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| Tape | NPS-JFC-B-029-01 | Batch | 3 | Length m | Date Rec’d | |||
| Title | PS Concert 1977 Reel 1 | Contents | LIve concert, King’s Hall Newcastle | |||||
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| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
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| 0:00-05:12 | Chris Ormston | Johnny Armstrong Derwentwater’s Farewell Ned of the Hill | Northumbrian Smallpipes | “Forster liked to include a young piper in the lineup of the NPS Annual Concert and I was invited to participate as I’d recently won the Junior class at the NPS competitions. This was my first ever concert performance, so I played it safe by playing a selection of slower tunes that I’d learnt from a recording of Colin Ross. Colin’s influence is evident in some of the decoration I used and I wouldn’t choose to adopt that approach to gracing nowadays, but I was surprised to hear how other aspects of my style (intonation, vibrato etc) were already embedded just 18 months or so into my piping career. The MC nearly introduces me as Ken Ormston – my uncle Ken was known in the area as a semi-professional operatic tenor.” Chris Ormston | CO |
| 05:16-23:00 | The Lindsay Monaghan Irish Dancers accompanied by Tony Corcoran (fiddle) and an unidentified pianist | Unidentified jig The Kesh Jig Morrison’s Jig Speed the Plough (aka Cronin’s Reel or Tommy Billy’s Reel) Jackie Coleman’s Reel Saddle the Pony Tripping Up the Stairs Unidentified Hornpipe Londonderry Hornpipe Off To California Londonderry Hornpipe (reprise) Planxty Browne | Fiddle accompanied by piano (guitar on last tune) | CO | |
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