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Contact Jill: jillyelliot@gmail.com 07515 904 707 |
All classes and sessions are currently via Zoom
There are various classes and sessions each week
Scroll down for archive of tunes learned in groups pre March 2020
No Folk Feet English Country Dancing and Irish Set dance at the moment - but we are running occasional zoom dance parties -
upcoming Christmas Party Wednesday 23rd December 1.45pm Highly Strung Band and Folk Feet Dancers
Link to the new Highly Strung and Folk Feet Youtube channel
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Timetable and Classes from September
2020
Groups will be held at Covid-Regulated Halls in Portishead or via Zoom Please email Jill jillyelliot@gmail.com for the zoom codes or any queries We observe strict social distancing when we are at the halls. Masks are worn at all times, a one way system is in place and hand sanitisers are used on entry and exit. Please read Important Health and Safety rules.
All classes are £10 per session and tune playing sessions are £5 and paid via bank transfer or paypal. If you have attended a class, the "linked" session to play tunes is included in your fee. If you just wish to come to a session of tunes led by Jill, it is £5.
Also available: One to one fiddle lessons with Jill - e mail to arrange - via zoom at the moment Zoom tune tutorial Mondays 4pm-5pm with Katie Kennedy Zoom music session Wednesday 8pm-10pm hosted by Roland Godshaw Currently suspended: Highly Strung Friday Session at Pill Memorial Club, Lodway, Pill, BS20 0DH 10am-12 noon - £3 |
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Welcome to a world of Traditional
English, Irish and Scottish Music and Dance
Fiddlelessons was established in 1998. Pupils are encouraged to join the Highly Strung Community Band and Dancers are known as the Folk Feet Dancers and perform English Country Dances and Irish Set Dance |
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Irish Set Dance and Barn Dance and Ceili Band Traditional dance music and folk music for all occasions, ages and venues. |
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Getting started in playing an instrument: -
Introductory Plan - currently via zoom a one hour private lesson plus 4 group lessons plus a loan instrument for 4 weeks - £80 |
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"Learning with Jill is great, as you're with like-minded
people who just enjoy the music (including people who'd hitherto considered
themselves 'unmusical'!). Playing with beginners like myself at the weekly
groups meant I was able to build confidence; playing with others without
getting too precious about it. We all make mistakes and we've all
been beginners at some time. Even the more advanced students are full of
enthusiasm and know they're never too good to learn something new.
If you've been put off music before, this would be a great way to get into
it, it's loads of fun."
Maggie
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Learn English, Irish and Scottish traditional dance music - and rather than sitting at home wondering why you are learning an instrument or tune, come and use your new-found skills and play with the Highly Strung Community Band at barn dances fetes, fundraising events and festivals! Most melody instruments are suitable - violin, viola, cello, flute, recorder, whistle, tenor banjo, mandolin, octave mandolin, concertina, melodeon, accordion, clarinet, harp - if in doubt ring or e mail For dancers there are weekly dances, regular ceilis, barn dances, and Irish set dance to attend |
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Contact Jill: jillyelliot@gmail.com 01275 847909 or 07515 904 707 |
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Where are the traditional dance music/ folk music lessons and group lessons held? - 2 venues: Monday morning, Tuesday evening and Wednesday evening Yew Tree Cottage, Clapton in Gordano, BS20 7RH
5 minutes from M5 junction 19 (Gordano Services and Portishead) 10 minutes from M5 junction 20 (Clevedon) 15 minutes from Clifton and the Cumberland Basin
*********** Monday afternoon/evenings Falfield Village Hall, A38, GL12 8DH just off junction M5 junction 14 (Thornbury, Dursley and Wotton exit)
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Where are the regular traditional country dance sessions held? - 3 venues:
Folk Feet is held weekly on Tuesday mornings at the Folk Hall in Portishead, BS20 6PR
Folk Feet Thursday - Irish set Dance plus Country dance class - weekly on Thursday mornings, North Weston Village Hall, Portishead, BS20 6TB
Folk Feet Monday evenings - weekly workshops and dances - Irish set dancing - Falfield Village Hall, A38 (M5 J14)
Plus lots of one-off events throughout the year. |
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When does this all happen? |
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Contact Jill to go on an e mail list for details of events - please specify music list, dance list or both |
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Group Lessons and Highly Strung Band |
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In the main, the tunes we cover are the dance tunes from Ireland, England, and Scotland. Tunes are taught by ear by the traditional method. In addition to learning by ear, the music, fiddle tablature, and whistle fingering is available in the beginners and intermediate groups as a learning aid. The dots and chords for the tune sets we play for the weekly and monthly dancing are on this website. This enables those who can already read music to join in immediately with the Highly Strung Community Band. Go to Tunes
A-Z index and click on the So now you can learn an instrument and use what you have learned to practical use from day one!! |
Playing traditional music is
tremendous fun for all. It is instantly accessible even in your first
lesson as a complete beginner - but don't take my word for it - read what others
have said by clicking on the links on the left - or better still, come along and
try for yourself!
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Fundraising - Highly
Strung Community Band
Sarah Schranz from the Labrador Rescue Trust, caller Jill Elliot of the 'Highly Strung Band', Gemma Bradley organiser, Sheila Pratt from the Labrador Rescue Trust and Michelle Harvey fundraising for Crohn's and Colitis UK. May 2015 |
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care home entertainment -
Perfect Cure Band
Amerind Grove, Bristol |
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Weddings, Birthday Parties, Anniversaries
photo by courtesy of Chris Burch, The Somerset Photographer |
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Perfect Cure Ceili Band
Irish Set Dancing Click here for band information
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Corporate Team Building
Event
Madejski Stadium
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Contact Jill: jillyelliot@gmail.com 01275 847909 or 07515 904 707 |
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