Author Archives: Vicki

Week 22: Out on the road

Hello!We had a great weekend at Chippenham Folk Festival last weekend! This weekend is a storytelling festival up in Cumbria, with a Symmetry dance in between! It’s been busy. So not much time for creating new videos. What’s new this … Continue reading

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Week 21: Jonny’s Catch No. 1

Hello!This week has been full of preparation for the Chippenham Folk Festival. We’re really excited to be playing for the festival, it means a lot of preparation in terms of numbers of dance tunes! So what’s new this week? I’ve … Continue reading

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Week 20 – Scandinavian Fiddle Tunes is back!

Hello!Two exciting things this week. We decided to hit the record button on our Zoom dance on Tuesday night and created a play-along video. It’s not quite like the other videos because we’re engaging with the Zoom dancers and not … Continue reading

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Week 19: Spring Cleaning!

Hello!It’s been a spring cleaning sort of week this week. Literally, hoovering, ironing etc. I took apart the filming room so that we could concert it back to being a spare room for a guest. It’ll be put back together … Continue reading

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Week 18: The Global Spikens Vals

Hello!It’s finally here! The Global Spikens Vals is complete! Hurrah! It came together really nicely! A full range of players, from those just starting their nyckelharpa journeys to those further down the road. Thank you everyone that sent in a … Continue reading

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Week 17: After World Nyckelharpa Day

Hello!That was a weekend! I spent the weekend in medieval garb, whilst also making sure that World Nyckelharpa Day went smoothly! It was a lot of fun and I’ve had a lot of fun watching the videos from the playlist! … Continue reading

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Week 16: World Nyckelharpa Day

Hello!It’s finally here. The week that contains World Nyckelharpa Day! As a result everything this week has been about preparing for that. There will be new things next week! I have been working hard behind the scenes and has made … Continue reading

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Week 15: Back from Dover Castle

Hello!We had an amazing time down at Dover Castle last weekend! I filmed some shorts there and as you can hear the acoustic in this underground room we were in on the last day was immense! I filmed quite a … Continue reading

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Week 14: World Nyckelharpa Day Preparations

Hello!The heat is on here, full of preparations for World Nyckelharpa Day!! I spent this week filming and editing stuff for the day – which is in two weeks time! So what are my main projects for that day? The … Continue reading

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The Halsway Manor Session for World Nyckelharpa Day 2023

Back in March 2022 we had a Nyckelharpa Course, a retreat week. We filmed a session at this time, but it was never edited or published and just languished on memory cards. So I decided to edit this together and … Continue reading

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