Fort William Here I Come
Where has the year gone? I can't believe it's been twelve months since I went through to Edinburgh for the and now I'm just about to head down the A82 for this year's event in Fort William.
It should be a good night. Our very own Robbie Shepherd is being inducted into the as he received the Hamish Henderson Award for services to traditional music.
If he gives a speech I hope he gets a better reception than one of last year's recipients. The chap who was given a gong for having the best music venue of the year took to the stage and his cheers turned to heckling within a minute of him opening his mouth.
I think he was trying to encourage other venue operators to host live music, but it came across as a slighlty insulting suggestions that musicians were quite cheap - or that you didn't have to pay them much.
Imagine the reaction to that in a hall full of musicians!
Anyway, more tomorrow and photographs if possible.
