Author Archives: Vicki

Weeks 5 and 6 – from Sweden

Hello!I’m running behind again, so I’m blending last week and this week into one update. I am now over in Sweden ready for the course at the Eric Sahlström Institute. It’s been snowing lightly. everywhere looks lovely and I managed … Continue reading

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Week 4 – Happy Burns Night!

Hello!Happy Burns Night! I’m a little late in sending this out as it was a full on Burns Night weekend. As you can see from the video below I’m not averse to piping in the haggis and then giving it … Continue reading

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Week 3 – World Nyckelharpa Day Global Tune Revealed!

Hello!January is well and truly here and the Christmas decorations are down and everything is dark. Sigh. But lighter times are coming. I’ve been busy working on the things I’m going to be teaching over the next few months. I … Continue reading

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Week 2 – Away from home

Hello!I’ve done a lot of recording, filming and editing this week, especially on the Scottish smallpipes and work for World Nyckelharpa Day. You’ll spot the videos I did as they come through because I left the green screen at home! … Continue reading

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Week 1 – Happy New Year 2025

Happy New Year!I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year. I’ve had a week of tidying a few things up. We had a lovely end to the year with a Symmetry Dance, the video is edited up ready … Continue reading

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Week 52 – Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas everyone! – God Jul allihoppa!We complete our Christmas work on Sunday 22nd December. On Monday 23rd I grabbed the camera and spent the day filming. Normally I would then spread out the videos that I’d made – but … Continue reading

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Week 51: Happy Solstice!

Hello!It’s solstice week and we’ve not touched ground since my last update, so this week it’s a little thin on the ground. We had our Zoom concert on Monday and it was a lot fun! Just like we do for … Continue reading

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Week 50 – Glad Lucia

Hello!It’s Lucia today! To get a real feel of Lucia take a little trip over to SVT (Sweden’s national TV channel and watch their Lucia concert). At around 20 minutes in you’ll get to see Josefina Paulson playing nyckelharpa! We … Continue reading

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Week 49: Christmas week 1!

Hello!We are now well into our Christmas work, so I decided it was time for the Christmas Advent Calendar again. So I’ve decided to spruce up the file a little bit and add articulations and bowings for the main advent … Continue reading

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Week 48: Happy St Andrews!

Hello!We had a really lovely trip to Sweden, full of snow and family times! It’s now full on preparations for Christmas we have a lot of Victorian and Medieval work coming up which is going to be lots of fun. … Continue reading

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