EMMANUEL PARISELLE & CHRISTIAN MAES: FRENCH DANCE TUNES WORKSHOP for any instrument
Saturday 12th. April 2014
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £35. Booking form available here.
The Elephant & Castle,
White Hill,
Lewes
BN7 2DJ
Emmanuel & Christian are two of the best melodeon players in France & are experts in French regional dance music. They are brilliantly entertaining & very good teachers, being favourites at On Bouge in London. Emmanuel has taught at Concertinas at Witney and regularly leads melodeon-building weeks for EATMT in Suffolk.
The workshop will cover a nice choice of dance tunes from Brittany, central & south-west France, with Christian teaching melody style & Emmanuel chordal accompaniment.
Some music will be sent in advance.
IN THE EVENING EMMANUEL PARISELLE & CHRISTIAN MAES PERFORM AT THE LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB
AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
(admission £8; advance tickets available from address at end of the booking form)
Provisional Timetable
10.45 | Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments are not included) |
11.00 | A couple of tunes from Brittany: a gavotte from the mountains & a rid�e from the coast. |
12.30 | Lunch |
13.30 | A couple of tunes from the centre of France: a mazurka from Auvergne & a bour�e from Morvan. |
15.00 | Tea/coffee break |
15.15 | A couple of tunes from the South-West: a rondeau from Gascony & a branle from B�arn. |
16.45 | Finish |
N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited.
Maps & accommodation lists will be sent in advance if requested.
Valmai Goodyear,
20, St. John's Terrace,
LEWES,
East Sussex
BN7 2DL
Tel. (01273) 476757
e-mail: Valmai Goodyear
Website: http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/