Lakeland Voice - voice work and harmony singing

	2008 Workshops January 26^th - 27^th. Burns Weekend No, not the result of too many bonfires but a celebration of Scotland's greatest bard, Rabbie Burns. We shall pipe in the haggis for the Burns supper, learn four part arrangements of Burns's songs, hear a local harmony group singing his songs, dance at a Saturday night ceilidh...and more. £49 including Burns Supper and Ceilidh dance with hot pot supper. Accommodation can be arranged. March 8^th - 9^th, A River of Song Learn songs round the fire on the banks of the river Clough in an old stone cottage at Farfield, near Sedbergh. Songs on a watery theme! Accommodation can be arranged if necessary. £39 April 19^th - 20^th, Spring Sing Thing Our annual outing with Lakeland Voices out into the Spring sunshine (?) and blossom. Last year we walked down the Little and Great Langdale valleys and sang in caves and pubs. This year we shall be based in an area where many of our singers live between the Lyth and Winster valleys near Lake Windermere, and have been invited to sing at the Damson Day in the Lyth Valley. Workshops, concert, walks ...and good company with singers who live where the damsons grow. May 23^rd - 26^th, Lakeland Songline A return of our annual Hills are Alive weekend with singing in the Lake District mountains - suitable for those with a little experience in hill walking. We shall make wild camps high in the mountains, sing round log fires, do concerts in beautiful places in the valleys ... and have a van to carry all our heavy bags and tents. A learning CD will be sent in advance with written music. We shall also be meeting with local singers along the way. June 6^th - 8^th, International Community Choirs Meet We are inviting choirs from all over the EU including Slovenia (our twin town is Zrece in Eastern Slovenia) Italy, France, Poland, Spain, Germany and Slovakia. If you would like to come with your choir or singing group (or even just on your own) please get in touch as early as possible so that we can arrange accommodation for you. This is available in several wonderful venues in Sedbergh and nearby. We shall have the chance to learn songs from the different countries in our International workshops, join concerts in different places in and near Sedbergh, have singing suppers together, sing on a short walk...and several other delights for harmony singers. July 5^th - 12^th, Jura Island Harmony Singing Week Join us on this beautiful island where we stay in the wonderful Jura House with it's own private beach, famous walled garden and woodland walks. Jura is famour for its wildness - countless otters, deers, seals, eagles and a way of life which is often forgotten on the mainland. The songs we learn will include songs in Gaelic and Scots with help from local Gaelic speakers - and we hope to join the local Gaelic choir for our annual concerts in the walled garden and in the village. Single rooms are available, plus shared lifts, outings, etc. (Jura is easy to get to - either by Caledonian MacBrayne ferries from Kennacraig to Islay and then the short crossing to Jura, or the new ferry from Tayvallich to Craighouse (takes under an hour.) Shared lifts to the ferry terminal can be arranged. Single room £350, or shared room £295. August 5^th - 12^th, Slovenia Singing Week Since twinning with Zrece in Eastern Slovenia, many of us here in Sedbergh have come to love the country - both for it's extraorindarily beautiful landscape and for the hospitality of its people. We have also learnt to love the singing and learn songs from the many choirs and singing groups we have invited to join us in Sedbergh (see www.sedbergh.org.uk under Town Twinning and music.) On this tour we shall learn English and Slovene songs and join our Slovene friends singing in different parts of the country. Cheap flights are available to Maribor from Stansted and shared lifts to the airport can be arranged. Accommodation is in the wonderful 'Tourist farms' - mountain farms where all the food is home grown, and where often there is a love of music. £295 plus cheap flights November 7^th - 9^th, Singing Settle Carlisle In 1876 the first train steamed triumphantly into Carlisle station having made the 70 mile journey from Settle for the first time. It took the 10,000 navvies and miners who build the line over 7 years to complete it - over 400 of them died from accident, disease and appalling weather conditions. Many of them are buried in a tiny chapel high in the hills - which we shall visit during the weekend. David Burbidge will teach songs about the men who built of the line, and the women and children who lived and died with them in shanty towns in some of the most inhospitable country in the world. Songs will be in 2, 3 and 4 part harmony and will include folk songs written by Dentdale singer song writer Ken Pope, former steam train driver Dave Goulder, and the late Mike Donald, as well as arrangements by other singers. We shall sing these songs in the stations, on the train, in the pubs, and on short walks through the wild and soulful terrain crossed by this magnificent railway. Accommodation is provided just over a mile from the station. Meals are provided though some assistance may be requested in serving and clearing up. Cost: £95 - which includes workshops, train fare, food, and two nights accommodation with food. December 5^th -7^th, Folk Carols Festival Join us for a weekend of concerts, workshops, ceilidh, pub carol singing, festive meals and walks in Sedbergh and Dentdale for our annual festival singing the old Folk Carols in 2, 3, and 4 part harmony - with visits from Slovenian choirs, Thomas Hardy stories and much more. Concert, Friday 7.30pm - with The Gladly Solemn Sound west gallery choir, Thomas Hardy story, festive fiddlers, guest singers (who in the past have included visiting Slovene and Macedonian choirs)....and other delights. Dent Memorial Hall. Workshops, Saturday 10am-5pm - Learn English and Slovene folk carols by ear in the morning and West Gallery Carols in two, three and four partsin the afternoon in the Sedbergh People's Hall. Folk instruments such as serpents, fiddles, saxophones, bassoon, cellos etc. are welcome to accompany the West Gallery singing. Although the folk carols can be learnt by ear, written music will be provided for the West Gallery session. Ceilidh and Pub Singing - Join a festive meal with singing from the different singers visiting as well as with the Cautley Carollers - and a few dances too. Then down to the pub to raise the rafters with our voices in festive harmony. Previous years have included The Boars Head, Pentonville, Old Foster, Gaudete, The Carnal and the Crane, The Coventry Carol, Jacobs Well, Down in yon Forest, The Dunston Carol .....and many more. Slovene Carol Workshop on Sunday will be a chance to learn a few carols from our twin town Zrece in Eastern Slovenia. Help will be given with pronunciation using phonetics (ie writing the Slovene words how they sound to English ears.) No previous experience with this language is necessary to enjoy the singing. The Singing Walk on Sunday afternoon will include songs which everyone can join in with, as well as songs with visiting singing groups. Singing venues will include spectacular waterfalls, woods.. and round the open fires of a country inn. Cost £10 per session, concert £5, £49 whole weekend, or £95 including accommodation and food. December 20^th, Carolling Cumbrian Cottages Learn or revise the folk carols round the log fires of Smithy Cottage on the banks of the river Clough - and then join our local harmony group on a star lit walk through the winter landscape singing on the doorsteps of cottages cradled in the dale, and occasionally round the fires of these kindly Dalesfolk. And then back to Smithy Cottage for mulled wine, mince pies and chestnuts roasted on the open fire. Venue: Smithy Cottage, Farfield, Sedbergh. Cost: £19.50 for the workshop. Also bring food for shared lunch and supper (a cafe is also available at the Farfiled Mill arts centre,) and outdoor clothes and footwear (ie Wellies/ walking boots, rain wear, warm clothes, flask and torch.) Refreshments - teas, coffee, mince pies, mulled wine and chestnuts roasted on the open fire.