Largest Session in the World !


Largest Session in the World !

If you feel like making history, well here’s your chance (see http://www.fleadh2008.com/LargestSession) to be part of the largest ever session. Last year’s event was pretty impressive with over 2,000 musicians taking part but this year they aim to go one better and break this record. It all happens on Friday, 22 August in Tullamore at around 7.00pm. Without attempting to organise it, a few of us Yellow Boarders ended up playing quite close together last year - I remember being only a few feet away from Cathy Cook who I didn’t know at the time. Maybe this year we should attempt to congregate together and I’d suggest the top left hand corner when facing the gig-rig unless anyone else has a better idea. And before any purists out there get too perplexed about the whole idea of so many musicians in a session, just remember it’s only for fun!

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Nice idea, good luck with it!

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Get at ’em, Bannerman! Wish I could be there, we’ll be watching though, make us mustard boarders proud! 😉

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Top left corner facing the gig rig sounds fine to me, roughly where I was last year. There was a fantastic atmosphere last year and I’m definitely hoping to be there again.

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Is this a session or a performance though?

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Well of course it’s not really a session as we know it, because with the huge number of people taking part there was a group of people on stage amplified so the rest of us could hear to join in, otherwise you couldn’t possibly have got everyone playing in time together. The whole event was great fun though.

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I was there last year, and afterwards came across a clip on YouTube taken by a guy about three feet from me!

I’m supposed to be elsewhere that Friday night, but I’m seriously tempted - I could make excuses and arrive a tad late in Dublin!

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James Hogan (Offaly box player) has done a great job organising this event and in drawing up the tune list. For anyone who’d like to go through some of these in advance (they’re all listed on the Fleadh page at http://www.fleadh2008.com/LargestSession), a selection has been chosen for the Tullamore Club Éigse Slow Session earlier in the week as follows:-


Monday Night (Venue 1, Texas) - 7.45pm

1. Around the Fairy Fort: Bk3/P31, CD3/1 – Tk. 37

2. Drops of Brandy: Bk2/P37, CD2/1 – Tk. 17

3. Star Above the Garter
Johnny Mickey’s Slide
Dingle Regatta
Bk2/P33 CD2/2 – Tks. 4,5 & 6

Tuesday Night

4. Joe Cooley’s
Wise Maid
Bird in the Bush
Bk1/P11 CD1/2 – Tks. 20,21 & 22

Wednesday Night

5. Jerry’s Beaver Hat
Kesh Jig
Rambling Pitchfork
Bk1/P21, CD1/1 – Tks. 31,32,33

Thursday Night

6. Britches Full of Stitches
Armagh Polka
Ballydesmond No. 3
Bk1/P37, CD1/1 – Tks. 22, 23 & 24

7. Shoe The Donkey: Bk1/P41, CD1/1 – Tk 35

These tunes will be played at a medium speed to ensure that all musicians can join in!

References
Bk1 – Foinn Seisiún Book 1
Bk2 – Foinn Seisiún Book 2
Bk3 – Foinn Seisiún Book 3
CD1 – CD for Foinn Seisiún Book 1
CD2 – CD for Foinn Seisiún Book 2
CD3 – CD for Foinn Seisiún Book 3

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Where on earth do they put all the music stands? Just kidding! Looks a lot of fun!!

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Never mind the music stands, where are we going to find enough umbrellas? Hopefully all the rain will have fallen in the next couple of days!!