BIGGAR Accordion and Fiddle Club opened the season in the Biggar Bowling Club to the sound of local bandleader Andrew Gibb and his band.

A wealth of local talent turned out to support Andrew and on accordions we had Janet Graham, Fin Hope, Fraser Hewitt, Rose Cursiter, Kyle Rowan, Samantha and Andrew Erskine, India Smith, Newby Park, Emma Dickson, Tom Orr, Adam Gibb, Ronnie Easton and Charlie Todd.

On fiddles were Hannah Dickson and David Corner. Keyboard players were Jim Nichol, Alan Rowan, Stevie Todd and Keith Dickson and on drums were Ross Anderson, Tom Hope and James Dickson.

Our guest band featured Andrew on lead, Jamie Young on second accordion, Tom Gold on fiddle, Jim Gold on keyboard and Gordon Smith on drums. Although Andrew is a regular attender at the Club amazingly it’s seven years since his last guest spot with us. The time has been well spent though and with his first BBC Radio Scotland broadcast under his belt he demonstrated a maturity beyond his years and treated us to many excellent selections in a variety of tempos. Listening to this band was a delight, dancing to it would have been even better.

Thanks again to the lads for their excellent music and to the KODA mums for their half-time buffet. The club skip October because of the Shetland Festival and next meet on Sunday, November 9 when we celebrate our 40th Anniversary with Jennifer Cruickshank and Family.

We look forward to seeing you at the Biggar Bowling club for a 7pm start.