Threaded Mode | Linear Mode

alistair · (This post was last modified: 10-01-2011 09:56 PM by alistair.)

No email response yet from Barry the Bennet's manager.
I phoned Bennet's this evening and the guy I spoke to said he thought the pantomime was not on on Wednesdays any more, so we could be OK. But I need to speak to Barry to get a definitive answer. He'll be there tomorrow morning and I'll phone back then.
Alistair.

Looked up the schedule for the King's Theatre pantomime, and the performance on Wednesday 12th Jan is a matinee starting at 14.00, so it certainly looks promising that there may not be problem with our using the Green Room in the evening.
Alistair.

alistair · 11-01-2011, 11:15 AM

Just spoke to Barry at Bennet's. He would prefer if we deferred resumption of the slow session till after the pantomime has finished, so the first session would be two weeks tomorrow, Wed 26th Jan.
Alistair.

alistair · 20-01-2011, 03:06 PM

When the Slow Session resumes at Bennet's next Wednesday (26th), how do people feel about focussing for the evening on one of the SMG Tune Books, for example Tune Book 3, which contains many fine tunes which are not often played, at least at the slow sessions. (We could maybe arrange to have copies of the tune book available for sale for the benefit of those who don't already have it, and want to have the dots.) That wouldn't preclude of course spontaneous suggestions of other tunes or sets to play, just provide a core, which would include I hope some tunes new to many people, which they would have an incentive for learning, especially if we continued this focus for two or three weeks.
Then in later weeks we could move on to Joy of Sets 1, for example, or one of the other tune books, or maybe Nigel's "Best of" Pub Session Tunes collection, the music for which was available a while back as a PDF for free download (though I could't find it when I went back to look for a link to it recently). That "Best of" collection includes two great pipe marches (Father John Macmillan of Barra, and Mrs MacDonald of Dunach) which by coincidence (or maybe not) are part of the Celidh Caleerie repertoire, so will already be familiar to anyone from that class.
Alistair.

Trish Santer · 26-01-2011, 01:12 AM

Sounds a good idea: as you say there are loads of tunes in the books that rarely get played.
I hope I may get along for one of my rare attendances.
Might I also suggest playing "The Wild Rose of the Mountain" in tribute to John Mason who wrote this very lovely tune. John was for many years conductor of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra and passed away a few days ago. Stan Reeves came to Cafe Ceilidh at the Scottish Story-telling Centre and we played it there (in amongst all the Burns songs.)
Think I may have posted the dots here before but here they are again (with a couple of chord changes).

alistair · 31-01-2011, 03:03 PM

A great slow session last Wednesday, with what may have been a record number of players and singers.

I believe there was a lot of support at the end of the evening for going ahead with the session again this week (Wednesday 2nd Feb) from 9pm onwards, even though there are no classes at Boroughmuir that evening.
I will check with the manager that that's OK, but it's unlikely there will be a problem. I think Bennet's now see us as a fixture for Wednesdays, and would let us know anyway if there was any conflict.

We could continue to focus on Tune Book 3 for a week or two more, if there is general support.
Alistair.

***nigelgatherer*** · 31-01-2011, 03:16 PM

I told people that we'd do Book 3 for a month. It means we'll be re-playing tunes more than just once, which gives them a better chance of being taken up.

alistair · 31-01-2011, 03:45 PM

(31-01-2011 03:16 PM)nigelgatherer Wrote: I told people that we'd do Book 3 for a month. It means we'll be re-playing tunes more than just once, which gives them a better chance of being taken up.

Great, Nigel.
We'll make sure we do that this week, even though alas you won't be there.

Jack Campin · 02-02-2011, 12:17 AM

After looking at that score attachment...

Is Martine going to be there for us to watch?

What does she DO while we're all watching?

alistair · (This post was last modified: 14-03-2011 07:24 PM by alistair.)

Would like to suggest we might include "Edwin Flaws of Wyre" (a wonderful tune by Freeland Barber) in the Slow Session this coming Wednesday (16th March). It's one of the many great tunes on the play list for the Sandy Bell's Monday night moothie session. Don't have the dots but there are several renditions on YouTube, including this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca9RFT00qc4
Alistair.

***nigelgatherer*** · 14-03-2011, 11:02 PM

I attach a vertsion of Edwin Flaws that I found on my hard drive. I play this tune for a Gay Gordons.