This collection comprises video footage of gospel music events taking place during fieldwork in North-East Scotland from 2005 to 2008. These events were documented as part of a wider PhD research project into sacred singing traditions in fishing communities along the coast between Aberdeen and Wick, and in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Many of the members of fishing communities in this region are members of evangelical Christian denominations such as the Baptist Church, Assemblies of God, Salvation Army, and the Brethren (Open, Exclusive and Churches of God) in addition to a number of independent congregations. These denominations have been dominant in the region since the Great Awakening of 1859-60 and subsequent revivals in the area including the 1874 visit of Dwight L Moody and Ira D Sankey. This visit resulted in the introduction of organ accompaniment in worship and a new gospel song repertoire which could be found in Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos collection and the Redemption Songs hymn book.

The ethnographic films which comprise this collection provide a cross-section of some of the events in the region in which gospel singing and instrumental music are fundamental features. The collection includes the following:

• A lecture on the life and work of Dwight L Moody and Ira D Sankey in North-East Scotland in 1874 dispersed by singing from the congregation of traditional gospel songs. This is held in Dyce parish church, just outside Aberdeen City, and is led by an elder of the Church of Scotland, Raymond Mack and the organist Tom Fobister who are both from Aberdeen. The event was held on November 2, 2005. The footage includes congregational singing, prayer, and address and lasts roughly two hours.
  
  
• An annual flute band walk in the coastal villages of Inverallochy and Cairnbulg, situated a few miles from the town of Fraserburgh in December 2005. The origins of this event date back to the temperance movement which started in the 1840s. It is attended by numerous members of the local population and includes a group playing evangelical hymn tunes on small wooden flutes, drummers, a band leader and pedestrians following behind.
  
  
• Gospel sing-along event which took place in an Open Brethren hall in Torry, a residential area of Aberdeen. The event featured congregation, solo and duet singing with preaching, Bible readings and prayers, and took place in May 2006.
  
  
• Anniversary celebrations of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen in St Fitticks Parish Church, Aberdeen. The event included choral singing from the North of Scotland Gospel Male Voice Choir and St Fitticks Youth Choir, and includes Bible readings, prayers and sermon.

This collection is currently in production and is not yet available to the public.

Frances Wilkins is currently completing a PhD in Ethnology and Folklore at the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland where she has been based since September 2005. She is working under the supervision of Dr. Ian Russell on a documentation and research project concerning Sacred Singing traditions in the fishing communities of North and North-East Scotland. The aim of this project has been to record and analyse current practices, placing them historically and contemporaneously within the faith communities and understanding them in their social and cultural contexts. Previously she completed a degree in Music at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and outside her studies teaches Scottish traditional music to mixed instrument groups and plays English concertina in various music groups in Aberdeen.