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  • 2025-12-20 Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band

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    Ewan Galloway  Accordion
    Alasdair Macleod  2nd Accordion
    Andrew Knight Fiddle
    Ian Graham   Drums
    John Delaney  Double Bass
    Alastair McGirr  Piano

    TITLE: Gay Gordons
    a) The Polar Express  [Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard]
    b) Sleigh Ride   [Leroy Anderson]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant
    a) Original   [Trad]
    b) Jingle Bells 
    c) Frosty the Snowman 
    d) Go Tell it on the Mountain 
    e) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   Set of Strathspeys 4X32
    a) Welcome Christmas Morning (The Grinch) [Albert Hague]
    b) Somewhere in my Memory (Home Alone) [John Williams]
    c) Overture from Miracle on 34th Street  [Bruce Broughton]
    d) Walking in the Air (The Snowman)  [Howard Blake]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
    a) Happy Christmas (War is Over) [John Lennon & Yoko Ono]
    b) Fairytale of New York  [Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan]
    c) Mistletoe and Wine   [Cliff Richard]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: White Heather Foxtrot
    a) Winter Wonderland    [Feliz Bernard]
    b) Mrs Santa Claus    [Hazel Whalen, Jack Fulton, Lois Steele]
    c) Let it Snow, Let is Snow, Let it Snow [Jule Styne] 
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Hollin Bus
    a) Farewell to the Tay 
    b) Trip to Tobermory 
    c) Gallaghers Jig  [Bobby Crowe]
    d) Alex Little M.C.  [Max Houliston]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Band Leaders Choice 1
    a) The Toytown Trumpeters [William Davies]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording         

    TITLE: Round the Room Waltz
    a) The Schneewaltzer  (Snow Waltz)
    b) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Trip to Bavaria
    a) Remorts of Hertford (Hamish’s Tune) [Hamish Menzies]
    b) Anneliese     [Hans-Arno Simon]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Carol Strathspeys
    a) Once in Royal David’s City 
    b) O Little Town of Bethlehem 
    c) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 
    d) In the Bleakmidwinter  [Gustav Holst]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
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    TITLE: Band Leaders Choice 2 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Medley
    a) Pure Imagination
    b) I’ve Got a Golden Ticket
    c) The Candy Man
    d) Oompa Loompa
    e) Pure Imagination
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE: Merry Christmas Polkas
    a) The Merry Christmas Polka [Sonny Burke]
    b) Mele Kalikimaka   [Robert Alexander Anderson]
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:  Postie’s Jig – Christmas Jigs
    a) We Three Kings of Orient Are
    b) When Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney
    c) In Dulci Jubilo
    d) Sussex Carol
    ARTIST: Ewan Galloway Scottish Dance Band
    BBC Take The Floor Recording      

    TITLE:   Christmas Came Early This Year
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Hannah Rarity
    CD:  Single
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Self-released

    TITLE:   The Christmas Eve Waltz
    TRK:  4
    ARTIST:  Marie Fielding
    CD:  An Seisiún
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Rumford Records – RUMFORDCD03

    TITLE:   Silent Night
    TRK:  8
    ARTIST:  Emily Smith
    CD:  Songs for Christmas
    LABEL/CAT NR:   White Fall Records – WERCD015

    TITLE:   Gay Gordons: Christmas Dream / Stop The Cavalry
    TRK:  10
    ARTIST:  Jim Lindsay and his Scottish Dance Band
    CD:  Scottish Christmas Dance Party
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Highlander

    TITLE:   Santa Take Me Home
    TRK:  1
    ARTIST:  Kathleen MacInnes
    CD:  Single
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Self-released

    TITLE:   Deck the Halls / John Clifford’s #1 / Jingle Bells
    TRK:  12
    ARTIST:  Cherish the Ladies
    CD:  A Star in the East
    LABEL/CAT NR:   Big Mammy Records – 0004

    TITLE:   Christ Child’s Lullaby
    TRK:  13
    ARTIST: Dougie Maclean/Aoife O’Donovan/Solas/Alasdair Fraser/Natalie Haas
    CD:  Lullabies For Love
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Compass Records – COM 45602

    TITLE:   Christmas Madness
    TRK: 1 
    ARTIST:  Ross Miller
    CD:  Christmas Madness (Single)
    LABEL/CAT NR: Self released

    TITLE:   Shandy and Mousetta’s Waltz
    TRK: 1 
    ARTIST:  Simon Thoumire & Rory Matheson
    CD:  Single
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Self-released

    TITLE:   It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
    TRK: 5 
    ARTIST:  Karen Matheson
    CD:  Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Vertical Records – VERTCD103

    TITLE:   Welcome Christmas Morning
    TRK: 6 
    ARTIST:  Jimmy Shand
    CD:  The Jimmy Shand Story
    LABEL/CAT NR:  EMI – DUO110

    TITLE:   Silver Bells
    TRK:  
    ARTIST:  Jim Reeves
    CD:  The Best Christmas Album In The World
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Virgin – VTDCD103*

    TITLE:   Jingle Bells / Grand Old Duke of York / Loch Lomond/Rudolph The Red Nosed
    Reindeer/Jingle Bells
    Track Title: Strip The Willow
    TRK: 12  
    ARTIST: Fergie MacDonald
    CD:  Ceilidh King, The
    LABEL/CAT NR:  Rannoch Music – MOIDART CD106 

    TITLE:   The Christmas Carol Suite
    TRK:  17
    ARTIST:  The Fire
    CD:  Very Scottish Christmas

  • 2025-12-13 Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band

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    1ST HOUR 

    MICHAEL PHILIP SCOTTISH DANCE BAND 

    Michael Philip Lead Accordion
    James Coutts 2nd Accordion
    Margaret Robertson Fiddle
    Graham Berry Piano
    Suzanne Gray Acoustic Double Bass
    Malcolm Ross Drums        

    2ND HOUR  

    JOHN MASON MBE – BOOKS OF COMPOSITIONS 

    Rognvald Mason 

    Jamie Mason 

    Mary Sandeman

    TITLE: 4/4 Grand March 

    a) The Sandison – Couper Wedding March [Margaret Robertson] 

    b) Adam and Lesley’s Wedding March [Margaret Robertson] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: The Shetland Reel 

    a) Margaret and Donald Ferguson [Steven Spence] 

    b) Melvin’s 60th [Emma Leask] 

    c) Sandy Couper of Voe [Margaret Robertson] 

    d) Jessie Couper’s Reel [Margaret Robertson] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Canadian Barn Dance – 2/4 Pipe Marches 

    a) Pipe Major J McWilliams [Pipe Major Donald MacLeod] 

    b) Bowhill Highland Games [Michael D Philip] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: St Bernards Waltz 

    a) Miss Zara Sinclair [Michael D Philip] 

    b) Tribute to Thomas Andrew Simpson [Michael D Philip] 

    c) Bonnie Banks O Dee [Paul Anderson] 

    d) Both Sides of the Tweed [Dick Gaughan] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Country Dance Jigs 

    a) Rosco’s Jig [Michael D Philip] 

    b) The Michty No. 9 [Michael D Philip] 

    c) The Spittal Jig [Michael D Philip] 

    d) The Rabbit’s Raw [Michael D Philip] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Strathspeys 

    a) Winnie’s Strathspey [Michael D Philip] 

    b) Mr & Mrs Norrie William’s Strathspey [Michael D Philip] 

    c) Mrs Carol Clancy [Michael Philip] 

    d) Shawsmill [Michael Philip] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Band Leader’s Choice – No 2 – Medley 

    a) 3/4 Retreat March – George Wallace’s Welcome to Bowhill Highland Games   [Michael D Philip] 

    b) 9/8 Jig –  Angus John MacNeil of Barra  [A J MacNeil] 

    c) Pipe Reel – Major David Manson [Peter R MacLeod] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording  

    TITLE: The Whistling Ferryman  [Michael Philip] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Eva Three Step – 6/8 Pipe Marches 

    a) Michael Philip – The Champion Tutor [Leonard Brown] 

    b) The Recognition [Michael D Philip] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Old Time Waltz 

    a) The Doll’s House [Margaret Robertson] 

    b) The Skipper’s Waltz [Michael D Philip] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Pipe Reels 

    a) Primo McFarlane’s Reel  [Michael D Philip] 

    b) Lexi McAskill [Dr John McAskill] 

    c) David McIntosh [Michael D Philip] 

    d) The Blackbird [Dr C Bannatyne] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Band Leader’s Choice – No. 1 Slow Air 

    a) Still Water – Margaret Robertson 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

     TITLE: Boston Two Step 

    A) Jarl Einar’s Farewell to Longa Berg [Margaret Robertson] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE: Orcadian Strip the Willow – pipe jigs 

    a) Pipe Major Hunter Wylie [Michael Philip] 

    b) Peter Bruce – The Tutor [Michael Philip] 

    c) The Judge’s Dilemma [Pipe Major Donald MacLeod] 

    d) The Sleep Fighter [Brian Lamond] 

    ARTIST: Michael Philip Scottish Dance Band 

    BBC Take The Floor Recording

    TITLE:   Cùm na Ghealladh 

    TRK: 5 

    ARTIST:  Sian 

    CD:  araon 

    LABEL/CAT NR: 

    TITLE:   Dashing White Sergeant 

    ARTIST:  Ceilidh Collective 

    LABEL/CAT NR:  BBC Take the Floor Recording

    TITLE:   Saturday Night 

    TRK: 9 

    ARTIST:  Siobhan Miller 

    CD:  Bloom 

    LABEL/CAT NR:  Songprint Records – SPR006CD

    TITLE:   Ceud Mile Failte (Medley) 

    TRK: 10 

    ARTIST:  The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra 

    CD:  The Bluebells Of Scotland 

    LABEL/CAT NR:  Red Cab Records – 885686591109

    TITLE:   The Arran Shepherd / John Mason’s Compliments to The Rev James Currie 

    TRK: 2 

    ARTIST:  The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra 

    LP:  Scottish Fiddlers Rally 

    LABEL/CAT NR: Rel Records – REL 454

    TITLE: The Stronsay’s Silver Darling Grand March    

    TRK:  

    ARTIST:  Stronsay Silver Darlings  

    CD:   

    LABEL/CAT NR:

    TITLE:   Goodnight and Safe Home:  

    Kemnay House, Golden Slippers, Willie and Bessie, Peedie Sea Indian, Caddam Wood 

    TRK:  

    ARTIST:  Scottish Fiddle Orchestra  

    CD:  Homeward Bound  

    LABEL/CAT NR:  REL

    TITLE:   Goodfellow’s: The Creaking Ceilidh Crew / Kristan’s Bluesy Tune / Telfer’s Tune / Cameron’s Gamble 

    TRK: 7 

    ARTIST:  Blazin’ Fiddles 

    CD:  XXV 

    LABEL/CAT NR:  Blazin Records – BFCD2023