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Learn an instrument in the beginners group at
6.30
Learn new tunes - scroll down to see
what we are learning at the moment
Learn the Highly Strung Community Band tune repertoire so you
can play at our events - click
here for the Highly Strung Band programme
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6.30pm - 7.30pm learn a new tune by ear slow pace.
The tunes in this group will introduce you to scales, arpeggios and
technique.
7.30pm - 7.45pm - hot drinks break - more
advanced players arrive
7.45pm - 8.30pm - learn a new tune by ear
faster pace
8.30pm - 9.30pm - round the table session
- play latest new tunes and tune sets, and remind ourselves of tunes we
have learned in the past.
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If you
have any queries, please e mail jillyelliot@gmail.com
or ring 07515 904 708 |
Each week the names of the tunes we covered
the previous week will be posted
and you can then go to the Tunes
A-Z Index to hear an audio recording and
print out the written music. A recording of any Irish tunes we learn
can be found on the Irish tunes page.
Remember
to look at Timetable Summary for the full timetable of
music and dance classes and the Highly Strung website for Events for the Band.
Spring
Term 2020 January - April
|
Date |
Tunes
|
Summer
term cancelled due to Covid 19 |
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
29th April |
cancelled due to Covid 19
|
Wednesday
22nd April |
Wednesday
15th April |
Wednesday
8th April |
Wednesday
1st April |
Wednesday
25th March |
Wednesday
18th March |
Wednesday
11th March |
Oyster
Girl |
Green
Mountain Petronella |
Wednesday
4th March |
A
Starry Night for a Ramble |
Whitehaven
Volunteers |
Wednesday
26th February |
A
Starry Night for a Ramble |
Pearl
Wedding |
Wednesday
19th February |
Le
Tourment, Davy Davy Nick Nack |
Full
Rigged Ship (Shetland) |
Wednesday
12th February |
Le
Tourment |
New Rigged Ship (slow Shetland tune) |
Wednesday
5th February |
Le
Tourment |
Pearl
Wedding, Nancy Taylor's |
Wednesday
29th January |
Le
Tourment |
Nancy
Taylor's, Spootiskerry |
Wednesday
22nd January |
Uncle
Bernard's D practice - played whole set |
2nd
2 parts of Nancy Taylor's Reel and revise 1st 2 parts |
Wednesday
15th January |
Practice
of Tip Top Polka, Rakes
of Mallow |
Mist
Covered Mountain practice, 1st 2 parts Nancy Taylor's Reel |
Wednesday
8th January |
Tip
Top Polka - revise 1st 1/2 and learn 2nd 1/2 |
Mist
Covered Mountain |
Autumn
Term 2019 - September - December
|
Date |
Tunes
|
Note:
this group will recommence on Wednesday 8th January 2020 |
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
18th December |
Tip
Top Polka in D (click for full version of fiddle tab) High Caul Cap |
Favourite
tunes session |
Wednesday
11th December |
Maison
de Glace, Early in the Year |
Sally
Sloane, Morgan Rattler, Blackberry Quadrille |
Wednesday
4th December |
Maison
de Glace |
Mazurka
Limousin, Bear Dance, Prelude Polka, New Boots for Maggie Polka, Jessica's
Polka |
Wednesday
27th November |
Early
in the Year |
Caliope
House |
Wednesday
20th November |
Early
In The Year |
Banish
Misfortune, Humours of Ennistymon |
Wednesday
13th November |
Stow
Quickstep, High Caul Cap |
Lovely
Nancy |
Wednesday
6th November |
Tip
Top Polka, Uncle Bernard's set of tunes |
Banish
Misfortune set - changes and timing |
Wednesday
30th October |
Rogues
March, Tip Top Polka |
Banish
Misfortune |
Wednesday
23rd October |
Rogue's
March |
Smuggler's
Wedding Harmony part |
Wednesday
18th October |
Alexandrine
March, Astley's Ride set |
Apples
in Winter (Irish jig) |
Wednesday
9th October |
Alexandrine
March, plus practice of Uncle Bernard's and Winster Gallop |
Early
in the Year |
Wednesday
2nd October |
Alexandrine
March, Astley's
Ride set, Uncle Bernard's set, Stow Quickstep set |
Captain
Bing, All in a Garden Green harmony part |
Wednesday
25th September |
Alexandrine
March 2nd Half |
Slockit
Light |
Wednesday
18th September |
Alexandrine
March 1st Half |
Levi
Jackson Rag |
Wednesday
11th September |
Astley's
Ride set, Uncle Bernard's set, Stow Quickstep set |
Levi
Jackson Rag |
Wednesday
4th September |
Stow
Quickstep 2nd half |
Levi
Jackson Rag |
Summer
Term 2019 - May - August
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
29th August |
High
Caul Cap, Stow Quickstep 1st half |
Prowling
Fox |
Wednesday
21st August |
High
Caul Cap |
Cincinnati
Rag |
Wednesday
14th August |
No
groups |
No
groups |
Wednesday
7th August |
No
groups - Sidmouth Festival |
No
groups - Sidmouth Festival |
Wednesday
31st July |
Uncle
Bernard's Set |
Corn
Rigs set, Jig of Slurs set, Woodland Flowers set, Flowers of Edinburgh set |
Wednesday
24th July |
Rakes
of Mallow |
Corn
Rigs set, Jig of Slurs set, Woodland Flowers set, Flowers of Edinburgh set |
Wednesday
17th July |
Tip
Top Polka, a bit more of High Caul Cap |
Le
Tourment |
Wednesday
10th July |
2nd
half of High Caul Cap |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Wednesday
3rd July |
Astleys
Ride, Davy Davy, Rochdale Coconut |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Wednesday
26th June |
Buttered
Peas G, Uncle B and Winster Gallop |
(Le)Tourment,
Maison de Glace, Early in the Year |
Wednesday
19th June |
Tip
Top Polka, Winster and Uncle B for Clapton Concert 28th June |
Early
in the Year, practice for Clapton Concert |
Wednesday
12th June |
Astley's
Ride, Winster and Uncle B for Clapton Concert 28th June |
Mad
Robin, (Le)Tourment |
Wednesday
5th June |
Winster
Gallop, Uncle Bernard's |
Mad
Robin, (Le)Tourment |
Wednesday
29th May |
Tip
Top Polka |
Waiting for the Federals, Whiskey before Breakfast,
Maison de Glace |
Wednesday
22nd May |
Rochdale
Coconut Dance, Davy Davy |
Mad
Robin |
Wednesday
15th May |
Rakes
of Mallow |
Prelude
Polka, I'll Buy new boots for Maggie |
Wednesday
8th May |
Tip
Top Polka |
Hag
with the Money, Mason's Apron |
Wednesday
1st May |
Winster
Gallop |
Morpeth
Rant, Hesleyside Reel |
Spring
Term 2019 January - April
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
24th April |
Davy
Davy Nick Nack |
Old
Morpeth Rant |
Wednesday
17th April |
Uncle
Bernard's |
Idlewild
Jig, Revise Little Burnt Potato |
Wednesday
10th April |
Winster
Gallop |
Old
Morpeth Rant, Revise Aunty Mary's Set of tunes |
Wednesday
3rd April |
Astley's
Ride |
Johnnie
Cope in a minor |
Wednesday
27th March |
Rochdale
Coconut Dance |
Twin
Sisters |
Wednesday
20th March |
Rochdale
Coconut Dance |
Caliope
House |
Wednesday
13th March |
Davy
Davy Nick Nack |
The
Banshee (Irish reel) |
Wednesday
6th March |
Astley's
Ride |
Siobhan
Hurl's (slide), Old Favourite (slide) |
Wednesday
27th February |
Rochdale
Coconut Dance all |
Dorsetshire
Hornpipe |
Wednesday
20th February |
Rochdale
Coconut dance 1st half |
My
Lord Byron's Maggot, Revise
Aunty Mary's, Cotillion des dames, Danse de chez nous |
Wednesday
13th February |
Astley's
Ride and Davy Davy |
Jessica's
Polka |
Wednesday
6th February |
Davy
Davy 2nd half |
Mr.
Beveridge's Maggot |
Wednesday
30th January |
Davy
Davy Nick Nack first half |
The
Banshee |
Wednesday
23rd January |
Astley's
Ride |
Trip
to Durrow |
Wednesday
16th January |
Uncle
Bernard's D, Britches Full of Stitches |
Danse
de Chez Nous |
Wednesday
9th January |
Uncle
Bernard's D, Britches Full of Stitches |
New
Tune 1 in G Jan 2019 |
Autumn
Term 2018 - September - December
|
Date |
Tunes
|
Note:
this group will recommence on Wednesday 9th January |
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
19th December |
Uncle
Bernard's D |
Britches
full of stitches |
Wednesday
12th December |
Uncle
Bernard's D, Britches full of stitches |
Aunty
Mary's Canadian Barn Dance set of tunes |
Wednesday
5th December |
Uncle
Bernard's D |
Danse
de Chez Nous, jig technique |
Wednesday
28th November |
Cotillion
des Dames |
Mason's
Apron plus technique for playing |
Wednesday
21st November |
Danse
de Chez Nous |
Cotillion
des Dames, Danse de Chez Nous |
Wednesday
14th November |
Aunty
Mary's Canadian Barn Dance, |
Aunty
Mary's Canadian Barn Dance, Cotillion des Dames |
Wednesday
7th November |
Alexandrine
March |
Danse
de Chez Nous |
Its Your Ceili 2018 Friday 2nd November, St.
Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park, BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
31st October |
Rogues
March |
Pearl
Wedding |
Wednesday
24th October |
Uncle
Bernard's D, Humours of Glendart |
Athole
Highlanders, Jig Rhythm |
Wednesday
19th October |
Humours
of Glendart |
Old
Favourite, Seamus McManus |
Wednesday
10th October |
Silver
Spear, Old Favourite |
Slide
Rhythm |
Wednesday
3rd October |
Sheehan's
Reel |
Silver
Spear, Nell O'Sullivan's Slide, Mealagh Valley Polka in D |
Wednesday
26th September |
Uncle
Bernard's in G |
Sheehan's
Reel |
Wednesday
19th September |
John
Stenson's Reel |
Maids
of Ardagh |
Wednesday
12th September |
Micho
Russell (Irish Slide) |
Out
on the Ocean |
Wednesday
5th September |
Teetotaller |
McFadden's
3rd part, Gravel Walks |
Its Your Ceili 2018 Friday 7th September, St.
Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park, BS6 7NS |
Summer
Term 2018 - May - August
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
29th August |
Teetotaller |
Road
to Lisdoonvarna (slide), Mc Fadden's 2nd part, Banish Misfortune |
Wednesday
22nd August |
Gloucestershire
Hornpipe, Dorsetshire Hornpipe |
McFadden's
2nd and 3rd parts |
Wednesday
15th August |
McFadden's
Handsome Daughter 1st part (recording on Irish tunes page) |
Siobhan
Hurl's (recording on Irish tunes page) |
Wednesday
8th August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
1st August |
Dorsetshire
Hornpipe |
Dorsetshire
Hornpipe, Jack's Maggot |
Wednesday
25th July |
Gathering
Peascods - part 1 and 2, All in a Garden green - part 1 |
A
Fig for a Kiss, Drops of Brandy |
Wednesday
18th July |
Clapton
Concert tunes and songs |
Mason's
Apron |
Wednesday
11th July |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Its
Your Ceili 2018 Friday 6th July, St. Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park,
BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
4th July |
Black
Nag, Buttered Peas |
Fandango,
Miss Margaret Hill's Waltz |
Wednesday
27th June |
Ripple
on the Teign |
Clapton
Concert Tunes and Songs |
Wednesday
20th June |
Fandango |
Mingulay
Boat Song |
Wednesday
13th June |
La
Russe |
Caddam
Wood |
Wednesday
6th June |
Fandango |
One
More Dance and Then |
Wednesday
30th May |
Golden
Slippers |
Boys
of Malin |
Wednesday
23rd May |
Winster
Gallop |
Percy
Brown's Waltz for the Valeta |
Wednesday
16th May |
Winster
Gallop, Rakes of Mallow |
John
Stenson's (Irish Reel) |
Wednesday
9th May |
Rakes
of Mallow |
Winster
Gallop |
Its
Your Ceili 2018 Friday 4th May, St. Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park,
BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
2nd May |
Denis
Doodey's no 2 (Irish polka) |
Denis
Doodey's no. 3 (Irish Polka) |
Spring
Term 2018 January - April
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
25th April |
Mason's
Apron plus bowing technique |
Charles
Lynch's Waltz |
Wednesday
18th April |
Ship's
Cook, Captain's Table |
Mason's
Apron |
Wednesday
11th April |
Tunes
for Fundraising Ceili Hutton |
Tunes
for Fundraising Ceili Hutton |
Wednesday
4th April |
Wonder
Hornpipe |
Mickey
Duggan, Micho Russel, Going to the Well for Water (slides) |
Wednesday
28th March |
Ship's
Cook, Captain's Table |
Ship's
Cook, Captain's Table |
Wednesday
21st March |
Jill's
Maggot |
Captain's
Table |
Wednesday
14th March |
Humours
of Ennistymon |
Wonder
Hornpipe |
Wednesday
7th March |
Biddy
the Bowl Wife |
Stool
of Repentance, Humours of Ennistymon |
Its
Your Ceili 2017 Friday 2nd March, St. Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park,
BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
28th February |
Centenary
March |
Kinneged
Slashers |
Wednesday
21st February |
Monks
March, Foula Reel, Battle of Aughrim |
Madame
Bonaparte |
Wednesday
14th February |
Gloucestershire
Hornpipe |
Dorsetshire
Hornpipe |
Wednesday
7th February |
Hot
Punch |
Foula
Reel |
Wednesday
31st January |
Jack's
Maggot, Ballydesmond Polka (no.2) |
Green
Mountain Petronella, Teelin Petronella |
Wednesday
24th January |
Seven
Stars, Month of May |
Hot
Punch, Fiery Clockface |
Wednesday
17th January |
Scotland
the Brave, 100 Pipers |
Fiery
Clockface, Month of May |
Wednesday
10th January |
A
Hundred Pipers, Cock of the North |
Mairi's
Wedding, Kinnegad Slashers |
Wednesday
3rd January |
Captain
White's |
Old
Grey Cat |
Autumn
Term 2017 - September - December
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
20th December |
Lady
Mary Douglas |
Officer's
Polka, Kit White's Square Eight |
Wednesday
13th December |
Lady
Mary Douglas |
Loch
Erin's Shore, South Wind |
Wednesday
6th December |
Three
Sea Captains |
Three
Sea Captains Set of tunes |
Wednesday
29th November |
Three
Sea Captains |
News
of the Victory |
Wednesday
22nd November |
Old
Grey Cat |
Lady
Mary Douglas |
Wednesday
15th November |
Johnny
Cope, Staten Island |
Flowers
of Edinburgh |
Wednesday
8th November |
Johnny
Cope |
Staten
Island |
Friday
3rd November |
It's
Your Ceili |
Wednesday
1st November |
Tythe
Pig |
Tunes
for IYC on Friday |
Wednesday
25th October |
Galopede |
Petronella |
Wednesday
20th October |
Teelin
Petronella |
Teelin
Petronella, Tythe Pig |
Wednesday
11th October |
Whitehaven
Volunteers |
Revision
of recently learned tunes |
Wednesday
4th October |
Hogmanay
Jig set revision and Galopede set revision |
Whitehaven
Volunteers |
Wednesday
27th September |
Hogmanay
Jig |
Gobbie
O, Hymns for Harvest Service on Sunday |
Wednesday
20th September |
Petronella
2 |
Biddy
the Bowl Wife |
Wednesday
13th September |
Revise Galopede
and Petronella |
Stool
of Repentance |
Wednesday
6th September |
Revise
Galopede G, Petronella |
Hogmanay
Jig, The Gobbie O |
Summer
Term 2017 - May - August
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Friday
1st September |
It's
Your Ceili - St. Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park,
BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
30th August |
Galopede
G |
Twin
Sisters G, Eightsome reel set |
Wednesday
23rd August |
Petronella
2 G |
Petronella
2 G, Idlewild Jig |
Wednesday
16th August |
No
Group |
|
Wednesday
9th August |
No
Group |
|
Wednesday
2nd August |
No
Group |
|
Wednesday
26th July |
No
Group |
|
Wednesday
19th July |
No
Group |
|
Wednesday
12th July |
Ballydesmond
Polka 3 (no. 2 on dots) |
Clapton
Concert Practise |
Friday
7th July |
It's Your Ceili - St. Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park, BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
5th July |
Buttered
Peas |
Jenny
Lind, 3 around 3 |
Wednesday
28th June |
Enrico |
Concert
Programme for 14th July |
Wednesday
21st June |
Enrico,
Ballydesmond Polka No 2 |
Buttered
Peas Too |
Wednesday
14th June |
Enrico |
Enrico,
Bear Dance, Miss Margaret Hill's |
Wednesday
7th June |
Three
Around Three |
Ballydesmond
Polka No. 2 |
Wednesday
31st May |
Jack
Ryan's Polka |
Gullane
Polka |
Wednesday
24th May |
Rogues
March, Alexandrine March |
Jack
Ryan's Polka |
Wednesday
17th May |
Captain
Lanoe's Quick March |
Jack
Ryan's Polka |
Wednesday
10th May |
Alexandrine
March |
Petronella |
Friday
5th May |
It's Your Ceili - St. Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park, BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
3rd May |
Miss
Margaret Hill's Waltz |
Mairi'sWedding,
Scotland the Brave, revision of Starry Night |
Spring
Term 2017 January - April
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
26th April |
Uncle
Bernards in D, Mairi's wedding |
Miss
Margaret Hill's Waltz |
Wednesday
19th April |
Miss
Margaret Hill's Waltz, |
A
Starry Night for a Ramble |
Wednesday
12th April |
A
Starry Night for a Ramble |
Miss
Margaret Hill's Waltz, Goddesses e minor and a minor, |
Wednesday
5th April |
Alexandrine
March |
A
Strarry Night for a Ramble |
Wednesday
29th March |
Alexandrine
March |
Alexandrine
March, Susan Cooper, Spootiskerry, Petronella, Buttered Peas Too |
Wednesday
22nd March |
Hot
Punch, Fiery
Clockface |
Major
Mackie's Jig |
Wednesday
15th March |
Hot
Punch |
Fiery
Clockface, Johnny Cope |
Wednesday
8th March |
Fiery
Clockface |
New
Rigged Ship |
Friday 3rd March |
Its
Your Ceili 2017 , St. Albans Church Hall, Westbury Park,
BS6 7NS |
Wednesday
29th February |
Petronella |
Petronella,
Green Mountain Petronella |
Wednesday
22nd February |
Buttered
Peas Too |
Lady
in the Boat, Susan
Cooper, Golden Slippers, Spootiskerry |
Wednesday
15th February |
Yellow
Rose, Nelly Bly D |
Buttered
Peas Too, Spootiskerry revise Susan Cooper and Golden Slippers |
Wednesday
8th February |
Nelly
Bly D |
Susan
Cooper, Golden Slippers, |
Wednesday
1st February |
Morpeth
Rant, Roxburgh
Castle in G and A |
Smugglers
Wedding Dance as 48 bar jig, Bedbreaker in A |
Wednesday
25th January |
Morpeth
Rant |
Roxburgh
Castle in G and A |
Wednesday
18th January |
Salmon
Tails, Kerry Polka, Britches full of Stitches |
O'Carolan's
Concerto, Tarantella
Calabria |
Wednesday
11th January |
O'Carolan's
Draught |
O'Carolan's
Draught, Flat Water Fran, Old Grey Cat |
Wednesday
4th January |
Si
Bheag Si Mhor |
O'Carolan's
Draught |
Autumn
Term 2016 - September - December
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
21st December |
Merrily
Kissed the Quaker |
Bedbreaker
in key of A |
Wednesday
14th December |
O'Carolan's
Draught |
O'Carolan's
Draught |
Wednesday
7th December |
Eightsome
reel set |
Eightsome
reel set |
Wednesday
30th November |
Soldiers
Joy, Kate Dalrymple |
Eightsome
reel set |
Wednesday
23rd November |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
16th November |
Eightsome
Reel Set - starts with Miss McLeod |
Eightsome
Reel Set - starts with Miss McLeod |
Wednesday
9th November |
Miss
Mc Leod |
Devil
Amongst the Tailors |
Friday
4th November |
It's
Your Ceili |
Wednesday
2nd November |
Uncle
Bernards, Tip Top Polka |
Fairy
Dance |
Wednesday
26th October |
Miss
McLeod, Fairy Dance |
Miss
Mc Leod, Fairy Dance, Soldiers Joy, Masons Apron, Devil Among the Tailors,
Kate Dalrymple |
Wednesday
19th October |
Miss
McLeod |
Revision
of playlist tunes |
Wednesday
12th October |
Fairy
Dance |
Miss
Mc Leod, Fairy Dance, Soldiers Joy |
Wednesday
5th October |
Uncle
Bernards, Tip Top Polka |
Miss
Mc Leod, Fairy Dance |
Wednesday
28th September |
Tip
Top Polka |
Devil
Among the Tailors, Soldiers Joy, Kate Dalrymple |
Wednesday
21st September |
Tip
Top Polka |
Miss
Mc Leod, Fairy Dance |
Wednesday
14th September |
Uncle
Bernard's in D and G |
Salmon
Tails, Kerry Polka |
Wednesday
7th September |
Uncle
Bernard's |
Bedbreaker
in A - 1st part only, Smuggler's as 48 bar tune |
Summer
Term 2016 - May - August
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Friday
2nd September |
It's
Your Ceili |
Wednesday
31st August |
Morgan
Rattler |
Paddy
Carey's |
Wednesday
24th August |
Morgan
Rattler |
Morgan
Rattler |
Wednesday
17th August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
10th August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
3rd August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
27th July |
Highly
Strung booking at Thornbury Sailing Club - e mail Jill for details - no
groups - come to Tuesday this week - all abilities from 7.30-9.30 |
Wednesday
20th July |
Smuggler's
Wedding Dance |
A
Fig for a Kiss, Barney Bralligan's |
Wednesday
13th July |
Uncle
Bernard's, Tip Top Polka |
A
Fig for a Kiss |
Wednesday
6th July |
Davy,
Davy Nick Nack, Gallopede |
Black
Nag, Mazurka Limousin |
Wednesday
29th June |
Sbrando,
Captain White's |
Johnny
Cope |
Wednesday
22nd June |
No
Groups - come along on Tuesday 21st June to play Highly Strung repertoire |
Wednesday
15th June |
Gallopede,
Enrico Harmony |
Charles
Lynch's Waltz |
Wednesday
8th June |
Rogues
March, Captain Lanoes Qucik March |
Enrico
Harmony, Flowers of Edinburgh Set |
Wednesday
1st June |
Enrico
Harmony, Revision |
Revision
of tune sets |
Wednesday
25th May |
Enrico
Harmony |
Enrico
arrangement |
Wednesday
18th May |
Enrico
Harmony |
Revision |
Wednesday
11th May |
Revision |
Centenary
March |
Wednesday
4th May |
Enrico
Harmony |
Enrico
Harmony and chords |
Spring
Term 2016 - 1st Jan - 30th April
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
27th April |
Revision |
Enrico
Harmony |
Wednesday
20th April |
Captain
White |
Old
Grey Cat |
Wednesday
13th April |
Captain
White |
Johnnie
Cope, Staten Island |
Wednesday
6th April |
Leaving
Lismore, Rochdale Coconut Dance |
Leaving
Lismore harmony 1, Rosin the Beau, New Rigged Ship |
Wednesday
30th March |
Leaving
Lismore tune |
Bacca
Pipes, Harry Cox's Schottische, Galopede,
Davy
Davy Nick Nack, |
Wednesday
23rd March |
La
Russe |
Joe
Cooley, Wise Maid |
Wednesday
16th March |
Astley's
Ride, Rochdale Coconut Dance |
Leaving
Lismore harmony 1 |
Wednesday
9th March |
Bacca
Pipes, Harry Cox's Schottische |
Leaving
Lismore harmony 1 |
Wednesday
2nd March |
Galopede,
Davy
Davy Nick Nack, Buttered Peas, Jenny Lind |
Major
Mackie, Ripple on the Teign, Paddy Carey's, Morgan Rattler |
Wednesday
24th February |
Keel
Row, Davy Davy |
Basquet
of Oysters, Sally Sloane, Flatwater Fran |
Wednesday
17th February |
Davy
Davy Nick Nack, Galopede |
Morgan
Rattler, Paddy Carey |
Wednesday
10th February |
Davy
Davy Nick Nack |
Three
Sea Captains, News of the Victory |
Wednesday
3rd February |
Revision
of tunes |
News
of the Victory |
Wednesday
27th January |
Galopede |
Three
Sea Captains |
Wednesday
20th January |
Jenny
Lind, Buttered Peas |
Galopede,
Davy Davy Nick Nack |
Wednesday
13th January |
Jenny
Lind |
Blackberry
Quadrille, Varsoviana, Black Nag |
Wednesday
6th January |
Buttered
Peas |
Morpeth
Rant, Roxburgh Castle in G |
Autumn
Term 2015 - 2nd September - 16th December
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Tuesday
22nd December |
Christmas
Party Folk Hall in Portishead 10am - 2.30pm |
Wednesday
16th December |
Sweet
Jenny Jones, Irish Washerwoman |
Roxburgh
Castle |
Wednesday
9th December |
Woodland
Flowers |
Roxburgh
Castle |
Wednesday
2nd December |
The
Sloe, Caddam Wood |
Dorsetshire
Hornpipe, Gloucestershire Hornpipe |
Wednesday
25th November |
Caddam
Wood, Sbrando, High Caul Cap, La Russe |
Dorsetshire
Hornpipe, Gloucestershire Hornpipe, Morpeth Rant |
Wednesday
18th November |
Sbrando |
Dorsetshire
Hornpipe |
Wednesday
11th November |
La
Russe, Caddam Wood |
Rig
a Jig, Little Burnt Potato |
Wednesday
4th November |
La
Russe |
Sanctum
tunes - see playlist Spillane's Polka |
Wednesday
28th October |
High
Caul Cap |
Revision
of tunes for Sanctum - see playlist |
Wednesday
21st October |
Major Mackie |
Ripple
on the Teign, Tom
Tully's Hornpipe |
Wednesday
14th October |
Captain
White's, Major Mackie |
Major
Mackie, Ripple on the Teign |
Wednesday
7th October |
Sbrando |
Major
Mackie |
Wednesday
30th September |
Sbrando,
Captain White |
Sally
Sloane |
Wednesday
23rd September |
Sbrando,
Captain White |
Sally
Sloane, |
Wednesday
16th September |
Sbrando,
Little Diamond |
Captain
White's |
Wednesday
9th September |
Sbrando |
Sweet
Jenny Jones, Basquet of Oysters, Sally Sloane, |
Thursday 3rd September |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
2nd September |
Captain
White |
Ripple
on the Teign |
Summer
Term 2015 - May - August
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
26th August |
Little
Diamond |
Captain
White's |
Wednesday
19th August |
Cock
of the North |
Sbrando |
Wednesday
12th August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Thursday
7th August - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
5th August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
29th July |
Sweet
Jenny Jones |
Old
Stack of Wheat |
Wednesday
22nd July |
Britches
full of stitches, Man in the Moon |
Wakefield
Hunt |
Wednesday
15th July |
All
the Way to Galway, Tralee Gaol |
Old
Stack of Wheat (not in A-Z) |
Wednesday
8th July |
Britches
Full Stitches, Uncle Bernard's, Blackberry Quadrille |
Gransveras,
Wakefield Hunt |
Thursday
2nd July - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
1st July |
Uncle
Bernard's, Blackberry Quadrille |
Gransveras,
Pjoviau Siena, Humours of Glendart |
Wednesday
24th June |
Britches
Full of Stitches, Uncle Bernard's |
Blackberry
Quadrille, Gransveras, Pjoviau Siena |
Wednesday
17th June |
No
group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
10th June |
Man
in the Moon, Blackberry Quadrille |
Blackberry
Quadrille, Banish
Misfortune, Humours of Enistymon |
Thursday
4th June - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
3rd June |
Corn
Rigs, White Cockade |
Corn
Rigs, Revise Sally Sloane and Basquet of Oysters |
Wednesday
27th May |
White
Cockade |
Humours
of Enistymon, Banish Misfortune |
Wednesday
20th May |
Revise
Grimstock, Lavena, Kitty Magee |
White
Cockade, Prowling Fox |
Wednesday
13th May |
Grimstock,
Lavena, Kitty Magee |
Tim's
Kerry Pony, Out on the Ice |
Thursday
7th May - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
6th May |
Grimstock |
Lavena,
Kitty Magee |
Spring
Term 2015 - 1st Jan - 30th April
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
29th April |
Grimstock |
Gobbie
O, Stirling Castle |
Wednesday
22nd April |
Cock
of the North |
Stirling
Castle, Grimstock |
Wednesday
15th April |
Mairi's
Wedding, Rig-a-Jig |
Rosin
the Beau, New Rigged Ship (jig), Gobbie O, |
Wednesday
8th April |
Mairi's
Wedding, Rig-a-Jig |
Rig-a-Jig,
Little Burnt Potato |
Thursday
2nd April - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
1st April |
Revision
of recently learned tunes |
Revision
of recently learned tunes |
Wednesday
25th March |
Revision
of previous 2 weeks tunes |
Lads
of Laois |
Wednesday
18th March |
Scan
Tester's No. 1 and No. 2 |
Scan
Tester's No. 1 and No. 2 |
Wednesday
11th March |
Prelude
Polka, I'll Buy New Boots.. |
Liberty,
Varsoviana |
Thursday
5th March - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
4th March |
Yellow
Rose, Redwing |
Midnight
on the Water |
Wednesday
25th February |
Revision
of recent tunes/ theory |
Yellow
Rose of Texas, Percy Brown's Waltz for the Valeta |
Wednesday
18th February |
No Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
11th February |
Man
in the Moon |
Redwing,
Man in the Moon |
Thursday
5th February - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
4th February |
Dan
MacDonald's Polka, Green Cottage |
Wise
Maid |
Wednesday
28th January |
Green
Cottage |
Sally
Sloane |
Wednesday
21st January |
Bonny
Breast Knot (Devon) |
Rehearsal
of tunes for Sat 24th Jan |
Wednesday
14th January |
Revision
of tunes for Rotary Club fundraising barn dance on Saturday 24th January |
Thursday
8th January - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
7th January |
Bonny
Breast Knot - Devon |
Bonny
Breast Knot - Devon, revise tunes to be played for the barn dances on 23rd
and 24th January |
Autumn
Term 2014 - 3rd September - 17th December
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
17th December |
|
|
Wednesday
10th December |
Going
to the Well for Water |
Denis
Murphy's D, Dan O'Keefe's a, Eileen O'Riordan's a, Weaver's D, Old
Favourite G |
Thursday 4th
December |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
3rd December |
Going
to the Well for Water |
Weaver's,
Old Favourite |
Wednesday
26th November |
Prelude
Polka, I'll Buy New Boots for Maggie |
Plane
Tree, Cleveland Park |
Wednesday
19th November |
Shandon
Bells |
Humours
of Bandon |
Wednesday
12th November |
Prelude
Polka, I'll Buy New Boots for Maggie |
If
there weren't any women in the world |
Thursday 6th
November |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
5th November |
Humours
of Bandon, Jessica's Polka, Finnish Polka |
Plane
Tree |
Wednesday
29th October |
Prelude
Polka, I'll Buy New Boots for Maggie |
Prelude
Polka, I'll Buy New Boots for Maggie |
Wednesday
22nd October |
Swallow's
Tail Jig, Cleveland Park |
Finnish
Polka, Jessica's Polka |
Wednesday
15th October |
Swallow's
Tail Jig, Cleveland Park |
Curly
Headed Ploughboy, Dorset Four
hand reel |
Wednesday
8th October |
Curly
Headed Ploughboy, Dorset Four
hand reel |
Swallow's
Tail Jig, Cleveland Park |
Thursday 6th
October |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
1st October |
Dorset
Four
hand reel |
Swalllow's
Tail Jig, Curley Headed Ploughboy, Trip to Durrow revision |
Wednesday
24th September |
Stingo,
Parson's Farewell |
Trip
to Durrow |
Saturday
20th September |
Marlens
Festival Clevedon - Performance 1.00pm - 1.45pm |
Wednesday
17th September |
Basquet
of Oysters |
Marlens
tunes (see Highly Strung Playlists - click here) |
Wednesday
10th September |
Marlens
tunes (see Highly Strung Playlists - click here) |
Marlens
tunes (see Highly Strung Playlists - click here) |
Thursday 4th
September |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
3rd September |
Rogues'
March, Captain Lanoe's Quick March |
Trip
to Durrow |
Summer
Term 2014 - 7th May - 27th August inclusive
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
27th August |
Basquet
of Oysters |
Basquet
of Oysters |
Wednesday
20th August |
Sally
Sloane |
Sally
Sloane |
Wednesday
13th August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Thursday
7th August - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
6th August |
Flogging
Reel |
Providence
Reel |
Wednesday
30th July |
Providence
Reel |
Providence
Reel |
Wednesday
23rd July |
Maids
of Ardagh |
Humours
of Bandon |
Wednesday
16th July |
Highly
Strung in Concert with Portishead Community Choir - was amazing!!! |
Wednesday
9th July |
Tunes
for concert on 16th July |
Tunes
for concert on 16th July |
Thursday
3rd July - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
2nd July |
Tunes
for concert on 16th July |
Tunes
for concert on 16th July |
Wednesday
25th June |
Mazurka
Limousin |
Tunes
for concert on 16th July |
Wednesday
18th June |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
11th June |
Bedbreaker |
Tunes
for concert on 16th July |
Thursday
5th June - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
4th June |
Railway,
Louisberg Square |
South
Wind, Bedbreaker, Smuggler's wedding dance, Bear Dance an octave higher,
Buttered Peas G an octave lower |
Wednesday
28th May |
Railway |
Louisberg
Square |
Wednesday
21st May |
Vine
Tree Mazurka |
Vine
Tree, revision of recent tunes |
Wednesday
14th May |
Lark
in the Morning |
Walter
Bulwer's No. 1 |
Wednesday
7th May |
Philibelula
All the Way, Boscastle Breakdown |
Walter
Bulwer's No. 2, Philibelula All the Way, Boscastle Breakdown |
Spring
Term 2014 - 1st Jan - 30th April
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Thursday
1st May - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
30th April |
Monk's
March |
Hogmanay
Jig |
Wednesday
23rd April |
Monk's
March |
Smuggler's
Wedding Dance harmony and revision of recent tunes |
Wednesday
16th April |
Three
Around Three, The Quaker |
Monks
March |
Wednesday
9th April |
Buttered
Peas, Jenny Lind |
Three
Around Three, The Quaker |
Thursday
3rd April - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
2nd April |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
26th March |
Three
Around Three |
Three
Around Three |
Wednesday
19th March |
Kerry
Polka |
Matt
Hayes no.2, Gneevgullia |
Wednesday
12th March |
Barney
Bralligan's |
Barney
Bralligan's, Give us a Drink of Water, Irish Girl |
Thursday
6th March - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
5th March |
Rattling
Bog |
Oswestry
Wake, Bedbreaker |
Wednesday
26th February |
Portsmouth,
Newcastle, Bedbreaker |
Jack's
Maggot |
Wednesday
19th February |
Rattling
Bog, Portsmouth |
Bedbreaker |
Wednesday
12th February |
Navvy
on the Line/Click go the Shears |
Black
Nag |
Thursday
6th February - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
5th February |
Black
Nag |
Parson's
Farewell |
Wednesday
29th January |
Revise
Foxhunters and Drops of Brandy |
Click
Go the Shears, Navvy on the Line |
Wednesday
22nd January |
Sweets
of May, Dingle Regatta |
Revise
Scottish selection of tunes |
Wednesday
15th January |
Salmon
Tails, Kerry Polka |
Revise
Foxhunter's Jig |
Wednesday
8th January |
Drops
of Brandy |
Foxhunter's
Jig |
Thursday
2nd January - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
1st January |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Autumn
Term 2013 - 1st September - 31st December
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
18th December |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Drops
of Brandy |
Wednesday
11th December |
Sleep
Sound In the Morning, Geud Man of Ballingigh key of A, Bottom of the
Punchbowl |
Dashing
White Sergeant, Flowers of Edinburgh, |
Thursday 5th
December |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
4th December |
Sleep
Sound In the Morning, Geud Man of Ballingigh A |
Spootiskerry |
Wednesday
27th November |
High
Caul Cap |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Wednesday
20th November |
Bottom
of the Punchbowl |
Spootiskerry,
revise Geud Man of Ballingigh, Dashing White Sergeant, Bottom of the
Punchbowl |
Wednesday
13th November |
Off
She Goes, Dan MacDonald's, Nelly Bly D |
Geud
Man of Ballingigh, Dashing White Sergeant, Bottom of the Punchbowl |
Thursday 7th
November |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
6th November |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Tuesday
5th November |
Highly
Strung at Memory Cafe Portishead 2.30pm |
Wednesday
30th October |
Gathering
Peascods, Newcastle |
Stingo
a minor and g minor |
Wednesday
23rd October |
Smuggler's
Wedding dance |
Newcastle,
Gathering Peascods, Athole Highlanders |
Wednesday
16th October |
Nelly
Bly G upper octave, Bear Dance |
Mazurkas
Blanchard, lLimousin, de Barbery. Smugglers Wedding Dacne |
Wednesday
9th October |
Smugglers
wedding dance |
Jig
of Slurs, Scotland the Brave |
Thursday 7th
June |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. Click
here for June dances. |
Wednesday
2nd October |
Dingle
Regatta, |
Jig
of Slurs, |
Wednesday
25th September |
Sweets
of May |
Gloucestershire
Hornpipe, Red Haired Boy |
Wednesday
18th September |
Groups
Cancelled |
Saturday
14th September |
Marlens
Festival Clevedon - Performance 12noon - 1.00pm |
Wednesday
11th September |
Bear
Dance, Buffalo Girls D and G |
All
Marlens tunes for Festival |
Thursday 5th
September |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. Click
here for June dances. |
Wednesday
4th September |
Smuggler's
Wedding Dance |
All
Marlens tunes for Festival |
Summer
Term 2013 - 1st May - 31st August
|
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Thursday
5th September - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
4th September |
Smuggler's
Wedding Dance |
All
Marlens Tunes for Festival |
Wednesday
28th August |
Smuggler's
Wedding Dance |
Ballydesmond
Polkas 2 and 3 (1 and 2 on dots) |
Wednesday
21st August |
no
group |
no
group |
Wednesday
14th August |
Dan
MacDonald's/Green Cottage/Maggie in the Woods, Green Grow the Rushes |
Smugglers
Wedding Dance |
Wednesday
7th August |
Green
Cottage |
Smugglers
Wedding Dance |
Thursday
1st August - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
31st July |
Green
Grow the Rushes |
Bear
Dance, Apples
in Winter |
Wednesday
24th July |
Maggie
in the Woods |
Apples
in Winter |
Wednesday
17th July |
Dan
MacDonald's Polka |
Ballydesmond
#3 |
Wednesday
10th July |
no
group |
no
group |
Thursday
4th July - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
3rd July |
Ballydesmond
No. 2 (no. 1 on sheet music) |
Trumpet
Hornpipe, Tunes for barn dance |
Wednesday
26th June |
Nelly
Bly D, Off She Goes, Mazurka Limousin |
Trumpet
Hornpipe, Nonesuch |
Wednesday
19th June |
Mazurka
Limousin/Off She Goes |
Nonesuch |
Thursday
13th June |
Nelly
Bly D, Off She Goes |
Nonesuch
and tunes for Saturday garden party |
Wednesday
12th June |
group
Thurs instead of Wed |
group
Thurs instead of Wed |
Thursday
6th June - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
5th June |
Off
She Goes |
Revision
from a selection of: Morgan Rattler/Paddy Carey’s,
Officer’s Polka/Kit White’s Square Eight
Seven Stars/Month of May,
Banish Misfortune D/Blooming Meadow G,
Off she goes/Nipper,
Tarentella / Liberty Bodice, Cuckolds All in a Row,
Tythe Pig, Harper’s Frolics/Bonny Kate
|
Wednesday
29th May |
Seven
Stars |
Month
of May |
Wednesday
22nd May |
All
in a Garden Green |
Rocks
of Bray |
Wednesday
15th May |
All
in a Garden Green |
All
in a Garden Green, Kelso Accordion and Fiddle Club |
Wednesday
8th May |
Tythe
Pig/ Mairi's Wedding |
High
Caul Cap, Cuckolds all a row, Gentle Maiden |
Thursday
2nd May - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
1st May |
Keel
Row |
Road
to the Isles, all tunes for barn dance this month |
Spring
Term 2013
Wednesday 9th January - Wednesday
1st May 2013 |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Thursday
2nd May - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
1st May |
Keel
Row |
Road
to the Isles, all tunes for barn dance this month |
Wednesday
24th April |
Morgan
Rattler, Paddy Carey's |
Cuckolds
all in a row |
Wednesday
17th April |
Nelly
Bly D |
Nelly
Bly/Buffalo Girls in G and D |
Wednesday
10th April |
Morgan
Rattler |
Paddy
Carey's |
Thursday
4th April - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
3rd April |
Hot
Punch |
Barn
Dance Tunes for 4th April |
Wednesday
27th March |
Fiery
Clockface |
Hot
Punch/Fiery Clockface |
Thursday
21st March |
Waltz
(Vine Tree) |
Waltz
(Vine Tree)/Spanish
Cloak |
Wednesday
20th March - Martin Hayes and Denis Cahill at Nailsea Folk Club - in the
church |
Wednesday
13th March |
Officer's
Polka |
Kit
White's Square Eight/Officer's Polka |
Thursday
7th March - 7.30 - 9.30 - Portishead Monthly Barn Dance |
Wednesday
6th March |
Rogue's
March/Captain Lanoes Quick March |
Woodland
Flowers and all Barn Dance tunes for March |
Wednesday
27th February |
Woodland
Flowers |
Woodland
Flowers/Uncle's Jig |
Wednesday
20th February |
Revise
Rogue's March/Captain Lanoes's Quick March |
Lakes
of Sligo, Mealagh Valley Polka No.2 in G |
Wednesday
13th February |
Rogue's
March/Captain Lanoe's Quick March |
My
love is but a lassie (polka), Rogue's March/Captain Lanoe's Quick March |
Wednesday
6th February |
Bacca
Pipes, Harry Cox's Schottische, Follow me up to Carlow |
Tunes
for Barn Dance on Thursday 7th - click
here |
Wednesday
30th January |
Bacca
Pipes, Harry Cox's Schottische, Follow me up to Carlow |
Oswestry
Wake plus revision of last week's tunes |
Wednesday
23rd January |
Groups cancelled
due to bad weather |
Wednesday
16th January |
Tythe
Pig Ships Cook |
Bacca
Pipes, Harry Cox's Schottische, Follow me up to Carlow |
Wednesday
9th January |
Tythe
Pig |
Ship's
Cook Tythe Pig |
Autumn
Term 2012
Wednesday 5th
September - Wednesday 19th December |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
19th December |
Lots
of tunes with Tuesday group! mulled wine and mince pies! |
Wednesday
12th December |
Victorian
evening tunes |
Victorian
evening tunes |
Thursday 6th
December |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
5th December |
Victorian
evening tunes |
Victorian
evening tunes |
Wednesday
28th November |
Victorian
evening tunes |
Victorian
evening tunes |
Wednesday
21st November |
Deck
the Halls/Holly and the Ivy/Set of Mazurkas |
Fairytale
of New York |
Wednesday
14th November |
Pentatonic
and Blues scales |
Tunes
for Victorian Evening - click here |
Wednesday 7th
November |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Thursday 1st
November |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
31st October |
|
|
Wednesday
24th October |
Mazurka
de Blanchard/Mazurka de Barbary |
Johnny
will you marry me/Road to the Isles/Keel Row |
Wednesday
17th October |
Laride |
Mazurka
Blanchard/Mazurka de Barbary |
Wednesday
10th October |
Dan
MacDonald's/Going to the Well |
Humours
of Glendart |
Thursday 4th
October |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
3rd October |
Humours
of Glendart |
Humours
of Glendart |
Wednesday
26th September |
Going
to the Well for Water |
Going
to the Well for Water plus session at the Black
Horse at 9.30pm |
Wednesday
19th September |
Cuil
Aodha/ Brosna Slide |
Maids
of Castlebar/Old Favourite |
Wednesday
12th September |
Cuil
Aodha Slide |
second
half of Maids of Castlebar |
Thursday 6th
September |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
5th September |
Rakes
of Mallow |
first
half of Maids of Castlebar/ Cuil Aodha slide/Old Favourtie/Siobhan Hurls/a
minor slide |
Summer
Term 2012
Wednesday 2nd May - Wednesday
29th August |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
29th August |
Blackthorn
Stick |
Blackthorn
Stick/Blue Riband |
Wednesday
22nd August |
Astley's
Ride/Rakes of Mallow |
Barney
Bralligan's/Swedish Masquerade/Eavesdropper |
Wednesday
15th August |
Eavesdropper |
Eavesdropper/Swiss
Boy/In the Toyshop/Rosin the Beau |
Wednesday
8th August |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Thursday 2nd
August |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday
1st August |
Mairi's
Wedding |
Swedish
Masquerade |
Wednesday
25th July |
Eavesdropper
first half |
Eavesdropper
- 2nd half/ Out on the Ocean |
Wednesday
18th July |
Tunes
for Flower Show and Hospice performances - set list has been sent via e
mail |
Tunes
for Flower Show and Hospice performances - set list has been sent via e
mail |
Wednesday
11th July |
Ashokan
Farewell |
Revision |
Thursday 5th July |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. |
Wednesday 4th
July |
Uncle
Bernards/Tip Top Polka |
Take
A Dance |
Wednesday
27th June |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
20th June |
Puer
Mon Cuer arrangement |
Revision
session |
Wednesday
13th June |
Brighton
Camp/Sloe |
French
Tune 2/Peur Mon Cuer |
Thursday 7th
June |
Portishead
Ceilidh Club monthly barn dance - come along and play the tunes you have
been learning for people to dance. Click
here for June dances. |
Wednesday
6th June |
French
Tune 2 |
French
Tune 2 / Peur Mon Cuer |
Wednesday
30th May |
Brighton
Camp |
Brighton
Camp/Sloe |
Wednesday
23rd May |
Rosin
the Beau |
Rosin
the Beau |
Wednesday
16th May |
Uncle
Bernard's/Tip Top Polka |
New
Rigged Ship |
Wednesday
9th May |
Uncle
Bernard's/Tip Top Polka/Green Cottage |
In
the Toy Shop/Swiss Boy/Take a Dance |
Wednesday
2nd May |
Tralee
Gaol/All the Way to Galway |
In
the Toy Shop |
Spring
Term 2012
Wednesday 4th January - Wednesday
25th April 2012 |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
25th April |
Polka
Rhythm |
Swiss
Boy |
Wednesday
18th April |
Harper's
Frolics |
Uncle
Bernard's/Tip Top Polka |
Wednesday
11th April |
French
Tune/Gentle Maiden |
Bonny
Kate/Tenpenny Bit/Cock of the North |
Wednesday
4th April |
Oh
Suzannah/Goodbye Girls |
Harper's
Frolics |
Wednesday
28th March |
Goodbye
Girls |
Rochdale
Coconut Dance |
Sunday
25th March |
It's
Your Ceilidh 2012 - Elmgrove
Centre - 3.00pm - 6.00pm |
Wednesday
21st March |
Tarantella/Liberty
Bodice, La Russe/Caddam Wood, Buttered Peas/Jenny Lind |
Michael
Turner's Waltz, French Tune, Leaving Lismore - all IYC tunes |
Wednesday
14th March |
Buttered
Peas G/ Jenny Lind |
Dashing
White Sergeant/Liberty Bodice/La Russe/Cadam Wood |
Wednesday
7th March |
Perfect
Cure/Jenny Lind |
Bottom
of the Punchbowl - revise Tarantella/Caddam Wood |
Wednesday
29th February |
Buttered
Peas G |
Jenny
Lind - revise Buttered Peas and Liberty Bodice |
Wednesday
22nd February |
Off She Goes |
Road
to the Isles/Nipper/Off She Goes |
Wednesday
15th February |
Winster
Gallop - concertina group |
Winster
Gallop/Tarantella/Liberty Bodice |
Wednesday
8th February |
Tarantella |
Tarantella/Liberty
Bodice |
Wednesday
1st February |
Nipper |
Nipper/Off
She Goes |
Wednesday
25th January |
High
Caul Cap |
La
Russe |
Wednesday
18th January |
Caddam
Wood |
Caddam
Wood |
Wednesday
11th January |
All
The Way to Galway |
Rose
in the Heather |
Wednesday 4th January |
Concertina
Group |
Silver
Spear |
Autumn
Term 2011
Wednesday 7th
September - Wednesday 21st December |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
21st December |
Bill
O' Sullivan's Polka |
Butterfly |
Friday
16th December |
Portishead
Victorian Evening |
Wednesday
14th December |
Bill
O'Sullivan's Polka |
Revision
Flowers of Edinburgh/French Tune/ Bristol/Dalaigh's Polka /Christmas Songs |
Wednesday
7th December |
Christmas
Songs Medley |
Dalaigh's
Polka / Christmas Songs |
Wednesday
30th November |
Christmas
Songs Medley |
Flowers
of Edinburgh/ Christmas Songs Medley |
Wednesday
23rd November |
French
Tune/Bristol |
Christmas
Songs Medley/Another Jig Will Do |
Sunday
20th November |
Music
for memories, Tithe Barn Nailsea - 2.00p.m. - 4.30pm |
Wednesday
16th November |
French
Tune |
Maids
of Ardagh/Sean Ryans/Bill O'Sullivan's - Polkas |
Wednesday
9th November |
Bristol |
Practice
for Music for memories |
Wednesday
2nd November |
Bristol |
Soldier's
Joy |
Wednesday
26th October |
Oswestry
Wake/Rambling Pitchfork |
Another
Jig Will Do/ Keel Row |
Wednesday
19th October |
Oswestry
Wake |
Rambling
Pitchfork /revise Morrisons/Oswestry Wake |
Wednesday
12th October |
Arran
Boat/Mairi's wedding/Dan MacDonald's/Oswestry wake |
Morrisons/revised
Oswestry Wake |
Wednesday
5th October |
Arran
Boat/Mairie's Wedding |
Oswestry
Wake part 3 / Green Cottage |
Wednesday
28th September |
Barn
Dance |
Oswestry
Wake - parts 1 and 2 |
Sunday
25th September |
Marlens
Festival, Salthouse Fields, Clevedon 1.00pm - 2.00pm |
Wednesday
21st September |
Dan
Mac Donald's |
Revise
Marlens Tunes |
Wednesday
14th September |
Dan
Mac Donald's |
Revise
Marlens Tunes |
Wednesday
7th September |
Leaving
Lismore |
Revise
Marlens Tunes |
Summer
Term 2011
Wednesday 4th May - Wednesday
31st August |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
31st August |
Leaving
Lismore - tune |
Leaving
Lismore tune and harmony |
Wednesday
24th August |
|
Leaving
Lismore harmony part 2/Athole Highlanders revision |
Wednesday
17th August |
|
My
Love is but a Lassie Yet/Leaving Lismore harmony part 2 (3rd part) |
Wednesday
10th August |
|
Leaving
Lismore - tune |
Wednesday
3rd August |
South
Wind |
Leaving
Lismore 1st Part |
Tuesday
26th July |
Beginners
- South Wind |
Session
with Tuesday Group - plus learned French tune |
Wednesday
20th July |
Kerfunken |
The
Kesh/Denis Maurphy's Slide/Stow Quickstep/High Caul Cap |
Wednesday
13th July |
Freres
Jaques/South Wind |
Various
tunes revision |
Tuesday
5th July |
Beginners
group on Tuesday |
Session
with Tuesday Group |
Wednesday
29th June |
South
Wind |
Walls
of Liscarrol |
Wednesday
22nd June |
Fanny
Power |
Chapel
Bell |
Wednesday
15th June |
Gentle
Maiden and Harmony |
Lilting
Banshee/Tripping Upstairs/Saddle the Pony |
Wednesday
8th June |
Gentle
Maiden Harmony |
Lilting
Banshee/Tripping Upstairs/Saddle the Pony |
Wednesday
1st June |
Barn
Dance |
Revise
Sheehan's |
Wednesday
25th May |
Concert
in Portishead - meet at 7.00pm at venue |
Wednesday
18th May |
Barn
Dance |
Mason's
Apron/Revise Sheehan's |
Wednesday
11th May |
Dan
Mac Donald's Polka |
Lannigan's
Ball/ Revise Sheehans, Ballydesmond No.1, King of Fairies |
Wednesday
4th May |
Barn Dance |
Michael
Turner's Waltz/ Revise Barn Dance/Revise Ballydesmond Polka no. 1 |
Spring
Term 2011
Wednesday 5th January - Wednesday
27th April |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.45 - 9.30 |
Wednesday
27th April |
Barn
Dance by ear |
Ballydesmond
Polka No 1 (not in Hibernia book) |
Wednesday
20th April |
Ballydesmond
Polka No. 3 (no.2 on written music) |
Ballydesmond
Polka No.1/revise Sheehan's/Barn Dance |
Wednesday
13th April |
Ballydesmond
Polka No. 3 (no.2 on written "music") |
Sheehan's
Reel |
Wednesday
6th April |
Gentle
Maiden |
King
of the Fairies |
Wednesday
30th March |
Arran
Boat/Mairie's Wedding |
King
of the Fairies |
Wednesday
23rd March |
It's
Your Ceilidh Tunes |
It's
Your Ceilidh Tunes |
Wednesday
16th March |
Oh
Suzannah/Goodbye Girls |
It's
Your Ceilidh Tunes |
Wednesday
9th March |
Wild
Rover |
Rakes
of Mallow |
Wednesday
2nd March |
No
Group |
No
Group |
Wednesday
23rd February |
Davy
Davy Nick Nack |
Galop
Hey |
Wednesday
16th February |
Buttered
Peas |
Louisburg
Square |
Wednesday
9th February |
Jimmy
Allen |
Railway
(The) |
Wednesday
2nd February |
Jimmy
Allen |
Morgan
Rattler |
Wednesday
26th January |
Astley's
Ride |
Buttered
Peas D revision/Davy Davy Nick Nack revision |
Wednesday
19th January |
Goodbye
Girls |
Stow
Quickstep Revision/Perfect Cure |
Wednesday
12th January |
Oh
Suzannah/Jimmy Allen revision |
Oyster
Girl |
Wednesday
5th January |
Oh
Suzannah |
Stow
Quickstep |
Autumn
Term 2010
Wednesday 1st
September - Wednesday 15th December |
Date |
Tunes
|
|
6.30 - 7.30
|
7.30-9.30 |
Tuesday
21st
December |
Christmas
Party for all groups and pupils |
Wednesday
15th December |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Revision
of recent tunes |
Wednesday
8th December |
Astley's
Ride |
Alexander's
Hornpipe |
Wednesday
1st December |
Astley's
Ride |
Alexander's
Hornpipe |
Wednesday
24th November |
Jimmy Allen |
Morgan
Rattler |
Wednesday
17th November |
Jimmy Allen |
Davy Davy
Nick Nack |
Wednesday
10th November |
Jimmy Allen |
Buttered
Peas in key of D |
Wednesday
3rd November |
Revise Mary's
Spinning Wheel/Revise Rakes of Kildare |
Oh Suzannah/Goodbye
Girls |
Wednesday
27th October |
Mary's
Spinning Wheel/Revise Rakes of Kildare |
Month of
May |
Wednesday
20th October |
No
Group |
Wednesday
13th October |
Rakes of
Kildare - 2nd half |
Revise - Little
Diamond/New tune - Dalaigh's Polka |
Wednesday
6th October |
Rakes of
Kildare - 1st half |
Little
Diamond |
Wednesday 29th September |
Mairie's
Wedding/Britches
full of stitches/ Arrane Ny Niee - Manx Lullaby |
Paddy
Carey's |
Wednesday
22nd September |
Britches
full of stitches/ Arrane Ny Niee - Manx Lullaby |
Mary's
Spinning Wheel |
Tuesday
14th September |
Revision
of Marlens Festival tunes with Tuesday group |
Wednesday
8th September |
Revision
of Marlens Festival tunes |
Wednesday
1st September |
Revision
of recently learned tunes |
Summer
Term 2010
Wednesday
5th May - Wednesday 25th August |
Date |
Tunes
|
Wednesday
25th August |
Snowy Path |
Wednesday
18th August |
6.30 -
Britches full of stitches - from 7.30 - Marlens tunes |
Wednesday
11th August |
Green
Cottage |
Wednesday
4th August |
High Caul
Cap |
Wednesday 28th
July |
Tunes for
Marlens Festival Clevedon |
Wednesday
21st July |
Mairie's
Wedding/Cock of the North/Star of the County Down/Skye Boat Song |
Wednesday
14th July |
Henry's Jig
1st half |
Wednesday
7th July |
Star of the
County Down |
Wednesday
30th June |
Rakes of
Kildare |
Wednesday
23rd June |
Blackthorn
Stick |
Wednesday
16th June |
Caliope
House |
Wednesday
9th June |
Denis
Murphy's 2nd half and revision of Brosna |
Wednesday
2nd June |
Denis
Murphy's 1st half/ Arran Boat |
Wednesday
26th May |
Brosna
Slide |
Wednesday
17th May |
No Group |
Wednesday
12th May |
Gentle
Maiden |
Wednesday
5th May |
South
Wind Seven Stars |
Spring
Term 2010
Wednesday
6th January - Wednesday 28th April |
Date |
Tunes
|
Wednesday
28th April |
Seven Stars |
Wednesday
21st April |
Morgan
Rattler - all |
Wednesday
14th April |
Morgan
Rattler 1st part |
Wednesday
7th April |
Paddy
Carey's 2nd/3rd parts |
Wednesday
31st March |
Paddy
Carey's 1st/2nd parts |
Wednesday
24th March |
Last
revision for It's Your Ceilidh |
Thursday
18th March |
Sets 1, 5,
7 and 9 for It's Your Ceilidh |
Wednesday
10th March |
Scotland
the Brave |
Wednesday
3rd March |
Rakes of
Mallow |
Wednesday
24th February |
Jimmy Allen |
Wednesday 17th February |
Humours of
Glendart - 2nd half |
Wednesday
10th February |
Scotland
the Brave |
Wednesday
3rd February |
Humours of
Glendart - 1st half |
Wednesday
27th January |
Redowa
Polka |
Wed 20th
January |
Rakes of
Mallow, Jimmy Allen |
Wednesday
6th and 13th January cancelled due to icy road conditions |
Autumn
Term 2009 -Wednesday
2nd September - Wednesday 16th December |
Date |
Tunes we learned/played
|
Wed 2nd
December |
Black Horse
Session |
Wed 25th
November |
Scotland
the Brave |
Wed 18th
November |
Keel Row |
Wed 11th
November |
No Group |
Wed 4th
November |
Black Horse
Session |
Wed 28th
October |
The Kesh |
Wed 21st October |
Red Haired
Boy/Mairi's Wedding |
Wed 14th
October |
Mairi's
Wedding/Nelly Bly/Cock of the North/Kerry Polka/Galop Hey |
Wed 7th
October |
Black Horse
Session |
Wed 30th
September |
Cock of the
North/Mairi's Wedding/Nelly Bly/Kerry Polka/Galop Hey |
Wed 23rd
September |
Mairi's
Wedding/Kerry Polka/Astley's Ride/Dawning of the Day/Bring Back the Child |
Wed 16th
September |
Britches
full of Stitches/Galop Hey/Maggie in the Woods/Kerry Polka |
Wed 9th
September |
Kerry
Polka/Salmon Tails/Lilting Banshee/Dan MacDonald/Galop Hey |
Wed 2nd
September |
Black
Horse Session |
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