bendigo

Hi-I`ve just joined Concertina.net out of the need to add my comments about Witney. I first went approximately 8 years ago, originally to write a magazine article about the Saturday night concert and was made to feel immediately very welcome by Jenny Cox. The following year there was a last minute steward shortage & Jenny phoned to ask if I would be interested. I took her up on the offer & have been to every Witney Concertina weekend ever since, also String weekend & Fiddle weekends for the past 5 years (owing to my daughter`s need for a driver). Perhaps stewarding is an easier way to make friends quickly, you do lose part of the course & it is in part hard work shifting tables & chairs but I have made many friends over the years doing this, including people who have already offered their comments, such as Jenny Cox, Mick Verrier & Valmai Goodyear, with whose comments I agree entirely. When thrown into any group of strangers you do have to make an initial effort - this applies to any group, but does invariably get results. It is primarily a tuition weekend rather than a socialising one, but there are opportunities for this. Anyone who is feeling a bit lost, try talking to a steward (that`s what we`re there for) or try knocking on the door of the caravan parked by the Edwardian block, where I`ll be happy to offer a cup of tea & a chat (if I`m not humping chairs at the time!!)