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Bourrée
Wednesday 5th October 2022 – Club Night
Roger taught Bourée and Schottische variations
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Wednesday 2nd March 2022 – Club Night
An encouraging attendance, Roger and Quentin taught a basic Bourrée, the Montagnarde and Carnaval de Lanz.
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Wednesday 5th February 2020 – Club Night
Roger and Alice taught the Avant Deux, while Richard showed us a bourrée variation.
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Wednesday 2nd January 2020 – Trois Pas d’Ici
We were pleased to welcome Trois Pas d’Ici a great new trio of three young women from France for their first gig in England. They play wonderful traditional music from Poitou in the south, as well as the Auvergne and Sweden. With two driving fiddles and diatonic accordion, they produce some great music for dances
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Wednesday 1st May 2019 – Club Night
Richard, assisted by Roger and Alice taught a Circle Schottische, Quentin taught La Crosada (a bourrée variation) and Alice a Schottische Variation.
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Wednesday 3rd April 2019 – Folk Salad
French bal with local musicians – Folk Salad – beginning with a workshop for bourrées + a Breton, and Basque, dance. A fun and interesting evening of popular French bal dances accompanied by a rich and varied French/Scandinavian fiddle sound; plus a couple of different but simple dances from the north and south of France to begin with in
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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 1st March 2017 – Club Night
This month we featured the bourrée, which according to one source is, a very lively old traditional French dance from several mainly Southern provinces. It is usually played and accompanied by a Cabrette (one of the French bagpipes) a Vielle (hurdy-gurdy) and fiddle and accordion. Depending on regional customs and rhythm (2 or 3 beats) the
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Wednesday 4th May 2016 – Club Night
Excellent music with tuition from Alice and Roger on a circle bourrée the schottische.
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