Announcement by John Strachan

Date recorded: August 31, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Strachan, John; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: spoken

Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish

Instruments: voice

Setting: The Ceilidh of the People's Festival Fringe, Oddfellows Hall

Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T3431

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: T3431R01

Note: John Strachan tells the audience that they're "the best I ever sang to," which they heartily applaud.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Edinburgh 8/51

About the session: Recordings from the first People's Festival Ceilidh, part of the 1951 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ballads and songs sung by Jimmy MacBeath, John Strachan, Jessie Murray, and Blanche Wood; Gaelic pieces by Calum Johnson and Flora MacNeil; piping by John Burgess; MC'd by Hamish Henderson.

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