Diary
Since our AGM in October we have had a great Band day with the North East Concertina Players in November and a rousing carol concert in December (with an audience of three for part of it!) In January we played a variety of easy (and not so easy) tunes brought by members, and in February and March we welcomed guests, Dave Ball, who introduced us to some Welsh tunes, and Thomas Green, who brought his series of music through the ages up to the Nineteenth Century. We were also invited to The Drovers Folk Club to give them a short band concert. This was well received - thank you to everyone who took part, and most recently we have been given a really useful workshop on chords by Graham, and some of us have attended the annual Swaledale Squeeze, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Updates to the Tune Book have been discussed and a good time was had by all trying out some of Thomas' tunes, and some French tunes to decide which to include. We have also had a stimulating workshop by Alex Wade on ‘How to make tunes more interesting’.
The year was rounded off by a successful 'gig' at Doncaster Mansion House on the occasion of the magistrates 650th Anniversary. This was enjoyed by all - especially us - thank you to the management for inviting us! This was followed by our usual Carols meeting which was, again, very enjoyable - with plenty of 'goodies' to eat. Looking forward to 2012 - our 20th Anniversary.
The first two meetings of 2012 concentrated on tunes from 'Never On Sunday' compiled by Rollo Woods. Thomas Green and John Hayward helped us to record some of these tunes.
April 15th.
May.
June 17th.
July 15th.
August.
September 16th.
October 21st.