GURDYFEST 2011
The 5th Annual
UK
Hurdy-gurdy Festival
Youlgrave,
Derbyshire
5-8th
May, 2011
Concerts, dances, sessions, workshops, makers
Downloadable Festival Poster
PROGRAMME
Last Festival?
An
exciting mix of music, dancing, workshops, sessions, concerts,
demonstrations and friendship.
This year's artists:
Clare Salaman & Jon Banks from
The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments
Paul Sherwood, Sian Phillips & Michael Beeke
Makers at the festival this year:
Chris and Mike will be exhibiting some of their collection of antique hurdy-gurdies.
Programme Timetable
This year's workshops:Workshop materials can be downloaded by clicking on the workshop here or within the timetable.
These are zip files containing several documents in various formats.
Please click Save in the little window that opens.
There is a free software available to extract the files from www.jzip.com.
If there is no link, there is no material necessary or available yet.
Beginners (tuning, cottoning, set up, trompette, fingering/left hand, instrument choice)
Baroque repertoire and ornamentation
French dance tunes
Masterclass with Tobie Miller
Scandinavian tunes
Hungarian tunes and the tekero
Playford Tunes
This timetable is provisional and subject to change.
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THURSDAY |
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Gathering
and
evening
session
in
the
Bull's
Head
18:00
onwards |
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FRIDAY |
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Breakfast from 8:30 |
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Morning social (walk or session depending on the weather) 10:00-12:00 |
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Lunch 12:30-13:30 |
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14:00-15:00 | An Illustrated History of the Hurdy-gurdy with Scott Marshall and Cecilia Kovacs Includes demonstrations of different types of hurdy-gurdy | ||||
Afternoon
workshops | |||||
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15:30-17:30 |
French
session tunes
with
Phil
Martin
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Beginners'
class 1.
Set-up, cottoning, rosining, tuning with Scott Marshall | Scandinavian tunes with Paul Sherwood |
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Dinner 18:00-19:00
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Evening concert and bal
from 19:30
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Gurdy-Gurdy Phil Martin aka Drohne Paul Sherwood, Sian Phillips & Michael Beeke |
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SATURDAY
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Breakfast
from
8:30 | |||||
Morning workshops | |||||
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10:00-12:00 incl. 15 mins break
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Dance with Bof! |
Tobie Miller masterclass | French tunes workshop Chris Allen |
Phil Martin Beginners |
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Lunch 12:30-13:30
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Afternoon workshops | |||||
14:00-16:00 incl. 15 mins break
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Dance
with
Bof!
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14:00-17:00 incl. 30 mins break | Tobie Miller Baroque |
Clare Salaman Playford tunes | Neil Brook's HG Surgery |
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16:00-18:00 incl. 15 mins break
| Hungarian tunes and the tekero with Cecilia Kovacs | ||||
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Dinner
18:00-19:00
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Evening concert and bal
from 19:30
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Clare Salaman & Jon Banks from the Society of Strange Instruments Tobie Miller Bof! |
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SUNDAY
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Breakfast from 8:30
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10:00-11:30
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The Big
Tune Swap |
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Lunch 12:00-13:00
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Afternoon closing concert
13:30-15:30
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Open stage |
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TICKETS
Tickets
will be available
from
the
Shop
page
of the website from March 2011. You can purchase online
or by post. There is a small surcharge for online
tickets to cover Paypal fees.
We
are
a
small,
specialist,
indoor
festival,
run
by
enthusiasts,
so
please
don't book a ticket expecting Glastonbury or Woodstock...having
said that the surrounding countryside is stunning and it's worth
getting out for a walk.
Meals and indoor camping will also available for a small extra charge.
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VENUE & ACCOMMODATION
Youlgrave in
Derbyshire is a beautiful village in the heart of the Peak
District, a picturesque drive from the M1 or the M6.
The
main
venue
where
we
will
hold
most
of
our
concerts,
workshops and
dances is the Village Hall, Hollywell
Lane, Youlgrave DE45 1US. It has very good facilities: a
great stage and a nice, big hall for dancing.
Click here to see some pictures and a downloadable hall plan.
Indoor camping in limited numbers will be available in the village hall for a small extra charge. There are clean toilets and shower rooms. Please go to the Shop page.
Youlgrave is very popular with tourists, so we strongly recommend to
book your accommodation early. There are B&Bs, a youth hostel
and
campsites in the nearby villages.
Here are some links to websites where you can find accommodation and
additional information.
- Youlgrave
village
Websight
page
- Derbyshire.net - Youlgrave
essentials
- Peak District accommodation
website with clever
search facility
- Peak District Online website
- Visitpeakdistrict.com
- Cressbrook
- another excellent resource
- Birchover Barn Farm only 10 mins
drive from Youlgrave
Another great offer:
Mr and Mrs Shimwell
Church
Farm
Youlgrave
DE45 1WN
01629
636111
They will take tents, campervans, caravans. The facilities are basic - cold water and toilets. They charge £3 per person per night irrespective of what you sleep in.
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GETTING THERE
By
car:
From the M6
Depending where you come from, leave at any junctions between 15 and 19 towards Buxton, Bakewell or Matlock. Most routes are approximately 35-45 miles, 1:20 minutes long.
From the M1
Leave
M1 at J29, then follow A617 and A619 towards Chesterfield, A6 towards
Matlock then B5056 to Youlgrave. This route is approximately 23 miles,
45 minutes long.
Car sharing
Need a lift
from a fellow gurdy player, or have space in your car? Join the Forum
and post a message!
Public transport:
The
following bus services arrive at Youlgrave:
171 from Bakewell and 172 from Matlock, both run by Hulleys.
There is one service per day from Sheffield, 181 by TM Travel.
All the relevant bus timetables for these services can be found here.
Images on this page are courtesy of
Eleanor Postlethwaite Creative Photography
(official photographer of Gurdyfest 2007 and 2008, photo CDs are still available from her)
and
Barry Samuels (http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk).
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