Playing For Morris Dancing Workshop – John Kirkpatrick
An event hosted and led by John Kirkpatrick.
Sunday 25th February 2024 in Bishops Castle, Shropshire.
“Come and learn from somebody who has been Morris Dancing, playing for it, and thinking about it since he was twelve years old. After over 60 years, he must know something! This will mainly be useful for people who already play for this kind of dancing, but anybody who enjoys bashing out a tune will be most welcome. We aim to cover all styles of Morris Dancing. Acoustic instruments only, please – no electronics or percussion. Tuition will be both by ear and from printed music, which will be available in advance.”
Workshop – How to Love Tunes you Hate!
Here is a review of our first instrument workshop covering loads of ways to take the most boring, old-hat, overplayed tunes … and kick them back into life! Will Allen’s talk ‘How to love tunes you hate’ was a difficult subject to put over to an audience with presumably varying abilities, but I reckon that most would have come away with at least some ideas providing food for thought; I certainly did.
Workshop – How to love tunes you hate! – Will Allen (LIVE on Zoom)
In this workshop we will go over loads of ways to take the most boring, old-hat, overplayed tunes … and kick them back into life! We will hopefully see some tunes in a whole new light. Suitable for any standard morris instrument but particularly melodeons. Click on the link below to book a place and you will be sent a Zoom link to access the event.
