Annotation:Halkirk Games (The)

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 HALKIRK GAMES, THE. Scottish, Jig. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by Scottish three-row button accordion player Sandy Coghill, in honor of the yearly Halkirk Highland Games held in the village of Halkirk, Caithness, northern Scotland. Coghill was a member of the Wallochmor Ceilidh Band, along with ex-Silly Wizard member and piano accordion player Freeland Barbour.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 52, p. 42.  Recorded sources: Lapwing Records LAP 103, Sandy Coghill - "Out the Box" (1981).

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