As part of the 2020 Lowender Peran Festival we're forming a virtual banjo band celebrating the remarkable Cornish anomaly that was 'The Goonhavern Banjo Band' - and we'd love you to join us.
The Sunny Corner March (Kekerdh Kornel Howlyek in Cornish) was a popular tune played by 19th century brass bands in Cornwall for Tea Treats and Regattas.
Different versions of the Frogpool March 19th Century - present.
The dance and tune were transcribed in 1971 by Mrs Esme Francis, the Honorary Harpist for the Cornish Gorseth. In 2009 she described the circumstances: “A neighbour of mine, farmer John Williams, who lived at Boscreggan Farm,Nanquido, described the Newlyn Reel Dance tome in 1971. He remembered travelling to Newlyn
Audio File: Lady Evesham’s as played by Festival Band at Lowender Peran 1987 See: Racca – Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97
One of the tunes used by the Golowan Band for the processions that take place during the Golwan Festival in Penzance in June. Racca15 – Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97
A version of the Carol “Gods Own Son” played as 4/4 march for the Racca Project. Dufunyans / Difunyans means awakening in Cornish. Racca – Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97
See: Racca 243- Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97 See also: song in Hengan
Audio File: The Quay Fair played by Bagas Porthia at Lowender Peran 2007 The Quay Fair is one of the tunes played by the Golowan Band who lead a series of procession during the Golowan Festival in Penzance at Midsummer. It is a Cornish version of a family of tunes