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Practise for the upcoming balls at St Catherine's and Canterbury Faire

Our new piece for the evening was Tant con je vivrai,  a virelai by 13th composer Adam de la Halle.

Practise for the upcoming balls at St Catherine's and Canterbury Faire

Practise for the upcoming balls at St Catherine's and Canterbury Faire

We're working our way through the Red Book of Montserrat, learning the pieces and then memorising them.

In attendance: Emrys, Cecelia, Katherine of Glastonbury 

We played:

Voltati in Ca Rosina 

Discussed learning Ly bens distonys as could be not too difficult to get to a danceable speed

The official Bransle

-Katherine top line (and chords)

-Emrys second

-Kelsie third (alto recorder)

Started playing this for the first time tonight. We'll practice trying to get speed a bit faster  

Belle Qui

Black Almain 

Lots of old favourites tonight.

Red Book of Montserrat night again.

In attendance: Emrys, Cecelia, Katherine of Glastonbury

We played:

Voltati in Ca Rosina 

To warm up

Belle Qui

-Cecelia to practice second line, Katherine playing third line, Emrys playing top line

Washerwoman's

-in new key (c instead of having b flats - f major?)- Karen's arrangement 

Earl of Essex

-Cecelia third line

-Emrys second line

Willliam de Cameron led the class tonight.