Hi Everyone,

It’s really been a great year and we’d like to thank you all for all your support and enthusiasm for playing music, singing, dancing and having a good time so we’ve organised a Christmas party this Thursday at Chats.  There’s going to be mince pies, mulled cider and chocolate coins, a Mummer’s play by the Diamond Guisers, singing from the Sea Shanty Choir, jazz music, a country dance, maybe even some flatfoot dancing (!).  Should be a great night and it’s completely free too so come down and join us.

At the start of this year we’d really barely done anything and now we’ve had courses on Swedish Music,  more Folk Tunes Courses, Bones Playing, Flat Footing Dancing, Old time fiddle, Scottish Dancing and even a Jazz Course!  Not to mention all the cool stuff at the workshop yurt at Fire in the Mountain Festival (see you all there next summer).  Plus the sea shanty choir is now going out and singing all the time and sound amazing!

The other good news is Pete Thomas’s Jazz Course was a big success. Check out the “before and after” pictures below for details.  From the classroom to a strangely smokey jazz jam in just six weeks!

There’s dates set for everything in January as well and they’re all written at the bottom of this e-mail.

Look forward to seeing you all on Thursday!

Ed

The How to Play Jazz Class of Autumn 2012

And at the end of the course everyone’s playing jazz in the bar!

Dates for your diaries:

Trad Academy Christmas Party!
8:00pm – 11:00pm, Thursday 05 Dec 2013
Free to one and all!
Chats Palace, Hackney

Playing Folk Tunes
Thursdays ∙ 7:00pm – 8:30pm ∙ 9 January 2014 to 13 February 2014
£10 a session or £50 for all six weeks (email us for information about concessions)
Chats Palace, Hackney
Please email us to reserve your place

Sea Shanty Choir
Thursdays ∙ 7:00pm – 9:00pm ∙ 9 January 2014 to 13 February 2014
£6/session or £30 for the whole course (email us for information about concessions)
Chats Palace, Hackney
Please email us to reserve your place

How to play Jazz
Thursdays ∙ 7:00pm – 8:30pm ∙ 27 February 2014 to 3 April 2014
£10 a session or £50 for all six weeks (email us for information about concessions)
Chats Palace, Hackney
Please email us to reserve your place

Cut a Shine Barn Dance with Sheelanagig
Saturday, December 14, 2013 – 20:00  – 02:00am
£12
Chats Palace,  Hackney
http://www.cutashine.co.uk/content/east-london-hoedown-party-iii-xmas-special-sheelanagig