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Ruishton Play Day

 Sunday 5th January 2025

 

A goodly group of concertina players met at Ruishton for the first WCCP Play Day of 2025.

The weather warnings meant that we did not have quite enough to run the planned ceilidh, but we worked through the tunes for the dances then split into elective groups for the usual ‘shared tunes’ which members bring to teach and lead. 

The theme for the day was ‘Birds’ and that provided a rich seam of shared tunes, including Sir Arthur Sullivan’s ‘Tit Willow’, ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’, ‘The Cuckoo’, ‘Chimney Bird’ and ‘Bye Bye Blackbird'.

The January meeting is a ‘bring and share’ lunch and that was exceptional with members providing fancy and home-grown fare for all.

The 'Showcase' included group performances of the shared tunes interleaved with a wide variety of solo spots including songs in the form of ‘Saucy Sailor,’ ‘Bonny Light Horseman’, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’, an instrumental duet of Paul Simon’s ‘Me and Julio’ and even a Christmas recitation.

With time to spare we had a session dedicated to reading chord symbols using 'Off to California' as the ad hoc example.

The next meeting is on Sunday 2nd March at 11 am in Ruishton, Junction 25 of the M5.

 

 


 

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