2020 was a strange year. We lost all of the courses that we were supposed to run at Halsway Manor. So using the magic of green screen we filmed a series of Virtual sessions in the bar. This is the fruit of our labour. I have ordered them here from easy to hard, work your way through them! There are twenty sessions here for you to work your way through! The videos are open to all - but to get the music lessons and the pdfs of the music you'll need to be a subscriber (or a student).
We went on to start a second series of sessions - we've called them Vicki & Jonny's Session from Studio 2.
Session Zero - First Tunes
Session Zero Part 2 - Nice and Simple
Session Zero Part 3 - Nice and Simple
Session 1 - Join Us in the Bar!
Extra Session - Swedish Tunes Workshop at Whitby Folk Week
Session 2 - Swedish Tunes
Session 3 - British Tunes
- Three Around Three / The Cotillion
- The Man in the Moon
- Butter'd Peas / Old Tom of Oxford
- 100 Pipers / Jeannie's Blue E'en
- Click Here to download a printable of the tunes for session 3
Session 4 - Swedish Tunes
- Hälleforsnäspolskan
- Spikens Vals (3rd version!)
- Byss-Calle 32 (we promise it'll be steady!)
- Stensele Polskan
- Härjedalsschottisen
- Click Here to download a printable of the tunes for session 4
Session 5 - British Tunes
- The Sloe / The Rochdale Coconut Dance
- The Rogue's March / Captain Lanoe's Quick March
- The Rowan Tree
- Tree in a Bog / Marie's Wedding
- Drops of Brandy / Andy Carey's
- Click Here to download the pdf of dots for session 5
Session 6 - Tunes by people who have been to Halsway!
- The Noodle Slicer (by Ed Pritchard)
- Kerry's Lament (by Linda Hall)
- Narrowly Missed the Milk Jug (by John Cooke)
- The Heart Waltz (by Chris Drinkwater)
- Miranda's Mazurka (by Ed Pritchard)
- The Stand In (by Linda Hall)
- Doreen's Schottis (by Chris Drinkwater)
- Polska for Vicki (by John Cooke)
- Download a pdf of all the dots
Session 7 - The Playford Session
- Maiden Lane
- Hunt the Squirrel
- Upon a Summer's Day
- Nobody's Jig
- Stanes Morris
- Barham Down
- Goddesses
- Download a pdf of all the dots
Session 8 - Vicki's Dance Tunes
- Hyde & Seek / The Japonica Jig
- Elsy's Waltz
- Piggelunkschottisen
- Ankapoo / Tongue in Cheek
- Dancing Out / One for His Nob
- Download a pdf of all the dots
Session 9, Jonny's Dance Tunes
- Doodle Oak Cloggers / Hedingham Green (32 bar reels)
- Waltz for Shari (64 bar waltz)
- Sunny Skies / Dancing Shoes (32 jigs)
- Anastasia (48 bar reel)
- Italian Pants / Dot Dot Dot (32 bar polkas)
- Download the dots to Session 9
Session 10 - The Playford Session Part 2
- Mount Hills
- Jenny Pluck Pears
- Red House
- The Black Nag
- Argeers
- Mr Isaac's Maggot
- Dick's Maggot
- Trip to Paris
- Download a pdf of all the dots
Session 11 - Swedish Tunes
- Polska efter Johan Skedin från Tärnsjö
- Fikavalsen
- Schottis från Lima
- Hans Grinds Jäspodspolska (CiG)
- Svängrumpa
- PDF of the dots
Session 12 - British Tunes - Sunday 9th August
- Speed the Plough
- Hector the Hero
- The Inverness Gathering
- May Your Day Be Filled with Music (by Jenny Quick)
- The Quantox March (aka Quantox Reel)
- Rocking the Baby
- PDF of the music
Session 13 - The Danceable Playford Session Part 3
Sessions 14 - Swedish Tunes
- Fanteladda
- Springvals från Valö efter Ceylon Wallin
- Polska från Östra-Ryd
- Hamburska efter Pehr Ericsson
- Skänklåt - Skålarna
- PDF of the dots
Sessions 15 - Swedish Säckpipa Tunes
- Långdans från Sollerön
- Menueto efter Sven Donat
- Pollonesse efter Andreas Dahlgren Nr. 87
- Röra Röret
- Gärdsbygubbarnas Polska
- PDF of the dots
Session 16 - from the Long Room at Halsway Manor!
- Bonden i Paradis
- Spikens Vals
- Hamburska efter Pehr Ericsson
- Bortapolska
- Josefins Dopvals
- PDF of the dots
