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| Scottish Fiddle Orchestra. 30th Anniversary Tour of Scotland. Venue: Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline Date: Saturday 15th May. 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50. Available from Alhambra Theatre Box Office. 01383 740384 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 01383 740384 end_of_the_skype_highlighting and from Abbot House on 01383 733266 The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Scotland’s foremost traditional music orchestra, is returning to Dunfermline on Saturday 15th May after their successful Homecoming concert that took place last year in front of a sell-out audience in the Alhambra Theatre. The large group of fiddlers, dancers, pipers and singers will be compered by Jim McColl MBE of the Beechgrove Garden who will provide some insight into the music in his own inimitable, humorous way. This year will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Orchestra which was formed in 1980, and in that time the SFO has since given some 230 full concerts, with audiences from 1000 to 7000 giving a total attendance of 400,000. Recordings have been sold in 70 countries, and broadcast widely. Deriving its origins from Fiddlers’ Rallies which were – and are – held throughout the country. After one of these Rallies, a group of enthusiasts met to consider the formation of an orchestra which would draw its members from a’ the airts and would form a cohesive, vigorously rehearsed group of musicians. The aim was to have a group of approximately 150 keen and interested musicians who would play together consistently, provide a series of concerts in the main Scottish cities and work together to create the finest possible standard of orchestral fiddle playing without detracting from the strong traditional strains of our music. The Orchestra has settled into a sequence of five major concerts each year – in the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, the Music Hall, Aberdeen, the Barbican, York, and the Barbican Centre, London. It has delighted packed houses from Vancouver to Toronto and Sydney Opera House, and was described as ‘Every Expatriate Scot’s Dream Event’ in a press report after a concert in Perth, Australia. Bill Fletcher of the Alhambra Theatre is delighted to welcome the SFO back to Dunfermline “The Orchestra sells out wherever it plays and usually performs in the major cities throughout the UK and abroad. There hasn’t been a large enough venue till now to enable them to play in Fife and it’s wonderful they have chosen to come back to Dunfermline once again after their inaugural appearance here last year.” The World Champion pipe band, Bucksburn Junior Novice Pipe Band, will be performing alongside the SFO on this occasion. Tickets priced £17.50 are on sale at the Alhambra Theatre Box Office on 01383 740384, and Abbot House 01383 733266. |
