Here is a collection of links to many friends, aquaintances and places of interest.
| Home The entry point for Old Time Tim's website |
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| Abbots Langley Winter Acoustic Concerts News and info for our concert series. |
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Threadneedle England's sharpest ceilidh and barn dance band!! |
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| Tappalachian The only Hertfordshire-based Appalachian Dance Team |
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| Songs and Monologues what I wrote |
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| Fiddle Music Collection of dance tunes composed by me and me mates |
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| Tall Tales Stories collected over the years |
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| The Knoll Historic connections of my home |
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| Publications Buy it from here! |
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| A Song for Beds Herts and Bucks The web pages to accompany the CD of finalists from the Watford Folk Club Song competition of October 2012 |
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| Knowledge Management My personal views on this contentious subject |
| Links Connect to friends, acquaintances, and other places of interest. |
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| Site History A log of changes to this site |
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Every Boxing Day the Herga Mummers perform a traditional folk play originating from the Pinner area. We always start at noon in the Case is Altered public house in Eastcote, to a large expectant crowd. The photo is of our gaffer, Bob Hawkes, as the Valiant Soldier - His head is made of iron, his body lined with steel.... |
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I danced with the Herga Morrismen for many years. Sadly, advancing years, creaking joints and the lack of new blood brought the team to a fading end. But wherever there are six men (and a musician ) gathered together, who knows what might happen..... |
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| The Herga at The Castle folk club This new incarnation of the Herga folk club will open on 18th September 2017 at The Castle public house in Harrow on The Hill | ||
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| The Haddenham Hoofers are an Appalachian Clogging team based in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. They have a large string band in which I have many opportunities to indulge in some rocking American Old Time music. | ||
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Kerry Fletcher Dance Teacher with real class. Traditional Swedish and Appalachian Dance are her specialities. Here she can be seen dancing an impromptu duet with Billy West at the East Anglia Traditional Music Trust's "Traditional Music Day" in Stowmarket in 2005. |
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| The Holwell Appalachian Clog Workshops are run by Maggie and Julie, with Kerry Fletcher (see above) as Dance Teacher, once a month on a Saturday morning in the village hall of Holwell, just north-west of Hitchin. | ||
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Doctor Sunshine My children grew up with the magnificent Dave Hunt, Professor Wingnut et al, Childrens entertainers extraordinaire (Oh no they didn't, Oh yes they did.....) Our tape of their LP never came out of the car Hi-Fi through the summer months. |
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Grand Union Morris Originally taught by Bob Hawkes and Alan Simpson when we drove the two of them out of the house we shared while we held band practices for Puddleduck, so I kinda feel responsible! Their May Morning celebrations at the Red Lion, Coleshill are always atmospheric! |
| The Chesham Folk Club A friendly club that meets regularly on Monday evenings at the White Hill Community Centre in Chesham, Bucks |
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| Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance (Foaotmad) A UK society dedicated to the co-ordination and promotion of Old Time music in the UK | ||
Lynx = links.. get it?..... Oh all right, suit yourself!
Other useful Links
Hetzlers Fakebook
A brilliant on-line source for all of the most well-known old-time tunes, categorised by key
The Session
Ditto Ditto for Irish traditional music
abc notation resources
Kerry's partner, Chris Walshaw, developed this now-widely used technique for notating traditional music. Many more links can be found from here
State of Play Guide - All About Fiddling
I was pointed to this great resource of fiddle stuff by Girl Scout Julie Casal and her mom, Yasmin
History of Country Music - article by Jim Olenbush - brought to my attention by Lindsey via Danny Webb - Thanks for that Lindsey and Danny!