Bernie Hewitt

Bernie Hewitt is now retired from a full career in public service which included a lot of experience working with international organisations. Since his first attempt at retirement he has worked in Saudi Arabia, as business tutor at Fife College and as a recruitment consultant. From the age of 14 he has played the accordion, and now plays (and calls) ceilidh sessions as a solo artist, leads a small ceilidh band, has taught ceilidh dancing as exercise classes in fitness centres and lays on dementia-friendly Scottish music shows in care homes. In the past he has played for ceilidhs in places as far afield as Florida and Bangladesh, but now works from his home in Dunfermline, travelling all over the Central Belt of Scotland, and sometimes a bit further. His favourite gigs are playing a ceilidh set at weddings and other parties, where his music gets people onto the floor, and not long afterwards, having managed several different ceilidh dances, are usually panting for breath, dripping with sweat and shouting for more.