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Workshops 1-5
Old Time 1
SMG Spring Workshop
OT01
Date  April 2005 A day of workshops in Edinburgh, which included a concert by the tutors in the evening. I shared the stage with Brian Finnegan of Flook fame.
Location Edinburgh
Theme "Old Time Mandolin"
Participants 12
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab photos

Old Time 2
BMG Summer School
OT02
Date  July 2008 For my first BMG Summer School I chose to do American old-time music, a style which I have loved for many years. These great tunes I learned from friends or recordings.
Location Cambridgeshire
Theme "String Band Music"
Participants 9
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab

Old Time 3
Linlithgow Folk Festival
OT03
Date  September 2009 The Linlithgow Folk Festival has been established for many years, and I was proud to be asked to present a workshop for them. Old Time Music fitted perfectly for the weekend.
Location Linlithgow
Theme "Old Time Tunes"
Participants 12
Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab photos

Old Time 4
Old Time Fife '11
OT04
Date  May 2011 Back to Newburgh, Fife, with what I called Old Time in Newburgh. After the workshop we had a session in the pub, to the delight of the local drinkers.
Location Newburgh, Fife
Theme "Old Time Music"
Participants 11
Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab photos

Old Time 5
Linlithgow Folk Festival
OT05
Date  September 2011 Linlithgow invited me back to their festival to do more of the same. This time I looked at old time tunes which originated in Scotland.
Location Linlithgow
Theme "Old Time Tunes"
Participants 17
 Music
staff notation
staff notation mando tab photos

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