Common Ground / The National Folk Festival

Details for 2007 are at an early planning stage. Please use this outline programme from a previous year as a guide only.

Common Ground on the Hill, Scotland
Programme

- if you are intending to come please indicate your tuition requirements and 'wish list' as soon as possible. The main tuition programme will be split into 'threads' - SongSchool, StringSchool, WindSchool, ArtsSchool, Children Among Us and a Gaelic Arts programme. Each area will have a number of tutors and a co-ordinator. By signing up to one of the 'Schools' you will not be restricting yourself to activites within that one thread - you will be able to cross boundaries at all times - but it will allow you to get the most flexibility out of a group of tutors.

CONCERT PROGRAMME. There is an extensive series of concerts running as part of Common Ground, and covered by the Common Ground Season Ticket. The concerts are open to the general public and tickets can be purchased for individual events. For a text verion of the CONCERT LIST click here

KEY TO COLOUR CODING

	'Workshops and Masterclasses' Ayrshire Management Centre , University Campus Ayr. This is the core of our teaching programme. Most of the formal teaching sessions with be in the morning; the afternoons offering more opportunities to try something new.
	Common Ground on the Hill Concerts and Festival Weekend - on site at University Campus Ayr. There will be a series of events, open to students and to the general public. At most times there will be choices to allow you to build your own 'menu' of activities.
	External Concerts - The events will be open to the public and in some cases tickets will be limited. Suitable transport arrangements will be made for students to attend - in most cases options 'back at base' will still be on offer.
	Our trips out, fun and 'cultural visit' programme Our trips this year are likely to be more numerous, but smaller. Some advance sign up may be required but you should be able to fit some sightseeing alongside your tuition plans.
	LATE NIGHT EXTRAS and 'The Kitchen Ceilidhs' These late night events are for Season Ticket Holders Only - they are not open to the general public.

Sunday 29th July

WORKSHOPS REGISTRATION
University Campus Ayr. from 2pm

'Welcome Concert'
A chance to meet and welcome some of our guests and tutors for the week ahead.
University Campus Ayr.
7.30 - 10.00

LATE NIGHT EXTRA
(Season Ticket Holders Only)

'The Kitchen Ceilidh'

Monday 30th July
9.00 - 10.30	10.45 - 12.15		1.30 - 3.00	3.15 - 4.45		6.30 - 7.15

SongSchool Traditional song Fiddle Guitar Banjo Whistle Try, begin or improve Concertina Smallpipes Mandolin Bouzouki (other instruments by request)	SongSchool StringSchool Guitar Fiddle Whistle Bodhran Banjo	'Workshops and Masterclasses' Non Violence Workshop Traditions Presentation Traditions Presentation Scots Fiddle Traditions	In Search of Common Ground Big Song Swap Slow Jam	Gospel choir	LATE NIGHT EXTRA (Season Ticket Holders Only) 'The Kitchen Ceilidh'
ArtSchool: Watercolour Painting Shetching, Pottery, Woodcarving Photography PA systems Non-Violence		Robert Burns		'Concert' 'A Transatlantic Session' University Campus Ayr. 7.30 - 10.00
Children Among Us - full children's programme

Tuesday 31st July
9.00 - 10.30	10.45 - 12.15		1.30 - 3.00	3.15 - 4.45		6.30 - 7.15	7.30 - 10.30

SongSchool Traditional song Fiddle Guitar Banjo Whistle Try, begin or improve Concertina Smallpipes Mandolin Bouzouki (other instruments by request)	SongSchool StringSchool Guitar Fiddle Whistle Bodhran Banjo	Traditions Presentation TBC	In Search of Common Ground Big Song Swap Slow Jam	Gospel choir	LATE NIGHT EXTRA (Season Ticket Holders Only) 'The Kitchen Ceilidh'
ArtSchool: Watercolour Painting Shetching, Pottery, Woodcarving Photography PA systems Non-Violence		Robert Burns		CONCERT 'Blues An' A' That' Tam White , Fraser Speirs, Bob Hall, Eddie Walker The Station Hotel, Ayr. 7.30 - 10.00
Children Among Us - full children's programme
		A Walk Walkers leave Ayrshire Management Centre just after morning classes. Returning by shuttle bus. RESTRICTED NUMBERS - booking essential.

Wednesday 1st August
9.00 - 10.30	10.45 - 12.15		1.30 - 3.00	3.15 - 4.45		6.30 - 7.15	7.30 - 10.30

SongSchool Traditional song Fiddle Guitar Banjo Whistle Try, begin or improve Concertina Smallpipes Mandolin Bouzouki (other instruments by request)	SongSchool StringSchool Guitar Fiddle Whistle Bodhran Banjo	'Workshops and Masterclasses' Traditions Presentation 'Glasgow's Singing Traditions' Adam McNaughtan	In Search of Common Ground Big Song Swap Slow Jam	Gospel choir	LATE NIGHT EXTRA (Season Ticket Holders Only) 'The Kitchen Ceilidh'
ArtSchool: Watercolour Painting Shetching, Pottery, Woodcarving Photography PA systems Non-Violence		Robert Burns		'The Seedboat' Maggie McInnes & Colum Sands University Campus Ayr. 7.30 - 10.00.
Children Among Us - full children's programme

Thursday 2nd August
9.00 - 10.30	10.45 - 12.15		1.30 - 3.00	3.15 - 4.45		6.30 - 7.15	7.30 - 10.30

SongSchool Traditional song Fiddle Guitar Banjo Whistle Try, begin or improve Concertina Smallpipes Mandolin Bouzouki (other instruments by request)	SongSchool StringSchool Guitar Fiddle Whistle Bodhran Banjo	'Workshops and Masterclasses' Traditions Presentation "How are ye off for coals?" Bob Fox and Benny Graham, Ellen Elmes	In Search of Common Ground Big Song Swap Slow Jam	Gospel choir (meet at Prestwick North Church for today only)	LATE NIGHT EXTRA (Season Ticket Holders Only) 'The Kitchen Ceilidh'
ArtSchool: Watercolour Painting Shetching, Pottery, Woodcarving Photography PA systems Non-Violence		Robert Burns		Robert Burns meets Martin Luther King GOSPEL CONCERT Walt Michael • Rick Lee Heather Heywood Common Ground Gospel Choir and more Prestwick North Church Prestwick 7.30 - 9.30
Children Among Us - full children's programme

Friday 3rd August
9.00 - 10.30	10.45 - 12.15		1.30 - 3.00	3.15 - 4.45			7.30 -10.30

SongSchool Traditional song Fiddle Guitar Banjo Whistle Try, begin or improve Concertina Smallpipes Mandolin Bouzouki (other instruments by request)	SongSchool StringSchool Guitar Fiddle Whistle Bodhran Banjo	'Workshops and Masterclasses'	In Search of Common Ground Big Song Swap Slow Jam	CONCERT & CEILIDH The Station Hotel, Ayr. with The Common Ground Allstar Ceilidh Band The Station Hotel, Ayr. 7.30 - 12.00 Ticket £12, £10 conc	LATE NIGHT EXTRA (Season Ticket Holders Only) 'The Kitchen Ceilidh' 'The Music Room' 'The Song Loft'
ArtSchool: Watercolour Painting Shetching, Pottery, Woodcarving Photography PA systems Non-Violence		Robert Burns
Children Among Us - full children's programme

Saturday 4th August
9.00 - 10.30	10.45 - 12.15		1.30 - 3.00	3.15 - 4.45		6.30 - 7.15	7.30 -10.30

	Songs of a Morning	INVITATION CONCERT An allcomers concert with Special guests slots should be booked in advance with MC	Common Ground Festival Weekend 'Robert Burns meets Martin Luther King' with Lyra Celtica, The Common Ground Gospel Choir, with The Common Ground Big Band, and more. The Station Hotel, Ayr. 7.30 - 10.30	LATE NIGHT EXTRA (Season Ticket Holders Only) 'The Kitchen Ceilidh' 'The Music Room' 'The Song Loft'

'Reflections on the Tradition' - exhibition of photographs from the Colin Clark Photo Archive and from the Common Ground Photography class

Sunday 5th August
9.00 - 10.30	10.45 - 12.15		1.30 - 3.00	3.15 - 4.45		6.30 - 7.15	7.30 -10.30

		Garden Party The Abbotsford Hotel	Common Ground Festival Weekend The Farewell Sessions The Abbotsford Hotel	LATE NIGHT EXTRA (Season Ticket Holders Only) 'The Kitchen Ceilidh' 'The Music Room' 'The Song Loft'
	The Common Ground Picnic Lunch
'Reflections on the Tradition' - exhibition of photographs from the Colin Clark Photo Archive and from the Common Ground Photography class


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