Pariselle & Oliver Gascon Dance Music Workshop

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Lewes Saturday Folk Club offers:

More dance music of Gascony and South West France workshop - for any instrument with Emmanuel Pariselle & Didier Oliver.  

Emmanuel is one of the best melodeon players in France, a singer & an expert in French regional dance music. He also plays a specially-designed 'Franglo' concertina. He has taught at Hands-On Music & regularly leads melodeon-building weeks in England. Didier is a superb fiddler & also dazzles on mandolin, boha (Gascon bagpipes) & guitar. They are favourites at the National Centre for Folk Arts at Halsway Manor. Both are wonderful singers. Using traditional dance material from Gascony collected in the 1970s & 1980s, the workshop will be based on dances of South-West France: the boureé planière & the ronde du Quercy. They will also show how to give a swing to mazurkas & schottisches. Emmanuel demonstrates harmonies with melodeon & Didier demonstrates melody & style with other instruments. For each dance Nathalie will demonstrate the steps to explain the feeling. Some music will be sent out in advance.

Saturday 10 June 2023 10.45 a.m. - 4.45 p.m. Places £45 (2 under-25-year-olds £22).  Email valmaigoodyear@aol.com to reserve places, pay cash on the day.

Provisional Timetable 10.45 Registration & coffee; please order lunch at the bar (refreshments not included). 11.00 Boureé planière 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Ronde du Quercy 15.00 Tea/coffee break 15.15 Swing on French mazurkas & schottishes 16.45 Finish N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited. Some music will be sent in advance, & maps & accommodation lists on request. EMMANUEL PARISELLE & DIDIER OLIVER PERFORM AT LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB IN THE EVENING (£12: email to reserve tickets)