Workshops are the place to go to be able to try out some new and funky dance styles, or advance your skills in one way or another.

Currently we have a number of workshops, some dance and others music and song. Make sure you bring your instrument!

Team dance

Rapper - High Spen Blue Diamonds

Cotswold Morris - Hexham Morris

Border Morris - Jet Set Border

North West Morris - Hexhamshire lasses

Molly - Gog Magog

Appalachian - Step this Way

How to set up a rapper team - Star and Shadow

Longsword - Newcastle Kingsmen

Individual and Couple Dances

Scottish Country Dance - Deb Lees with Ruth Ball

Clog - Robynne Parker

Contra - Adam Hughes and musicians from Vertical Expression

Arbeau dances - Elizabeth Lawson

Cajun - Barry Leggett

Irish Set - Chris Berry

Greek - Sofia Papadia

Folk Waltzing - Nathan Post

Calling your First Dance - Rhodri Davis

Zesty Playford - Rhodri Davis

Dances for the Brave - Jacob Steel

Finnish -  Annika Huttunen

Music and Song

Scandinavian Tunes - Fidola

North East Shantys - The Young 'Uns

Welsh Songs - Ffion and Hedd Thomas

Tunes from the North East - Ruth Ball

Simple Session Tunes - Patrick Dean

Folk Techniques for Classical Musicians - Ruth Ball

Harmony Singing - Pete Cunningham

Songs from the Mines - Ian McKone

North East Tunes -  Ruth Ball

Playing for Morris - Pip Ives and Jim Boyle

Music Theory for Dumbo's - Pete Cunningham