One Night Stand

Sam McKelvey had a one night stand with Maree Robbens after meeting her at her best friend's wedding. But it didn’t end there… 

Anne’s song - competing versions

A song about Anne McKelvey was the subject of discussion on a Scottish folk-singing site. You will need to be conversant with Scots or Scots-Irish dialect or pronunciation to cope! There are three versions here - and perhaps they may give someone a party-piece!

An ear for music

Berke McKelvey is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music,in Boston, Massachusetts. A multi-instrumentalist who plays Baritone & Tenor Sax, Clarinet, Guitar, Bass, Piano and is also a fine vocalist, Berke has performed with Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Temptations, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Opera Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and San Diego Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded music tracks for the "Fame and Quincy" TV shows along with Sesame Street and Captain Kangaroo (no jive!).

Inspiring music in schools

Greg and Dean Robert Blocker, the Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music at Yale

Yale School of Music Symposium elected Greg McKelvey an Honoree in 2009. This was a fitting tribute to his contribution to music and especially in schools in the USA

Peace keeper with Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

George McKelvey was a law man with Wyatt Earp the famous Marshall of Tombstone which features in Western folklore. The incident which linked them was when George arrested a gambler whom he and Earp then saved from lynching by an armed crowd. Read on for a real-life mini-Western.

A friend of otters

Jan McKelvey is helping otters to survive and grow in England. Experts believe that the number of otters in Shropshire is growing and is part of a national trend. Jan is manager of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust.

Digging up the past

Jonathan McKelvey is the Senior  Archaeological Projects Manager with Tyne and Wear Museums Service UK.