October 28, 2007
Mrs B’s excellent cafe’s website is now up and running.
We’ve been rehearsing for our Christmas Party on 23rd November which just involves a whole lot of playing and dancing (and rowdyness no doubt). There’s a 7/8 tune to dance to. I think the general consensus is that dancers will have to make this up themselves, with a bottle of wine prize for the most inventive dance moves – if we play this towards the end of the night maybe the odd rythyms won’t be noticed…
October 18, 2007
On Saturday 18th October 2008 there is a Big National Ceilidh Day to raise funds for Water Aid. We are having a ceilidh at Hessle Town Hall to raise funds.
At 10.00pm all bands across the UK will be playing the same tune, Jamie Allen, and as many people as possible dancing the Circassian Circle. Here are some sobering figures from the Big National Ceilidh Day’s website:
1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one sixth of the world’s population.
2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation. This is roughly two fifths of the world’s population.
1.8 million children die every year as a result of diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation. This amounts to around 5000 deaths a day.
October 14, 2007
A few of us went to Les Panards Dansants yesterday which was part of a weekend of French Traditional Music and Dance in Otley, near Leeds. We have a ceilidh next May, in Hessle, which involves a weekend of people from Hessle’s twin town of Bourg de Thizy, France, visiting. So it would be nice to play them some French music and do some French dancing as well as traditional English music and dance.
We have been playing some French traditional music recently as two of the band members have houses in France and have books of french music which are really interesting to play. You can definitely hear the tunes that are perfect for hurdy-gurdy!
September 24, 2007
Sunday afternoon saw us down at the Humber Bridge park area outside a friends cafe playing music for people doing the British Heart Foundation’s walk across the bridge.
Shelly’s coffee is great as is the food and the surrounding countryside – there’s just something nice about playing outdoors. Thanks to Tim Waters for the photographs.
June 14, 2007
Busy weekend ahead for us…
Beverly Folk Festival, this Saturday 16th, sees most of us playing at some point for dance groups, the Green Ginger Garland and the Raving Maes (formaly the Raving Maenads), and Liz is bagpiping in a tent somewhere I think, no doubt we’ll hear where she is :)
Then on Sunday 17th playing at the Humber Bridge Cafe in the afternoon.
Fingers crossed for good weather!
