Take the Floor events guide w/c 28 Jan. 2011
This week's Take The Floor events guide, featuring the ceilidh dances, traditional and folk music events happening throughout Scotland over the next seven days.
FRIDAY 28TH JANUARY
Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Helensburgh - Commodore Inn - Marian Anderson - 8pm-12:30am - *Tickets £8*
Peebles - Ex-Servicemen's Club - David Vernon - 8-11:30pm - *Tickets £5*
Glasgow - St Andrew's In The Square - Alistair Hulett Tribute with Special Guests - 7:30pm
Scottish Country Dances
Troon - Concert Hall - Colin Dewar - 7:30pm - *Tickets £7*
Ednam - Village Hall - Gordon Brown
SATURDAY 29TH JANUARY
Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Fiddle with Karen Hannah - improvers' class - 11am
Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Whistle with Helen Forbes - 12:30pm
Fife - Largo Ward Village Hall - Live Music - 8-11pm - *Tickets £5*
Glasgow - Whitecraigs Tennis Club - Hot Jazz with Alastair McDonald - 7:30pm
Edinburgh - Trinity SCD Club - Edinburgh Academy Jnr School - Gary Donaldson - 7:30-10:30pm - *Tickets £8/£6*
Glasgow - St Andrew's In The Square - Roddy Woomble and Amelia Curran - 7:30pm
Celtic Connections
Radio Scotland - Glasgow - Pearce Institute - Take The Floor - Live Show - 7pm-10pm *SOLD OUT*
Ceilidh & Old Time Dances
Tranent - Tranmare Hotel - Dod Hutchison - 8-11pm - *Tickets £2.50*
Scottish Country Dances
Edinburgh - Academy Jnr School - Gary Donaldson - 7:30pm - *Tickets £8/£6*
Kirkcudbright - Town Hall - Neil Copland - 7:30pm - *Tickets £8*
SUNDAY 30TH JANUARY
Arbroath Accordion & Fiddle Club
Fife - Old Parish Church Hall - Kirk Wynd - Ceilidh, Old Time & Social Dance Club - 2-5pm - *Tickets £3*
East Kilbride - Girl Guide Hall - Ceilidh, Old Time & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £2*
Forfar Accordion & Fiddle Club - Plough Inn - Dave Husband Sound - 7:30pm
Teviotdale Accordion & Fiddle Club - Hawick - Riverside Inn - 2:30pm
Glasgow - St Andrew's In The Square - John Grant & Sharks Took The Rest - 7:30pm - *Tickets £15*
MONDAY 31ST JANUARY
St Andrews, SCD Club - live music from Dierdre Adamson on Accordion (learners welcome) - 7:30pm
Pitlochry, Recreational Grounds (Town Hall if wet) - Highland Nights
Dumbarton - St Patrick's Hall - Strathleven Place - Ceilidh & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm
Newtongrange Accordion & Fiddle Club - Dean Tavern - John Crawford Trio - 7:30pm
TUESDAY 1ST FEBRUARY
Dundee, Wighton Centre, Dundee Central Library - Scots Song - suitable for beginners - 2pm
Westerton Summer Dancing - Bearsden, Westerton Village Hall, Maxwell Avenue, Westerton - Musicians John Renton and Rickie Francie - 7:30-10:30pm
Humbie - Village Hall - Ceilidh, Old Time Club & Social Dance Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £3*
Leith Folk Club - Michelle Burke with Anna Massie and James Ross - *Tickets £8*
WEDNESDAY 2ND FEBRUARY
Carnoustie Scottish Country Dance Club - Carnoustie, Beach Hall, Links Parade - Various Bands - 8-11pm
Newtongrange - Dean Tavern - Live Music - Ceilidh & Old Time Club - 7:30-10pm - *Tickets £3*
Glasgow - St Andrews In The Square - Live Music - Ceilidh & Old Time Club - 8-9:30pm - *Tickets £5*
Midlem - Village Hall - Live Music - Old Time Class (GB Scott) - 8-10pm - *Tickets £2*
THURSDAY 3RD FEBRUARY
RSCDS - Alva, Summer Dance, Cochrane Hall, West Stirling Street - various musicians - 7:30-10:30pm
Penicuick - Town Hall - Ceilidh Class - 8-9:30pm - *Tickets £2.90/£1.50*
Glasgow - St Andrew's In The Square - Alan Reid and Rob Van Sante - 8pm - *Tickets £8/£6*
13TH - 30TH JANUARY - CELTIC CONNECTIONS 2011
300 events over 18days across 14venues in Glasgow with artists such as Sir Tom Jones, Mavis Staples, The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Bettye LaVette and festival highlights including The Waterboys, Grant Lee Buffalo and Rosanne Cash.
Take the Floor: Saturday 1906 and Sunday 1305 on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Scotland.
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