Not much specifically musical content but kinda hilarious... punchline at the end.
> Wet Do We Care, We're Up Four It! > Jan 1 2004 Daily Record > Party People Have A Fab '04 Weather No Problem For Revellers > By Marie Sharp > > PARTYGOERS from across the globe flocked to Scotland to celebrate > Hogmanay. > > And despite horrendous rain and gales, they brought in 2004 with > style. > > An estimated 100,000 people packed the streets of Edinburgh for the > capital's annual bash. > > Glasgow sold 25,000 tickets for the George Square show headlined by > The Proclaimers, but police estimated more than three times that number > hit the streets for the Bells. > > Sadly, the dreadful weather forced the cancellation of Aberdeen's > 200,000 party in the streets. > > But hundreds of Australians in Scotland marked New Year by Sydney > time 11 hours before the rest of us. > > They met up in bars to watch the firework display which lit up Sydney > Harbour Bridge at lunchtime yesterday. > > Australian theme bar Walkabout in Glasgow's Renfield Street was packed > with party-daft Aussies. > > Pals Matt Alexander, 21, and Matt Snow, 22, of Melbourne, stopped off > in Glasgow before heading to Edinburgh for midnight. > > Alexander said: ''It is a bit of a change for us celebrating Hogmanay > here because it is about 38C back home. > > ''But Edinburgh's Hogmanay is one of the top things to do before you > die and we've been really looking forward to it for ages.'' > > Snow added: ''We have heard that Scottish people really know how to > party. > > ''We've been having a great time bringing in the new year twice in > one day.'' > > But the best parties had a true Scottish flavour. Edinburgh hosted the > biggest singalong in the world with 100,000 people singing Auld Lang > Syne at midnight. > > And no one had an excuse for not knowing the words Rabbie Burns' > world famous lyrics were flashed up on a giant screen. > > The Concert in the Gardens was a key feature of the festivities, with > thousands dancing into the New Year below Edinburgh Castle. > > Erasure topped the bill, with Vince Clark and Andy Bell treating the > crowd to their only UK performance of anthems from their greatest hits > album. Liverpool band The Coral also featured in the line-up. > > Tickets for the traditional New Year Revels Hogmanay Ball at the city's > Assembly Rooms, offering a ceilidh with pop, rock and fiddles, sold out > within one hour of going on sale. > > The Seven Hills Fireworks which sees fireworks launched from seven > sites across Edinburgh, illuminated the skies at the stroke of midnight, > to the delight of the crowds thronging the streets. > > A spokeswoman for Edinburgh City Council said that, in all, half a > million people were expected to have celebrated the new year in the > capital. > > She said: ''We're expecting at least 500,000 people to enjoy the > celebrations in Edinburgh, over the four days from Monday through > to the 1st. '' A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders police said > that at least ''a few hundred'' officers were on duty last night, > doubled up with stewards, while The Met Office issued a weather > warning. > > A spokesman said yesteray: ''We have issued a few severe weather > warnings for Scotland. There is a 70 per cent chance of snow and > blizzards in the east and a minimum temperature of 1C in Edinburgh > a chilly New Year's Eve.'' > > Deputy Lord Provost, Steve Cardownie, said: ''Edinburgh is quite > rightly in the spotlight at New Year; every year we really show the > world how to celebrate.'' > > Gales and heavy rain wiped out Aberdeen's Hogmanay celebrations. > > The Granite City shindig was to have been headlined by The Waterboys > who had spent the afternoon doing soundchecks at the Castlegate. > > But that was all that was going to be heard of Mike Scott and the > boys as police and other event organisers decided to call a halt. > > A Grampian Police spokeswoman said: ''All events within the city have > been cancelled due to gale force winds and heavy rain in the city. > > ''Snow is also affecting outlying areas and is blocking routes into > the city.'' > > Police advised revellers to party at home and not to drive if at all > possible. > > Further south, road conditions around Dundee were described as > ''treacherous'' and there were reports of thunder and lightning. The problem with the Record's report being that the Edinburgh celebration was cancelled because of the weather early in the evening. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files and CD-ROMs of Scottish music. ----> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "scots-l" at this site, please <---- Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
