The 'Gathering Committee' would like to thank the Alnwick District Council for their financial support for the 2008 Gathering and Mr. Douglas Anderson (Workshop and Competition photographs) and Mr. Colin Bradford ( Evening Concert photographs) a selection of which are now on the slide show
Sunday 15th November 2009
The 62nd Alnwick Northumbrian Gathering,which
took place on the weekend of the 13th and 14th November 2009 in the Playhouse,
Alnwick proved to be a resounding success for the teenage musicians of
Northumbria. The Open Championship for Northumbrian Smallpipes was won by
Richard Cooper of Morpeth whilst the Open championship for Fiddles was won by
Hannah Slater - Patterson of Longwhitton, Morpeth. This was not the end of the
story of teenage success, Leonard Brown of South Shields won the Open
Accordion Championship whilst Neil Riddell of South Charlton was named as the
best local accordionist. All in all a great day for the young musicians of the
northeast.
The Gathering was spared the torrential rainstorms, which struck the rest of the
country and resulted in good attendance at all of the workshops and competitions
that took place. For the first year all of the traditional musical instrument,
singing and dialect poetry workshops and competitions were centred on the
Alnwick Playhouse which has proven to be an ideal venue for the event.
The evening Northumbrian Concert once again proved to be a resounding success
with excellent music by numerous musicians, a dazzling display of traditional
clog dancing by Shona Harper with the evening ending with a virtuoso performance
by local duo Andy and Margaret Watchorn. A night not to have been missed.
A full list of results from The Gathering has been added to the the winners page
of the web site
Gathering 1010
Mrs Lorna McKenzie has after 5 years stood down from the position of Hon Secretary for the Gathering and has been replaced by Mrs Joan Little
The Gathering Commitee wish to express their appreciation to Lorna for all the work she has carried out on behalf of the Gathering in the past and to Alan McKenzie who is also standing down after serving on the Gathering Committee for the last 15 years.
Due to a double booking at the Alnwick Playhouse the Gathering will be centered in 2 main venues, The Alnwick Playhouse and Blackmores Public House, Bondate Without Alnwick Further details will be added when information becomes available
Dates for this years Gathering are 132h and 13th November
To see programme for this years Gathering and Competition rules click Programme
For more information on the Gathering telephone Tony Brooker-Carey in the Gathering Office (01 665 - 712 044)
The Gathering Secretary is Mrs Joan Little, Ashlea, Redsteads, Christanbank, Alnwick Tele 01665576483 (e.mail) littledavejoan@tiscali.co.uk
The contact e.mail address for The Gathering is alnwickpipers@talktalk.net
News Update (29/7/2010)
The judges, who will also run the pre-competition workshops, for the 2010 Gathering have all now been confirmed as follows:
It is hoped to obtain from the judges a play list for the workshops which, if forthcoming will be published on this site.