Battlefield Hosts FREE Music Workshop Before Concert

The Battlefield Band – Click for larger image – John Slavin photo

Friday Harbor’s favorite Scottish friends and their “Forward with Scotland’s Past” motto return to San Juan Community Theatre on Friday, April 4—their 15th island visit since the early 1990s. And this time, Battlefield Band will share more of how they work their musical magic.

A free workshop for all ages will be held in the Whittier Theatre at 4 p.m.; band members will lead a discussion about Scottish music and instruments, and local musicians are invited to play. Then at 7:30 p.m., the Scots take the stage to showcase their unique fusion of ancient and modern traditional music and song.

Founded by a group of friends in 1969 and named after the ‘Battlefield’ area of Glasgow, the band has been touring and performing throughout the world ever since. The band’s most recent album, Room Enough For All, illustrates once again that they are among the most relevant contemporary composers and interpreters of Celtic music today. They were recently nominated for an Independent Music Award for the album’s opening track, “Bagpipe Music,” in the “World Traditional Song” category.

Battlefield Band’s appearance at SJCT was made possible through support from the Western States Arts Foundation (WESTAF) and National Endowment for the Arts.
The Business Partners for Battlefield Band are Cask & Schooner Public House and Restaurant and Goddulanglie, Lawyers/Advisors. Concert tickets are $29 each. The SJCT box office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. www.sjctheatre.org or 378-3210.

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