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Members

We met at Sheffield University Ceilidh Society where we still regularly play, party and dance, despite having turned respectable and got proper jobs since our student days.

We are all Europhiles and boast 2 French speakers and 2 Spanish speakers.  Regular trips over the channel top up our repertoire of unusual dances as well as our wine cupboards.

Anne

Anne Wyatt provides that rich rhythmic cello backing to the music. She also plays in a French Dance Band, Dulzaina and a classical trio and dances with Pecsaetan.  

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Graham

Graham Knapp keeps everything lively with a mix of percussion from castanets to bodhrans.  He also plays in a French Dance Band, Dulzaina and teaches French dance with Les Panards Dansants in Leeds.

Helena

Helena Reynolds drives the melody forwards with strong 5-string fiddle.  She does more than most of the rest of us put together, including playing with Jabadaw and Crucible and dancing the morris with Pecsaetan.

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Joboe

Jo Maher blows a mean oboe, sometimes haunting and sometimes pulsating with power.  She also shakes a hanky with Pecsaetan morris.