November 2005 - we will be holding a
warm-up session for the Klezmer Big Band on the afternoon of Sunday 20th
November at this venue.
October 2004 - see details of Klezmer
Class and session in Autumn 2004
Pub Session
- The Hare and Hounds, Shudehill, Manchester
Attendance at
the Manchester Session was a bit patchy so we haven't continued it in 2004.
Please contact Steve with your thoughts (0161-881 0505).
Details
for the ex-session
The pub sessions are informal events
where we all get together on Sunday lunchtime to play a few tunes, or you can
just come along and listen.
The number of musicians
varies between six and sixteen... we usually have some clarinet players, fiddle
players, double bass, mandolin, guitars, pianists (there's a real piano in the
White Hart) and whoever else turns up. We have had a trumpet once or twice and
it was great (but you probably need a mute!)
The
first session was on Sunday 20th October 2002. We all had a great time and decided
to continue monthly.
The session is in the function
room, upstairs.
Times
The session kicks off (no, not a fight, silly) at 14:00 and finishes
around 17:00.
Sheet Music
If you are a newbie and can read a bit there is sheet music
for most of the tunes kicking about, both in concert and in B flat. Sheet music
is available (pdf format) on the repertoire
page on this site.
You don't
read sheet music?
There are MIDI
files (of rather dubious quality!) in the repertoire
page on this site.
Got any new
tunes?
If you have a new tune that
you think would go down well please come and play it at the sessions! A good few
of the sessioneers can read dots reasonably well, so it's great if you can manage
some sheet music for us to have a go at. Bring along a dozen or so copies to pass
around, and write chords on them if you can. If you are really advanced, transcriptions
from old recordings go down well.
It's
OK to bring kids along.
Curry for breakfast, anyone?
Shudehill is in the rag trade area and there is a goodly number of cheap curry
cafes nearby. You can get a great meal for about 4 quid, ideal for pouring lots
of beer on top of. These two are marked on the map -
This
and That Cafe, 3 Soap Street is famous for it's Nihari - a very rich lamb
stew which they sell only on Sundays.
Al Faisal Tandoori, 58 Thomas
Street is my own favourite for everything except nihari.
There
are loads more for you to try!
Beer and Sandwiches, Tea and
Coffee
The Hare and Hounds sells Holts bitter at only £1.42
a pint (October 2004) and sells tea and coffee and sandwiches.
Directions
(map)
Shudehill is behind
the Arndale Centre and is roughly half way between Piccadilly Gardens and Victoria
Station - see the maps for details.
It's
very close to Shudehill metro station.
The session is in the function room,
upstairs in the Hare and Hounds.
Car Parking
They are busy building things on all the open air spaces in Manchester which
used to be car parks., so public transport is worth considering.
The Arndale
Centre multi-story car park is about 100m from the pub but you may be lucky and
get some on-street parking which is free on Sundays.
Roads in Central Manchester
can be a bit chocka on Sundays with the shops being open so public transport is
worth considering.
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