Will any cool kids from Mastodon be at the Halsway D/G melodeon event this weekend?

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The Binghamton Morris Men and the BF Harridans will perform English morris dances on the streets of Binghamton this Friday evening (June 5) at First Friday. We'll probably be on State Street somewhere around 7:00 pm, though if you really want to be sure of finding us, join us at The Garage around 6:15 pm and follow us from there.

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Public Service Announcement: Naragonia’s “Pink Molly” by Toon Van Mierlo is an absolutely brilliant tune, so much so that having put it on I felt the need to tell you all.

I was listening to it on their album “Tandem” but there’s a tuition version that goes with their G/C diato tunebook on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/OMzQrLdzuzw

#Accordeon #AccordéonDiatonique #Diato #Melodeon #Folk #FolkMusic #Music #TradMusic #Trad

Just found out that Julian Sutton (JS hereinafter) will be the third tutor at this year’s Halsway D/G weekend, so a little anecdote…

About ten years ago I went to Melodeons at Witney and JS was one of the tutors. The workshop of his I went to was “all abilities” and I was very much a beginner. It was way, way beyond me and I came away massively frustrated and annoyed that it was not as pitched. Trying to learn “The Great North Run” and “93 Not Out” at great pace, suitable for beginners?! I walked out knowing I’d learnt nothing and wasted that time when I could’ve gained useful knowledge/ technique in a different workshop.

Fast forward to last year at Halsway when playing in the bar one evening, someone started a tune and I joined in without particular difficulty although I didn’t know it, and also the one they segued into. “What were they?” I asked, “I don’t know them but seemed to be able to play them.” The reply, of course, was “The Great North Run into 93 Not Out.”
I’m not saying I guarantee I could repeat the capability to just join in and play them, but clearly something had stuck and I’d done JS a great disservice!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXyNEfggooU&list=RDlXyNEfggooU&start_radio=1

The first year I went to Burwell for the music summer school, I was in Andy Cutting's mixed band group, with violins, flutes, whistles and guitars. I stood next to him and we played this as part of our set.

When we were finished I went outside to phone my wife and cried. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life.

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