Chorley Traditional Music Sessions

Chorley Traditional Music Sessions

Note: Date changed for the April Slow and Steady Session!

Who are we?

We are a group of local folk musicians who are keen to help up and coming local musicians get some experience of playing their instruments in a (semi) public environment.

We do this by running a monthly "Slow and Steady" session in a local community hall on a Saturday afternoon. The session is run by an experienced musician who understands the problems and needs of budding players, and makes sure that the music played is suitable for those who are learning.

We also host a more traditional folk music session at a local pub one Sunday a month. Players from the "Slow and Steady" sessions are encouraged to come along and will receive a sympathetic welcome.

We cater for most of the common folk instruments, and specifically have experienced players for Whistle, Fiddle, Melodeon (G/D), Concertina (English and Anglo), Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin. Other instruments can be accommodated as long as they play in the common folk keys (primarily G and D, perhaps A). We have contacts all over the North West, and could certainly find friendly help for most other instruments.

Details

The "Slow and Steady" Session

This is held at Eaves Green Community Centre, Chorley on the first Saturday of every month. The session costs £4 which includes a set of music (if required), and tea and biscuits. We do not charge for your first visit. The main cost is the hire of the hall.

The session runs from 2:00 until 5:00.

You can find the address and a map of the location here.

We have a copy of some suitable music . If you come along we will give you a copy.

The Pub Session

This is held at The Crown pub in Worthington on the second Sunday of each month, and runs from 12:00 until 3:00. The pub has a good selection of beer, and also serves full meals.

You can find the address and a map of the location here.

We sometimes meet in the function room, up the corridor almost immediately left up a few steps, after entering the front door, or we meet in the front bar (turn right after you go in), depending whether the function room is in use. You should be able to hear which it is!

There is no charge for the pub session, although the landlord would encourage you to buy a drink or two!

Mailing List

We maintain an email list of interested people, and email a reminder about the sessions a few days beforehand. We promise NOT to sell the list to anyone else, and will only use it to publicise the events described here, or events that are of a similar and local nature. All emails are text based.

You can subscribe to the list here. After you subscribe you will have to confirm your subscription by replying to an email sent to the address you specified.

Every email that comes will have link to allow you to unsubscribe instantly.

Dates for future sessions

Here is a list of the dates for 2012. if you plan to come, then register for the reminder email and/or check back here to make sure that the date has not changed (although it rarely does!).

Slow and Steady Session	Pub Session at The Crown
14th April 2012	15th April 2012
5th May 2012	13th May 2012
2nd June 2012	10th June 2012
7th July 2012	8th July 2012
4th August 2012	12th August 2012
1st September 2012	9th September 2012

Note: The sessions in January, April and July are on the same weekend as the "Slow and Steady", as the month starts on a Sunday.

Useful links

This is a list of web addresses that you might find interesting or useful:

Melodeon forum	http://www.melodeon.net
Fiddle forum	http://www.fiddleforum.com
Concertina forum	http://www.concertina.net
Whistle forum	http://forums.chiffandfipple.com
Guitar forum	http://www.guitarforum.net/
Banjo forum	http://www.banjohangout.org
Mandolin forum	http://www.mandolin.org.uk
Hammer and Mountain dulcimer	http://everythingdulcimer.com
Session forum (mainly Irish)	http://www.thesession.org/
Find a session in the uk	http://www.uksessions.net/
Folk music in general	http://www.lesession.co.uk
All sorts of info about folk music in the UK	http://www.ukfolkmusic.co.uk/
UK folk tune finder	http://www.folktunefinder.com/
Convert ABC to musical dots	http://music.gordfisch.net/montrealsession/editor.php
Local folk club	http://www.bromleycrossfolkclub.org.uk/

If you have any other links you think could go here, then please email us (link below), and we'll see what we can do!

How to Contact Us

You can email us here or just come along!

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