Afo News Blog
Southern States Tour 2023
The AFO is on tour! We’d love to see you at any of the forthcoming concerts. Download a PDF of our Southern States Tour programme. NEWNAN Thursday July 20th at 7.00pm Charles Wadsworth Auditorium, 25 Jefferson St, Newnan, GA 30263 Tickets available from www.facebook.com/newnancac MEMPHIS Saturday July 22nd at 7.00pm First Congregational Church, 1000 South Cooper Street, Memphis TN 38104 Tickets available from memphisyoutharts.org NEW ORLEANS Wednesday July 26th at 5.00pm (followed by a ceilidh) Briggs Assembly Center, St. Paul’s High School, 917 South Jahncke, Covington, LA 70433 Tickets available at the door on the night HOUSTON Saturday July 29th at 7.00pm MATCH (Mid Town Arts & Theatre Center), 3400 Main St, Houston, TX 77002 Tickets from...
AFO Spring Concert
Join us for our upcoming Spring Concert.
Rehearsals are back!
Saturday 21st August 2021 saw AFO return to in person rehearsals. It was an amazing afternoon of music making and was just fantastic to have everyone together again after 18 months working remotely via zoom. You can watch a short part of the rehearsal that we broadcast live on our Facebook page, linked below for you to enjoy – the live section starts 10 mins into the video! – Live concerts are coming soon!!...Summer Concert 2021
After another session working together to make wonderful music during these uncertain times, we have created a fantastic night of music. Join us Saturday 19th June 2021 at 7.30pm online via our Facebook page for this years summer concert.
AFO Face Masks & More
While we all stay safely at home and shop online for now remember that the AFO shop remains open. We have a selection of fabulous CD’s , great pencils and pens , cosy colourful scarves, delicious mints and much more! We also have our latest and very successful addition of Peace tartan masks ( only a few left ) and our colourful fiddle masks priced at just £5. All items can be purchased by email from Merchandice@fiddleorchestra.com and I will happily post items or hand deliver them locally without any contact. It’s been a difficult year for all of us, the orchestra relies on your generous support buying our merchandise and we are very grateful for that. Take care , stay safe and thanks from the merchandise...
THE AYRSHIRE FIDDLE ORCHESTRA AND THE GREGG VIOLIN
Following in the footsteps of the late great violin ,viola player and string teacher, Sandy Lyle, in 1992 Wallace Galbraith, the Founder and Director of the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra, became the Fiddler at the Bachelor’s Club in Tarbolton.
Supporting Afo this Christmas.
Another way you can support our AFO family is while doing your Christmas gift shopping via Amazon. By picking us as a charity for your basket you can easily help us keep the music alive and fiddling....Supporting AFO For Free!
With the year we have all seen, AFO have had to cancel most of our fundraising efforts to keep everybody safe. However, here is a fantastic way if you wish to support us which is totally free. All you have to do is do your usual online shopping while using this site. https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ayrshirefiddleorchestra/?invite=FI7VMC&referral-campaign=c2s&fbclid=IwAR3m8Fh4aPDwSSQlIARbdUVygNXkUlS_aIp7xQm3syqdgHL43W0O8hSHuM8 As always the AFO family appreciate all your support that allows us to entertain and bring people together with our...
AFO Summer Concert 2020
We are looking forward to our first ever virtual Summer Concert!
Saturday 20th June @ 7.30pm
A.F.O’s Cracking Christmas Fayre.
A huge thank you from all of us in the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra for coming along to spend time with us at our much anticipated Christmas Fayre in the Ayr Town Hall.
Our Christmas Concert!
We are beyond excited to announce our annual Christmas concert which will be at the Ayr Town Hall on Saturday the 14th of December, starting at 7.30pm.
Christmas Fayre – 30th November 10am – 2pm.
We would be delighted to see as many of you down at the Ayr Town Hall from 10am – 2pm this coming 30th of November! There is no better way to start off your Christmas season with some brilliant fiddle music and some perusing our fun stalls. We have plenty to offer such as homemade baking, wonderful crafts, Christmas gifts, bottle stalls, and tombolas. Bring your friends and family to potter around the tables, try your luck with some of our games and put your feet up and enjoy a nice cup of tea, home baking or even some soup. All the efforts and funds raised go towards keeping our fantastic organisation entertaining Ayrshire and beyond, which we are. as always, so very grateful for. This event is ideal to bring your family and friends, plus it’s a good way to start ticking off that to-do list for Christmas! And I hope you have been very good this year as Santa will be there tapping his feet to our tunes. We look forward to seeing you...
Last Performances: Kendo and Kunitachi.
Today was a very exciting yet emotional day. Today would be two performances at two different venues and also our last time playing together as this touring orchestra.
Fuji-Q: Fast and Furious.
It was a very early morning of a 7.am breakfast but nobody seemed to care because today was the much awaited day in any tour calendar- the theme park today and this tour it was to Fuji-Q Highland.
Day 10: Samurai, Shinkansen and Steak
It was a very sleepy start this morning as we were all packed and out of the hotel at 9.am – and we met our lovely Kyoto guides Keiko and Yuiko for the last time.
Day 9: Hiroshima
And here we are, arguably this tours ‘BIG DAY’ and it lived up to be so in so many ways for the orchestra.
Day 8: Castle, Culture Centre, Cranes.
This morning we had the chance to visit Nijo Castle, which is very different from any castle we would see at home.
Kyoto: Bullet Trains, Bento Boxes, and Buddhism.
Today we checked out of our hotel and travelled to Kyoto
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