Hi Chris,

a couple of us came to your workshop with Johnny Adams in Ripondden a couple of years ago. It really was a catalyst to get playing and to encourage others to do the same. It also revealed your massive collection of tunes and the role that written music played in keeping the tunes alive for hundreds of years. Clealy tunes players used written music in a way that most singers of old songs mostly didn't, although the role of broadsides has long been recognised.

Much thanks to you both

Les and loads of people at The Beech, Chorlton
About 30 of us will play for our third Ceilidh tonight