Announcement by Mrs. Budge of Hamish Henderson and The John MacLean March

Date recorded: August 31, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Mrs. Budge; 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: T3433

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: T3433R02

Note: Mrs. Budge (whose first name is not known), who Hamish Henderson picked to sing his "John MacLean March," tells the audience that she thinks Henderson should sing it instead, which the audience applauds.

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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