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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 put together the lesson for Jonny's Catch No.1. There is a minus-1 video on the lesson page, so play along and enjoy! I've put the full version below for you to watch!

We have another Symmetry dance on Tuesday 30th May. The dots are up and ready on the Zoom dance page. Just like the last dance we'll be filming it and making it available on the website for subscribers. This time it's three dances on flute, four dances on nyckelharpa. Watch out for the link next week once it's edited!

On the Scottish Smallpipes this week we have Lady Katherine's Dance.

More next week!
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Vicki

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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 so much with the camera. But they're nice tunes to play along with. At the moment these videos will only be available for subscribers - so the only way to access this video is by logging in and visiting this page. Let me know how you get on and if you'd like us to make these videos for every dance we do! There will usually be a mix of nyckelharpa and flute playing in these videos and a bonus song! These are all going into a brand new course I've created called Play-Along Videos. (I couldn't think of anything better! Of course - you can still come along to the live event and then play-along again afterwards!

Secondly - the Scandinavian Fiddle Tunes is back and for sale again! It's been a little while since I sold out and they became hard to get. I was slightly worried about cost due to Brexit, but I finally bit the bullet and just ordered a box of 50. Now I need to try to find space to store them in the cupboard!
CLICK HERE to get your very own copy!

So what else is new this week?
Polska efter Jon Erik Hall on the nyckelharpa
Bobby Shaftoe on the fiddleharpa
The March of St George on the Scottish Smallpipes

Below is a quick compilation from the dance we did last Friday night at Alcester Contra - that was fun!
More next week!
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Vicki

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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 again and back to usual next week! So what is new this week?

On the fiddleharpa we have The Shoemaker and nice simple tune for practising string crossing.

On the flute we have reached the end of the A-Z of flute dance tunes and Z so it's Zephyrs and Flora. It's been a great time with these tunes and I've been preparing to film a new series. It's not quite ready yet, so watch this space for when I get it filmed and uploaded!

On the Scottish smallpipes we have An Drochaid Chluiteach.

On the nyckelharpa we have Schottis efter August Strömberg. It's a great tune for playing right down on the G string and also for playing in C minor.

More next week!
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Vicki

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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 video!

So what's new this week?

On the nyckelharpa we have Polska efter Henrik Henriksson.
On the flute we've reached Y and The York Assembly
On the fiddleharpa we have What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor
For the Scottish Smallpipes it was time to do a drone tuning video and Highland Pibroch.

More next week!
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Vicki

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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! Check out last week's entry for the list of things that I did. The concert with David was such fun to put together and I'll miss doing the Nyckelharpa News Network - so I'll have to see if I can come up with an excuse to do another one!

So what is new this week?

In Folkie Flute we are at X and XYZ, it was quite tricky to find X! I'm very close to the end of that series. so this week I'm going to do a new one! Watch this space to see what it'll be! For the Scottish Smallpipes this week we have The Eavesdropper.

I worked very hard on the Fiddleharpa-4-a-Day and now we have a full week Week 2.

For nyckelharpa we have Griffenfelt. This went out for World Nyckelharpa Day from all the participants, including those that had only been playing 4

More next week!
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Vicki

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And just like that Halsway Manor was over! It was an amazing seven days at Halsway and I'll be posting up tunes over the next few weeks. There is some exciting news this week - but first the new tunes.

On the nyckelharpa we have Polloness ur Mattia Silvius Notbok
For there A-Z of dance tunes for the flute we have Upon a Summer's Day
On the Scottish Smallpipes we have Apples and Chairs, a tune that doesn't need any gracenotes.

So the big news! I am so proud to be able to announce the launching of the Spelborgarmärke! It's a brand new initiative to help encourage people on the road to learning tunes from memory. To gain this badge all you need to do is to play a tune from memory. Simples! I've already used it to encourage reluctant students and the effects have been incredible! You can hear more about this on the Nyckelharpa News Network news broadcast at 10am today! If you want your own badge it's available now in the shop!
Exciting times!
More next week
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Vicki