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  1. Just over a fortnight to go smile.gif Here are a couple of links to the bus services, Coastal and Country http://www.coastalan...usServices.html and Arriva http://www.arrivabus...=125&txt=Whitby

     

    The 98 West Cliff circular run by Coastal and Country runs past the Rugby Club as do Arriva's 91 Castle Park circular and 92 Spa biggrin.gif

     

    .... the 91 is infamous for getting cancelled by Arriva at short notice though rolleyes.gif

  2. ................. where do folks like to play their concertina and why?

     

    Me, I like to play in the kitchen sat next to the kitchen table - the acoustics are great.

     

    in my house a good place is partway up the second flight of stairs with a view through the landing window, really good acoustics giving a rich sound even when playing quietly or, if the neighbours are at home, the attic bedroom with the door shut biggrin.gif

  3. I'm new to the Anglo concertina. I play a 30-key wheatstone layout in the key of C/G.

     

    I was wondering what other types of music use anglo concertina. I think I read that English traditional music uses anglos in G/D and the South African Boeremusiek focuses on the concertina (although I'm not sure if Anglo, English or Duet is more common) but I was wondering about other genres of music (or just bands of another genre of music) that feature anglo concertina playing. I'd be grateful to hear back from anyone with suggestions of music to listen to in order to broaden my concertina horizon.

     

    Try any tune that takes your fancy, whatever the genre. smile.gif

    The range of music that sounds well on the concertina is surprisingly wide biggrin.gif

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    I didn't go to the FILO when I was at Whitby last year but I did go the year before (2009) and I am pretty sure I had my shruti box with me then. Could it have been then?

     

    Geoff

     

    I didn't go to the FILO at all during 2009 so there must be 2 singers with shruti boxes coming to Whitby biggrin.gif

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    I find the Shruti box good for singing with, especially for ballads. It works especially well with modal melodies in my view.

     

    Cheers

     

    Geoff

     

    Would you be the singer with the Shruti box at the folk session in the FILO Whitby last year ? There can't be many of them knocking around North Yorkshire smile.gif

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    Vitas is an idiot. Good performer, but an idiot. What can we say? At first I thought it's some sort of a joke. Then I dug up another video and yep, he's up there.

    No, I meant played higher, when harmonies begin to work.

    P.s.

    I quickly grabbed my Baritone Ukulele, looked up chords on the Internet, spent few days rehearsing and there I am. It's on the opposite side of been undisciplined. Measures? What measures? Still working on it.

     

     

    Lovely biggrin.gif

     

     

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    The International Concertina Association (ICA) library has over 50 arrangements and compositions by Regondi which are free for members to access. We probably have the largest library of concertina music specifically written or arranged for concertina in the world, which is maintained through the subscriptions of our members.

     

    Membership details can be found here:

     

    http://www.concertin.../ica-membership

     

    With best,

    Jeremy

     

    Have finally got round to joining biggrin.gif

  8. Where are the local sessions nowadays? We are coming up in March

     

    There's a regular Tuesday night, and first Saturday in the month, at the 'First Inn Last Out' up on the Railway http://www.firstinlastoutpub.co.uk/ a friendly mix of singers and musicians playing/singing whatever takes their fancy biggrin.gif

     

     

    I think there's a regular Sunday night open folk session at the Station Inn ( the old Tap & Spile ) opposite the railway station though I've not been to that one for a while.

     

    There's the Whitby Folk Club at the Friendship Rowing Club every Thursday http://www.coblersmonday.co.uk/page6.html

     

    The Robin Hood's Bay Folk Club at the Dolphin on Friday evenings http://www.bayfair.co.uk/folkclub.html

     

     

    I'm not sure if there're also sessions at either the Fleece or the Endeavour, here's a link to the Whitby Folk Club page listing other venues in and near Whitby but as it's not been updated for a while best to check before going anywhere biggrin.gif

     

    http://www.coblersmonday.co.uk/page10.html

     

    Look forward to seeing you around town, you can never have too many concertina players in a session laugh.gif

  9. I've been looking at the guest list for this year's Whitby Folk Week, 20th - 26th August, http://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/

     

    Iris Bishop, Anahata and Ray Padgett have been booked so there's some good concertina input already biggrin.gif

     

    And Brian Peters!

     

    biggrin.gif I'm looking forward to it already biggrin.gif Last year was brilliant with the Spare Parts Concertina Band workshops and all the other events.

     

    My spare room got 'bagged' for this year by my friends as they set toe over the step last year, they're hoping to be able to stay the whole week this year ....... Morris Dancers in the attic ........ it's a bit like having bats but with clogs on ..... laugh.gif ........

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