Wednesday 3rd October 2018 – Club Night
Quentin taught the Montagnard and La Bourrée Tournante des Grandes Poteries; Roger the Avant Deux and Vicky a Bourrée variation
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Wednesday 5th September 2018 – Dave Shepherd
Dave Shepherd is best known as the fiddler in Blowzabella and over the years has developed a distinctive style. Several of Dave’s compositions have become standards both here and in Europe. Dave is well known as a teacher of traditional dance and fiddle in the UK and abroad. As well as playing in Blowzabella he has played
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Wednesday 4th July 2018 – Bof!
An excellent evening from Bof! sent us off on our summer holidays with a spring in our step. Bof! started playing as a four-piece band specializing in traditional French and Breton music for dancing or listening to. During that time we have played in folk clubs, for dance groups and at festivals in England and France, as
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Wednesday 6th June 2018 – Club Night
Richard and his assistants taught the Valse Ecossaise en Ronde.
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Wednesday 2nd May 2018 – DanSons
Three musicians familiar to Pied a Terre will be lead our May session, with caller Biggles introducing a mix of club favourites and less familiar dances. DanSons band members are Pied a Terre band workshop leader Helen Boreham (accordion and clarinet), Louisa Young (clarinet, bagpipes, vocals, percussion) and Fran Broady (fiddles, vocals, harp).
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Wednesday 4th April 2018 – Ben Hooke Band
Ben started with a workshop, looking at style and variations of a few popular French partner dances (5 time waltz and Rondeaux en couple) and revised/learnt a couple of other simple favourites in the French dance repertoire (Bal Limousin and Avant Deux à Coutant) followed by a traditional (mostly!) French bal, with dances in couples,
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Wednesday 7th March 2018 – Club Night
Tuition by club members Quentin, Roger and Vicky.
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Wednesday 7th February 2018 – Club Night
Tuition by club members Quentin, Roger and Vicky, to refresh the dances that Kerry last taught us.
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Wednesday 3rd January 2018 – Salmanazar
A stonking start to the New Year. Salamanzar filled the room and our hearts with joy. Salmanazar are Philippe Laussine, Sébastien Benoît, and Cedric Martin. This trio play really danceable and traditional French music on box, pipes and hurdy-gurdy. Many of you will know Cedric from the duos Expire and Moussaka. Philippe has huge experience having
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