Scottish Culture & Tradition is an educational charity based in Aberdeen. We deliver professional tuition in a range of traditional instruments and in traditional song and dance.

Our youth section, SC&T Youth, are running a fantastic opportunity for ANY young person aged between 6-26 with an interest in Scottish Traditional Music. We offer high quality tuition in a choice of 2 melody classes, (beginner/intermediate or advanced), guitar, voice, pipes/chanter and percussion! All abilities are welcome though a little basic experience of your instrument is recommended.
SC&T Youth Online Classes are held on zoom between 7pm-8:15pm (8:15pm – 9:15pm for advanced melody) on Tuesday evenings. We include 15 minutes of social time for all participants with fun challenges, games and a chance to meet other young people interested in music.The cost for all 10 classes is an amazing £10 in total. Head to www.scottishculture.org/youth for more information and sign up to SC&T Youth Online Classes.

Saturday 2nd January 8:00pm – 10:00pm on Zoom

Some tips for tonight’s zoom meeting.

1. As in normal club nights we will be operating a list for performers. Please get in touch with Bob if you want to be on the list – we can also add folk on the night as usual. bobphilips25@live.co.uk
2. Consider using a PC or laptop for this meeting and use Zoom in Gallery View this should enable you to see most folk at once.
3. Please keep your microphone on Mute unless you wish to speak. If you are using a PC or Mac you can stay on mute and use the Space Bar to unmute to speak.
4. If you intend to perform, sing or play please adjust your zoom settings as follows to prevent Zoom clipping your sound. Before you join the meeting
   1. Turn off/disable “Automatically adjust microphone volume” and set your mic to around 80%
   2. Turn on/enable “Show in–meeting option to Enable Original Sound “
5. When you are in the meeting click “Turn on Original Sound” in the top-left corner (PC/Mac).
6. For more information on these settings and for other devices see Zoom help files here
7. The meeting will open 30 mins early for a little testing just for those who want to perform.
8. Keep background noise to a minimum. Zoom will pick up background voices, TV/radio noises, computer fans etc. and amplify them. Headsets are good.
9. During any performance everyone will be Muted except the performer. Use the Chat window to communicate with text and also use the Reactions. When the performance ends unmute yourselves to cheer and applaud
10. If all goes well we will also live stream the meeting to our YouTube Channel. You’ll be able to watch from there if you prefer.
    

Bothyfolk.org is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Folk at the Salmon Bothy New Year Zoom
Time: Jan 2, 2021 20:00 Portsoy

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89322596205?pwd=ZXZIbWtSS0M3U3pTRDVON1VHejJEZz09

Meeting ID: 893 2259 6205
Passcode: Bothyfolk

Saturday 2nd January 2021 from 20.00 – 22.00

New Year get together on Zoom
Get your new year off to a great start with Folk at the Salmon Bothy

On Saturday 2nd January 2021 from 20.00 – 22.00 our Zoom meeting will be open for folk to join in and say hello.
There will be an opportunity to chat with friends you haven’t seen for a while and maybe a few performances for good measure.

You don’t need to download or install Zoom – you can join using a browser (eg Chrome, Safari, Edge, etc) just click past all the “Download” options and use your browser. You can also join on your mobile but it might be better to use a computer screen or tablet in order to be able to see everyone in “Gallery” view.
Click on the link below to join.

Zoom details

Bothyfolk.org is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Folk at the Salmon Bothy New Year Zoom
Time: Jan 2, 2021 20:00 Portsoy

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89322596205?pwd=ZXZIbWtSS0M3U3pTRDVON1VHejJEZz09

Meeting ID: 893 2259 6205
Passcode: Bothyfolk

Christmas Special

Coming your way on Friday 18th December on YouTube and Facebook and right here on the website. Christmas with F@TSB. Our extra online programme full of Christmas cheer (and maybe the odd murder ballad!)

New Year’s Get Together

Saturday 2nd January 2021 we are going to get together on Zoom – details will be posted here shortly. Some chat and a few performances to bring in the new year

You can watch Christmas with F@TSB on our BothyFolk YouTube channel here
You can watch on FaceBook here https://www.facebook.com/bothyfolk/
or you can just watch right here on the website

Friday 4th December 2020 ~ 7:30 pm

We’re back wi’ mair Shenanigans!

Club regulars
Mike Blackburn ~ Ronan Fitzsimons ~ Doug Hay ~ Paul Kersley ~ Alyson & Neil MacConnachie ~ Debbie Mudie ~ Paul Mudie ~ Bob Sharp ~ The Spiers Family ~ Fats Vandyke

Along with our Good Friends
Danny Couper ~ Fair Tricket ~ Sara Gray ~ Shepheard, Spiers and Watson

Your MC for the Evening ~ Tom Spiers

Friday night live with Folk at the Salmon Bothy
Just like the Real Thing – Virtually!
You can watch on our BothyFolk YouTube channel here
You can watch on FaceBook here https://www.facebook.com/bothyfolk/
or you can just watch right here on the website

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Thanks everyone for generous prize donations and purchase of tickets. We have put about £500 back in our Club Kitty, much of which will be used to support performers who are currently having a terrible time making ends meet.

You can watch the draw being made here https://youtu.be/DiBH6PTdPos

1st Prize – The Hamper Winners were Les and Sheila Wheeler
2nd Prize – Port, Cheese, Chocolates etc Joan Wallace and Paul
3rd Prize – Wine, Xmas pudding, chocolates – Ali Mullen

We will be in touch with Winners to organise drop off of prizes.

Remember Virtual Folk Club with Tom in the hot seat on Friday 4th December and the Christmas Special on 18th December. If not already done so, please get your seasonal message to Mike by midnight Thursday 4th Dec.

New Year zoom – it is looking like Sat 2nd January. 2000-2200.
Zoom details will be on FB and Web Site and will be emailed out to those who request it.

All the very best and thanks for your support.
Keep safe. Bob

MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2020

You can vote for your favourite artists here

Nominations Announced for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2020

MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2020 – The Nominations

Join our Christmas Raffle for a superb Christmas Hamper
(contains quilted Xmas Stocking and Advent Calendar, whisky, liqueur, wine ,port, cake, vouchers, etc etc -)

Raffle tickets are £3 each or 4 tickets for £10.

If you care to support this venture you can drop Bob an email with the number of tickets you require. bobphilips25@live.co.uk We will allocate ticket numbers and send you payment options, pay pal (see below), bank transfer, cheque or cash.

The draw will be made on the 30th November and announced online in the December virtual club night

PayPal
The Paypal button will allow you to purchase groups of 4, 8 or 12 Christmas Raffle tickets for the fixed price of £10 each

If you don’t have a PayPal account you can use the Debit/Credit Card button – all transactions are carried out on the PayPal website which is very secure. We will never see or record any of your payment information.
PayPal will simply tell us that you have made a purchase and we will contact you with your ticket numbers.

If you don’t want to use PayPal just contact Bob on the email above.