The Truly Extraordinary Local Artistes Pearl and the Prairie Dawgs : TICKET PRICES include:''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Hom Bru, Young Heritage, Eart Responsible for spearheading the current ' Students, The 13th and lucky for some! Kyent, May & Mackie, Scrape The revival of Western Swing. Pearl's vocals ' Senior Citizens, Barrel, Shetland Fiddlers, Mary White, are matched with the classic line up of Members Adults Children, UB40s SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL The Wishart Family, Fiddlers' Bid, The ~ the genre- that unique twin fiddle sound, Shetland Hotel (Concert only) £5.00 £3.00 1 Four Amigos, Rock Salt & Nails, Luke Daniels and Frank Kilkelly : Texan guitar, and a rhythm section that Other Halls (Concert & Dance)£6.00 £3.00 Bongshang, The Economy Quartet, This year ,at the age of eighteen, Luke's swings like crazy! Clickimin (Saturday Concert) £6.00 £3.00 Margaret Couper & Friends, Suillvan, flamboyant accordion playing style won Festival Foy £8.00 £4.00 Shetland Folk Dance Group, Back Up him first prize in the BBC 'Young Brendan Power: A New Zealander who Sunday Afternoon £5.00 £5.00 and Push, The Smith Sisters, Atlantic Tradition Awards' and he has recently has gained a considerable reputation in Family Concert £3.00 £3.00 Accent, The Incompetent Girls, The replaced Andy Cutting in folk group his home country, being one of its Youth Jazz Ensemble, Jim Halcrow, Scarp. Shetland is certainly familiar with foremost exponents of the harmonica. Non-Members Northmavine Fiddle & Accordion, lvor Frank's guitar playing! He first visited Equally at ease with both the Blues Harp Shetland Hotel (Concert only) £8.00 £4.00 Scollay, Colin&Alan, The Walls Dance with The Companions of the Rosy Hour and Chromatic Harmonica, Brendan Other Halls (Concert& Dance)£9.00 £5.00 Band, Graham Edwardson's Band and and returned last year with Spice Trade. has most recently performed on the lastest Clickimin (Saturday Concert) £9.00 £5.00 Fred's Band. albums of both Paul Young and Sting's. / Festival Foy £12.00 £6.00 The Flatville Aces :Hail from Sunday Afternoon £7.00 £4.00 Visiting artistes: Southhampton and play acoustic Cajun Stockton's Wing : The music of Family Concert £4.00 £3.00 Four Men And A Dog: Oneoflreland's in an authentic Louisiana style. Fronted Stockton's Wing has evolved into an most powerful acoustic bands who have by Jock Tyldesley who is recognised as exciting blend of traditional and Tickets are available from the Festival Shop and at local shops. built on the startling success of their one of Britain's finest cajun fiddlers. contemporary Irish music and song Access and Visa is accepted at the Festival Shop. debut album, Barking Mad, by adding performed with power and precision by I Note: Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable. two of Ireland's very best musicians to an Fin bar Furey and Friends :Finbar has some of the finest musicians in Ireland. already impressive line-up. Banjo player had a huge influence on the contemporary Founder members Maurice Lennon and FESTIVAL MEMBERSHIP Gerry O'Connor, no stranger to Shetland, folk scene. His love of the Uillean Pipes Paul Rouche are accompanied by Mike Available from the Festival Shop or by post. and Arty McGlynn, agruably the finest is without equal and as a master piper Hanrahan, Peter Keenan and Dave guitarist in Irish traditional music, having and fine exponent of the banjo he has McNevin. Adult £10.00 played with the likes of Van Morrison, certainly contributed greatly to the Child (under 16) £5.00 Planxty and De Dannan, joins forces success of The Fureys. Stravaig: Currently the top women's Family (2 adults & 2 children under 16) £20.00 with prestigious fiddler Cathal Hayden acapella group in Scotland. Their blend and the equally talented, Gino Lupari, Catriona MacDonald and Ian Carr : ofsongs, from traditional ballads to music Note: Entry to the Festival Club is restricted to festival members Kevin Docherty and Conor Keane. Shetland's own Catriona is a great hall send-ups, has won acclaim only. Day membership is no longer available. exponent ofthe Shetland fiddle. She won throughout Ireland and the North. The 29th April to 2nd May 1993 Awatifias: The Festival welcomes its the BBC 'Young Traditional Award' in four members of the band, all fine solo RAFFLE & MERCHANDISE first South American visitors. A watiiias 1991 and now tutors and performs singers, combine to create enchanting The main mffle prize is a £1,000 Holiday Voucher, other big are Ayamara Indians who specialise in extensively around Britain. Ian's style of harmonies. prizes this year include a CD Midi Hifi system and a colour authentic Andean music, playing a guitar is familiar to Shetland, having telev·:Mon. Tickets on sale at all venues, Festival Shop and local OFFICIAL PROGRAMME multitude of South American performed with Simon Thoumire at the Varttina: Energetically singing in close shops. Merchandise, including T -shirts, baseball caps, badges, 1 instruments, including flutes, pan pipes, 1991 Festival. Ian has recently been harmony, laughing, mischievously mugs, lighters and key rings are also available at the Festival drums and guitar. Through an playing with the Kathryn Tickell band. wagging fingers at male members of the Shop and most concerts. j SHE1LAND FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY invigorating mix of spritely dances and audience, this is Vlirttina, Finland's 5 BURNS LANE,LERWICK,SHE1LAND,ZE1 OEJ. Old Blind Dogs : Aberdeen based band beautiful music, this band has already premiere group who win audiences over All information was correct at the time of going to press. The j Tel. (0595) 4757, Fax. (0595) 5381 won the hearts of many an audience. who play a wide variety of energetic jigs with the sheer power of their all female Shetland Folk Festival Society reserves the right to alter times and reels. Their rousing songs and front line singing. Putting an end to the and artistes as conditions and circumstances demand. The Festival shop Is open: Bib and Braces : Award winning street anthems are played with feeling and their idea that Finnish music is all national vocalist, Ian Benzie, is highly regarded entertainers whose skills at juggling, costume, fiddle and kantele! The Committee wish to thank John Leask & Son, Tait Electronic f From 6th April to 27th April as a folk singer. stilt walking, illusions, salamandery, Systems Ltd, Danny Couper and Nicholas Bamham for their at 5 Bums Lane, Lerwick on the following days: mime and magic have enthralled young The M.C.s : There is indeed a plethora generousity, and all the locals who have helped in any way to the Tuesdays Thursdays 6pm - Bpm Outback: A didgeridoo, a guitar, West & and old alike. of multi-talented M.C.s this year with success of the festival. Saturdays 11 am - 3pm African percussion and drums. Together many familiar faces returning- Danny these instruments create the unforgettable The Cock And Bull Band : A fusion of Kyle, thefollicallychallengedduoDanny Programme Sponsored by: and from 29th April to 2nd May music ofOutback. Employing musicians traditional Anglo-French dance music "two-cheeks" Couper and Frank "one- I at the Festival Club, lslesburgh 11 am - 4pm and their own compositions. Cock and from three continents and instruments cheek" Robb, Jes Kroman ,Victor Smith Bull draw on a diverse range of musical from five, Outback's unique brand of and new face for this year, Gibb Todd. ~BANK OF SCOtLAND roots tO provide concert sets oforchestral world-fusion remains something AFRIEND FOR LIFE proportions. refreshingly different. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Thursday, 29th April Friday, 30th April Saturday, 1st May Sunday, 2nd May OFFICIAL OPENING l.OOpm PLAYGROUP CONCERT ll.OOam to 12noon WORKSHOPS SHETLAND HOTEL 2.00pm to 4.00pm at at Piping ll.OOam Old Blind Dogs (Doors open 1.30pm) FESTIVAL CLUB SHETLAND HOTEL Guitar 12.00am Luke Daniels and Frank Kilkelly First chance to see some of the visiting artistes. Outback Mouth Organ 2.00pm Catriona MacDonald and Ian Carr Lerwick Pipe Band playing from 12.30 - l.OOpm. Stravaig Norman Kennedy (Spinning and Weaving) 3.00pm Pearl and the Prairie Dawgs Bib& Braces Brendan Power Family Concert 6.30pm to 8.00pm Danny Kyle BRIDGE END HALL, BURRA 7.30pm Danny Couper CLICKIMIN CENTRE (Doors open 6.00pm) FrankRobb The Cock And Bull Band (Doors open 7.00pm) Awatiiias Luke Daniels and Frank Kilkelly CLICKIMIN CENTRE 2.00pm to 4.00pm

1 The Cock And Bull Band BURRAVOE HALL, YELL 7.30pm Flatville Aces Stockton's Wing (Doors open 1.30pm) Outback Varttina (Doors open 7.00pm) Brendan Power Awatiiias Stravaig Catriona MacDonald and Ian Carr Eart Kyent The Cock And Bull Band Bib& Braces Pearl and the Prairie Dawgs Shetland Folk Dance Group with Frank Robb Varttina Lerwick Pipe Band Scrape The Barrel Dance to: Jim Halcrow Flatville Aces Danny Kyle Suillvan Stravaig GibbTodd CLICKIMIN CENTRE 8.00pm Danny Kyle BRESS AY HALL 7 .30pm Dance to: Northmavine Fiddle And Accordion Finbar Furey and Friends (Doors open 7.15pm) Vlirttina (Doon open 7.00pm) Stockton's Wing FESTIVAL FOYS 7.00pm Old Blind Dogs SHETLAND HOTEL 7.30pm Awatifias Last chance to see the visiting artistes (Doors open 6.30pm) Catriona MacDonald and Ian Carr The Cock And Bull Band (Doors open 7.00pm) Four Men And A Dog at: -Qongshang Old Blind Dogs May and Mackie . CLICKIMIN CENTRE Suillvan Bib & Braces Danny Kyle SHETLAND HOTEL Danny Couper Margaret Couper and Friends (Concert only) ~~~R~~~~~~~~ OLDD~ Dance to: The Walls Dance Band 1be Smith Sisters Danny Kyle SKELD HALL 7 .30pm (Concert Only) Varttinli (Doors open 7.00pm) Old Blind Dogs FESTIVAL CLUB SYMBISTER HALL, WHALSA Y 7 .30pm Catriona MacDonald and Ian Carr lsleburgh Community Centre Four Men And A Dog (Doors open 7.00pm) Young Heritage King Harald Street, Lerwick Luke Daniels and Frank Kilkelly Margaret Couper and Friends Flatville Aces GibbTodd MEMBERS ONLY Brendan Power Dance to: lvor Scollay's Dance Band Thursday, Friday, Saturday HomBru 11 am - 12 midnight The Wishart Family VOE HALL 7.30pm Sunday 11 am - 2pm SHETLAND HOTEL 7 .30pm FrankRobb Outback (Doors open 7.00pm) Luke Daniels and Frank Kilkelly (Doors open 7.00pm) Dance to: Graham Edwardson's Band Stravaig Club Closes 2.00pm Sunday Outback Pearl and the Prairie Dawgs Pearl and the Prairie Dawgs Fiddlers' Bid Day Tickets (members only) Brendan Power Rock Salt and Nails (11.00am - 6.00pm) £1.00 Young Heritage Danny Couper Evening Tickets (members only) Shetland Fiddlers Dance to: Graham Edwardson's Band (6.00pm - close of play) £1.00 Danny Kyle (Concert Only) Note: Entry to the club is restricted to 1993 members only. Day membership SOUTH NESTING HALL 7.30pm is no longer available. The Cock And Bull Band (Doors open 7.00pm) Luke Daniels and Frank Kilkelly Bar & light meals available Flatville Aces The Economy Quartet Mary White GibbTodd Dance to: The Cock And Bull Band I THANKS TO: SHETLAND ISLANDS COUNCIL, SHETLAND ARTS TRUST, SCOITISHAJs COUNCU..