyne, Tarland, Huntly, Aberdeen, Culter and Kintore and I am sure that by their efforts all that is best in Scottish music is kept to the fore.
	www.banchoryfiddlers.co.uk /history/history.htm (1529 words)

	Sandy Cooper - Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society
		The society was then formed and the first conductor of it was a James Cruickshank, a railway station master; then came James Forbes, Sandy Milne, Mary Milne and Sandy Cooper himself.
		Despite his other commitments, he was often asked to stand in for fiddlers in the society who were unable to attend performances – such as those working at the harvest.
		Part of the ethos of the society was to preserve the traditional style of bowing, including the "one down three up" and the bowing used for playing the "Scottish snap".
	www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk /fiddle/cooperstrath.htm (508 words)

	Strathspey and Reel Societies
		In Orkney we have the West Mainland Strathspey and Reel Society and The Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society.
		Another problem is that many of these societies are very undemocratic and the leader usually imposes a benign dictorship.
		This is the seventieth anniversary of the society and much of the music this year will have been composed by or dedicated to the late William McPherson, the well known local composer and fiddler.
	www.footstompin.com /forum?threadid=61086 (1601 words)

	The Session: Discussions - Strathspeys
		I've noticed since Strathspeys have had a new lease of popularity among Irish musicians that there are different (often very different) Strathspeys popular at irish sessions than Scottish ones, and often different versions.
		The Strathspey - mainly a zoo animal now, Trapped in a rigid rhythm that was not meant to be.
		Once I've heard a strathspey a couple of times, or played through it likewise if it's one I'm learning off the dots, I can feel in advance where the snaps are going to come in.
	www.thesession.org /discussions/display.php/5361 (1511 words)

	Display KIST Information Example
		The Society’s success owed much to the influence of Sir Alexander Grant of Monymusk who was an admirer and patron of all forms of music.
		There is a fair body of evidence to suggest that originally strathspey was a style of playing rather than a specific type of tune or dance.
		The term strathspey-reel was often used to describe a reel played in a particular fashion employing a dsitinctive rhythm which is often called by today’s fiddlers the Scottish Snap.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /elphinstone/kist/search/display.php?lwee34.dat (598 words)

	Q and A - New York Times
		Whether or not the fiddlers of his native Scotland inspired him, the music you probably heard was traditional folk music, consisting of two basic types of pieces: a reel, an uptempo piece for a lively Scottish dance of the same name, and a strathspey, slower-tempo dance music.
		Many fiddle orchestras in Scotland (most cities have their own) list themselves as strathspey and reel societies.
		The Glasgow Strathspey and Reel Society (44-1505 813-399), the orchestra's traditional name, is 110 years old.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9806E4D9153CF935A25751C0A961958260 (857 words)

	What is the difference between traditional and folk fiddling?
		Zanre appears to favour the approach of Slow air, march, strathspey and reel format which is the sort of thing you will hear in Fiddle & Accordian Club competitions etc. This, and the expected technique/playing style, is what he would describe as being traditional.
		The tunes that you are required to play (such as 2/4 pipe marches, 4/4 marches, strathspeys, hornpipes, slow strathspeys, slow airs etc) have already been created by exponents of the music who are/were fully versed in traditional techniques.
		All this reminds me that for many years the Edinburgh Highland Strathspey and Reel Society refused to play any music by Scott Skinner as it was "too modern".
	www.footstompin.com /forum?threadid=22459 (3718 words)

	Art of Robert Burns ~ Scotstown Music
		He is author of Music and Society in Lowland Scotland (1972, second edition 2003), Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th century (1984, second edition 1997) and Chamber Music of 18th-century Scotland (2000), and is a contributor to the 2001 edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music.
		In 1997 she was asked by the James Hogg Society and Stirling University to record many Hogg songs for an educational CD and in 2000 she contributed to the Land of Creativity compilation CD, and also provided material for the Scottish Borders Council’s Music Education pack.
		In February 2001, she released her first solo album, Breaking all the Rules, and in May 2002 participated in the launch of an album of songs for Selkirk Common Riding, Pride o’ Borderland.
	www.scotstown.com /artists.html (2073 words)

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		She met members of the Orkney Strathspey & Reel Society and they invited her to spend an evening playing.
		Along with the usual jigs, reels and airs there are lots of hornpipes, waltzes, polkas and two-steps.
		The Scottish Strathspey and Reel Societies tend to organize their pages of music into sets of similar tunes, i.e.
	www.srsnh.org /Newsletters/srs200105.html (1636 words)

	Theresa Morrison and Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks Vol 1
		In fact this album is crammed with tunes incorporating large chunks and key phrases from better known tunes, well beyond the bounds of coincidence and quite apart from the issue of vague general similarity.
		Typical of this school of playing, her repertoire is heaviest in Strathspeys - originally a regional style of playing reels in the north-east, but seized on as the most distinctively Scottish (or rather non-English and non-Irish) of the native dance forms - closely followed by Reels.
		As in Scotland, the tunes are invariably played in sets with the classic strathspey and reel set predominating - no bad thing, for while her her rendering of jigs, marches, airs etc is always excellent there is something truly special about her strathspey and reel playing.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/m_wilson.htm (3988 words)

	Lochaber News: Fiddlers should tune up for trad awards
		STRATHSPEY and reel societies will be able to add a string to their bows with a new award - just for them - as part of the fourth Trad Music Awards in Fort William in December.
		The award - the Strathspey and Reel Society of the Year - will be included in the event at the Nevis Centre from December 1 to 3.
		As well as the award ceremony itself on the Saturday night, which includes The Hamish Henderson Award for services to traditional music, there will be live recordings of Robbie Shepherd's Take The Floor and a live broadcast of Reel Session for BBC Radio Scotland.
	www.lochaber-news.co.uk /news/fullstory.php/aid/404/Fiddlers_should_tune_up_for_trad_awards.html (291 words)

	MM: orkney dancing
		And this nurturing of oneÕs specific heritage becomes even more important as modern communications tend to make society and us in it more and more uniform.
		The wealth of Orkney stories has been well documented in writing and recorded on tape and is brought to the fore in the Foy at the St Magnus Festival every year.
		For example, many areas had specific variations of the Lancers and the Quadrilles; The Jacky Tar Schottische, The Venus Polka, Babbity Bouster and Scotch Reels were danced as well as formation and round the room dances such as Rory O'More, Queen Victoria, Circassian Circle, Petronella, Ninepins and many more.
	www.matsmelin.com /orkneydancing.html (823 words)

	Cambridge University Strathspey and Reel Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Club shall be called "The Cambridge University Strathspey and Reel Club".
		The Chairman of General Meetings shall be a member of the society and be chosen by the committee.
		At a General Meeting, only those who have been members of the club for at least the fortnight prior to the GM shall have the right to vote.
	www.societies.cam.ac.uk /cusrc/constitution.html (936 words)

	Bonnie Rideout MP3 Downloads - Bonnie Rideout Music Downloads - Bonnie Rideout Music Videos
		The recipient of Instrumentalist of the Year and Record of the Year WAMA (Washington Area Music Association) awards in 2000, Rideout is a three-time winner of the United States National Scottish fiddle championship and the only American to be invited to demonstrate 18th century and Highland fiddle styles at the Edinburgh International Festival.
		The Washington Post praised Rideout for her "soulful, elegant, and virtuosic fiddle playing," while Rock'n Reel took a similar view, writing that Rideout's "playing is examplary throughout, with exhilaration and desolate beauty in equal measure." Rideout inherited her love of music from her mother, who played piano, and her father, who played ocarina.
		Inspired by Scottish fiddler, Dr. John Turner, Rideout moved to Scotland where she played with several strathspey and reel societies.
	www.mp3.com /bonnie-rideout/artists/97615/biography.html (435 words)

	The Session: Discussions - Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
		Many local strathspey and reel societies hold their own rallies and invite fiddlers etc to join them.
		The musicians play "from the music" and it tends to be a very uniform, mechanical sound with little scope for individuality, although there are occasional solos.
		Having said that, I attend a strathspey and reel society myself and participate in these rallies.
	www.thesession.org /discussions/display/8091 (695 words)

	"Maximising participation in musical instrumentplaying. "
		There is a wide variety of alternatives to classical school music in Scotland, such as folk clubs, strathspey and reel societies, pipe bands, and a rich tradition of fiddle playing which has variants in different geographical areas.
		For many people, it is this sort of music which is more interesting and relevant to their lives having, as it does, a firm basis in local and national culture.
		A source of some excitement currently is an impending performance at a nearby Gaelic Society.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /educol/documents/000000460.htm (2520 words)

	NEFA - Banff and Buchan Collection - Tape transcription (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Such was the response that we had to shift from Fyvie, or I should say, not me, the Buchan Heritage Society had to shift from Fyvie here to Haddo and we are delighted to be here and we will have what we would call an informal evening together just thinking about Hector and his music.
		And regarding the radio part, I happened to be at the Saltire Society recital, and the gentleman who was talking was Dr Herbert Wiseman who at that time was head of BBC Scotland.
		In fact I threw it out to the Buchan Heritage Society it might be a jolly good idea to have a similar concert for George Webster.
	www.nefa.net /archive/bandbpages/trans/1993014t.htm (5587 words)

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		Just one other tune this month, which Lezlie Webster introduced me to last year, and which she would like us to play in the concert for her highland dancers.
		You do not have to be a member of the Society to attend.
		To-day it has become a popular finishing tune for most strathspey and reel societies and is usually played first in "G", then in "A".
	www.terrytraub.org /srsnh/Newsletters/srs199910.html (3915 words)

	Tailors Fochabers at Local.co.uk
		Bass Devil Among the Tailors Reel Donald of Dundee Air The Downfall of Paris Duet The Drunken Wifes of Fochabers Reel The Duke of Atholl's...
		NEFA 1993.018.08 Transcription P: Fochabers Fiddlers T: Jig/ Reel/ The Deil amon the Tailors S: Lead by James Alexander.
		Randy Wives Of Fochabers, 9:Carnival March, 10:Sands Of Murness, 11:Kiwi Reel, 12:Laird O' Drumblair, 13:De'il Among The Tailors, 14:Ash Plant,...
	www.local.co.uk /Fochabers/Tailors (243 words)

	THE WILLIAM L. AND GOWAN MERSON SMITH COLLECTION
		The William L. and Gowan Merson Smith Collection contain 78 open reel audiotapes and 5 audiocassettes.
		They include tapes of William and Gowan Smith, live and home performances of fiddle playing, compilations of recorded fiddle playing, and tapes of mass-produced television, radio, and commercial fiddle recordings.
		WGS-11 1969 Side A-Strathspey and Reel societies of
	www.etsu.edu /cass/Archives/Collections/afindaid/a639.html (1572 words)

	Renwick MacArthur - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At Heysham he played in the Jim Maguire Irish band and with the Border Strasthspey and Reel Society, travelling ninety miles to the practices.
		At Torness he was a Haddington fiddler under the direction of the Reverend Alasdair MacDonnell and a member of the Edinburgh Highland and the East Lothian Strathspey and Reel Societies.He toured Canada with a section of the Golden Fiddle Orchestra under Jimmy Moir in 1980 and was a regular attendee at rallies all over Scotland.
		With Jim McGuire and Stan Wardman he started the popular Pan Celtic Society in Lancaster and at the time of writing can still be heard occasionally at the Smuggler's Den in Morecambe.
	www.webusinesses.com /rm/biography.htm (276 words)

	Orkney Kultur - Musikszene - ORKKULT_03 - Page: 1 of 2
		Seit jenen Tagen sind strathspey und reel die populäre Volksmusik auf Orkney schlechthin.
		Zwei große Gesellschaften mit ihren Orchestern pflegen heute die Tradition dieser Musikrichtungen: die Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society und die West Mainland Strathspey and Reel Society.
		Mit wenigen Ausnahmen sind Gäste bei den Proben gerne gesehen, zumal wenn in absehbarer Zeit keine eigenen Konzerte anstehen.
	homepages.compuserve.de /WFKSchlick/OrkneyundShetland/Orkney/orkkult_03001.htm (340 words)

	Fife Strathspey and Reel Society Documentary \| Ourmedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		File size: 20.6 MB This is a documentary that I made for my degree course in Multimedia Development, at Adam Smith College in Fife.
		Fife Strathspey And Reel Society Musical Sets 2
		Fife Strathspey And Reel Society Musical Sets 1
	www.ourmedia.org /node/262526 (101 words)

	Am Baile - Fiddling
		It also notes the emergence of that most distinctive of Scottish music forms, the strathspey.
		The 20th century saw a quiet but steady development with the founding of strathspey and reel societies, the growth of dance bands and country dancing, and the continuation of the solo tradition by fiddlers such as Hector Macandrew, Bill Hardie, Angus Grant and Douglas Lawrence.
		Advances in recording and travel introduced the music of Shetland, Cape Breton and Ireland, which have added both to the repertoire and the range of distinctive regional playing styles.
	www.ambaile.org /en/sub_section.jsp?SectionID=0¤tId=533 (654 words)

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		Angus Cameron is from Kirriemuir (which is north of Dundee), continuing a long tradition of Cameron fiddling.
		The two reels, which go nicely together, are Bill Cormack of Blair and Mrs Jean Cameron.
		This site is all about Scotland's strathspey and reel societies.
	www.srsnh.org /Newsletters/srs200406.html (2049 words)

	Cambridge University Strathspey and Reel Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 2006 Reel Club Fresher's Ceilidh kicks off the dancing this year at the St Andrew's Street Baptist Church (see here for a map) from 8PM to 11:00PM on Monday the 9th of October.
		There'll be live music provided by The Swindlers and Gentry, an exciting new folk band, and the dances will span the whole of the UK, including Scottish dances of course.
		Tickets will be available at the door, charged at £5 to students and Reel Club Members
	www.cam.ac.uk /societies/cusrc/fceilidh.html (102 words)

	The Scottish Highland Fiddle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A school of fiddlers was recorded in Torrin in Skye in the seventeenth century and many travellers observed the quality of this music in the area.
		The Gaelic language contributes greatly to the style with many of the old songs being converted to airs on the fiddle.
		The fiddle can also be played as a solo instrument at ceilidhs, and Strathspey and Reel Societies provide enjoyable opportunities for fiddlers to perform together.
	website.lineone.net /~trotternish/fiddle.html (359 words)

	Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers and Friends, At Home and Abroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Founded in 1990 by Colin Gordon from Ayr, Scotland the group usually numbers around 20 and includes fiddles, flute, recorder, accordion, guitars, cello, bass, bodhran and piano.
		All in all the release captures The Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers' sound quite admirably without calling undue attention to the live nature of its recording.
		There are a couple of original compositions including a two step written by Bill Cook, the leader of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, in honor of "The Peninsula Fiddlers' Visit to Scotland."
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_psff_athome.html (453 words)

	TMSA Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland
		However, the deadline is fast approaching and due to strict security measures at the Parliament building, if we haven't received your booking by Monday 26 March, I'm afraid you cannot be admitted to the Conference.
		member of the Strathspey and Reel Society of New Hampshire and of the Cameron Scottish Music Ensemble in Queens, New York is looking to gather
		written or oral histories of Strathspey and Reel Societies.
	www.tmsa.org.uk (376 words)

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