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  VOL 22 No. 2   JUNE 2001  

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This is a list of Scottish fiddle clubs current as of 02 Aug 2001. If have any new information, please contact Anne Leslie, President of SFIRE, at 6024 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310-2117, (703)960-0095, email: fidhle1@aol.com

Eastern US

Boston Scottish Fiddle Club -
Meets 2nd Sundays Oct-Jun at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center; 3pm kids; 4pm workshop;6pm pot luck; 7pm coffeehouse with performances, jam sessions, open mike and dancing. Dues $20-35/year includes newsletter (mail & email), music, discounts on Scottish & Cape Breton recordings and music books.
Contact Richard Dillon, Editor, email: rdillon@phlfs.com.
Ed Pearlman, Director
P.O. Box 823 N. Cambridge, MA 02140
(617)338-8637 (33Tunes)
email: 73134.3404@compuserve.com

Gaelic Club -
Meets third Sunday at 3-7 pm Sep-Jun.
Canadian-American Club, 202 Arlington St, Watertown, Mass.
Memberships available
Contact: Peggy Morrison
495 North Street
Tewksbury, Mass. 01876
(978)858-3792
email: peggymorrison@mediaone.net

New York City Music Workshops -
NEW INFORMATION (per Barbara McOwen):
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 33-50 82nd St, Jackson Heights, NY. Sponsored by Cameron Scottish Dancers. Meets about once a month on Saturdays, 10 am - 3 pm, for workshops with various teachers including Elke Baker, Barbara McOwen, Liz Donaldson and others. Fee per class includes snacks; reduced rate for members.
Info: Isabelle Smith
66-10 Thornton Pl.
Forest Hills, NY 11374.
(718)793-6238 evenings, (212)282-2665 daytime

Potomac Valley Scottish Fiddle Club -
Meet 2nd Sunday, 2:30-4:30 PM. Workshop, potluck supper, jam session till? Various homes, Metro DC area. Dues $20/year includes newsletter, music.
Elke Baker, Director
9411 Warfield Rd.
Gaithersburg, MD 20882-4215
(301)869-0963
email: bakere@capaccess.org

Strathspey & Reel Society of New Hampshire -
NEW INFORMATION (per Barbara McOwen):
Gathering last Sunday of the month, 1-5 pm, Concord, NH. Learn new music, annual concert, newsletter. Dues $14/year includes music and newsletter.
Sylvia Miskoe, Music Director
102 Little Pond Rd.
Concord, NH 03301
(603)225-6546
email: smiskoe@aol.com

Midwest US

Ann Arbor Scottish Fiddle Club -
First Saturday. Contact Barbara Trevethan (313)769-0710

Grand Rapids Scottish Fiddlers and Friends -
Meets irregularly. Contact Jan Stalker (616)957-0686

Great Lakes Scottish Fiddle Club -
Meet Saturdays. Ceilidh Band rehearsals Wednesdays. Dues $10 includes newsletter, music and info. Secretary, Greg Breiland (847)803-5416, email: CPQE02@email.mot.com.
Events Coordinataor, Ree Grishan (773)528-7824, email: ReeG@aol.com. Director, Ruth Conley, (847)492-1839 email: rconley@luc.edu

Ohio Scottish Fiddle Session & Potluck -
Sundays, 2-4pm. First Church in Oberlin, U.C.C., corner of Rt 511 & Hwy 58. Contact Bruce Erwin (216)774-2762.

  Western US

Caber Feidh Scottish Music Society -
Meets third Sunday at 1:30pm. Some 8-10 people, all instruments, have been attending. Donation $2 per session.
Pam Nation, Director
1129 Jefferson Ave.
Louisville, CO 80027
email: PSNation@aol.com

Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers -
NEW FIDDLE CLUB ENTRY (per Barbara McOwen):
Regular meetings and performances in San Francisco Area and south.
Directed by Colin & Shauna Gordon
P.O. Box 370549
511 E. Fourth St.
Montara, Calif. 94037
650-728-0862
email: cggordon@earthlink.net
email: pickett@kindra-78.eng.sun.com

San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers -
Monthly workshops, music, concerts, social events, newsletter.
Editor, Kathy Selby
1920 Monterey Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94707-2512
email: kselby@physics.berkeley.edu.
Contact: Margaret Clark (415)566-4355

Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles -
Monthly workshops, concerts, music, newsletter.
Jan Tappan, Director
(626)793-3716
email: fiddlers@earthlink.net

Canada

Glengarry Strathspey and Reel Society -
Contact: Donaldson MacLeod
RR #1, Box 50
Dunvegan, Ontario
Canada K0C 1J0
(613)525-3597

Newfoundland Association of Scotish Fiddlers -
Organizes concerts and workshops twicd a year, Cape Breton style; weekly radio show.
Contact Gordon Bennett
P.O.Box 37
Cartyville, Newfoundland
Canada A0N 1G0
(709)645-2403.

Pacific Northwest Scottish Fiddle Club -
Monthly, 1-6:30. 1-2:30 pm slow tunes, 5:30 potluck. Calum McKinon, Director.
Contact Sheila LeMottee
3165 Three Cedars Dr.
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V5S 4K5
(604)435-7916 after 5 pm.

Other

Glasgow Fiddle Workshop -

NEW Meeting Place: Meets Wednesday evenings, Kinning Park complex, Glasgow, Scotland. Workshops, rallies, concerts, music, newsletter. Iain Fraser, Music Director.
Contact Brenda McCulloch
c/o 10 Sinclair Dr.
Glasgow G42 9QE
Tel: 041 636 1450.

Melbourne, Australia -
Contact Judy Turner, email: jmturner@ozemail.com.au

Sydney, Australia -
Contact Trish Barker
35 Grosvenor Rd.
Lindfield NSW 2070
(02)9416 2403


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