A C485
Artists: Belle Stewart & Sheila Stewart
Event: Scottish Ballad Singing Workshop during 1985 Augusta Summer Programming
Tunes:
- Discussion of Scottish Highland Traveller traditions and lives
- Unnamed Song
- Canty Old Wife
- Frederick Mallaghy – Aberdeenshire Ballad
- The Banks of the Lee
- Black Waterside/The Lovely Irish Maid
- Bonny Irish Boy
Collected/Recorded by:
Date: August 15th, 1985
Notes: Belle Stewart and Sheila Stewart are mother and daughter, respectively. They are Scottish Highland Travellers who carry on an old ballad tradition. Scottish Highland Travellers are different from the Roma people, who are also called travellers. Scottish Highland Travellers are indigenous to Scotland.
The Augusta Programming Collection contains recordings of events produced by the Augusta Heritage Center, beginning in the early 1970s. A number of people contributed to this collection, including Flawn Williams, Gerry Milnes, and Bob Smakula. The collection features recordings of Augusta concerts, cultural sessions, Master Artist visits, and more, which showcase a variety of musical and cultural traditions.