At Chippenham Festival this year there was a 'English Tunes Practice Session' run by Andy Warburton & Spare Parts. It was brilliant, the leaders played the tunes at the speed it should be played and then at probably half the speed and when we joined in made sure that the speed was kept constant, it's all to easy for those who play that little bit better to start to speed up a bit.

George Garside, mentioned earlier ran Beginners Melodeon workshops at Sidmouth and made sure that the pace was kept slow, insistant that it was a 'beginners' workshop.