Spring Term 2022 - Tuesday 9.30am - January - April
Date	Tunes
Tuesday 4th January	Some say the Devil's Dead, Road to the Isles, Green Grow the Rushes
Tuesday 11th January	Revise Some say the Devil's dead set of tunes. New Tune: Varsovianna
Tuesday 18th January	New Tune (The) Quaker.  Revise Some say Devil's dead set.
Tuesday 25th January	New Tunes: Three Around Three,  Man in the Moon.  Revise all tunes from beginning of term
Tuesday 1st February	New Tunes: A Hundred Pipers, Cock of the North
Tuesday 8th February	New Tune:  The Butterfuly
Tuesday 15th February
Tuesday 22nd February
Tuesday 1st March
Tuesday 8th March
Tuesday 15th March
Tuesday 22nd March
Tuesday 29th March
Tuesday 5th April
Tuesday 12th April
Tuesday 19th April
Tuesday 26th April

 

Autumn Term 2021 - Tuesday 9.30am - September-December
Date	Tunes
Tuesday 7th September	New Tune: Bonfire Tune, revise House in the Glen
Tuesday 14th September	New Tune: Little Drop of Coffee, revise Legacy
Tuesday 21st September	Mason's Apron
Tuesday 28th September	Fairy Dance, Miss McLeod (Scottish)
Tuesday 5th October	Soldier's Joy, Kate Dalrymple
Tuesday 12th October	Devil Among the Tailors
Tuesday 19th October	East Neuk of Fife
Tuesday 26th October	Staten Island
Tuesday 2nd November	Revision session
Tuesday 9th November	Another revision session
Tuesday 16th November	Gloucestershire Hornpipe, Dorsetshire Hornpipe
Tuesday 23rd November	Astley's Ride set
Tuesday 30th November	Auntie Mary's Canadian Barn Dance set
Tuesday 7th December	Sbrando, Captain White's
Tuesday 14th December	Bedbreaker, revise Sbrando and Captain White's
Spring Term commences Tuesday 4th January 2022

 

Summer Term 2021 - Tuesday 9.30am - May - August
Date	Tunes
Sunday 2nd May	Highly Strung Start the Summer Party 2pm-4pm via zoom from Yew Tree Cottage.
Tuesday 4th May	Far From Home, Minstrel's Fancy - understanding the rhythm and lift for this type of tune
Tuesday 11th May	Drops of Brandy - slip jig
Tuesday 18th May	Foxhunters - slip jig
Tuesday 25th May	Flat Water Fran - we will learn it first in the key G.  Once you know the tune should be easy to play in A.  It will be played at the morning assembly on Thursday 3rd June.  There is a recording is on the A-Z Tunes - play twice in G and once in A.
Tuesday 1st June	A Fig for a Kiss - slip jig - play the set of tunes and make sure we know Flat Water Fran in G and A
Tuesday 8th June	New Tunes Calliope House,  Blackthorn Stick - revise slip jig set and Flatwater Fran in G and A
Tuesday 15th June	Revise Blackthorn Stick and Calliope House.  New tune Major Mackie's Jig and make a start on Ripple on the Teign
Tuesday 22nd June	Revise Major Mackie and Ripple on the Teign.  New Tune Leaving Lismore Harmony Part 1
Tuesday 29th June	Harmony Part 1 Leaving Lismore
Dual Zoom/Room Class and Session until further notice.  Please use "What'sApp Tuesday Morning" for booking a place in the room.
Tuesday 6th July	Revision session - max 6 if indoors
Tuesday 13th July	New Tunes - Railway, Louisburg Square
Tuesday 20th July	New Tune - King of the Fairies.  Revise tunes learned on 13th July and 22nd June
Tuesday 27th July	New Tune - Wakefield Hunt, played King of the Fairies, Louisburg Square, The Railway
Tuesday 3rd August	Revision session - Green Castle, Cotillion des Dames, Three Sea Captains
Tuesday 10th August	Revision session - Pearl Wedding, Louisburg Square, Blackthorn Stick
Tuesday 17th August	Bear Dance harmonies.  Revise Galop Hey, Redowa Polka
Tuesday 24th August	Sweet Jenny Jones  Revise House in the Glen, The Legacy
Tuesday 31st August	Sweet Jenny Jones with Harmonies

 

Spring Term 2021 - Tuesday 9.30am - January - April
Date	Tunes
Tuesday 5th January	Crown Point Cottage
Tuesday 12th January	Revised Irish Jigs Set - Mc Hugh's, House in the Glen, (The) Legacy
Tuesday 19th January	Learned Petronella.  Revised Kelso Accordion and Fiddle, Auld Brig O'Kelso, Crown Point Cottage
Tuesday 26th January	Hogmanay Jig (it was Burns night yesterday!)
Tuesday 2nd February	Tich's Reel
Tuesday 9th February	Lady Mary Douglas,Three Sea Captains
Tuesday 16th February	Redowa Polka
Tuesday 23rd February	Learn/Revise one or two of the following tunes:  Old Morpeth Rant, Morpeth Rant, Hesleyside Reel - please let me know your choices
Tuesday 2nd March	Jig of Slurs and/or Athole Highlanders if we have time (in the session we will play Sweet Jenny Jones as it was St. David's Day yesterday)
10.45 session warm up tunes	Pride of Petravore, Far From Home, Minstrel's Fancy
Tuesday 9th March	Learn/Revise one or two of the following tunes: Aunty Mary's Canadian Barndance, Cotillion Des Dames, Danse de Chez Nous - please let me know your choices
Tuesday 16th March	Learn Woodland Flowers
10.45 session warm up tunes	Ned O'Connor set (St. Patrick's Day tomorrow)
Tuesday 23rd March	Learn Uncle's Jig to go with Woodland Flowers
Tuesday 30th March	Out on the Ocean
Tuesday 6th April	new tune - Plane Tree, revise Danse de Chez Nous
Tuesday 13th April	Rose in the Heather and revise Out on the Ocean and Plane Tree, concentrating on getting the jig rhythm.
Tuesday 20th April	McHugh's set - working on increasing your speed so please make sure you know the tunes well !  We started at 80 bpm and finished at 108bpm
Tuesday 27th April	Tich's Reel, Pride of Petravore set - playing more fluently

 

Autumn Term 2020 - Tuesday 9.30am - September - December
Date	Tunes
Tuesday 8th September	All in a Garden Green and Harmony
Tuesday 15th September	Learn at home this week's warm up tune Harvest Home.  In the class we learned Gentle Maiden  and the harmony
Tuesday 22nd September	New tune we will learn by ear High Reel - Irish reel -
Tuesday 29th September	New tune - Alisdair J Sim - (Willie Taylor)
Tuesday 6th October	New Tune - this time from Somerset - Henry Cave's Hornpipe as passed on by John Dipper summer 2006 - for traditional English music search for Chris Wood, Andy Cutting, Rob Harbron.
Tuesday 13th October	Julia Delaney - Irish Reel
Tuesday 20th October	2nd half Julia Delaney.  New tune to learn by ear at the group Old Joe's Jig - Irish Jig
Tuesday 27th October	Pride of Petravore (Eileen Og), An Comhra Don - two of the tunes to be played at the virtual 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.
Tuesday 3rd November	Ned O'Connor, Prowling Fox (Irish Polkas)
Tuesday 10th November	New Tune Mc Hugh's (Irish Jig), House in the Glen (Irish Jig)
Tuesday 17th November	Captain Bing (polka), Green Castle (hornpipe)
Tuesday 24th November	Legacy (Irish jig)
Tuesday 1st December	A new tune to follow Kelso Accordion and Fiddle Club - the Auld Brig O'Kelso which was introduced via video link by Bob Liddle who wrote these tunes.   Ding Dong Bell
Tuesday 8th December	Joe Banes Schottische, Revise Green Castle, Play Ding Dong Bell
Tuesday 15th December	Far From Home, play through tunes for Christmas Party
Tuesday 22nd December	Minstrel's Fancy
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