BorderBox at the Alnwick Northumbrian Gathering, 11 Nov 2006

The Band

BorderBox is the Border Box and Fiddle Youth Band.   Based in Alnwick, the band is open to  young musicians from Northumberland and the Borders who like to play traditional music.

The basis of the band is the classic combination of fiddle and accordion, although we do include a small number of other instruments such as Northumbrian pipes (with a concert G chanter).   We are also very happy to include some rhythm instruments (e.g. bass, drums, piano or guitar).

 

 

 NEWS

  • BorderBox played at The Alnwick Garden on Saturday 22nd September when Phase 2 was officially opened by HRH Prince Charles.   Go here for some pictures.  NB If you have any good photographs of your own from that day, please send them to me.

  • Lots of revisions to the tunes in preparation for the CD recording.   You can find them all on the  tunes page. 

Set of Marches  (3.56Mb)
  • Scotland the Brave (Trad.)
  • Teribus (Trad.)
  • The Cock of the North (Trad.)
  • Intro by Sally Graham
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    • Slow March  (3.87Mb)

  • Highland Cathedral (Michael Korb and Uli Roever)
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    Clog Waltz  (2.26Mb)

  • The Banks of the Tyne(T Murray)
  • Intro by Gemma Telfer
  • Clogging by Sally Graham
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    • Medley  (4.50Mb)

    • Whittingham Green Lane (Jack Armstrong)
    • The Lads of North Tyne (Trad.)
    • Hexham Races (Trad.)
      • Intros by Nathan Armstrong
    		 MP3 tracks can now be downloaded of the sets we played at the Alnwick Northumbrian Gathering on 11th November 2006.   Right-click to save to your hard drive and play later or left-click to open - but only if you have Broadband!

    rEPERTOIRE

    Most of the arrangements we play are designed to accommodate a broad range of abilities.  There is also a Seniors group within the band for the more experienced players.

    The sheet music  for the latest versions of the bands sets and tunes we play can be downloaded from this website as pdf files.   Go to tunes.  

    REHEARSALS

    Our rehearsals are held in Alnwick Playhouse.   We meet every month,  usually on the last Sunday of every month.    Starting time is usually 2.30pm for 3.00 (That means getting here for 2.30 and being unpacked, tuned, settled in a chair and ready to start at 3.00 prompt).    The rehearsal then lasts until 6.30, with the first two hours being for all the players and the last hour for the senior players.

    To find the Playhouse  use the  map in the Alnwick Playhouse website.   Use the + and - buttons to zoom in or out of the map.

     

    Diary

    Last revised 25/9/7.

    Sat/Sun Sep 29/30 - CD Recording
    9.30 for 10.00am - Duchess's High School, Alnwick

    Sat/Sun Oct 6/7 - CD Recording
    9.30 for 10.00am - Duchess's High School, Alnwick

    Sun Oct 28 - BBX rehearsal
    2.30 for 3.00 - Alnwick Playhouse

    Sat Nov 10 - Alnwick Northumbrian Gathering
    All day - workshops, competitions and concert

    Sat/Sun Nov 17/18 - CD Recording
    9.30 for 10.00am - Duchess's High School, Alnwick

    Sun Dec 2 - BBX rehearsal and Christmas Party/ceilidh
    2.30 for 3.00 - Alnwick Playhouse

     

    Pictures

     

     
     

    Support

    The band is very grateful for financial support from:

    More Information

    For more information contact
    Colin Bradford
    Tel:        01 665 - 606 788
    Mob:      07 719 - 305 407
    Email:    to minimise spam we have had to remove email addresses from the website.   If you want to email the band, replace "AT" in the following with the @ symbol - borderboxATnorthumbrian.info.

    Thanks to Gemma Telfer for this photograph.