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Friday 26 March 2010

Perkins Engines Sports and Social Club, Stafford



Happy Birthday Marie and Sean. What a great way to celebrate your fortieth birthday – find a mate with a birthday close to yours and have a joint party. Well done all the little ones for dancing all night long, where do they get their energy from? And a special mention of little Erin who entertained the band with her bubbles and happy nature. Keep playing the fiddle Erin.

Here's a list of Sylvia's dances for your Dance Card.

Cock O' The North / 100 Pipers
Glasgow Gallop
Goatland Square Eight
Discouraging Waltz / Ragtime Annie
The Snowball
The Gravel Walks / Crowley's Reel
Old Swan Gallop
The Siege of Delhi / The Earl's Chair
Postman's Knock
Circle Waltz
The Humours of Scarrif / Some Say The Devil is Dead
Orcadian Strip the Willow
Siege of Ennis 
Shebag an Shemor / Give Me Your Hand
Polka Off 
Oxo Reel
Circassian Circle

Erin's first fiddle lesson.

Wednesday 17 March 2010

Keele Postgraduate Association, St Patrick's Night

StringFing plus a leprechaun – it can only be St Patrick's Night at the KPA up at Keele University. Back in my day it was called the KRA when much of the 'research' took place in the bar, so it's very reassuring to see that in spite of a name change a fine tradition continues.The leprechaun, by the way, is some local critic Spike brought in to review our performance and ensure the correct ratio of trad / WT Fox songs on St Pat's.

Saturday 6 March 2010

Longsdon Memorial Hall


Dr Jimmy's retirement party.

Here's a list of Sylvia's dances for your Dance Card.

The Snowball
Goatland Square Eight
Discouraging Waltz / Ragtime Annie
Simple Longways Set
Circle Hornpipe
Old Swan Gallop
The Siege of Delhi / The Earl's Chair
Circle Waltz
Orcadian Strip the Willow
Shebag an Shemor / Give Me Your Hand
The Humours of Scarrif / Some Say The Devil is Dead
Polka Off 
The Willow Tree
Circassian Circle

Psychogeographical Trivia.

I love these old fashioned village hall stages with their rickety steps and vertigo inducing height. They provide a panoramic view of the ceili chaos below. Longsdon competes in height with Endon Village Hall and so merits a stage diving rating of Awesome.

For reasons I'm not entirely clear about Longsdon proudly displays a framed photograph of former Bond girl, star of the Wicker Man, and occasional Fairy Godmother, Britt Ekland. What a trouper. I suppose we can all gain comfort from the the thought that no matter how far you climb up the slippery pole of success we all end up in Panto.