Alasdair Fraser & Skyedance

	I went to their Seattle concert last night, and it was 
	FANTASTIC!  Strongly rooted in traditional Scottish music,
	there are a lot of modern elements brought in by a team of 
	immensely talented performers.  Just lots of fun!  The 
	newest CD is "Way Out to Hope Street", and I"ve been listening
	to it all afternoon along with the one prior, "Dawn Dance",
	and the Paperboys new release "Molinos".  

	For those of you elsewhere in the NW, you can see them live
	at:


	-- United Scottish Center, Vancouver BC (604) 263-7925


		Friday Sept 26


	-- Aladdin Theater, Portland OR (503) 233-1994 


		Saturday Sept 27


	-- La Sells Stewart Ctr, Corvallis OR  (541) 758-9162


		Sun Sept 28

	Then they head for the Great Lakes and NE.  You can find out
	more from their distributor, Culburnie Records at (800) 830-6296
	or <culburni at oro.net>.

	A hint:  If you go, engage in some "wild ethnic behavior", ie
	get up and dance!  They hinted a couple of times last night for
	folks to do so, but there wasn't a lot of room, and I was tired
	and didn't want to distract folks.  For their encore piece 
	though they made us stand up and taught everyone a basic 
	Scottish step.  They also called to a friend in the audience
	to join them on stage, and while she was coming forward they
	asked if there were any other stepdancers present:  Briefly
	possessed by some alien influence, I piped up with "Will Irish
	step work?"   (It's a bit different than Scottish and not all
	of the music counts the same.)  They said "yes" so I ended up
	onstage for 7 minutes of reels:  In my Paperboys tshirt and 
	jeans, and tennis shoes (not great footwear for this); blinded
	by the lights, trying to keep track of where Aladair (the 
	fiddler) and Eric (the piper) were moving and not trip on the 
	cords, and scrambling my brain for more steps.  I was very out
	of breath by the end, but it was a blast!  :)

	Anyway, go see them if you have a chance.  They tour the US
	about once a year, and Alasdair Fraser also teaches at some 
	fiddle camps, mainly up and down the West Coast.  

				Until later,
					Quarong
					<quarong at eskimo.com>