Visit from NCH

Mrs Carrick, Dorothy  and Mr McInerney talk to the band

Big crowd for last lunchtime concert

Today we welcomed a return visit from Dorothy Conaghan, a violin teacher all the way from the National Concert Hall Dublin  who visited us last November . She worked on the  inside bow grip .  Mr Corry's class worked on a Swedish Folk song . Here is the riff

E E E E E E E E (x8) D D D D D D D D (8) E E E E E E E E (8)  D D D D (x4)  E_ E_ ( long x2)
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1           0  0 0  0 0  0  0  0

Ms Spring's Class  worked on a Twinkle Variation to  the rhythm Down  Em Ma  Up  Em ma  

Bend your knee means changing down a string and all 3 fingers go down   (Aon Do Tri  Trasna )

Mr Blake's class worked on another variation starting on A and going on to the highest string E  This time the rhythm was  Eist liom is Eist Liom.

In the afternoon we all joined the audience for the last lunchtime concert and to cheer on  Tara and Ariadne, Shauna, Shauna, Rana  Sarah and Aoife  who volunteered to play violin .

In the afternoon we worked on the Swedish Folk Song with the band .