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•OlnnFIeSeisiundh NuaTraditional s~ssions form an essential part of any Fleadh Cheoiland this year Fleadh Nua will run a series of workshops onsession tune sets each afternoon from Monday, 24 th to Friday,28 th May between 4.00 to 6.00pm.The workshops are aimed atmusicians who wish to increase their repertoire of the morestandard session sets published in Comhaltas Foinn SeisiunBooks I & 2.These two publications contain 220 standard traditional tunesarranged in 74 sets as played at the Tuesday and Wednesdaynight sessions at the Culturlann in Monkstown.Tunes consist of reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slides, mazurkas,etc. Book I contains standards such as Joe Cooley's Reel, MaidBehind the Bar, Bank of Ireland, Lark in the Morning Jig, Kid onthe Mountain Slip Jig, Ballydesmond polka and other commonsession favourites arranged in 39 sets. Selections in Book 2 arealso established traditional standards and additionally includesome of the 'bigger tunes' such as the Bucks of Oranmore, theKilfenora jigs and reel sets plus the famed Tarbolton set. 'theLilting Fisherman, Tell her I am and Going to the Well for Water'jigs, etc. Book 2 contains 35 session sets.In addition to the session sets workshop at Fleadh Nua, therewill also be Fleadh Club sessions each night where players willhave the opportunity to join with other musicians in playingFoinn Seisiun sets or some of their own favourites.For anyone who wants to obtain a copy of Foinn Seisiun, theseare available from Comhaltas Head Office as outlined below.Price for each book is € I 0.00(20% discount applies for Branch orders of 10 or more)Post & Packaging rates as follows:Ireland - Single Copy € I/Both Books €2UK - Single Copy €2/Both Books € 3Europe - Single Copy €2/Both Books €4Rest of World - Single Copy € 3/Both Books € 5Orders should be forwarded to:Comhaltas Ceolt6iri Eireann32 Belgrave SquareMonkstownCounty Dublin, IrelandTel: + 353 (0) I 280 0295Fax: + 353 (0) I 280 3759E-mail: enquiries@comhaltas.com50