They are from very different parts of the country and have been involved in contrasting career paths.
But Meg Findlay, from Stonehaven, and Joan Moran, from Jura, have both spent decades spreading their love of music throughout the wider world.
The two women have now been announced as inductees into the prestigious Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame and will be honoured on December 7 at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards at Aberdeen’s Music Hall.
Since moving to Aberdeenshire in the mid 1980s, Ms Findlay has made a huge contribution to the local music scene by establishing and running Stonehaven Folk Club as the prelude to creating an annual festival in the town.
Thee festival hosts some of the best-known musicians but also includes a few less conventional events, including the creation of the Guinness World Record’s Largest Ceilidh Band.
Ms Findlay has always relished working with youngsters and has an uncomplicated philosophy to staging large-scale events.
She said: “Sometimes you just need to come to Stonehaven and have a shot at a paper and comb.”
On the other side of the country, Mrs Moran put Jura on Scotland’s cultural map when she was one of the founders of the island’s folk festival in 1994.
She left school at the age of 16 and started her family a year later, moving to Jura 46 years ago when her then-husband saw an advert for a job vacancy at a distillery.
The local session scene in Jura inspired her three sons to get involved with music, with the trio learning how to play traditional music from local performers.
After attending Celtic Connections, she was inspired to make Jura part of the touring circuit, bringing world-class acts to her home to inspire young people and provide an environment in which the islanders could share and enjoy music.
Last year, it was at full capacity with all local B&Bs and residencies booked up and visitors coming from as far afield as Europe and South Africa.
