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Workshops 16-20
Mixed 16
Lochwinnoch Festival
MIX16
Date  26 March 2017 I took the theme of "birds" to the 2017 Lochwinnoch Festival with a Scots reel, a Scots jig, and an Irish polka. The Wren Polka was particularly successful.
Location Lochwinnoch
Theme "Birds"
Participants 20
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab

Mixed 17
Pick 'n' Mix
MIX17
Date  30 September 2017 A fantastic day in Peebles for the first - and last - Pick'n'Mix workshop. As we were about to move into October, all the tunes had an October theme.
Location Peebles
Theme "October"
Participants 24
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab photos

Mixed 18
GFW Extravaganza
MIX18
Date  7 September 2017 I built this day-long set of workshops around visiting American fiddler Jamie Laval, and my group workshop did a couple of tunes written in his honour. I played them with Jamie at the end - thrilling!
Location Glasgow
Theme "Tunes of Glasgow"
Participants 15
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab

Mixed 19
Lochwinnoch Festival
MIX19
Date  25 March 2018 This year I mixed the old and the new. Two old Scots tunes, one from the 17th century, one of the 18th, and a modern composition from fiddler Colin Campbell.
Location Lochwinnoch
Theme "Scottish Tunes"
Participants 21
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab photos

Mixed 20
Girvan Folk Festival
MIX20
Date  1 May 2022 My first trip to the Girvan Festival was exciting, meeting many great people and hearing good music. My mixed instrument workshop attracted a few lovely people and it was in a very interesting venue.
Location Girvan
Theme "Groupwork"
Participants 7
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab

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