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01
[Laura Simpson] 'E Hieland Laddie,' 'Brochan Lom' and 'E Fairy
Dance.' [Plays on whistle; applause]
02
[Laura Simpson] 'The Thistle o Scotland,' 'The Wild Rose of
the Mountain,' and 'Spootaskerry.' [Plays on whistle; applause.]
03
[Alec Green] Well, it's a pity that we didn't eh, have, more
contestants. That's the way of it. Eh, ??? [faint] it's not
only the ?? that the competition entries are down sad to say.
I don't know what we're going to do about it. But at least
there's an ongoing interest in it. Now unfortunately we don't
have the cup! I don't think, unless it's been handed in since
the… last year's winner phoned me up and said he was
going to give me the cup to take it up to Keith but then he
didn't turn up. We are cupless! However back to the competition.
Now, we've Laura and she's awa somewey else so she winna hear
my comments. It's always difficult you know, it's always difficult
to go on to start. A wee bit of nervous start didn't she,
she come on to a wee bit of over ??, ye hiv tae watch with
these whistles especially you know, they are overblowing of
the notes. Better to play something simple, a but I'll know
you'll play something as well as you liked the night before.
Come the competition the next day when you're nervous as hell,
and you ??? [faint]. At's what a ??? [laughs]. So anyway,
that was Laura. Just, as I said a little shaky to start with,
some ?? a few nervous mistakes nevertheless. Now we move on
to Sarah, her twin sister, and she'd a good confident start,
and I said I'd still like to see 'The Thistle of Scotland'
??? [faint], but I tellt her at ??? because I didn't find
the placing and the rhythm at all, I didn't fault her rhythm
I just made a comment. However I gave Laura 80 marks out of
100 and I gave her sister 82. So Sarah…. [Applause.]
04
[?] [Accordion; applause.]
05
[Bill Stewart] [Accordion plays; applause.]
06
[?] And em, I'm pleased to hear such eh, lovely music out
of a simple instrument like a melodeon. I'll start with ??
started us off with a slow air, and I thought it was, that
was very nice, and nice controlled slow air. Then the ???
nice and competent and eh, finally the jig, again a nice steady
rhythm. I gave you 265 marks. [Applause.] Then we had Bill
Stewart. And Bill played the standard competition set of ???
reel. And got a lovely nice steady march, and em, I really
enjoyed it. Particularly enjoyed some of the pace work, that
was well done, and the same about the reel, it was really
nice and tidy. So I've given Bill 278. [Applause.]
07
[?] [Trump plays; applause.]
08
[George Murray] [Trump plays; applause.]
09
[?] [Moothie; applause.]
10
[?] [Moothie; applause.]
11
[?] [Moothie; applause.]
12
[?] …Play a slow air, 'Mrs Helen J Robertson' and the
reel, 'Miss Jean Milligan.' [Moothie; applause.]
13
[?] [Moothie; applause.]
14
[?] [Moothie; applause.]
15
[Gordon Easton] Ian Powrie[?], for eh, he made a good job,
but I thocht nae sae good as he sometimes dis! It's affa easy
criticising! It's a gey touch competition. So 180 for Ian,
181 for George Murray. Eh, affa weel played, it's a gey difficult
job, but well ye see ???. Well I hiv the choice theday. So
that's jist the wey that it goes. Ye played affa weel [faint
on tape] the hale lot o ye. And ?? I thocht it wis, well in
my estimation, but that's jist the way that it goes. George
Taylor his 169 and George Barclay his 169. So, the mark goes,
I'm sorry [laughs]. At's the position. [Applause.]
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