Each year on 6th January (or the 5th, if the 6th falls on a Sunday), we (a small group of local men) make our way around the Cornish town of Bodmin, singing wassail songs to the locals. We dress in top hat and tails, smart outfits comprised of “gentlemen’s hand-me-downs”
St Piran's Celebrations at Bodmin
Bodmin Riding is one of the oldest recorded traditions in Cornwall and when it was revived in 1974 local historian Pat Munn, was able to provide a timeline from Parish Church accounts in 1469 through to W. J .P. Burtons recollections of the 19th century
Al Hodge was an internationally known guitarist, singer, and composer. His music remains with us and his legacy of rock music in Cornwall continues to grow. The first “Alstock” festival was held at Bodmin Footbal Ground in 2007 and has since become the highlight of the Cornish rock band calendar.
The Bodmin Celtic Pipe Band formed in 1974 by Pipe Major Bill McColl with Eric Watts on bass drum leading the drum core. Their repertoire mixed popular Scottish pipe band marches, strathspeys reels and jigs with traditional Cornish tunes arranged for the bagpipes by Bill McColl.
Tan Ha Dowr and Sylvia Lowe: Kan Rag Dons ( a song for a dance) project 2014
Pencarrow Hunt” as the song is known in North Cornwall becomes “Lord Arscott of Tetcott” along the Cornwall Devon border and shares it melody with a Welsh song called “Difyrwch Gwyr Dyfi” (Delight of the Men of Dovey). The narrative focuses on Pencarrow House, near Bodmin, and a bucolic fox
Watson & Trickett 477/288 (Reverend Colin C Short)
1836: Bodmin Band at Fowey Annual Rowing Regatta. (RCG 22nd July 1836) 1836: Bodmin Band playing the most popular airs. (RCG 5th August 1836) 1837: Bodmin Band at Tywardreath Friendly Society event. (RCG 26th May 1837) 1840: Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia: 3rd Battalion (Militia) Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. “This