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No doubt the anwser will be in Which Witch Magazine!

In December I played a "reunion gig" with thre guys I had played with about three years previously. I was amazed that after "how does this one go?" before just about every number, the songs, tunes and arrangements came out of us like we had never stopped practising! It's as if your fingers have their own memory.

In December I played a "reunion gig" with thre guys I had played with about three years previously. I was amazed that after "how does this one go?" before just about every number, the songs, tunes and arrangements came out of us like we had never stopped practising! It's as if your fingers have their own memory.

Hi I have been handed an unplayable 20 key lachenal by my neice's freind. He wants to sell it, if it is worth anything (which it should be). It is in one piece but the bellows are not good and have half come away from one end. The rest of it appears to be in reasonable condition. Does anyone have an idea as to value?

Hi Helen I need the PC at work to down load the pictures from my camera! I have lived on my boat for about two years now, and have just got used to the lack of space (enter the Tuba and mess the routine up!) Luckily where I moor, there is no-one within 300 yards so my efforts go undetected, except for a confused herd of cattle. Derek

Don't melodeon players HATE it when you strike up for the morris in"C"?!?

The concrtina really suits Narrowboat living. (unlike theTuba!) By the way I live in the north Midlands, so not far from your friends. I wonder, is it narrowboaters that like concertinas, or concertina players that like narrowboats?

Will get around to it over the holidays Helen, though I have a slight problem owing to the fact I have no mains power on the boat and therefore no PC! I have to wait till I get back to work in the new year.

I'll stick with the Jeffries, although a friend of mine has a 30 key Connor with I am particularly impressed with, I might have try one for myself......

Talking of small living spaces and musical instruments, I live on a narrow boat and have just inherited an E flat Bass Tuba! (it's got to live with me of course)

I was looking through the posts about an hour ago and Jim was also on line! Maybe he is doing the Silence thing after all.........

And to you, sir. Power to your elbow (and wrists and fingers!)

I just noticed my membership number below my details on a post. I had a quick look round to see the "senior members". Jim is #13 (not unlucky thank goodness) Helen is the lowest I saw (#5) So, who is #1?

Rapper Sword is played and danced at a breakneck speed and woe betide a side that doesn't end with a good "lock". Mind you, the swords do have handles at both ends which helps, and I've often seen the carrier of the locked swords holding on to more swords that he should to keep it together!

I have been to a few Broadwood ales, they were pretty much a pantomime by the end of the night! (Ex Victory Man) I particularly remember playing Skittles, using Hammersmith morrismen as skittles an empty firkin as a ball!!

I come from a Salvation Army family and always expected to see someome playing. Sadly I never did (I am a Heathen now, so probably never will!). My family were musical, however, and we spent much of our time singing in the evenings. My own musical upbringing was playing the cornet in "Arley Miners' Silver Prize Band" in the Midlands. I only started playing the concertina after I joined a Costwold Morris side (Victory Morrismen in Portsmouth), and I was lent one of those big East German anglos with the huge white buttons. Derek

Makes my posts look decidedly tiny (not like the "poster" I hasten to add)

Let's hope it's not your last. Considering your handle here and the current discussion about the ages of concertina players, I wonder how old you are and how long you've been playing. 54, beard, overweight, and playing since about 1978 I think. There are a lot of new younger players emerging in the UK, but then again I suppose my freinds and I were "younger emerging players" when we started!

Yachtsmen do it with plenty of wind? Oh and by the way, Hi to everyone. This is my first post.