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Monday Evening Music Groups and Irish set dance group
January
2019-March 2020
Falfield
Village Hall GL12 8DH, A38 off junction 14 M5 -
very
quick to get to from a wide area to the North and East of Bristol, South
Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. 10 minutes from M4/M5
interchange, 10 minutes from Thornbury. The hall has its own large
car park.
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Beginners
Music Group and Introduction to learning by ear - 5.00pm - 5.30pm - £5
Beginners
are those who are completely new to learning an instrument or may have just started playing
within the last year or so. If you like the idea of learning an
instrument but are not sure how to proceed, just come along and sit in to
see if you would like to join this group. There is a page of tunes
on this website that you will learn in this group. This group is also open to those joining the later group
and will be useful for those wishing to start to play by ear.
Play
in the Band - Highly
Strung Music Group -
understanding the dance music genre
and playing in a band
5.30pm - 7.00pm
- £10 per person - pay
as you go and come when you can!
Members
of this group should be familiar with their instrument and be able to play
a simple tune. There will be opportunity to play at different paces
so everyone gets a good play. Each week we will explore a new tune
set and play through previous tune sets in the repertoire. Please
scroll down to the timetable to see a planned sets of tunes.
Music
notation readers will be using
music score and learn to bring out the dance rhythm of jigs, reels, rants,
polkas, and hornpipes. Non readers will be able to learn by ear and have
the chance to pick up reading if they so wish.
Music score is accessed via the
A-Z tunes index on this website with the icon
(print out or download onto a device).
A
slow recording of each tune in the set is available via the A-Z
tunes index and has the icon
The
class is suitable for all instruments. If you require the
score in another key please e mail http://mailto:jillyelliot@gmail.com
Woodwind and brass players may like to
use the chord structure to play their own bass line.
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Irish Set Dance classes
7.30pm - 9.30pm - £8 per session pay as you go -
Dance
classes are suitable for complete beginners in Irish square dance known as
Set Dance (not Riverdance) square sets of 4 couples. Most people who
come do not bring a partner - wear shoes that enable you to pivot easily
without gripping the floor. We will be learning the most
commonly danced sets so this class is also useful for those who would like
to become more familiar with the sequence of moves within these sets.
Ideal to de-stress - come and have a jig around and a laugh!
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Spring Term 2020 -
January - April 2020 |
Date |
Beginners Group Tunes
and Learn by Ear |
Highly Strung Music
Group
Learn to play English dance music
using music score or by ear - all instruments
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£5
per session
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5.00pm -
5.30pm - no
booking necessary
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5.30pm-7.00pm £5 per person - no
pre-booking |
Monday 27th April |
cancelled due to Covid 19 |
Monday 20th April |
Monday 13th April |
Monday 6th April |
Monday 30th March |
Monday 23rd March |
Monday 16th March |
Monday 9th March |
Jenny Lind |
continue with tunes from Feb 2020 dance tunes list |
Monday 2nd March |
Buttered Peas |
Ashokhan Farewell, Sweets of May, Dingle Regatta
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Monday 24th February |
Davy Davy Nick Nack |
Ballydesmond Polkas see A-Z 2 and 3 - the sheet music names them 1 and
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Monday 17th February |
No Group |
No Group |
Monday 10th February |
Le Tourment 2nd half |
Gloucestershire Hornpipe, Dorsetshire Hornpipe
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Monday 3rd February |
Le Tourment 1st half |
Old Morpeth Rant Set of 3 tunes
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Monday 27th January |
No Group |
No Group
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Monday 20th January |
Early in the Year |
Stow Quickstep, High Caul Cap
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Monday 13th January |
Maison de Glace |
Le Tourment, Maison de Glaces, Early in the Year |
Monday 6th January |
Astley's Ride set, Uncle Bernard's Set |
Jig of Slurs, Starry Night Set |
Autumn Term 2019 -
September - December |
Date |
Beginners Group Tunes
and Learn by Ear |
Highly Strung Music
Group
Learn to play English dance music
using music score or by ear - all
orchestral instruments
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£5
per session
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5.00pm -
5.30pm - no
booking necessary
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5.30pm-7.00pm £5 per person - no
pre-booking |
Spring Term 2020 starts on Monday 6th January
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Monday 16th December |
Round the group session choosing favourites |
Round the group session choosing favourites |
Monday 9th December |
Davy Davy Nick Nack |
Jig of Slurs Set |
Monday 2nd December |
Astley's Ride |
Michael Turner's Waltz |
Monday 25th November |
Winster Gallop |
A Fig for a Kiss Set
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Monday 18th November |
Uncle Bernard's |
Banish Misfortune Set |
Monday 11th November |
Alexandrine March |
Dashing White Sergeant Set
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Monday 4th November |
Rogues March |
Black Nag Jack's Maggot Newcastle |
Monday 28th October |
Rogues March |
Alexandrine March Set
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Monday 21st October |
Alexandrine March |
Buttered Peas Set |
Monday 14th October |
Auntie Mary's Canadian Barndance |
Aunty Mary's Barndance Set |
Monday 7th October |
Buttered Peas |
La Russe Set
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Monday 30th September |
High Caul Cap |
Smuggler's All in a Garden Green
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Monday 23rd September |
Davy Davy, Uncle Bernard's |
Gloucestershire Hornpipe Set
Levi Jackson Rag
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Monday 18th September |
Alexandrine March (see Tunes A-Z Index for recording and fiddle tab) |
Stow Quickstep set
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Monday 9th September |
Buttered Peas, Rakes of Mallow |
Starry Night for a Ramble Set |
Monday 2nd September |
Uncle Bernards Set |
Uncle Bernard's Set |
Summer Term 2019 - May
- August |
Date |
Beginners Group Tunes |
Highly Strung Music
Club
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5.00pm -
5.30pm - beginners group no
booking necessary £5 per person
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5.30pm-7.00pm £10 per person |
Autumn Term 2019 starts on Monday 2nd
September
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Monday 26th August |
No Group - Bank Holiday |
No Group - Bank Holiday |
Monday 19th August |
No Group |
No Group |
Monday 12th August |
No Group |
No Group |
Monday 5th August |
No Group - Sidmouth Week |
No Group - Sidmouth Week |
Monday 29th July |
Buttered Peas plus play tunes from this term |
Tunes for Sidmouth
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Monday 22nd July |
Buttered Peas |
Revision week for Highly Strung tune sets |
Monday 15th July |
Revision, High Caul Cap 1st half |
Tourment set
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Monday 8th July |
Astley's Ride set, Uncle Bernards, Buttered Peas |
Maison de Glaces |
Monday 1st July |
Buttered Peas, Davy Davy |
Tip Top Polka
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Monday 24th June |
Tip Top Polka |
Le Tourment |
Monday 17th June |
Tip Top Polka
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Early in the Year |
Monday 10th June |
Tip Top Polka |
Maison de Glace
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Monday 3rd June |
Rakes of Mallow |
Old Morpeth Rant set |
Monday 27th May |
No Group - Bank Holiday - Chippenham Festival
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No Group - Bank Holiday - Chippenham Festival
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Monday 20th May |
Rakes of Mallow |
Hesleyside Reel |
Monday 13th May |
Rakes of Mallow |
Hesleyside Reel, Nancy Taylor's
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Monday 6th May |
No Group - Bank Holiday |
No Group - Bank Holiday |
Spring
Term 2019 - January - April |
Date |
Beginners Group Tunes |
Highly Strung Music
Club
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5.00pm -
5.30pm - beginners group no
booking necessary £5 per person
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5.30pm-7.00pm £10 per person |
Monday 29th April |
Tip Top Polka |
Morpeth Rant
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Monday 22nd April |
No Group - Easter Monday
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No Group - Easter Monday
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Monday 15th April |
Uncle Bernard's, Astley's Ride |
Old Morpeth Rant
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Monday 8th April |
Winster Gallop |
Old Morpeth Rant |
Monday 1st April |
Winster Gallop |
Johnnie Cope am, Morpeth Rant
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Monday 25th March |
Uncle Bernards, Davy Davy Nick Nack |
Miss Monaghan Irish Reel |
Monday 18th March |
Uncle Bernards, Davy Davy Nick Nack |
Tip Top Polka
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Monday 11th March |
Astley's Ride |
Aunty Mary's Canadian Barndance, Tip Top Polka |
Monday 4th March |
Rochdale Coconut Dance
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Tip Top Polka |
Monday 25th February |
Astley's Ride, Davy Davy Nick Nack |
Danse de Chez Nous
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Monday 18th February |
Uncle Bernards, Seven Stars |
Aunty Mary's Canadian Barndance, Athole Highlanders |
Monday 11th February |
revision plus look at Seven Stars
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Seven Stars, Kelso Fiddle and Accordion
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Monday 4th February |
revision of all 3 tunes this term - new tune Rochdale Coconut Dance |
Rochdale Coconut Dance |
Monday 28th January |
Davy Davy Nick Nack G |
New Tune 1
Jan 2019
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Monday 21st January |
Uncle Bernard's D, Astley's
Ride D |
Astley's Ride |
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