WORKSHOP SERIES fiddle club performance info below!!!!!!
FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T VISITED A WORKSHOP, THEY'RE ALL FREE, AND THE LEADERS ARE ALL AMONG THE WORLD'S FINEST AT WHAT THEY DO. WANT TO LEARN IRISH FIDDLE? YOU COULD HAVE SAT IN AND LEARNED FROM LIZ AND YVONNE KANE, MULTIPLE ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS, WITH A RECORDING RESUMÉ TOO LONG TO LIST. CAPE BRETON? YOU COULD HAVE LEARNED FROM MADDY RANKIN AND ANDREA BEATON, TWO OF THE ALL-TIME BEST FROM THE FOUNDING FAMILIES OF CAPE BRETON MUSIC!
FIDDLE CLUB SUMMER INFO... SOON TO FOLLOW. I WILL ALSO EMAIL EVERYONE WHEN I GET THE MUSIC TOGETHER. VERY LOW KEY, NO COMMITMENTS, ETC. SIMPLY LOTS OF FUN.
NEW UPDATE! GETTING CLOSER, DON'T WORRY... ANY DAY NOW!
The scene during the workshop:
THE BEARFOOT BLUEGRASS CAMP A Smashing Success!!!!! Spread all over the church, and even in a boat. Picking session schedule to follow soon We'll break then down into age and ability, but it looks like two will be enough. One for little beginners, which will really be low-key lessons taught by volunteer older guys, and the other for adults of pretty much all abilities. Middle-school students and up belong here. Some of you adults may whine, but I bet most of the kids play better than you. We would love to have some of the adults help lead the kids from time to time. I'm thinking that we'll have a quick pick-up session in late August (vacations wreak havoc this time of year) and get going in the fall for real.
Past Photos
Andrea Beaton and Maddy Rankin of Beolach teaching about 30 kids and adults to tear it up Cape Breton style.
Andrea's piece for you all to learn, in her own hand ...
Gudrun Walther of Cara, another champion fiddler sharing her secrets! Grada visiting the folks at Brown School in Madison for an impromptu workshop, which was very successful, and a Gaelic lesson, which, well, wasn't so successful.
