Alex, it's good to hear from you. I've been at the Trevor when you were there and thoroughly enjoyed hearing you play. I'm absolutely sure you'd be more than welcome at all the similar sessions in the area. Are you free to come to the John Harvey Tavern in Lewes on Tuesday 1st. July? Dan and Matt Quinn are leading.

For broadly English sessions in Sussex and Surrey, see the Snail's excitingly dynamic page here .

For more guidance on English fiddling from someone definitely beyond the novice class, come to Paul Sartin's all-day workshop at the Lewes Arms on Saturday 6th. December this year. Paul Hutchinson leads an accordion workshop at the same time, but not in the same room, and the two perform at the Lewes Arms in the evening as Belshazzar's Feast.

Another fiddler whose name I haven't noticed in the thread is the excellent Emma Reid, who plays as a duo with Rob Harbron and in the quartet Methera. She did a workshop for us last November.

Next year's fiddle workshops at the Lewes Arms will be led by:

Tom McConville (Saturday 28th. March - I think you came to his last one)

Nancy Kerr (probably the first or second Saturday in June - this is going to be a monster full weekend with five all-day workshops from Nancy on fiddle, James Fagan on bouzouki, Rob Harbon on English concertina, Nancy and James on vocal harmony, and Rob on tunes from the Winter manuscript for any instrument; they'll perform as a trio on the Saturday night)

and Tommy Peoples (Saturday 12th. September).

I think you'd enjoy all of these for different reasons.

Tootle pip,

Valmai