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The usual band line up (depends upon availability of individuals):
Sharon was violin trained, but became principal viola player in the Hitchin Concert Orchestra after picking up piano, viola and clarinet at music college. She usually plays the cello part, and sometimes the tune itself, on a ‘Chincello’ - a 5 stringed instrument, an octave below a normal violin/viola. You can also see her on viola or violin occasionally. Very clever gal, our Sharon.
Laura was dying to play flute after deciding, aged 12, that her friend’s sister looked cool playing one. She managed to stick with it despite a teacher trying to sidetrack her into bassoon. We’re glad she did. She plays a flute descant or the tune itself for Hannibal’s Heroes. Laura plays every year for the Stamford College Players.
Fiona: Fi got fed up with violin at school and completely gave up playing music till folk, skiffle and rock tempted her back. She now sings and plays with punk folksters Lying Scotsman and comedy duo the Jam Tarts (and anyone else who asks nicely), and is our very own jobbing guitar-thumper from Stamford, Lincs. Watch her desperately counting to four, or three…... She’s the only one who doesn’t get to play the tune at all!
Pete does the Calling, to walk dancers through before each dance starts. He plays violin, plus a ‘diatonic button accordeon’ usually called a melodeon, and writes most of the band’s arrangements. He runs a website called the Peterborough Folk Diary which lists all the acoustic music things going on in South Lincolnshire, Peterborough, East Northants, North Cambs & West Norfolk, and which can be found at http://www.peterboroughfolkdiary.org.uk
To contact the band, telephone 01778 571563 or 07946 758197 or click here
Click here for Hannibal's Heroes introduction
Click here for frequently asked questions on running a ceilidh