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2017 Tune writing competition results. There were 23 submissions!!!
1st place ~ Jigging with Judha by Joanna Johnson
2nd place~ The Ghoulish Gala by Catherine McClain
3rd place ~ Mrs. Dorothy Marions' Delight by Joanna Johnson
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The Following is a list of common Session tunes from various parts of the country. If you have more to add we welcome your contributions. 
The following tunes are from the Pennsylvania area. 

Airs:
Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch
Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife
Neil/Nathaniel Gow's Lament for His Brother
Bonnie Prince Charlie's Last View of Scotland
MacPherson's Lament
Marni Swanson of the Grey Coast

Jigs:
Jig of Slurs
Calliope House (which is in Pittsburgh, by-the-way)
Blackthorn Stick
Muckin' of Geordie's Byre
Stool of Repentance
Stan Chapman's Jig
Atholl Highlander's (really a march, but played as a jig in jams)
Drummond Castle
Sailor's Wife

Reels:
Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay
De'il Amang the Tailors
Mason's Apron
Clean Pease Strae
Pretty Peggy
(Largo's) Fairy Dance
Willafjord
Sleep Soond Inda Moarnin'
Jenny Dang the Weaver
Miss Susan Cooper
Miss Shepherd
Spootiskerry
The Tongadale Reel
Tam Lin / The Glasgow Reel
The Easy Club
Flowers of Edinburgh
High Road to Linton
Brenda Stubbert's Reel

Strathspeys:
Aird Ranters
Kirrie Kebbuck
Captain Campbell
Braes of Mar
The Iron Man
Stirling Castle
Laird O'Drumblair
Marquis of Huntly
Braes of Tyllymet
Cameron's Got His Wife Again
The Smith's A Gallant Fireman
Miss Drummond of Perth

Marches:
Battle of Waterloo
Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle
Headland's March
Fingal's Cave
Scott Skinner's Compliments to Dr. MacDonald
Tae Daunton Me
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