Cornish dance group and band from Penzance, Cornwall
We had a lovely session on Sunday, hosting German students who were in Penzance to practise their English! Fortunately the weather was wonderful as there were too many to fit into the Coach House, so we danced outside, helped by Renate who translated (the ladies' moving on bit in Newlyn Reel would have been tricky …
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We're gearing up for Mazey Day and Quay Fair Day, both for our performance and for hosting the Folk Stages on both days. We have outstanding programmes for both stages, with the cream of Cornish talent taking part! The Quay Fair Day Stage is sponsored by Penzance Folk Club, to whom we are very grateful. …
Tros an Treys are preparing to perform at LostFest, Lostwithiel's annual festival of music, craft and entertainment. On Sunday 19 May we will be playing and dancing two 20 minute slots in Monmouth Square at 12.30pm and 1.30pm. In between you will be able to enjoy Lostwithiel Town Band. Visit the LostFest website for the …
Tros an Treys are heading to Perranporth this Saturday (30th March) to attend the Cornish Dance Society's annual 'Day of Dance' to meet up with the many other dancers and musicians keeping Cornwall's traditional music and dance alive and stepping. We've been asked to lead the evening ceilidh this year, with our band on stage …
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Today we were invited to bring our Cornish traditional music and dance to the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro as part of their extended St Piran's Day celebrations. We performed in the main gallery which has great acoustics for unamplified instruments. Here are a few photos from the event.
Beginners with Tros an Treys dancers going through the basics. Yesterday we held our first beginners' workshop of 2019. We had 10 new people join us which exceeded our expectations - and - as was pointed out by our sole male dancer Courtney, men too! The format of the session followed the same lines as …
Yesterday our dancing leader Alex and a couple of our more experienced dancers tried out a beginners’ Cornish dancing workshop on me (fiddler) and Tom (mandolinist). More accustomed to counting in 4s, 6s, 2s and even 5s we were not sure what to expect but we looked forward to trying having never done much dancing …
