1- t Mayt983 I Programme Programme price SOp Printed by The Shetland Times Ltd., Prince Alfred Street. Lerwick FORMA d wi " is the friendly invita - Ev nt 1n th r hetland to come along and (Harold WICk, t y yourself. We hope you will do Hillswick, Vo , A1th, th t as we welcome you to the End, Tingwall n Folk Festival in Shetland. This prise a full evening' n proved to be not only a unique with a Folk Concert and D u ical experience but also the big­ t annual celebration of music to be The concerts all commence t ged in the Islands. 7.30 pm, and the admission tick t hetland's third Folk Festival features covers concert and dance. Bar many top-rate musicians, both local facilities and snack suppers will be and visiting, in a community festival to available. During the concert drinks be held throughout the Islands, from will be available, but we would ask you Haroldswick to Bigton and Whalsay to to respect the artistes on stage and Aith. organise your requirements as quietly To complement the musical pro­ as possible. For everyone's sake gramme, there will be workshops on please keep the noise down during the fiddle, accordion, curry, cartoon the performances - although we and dance. Craft Workshops will hope you will join in by clapping your feature knitwear, lapidary, enamel­ hands and tapping your feet as the oc­ craft, fiddle making, etc., and craft casion merits. goods will be· on display and for sale. Shetland has a unique musical tradi­ Each area may be slightly different but tion with the emphasis on the fiddle, in general the concert will finish at played with a distinctive style and a approximately 11 pm to be followed lively toe-tapping rhythm. The Festival by the dance. The official part of the will naturally give prominence to the evening will wind up at about 1 am. fiddle and its variety of styles plus demonstrations of fiddle making. At the Garrison Theatre in Lerwick, A feast of entertainment has been concerts will commence at 7.30 pm. arranged and no doubt there will be This is a seated auditorium so that many foys outwith official pro­ dancing (other than on stage during grammes so we hope you enjoy the the concert) will not be possible. The Folk Festival and that your memories concerts should finish at 9.30/10 pm. will bring you back for more next year. No refreshments or drinks will be served in the Theatre but the Festival INDEX Club is open to members - see details Welcome & Format 3 on page 19. Artistes 4,5, 7,9 Tickets & Prices 11 Programme 12 & 13 On the Sunday evening the Festival Craft Exhibition & Market 15& 17 Foy will be held in two hotels in Ler­ Official Opening 19 wick plus the Festival Club. This will Tea & Snacks 19 provide an excellent opportunity for SCOTLAND'S N91 BREWER Festival Club 19 you to see a great many of the visiting Music Workshops, Souvenirs 19 Lottery 21 artistes as they circulate among the Artistes '83 22,23,24 halls. 3 ARTI nd MAGGIE CRUICKSHANK OW 'S BAND n wn nd respected for his fine n M ggie have been actively involved in I r playing throught Shetland and 1 IC for .abou~ 20 years. Their repertoire n , Jim Halcrow will be playing at W ILLIE JOHNSON ' cottrsh, lnsh, English, American and folksongs, both contemporary and foy with his band . Referred to humorously n Sean McGuire as "Box Bed Wtllt 1 I. They come from a musical family _ h r layed melodeon and diddled, and long been regarded as one of th tOJ r n ang. m mber of the Shetland Fiddlers for many panists on the Shetland music sc n Vrrtu y r , Henry also teaches the fiddle in of many instruments, he is held in th hr II rry. He won the Open Fiddle Competi- regard by musicians everywhere. Althou h tt n rn Auchtermuchty in 1981. Like all good Willie is not playing in any of the formal con I h h d young fiddler who specia.lises mu icians he's at his best late at night and after certs this year, he will be round and about t Ht hi nd bagpipe music. Only 16, th interval. the festival club. lr dy won the Senior and Junior I w rds. She appeared at the BILL HILL: See Vindscreen Vipers DANNY KYLE: See Vindscreen Vipers r ' rn concert in November and DOUGLAS LAURENCE 1 nr during the '83 Festival by HOM BRU n Vi I t Tulloch. From the North-east of Scotland, at twleve he Shetland's best known folk group. Based in became very interested in traditional playing Edinburgh for a few years they toured and with the assistance of the late Hector Mac­ played extensively in Britain and Europe. They Andrew. Douglas has performed several times Henry is joined by have been at festivals in Holland, France, on radio and TV and won the 1979 Golden Fid­ m distinctive and Belgium and Denmark, where they were very dle award. He studied at the Royal Scottish nd guitar. well received by the audience who loved their Academy and is now a member of the Scottish unique sound. As well as playing as a group they will be giving individual performances. National Orchestra. The group comprises Gary Peterson (banjo, mandolin), Peter Miller (bass guitar), and lvor lAIN MciNTOSH Pottinger (rhythm guitar). lain's musical career began in 1961 and he played and sang with various folk groups TREVOR HUNTER before going solo in 1970. Since then he has toured the world, building up a considerable '• A fine fiddle player, Trevor does justice to the reputation . He sings songs from England, HOWIE FIRTH of Scotland style of playing. He is North-~ast Ireland and America, plays concertina, whistle, Radio Orkney'.s. answer to Terry Wogan and leader of the Shetland Fiddlers and teaches and his first-love, the five-string banjo. lain, in RHODA BULTER breakfast televrsron, Howie will not only get the traditional Shetland fiddle music in schools the words of Archie Fisher, could coax a weather. forecast wrong but compere several throughout the islands. An. extremely talented Shetland poet, both chorus out of a lock-jaw ward. senous and humorous, Rhoda's command of foys dunng the Festival. WILLIE HUNTER the l~cal dialect is supreme and several MID YELL LASSES FRIDAREY Without doubt among the finest fiddle players collectrons .of her poetry have been published Appearing at the Festival for the third year run­ together wrth recordings of her work. R~gul~r performers at our folk festival, Anne in Scotland, Willie also composes fine tunes. ning, the lasses are all pupils at the Mid Yell ~r.nclarr and Stewart Thomson are this year Although he's too busy to take part in any for­ school. They know exactly how to delight an JOI~ed by brother Neil. The musical family from mal concerts this year, he will be around and CHARLIE and ELAINE audience with their Shetland songs, and their Far~ Isle are always welcome on the Shetland about at the club. Willie has to be heard to be performances include some fairly tricky work Charlie's ~ussels r~ached . notoriety in the Up­ marnland. A~ne sing.s and plays guitar, Stewart believed. Helly-A~ brll. He wrll be drsplaying these while pl~ys accordron, banJO, and guitar and Neil plays with hand bells. compen~g concerts throughout the islands and gurtar and mandolin. JOHN 'CURLY' JAMIESON PATON SISTERS at th~ sh~htest excuse can be persuaded to pick A former seaman on the whaling ships sailing A vocal duo from Scalloway who specialise in up hrs.guttar. Charlie Simpson and Elaine Fisher to South Georgia, Curly is one of the great make rt a duo this year. TICH FRIER: See Vindscreen Vipers Shetland songs. This is their first folk festival characters on the Shetland music scene. He appearance. GIBBlE GRAY began playing at an age when he and his COLIN and ALAN brother travelled by pony and cart to the ~ ibby plays in the Unst tradition, his native ROBBIE PEARSON Two young Shetland musicians from Lerwick dances. His 'one-man' band with guitar and rslan.~ and ~orne. He is one of the oldest Well known for his extremely accurate imper­ and G~Jberwick wh?se dexterity on the piano mouth organ pre-dates Boy Dylan by some 30 tradrtro~al frddlers in Shetland today and sonations of various local characters and public accordron has delighted audiences at the responsrble for giving us many old tunes which years! 4 5 cl pin SHETLAND fr m a great fiddling tradition. w Greenland whaler and it was SCHOOL r Indebted for the tune 'Willaf­ A LISDAIR STUAR n f the 'Greenland' tunes. Bobby's Alisdair came ongrn lly fr l1ff r nt to perhaps any in Shetland Scotland but had the go d t t OF MUSIC ncing rhythm and beautiful ringing Eshaness in the north ma 1nl n 153a Commercial Street Hr contribution to Shetland traditional He is very involved with then wly t been extensive. Northmavine Fiddle and Accorda1n Cl 11 r First Floor plays both 6 and 12-string gu1tar and b r J Lerwick. Tel. 2030 Has also been known to burst into song. P t r I r spected local concert artiste who has plays the fiddle, accordion and guitar. H1 *** rf rmed throughout Shetland over a good fiddle playing is mainly traditional Shetlan mb r of years.