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Odyssey:Poets and Pioneers

on BBC Radio 4 FM

' Ach lean sinn am fasan 'bha againn 'bho thus '
(But we followed our old customs nevertheless)
(JOHN MACLEAN , Balephull and Brandon)
In the 19th century hundreds of families left the Hebridean island of Tiree for new homes in Canada. Traditions among their descendants, music and poetry describe the process of adaptation and the survival of the old culture and values in the emigrant communities. Compiled by Margaret A. Mackay
Readers FLORA MACPHAIL and DONALD MEEK
Singers DONALD SINCLAIR , HECTOR KENNEDY and AUSTAIR MACNEILL
Fiddles DEREK HOY and HUGH LAMONT
Producer BILLY KAY (First broadcast on Radio Scotland)
(Postponed from 25 April)

Contributors

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John MacLean
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Margaret A. MacKay
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Readers Flora MacPhail
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Donald Meek
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Singers Donald Sinclair
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Hector Kennedy
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Austair MacNeill
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Fiddles Derek Hoy
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Hugh Lamont
Producer:
Billy Kay

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