December (Relocated) Royal Mile Jam

Greetings, all!

We had the best session in a very long time after an inauspicious start. We arrived to find that the staff of the Royal Mile were setting up for a 25th Birthday celebration for the pub (and a happy one to it!), and so we were told our session would be canceled. Apparently I was informed, but I honestly don't remember. After several of us downed a pint or lunch, I suggested we reconvene at someone's house. Mine (in Springfield) was immediately deemed too far away. Catherine Chapman graciously volunteered, so we all got in our cars and headed a few miles away, set up in her living room, and started to play. It was a shorter session, but we were really cooking and got a lot of great tunes played.

Thanks especially to Catherine for hosting (and fiddling), and to Barbara, Doug, Julie (who rocked the house on Catherine's electronic piano), Charlie (on smallpipes), Stephanie (on mandolin), and Maggie (who came to listen, and was our official tune recorder!). I switched between fiddle and smallpipes. We played lots of great tunes, and I imagine we'll all be sifting through this list for new tunes to learn.

The Stool of Repentance/The Muckin o' Geordie's Byre
Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside
Flowers of Edinburgh/The Mason's Apron/The Barrowburn Reel
The Atholl Highlanders (as a march)
Willafjord/Sleep Soond ida Moarnin
Christmas Day in the Morning/Bottom of the Punchbowl
Prince Charles' Last View of Scotland
The Tongadale Reel
Good King Wenceslas (for a little Xmas cheer on fiddle, pipes, and piano)
The Water is Wide (another lovely pipe/fiddle duet)
Lochanside
Miss MacLeod of Raasay
The Sweetness of Mary/Father Francis Cameron
Far Away
The High Drive
Tam Lin
Boys of the Loch
Calliope House/Andy DeJarlis' Jig/The New Fiddle/MacArthur Road
Willie Fraser/Thomas MacDonnell's/A Taste of Gaelic (link goes to sheet music in PDF)
The Braes of Banffshire
Da Slockit Light/Da Full Rigged Ship/Da New Rigged Ship
Laird of Drumblair/Angus Campbell
Hughie Shorty's Reel/Brenda Stubbert's Reel