Topic: Melodeons & More 2016 (Read 16444 times)

Steve_freereeder · « **Reply #20 on:** December 16, 2015, 12:53:30 AM »

Quote from: Matthew Rickard on December 15, 2015, 08:41:58 PM

With the question of accommodation, I was more wondering if any places to stay are better for the social aspect.

In previous years I believe both the Verandah House and the Cedars Hotel in Stowmarket have oft been frequented by M&M attendees.

Andy Next Tune · « **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2015, 09:24:37 AM »

Quote from: Steve_freereeder on December 16, 2015, 12:53:30 AM

Quote from: Matthew Rickard on December 15, 2015, 08:41:58 PM
With the question of accommodation, I was more wondering if any places to stay are better for the social aspect.

In previous years I believe both the Verandah House and the Cedars Hotel in Stowmarket have oft been frequented by M&M attendees.

As have the two local Travelodges. However the Ipswich Beacon Hill one is much nicer and more convenient for Mendlesham, rather than the Stowmarket one which nestles besides a HGV yard!

Theo · « **Reply #22 on:** December 16, 2015, 02:06:16 PM »

I've used The White Horse Inn IP23 7ET

Lin Leighton · « **Reply #23 on:** December 18, 2015, 03:58:14 PM »

I have signed up for M & M and the melodeon maintenance day. ... I wondered if anyone has an old box and/or poorly box in need of tender lovig care that they would consider selling cheaply

so I ould work on it i the workshop?

?
Thank you in advance and A Merry Christmas to one and all

Katie Howson · « **Reply #24 on:** December 21, 2015, 11:29:17 AM »

Hi Lin,

There's usually a few spare elderly boxes knocking about on the day, so don't worry if you don't have something of your own.

To anyone else thinking of coming on the Maintenance Day, it's already over half-full, so don't delay in sending in your application form (on the website, which I usually manage to make a mess of when adding a link!) ...

www.eatmt.org.uk

Lin Leighton · « **Reply #25 on:** December 21, 2015, 11:51:59 AM »

Thanks Katie - thats good to know, and I am looking forward to the workshop

mr hohner · « **Reply #26 on:** December 26, 2015, 04:48:24 PM »

Mums booked me in for the melodeon maintainance, it'll be good to put some names to some faces!!! I'll hopefully be at the workshops as well, looks like a great line up!!!

ladydetemps · « **Reply #27 on:** December 27, 2015, 03:49:14 PM »

Must remember to send off my form for m&m once I find a working printer.
Katie are you still looking for volunteers? Mum said she's ok to help out again.

Steve_freereeder · « **Reply #28 on:** December 28, 2015, 12:41:07 AM »

Quote from: ladydetemps on December 27, 2015, 03:49:14 PM

Must remember to send off my form for m&m once I find a working printer.
Katie are you still looking for volunteers? Mum said she's ok to help out again.

I'm not sure how frequently Katie looks in here. It's best to contact her directly via the EATMT website and e-mail:
http://www.eatmt.org.uk
info@eatmt.fsnet.co.uk

Matthew Rickard · « **Reply #29 on:** December 28, 2015, 10:11:21 AM »

Quote from: ladydetemps on December 27, 2015, 03:49:14 PM

Must remember to send off my form for m&m once I find a working printer.
Katie are you still looking for volunteers? Mum said she's ok to help out again.

They accepted my form with me just copying all the required details in to an email.

Katie Howson · « **Reply #30 on:** January 11, 2016, 11:16:05 AM »

Just to let you all know that general booking opens for Melodeons and more this Wednesday 13th January. If you're a Friend of the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust, you have 24 hours left to get your booking in at the cheapest rate! Apologies if you find the office unmanned over the next day or two, circumstances are conspiring against me this week! Email your booking anyway and I'll deal with it asap.

Katie

www.eatmt.org.uk/m&m.htm

Katie Howson · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2016, 11:17:24 AM »

Oh, and only a few places left on the Melodeon Maintenance Day on the 20th March now.

Katie Howson · « **Reply #32 on:** January 19, 2016, 10:41:05 AM »

Ooh, this is the time I get all excited about this event, when the tutors start sending in their material for the workshops ... there's some real goodies.

Every year I think, I'm so lucky to hear all this and I'll go away and learn it all ... and then next year comes round and I haven't!

Still space in many workshops, including absolute beginners, so why not encourage someone else to come with you who'd like to have a go at a melodeon or anglo-concertina. Concert looking great too, especially as Boxtet reveal all (musically speaking!) for the first time.

www.eatmt.org.uk/m&m.htm

Lin Leighton · « **Reply #33 on:** January 30, 2016, 04:40:45 PM »

oohh and I'm all excited waiting for the next batch of paperwork - the tunes to work on

Phil Howard · « **Reply #34 on:** February 14, 2016, 09:44:27 AM »

When during February are the resources usually sent out? Five weeks doesn't feel like very long now!

Steve_freereeder · « **Reply #35 on:** February 14, 2016, 03:42:25 PM »

Quote from: Phil Howard on February 14, 2016, 09:44:27 AM

When during February are the resources usually sent out? Five weeks doesn't feel like very long now!

Patience! There's a lot of stuff to coordinate between all the various tutors. Hopefully it should be sent out by the end of February. Don't worry about what might seem to be a lack of time to learn the tunes. If everybody could play them perfectly, there'd be no point in coming to the event. Just an outline familiarity with the material is fine; the tutors will guide you through things in the workshops.

ladydetemps · « **Reply #36 on:** February 14, 2016, 07:58:32 PM »

I've turned up before only having listened to the tunes once coz I was busy and ran out of practice time. It was ok.

Katie Howson · « **Reply #37 on:** February 15, 2016, 01:30:37 PM »

The CDs will be in the post by next Monday at the latest, possibly earlier, depending on how quickly the plant can turn them round.

When you get the CD, read the accompanying notes carefully so you know how much preparation to put in for each workshops - some work best if you can play the one or two tunes supplied fairly accurately before you get there, and for some classes that will be less important.

It's all yummy stuff!

And still a few places left ...

Phil Howard · « **Reply #38 on:** February 15, 2016, 04:14:55 PM »

Thanks for the replies & reassurance - I was being (thought/hope I was being!) eager rather than impatient... I wouldn't put money on my playing anything perfectly if I had five quiet months rather than five busy weeks :-)

Mike Carney · « **Reply #39 on:** February 22, 2016, 03:28:05 PM »

Quote from: Andy Next Tune on December 15, 2015, 09:05:34 PM

For the past few years, I've organised an informal session on the Friday evening at the Kings Head in Mendlesham (the only pub there).
Its a small bar but a welcoming landlord.

I was planning to do the same for M&M 2016, and normally ring him a few weeks before to confirm its ok for another year.

Hope that helps :)

Do we have this arranged yet Andy?
Thanks for taking the trouble.
Mike

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