On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Janice Lane wrote:
> Thanks, Nigel, for some very interesting postings. Hearing from old friends
> and new ones is good.
> For my bit, I'm still concerned with Scott-Skinner. So many tunes are named
> "Mrs. Somebody's Favourite" How does this come about? Does the old dear
>
> On a more serious note, I've ordered small pipes in both D (for local
> sessions with all the melodeon players) and in A (because many good fiddle
> tunes and all GHB tunes are in A) - the set has interchangeable chanters.
> After Philip's Border Gaithering I was hooked. Two more weeks to wait
Thanks, Nigel, for some very interesting postings. Hearing from old friends
and new ones is good.
For my bit, I'm still concerned with Scott-Skinner. So many tunes are named
"Mrs. Somebody's Favourite" How does this come about? Does the old dear
express her liking for an unnamed tune and from then
Nigel asked
> are you from the Kelso area
> originally
I used to be sensitive about this. But in a year or two I'll be able to
say I have spent half my life in Scotland.
This reminds me of something a pupil asked me when I first came to
Borders. He brought up his word book -( small jotter for
