Our next events
● Traditional Music Class - Gun & Spitroast, Horsmonden, 8th May, from 8pm. We'll be playing tunes from the previous class, looking at The Marquis of Lorne, The Gaspé Reel and learning John of Paris by ear (no cheating by reading the dots for that one please!!!)
● Traditional Music Class - Gun & Spitroast, Horsmonden, 22nd May, from 8pm
● Sessions at the Bell and Jorrocks restart in September
What is English traditional music?
England can easily match any other country for the richness and diversity of its traditional dances... So, if there's all this wonderful stuff lying around, why aren't we more aware of it as an everyday part of our national culture? Why aren't we all doing it, and valuing it, and treasuring it? ... it is, or was, mostly done, and valued, and treasured in the country... preserved most tenaciously by the least privileged layers of society... because even if there's little in the way of material wealth or worldly possessions, at least you know who you are... '
Leading box player, singer and dancer John Kirkpatrick explains here.
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Our 2012/13 season of sessions at the Bell & Jorrocks is now officially over – we’ll start again in September. The Horsmonden Traditional Music Classes will continue for a few more weeks. We have had to call off the First … Continue reading
Rosie Davis at the Frittenden session, 28th April
We’re delighted to have our great pal Rosie Davis as our featured performer at the Frittenden session on the 28th April. Rosie has a distinctive and arresting way of putting over a song from whatever source. She’s also a great … Continue reading
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6th April – The Old Fashioned Night Out now has a programme
We have a programme! Click on the image to preview the programme for Saturday.
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