Fast forward to Saturday - morning committee meeting, midday Newport Choir singing in Paine Res as part of the Thankgiving celebration with the Baptist Church, and then on to the Scout Hall for the Gypsy Workshop lead by Sarah Busuttil. 
There were 30 enthusiasti
c players from all over Melbourne and within 10 minutes Sarah had taught the group some tunes and they were playing. It is highly likely that the scout hall has never had an orchestra of this kind play there before (probably no orchestra at all) and so it wasn't surprising that during the afternoon people wandered in off the street to find out what was going on. Sarah taught the group the Miserlou, The Basso, Masl Tov, the Romanian Train Song and Khusidlekh (all pronunciations accepted). Having mastered the tunes, the players were then sent off to form smaller groups to prepare a performance of one of the tunes - with their own arrangements. Have a look at pics of these groups as they perform (Steve will get the video of the whole group playing on youtube one day - it was a hoot). Sarah is running a workshop at the festival (Saturday July 3) so you will get a chance to join in the fun - either playing, dancing or just smiling to see such wonderful music being played live in the Scout H
all. See you there..
There were 30 enthusiastic players from all over Melbourne and within 10 minutes Sarah had taught the group some tunes and they were playing. It is highly likely that the scout hall has never had an orchestra of this kind play there before (probably no orchestra at all) and so it wasn't surprising that during the afternoon people wandered in off the street to find out what was going on. Sarah taught the group the Miserlou, The Basso, Masl Tov, the Romanian Train Song and Khusidlekh (all pronunciations accepted). Having mastered the tunes, the players were then sent off to form smaller groups to prepare a performance of one of the tunes - with their own arrangements. Have a look at pics of these groups as they perform (Steve will get the video of the whole group playing on youtube one day - it was a hoot). Sarah is running a workshop at the festival (Saturday July 3) so you will get a chance to join in the fun - either playing, dancing or just smiling to see such wonderful music being played live in the Scout Hall. See you there.. 
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