Cornish dance group and band from Penzance, Cornwall
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.
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 …
