Since emerging from the Covid hiatus, our organization has gone through several changes. Notably, we have retired our old name in favor of the more accurate New Hampshire Scottish Music Club. We have made several moves in the direction of improving our orchestral playing. We have lost some dear members, and gained several new ones, including some younger people.

In an effort to address some unexpected last minute schedule changes, and perhaps to freshen things up a bit, we decided to move the location of our monthly gatherings to the enticing Wesley Methodist Church. This was driven by Gordon and Anne, and while we did what we thought was a fair amount of due diligence, this turned out not to be a good fit. There were multiple issues that arose, some of which might have been foreseen, and some which became apparent only after the fact.

We are fortunate that the door (and schedule) had remained open for us to return to the Music School. That change has happened immediately (effective with our February gathering).

While we apologize for the disruption, we appreciate everyone’s understanding that our intentions, and indeed expectations, were good. And we don’t want to create a mindset where we are not open to new ideas for the Scottish Music Club. We expect that the move back to the Music School will be long term, but our group should always be open to dynamic opportunities for keeping the group vibrant, and appealing to new members.

For now, that opportunity is in the form of Annie Papinsick serving as the music director. She has already introduced new ideas and requirements for discipline which sets us on a path of perpetual improvement. We look forward to that continuing as we return to our old home.

Our spring concert, originally scheduled for Wesley, will now be at the Music School, in the Community Room.