It's that time again, time to start thinking about bringing yourself and your concertina to the East Texas piney woods for the 9th annual Old Palestine Concertina Weekend.
 
Held in conjunction with the 12th annual Palestine Old Time Music & Dulcimer Festival (www.oldpalmusic.com), this year it will be March 21-23, 2012, in Palestine, Texas.
 
Jody Kruskal will once again be the guest headliner and teacher, and we will also have two days of volunteer-taught classes for those who play English, Anglo and Duet, plus plenty of time for jamming and comparing instruments and tunes.
 
Last year we had over 20 concertina players from all over the US including Oregon, California and Maryland and New York.
 
This year, Dan Worrall will present a workshop on the old octave style of Anglo playing based on his recent book and CD “House Dance”. Gary Coover will be teaching beginning and Third Row Anglo and will be premiering his new 100-page tutor “Anglo Concertina in the Harmonic Style”. There’s even rumor there will be a Boer music player attending.
 
With luck concertina builder Harold Herrington might even be able to attend to talk about concertina construction and repair.
 
All in all, a fun weekend with good music, good friends and good BBQ, plus you get to meet and hear some of the country's finest old time musicians. And if you’ve never heard Sacred Harp singing, it’s almost worth coming just for that.
 
For more information watch this space at concertina.net or contact Gary Coover at gcoover(at)swbell.net.

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The West Country Concertina Players present their 30th Anniversay Concertina Weekend with
 
 
Alistair Anderson, Iris Bishop and John Kirkpatrick at St Audries Bay - March 22nd - 24th 2013.
 
 
More information at www.wccp.co.uk or contact John and Mal Derricott on 01-258-450927 or
[email protected]
 
 
This 30th anniversary concertina weekend of excellent tuition for all concertina systems is being held
at St. Audries Bay holiday park on the Severn Estuary - where the Quantock Hills unfold towards the sea
and yes, we can go down the steps and walk on the beach! We are so fortunate in having a 'dream team'
of tutors - Alistair, John and Iris will be leading us on this celebratory weekend. With the best tuition,
there will be plenty of opportunities to spur you on and help you improve your playing technique, get
new tunes and ideas, together with enjoying bar sessions with old and new friends.
 
One of the WCCP's aims is to motivate and facilitate learning to play the concertina - with enjoyment as key
- so you are most cordially invited to come and join us in March.

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