Cornish dance group and band from Penzance, Cornwall
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 …
When? 20 & 27 January 2019, 3-5.30pm Where? Penlee Coach House, Penlee Park, Penzance (near the tennis courts, behind Penlee House Gallery and Museum) Come along to a Cornish dancing taster session for complete beginners, everyone welcome! Great way to keep fit while having funMeet new peopleEnjoy live music from our own Cornish bandJoin in …
From time to time we make basic recordings of our rehearsals. We've tidied up a few of them and opened a Tros an Treys SoundCloud account so that you can hear some of the tunes that the band play, along with the atmospheric stepping sounds of our dancers. There's not a lot of Cornish traditional …
We've just got the video from Lowender Peran and will be editing some of the highlights for YouTube. We're also gearing up for recruiting some new dancers, so keep a look out for an update here. If you like folk dancing, more specifically traditional Cornish dance, there will be some opportunities to give it a …
It's been a week since our performance at Lowender Peran. It's always hard to tell, but we were all happy with our performance - both dancers and musicians. We had such fun at the festival - if you like Celtic music, dance and culture generally - go next year! Many Tros an Treys members stayed …
Today we had our last practice before we perform at Cornwall's inter-Celtic festival, Lowender Peran. All of our dancers and musicians took part and we practised our 15 minute set many times. We worked through the introductions to each dance, and the dancers worked out the small but important details such as how we leave …
