a jolly fine piper who doesn't play out nearly enough.

Chris Walshaw turned up at our folk club in Lewes at the end of last year in the company of the superb female quartet, Jigjaw.

I was on to him like a shot - would he do a floor spot for us? Well, no, he hadn't brought any instruments with him......

Chris does play with The Climax Ceilidh Band. This will be doing four dances at this year's Sidmouth Festival as well as a number of prominent public dances in the autumn. Their gig list is at http://cms2.gre.ac.uk/jr07/climaxceilidhband/site/gigs.asp