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13 Aug 08 - 03:22 AM (#2412279) Subject: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Mo the caller There are several concertina events on the Whitby programme. The short version (internet) does not always specify English or Anglo. Sunday Concertina for beginners Keith Kandrik Sunday Concertina chords Harold Barnes of Britania Coco-nut dancers Roger Digby's workshops say Anglo. Then there is Dave Ball' concertina consort. Does anyone know anything more. |
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13 Aug 08 - 03:43 AM (#2412285) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: r.padgett Well no but Keith Kendrick can do both! Hopefully not too complex and I hate chords I play Anglo Ray |
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13 Aug 08 - 03:45 AM (#2412288) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: The Borchester Echo Keith Kendrick plays both English and Anglo. What an extraordinary brain. |
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13 Aug 08 - 03:54 AM (#2412291) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Alan Day Jody Kruskal will also be there doing American style Anglo workshop. He has developed a style based on the old American fiddle playing techniques and is well worth watching and learning from this brilliant and enthusiastic player. Al |
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13 Aug 08 - 07:52 AM (#2412382) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: The Sandman Keith Kendrick is very good. |
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13 Aug 08 - 08:02 AM (#2412394) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: The Borchester Echo Keith Kendrick is extremely good and a jolly nice chap to boot. |
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13 Aug 08 - 03:25 PM (#2412778) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Steve Gardham My 'Squeezarounds' are on Monday Middle Earth 11.30 Friday, Middle earth at 5. If you haven't experienced one of these before they are for Anglos and Melodeons of all standards and the format works something like a singaround. We all play a well-known set and then we go round the room each player saying a little about their box and either leading off a set for everyone to join in, or playing a show-off tune, or singing a box-accompanied song. We've been running this for a few years now and it's becoming quite popular. |
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25 Aug 08 - 02:38 AM (#2421601) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Mo the caller Steve, that is very clear. Why can't it be that obvious in the programme? This is my perpetual grouse, festival programmes are in a code that only those "in the know" understand. Someone put a head round the door of something described only as "Playford" to ask whether it was tunes or dances. The dancers all know that Barbara Kinsman, Colin Hume and Andrew Shaw are dance callers, for the average holiday maker who has bought a programme to see what's on Playford could be related to Playstation. |
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25 Aug 08 - 04:49 PM (#2421991) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Steve Gardham Mo, Basically my perception of the problem is:- Change of personnel of those writing the programme from one year to another. The person in charge of the programme having too much to do and not contacting the workshop organiser directly. Surely email is easy nowadays. I agree entirely that the descriptions should be accurate, but when a new type of workshop comes along that is unfamiliar to the writer it presents problems of space in the programme. When I have time I usually try to get further explanation in the daily newsletters. |
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25 Aug 08 - 05:20 PM (#2422007) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Mary Humphreys I was involved in running an instrumental workshop at another festival recently. The programme stated clearly that is was "tunes with harmonies" but we still got some people turning up asking if it was for songs. I always thought that tunes were for instruments and songs were for voices, but perhaps we were not specific enough? |
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25 Aug 08 - 06:16 PM (#2422034) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: The Sandman bring back, John Howson. |
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26 Aug 08 - 06:16 AM (#2422286) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Michael Give them time: Even John had to learn. Mike |
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26 Aug 08 - 06:19 AM (#2422287) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Mo the caller Who is John Howson? I have noticed in the last couple of years that the programme does say when a workshop is one of a series, so that's a good thing. |
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26 Aug 08 - 07:29 AM (#2422317) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: AllisonA(Animaterra) I agree with Alan Day- Jody Kruskal is well worth watching- and if he's giving a participatory workshop, it's even more worth it- he's a fine teacher as well as one of the best anglo concertinists in the biz! |
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26 Aug 08 - 07:48 AM (#2422325) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: GUEST I had the same thing happen. one event was listed as Northumbrian tunes by Alistair Anderson. I went along expecting to hear tunes by Alistair, but it turned out to be a workshop to teach people some tunes. I am fully appreciative of the fact that volunteers work tirelessly on our behalf and do a grand job, (thats why I buy a season ticket, when I dont actually go to enuff events to warrent one, as I feel that in doing so it supports their hard work) so Im not really criticing - honest!!! its just that the word "worksop" would have been useful. and Steve your Mondau session sounds great, wish I had known about it before, but I will be there next year!! Lin |
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26 Aug 08 - 08:11 AM (#2422339) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: The Sandman John Howson,was involved in the organisation last year. |
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27 Aug 08 - 05:53 AM (#2423139) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: The Sandman http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=8312 here is an audio,demonstrating two different ways to play fifths on the english concertina. |
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27 Aug 08 - 05:55 AM (#2423141) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: The Sandman http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=8312 |
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27 Aug 08 - 06:15 PM (#2423769) Subject: RE: Concertina workshops at Whitby From: Steve Gardham Whitby Squeezarounds. There are a couple of video clips on Youtube on Sarah Macmillan's site along with lots of dance stuff. Mally turned up for the last ten minutes of the Friday session so I got him to do the finishing spot. He'd had a few bevies so we carried on the workshop for another 45 minutes with 60s rock songs on melodeons and Anglos entertaining the holidaymakers. Great stuff! |