Diddley diddley di do dum!

A week or so ago, <3 and I found out about a folk music "session" in our vicinity from a colleague and as <3 used to be in a folk band and fancied having the chance to sing and blat her bodhran and I rather like listening to music of just about any sort, we turned up at the pub yesterday evening to check it out.

We thought we were playing it cool by turning up half an hour after the intended start time, but found only two others there. The others soon turned up from their respective barbecues, and the session got under way, giving me the distinct impression that Wantage is Squeezebox Central with the amount of concertinas and melodeons about. The whole evening was refreshingly friendly, with even us newcomers encouraged to take part, though I must admit I was too nervous to have a go myself — I bottled out of singing (though I did join in on some choruses) and hadn't brought any harmonicas (which I wouldn't have been confident playing folk tunes on, even with the friendly atmosphere). <3 sang a few songs though, and seemed to go down well with the others.

This was a really fun evening and we are planning to go again — and with the good natured goading from the other musicians, I now have a challenge for myself: to learn a tune to play at next month's session. I've ordered a book to help get myself started...