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Name: | Islay Spalding |
| Occupation: | Jewellery Designer/Maker | |
| Year you started playing drums: | 1991 | |
| Taught by: | Jimmy Mills | |
| Davie Miller | ||
| John Moneagle | ||
| Brian Gibb | ||
| Previous bands: | MacKenzie Caledonian Novice Juveniles | |
| Vale of Atholl Juveniles | ||
| Tayforth UOTC | ||
| Favourite tunes: | MacCrimmon's
Sweetheart, Grande Nuit in Port De Peche, Le Rayon Vert, Highland Wedding |
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| Favourite bands: | This today, that tomorrow, not one in particular! | |
| Favourite booze: | A cold bottle of lager on a hot summer day | |
| Achievements/History of drumming career: | Islay
was the lead drummer of our Novice
Juvenile band when they won the World Championships and became Champion
of Champions in 1998. She then moved on to the Vale of Atholl Juveniles, where she was the lead drummer for two years. Islay rejoined the MacKenzie in 2006 to help out our tenor section, and is now back playing side with us. She has played in Japan, Lithuania and Brittany, and has performed twice at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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