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Wednesday  6.30pm Improvers Class
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Thursday Morning Zoom Slow and Steady Class 9.30am-10.30am

Thursday 3rd September 2020-Thursday 14th July 2022

Zoom Link Below (you will be able to join 10 minutes before the class starts)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88960263597?pwd=QnM5U2ZiU0tnVkhNNXBkTDczSDBUdz09

Passcode: 545084

Contact Jill Elliot jillyelliot@gmail.com 07515 904 707
To access the A-Z Tunes Resource with all links to recordings and music, click here, then enter your password and username 

No Thursday morning classes planned for Autumn Term 2022

 

Summer Term  2022 - Thursday 9.30am-10.30am - May - August

Date

Tunes

Thursday 5th May Spootiskerry.  Wakefield Hunt
Thursday 12th May Sumer is icumen in
Thursday 19th May No Class
Thursday 26th May New Rigged Ship
Thursday 2nd June Full Rigged Ship
Thursday 9th June  Practice for concert on 10th June
Thursday 16th June Auntie Mary's Canadian Barndance set of tunes, Gloucestershire and Dorset Hornpipes
Thursday 23rd June No Class
Thursday 30th June Sumer Is Icumen In, Drops of Brandy, A Fig for a Kiss, Foxhunters (slip jig)
Thursday 7th July A Fig for a Kiss, Smuggler's Wedding Dance
Thursday 14th July Cotillion des Dames.  Revise: Drops of Brandy, A Fig for a Kiss, Foxhunters.  

 

Spring Term  2022 - Thursday 9.30am-10.30am - January - April 

Date

Tunes

Thursday 6th January Revision: Rose in the Heather, Green Castle, Bottom of the Punchbowl, Little Drop of Coffee
Thursday 13th January New Tune: Galopede.  Revision: Joe Banes' Schottische
Thursday 20th January New Tune: Petronella.  Revision: Plane Tree
Thursday 27th January Revision: Galopede and Petronella.  Also Out on the Ocean set, Dashing White Sergeant Set
Thursday 3rd February Revision:  An Comhra Don, Green Castle
Thursday 10th February  New Tune: Ballydesmond Polka 2  Revision: Joe Banes' Schottische
Thursday 17th February Ballydesmond Polka 3
Thursday 24th February Ballydesmond Polkas 2 and 3, An Comhra Don set (Green Castle, Joe Banes')
Thursday 3rd March Revise: Dashing White Sergeant, Bottom of the Punchbowl
Thursday 10th March New tune: White Cockade, Played all Dashing White Sergeant set.  New Tune: Monk's March
Thursday 17h March New Tune: Centenary March
Thursday 24th March Revise Monk's March, Centenary March, An Comhra Don.  Played Dashing White Sergeant set
Thursday 31st March New Tune: March of St. Timothy
Thursday 7th April Revision Monk's March, Centenary March, March of St. Timothy
Thursday 14th April Some Say the Devil's Dead
Thursday 21st April Road to the Isles
Thursday 28th April Green Grow the Rushes O - Revise the set of tunes.  Spootiskerry 1st half

 

Autumn Term  2021 - Thursday 9.30am-10.30am - September - December

Date

Tunes

Thursday 2nd September Jig of Slurs, Athole Highlanders
Thursday 9th September Bonfire Tune
Thursday 16th September A Little Drop of Coffee
Thursday 23rd September An Comhra Don set revision
Thursday 30th September Revise Little drop of coffee and Bonfire Tune, Play An Comhra Don Set
Thursday 7th October Revise Little drop of coffee and Bonfire Tune
Thursday 14th October Dashing White Sergeant
Thursday 21st October No Class
Thursday 28th October Bottom of the Punchbowl
Thursday 4th November White Cockade
Thursday 11th November Dashing White Sergeant set 
Thursday 18th November Jig of Slurs
Thursday 25th November Athole Highlanders
Thursday 2nd December Jig of Slurs, Athole Highlanders
Thursday 9th December Dashing White Sergeant,  An Comhra Don, Jig of Slurs, Athole Highlanders
Thursday 16th December White Cockade, Ned O'Connor, Out on the Ocean, Bonfire Tune
Spring Term starts on Thursday 6th January 2022

 

Summer Term  2021 - Thursday 9.30am-10.30am - May - August

Date

Tunes

Sunday 2nd May Highly Strung Start the Summer Party 2pm-4pm via zoom from Yew Tree Cottage.
Thursday 6th May Ned O'Connor, Prowling Fox, Captain Bing.  Please identify any phrases that you are having difficulty with.
Thursday 13th May House in the Glen
Thursday 20th May Mc Hugh's 
Thursday 27th May Legacy
Thursday 3rd June Revision of Mc Hugh's, House in the Glen, the Legacy.  New tune Salmon Tails which is on the play list for the Wednesday Slow and Steady Session.
Thursday 10th June  An Comhra Don 
Thursday 17th June An Comhra Don revision.  New tune - Green Castle.
Thursday 24th June Green Castle, An Comhra Don
Thursday 1st July Joe Banes' Schottische
Thursday 8th July An Comhra Don
Thursday 15th July Joe Banes'
Thursday 22nd July Plane Tree, First half of Rose in the Heather
Thursday 29th July 2nd Half Rose in the Heather, Played all Plane Tree and Rose in the Heather 
Thursday 5th August Out on the Ocean, Rose in the Heather
Thursday 12th August An Comhra Don, Mc Hugh's
Thursday 19th August Jig of Slurs
Thursday 26th August Athole Highlanders

 

Spring Term  2021 - Thursday 9.30am-10.30am - January - April 

Date

Tunes

Thursday 7th January Far from Home
Thursday 14th January Minstrel's Fancy
Thursday 21st January Kelso Accordion and Fiddle Club
Thursday 28th January play through Kelso Accordion and Fiddle Club make a start on Auld Brig O'Kelso
Thursday 4th February Auld Brig O'Kelso
Thursday 11th February  Auld Brig O'Kelso 
Thursday 18th February Crown Point Cottage
Thursday 25th February Crown Point Cottage
Thursday 4th March Play through the set of tunes - Kelso, Auld Brig, Crown Point Cott.  New Tune - Prowling Fox 
Thursday 11th March Prowling Fox (Irish Polka)
Thursday 18th March Captain Bing
Thursday 25th March Ned O'Connor
Thursday 1st April Revise Ned O'Connor, Prowling Fox, Captain Bing
Thursday 8th April Bowing and revision for Far From Home
Thursday 15th April Bowing and revision for Minstrel's Fancy
Thursday 22nd April Far From Home and Minstrel's Fancy aiming to play more fluently 
Thursday 29th April Pride of Petravore, Far From Home, Minstrel's Fancy - aiming to play more fluently

 

Autumn Term  2020 - Thursday 9.30am-10.30am - September - December

Date

Tunes

3rd September North Weston Village Hall Learned 1st half of All in a Garden Green - listen to the 2nd half until you can sing along with it in preparation for learning how to play it next week
10th September All in a Garden Green 2nd half 
17th September All in a Garden Green harmony
24th September All in a Garden Green - tune plus harmony
1st October All in a Garden Green - tune plus harmony
8th October Maggie in the Woods - Irish Polka
15th October Dan MacDonald's - Irish Polka
22nd October Green Cottage - Irish Polka
29th October Shoe the Donkey - play through Dan MacDonald's and Green Cottage - these tunes will be played at the ceili on Saturday
Saturday 31st October  Join Maggie Daniel and the Perfect Cure Ceili Band for our Halloween Ceili - Click here for dances to be called with instructions and a list of tunes for musicians to join in too.
5th  November - via zoom Revision of Shoe the Donkey, Dan MacDonald's and Green Cottage
12th November - via zoom All in a Garden Green with Harmony.  Pride of Petravore (Eileen Og)
19th November - via zoom Pride of Petravore, Shoe The Donkey, Maggie in the Woods
26th November - via zoom Dan MacDonald's Polka, Maggie in the Woods
3rd  December - via zoom Green Cottage
10th December - via zoom Ding Dong Bell 
17th December - via zoom Geud Man of Ballingigh, and if time we will also do Nonesuch 
Wednesday 23rd December Highly Strung and Folk Feet Christmas Party 1.45pm - dancing and playing starts at 2pm - 3pm chatting to finish around 3.15pm - email Jill jillyelliot@gmail.com for the programme