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Week 43: Happy Halloween!

Hello!I’m right in the middle of Dracula up at Whitby Abbey. It’s sequel to the book, but you’ll have to come up and watch it to find out what happens! Excitingly my little trip to the Eric Sahlström Institute in … Continue reading

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Week 42: Off to Whitby

Hello!It’s been a week of preparing again and filming and editing.We had the Symmetry Zoom Dance dance this week and it was 100% nyckelharpa for a change. So take a trip over to the page and play-along!Emily’s Waltz is a … Continue reading

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Week 41: Dance Week!

Hello!This week has been full of dances, filming and editing! I’ve been back home from Fürsteneck for a few days now and have edited all the tunes that I taught and the videos of the class. It was a lot … Continue reading

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Week 40: Burg Fürsteneck

Hello!It’s been an incredible week! We were working at a local castle and then I headed off to Germany to teach at Burg Fürsteneck. So I was in Germany when I should have sent this out! I hoped you all … Continue reading

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Week 39: Lots of filming!

Hello!It’s been a week of intense filming and editing and also preparing for teaching at Burg Fürsteneck. So what is new on the site this week? In other news Jonny and myself were also on Channel 5’s Harvest on the … Continue reading

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Week 38: And Relax

Hello!That was an amazing weekend at Halsway Manor. Many tunes were played! I’ve been busy editing videos post weekend. If you were there then you get to see the concert again by checking it out on the resources page. I … Continue reading

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Week 37: HALSWAY!!!

Hello!As this blog entry goes out I will be driving to Halsway and another weekend of awesome nyckelharpa-ness. I’ll report back next week! We have a pdf of the top 40 tunes and I’m working my way through the missing … Continue reading

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Week 36: One Week to Halsway!

Hello!It’s now only one week to go until Harpas at Halsway 2023! The heat here has made working conditions tricky and as a result a lot of work has been done between the cooler hours of midnight and 3am! My … Continue reading

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Week 35: Playford Dancing Master 1651

Hello!There is so much happening this week – I can’t edit fast enough!! It’s two weeks to Halsway and much preparation needs to be done! However…. 2023 marks 400th the anniversary of the birth of John Playford the music publisher … Continue reading

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Week 34: Three Weeks to Halsway

Hello!It’s three weeks to the Halsway Manor Nyckelharpa Festival! I’m three days away from returning home for the summer so my head is starting to fill up with all the little jobs I need to do. One room has come … Continue reading

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