James Scott Skinner
James Scott Skinner was born 5th of August 1843, in
Arbeadie Village. He started to learn to play the violin and cello
from his brother Alexander when he was 7 years old. He joined Dr.
Mark's Little Men, a travelling orchestra. He spent 6 years in
intensive training at their headquarters in Manchester. James had
the opportunity to travel around the United Kingdom, and played for
Queen Victoria at Buckingham palace on February 10th
1858. James continued his education with a year's dancing tuition
from William Scott. He then started to teach dancing around
Aberdeen, and began to win competitions. His name started to get
recognized, Queen Victoria requested that he teach the royal
household callisthenics and dancing at Balmoral. James became a
dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer before his death on
17th of March, 1927.
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