Motion: Hands Up For Young Trad Ambassadors

S3M-05661 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (Scottish National Party): Hands up for Young Trad Ambassadors— That the Parliament recognises the worth of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition’s finalists for musical excellence, as ambassadors for their nation’s culture and heritage and contributors to the wellbeing, both economic and social, of Scotland; notes that the competition is celebrating its tenth anniversary and congratulates the 2010 winner, Daniel Thorpe, along with previous winners, Gillian Frame, Emily Smith, Anna Massie, James Graham, Stuart Cassells, Shona Mooney, Catriona Watt, Ewan Robertson and Ruaridh Macmillan, and thanks the BBC, Simon Thoumire and the TMSA for the work carried out in organising both the competition and the resultant Young Trad Tours.