Auld Scots Sangs
Come Under My Plaidie
When You and I Were Young Maggie
The Old Rustic Bridge

Waltz

Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle,
Dornoch Links,
Farewell to the Tay

The Gay Gordons

Ma, He's Makin' Eyes at Me,
By the Light of the Silvery Moon,
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby,
Till We Meet Again,
Chicago

Quickstep, Foxtrot, Waltz

5/4; 12/8 Marches

The Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre,
The Glasgow Gaelic Club,
The Bugle Horn.

The Linton Ploughman

Lewis Snaden's Farewell to Alva Academy - A K Dawson

Lewis Snaden's Farewell to Alva Academy

Donald Iain Rankine,
Tam's Huntin' Horn,
The Wind That Shak's The Piggery,
Norma's Tune.

Jigs

Tango/Cha-Cha

Slow March,
The Battle of the Somme,
Music o' the Spey,
The Earl of Mansfield,
Mr and Mrs Alex Ross,
Bonnie Banchory.

March Selection

Peggy O'Neil,
Sweet Rosie O'Grady,
My Wilde Irish Rose,
Littlle Annie Rooney,
When Irish Eyes Are Smilin'.

Pride Of Erin Waltz

Hamish's Tune,
Reel of Tullochgorum,
Caddam Wood.

A Trip To Bavaria

The group were formed early in the 1980's at Alva Academy, Clackmannanshire, Scotland by Brendan Bernard who was a Maths teacher at the school. The group comprised of both school pupils and teachers playing traditional Scottish country dance music.

This is the only known recording of the material they performed. The tracks were recorded in Dundee and involved taking a day off school to produce. Result!

A limited number of cassettes were made. How many remain is unknown.

The members of the group varied but those involved in this line-up were as follows:

Conductor: Mr Brendan Bernard
Accordions: Gordon Shand, Karen McIntyre, Mr Gordon Robertson, Mr Ian Lawson
Fiddles: Douglas Hossack, Christopher Lee, Rachel Blyth, Elizabeth Aitken, Katie Leel, Mr Andrew Dawson
Cellos: Stephen Dear, Jennifer Allan
Piano:  Julia Lee
Electronic Piano: Peter Watt
Drums: Murray Frame
Incidental Clarinet: Mr Brendan Bernard

Alva Academy Fiddle And Accordion Band

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