Still awaiting a response on the final list of dances but in the meantime, here are some tunes that are fairly likely to be played, to get started on!
Le Poules Huppes https://newealingsessions.com/2021/04/04/the-crested-hens-les-poules-huppees/ No arrangement, maybe some dynamics tbc
Jenny Pluck Pears https://newealingsessions.com/2026/02/08/jenny-pluck-pears/ No arrangement, maybe some dynamics tbc
Mairi’s Wedding/Peat Fire Flame https://newealingsessions.com/2022/11/02/mairis-wedding/ and https://newealingsessions.com/2022/10/30/peat-fire-flame/ with arrangement as follows:
Reel de Gaspe
Arrangement tbc
Reel de Gaspe link
Red House Reel
Arrangement tbc
Red House Reel link
Hunt the Squirrel
Arrangement tbc
Hunt the Squirrel link
Dashing White Sergeant
Arrangement tbc, maybe with The White Cockade?
Link to DWS and White Cockade
Author: debfiddle
Deborah is a violinist and violist specialising in English folk music. She trained in viola and Baroque viola at Birmingham Conservatoire, before returning to her first love of traditional music, song and dance.
Deborah has developed a passion for playing for dancing since joining her first ceilidh band at age 13. She is a member of Stepling, a band performing English music, step-dance, song and percussion, and also plays with Folk Dance Remixed, a dance company combining traditional dance with hip hop and street dance styles, with whom she has performed as such events as Car Fest, the Southbank's Festival of Love and Glasgow's Commonwealth Games Festival.
Deborah records on a regular basis for a number of people, including The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra, and for Laurel Swift's 'Travelling with Thomas' musical.
She teaches music, song and dance regularly for The English Folk Dance and Song Society, as well as on a freelance basis for various workshop series, festivals and music services. Deborah recently completed The Teaching Musician MA degree course at Trinity Laban, graduating with Distinction.
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