Year 1 No 1 October 1977
There was a fair attendance at the first meeting of the season held in the Black Bull Hotel, Straiton, on Monday evening , 26th September.
John Loch, the Club Secretary, welcomed everyone present and acted as compere for the evening.
Opening the programme was the Blackthorne Dance Band under the leadership of John Loch and comprising Stuart Thompson (2nd accordion), Jim Caddis (drums) and Robbie gilmour (piano).
The guest artiste appearing was Jim Hutcheon, the well-known accordion teacher from Ayr. Included in his first-class programme were the ‘Heather Polka’, a ‘Mazurka’, the ‘Hayfield Two-Step’, ‘Diane’, ‘Reels’, and many more numbers which were all very well received.
Finishing with an arrangement of the ‘Flying Scotsman’ and adding to the ‘musical magic’ of his fingers, Jim very quickly showed his added interest by making John Loch’s 10p piece disappear in mid-air and expertly (and lucky for John) bringing it back again.
Others taking part were as follows : Mrs E. Guthrie (piano), Misses Margaret Wilcox, Marion Halbert, Messrs Tom Murray, Jim Guthrie, Ben Murray, Jim Cunningham (Transicord), Ewan, John and Hugh Donald, David Ross, Bill Roddie (piano), Gordon Graham, Willie Seaton (Cordovox) and Davy Scott.
John Loch proposed the vote of thanks and the next meeting will be held in the Black Bull Hotel on Monday, 31st October, at 7.30pm when there will be a surprise guest artiste appearing.
Helen McWhirter
There was a fair attendance at the first meeting of the season held in the Black Bull Hotel, Straiton, on Monday evening , 26th September.
John Loch, the Club Secretary, welcomed everyone present and acted as compere for the evening.
Opening the programme was the Blackthorne Dance Band under the leadership of John Loch and comprising Stuart Thompson (2nd accordion), Jim Caddis (drums) and Robbie gilmour (piano).
The guest artiste appearing was Jim Hutcheon, the well-known accordion teacher from Ayr. Included in his first-class programme were the ‘Heather Polka’, a ‘Mazurka’, the ‘Hayfield Two-Step’, ‘Diane’, ‘Reels’, and many more numbers which were all very well received.
Finishing with an arrangement of the ‘Flying Scotsman’ and adding to the ‘musical magic’ of his fingers, Jim very quickly showed his added interest by making John Loch’s 10p piece disappear in mid-air and expertly (and lucky for John) bringing it back again.
Others taking part were as follows : Mrs E. Guthrie (piano), Misses Margaret Wilcox, Marion Halbert, Messrs Tom Murray, Jim Guthrie, Ben Murray, Jim Cunningham (Transicord), Ewan, John and Hugh Donald, David Ross, Bill Roddie (piano), Gordon Graham, Willie Seaton (Cordovox) and Davy Scott.
John Loch proposed the vote of thanks and the next meeting will be held in the Black Bull Hotel on Monday, 31st October, at 7.30pm when there will be a surprise guest artiste appearing.
Helen McWhirter