Running Order.

19:30 Deaf Shepherd (1 number)
19:34 Introduction
19:36 Frank McAveety Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport will open the event.
19:39 Deaf Shepherd (1 number)

19:43 Best Album - Birnam CD
19:47 Best Scottish Dance Band
19:51 Speaker - Ann Neilson, TMSA
19:53 Best Scots Singer

19:57 Ishbel McAskill - 2 numbers

20:05 Best Club
20:09 Speaker - Arthur Cormack, Feis
20:11 Best Gaelic Singer
20:15 Best Pipe Band

20:19 Gordon Duncan - 2 numbers

20:27 Best Up and Coming Artist/ Band
20:31 Speaker - Nancy Nicholson, Celtic Connections Education
20:33 Kelso High School Celtic Band - 2 numbers

20:41 INTERVAL 00:20:00

21:01 Best Instrumentalist
21:05 Best Festival

21:09 Back of the Moon - 2 numbers

21:17 Media Award
21:21 Speaker - Dr Fred Freeman
21:23 Retailer of the Year
21:27 Best Folk Band

21:31 Alasdair MacCuish - 2 numbers

21:39 Radio/TV Show of the Year
21:43 Best Live Act
21:47 Services to Trad Music
(Margaret Bennett eulogy + Freedom Come All Ye)

21:55 Deaf Shepherd - 3 nos 00:15:00
22:10 END

Total performance time 2:16:00
Total event time 2:36:00

Performers were

	Deaf Shepherd- Six superbly talented musicians, on fiddles, bagpipes, whistle, bouzouki, guitar, bodhran and vocals, Deaf Shepherd draw their influences and material from the length and breadth of Scotland.
	Alasdair MacCuish and the Black Rose Ceilidh Band - This ceildih band were formed in the early nineties at the height of the Ceilidh dance revival in Glasgow and have long been recognised as the 'leading lights' of the ceilidh band world.
	Ishbel MacAskill - Ishbel MacAskill has long been regarded as one of the finest gaelic singers in Scotland. "There are some voices so sublime they transcend all differences of language, culture, class or creed, and Ishbel MacAskill has one of them." Sheena Wellington
	Gordon Duncan - "Quite simply the most stunning piper of his generation".
	Back of the Moon - This is a young band causing a stir on the Scottish folk scene. The line up features pipes and fiddle with a solid guitar-piano rhythm section. This brilliant young quartet delivering both songs and sets of tunes in a strong acoustic style.
	Kelso High School Celtic Band - A fantastic young band led by Harris Playfair of musicians from the borders.

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