See you Sunday

There is an article in the Chronicle about the event.

The Street entertainers will be on first at 12.30. Come and enjoy the spectacle

then on the Northgate stage, near the walls :
1 -1.30 Black Cat Band (folk songs)
1.30- 2.00 Black Cat band play for adult Maypole dancing*
2.00-2.30 Mystery Band (singer songwriters**)
2.30 -3.00 Frank will lead the musicians*** for family Maypole dancing
3.00 - 3.30 Mystery Band**
Fingers crossed for fine weather. If 'rain stops play' we may be running late and the rest will merge flexibly till they move us to let the cars in
3.30 - 4.30 'Foreign exchange' Frank will lead musicians*** for Maypole dancing and Rondez Vous? French dance tunes.
4.30 -5.30 Musicians session on and around the stage


* Although this will be advertised as adult Maypole I would not expect anyone to leave a young child alone in the crowd. Share your ribbon, or let them stand in the middle as one of our mascots.

** The event organisers are providing these bands, so I will be surprised too.

*** Musicians could you please meet me and Frank before these spots (say 2.20 and 3.20) to agree a set list. If anyone wants the latest Rondez Vous? tune-book contact me

Say hello to me when you arrive. I'll be around from 11.30 and hard to miss in a black and orange flowery waistcoat.

Frank's other tunes

Non-French

Easy tunes…

Polkas – Bluebell / Jenny Lind

Hornpipes – Speed the Plough / Morpeth Rant

Hornpipes – Trumpet (Pugwash) / Portsmouth / College (Sailor’s)

Reels – Boston Tea Party set

Reels – Curly headed Ploughboy

Reels – Holmfirth Square set

Reels – Father Kelly’s set

Mount Hills

Jigs – Merrily kissed the Quaker set

Jigs – Foula Reel set

Jigs – Star above the Garter set

Hornpipes 1

Polkas 1

Tunes for Rondez vous session (3.30 - 4.00?)

French tunes - play each tune 4 times start again if people still dancing (from Helen's latest tune book)

 

Hanter Dro de Languidig

Hanter Dro (two parts)

An Dro 4/4

Laridé

Le Canal en Octobre / Ça ira

Bourrée des Dindes / Bourrée de Concours

Mazurka à Rigal / Mazurka Limousin

Sonny's Mazurka / Ciapa Rousa

Captain Nemo / The RSB

Robin's Waltz / Valse à Bouffard

 

Changes of running order

We don't want to clash with the street entertainers in the Lord Mayors pageant between 12.30 & 1.00 so the order has been changed.
There will be musical entertainment at on at 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 3.30
Maypole dancing will be at 1.30, 2.30 & 4.00
Music session 4.30 onwards. This will start in Northgate street then move to Alexander's so that the road can be reopened,

Possible detail is
1.00 - 1.30 Black Cat band
3.30 - 4.00 Rondez vous

watch this space, or make sure I  have your email address for updates.
Contact me

Obviously if the heavens open there will be delays and things will run late

Tunes for 28th

Suggested tunes for the first set of Maypole dance.

1.20 - 1.40

Jigs:

Oyster Girl (in G)

Moon and Seven Stars (in D)

Oats, beans and barley (48 bars) (in G)

 

Reels:

Bear Dance (in G)

Chinese breakdown (in D)

Maggie in the Wood (in G)

Boil ‘em cabbage (in D)

 

Email me if you mean a pdf of the 'dots' or a midi file to play.

Music and Maypoles

Come and be part of the  Northgate Quarter Village Green Day.
Sunday 28 July
12.30 - 5.00 pm
Northgate Street Chester (near the walls)

The provisional running order is
12.30 - 1.20 Music session
1.20 - 1.40, 2 - 2.20, 2.40 - 3, 3.20 - 3.40, 4 -4.20 Maypole dancing.
4.20 -5 Music session (which could continue in Alexanders after their musicians finish their spot at around 5)

I am teaching the Maypole dancing, we will probably have separate sessions for adults and children. This is aimed at the general public but I need some dancers/guinea pigs to help me out and get them started. So come and learn some maypole figures, and bring some children for the childrens session.
There will also be stalls and entertainment elsewhere in Northgate street and Rufus Court,  so why not make it a family afternoon out.


I need  a bandleader for each slot (one person or several) and musicians for the dancing. If you can let me know who is coming the bandleader can agree a set-list in advance.
I will be meeting the soundman next week, and he needs to know roughly the size of the band. Please contact me mjw@mowaddington.plus.com
If you need a seat or music stand please bring it.

Between the Maypole sessions we need bands or dance spots to keep the entertainment continuous. Any offers? The organiser would also like to hear from any Morris sides or other dance display teams who could dance at the other end of Northgate street.