Hands up for Trad will be hosting the fifth ‘Scots Trad Music Awards’ weekend in Fort William from the 29th November - Saturday 1st December 2007. The aim of these Awards is to highlight Scotland's wonderful traditional music in all its forms and to create a high profile opportunity which will bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media & public attention. Thank you to all our sponsors without whom this event would not go ahead. Please support them.

29th November
Peatbog Faeries, Nevis Centre. Start time 8pm.
A concert by one of Scotland's best and most popular bands. We wanted to invite the Peatbog Faeries back to Fort William after their outstanding opening to lasts years Scots Trad Music Awards. Tickets £8 (£6 conc)

30th November
The Scots Trad Music Awards 2007: St Andrew's Night Spectacular Ceilidh Dance
Ceilidh with The Occasionals, Marian Anderson SDB, Meantime, Ceilidh Mor, Tigerstyle Dhol Drummers, Kintyre Schools Pipe Band
Organised by: Hands Up For Trad in assoc with Scottish Goverment www.scotland.org/standrewsday
Contact: Tel. 0131 441 3135
30 November at 8.pm
The Nevis Centre, Fort William
£8 (£6 conc.) Tel 01397 700707
Website: http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk

Trad Music Awards Late Night Club. Start time 10.30pm (also 1st December)
Stay out late and enjoy the atmosphere and sessions in our late night club at the Alexandria Hotel. Tickets £2 (available at the door)

1st December
Scots Trad Music Awards and Gala Concert, Nevis Centre. Start time 7pm
The Awards, which give recognition to excellence within Scotland's thriving musical culture, encompass all aspects of traditional music from Gaelic Song, Folk, Scottish Dance music, to Pipe Bands and a host of others in between. Another important part of the evening is the induction of this year’s nominees into the Scottish Traditional Music - Hall of Fame. Acts performing at the 2007 Scots Trad Music Awards Ceremony will include The Unusual Suspects, Shooglenifty, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Sylvia Barnes, Kathleen MacInnes, The Marian Anderson Scottish Dance Band, Kintyre Schools Pipe Band, Feis Rois, Catriona Watt, Anna Massie Band. Our comperes this year are BBC Scotland's Mary Ann Kennedy and Stuart Cassells.

Tickets for the Scots Trad Music Awards and Gala Concert are £15 each (rake seating).

Look out for workshops and sessions which are on throughout the day in Fort William on Saturday 1st December. (details to follow)

Tickets for the each of the events will be available from Monday 1st October. (Thursday 28th November is last day for online sales. All sales after this will be from the Nevis Centre)

There are 4 ways to buy tickets for this event:
Buy online (through www.footstompin.com)
Call our box office on 0131 441 3135
Send a cheque to Hands Up for Trad at the address here (please remember to add postage to cheque)
Visit the Nevis Centre Box Office, Fort William tel 01397 700707.

Tickets are for the raked seating in the hall and cost £15 per ticket. There will be a £0.75 mailing charge applied to all postal sales so please remember to add this amount to your cheque.

Voting Timetable 2007

Voting 29th October - 23rd November.
You can fill in a form online or download the document as a pdf or Word file.

You vote for your favourite of the top 4 nominations in each category. The nomination with the most votes will the win the 2007 category.

2007 Awards (available for nominations)

Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD
Club of the Year sponsored by Living Tradition Magazine
Community Project of the Year sponsored by BBC Radio Shetland
Composer of the Year sponsored by Distil
Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
Gaelic Singer of the Year sponsored by Macmeanmna
Services to Industry Award sponsored by Scottish Arts Council
Instrumentalist of the Year sponsored by Temple Records
Live Act of the Year sponsored by Greentrax Recordings
Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association
Scottish Dance Band of the Year sponsored by National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Scottish Folk Band of the Year sponsored by Foot Stompin' Celtic Music
Scottish Pipe Band of the Year sponsored by The National Piping Centre
Up and Coming Artist of the Year sponsored by Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Strathspey and Reel Society of the Year sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Venue of the Year Award

2007 Special Awards (not for voting)

Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame sponsored by Fèisean nan Gàidheal

Performers
Awarded to musicians who have been in the industry over 30 years who have altered our musical landscape for the better including musicians, now no longer with us. The Battlefield Band's Alasdair White will write a tune for the international inductee to the Hall of Fame.

Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award
This award was introduced in 2003 to celebrate those special people whom Scottish traditional music couldn't do without. It was posthumously awarded to Hamish Henderson and thereafter known as "The Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music Award." In 2005 when the Hall of Fame was born we decided to bring the two awards together and insert recipients of both into the Hall of Fame.

We have a dedicated website to the special awards. You can find it at http://www.tradmusichall.com/

Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2006
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2005
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2004
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2003

Please support all our sponsors - without them this event would not happen: BBC Radio Shetland, Birnam CD, Distil, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, Foot Stompin’ Celtic Music, Greentrax, Highland Council, Highland 2007, Living Tradition Magazine, Lochaber Enterprise, Macmeanmna, The Royal National Mod, National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Scottish Arts Council, Temple Records, The National Piping Centre, Traditional Music and Song Association, VisitScotland, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Northlink Ferries, Highland Spring, Atlantic Edge Music Services.