IMOM 2007 View Below for full details

Friday 2nd March 2007.

Venue: The Celtic Club, Birks Road, Cleator Moor, Cumbria.
Tel: 01946 817 223

Timetable: Concert with 5-piece Irish traditional group Congress 8.30 – 11 pm.

Open session: 11pm onwards.

Ticket prices: £6

Saturday 3rd March 2007.

Venue: Lazonby Village Hall, Lazonby, nr. Penrith CA10 1AQ
Tel: 01768 897 124

www.lazonbyvillagehall.co.uk
info@lazonbyvillagehall.co.uk

Timetable: Workshops:

Sunday 4th March 2007.

Venue: Lazonby Village Hall.

1.30 – 3.00 pm: Concert by Congress

3.15 – 4.30 pm: Open session in the village hall bar.

I will be hosting another afternoon devoted to all aspects of the harmonica on Sunday 5th November at the Irish Association Social Club, 17 High Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, between 1.30 and 4.30 pm. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE.

The event will include demonstrations and discussions of the different styles of  harmonica playing in Blues, Jazz, Irish traditional music and many other genres and the makes and models of harmonicas used, focussing principally on diatonic, chromatic and tremolo instruments.
 There will be showcase performances by acoustic blues trio, Depot, featuring tracks from their forthcoming album, Irish traditional bands The Sturdy Beggars and Shannagh and others, including the hugely talented Jimmy Docherty playing his superb original songs (check out www.myspace.com/jimmydocherty), all of course featuring the harmonica.

I will also be performing a selection of tracks from my new Irish traditional album “Cold In April”.
Once again we will also have a blues guitar workshop run by expert picker Faul Bradley. There is no extra charge for this, all plank-spankers should just make their way to the appointed room (which will be signed). The workshop will take place during the three hours of the shindig and will last about one hour.

There will be sessions throughout the afternoon which will be open to all instrumentalists and an accomplished backing band will be present to support the players.

Computers will be set up in a side room so that people can view the  new “No Excuses” Harmonica Guide on CDROM and the “Jam Academy” DVD!

As before there will be a great deal of harp-related printed material, catalogues and information about harmonica services and societies for people to take away, and I will be available to answer questions and give advice.
The Eagle Music trade stand will be present allowing people to purchase harmonicas and much else besides should they wish to.

This will be the twelfth Shindig I have organised and I am sure that, like its predecessors, it will provide a friendly forum for meeting other harp players and learning more about the instrument.
Entry is £4 and includes a raffle with harmonicas, donated by  Hohner and Suzuki as prizes!

Harmonica Shindig April 9th

I will be hosting another afternoon devoted to all aspects of the harmonica on Sunday 9th April at the Southern Hotel, Nell Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, between 1.30 and 4.30 pm.

The event will include demonstrations and discussions of the different styles of harmonica playing in Blues, Jazz, Irish traditional music and many other genres and the makes and models of harmonicas used, focussing principally on diatonic, chromatic and tremolo instruments.

There will be showcase performances by blues bands The Hookers and Depot,  Irish traditional bands The Gallery and Shannagh and others, all of course featuring the harmonica.

* For the first time we will also have a blues guitar workshop run by expert picker Faul Bradley. There is no extra charge for this, all plank-spankers should just make their way to the appointed room (which will be signed). The workshop will take place during the three hours of the shindig and will last about one hour*

There will be sessions throughout the afternoon which will be open to all instrumentalists and an accomplished backing band will be present to support the players.

Computers will be set up in a side room so that people can view the  new “No Excuses” Harmonica Guide on CDROM and the “Jam Academy” DVD!

A large selection of vintage harmonica microphones will be laid out in a side room with a couple of valve amps so that prospective buyers can take a test drive.

As before there will be a great deal of harp-related printed material, catalogues and information about harmonica services and societies for people to take away, and I will be available to answer questions and give advice.

The Eagle Music trade stand will be present allowing people to purchase harmonicas and much else besides should they wish to.

This will be the eleventh Shindig I have organised and I am sure that, like its predecessors, it will provide a friendly forum for meeting other harp players and learning more about the instrument.

Entry is £4 and includes a raffle with harmonicas, donated by Hering Hohner and Suzuki as prizes!

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