This is the final post for this version of the SLEGS website. I – Rob MacKillop – have handed over the duties to a new SLEGS team who will be doing things properly 🙂 from now on. The new URL is not live as I write but will be http://www.scottishluteandearlyguitarsociety.com/
I have resigned my decade-long post, and wish the new team well.
What follows is the information I was sent about the new meeting on the 19th February, 2022:
To welcome in the new year, we are having a special SLEGS meeting with a new extended format! As well as our regular meeting, we will have a talk by Glasgow University Phd researcher Roslyn Potter, and our inaugural recital by Gordon Ferries. See the schedule for the full day below. We are also looking for members to form the new committee, details also below.
If you are planning attend, please register on the private eventbrite page so we have an idea of numbers for social distancing, and if you have not attended our players meeting before, please make yourself known in advance by email. Please take an LFT beforehand and wear a mask while in attendance to keep us all safe.
Meeting is at the regular venue, Chris Elmes place, 1F1 25 Haddington Place, EH7 4AF.
19th Feb Meeting
11.30am-12pm – Arrive
12pm – Our regular meeting, members are invited to perform the music they have been working on and to present on topics of interest. Depending on the numbers present about 3 pieces per performer would be ideal. £1 donation for venue.
1.15pm – Bring your own lunch, there are also many places to eat nearby.
1.45pm – AGM, confirm constitution, committee members, update on website, attendance at BGM, lutes for sale in Scotland.
2pm – Talk/Performance – ‘By my own hand’ – Women’s manuscript collection, song culture, and bawdry, in early modern Scotland
Song, as a vehicle for expression, evokes a plethora of emotions and plays a significant role in social and cultural life. Roslyn will discuss her PhD research which explores the identity and inner workings of a scattered group of literate women who collected songs and poems into their private manuscripts. As part of her talk there will be performance lute songs and solo lute music.
For more about Roslyn’s work see: https://earlyscottishlyrics.glasgow.ac.uk/.
2.30pm – Tea, Coffee, and Cake. A chance to socialise before the concert, if they are any budding bakers please feel free to bring cake!
3pm – Gordon Ferries – Libro Segundo
Gordon Ferries explores the fantasias of Luis de Narvà ez and Francesco da Milano in their ‘difficult second albums’, the Libros Segundos of 1538 and 1546. A donation of £5 is asked if you are staying for the concert.
Register:
Committee Positions
As part of the continuation of SLEGS we are looking to create a committee to organise future meetings, and further activities. Below is a list of positions and current nominations, please email Eric if you are interested. If you are not going to attend but would like to help out running the society, please email Eric in advance of the meeting. These will be confirmed at the AGM.
Chair – Eric Thomas
Treasurer – Vacant
Secretary – Vacant
Ordinary Member – Vacant
Booking Officer – Phillip Lord
Meeting Reporter – Chris Jupp
Constitution
Attached is the constitution for ratification at the AGM.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Best Wishes,
Eric