AnnC
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not music related but .... the new Sainsburys supermarket in Whitby opened today, it's on the A172 next to Homebase, just out of town past Eskdale School heading towards Hawsker. Lidl and the Co-op have been giving out £5 off vouchers to try to keep customers
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as far as I know concessionary bus passes can be used on all the town services after 9.30 am. but not on the tour buses
to make planning easier ......
roads on the 91 route starting from the bus station
Bagdale then Chubb Hill Road, Kirkham Road, Byland Road, Runswick Avenue, High Stakesby Road, Castle Road, Stone Cross Road, White Leys Road, Stakesby Road, back onto High Stakesby, Runswick Ave., Byland Rd., Kirkham Rd. then onto Chubb Hill and down St. Hilda's Terrace, top Flowergate, Brunswick Street and back to the bus station.
the 98 Route: Bus Station, Bagdale, Chubb Hill Rd, Spring Vale, West Thorpe, Stakesby Rd, Castle Rd, Love Lane, White Bridge Rd, Upgang Lane, down Argyle Rd. past the Metropole, North Terrace on the cliff top past the Spa Pavilion , Royal Hotel, Hudson Street, Havelock Place, John Street, Crescent Avenue, Upgang Lane, St Hildas Terrace, top Flowergate, Brunswick Street, Boyes Store
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- will now have to work out out which ones actually pass The Resolution which is a few steps back up the hill from the Elsinore.
both the 91 and 98 should go down St. Hilda's Terrace / top Flowergate then Brunswick Street on the return journeys to the bus station. There's a handy bus stop just before the junction of Skinner Street with St. Hilda's Terrace, get off there and it's a short stroll down to both the Resolution and the Elsinore ,,,,,, miss that stop and the next drop off is outside Boyes Store and a steep haul back up Brunswick Street
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useful Whitby Bus Timetables
The 91 Castle Park circular goes from the bus station, up past the Dr's surgery, Stakesby School and the Rugby Club entrance on White Leys Road before heading back into town
The 98 West Cliff circular also passes the Rugby Club on the Stakesby Road and Love Lane sides before going along the cliff top past the Spa, returning into town
The 1 and 1a Tour buses pass the Bandstand, the Whalebones and go along West Cliff before heading back past Pannett Park then over New Bridge and up to the Abbey. The ticket for this bus is valid for a day and you can hop on and off at the stops as you wish
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Where do the eurosessions happen?
Any ideas of which days?
Steve
they were a fringe event in The Resolution from about 3pm Mon to Fri I think, but I only got to a few of them due to other commitments and had nothing to do with the organisation so can't say if that's what's happening this year. They were some of the best sessions of Folk Week, friendly, a wide variety of instruments, lots of new tunes to listen to/learn and enough that were already known to join in with
.... thinking of the 'to learn' .... must start practising the Andalucian Arabic
(sneaks in to Euro under Spain
) which was a proper 'earworm' last year. Can't find the abc Jack Campin sent me but here's a pdf of the dots
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two addictive tunes picked up from last year's session were
in a selection of minor keys. andthe Hurdy Gurdys gave a hypnoptic quality
the pdf has dots for Sansonette in Am, Bm and Em
and 3 other tunes I remember from last year ......... Valse des Chevaux de Bois, Le Revenant, and Metsakukkia
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All the best, you'll never know where you found the time to work!
too true
but as John warned you'll find lots of people deciding that you're free, at the drop of a hat, to do all sorts of little time consuming jobs for them ...... "to fill your days now you're retired and have nothing to do" !! the art of saying " Thankyou but NO, I'm rather busy today/tomorrow/this week" convincingly is worth perfecting
Have a long and happy retirement doing whatever you wish to do
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Whitby Sea Festival (formerly known as the Captain Cook Festival) will be taking place from Friday the 20th to Sunday the 22nd of July with events based in and around the Resolution Hotel on the corner of Skinner Street and Flowergate in Whitby
sorry for the short notice, hadn't realised it wasn't on the calendar until tonight
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Was not in my mind for the ICA music journal so much but for Pauline herself (gedditt??!! Pauline's Mazurka.....")
Taaaa!
He's written a 'Pauline Polka' too
... but I haven't found the dots yet....... There are some slight differences in the chords too, but mostly in describing added notes to the chord that are in the melody so I left those as they were. I have a feeling that the page we're working from might have been done quickly by the composer and with not too much attention to detail...
the guitarists and mandolin players are taking a similar view, they're using Eric Theze's chords as a base to work from, developing their own harmonies, with each musician playing slightly different but complimentary chords/runs of notes. (the guitars are concert tuned) -
Thanks for the hard work
one small query .... should the 6th bar from the repeat at the start be B2 A2 G2 rather than B2 A2 F2 ? (I've just looked at the abc to pdf in a converter and it didn't match the original score) but I'm no expert at doing abc's
It was played down the Folk Club again last night, Anglo taking the melody line and 2 guitars, I mandolin and an Autoharp providing the chords
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Anlej - is there an ABC of that please? I sent Pauline de Snoo, editir of the ICA mag, the link but she is having trouble getting it to print or whatever. From ABC I can send her a pdf
tksz
not come across an ABC but this link should go to Eric Theze's page with the score, I ended up copying it out longhand on manuscript paper (no printer) and have spent this morning writing out the chord progressions, (again longhand on bits of paper) with title and Eric Theze's name on so everyone knows it's his composition, as the guitarists and mandolin players in the sessions have fallen for the tune too Eric Theze is the headmaster of an Art School as well as a bandoneon player and pianist, If it's going in the ICA magazine then this LInks page should help with contacting him for permissions
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The FILO folk session/singaround is back.
Every Saturday from 8pm at the First Inn Last Out in Whitby.
A friendly mix of songs and tunes run by Stu T and Chris C, much the same as it was before but now at the smaller end of the pub for a really cosy get together
when I know what's happening during Folk Week I'll post the details
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Hello
I can't add anything extra to the advice about choosing a concertina except to try as many different ones as you can before you buy and if you know an experienced player take them with you when you're shopping to (hopefully) spot any major faults, especially in 2nd hand instruments. Whereabouts in England are you? If you want to meet other concertina players and chat about the different makes the International Concertina Association have regional groups or if that sounds a bit formal then your local folk club or morris side might know of concertina players near you
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getting away from the drink ....
.... there's a lovely lilting mazurka,"Pauline", gif attached, composed by Eric Theze, which is becoming popular in the local sessions.
Sounds great on concertina, especially if there are mandolin and guitar players in the session to ripple through the chords
is
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The Captain Cook Inn, Staithes, North Yorkshire, TS13 5AD, will once again be hosting the annual Staithes Acoustic Music Festival from Wednesday 25th through to Sunday 29th July 2012
As per previous years everyone is welcome and there is only one rule.... NOTHING CAN BE PLUGGED IN - MUST BE ACOUSTIC.
This event is very informal, as anybody who has attended in the past will know, and nobody books a spot - it is a case of everyone taking turns one song at a time and whoever wants to join in plays along and accompanies.
Full details on the Forum Calender listing
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It's been going since February, a friendly acoustic folk session. A mixture of music and song in a welcoming pub.
Every Tuesday evening from 8.30pm in The Elsinore, 25 Flowergate, Whitby YO21 3BB
during the Folk Festival in August the evenings will be taken over by a group of musicians who meet together there every year
the regular 'Tuesday crowd' will be Folk Tarts sampling all the other sessions on offer that week -
according to his website he's at the Swaledale Squeeze during the daytime and at The White Hart on the night
quote from his tour dates page.....
"17-19 (daytimes) Swaledale Squeeze (concertina workshops) 18: Mickleby (near Whitby) White Hart Folk Club"
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something to look forward to and there's just over a week to go
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a date for the diary ...... Saturday the 19th of May
Brian Peters will be at The White Hart Folk Club held in the White Hart Inn, Mickleby, North Yorkshire
here's a link to Brian Peters website
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for anyone in North Yorkshire next weekend
concertina player Steve Turner will be at the White Hart Folk Club, The White Hart Inn, Mickleby, North Yorkshire on the 11th of February. -
I think I remember Colin Dipper telling me that many years ago he acquired a dead rosewood grand piano and salvaged the veneer for use on his instruments.
that's interesting as, back in '89, when I ordered my Anglo from Colin Dipper he said he'd make it of rosewood from an old piano ........ the ultimate recycled instrument perhaps .............. a minaturised grand piano ? -
A good reminder I owe mine.
Slapped wrist and on the naughty chair.
Al
there'll probably be enough of us sat on chairs in the corner to start a decent scratch band
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have got the form filled out ready to post ........ but £20 is hardly a 'nominal' sum for a lot of people on tight budgets, especially just after Christmas
WHITBY FOLK WEEK 2012
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