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Week 31: August Already?

Hello!
How can it be August already? The year is slipping away fast!

So what's new this week? I decided to complete the lessons for the Fifth Virtual Halsway Bar session. Especially as we took a break from the sessions this week. (We had expected a quiet July/August - but that hasn't happened!). We hope to start filming some more sessions next week, but yesterday I managed to sprain my ankle, so I'm hobbling around a bit at the moment. So what's new?

New Tune of the Week:
The Cedar Fence

Tune Friday
The Sloe
The Rochdale Coconut Dance
The Rogues March
Captain Lanoe's Quick March
Tree in a Bog and Marie's Wedding
Horses Branle (now updated to include the dots!)

For Children
CDs (also good for adults if you see past the animated background!)

In other instruments I've added London's Burning for double bass (who wouldn't want to play London's Burning on the double bass!) and The Black Joke from Playford for Folkie Flute.

Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 30: Tunes Update

Hello!
It's been another week of a weekend of gigging, which has been great. I did some filming - then had to re-do the filming. We had to pull the livestream studio 2 apart to get the PA out so we could take it to a real life ceilidh dance! It was a short dance, but a dance none the less! It was fun! Then it went back together again and finally it's being taken apart and then put back together. It looks like things are definitely starting to be more blended. This has put us a little behind for the sessions. So we're going to take a break for a couple of weeks. But have no fear we'll start filming the sessions soon. There are 20 from the original Virtual Sessions at the Bar at Halsway to revisit!

So what's new this week?

Our Dance Tunes
The Japonica Jig
Hyde and Seek
Jonny's Jolly Polska

8-note Polska
Sistapolskan (new tune of the week)

Old Style Harpas
Slängpolska efter Calle Svankvist

For Children
Jumping Beans (of course adults can play this little beginner tune!)

The Zen Scales Course - it's been a year since I filmed these scales in the first lockdown and I have now fully transferred them to this site. 56 days of scales to help you get up and down the instrument and listen to your tone. Give them a go! If you complete them all - let me know and I'll do some more!

The Folkie Flute tune of the week is Linus På Linjen.

Enjoy and stay safe!
:))
Vicki

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Week 29: Tunes Update

Hello!
We went out and did a real gig! We were lucky enough to play for the Valhalla Viking Festival and it was truly amazing! To play for a bunch of Vikings singing along and banging the table to their favourite Viking songs was brilliant! We're going to make a couple of music videos over the next few weeks and they'll have some freshly composed Viking melodies to learn in them. Watch this space!

So what's new this week?

For Children
C-Saw (don't be put off by the presentation, you can still do this tune if you're an adult and a beginner!)

Complete Beginners
HarpaFours

Moraharpa
A Santa Maria Dadas – Cantiga 140 (totally new)

Tune Friday
Banish Misfortune
Dusty Windowsills
The Global Halsway Parade (2020)

The Folkie Flute tune of the week is Polska after Båtsman Däck and the Scottish Smallpipe tune of the week is Castle Dangerous.
Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 28: Tunes Update

Hello!
I hope you are well and that you enjoyed the session of Waltzes last week! If you’ve not had time to catch up with it yet, it’ll stay up forever, as will all the sessions we’ve done during the pandemic! It’s been a busy week on a secret project, so the only filming I’ve managed is for a half hour slot at the Whitby Folk Week for August. Luckily I have videos in hand from when I was a little quieter a month or so back! We’ve chosen the next session theme and it’s back to Playford again. Filming for that will take place at the start of the week, so the link should be up mid-week.

So what's new this week?

The Sesson 9 Playford Dance Tune List
Mr Lane's Maggot
Jenny Pluck Pears
Duke of Kent's Waltz No. 1 (new lesson)
Gathering Peascods
Hunt the Squirrel

Moraharpa Tunes
Skäggigtpolskan

Tune Friday
Grizzly Hills from World of Warcraft

For Children
Au Clare de la Lune

Folkie Flute tune of the week is Planxty Hewlett by O'Carolan.
Enjoy and see you at the next session!
:))
Vicki

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Week 27: Tunes Update

Hello!
It's summer and lovely and warm out there. We're still losing face to face work in the folk world, but we're getting some corporate work, but still most of our work is online. Another dance this week on Tuesday. The dots are available on the dance list page. The dance is in Zoom, it's free with donations appreciated. For the past few days I've been involved in a new project that I'll be able to announce at some point in the future - but it might take a little time away from filming videos. But have no fear - I'll still be posting new things each week. We haven't decided the next session yet - so if you have a request, leave it in the comments section! So what's new to the site this week?

Vicki & Jonny's Dance Tunes
The Lace in the Door (Jig)
Hands Across the Pond (Waltz)

A Focus on Technique
Fläderhuspolskan (polska bowing)

Tune Friday
Hamburska efter Pehr Ericsson

Moraharpa
Polska efter Pål Karl Persson

The whole of the Virtual Halsway Session 16 has been transferred. (I'm not moving them in order!) This week's Folkie Flute is Tierpspolskan and we have The Piper's Wedding in the Scottish Smallpipes Course.

Stay well and in tune!
lots of love
Vicki

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Week 26: Tunes Update

Hello!
This weeks session is another week of our Waltzes. We really have had fun putting together lots and lots of waltzes and we love sharing them, so here's another 5 tunes! The blog entry is up with the details!

So what's new this week?

Vicki & Jonny's Dance Tunes
Poppy's Present (totally new)
The Revelstoke Wedding (totally new)
Lightening the Load

Focus on Technique
The Bowstring Reel

Zen Scales Week 7 has arrived on the site.

A little bit of tidying has been done in the Four-A-Day for C tuned harpa and I've made a note of the lessons with only audio lessons.

This weeks Folkie Flute Friday tune is Skålbergslåten. I've now also added a Scottish Smallpipe course and over time will be transferring my old bagpipe teaching materials to this site. It's good to have everything in the same place!

Our next Zoom dance is on Tuesday 6th July - the dots will end up on the dance page, but isn't quite there yet. Get in touch for the Zoom link!
:))
Vicki