Happy Hogmanay - listening to BBC Radio Scotland Live!
It's almost midnight in Scotland.
I am listening live to BBC Radio Scotland, as they count down the minutes.
15 minutes ago when I tuned in, they were playing Elvis Presley, followed by Dolly Parton's "9 to 5".... then there was Tom Jones...
Now they are going live to Edinburgh....
A pipe major plays the bagpipes.
There is a countdown.... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....
Then everybody sings a song - what is it??
It's not Auld Lang Syne!?!?!
It's some song about Happy New Year!
The hosts come back and ramble on like New Year's hosts do...
They pop a champagne cork.
Now I hear accordion music... sounds like a polka - no it's not.
It's some song about Caledonia...
I've never heard it before.
"Come in, come in...here's my hand..."
Oh - it's Andy Stewart... whoever he is...
Now they thank Radio Scotland listeners from around the world.
Oh- here's a song I recognize. "I Would Walk 500 Miles" by the Proclaimers. This reminds me of the 2003 GHFC dinner when my musician buddies Pat Coventon and pd wohl played their own version with a "Eat Haggis" bridge, and words about Toddish McWong.
Happy New Year everybody!!!!
