June2020

beautiful rendition of ‘Highland Cathedral ‘and ‘Rowan Tree’ were played by Ellie
Steele, which brought a tide of tears as we all gathered in silent reflection in
remembering our dearest Lorraine. Although we were not able to attend the
funeral, we felt equally, that we were paying our respects to a great friend in
Lorraine who held magnificent musical talent and always had a smile, chat and
time for everyone she met.
Shona remembers Lorraine as a brilliant piano teacher, who always gave a warm
welcome to her (and us all).
“Lorraine would always help me in areas of music if I needed help. She would
always make it easy for me to learn music/piano. My lessons with Lorraine were
always enjoyable. One lesson in particular,
Lorraine asked her son Patrick to come &
listen to my playing, this made me feel
special, she wanted to show me off.
Lorraine always believed in everybody’s
playing and singing ability. I was in the
junior choir when I was at Eddleston
Primary School & enjoyed the singing, so
much so that when I was old enough, I
joined Eddleston Voices too. My mum is in
the choir, so that was an additional bonus.
I hadn’t been in the Voices group too long,
but again Lorraine made this fun & we
even had ‘social evenings’ which were good.
We all miss Lorraine very much, don’t
know what will happen with choir, she
will never be forgotten, she brought so
much energy & love to everyone’s lives
that she touched. Thank you Lorraine
for all the music friendship & love you
gave us. Shona.
Singer and fellow-musician, Kathy Kennedy and
her husband Ken were there:
“ It was so quiet, not a sound before the piper
played, the fiddlers… - and then Kirsty Loudon led
the African song, Forget Me Not - and the choir
quietly sang along - social distancing among the
grave stones…..x. there was a swallow weaving
amongst the stones as well - reminding us of the
spirit of Lorraine in her higher realm.”