Posted by berkeleyscot on February 1, 2008
A friend in Whiteness, Shetland, sent me these You Tube clips of Up Helly Aa!
This festival is never cancelled, for any reason. This is a celebration I’d like to explore further and one of these winters, I’ll leave California to experience it!
Thank you for sending these clips, Wee Annie, and I hope you are feeling refreshed after sleeping for a month after the festivities.
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Posted by berkeleyscot on January 16, 2008
Thanks to a fellow W.A.G. (Wee Annie’s Gang), who emailed me the information, I can listen to Robbie Shepherd’s Doric Column on an Internet podcast. I also listen to his 2 weekly shows, ‘Take the Floor,’ and ‘The Reel Blend,’ in which he presents the best in Scottish dance music.
‘Take the Floor’ airs on BBC Radio Scotland on Saturday evenings and opens with the reel, ‘Kate Dalrymple.’ This reel opened the programme when I listened to it in Scotland, over 50 years ago. Obviously, Robbie wasn’t the presenter then!
So, between listening to Los Dos Andies, Mack‘n’Ross, and now Robbie, I get as much Scottish music as I want.
If you’ve never heard a Doric Column before, go to the Press and Journal website for a list of podcasts and download the latest Robbie Shepherd offering.
Posted in Scotland, Scottish music, WAGS | Tagged: Andy Mack, Andy Ross, Robbie Shepherd, the Doric, The Press & Journal | 2 Comments »
Posted by berkeleyscot on December 31, 2007
2007 was a gey year for many of our friends. We already know they will face serious challenges in 2008. So while they are included in the “Happy New Year” wish, I have to add the wish that whatever medical procedures they face will have a successful outcome.
I made new friends in 2007 and enjoyed the company of old friends. Thanks to the Internet, I could spend time with them, without being ‘there.’ I had the most fun being a WAG (wee Annie’s gang!). We WAGs have tormented Los Andys (Andy Mack of Bluewater Radio in Canada and Andy Ross of Scottish Internet Radio.) I’ll be listening to their Hogmanay Internet hookup with Moray Firth Radio.
Now, please all stand up and join in a Hogmanay toast… “Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot… Then let’s all fling ourselves at 2008!
Posted in Family, Hogmanay, Living, Scotland, WAGS | Tagged: Hogmanay, Internet radio, WAGS (Wee Annie's Gang) | No Comments »
