COMMUNITY
HAMISH DONATES DERVAIG GIG PROFITS TO MULL MUSIC MAKERS More than 100 tickets were to decorate the village hall. sold for a Hamish Napier gig More than 100 tickets were at Dervaig Hall, with a home- sold - so it was a sell out gig. ‘Lovely atmosphere and grown support act. a great community effort,’ The sell-out night made a said Laura Mandleberg from £300 profit which Hamish MMM. donated to the Mull Music Hamish was joined on Makers’ (MMM) project. stage by top traditional fiddle Supported by 10 young player Patsy Reid. musicians from the He said: ‘What a special island-based project, night we all had in Dervaig. multi-instrumentalist and This is clearly a strong composer community that Hamish’s final communicates night of The What a special well and Woods tour was night we all had loves to work a huge hit. in Dervaig on together. The gig Saturday. This is ‘You could just coincided with tell that from clearly a strong news that speaking with community MMM has all the people secured the final involved and all funds needed the preparation work they to run another free Mull put in for the event. Fiddle Week of tuition and ‘The place just looked performances this summer. amazing - a real team effort. ‘The Dervaig night on April ‘We had to try to find extra 2 was a resounding success. chairs on the night for all ‘Everyone rallied round
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the people who showed up. It was one of those totally magic community evenings with a highland ceilidh atmosphere and many smiling faces. ‘Patsy Reid is such an energetic teacher and worked for two hours in the afternoon with the youth music group, the Mull Music Makers, who were focused and engaged and played so well on the night. ‘It was particularly kind of local fiddle player Hannah Fisher to drive from Fionnphort especially to come and help Patsy work with the children. ‘One of the more experienced of the young musicians, Mimi, asked me if I would accompany her playing a fiddle solo and she played brilliantly. Her volunteering to play a solo just proves how crucial it is for young musicians
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