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A chance for all to learn new skills or brush up on techniques - we have some very fine tutors ready to share their knowledge and help you get the best out of folk life. Please bring your own instruments where applicable.
New for 2005 we have a series of highly diverse dance workshops in the Regal Centre - get those feet moving!
If you are a young aspiring musician / singer / dancer (aged 12-25) check out the Shooting Roots workshops.
Click here for a map of Wallingford showing BunkFest venues and the Festival Bus route
Music, Song and Special Interest - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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Music, Song and Special Interest workshops in Centre 70
Saturday WS1 11.00-12.00
Beginners guitar with Richard Butler
A basic introduction to the guitar for absolute beginners, to start you off on a lifetime of strumming and picking. Please bring your own instruments.
Saturday WS2 12.30-13.30
Shanty singing with Short Drag Roger
Explore the traditions of seafaring work songs and learn how they should be sung.
Saturday WS 3 14.00-15.00
Accompaniments and arrangements for tunes with Four Hand Reel
This workshop is for those who want to make the most out of playing and accompanying tunes. Julian and Andy will show you how to work out structures, chords and rhythms then join it all together. Please bring your own instruments.
Saturday WS 4 15.30-16.30
Music Matters Vocal Workshop for 7 - 12 year olds with Lyn Thomson
Join Lyn from Music Matters in Maidenhead for an hour of high energy vocal music making incorporating rounds, call and response, partner and part songs from folk and world music. All unaccompanied and all great fun. No experience necessary - just bring plenty of enthusiasm!
Saturday WS 5 17.00-18.00
World Music song workshop with Cat Kelly
Cat's workshop caters for all ages and abilities and will work up from very simple rounds to complex beautiful harmonies in a surprisingly short amount of time! She has produced a 'Vocal Workshop' CD and booklet set which will be available on the day.
Saturday WS 6 17.00-18.00
Fiddle workshop with Laurel Swift
Laurel is a very experienced tutor who works with Shooting Roots. Come and learn all the best tricks and tips for folk fiddlers.
Music, Song and Special Interest - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
In addition...
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Sunday WS 1 11.00-12.00
Intermediate acoustic guitar with Guitar Heaven
Designed for those who wish to improve technique or learn a few new tricks with chords and rhythms. Please bring your own instruments.
Sunday WS2 12.30-13.30
Meet the Artists: John Spiers & Jon Boden
A chance to hobnob with stars of the festival, ask a few questions and pick up a few tips.
Sunday WS 3 14.00-15.00
Bodhran for Beginners with Gerhard Kress
Got a bodhran and want to use it? Master bodhran maker Gerhard Kress will show you the fundamentals including how to play along at a session without having the instrument lovingly broken over your head by a well wisher. Some bodhrans will be provided for those unable to bring their own.
Sunday WS 4 15.30-16.30
Folklore and the Supernatural with Ellis C. Taylor
Ellis has had numerous supernatural experiences and this has engendered a passion for research into the mysterious aspects of life. During his fully illustrated talk Ellis will relate some of his life-long experiences and his interactions with other worlds and beings.
Sunday WS 5 15.30-16.30
African Drumming with Justine Hoile
Come and try out African Drumming! This will be lively session where you’ll get play some rhythms from West Africa using drums and percussion. No experience necessary. Open to anyone who would enjoy a rhythmic taster! Some African djembe drums available for hire at £1.00 a drum.
Sunday WS 6 17.00-18.00
Handbell ringing with Wallingford Handbell Ringers
A traditional form of music making that has spread from England to all continents of the world during the last century. Come and find out how it's done. Suitable for beginners - you won't have to read music.
Music, Song and Special Interest - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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Dance Workshops in the Regal Centre
Saturday
Saturday DW1 11.00-12.00
Step Clog Dance with Ridgeway Step Clog
Intricate and rhythmical traditional step dances from the north of England with Ridgeway
Step Clog. All adults welcome, from beginners to experienced dancers. Please wear
clogs or hard-soled shoes, and come along and have a go!
Saturday DW2 12.30-13.30
Rapper Dance with Dorset Buttons Rapper
Dorset Buttons will be running a rapper workshop aimed to give people a taste of what
it's like to dance this tradition that originated in the mining villages of Northumberland.
This is great fun to dance and watch and you will be amazed and thrilled when figures
go right (we are!). No experience is necessary and swords will be provided but it is
recommended that you wear hard soled shoes (not trainers). It's not for the really young
but suitable for people aged 11 onwards. If you want more information talk to one of the
side during the weekend.
Saturday DW3 14.00-15.00
Arabic Dance with The Isisters
Come along and let "The Isisters", an Arabic dance troupe, teach you a sizzling summer
mix of funky Arabic dance moves. All of which are performed to live, raw, Arabic
drumming. Any budding drummers amongst you may join in the percussion too! Bring
your drum if you have one! See you there!
Saturday DW4 15.30-16.30
Border Morris with The Witchmen
Why not join us at our workshop where we will attempt to teach you perhaps the oldest
dances in all the world, from days of yore when men were men and women were not! Oh
yes... bring a stick.
Music, Song and Special Interest - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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Sunday
Sunday DW1 11.00-12.00
Dance Around the World with Wallingford Circle Dance Group
Enjoy easy-to-learn dances, both ancient and modern, to spine-tingling music from
different cultures (from Greek folk tunes to Native American Indian chants, from the
Dubliners to a Senegal choir). No partner or experience needed.
Then on Sunday at 13.00 on the North Kinecroft Stage the Wallingford Circle Dance
Group invite you to join them for a variety of fun, easy world dances. The motto of Circle
Dance is "there are no mistakes, only variations!". Everyone welcome, come and join us!
Sunday DW2 12.30-13.30
Fieldtown Cotswold with New Esperance Morris
New Esperance invite everyone, from novies to experienced dancers to come and learn
some Cotswold dances in the Fieldtown tradition.
Sunday DW3 14.00-15.00
Molly Dance with Gog Magog Molly
Gog Magog Molly give you the chance to learn to stomp, shout and dance like a
ploughboy. Expect high energy and much fun as they take you through their dances
from Cambridgeshire. No experience or partner necessary.
Music, Song and Special Interest - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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to the Centre 70 and Regal Centre workshops we have sessions on the Kinecroft with:
Cwm Juggling - Circus Skills
Saturday and Sunday (various times)
Netti Walker has been teaching juggling and circus skills for 15 years since being taught by her son, then aged 11. She has developed a step by step approach which guarantees success. Workshop participants will gain an understanding of the principal of juggling 3 balls. Netti also teaches diabolo, unicycle, stilts, devil stick, poi and spinning plates.
Juggling itself, apart from being an enjoyable form of exercise, aids concentration, has proven effective in the treatment of dyslexia, helps develop hand-eye coordination and self-esteem and above all is great fun!
Music & Movement
Sunday, 11.00 till 16.00
Fun sessions for children with award-winning Edna Hemmings.