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design by
Michael Duffy,
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Welcome
to the slowplayers.org web site!
Latest News
29 March, 2007 - I've made updates to several pages, and I've starting on the 'world slowplay' page. I have three added in the US, plus one in Scotland and one in Austrialia.
2 March, 2007 - I am working with a few friends of mine to produce a new slowplay CD. It will feature Angeline Leleux on fiddle, and William Bajzek on guitar and flute. I have the master and as soon as I get the liner notes and ABC files sorted out, I'll be sending it to the duplicator. I'll announce it here when it's available.
After a long time away from maintaining this site, I'll be doing a bit of work to bring it back up to as current as I can. This will include a fair bit of reprogramming.
I've also started work on a 'PDA' friendly version. It is formatted for low bandwidth (almost no graphics) and 320 wide screens. It looks great on my new Treo 650 from Palm. The first section that is being worked on is the tune list located HERE. If you take a look at it, please let me know what you think.
Please note that most pda and phone browsers are quite limited in their capability and will not play the tunes linked from the page (but you can generally download them). Neither will they open multiple browser windows... I hope that eventually the browsers will have a little more capable in the future.
 Slowplay - A new CD by Jeffrey Hillgrove featuring himself on guitar and Del Eckels on the bodhran. Jeffrey has been playing with our seisiuns for a while now, and lately, he has branched out to playing gigs at local Celtic events and has been seen sitting in with a few of the local bands in pubs as well. It's good to see people who have been regular seisiun members move on to the main stage.
His CD is a great tool for those needing a set of tunes with a slower tempo to practice with, Jeffrey plays with a light and lively style. It may be ordered by by clicking the 'Slowplay' link above or the the photo to the left.
 Sets
in the City - The new CD by Tipsy House has finally
been released! This CD features music for three popular set
dances and a few waltzes as well. It is available through Michael
Riemer, Michael Duffy, Martin Sirk or Jonathan Coxhead. It may
also be ordered on line from Tipsy House by clicking the 'Sets
in the City' link above or the the photo to the left.
This CD is absolutely brilliant and will make a nice addition
to your collection even if you are not a set dancer. Click below
for a sample track featuring The Godfather / John Kelly's /
John Brady's:
The Ookpik / The Parting - MP3
Cameronian / Annie Walsh's / Lads of Laois - MP3
The Godfather / John Kelly's / John Brady's - MP3
So, what is a 'Slow Play Seisiún',
anyway?
A Slow Play Seisiún is a seisiún that plays the
tunes at roughly half speed or less. As we learn the tune and
are more comfortable with it, the pace picks up to full speed
(or nearly so). The goal of the seisiún is to learn the
tunes in a friendly and supportive environment with others who
are at the same skill level.
The Groups
We number Six SlowPlay groups, each with their own style:
The Small Circle Tune Learning Session
are based in the Denver / Boulder area. Mainly Irish Tunes,
but others may float in on occasion. They meet every Sunday
at The Small Circle Coffeehouse in Longmont
The
East Bay SlowPlayers play every Saturday night at private
homes, in San Leandro / Hayward areas. The music is for the
most part Irish in origin, but Scots tunes are being added.
The
Mid-Peninsula SlowPlayers have passed away after a long
run. How sad.
Boston's
Original Slow Seisiún is the fourth addition to the
SlowPlayers family. They play every Monday night at the Green
Briar Pub in Brighton, MA.
The Berkeley
Area Slow Seisiún play every Sunday afternoon
in private homes in Berkeley and El Sobrante.
The Cooley-Keegan
Slow Seisiún meets at Ireland's
32 on Geary Blvd. in San Francisco. This seisiún
is being sponsored by the Cooley-Keegan
branch of Comhaltas
Ceoltóirí Éireann. The seisiún will be
in a two-part format, the first being slow, and the second at
more traditional speeds. We play on the second and
last Mondays of every month.
The Cooley-Keegan
Slow Seisiún meets at The
Plough and Stars on Clement St. in San Francisco. This seisiún
is being sponsored by the Cooley-Keegan
branch of Comhaltas
Ceoltóirí Éireann. The seisiún will be
in a two-part format, the first being slow, and the second at
more traditional speeds. We play on the third Tuesday
of every month.
Other Items
This site also has links to ballroom
and traditional dance and other Celtic sites of interest.
Our music list offers
pdf documents, gif images of the music scores, midi files, and
ABC files of the music that we play. We also host probably the
largest (and most accurate) list of California
Celtic Seisiúns on the 'net. Check it out!
We hope that you enjoy this site, and find it informative. If
you have any suggestions on how we may improve the site, or
if you have something to add, please feel free to sign our Guest
Book.
Slàn,
Greg, Bill, Tris, Zina, Dirk, Michael, & Michael
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Copyright 2000 - 2007 Michael Duffy
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