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The Black Chooks are the group that hatched from the Wednesday night Music Sessions.
They were first seen in public at the 2008 Zig Zag Festival, and survived and even enjoyed the experience. Then they played at the Hills Folk Club, and were even invited back. They played at the Heart in the Park day in Stirk Park in 2009 and again at the Hills Folk Club, and then again at the HUGE 2009 Zig Zag Festival, and went on to busk at the Guildford Heritage Festival.
You might say they are developing a liking for this free ranging.
Tags: Companionship, Creative, Music, Participation, Performance, Traditional
Folk music played on acoustic instruments
Playing a musical instument takes practise, but it also needs encouragement and inspiration. That’s where sessions come in: you get to learn new music, and to practise and play with others.
Every Wednesday (during school Term times) there are a group of us that meet from about 7:30 until a bit after 10pm. 11 Headingly Road Kalamunda.
Jenny Hoffman and David Hoffman lead the sessions with an ecclectic (eccentric at times!) list of new songs and revision. What to play and how to play it. You don’t have to read music, we learn it in phrase-by-phrase chunks.
The music can be called Folk Music, sometimes World Music, because it is from so many cultures it spills out of simple categories. Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian, Shetlands, Finnish, French, German, Alsace, Italian, Canadien, American, Cajun, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Greek, Turkish, Yiddish, Klezmer, English… and even the odd Aussie number.
The group has included the following instruments: Accordion (up to 4), Flute (up to 3), Irish B/C Melodeon (1) English D/G pattern Melodeons (2), Concertina (1), Violin (4), Irish Bouzouki (1), Mandolin (2), Banjo (2), Hurdy-Gurdy (1), Guitar (4), Ukelele (1), Whistle(s) (3), Recorder(s) (1), Percussion including drums, tambourines, eggs, spoons, bones … and we are still awaiting our first piper…
People usually BYO cheese and crackers.
$5 per head per week funds the resources including practise CDs each week, with surplus to the Festival fundraising.
Tags: Creative, Music, Participation, Performance, Traditional
There will be a traditional Bush Dance on Sunday 14 March 2010 in Stirk Park Kalamunda from 4 pm until 7 pm
Numguts Bush Band, supported by Black Chook Chutney will be playing and there will be an experienced dance caller.
There will be dances for all ages, and the children’s dances are great fun for everyone!
Bring a rug and a picnic (or buy a sausage in a bun) and invite the whole family!
Tags: Dance, March 2010, Music, Participation, Performance, Stirk Park, Traditional
Some of the things we do are in preparation for the Festival,
and some of the things we do are events in their own right.
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