Had a good practice session this morning. There were 10 of us with 4 regulars & our 1 junior missing. The other youngster is in her 2nd year at uni and comes at holiday time.
Its important to encourage the youngsters. But you then hit the problem of police checks if they are not accompanied by parents. How do others get round this problem?
We dont run it as a formal session, but a cooperative, pooling ideas and working on simple tunes for beginners to go away and practice. Brushing up on more complex tunes. Mostly learnt by ear, but with some back up from the dots.... many of the musicians dont read the dots. We also have several CDs which we suggest people get hold of.