Fife Scotland: January 2008

Thursday, 31 January 2008

Strathmiglo to Newburgh Fife Scotland

The Strathmiglo to Newburgh Road in Fife, Scotland.

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Monday, 28 January 2008

Jimmy Shand of Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland

Jimmy Shand of Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland. James Shand, January 28, 1908 to December 23, 2000, was born in East Wemyss in Fife, Scotland, the son of a farm ploughman turned miner. One of nine children, they soon moved to Auchtermuchty.The town of Muchty now boasts a larger than life-sized sculpture of Jimmy Shand.

The Jimmy Shand Story. The King of Scottish Dance Music. A biography of the musician, Jimmy Shand. This book ranges from his boyhood in East Wemyss, Scotland, through the early years as an amateur accordion player, right up to the present day. It includes a listing of Shand's recordings on vinyl, cassette and CD, and also his sheet music compositions. The Jimmy Shand Story: The King of Scottish Dance Music.

Jimmy Shand Accordion Favourites. Tracks Include: The Veleta, The Gay Gordons, Cock O' The North, Major John MacLennan, Highland Scottishe, Loudon's Bonnie Woods, The Brae's O'Mar, Dundee Reel, Bonnie Dundee, The Rock And The Wee Pickle Tow, Kiss Me Quick My Mother's Coming, St Bernard Waltz, Eightsome Reel Medley, Mrs MacLeod, Fairy Dance, De'il Amang The, Eileen Alannah, Miss Betty Fichet's Wedding, Lassie, Bluebell Polka, Scottish Country Dances In Strict Tempo, Hamilton House, Scottish Country Dances In Strict Tempo, Within A Mile, The Flowers Of Edinburgh, Somebody, Barn Dance, Comin' Thro' The Rye, Logie O' Buchan, Evenie, Set Of Reels, The Drummer, Loch Leven Castle, Glenlivet, Victory Waltz, Nelly Kelly, Daisy Bell, I Belong To Glasgow, Royal Scots Polka, Monymusk, Stirling Castle. Accordion Favourites.

Jimmy Shand The Golden Years. Tracks include; Bluebell Polka, Veleta, Dundee Reel, St Bernard's Waltz, Gay Gordons, Dashing White Sergeant, Waltzing To Jimmy Shand, Whistling Rufus, Memories Of Robert Burns, Memories Of Robert Burns, Para Handy, Scottish Country Dances, Waltzing Through Scotland (In Strict Tempo), Mairi's Wedding, Gordon Waltz, Dundee City Police Pipe Band, Bridge Of Nairn, Irish Jigs, Buchan Waltz. The Golden Years.

The Legendary Jimmy Shand. Tracks include; Linton Ploughman, Marching With Jimmy Shand, Gaelic Waltz Selection, Gay Gordons, Bluebell Polka, Irish Two-Step, Royal Scots Polka, Highland Scottische, Swilcan, Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen, Black Dance Reel, Miss Bennetts Jig, Threave Castle Polka, Mrs Cholmondekley's Reel, Tyneside Waltz, Hooper's Jig, Neidpath Castle Strathspey, Lambs Skinnet Jig, 2/4 Marches, Galloway House Reel. The Legendary Jimmy Shand.

Jimmy Shand The Bluebell Polka; Tracks include; Bluebell Polka, Red House Reel, Lady's Fancy, Veleta, Campbell's Frolic, Set Of Strathspeys, Eightsome Reel, Strathglass House, Medley Of Reels, Gaelic Waltz Medley, Off She Goes In The North, My Love She's But A Lassie Yet, Teviot Brig Jig, St Bernard's Waltz, Birks Of Invermay, Lord Hume's Reel, Primrose Polka, Lion Standard Quadrilles, Cumberland Reel, Bonnie Anne. The Bluebell Polka.

The Jimmy Shand Book of Waltzes. A Selection of Waltz Melodies as Played by his Band Arranged for Piano and Piano Accordion: Book 1 Sheet music. The Jimmy Shand Book of Waltzes: A Selection of Waltz Melodies as Played by his Band Arranged for Piano and Piano Accordion: Book 1.

Download Scottish Music, Scotland has a strong folk and musical tradition, with an amazing number of singers, songwriters and musicians.

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Thursday, 24 January 2008

Seafield Tower Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Seafield Tower Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland. Tour Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, on an Ancestry Tour of Scotland. Best Scottish Tours, Best Scottish Food, Best Scottish Hotels, Small Group Tours of Scotland, Rent a Cottage in Scotland. Golf Scotland. Tour Roman Scotland.

Sunday, 20 January 2008

Lower Largo Winter Fife Scotland

A view of Lower Largo in winter. Lower Largo is a small village on the East Coast of Fife, Scotland. Tour Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland, on an Ancestry Tour of Scotland. Best Scottish Tours, Best Scottish Food, Best Scottish Hotels, Small Group Tours of Scotland, Rent a Cottage in Scotland. Golf Scotland. Tour Roman Scotland.

Friday, 18 January 2008

Markinch High Street Fife Scotland

Old Markinch High Street Fife Scotland. Tour Markinch, Fife, Scotland, on an Ancestry Tour of Scotland. Best Scottish Tours, Best Scottish Food, Best Scottish Hotels, Small Group Tours of Scotland, Rent a Cottage in Scotland. Golf Scotland. Tour Roman Scotland.

Thursday, 10 January 2008

Dura Den Fife Scotland

Dura Den Fife Scotland. Tour Dura Den, Fife, Scotland, on an Ancestry Tour of Scotland. Best Scottish Tours, Best Scottish Food, Best Scottish Hotels, Small Group Tours of Scotland, Rent a Cottage in Scotland. Golf Scotland. Tour Roman Scotland.

Tuesday, 8 January 2008

Ballinbreich Castle Fife Scotland

Ballinbreich Castle Fife Scotland. Ballinbreich is one of the oldest celtic names in Fife and is a corruption of Balan-breac, meaning "town of trouts". This is of course a reference to the salmon to be found there, and even in modern times it has enjoyed the reputation of being a first class fishing station.

The original fabric of the castle dates from the 14th century. It consisted then of a small keep set upon the south wall of a great courtyard of oblong shape, with the keep projecting beyond the walls to the South. Before the 14th century the Barony of Ballinbreich was held by the ancient family of Abernethy but then passed through marriage into the hands of the Earls of Rothes. In the sixteenth century alterations and additions were made that gave the castle the outline that can still be seen today. It has been mined for generations and it was when one of the inner walls collapsed that the 14th century masonry work was revealed. The workmanship of the masonry is considered unsurpassed in Scotland. Ballinbreich is situated on private ground and anyone wishing to visit should first gain permission. Tour Ballinbreich Castle, Fife, Scotland, on an Ancestry Tour of Scotland. Best Scottish Tours, Best Scottish Food, Best Scottish Hotels, Small Group Tours of Scotland, Rent a Cottage in Scotland. Golf Scotland. Tour Roman Scotland.

Monday, 7 January 2008

Robert Burns Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Robert Burns, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Robert Burns visited Dunfermline with Dr Adair during his tour of Clackmannanshire in October 1787, adair recorded: "At Dunfermline we visited the Abbey Church now consecrated to Presbyterian Worship. Here I mounted the cutty stool, or stool of repentance, while Robert Burns addressed to me a ludicrous reproof and exhortation, parodied from one that had been delivered at one time in Ayrshire. In the church, two broad flagstones marked the grave of Robert Bruce, for whose memory robert Burns had more than common veneration. He knelt and kissed the stone with sacred fervour, and heartily execrated the worse than Gothic neglect of the first of Scottish heroes."

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