| SO.. the concert at The Sage Gateshead was not only a blast and such
fun, but proved to us that this was an extremely worthwhile project
which we are in the process of developing through our collective love
of music song and dance.
The line up is now set - all 14 of us:
Karen Tweed: Accordion/ voice / dance : England
Kerry Fletcher: Dance / voice : England
Frances Watt: Dance / flutes / voice : England
Anna Pack: Dance / melodeon / voice : England
Anna Esslemont: Fiddle / voice / dance : Wales
Amy Thatcher: Accordion / dance / voice : England
Shona Harper: Dance / voice : England
Su-a Lee: 'cello/ voice / dance : South Korea
Marion Gobel: 'cello / voice / dance : Finland
Rachel Hair: harp / voice / dance : Scotland
Muff Lucas: harp / voice / dance : England
Maisie Greenwood: fiddle / dance / voice : Wales
Laura Bell: saxophones / clarinet / dance / voice : England
Sandra Joyce: voice / bodhran / dance : Ireland
We are now preparing for our performances at Wickham Festival and
Sidmouth Folk Week in August and discussing plans to record both Cd and
DVD format.
Our material is self composed and drawn from other sources including
XTC, Gilles Chabenat, Timo Alakotila, Maria Kalaniemi and traditional
repertoires.
More updates to follow.....
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