A Programme written by KATHLEEN TALBOT and DOROTHY ERHART
Illustrated by THE PIPERS' GUILD QUARTET
R. KENWORTHY SCHOFIELD
(Penny Whistle, Mouth Organ, Accordeon, Pipe and Tabor)
EDGAR HUNT , ERNEST J. TOBIAS ,
MARGERY GABAIN (Recorders)
Commere, IMOGEN HOLST
In the country among people who either cannot afford to buy pianos and stringed instruments, or have not sufficient skill and the necessary leisure to practise these instruments, there is a considerable interest taken in the playing of simple pipes, recorders, improved tin whistles, bamboo pipes, mouth organs, and concertinas. This interest was awakened by the folk-dance movement, but now such would-be musicians play these simple instruments for their own sake, and under skilled guidance they form themselves into bands which give thoroughly capable performances at village halls. This programme will demonstrate the possibilities of a number of these ' spare time' instruments.