The Arran Concertina event is a relaxed and informal gathering of concertina players of all abilities, and anyone else who is concertina-tolerant. Other instrumentalists and non-players are welcome.
The main feature of the programme is that there is no programme! Themes and groups will depend entirely on the wishes and abilities of those taking part. This may or may not include “workshops” on Arran-related tunes, song accompaniment, playing for dance, choice of material, particular styles of music or basic harmony or music theory. A popular feature in previous years has been the concertina band, for all systems and all abilities. Please let me know if you are interested and I will arrange to send music files (dots or sound) to you in advance.
Participants arrive on the Friday afternoon to check into the lodge at 5pm. In the evening there will be a relaxed jam session/singaround at our bunkhouse base, and the programme for the weekend will be finalised. Saturday and Sunday are devoted to informal workshops on themes and subjects suggested by the participants. The weekend is rounded off with a trip to the local open folk session in Brodick on Sunday evening. Check-out time is 10am on the Monday morning.
