We have more capacity in our Absolute Beginners Fiddle class this term, with a new class for people who have never played before. It’s suited to those who haven’t already attended Absolute Beginners Fiddle in autumn 2011. Sign up at our fiddle class page.

Thanks to Alistair Kilgour and colleagues from the Sandy Bell’s Monday night moothie group, who busked in aid of Scots Music Group at the Farmers’ Market on 14th January. Well done for braving the cold and raising funds towards our work!

Take our 2011 feedback survey at SurveyMonkey.

We like to check now and again that we’re doing things in the right way to help make your experience at Scots Music Group as enjoyable as possible. So, we’ve set up a quick online survey to find out your opinion on our classes and other aspects of how we do things.

If you complete the survey we will put your name in the hat to win two tickets to our 28th January ceilidh with the Portobello Ceilidh Band, or if ceilidh dancing’s not your thing, you can choose two tickets to our Tutor Concert on March 30th as part of the Ceilidh Culture festival. Get clicking!

Well that’s the autumn term over, celebrated with three good fun stramashes at Boroughmuir and St Colm’s – thanks to everyone for their enthusiasm and especially our volunteers who helped set things up. Our final ceilidh of 2011 on Saturday 17th Dec went with a bang too, raising over £800 for Scots Music Group funds. Thanks to our dedicated team of ceilidh volunteers, who’ve helped raise over £6,500 this year.

We have some timetable changes again next term with the unavailability of Boroughmuir School owing to parents’ nights; more details of these will be in the email newsletter going out in the next day or two and updated on the website calendar.

We hope you have a restful festive season and a prosperous New Year. We’ll see you the week beginning 9th January, when the spring term starts. That means classes start on:

• Tuesday 10th January
• Wednesday 11th January
• Thursday 12th January

All the best for 2012 from all at Scots Music Group!

Our new Sing Together daytime song group has been going well this year so far. New members are welcome at any time, and payment by the week is possible. More information on the class page

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Are you joining the Scots Music Group for the first time this term?

If so, can you take a moment to answer our quick questionnaire? It will help us to continue to improve our marketing for our classes and events.

Many thanks!

Are you looking for a chance to join a new session? We’ve heard that some of our members have been running a session in the Greenmantle Pub, West Crosscauseway on Monday evenings. It starts around 8.30pm.

It’s a friendly, small, informal group (improving beginner/intermediate level), and they are keen for new members to come along and join them. The Greenmantle is a Shetland pub, and the owners love having traditional music in the bar!

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There’s information here on new events that members of the Scots Music Group are planning.

If you’re planning an event you’d like to see added to the list, vist the page, log into the site, and add the details at the bottom of the page

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East Lothian Council Museums Service are looking for Scottish or hopefully East Lothian poems and songs to be sung or recited for inclusion in a new museum they are opening in 2012. They are also looking for artists to perform them.

The museum will be based in the John Gray Centre in Haddington, a combined museum, library, archive and local history centre for East Lothian. They are not able to pay for the work but would cover all costs and can include promotional material, website lists plus sell CDs in the shop.

If you are interested, please contact Katherine Weldon for more information.

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This TV show gives people the opportunity to showcase their talents in front of a panel of three judges and compete for a cash prize and a slot at The Royal Variety Performance. The last series was watched by nearly 20 million viewers and the show is back for its 6th year.

This year they want to showcase a broad range of variety acts. If you’d like to enter the show, you can apply on-line. Auditions begin in the Autumn. They also accept applications through DVD showreels.

If you think you or anyone you know may be interested in the show then please email Jenny Lewis

You can get more information or apply online

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