It’s time! Make plans to join the fun!

Class begins- with enthusiastic
musicians ready to learn and play!

Yes! September 1st you can make your reservation for one of the best Scottish fiddle weekends on this side of the continent! January 15 – 17, 2016.  Alasdair Frasier and Natalie Haas will once again join us on Whidbey Island.  See the pull down tab “Workshop” then look for the Registration option on the tab- just one click and you are on your way!

Yes, the perfect rainbow and it leads to auditorium A! Come find the magic with us!

We will soon have our registration up and running for our 8th annual Scottish fiddle and cello workshop with Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas! September 1st is our goal!

Basic details for your planning convenience-
When: Friday, January 15 – Sunday, January 17th, 2016
Where: Camp Casey, in Coupeville, on lovely Whidbey Island
How much?
Registration fees and workshop fees (includes concert ticket for participant!):
Club members $150, non-members: $175.
(Want to join NW Scottish Fiddlers? Click on our “Join/Renew” tab for details.)
Lodging and meals:
All meals (6 total) and lodging for two nights: $160
Meals only (no lodging, and all meals): $100
Lunch and dinner only- no lodging: $85
Concert tickets: Child: $18, Senior: $20, and Adult: $23

Check back with us soon!

Be sure to reserve you spot under the rainbow!!

Wow! Another summer is rapidly coming to an end (or is it?)!
Here are the dates we have set aside for our monthly meetings.
February’s date is Valentine’s day- we might be able to change that if we hear from enough of you that you’d prefer another date!

As in the past, we are still meeting on Sundays. The youth band meets from 1-2 p.m., and the board meets from 1-2 p.m.

We are fortunate to continue to have the lovely space at the Calvin Presbyterian Church in Shoreline, known as the Fireside room.

2015:
September 13
October 11
November 8
December 13

2016:
January 10
February 14*
March 13
April 10
May 15

SEE YOU SOON!

It’s a sure sign summer has officially arrived when Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend takes the stage! This year, our very own Calum Mackinnon lead the Scottish fiddle class at camp. Pictured below are very happy class participants!

Fiddle Tunes 2015 Scottish fiddle class with instructor Calum MacKinnon.

Scottish Dance band lab playing for dancers at one of many Fiddle Tunes nightly dance parties. (Calum to the far right.)

Troy MacGillivray- Cape Breton fiddle instructor and performer. Plays some great piano too!!

Whether you’re an established Cape Breton fiddler, or you’re new to Cape Breton music and want to learn more about the style of music, head up to Mt. Vernon for a workshop featuring Troy MacGillivray. The June 19th workshop will take place at the newly opened Littlefield Celtic Center in Mt. Vernon. The workshop will run from 6:30 – 9:30. To read more about him, go to the Celtic Arts Foundation website, or follow this link to get more details and sign up!  http://celticarts.org/workshops/troy-macgillivray-workshop-friday-june-19-2015-630-930pm/

We will be back at Folklife this year! Come see us on Saturday, May 23rd! We will be at the Center House Theatre, at 11:45 — don’t show up late or you will find yourself standing in the door way, or very back of the theatre!

2013 performance at Folklife.

Sam tells the group about his broken hand! Never a good thing for a fiddler!

For the final meeting of the season, we opened up the doors and invited folks we don’t get the opportunity to play with too often! We also took time to recognize our graduation senior, Sam Laurin- who will be off to Stanford this fall!

Many great tunes shared with pipers from near and far!

The NW Scottish Fiddlers performed for an enthusiastic crowd of all ages on Saturday, April 18th. The club offered up rousing sets, along with members of the club with their own groups: “Hot Cider”, The Cummings Family, The Youth Band, and soloist, Vienna.

Thanks to Calvin Presbyterian church for hosting us! Thanks to the amazing teamwork of all that helped out before, during, and after the show! Each and every one of the fiddlers/musicians made it work with the “can do” attitude the day of the concert- volunteering for any job that came along, not to mention practice, practice, practice! What a team!

Thank you Andrew Snoey, for the pictures!

Group shot before the concert with sunshine pouring through the stained glass windows to give us some “unique” skin tones!

Youth band performs their spectacular set-

Evan and Elise- fiddle away, then give the audience a special treat by their group, “Hot Cider”.

Our wonderful leader, to whom we are so grateful! Thank you Calum for all your organizing, planning and guidance!

The Cummings family shared vocals, harp, and dancing by the girls.

All together

A duet with Vienna and Flora

 

Calum MacKinnon -NW Scottish Fiddlers’ music director, in addition to inspiring the group, is sure to have some great stories to share with everyone!

We are truly excited to present our first full length concert at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Shoreline this coming Saturday night, at 7PM. Doors will open at 6:30.

Here’s a link to the church’s website: http://www.calvinpc.org/events-activities/

For directions on how to get there: http://www.calvinpc.org/directions/

Hope to see you there!!