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Current Catalogue Entry
| Tape/Side | NPS-JFC-C-003-03 | Length m | 45m | Date rec’d | 1969? | Quality | |
| Title | Northumbrian-Gathering 1969? Leo Rowsome with Dick Kelly. | Contents | Concert | ||||
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| Help | Identification of tunes | ||||||
| Start-End | Performer | Tunes/Titles | Instruments | Notes | by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00.00- 12.30 | Seumas MacNeill John MacFadyen | Seumas MacNeill (1917 – 1996). Founder of the College of Piping in Glasgow. John MacFadyen (1926 – 1979), who was prominent in the School of Piping, published tune collections and was a partner in Grainger & Campbell pipemakers of Glasgow. | IG | ||
| 00:0 – 6:17 | Seumas MacNeill introduced by MC (Dick Kelly) | Fair Maid of Barra Stirlingshire Militia Maggie Cameron Sandy Cameron (all announced) | Highland Pipes solo | MD | |
| 6:17 – 12:47 | Seumas joined by John MacFadyen, introduced by MC | Unid unid Green Hills of Tyrone | Highland Pipes duet | [G.H.T. really doesn’t go well on GHB!] | MD |
| 13:00 -15:00 | To close first half, MC introduces Bob Clarke, Chairman of the Alnwick Branch of the Northumbrian Pipers Society. | Thanks George Mitchell for organising the show and appearing on stage so many times | voice announcement | MD | |
| 15:20 – 22:12 | Tim Elliott | Several unidentified tunes plus Sidlaw Hills and High Level Hornpipe | Piano accordion | MD | |
| 23:15 – 28:00 | George Dunn | Voice- Singer | IG | ||
| 28:20 – 33:54 | Leo Rowsome | Uillean pipes? | Leo Rowsome (1903 – 1970) – Uilleann piper and pipemaker born in Harold’s Cross, Dublin | IG | |
| 34:00 – 40:15 | Adam Jackson | Voice – Singer | Adam Jackson, singer from Wark | IG | |
| 40:30 – 44:57 | Billy Thompson | Fiddle | IG | ||
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