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Sessions featuring local traditions
There are a number of regular sessions in Suffolk featuring local traditional music, singing and stepdancing, apart from the ones advertised. These tend to be small venues with not much space for spectators, but there's usually room to squeeze in one or two more musicians or singers! If you are interested, contact Alvar Smith.
2013
Tuesdays 12th & 26th March, 9th & 23rd April
EATMT Melodeon classes
Stowmarket, Suffolk
Email us if you would like to know more.
Saturday 23rd March
Mendlesham, Suffolk
Workshops for melodeon, concertina and mouthorgan players, plus a Squeezebox Special concert in the evening.
With John Spiers, Saul Rose, Sandra Kerr, Tony Weatherall, Nick Hart, Steve Harrison, Rees Wesson, Roger Digby and Jeannie Harris.
Click here for full details.
Saturday 13th April
The Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk
Stepdancing and jig dolls - pre-concert entertainment in the foyer 7.30-8pm before the Jon Boden and John Spiers Backyard Songs concert.
Monday 6th May
The Granary, Sudbury, Suffolk
Celebratory event for Managing a Masterpiece. Further details to be confirmed.
Monday 6th May
Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Maypole and morris dancing.
Tuesdays 28th May, 11th & 25th June, 9th July
EATMT Melodeon classes
Stowmarket, Suffolk
Email us if you would like to know more.
Sunday 21st July
Worlingworth Swan, Suffolk.
Click here for details of this event in previous years.
Saturday 31st August
Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Our biggest event of the year, and a firm favourite in many people's diaries. A one-day festival of music, song and dance in the wonderful setting of the Museum of East Anglian Life.
11am - 5.30pm and separate evening concert 8pm - 11pm. The guest list for the 2013 event is already looking exciting! Details announced in May. Click here for further details.
Sunday 27th October - Saturday 2nd November
EATMT Melodeon Makers
Our fourth instrument-making workshop week. The ten places for the 2013 course have now been filled.
Saturday 16th November
The Full English - Folk Song in England Study Day
The Stables, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire
Further details to be confirmed.
Saturday 30th November
The Full English - Folk Song in England Study Day
Clare College, Cambridge
Further details to be confirmed.
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What are the musical traditions of East Anglia?
Traditional Music Day Melodeons & More Workshops, classes & schools Community Projects
Profiles of traditional musicians Research Jig Dolls Dulcimers Stepdancing