Category Archives: What’s New?

Weeks 12 and 13 – from Halsway Manor!

Hello!We’re right in the middle of a two week stint at Halsway Manor. It’s been brilliant! Over the course of 7 days we’ve had 25 nyckelharpa players ranging from advanced to complete beginner. We’ve covered technique, tunes and even done … Continue reading

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Week 11: Preparations

Hello!It’s been full on preparation week this week. Which means of course I decided that World Nyckelharpa Day needed badges and T-shirts. You can get the badges from the World Nyckelharpa Day website. The design is also available on T-shirts … Continue reading

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Week 10: The Danceable Playford Session

Hello!I thought this week was a good time to focus on the Danceable Playford Virtual Halsway Manor Session. We’re at Halsway for two weeks and I’m in the middle of creating our dance pads. These tunes all feature in what … Continue reading

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Week 9: What happened to February?

Hello!It’s dance week again! It always seems to be dance week. You can catch us live on Tuesday 1st March at Symmetry and on Saturday 5th March in Atlanta (technically it’s 6th March at 00:30!). Grab the links and the … Continue reading

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Week 8: Contra!

Hello!It’s a been a week of recording and preparing for IVFDF in Sheffield. If you’d like to listen in to this gig it’s going to be live-streamed! So Saturday 26th February between 8:30-11:30pm UK time go to this webpage: Contra Dance … Continue reading

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Week 7: Let’s get Training!

Week 7: Let’s get Training! Hello!It’s been a camera week this week I’ve created my “tune more commonly associated with another instrument” for World Nyckelharpa Day and it’s ready to go. You’ll have to wait until the 24th April to … Continue reading

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Week 6: The Children’s Lessons

Week 6: The Children’s Lessons Hello!I’ve been inspired this week to finally get all of videos that I filmed back at the start of lockdown in April 2020 sorted and added to the site. I think it’s really important to … Continue reading

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Week 5: World Nyckelharpa Day Prep

Week 5: World Nyckelharpa Day Prep Hello!This week I have been hard at work on World Nyckelharpa Day. I finally managed to get the advert created, some wonderful people sent me lots of good videos and I created the video … Continue reading

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Week 4: Happy Burns!

Week 4: Happy Burns! Hello!It’s Burns week this week and we had a lovely event in Zoom for Live to Your Living Room. This inspired me to grab the camera and to do a session based on the tunes that … Continue reading

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Week 3: Camera time!

Week 3: Camera Time! Hello!The camera has been out and I’ve been catching up on a few videos. I’ve been meaning to do a video of how I use a normal guitar strap as a Y-strap for the oktavharpa. That … Continue reading

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