A group of us get together in a friend's home every week for a slow session. I'm not a particularly slow player, and participate in a couple of speedy sessions as well, but it's amazing how much I learn about my playing, and the amount of material I learn at the slow session. It's also a convivial bunch. If anyone is ever visiting Montpelier Vermont (sort of smack dab between Boston and Montreal) over a Thursday evening, it's a rare treat. Pretty ecclectic too. We do a fair amount of Irish, Quebecois, Cape Breton, New England and even a little Swedish playing. Everyone brings tunes, and often someone brings wine and someone else brings dessert or a snack. Not a bad way to spend the evening.

The bi weekly celtic session north of here is also a moderate session, and pretty refreshing if you've been to the break neck variety.