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Strathspe' Away 2008 Page 1
This page has a selection of Sound and videos files.		 These pages have a collection musicians from within the park area, some live and work here. Others are visiting from other areas or coming from abroad to work and play in Scotland.


The sound files are in Windows Media Audio format
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 please contact us or send us a copy with the terms submitting videos signed with your work.
Strathspe’ Away Is held each year. It is a music and dance weekend that offers entertainment and also classes in step dancing, instruments and song. In Kingussie this year the festival had a number of new tutors and performers for the sixth annual festival. Some of the well-known tutors were Jim Barry from Ireland, Maeve MacKinnon from Barra and Angus Nicolson from Skye as well as those from the 'Bellas', John Sikorski and Sarah Hoy and, of course, Dannsa's own regulars. The weekend entertainment was excellent with the fiddle-driven dance group leading the Saturday night Dannsa's Ceilidh Band debut.

Dannsa’s core group of three dancers - Caroline Reagh, Frank McConnell, and Sandra Robertson, and piper Fin Moore - always perform with live music - fiddle, pipes and Gaelic song. Regular musicians and singers that work with Dannsa’s are: Fiona MacKenzie, Gabe McVarish, Karen Steven, Liz MacLean, Mary-Ann Kennedy, and Ronan Martin and they have Guests perform with them regularly and include Alasdair Fraser, Andy Thorburn, Anna Murray, Annemarie MacRury, Arthur Cormack, Billy Jackson, David Boag, Donal Brown, Dougie Pincock, Eilidh MacKenzie.
    Videos and Sound Files
Dannsa as a accom'paniment to the dance 3-3Video Dannsa are a group in their own right but the musicians do accompaniments for the dancing. Depending on the dance being performed the number and type of musicians vary. In this video three musicians accompany the dancers Caroline Reagh, Sandra Robertson, Frank McConnell and Fin Moore. Fin also plays pipes with the band.
This was filmed at the rehearsal
Sound File: Click this link to listen to the full tune on the video.
Maeve MacKinnon as a accom'paniment to the dance 2video 1-1Video Maeve MacKinnon is a accomplished singer and uses her voice as a replacement for  instrument to a accompany the dancers.  This video illustrates this with the type of song sung and the dance performed. This was filmed at the rehearsal of the evening concert. The full song is four and a half minutes long.
Sound File: Click this link to listen to full version of the song on the video.
Maeve MacKinnon as a singer video1 part 1Video Maeve MacKinnon is a accomplished singer of Gaelic song and the next two videos are a example of her excellent singing ability.  She is accompanied on guitar by Matheu Watson in these two extracts from the full song. The Full song is 4 minutes long. The two videos was filmed at the rehearsal.
Sound File: Click this link to listen to the full song from the videos.
Maeve MacKinnon as a singer video1 part 2Video Sound File with Maeve MacKinnon
Click this link to listen to a interview with Maeve MacKinnon

Sound Files with Matheu Watson
Click this link to listen to the interview part 1 with Matheu Watson

Click this link to listen to the interview part 2 with Matheu Watson
Music By Dannsa At Kingussie 1Video
A quick example, of the music by Dannsa at the Kingussie weekend. Sorry sound quality, not that good on this video.
Music By Dannsa At Kingussie 2Video
A quick example, of the music by Dannsa at the Kingussie weekend. Sorry sound quality, not that good on this video.
See the Photo in the photographs section. James Barry and his partner are over from Southern Ireland to teach Irish Step Dancing. James has been coming over since Strathspe’ Away began six year ago. In this interview he talks about the difference in Scottish and Irish dance and the tempo.
Click this link to listen to the interview with James Barry

You can get more information on their website at  www.dannsa.com  and read some of the reviews and much more.
Contact Dannsa at Tel +44 (0)1540 661594 10 Station Cottages, Kingussie, PH211EW, Scotland mailto:enquiries@dannsa.com
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Dannsa (7)-1a   Dannsa (5)-1a  Dannsa (8)-1a  Dannsa (4)-1a
 Dannsa (2)-1a  Step Dancing -1a Step Dancing (14)-1a  Dannsa (3)-1a
Step Dancing (2)-1a  Strathspe Away (19)-1a Strathspe Away (15)-1a  Step Dancing (6)-1a
 Strathspe Away (17)-1a Strathspe Away (6)-1a  Strathspe Away (7)-1a  
Dannsa (6)-1a James Barry-1a 
James Barry		 Step Dancing (4)-1a Strathspe Away (11)-1a

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