strathspey@strathspey.org:52497

Jean Martin

Re: Old Scottish Music

May 20, 2008, 6:57 p.m. (Message 52497, in reply to message 52470)

Hi there,

Annie Shand (Mrs) and Annie Shand Scott (Miss) were definitely two different
people - both from Aberdeen.  Annie Shand of Old Scottish Music fame was
much older than Annie Shand Scott.  I don't know whether they were related
but that could possibly be discovered.  However, I think it's unlikely there
was a link with Jimmie Shand.

There's an obituary for Annie Shand in one of the old Bulletins - a copy of
which is in the Archives but I'm afraid I don't know the year.  Certainly by
the time I came to Aberdeen in the mid 1960s, Annie Shand had died.
'Scotty' - Annie Shand Scott - on the other hand was very much alive and
played regularly for Aberdeen Branch classes.  Her band was the resident one
at the Northern Hotel for many years, but she too would have been dead by
the late seventies or early eighties. Ian's researches refer to two people
which I'm sure he has realised.

I'll follow this up as soon as I can find some time to ask around.  I'm sure
some of the older members of the Branch will have more information.

Jean Martin
Aberdeen