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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.
Learn to make sweet music in our music and song workshops in Centre 70...
We once again 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 routes
Music and Song - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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Music and Song 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 WS 2 12.30-13.30
Shanty singing with Short Drag Roger
Explore the traditions of seafaring work songs and learn how they should be sung. Perhaps a bit of fancy rope work too!
Saturday WS 3 14.00-15.00
Meet the Artists: Hoover the Dog
A chance to hobnob with stars of the festival, ask a few questions and pick up a few tips. The Hoovers play athletic and cheeky Celtic-ish instrumental concoctions - John Hymas (fiddle), Paul Hutchinson (piano accordion) and Tony Harris (guitar/bouzouki).
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
Melodeon for beginners / improvers with Bill McKinnon
Bill's workshop caters for the newer melodeon players amongst us, who have made a good start and now would benefit from a bit of a leg up! Please bring your own instruments.
Saturday WS 6 17.00-18.00
Guitar accompaniment for songs with Dave Bennett & Brenda Hart
Come and learn how to make up and play song accompaniments which will stand out from the crowd. Dave has plenty of tricks up his sleeve! Please bring your own instruments.
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Sunday
Sunday WS 1 11.00-12.00
Oxford Fiddle Group Big Band
The Oxford Fiddle Group are an enthusiastic bunch who meet each week at Headington Quarry, Oxford. They play mostly traditional tunes and perform in concerts and functions around Oxfordshire and beyond. Come and join the OFG Big Band to play traditional tunes with stimulating harmonies and arrangements. Open to all instruments.
Sunday WS2 12.30-13.30
Meet the Artists: Shona Kipling & Damien O'Kane
Another chance to hobnob with stars of the festival, ask a few questions and pick up a few tips. A great young duo taking the tradition forward - Shona Kipling plays accordion and Damien tenor banjo, guitar and voice.
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
African Drumming Workshop with Odeetee
Come and try out African Drumming! This will be lively session where you’ll get play some exciting rhythms using drums and percussion. No experience necessary. Open to anyone who would enjoy a rhythmic taster! Please bring your own instruments (some may be available).
Sunday WS 5 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.
Sunday WS 6 17.00-18.00
Accompaniments and arrangements for tunes with Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
This workshop is for those who want to make the most out of playing and accompanying tunes. Vicki & Jonny will show you how to work out structures, chords and rhythms then join it all together. Please bring your own instruments.
Music and Song - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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Dance Workshops in the Regal Centre
Saturday
Saturday DW1 11.00-12.00
Appalachian Dancing with Cornucopia
Come along and learn some swingin' Appalachian dance steps and a routine with Cornucopia. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experienced dancers of all ages.
Please wear hard-soled shoes as trainers and rubber soled shoes will not be any good. Cornucpia look forward to seeing you there!
Saturday DW2 12.30-13.30
Rapper Dancng with Silver Flame Rapper
This successful young ladies side will be running a workshop where they will teach some of the basic moves for beginners as well as more complex moves for the experienced. Although this workshop will be suitable for all abilities and no previous experience is necessary, this is not suitable for the very young.
Swords will be provided so you don’t need to bring anything but yourself, although a pair of hard soled shoes would be better than trainers.
Rapper Sword dancing originated in the Northumberland and County Durham areas of England and was performed by miners in the pit villages. It is a fairly new tradition, that has developed over the last two hundred years from the older hilt and point sword dance tradition found all over Europe. It is becoming popular amongst younger dances with many new and exciting figures and moves being developed.
Saturday DW3 14.00-15.00
Welsh Dancing with Tipyn o Bopeth
Come and have a go at the genteel and graceful folk dances of Wales with Dawnswyr Tipyn o Bopeth. Suitable for all levels of experience, no partner necessary. Please wear sensible dancing shoes, character shoes are ideal but anything that stays on your feet will do!
Saturday DW4 15.30-16.30
Longsword Dancing with Frome Valley Morris
FVM plan to briefly explore this relatively little known dance style in a workshop for people of all ages and standards, beginners or experts, starting from the very basics. Swords provided! The six in a set hold their swords in a ring and perform various manouevres without letting go.... A small number of selected figures will be taught including at least one lock - this is the famous EFDSS logo of intertwined swords. By the end participants will have gained a feeling for what Longsword dancing is and an idea of how to continue. Longsword dancing is not too energetic but it has a charm and life of its own.
Music and Song - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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Sunday
Sunday DW1 11.00-12.00
Molly Dance with Gog Magog Molly
Come and have a go at Native Fenland Dancing with Attitude. Gog Magog Molly will be teaching one of their distinctive dances, based upon the East Anglian molly tradition. No partner or experience is necessary, but wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to get hot!
Sunday DW2 12.30-13.30
Belly Dancing with The Isisters
The Isisters will be giving a fun workshop in Egyptian style bellydance. We will show you how to shimmy and shake!! And circle those hips in a "cool" way! What could be more enjoyable on a beautiful summer's day, than dancing and having a laugh with your friends. No need to wear anything special, just something cool and comfortable. This workshop is open to everyone.
Sunday DW3 14.00-15.00
Cotswold Morris with Black Annis
A chance to learn 'Saturday Night' - one of Black Annis's new Ducklington dances. The workshop will be suitable for beginners or those with some morris experience. Wear trainers or supportive footwear, and bring morris hankies if you have them. Can you walk and play? - then bring your musical instrument along too!
Sunday DW4 15.30-16.30
Border Morris with The Witchmen
Why not join The Witchmen who 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! Bring a stick if you have one and a good pair of lungs!
Music and Song - Saturday - Sunday
Dance - Saturday - Sunday
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