Cois na hAbhna Session & Concert
Sessions
- Date
- 20 March 2009
- Time
- 8:00 PM
- Contact
- Doreen Norris
- Phone
- 065 6824276
- Web
- View Cois na hAbhna Session & Concert Website
Regular Friday night sessions take place in Cois na hAbhna, Ennis, Co. Clare commencing at 8.30pm with a Slow Session. This will be followed from 9.30pm onwards by a normal traditional session. Additionally on Friday, 20th March East Clare Comhaltas will be providing an evening of music, song and dance which will precede the session.
The sessions are held in the newly built Teach Cheoil with its excellent bar facilities and first rate accoustic properties that are highly conducive to non-amplified music and song. All musicians and singers will be sure of a warm welcome and even dancers will find room for a figure or two of a set if they feel so inclined
The night starts with a “slow session” which is aimed at improvers and musicians new to the Irish traditional session scene. The slow session starts at 8.30pm and lasts for an hour or so. A list of tune sets, taken from the Comhaltas Foinn Seisiún series, will be used for this session - Foinn Seisiún books and CDs can be purchased at the session. The sets are shown below and will be replaced by new ones once musicians have learnt all the tunes listed.
After the “slow session” the main session follows from 9.30pm onwards.
SLOW SESSION SETS
Set No. 1
Jigs
(Bk1/P22 & CD1/Tks 1,2,3)
Haunted House /
My Darling Asleep /
Club Céilí
Set No. 2
Polkas
(Bk1/P39 & CD1/Tks 4,5,6)
Little Diamond / Murroe Polka /
Maids of Ardath
Set No. 3
Reels
(Bk1/P6 & CD1/Tks 7,8,9)
Boyne Hunt /
Shannon Breeze /
Red Haired Lass
Set No. 4
Slides
(Bk1/P35 & CD1/Tks 16,17,18)
Brosna Slide /
O’Keefe’s /
Denis Murphy’s
Set No. 5
Mazurkas
(Bk1/P40 & CD2/Tks 26,27)
John Doherty’s Mazurka /
Vincent Campbell’s
Set No. 6
Hornpipes
(Bk1/P33 & CD2/Tks 16,17,18)
Sonny Murray’s /
Home Ruler /
Kitty’s Wedding
Note: References in brackets are to Foinn Seisiún Book 1 & Accompanying CD1
