UK Autoharp Days are open to everyone - you don't have to be a UK Autoharps member.
Every UK Autoharp Day includes workshops and other activities for players at all levels, from experienced players to absolute beginners. There is always an 'autoharp doctor' maintenance service.
Come and try the autoharp at a special reduced rate for 'first-timers' - we can even
lend you an instrument for
the day.
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Next UK Autoharp Day
UK Autoharps – October Weekend 2008 at Sore Fingers Incorporating a ‘stand alone’ Saturday UK Autoharp Day
Friday 24th (from 5 pm), Saturday 25th & Sunday, 26th October (to 5 pm) Featuring Three Prize-Winning Tutors: Heather Farrell-Roberts, Nadine White, and special Guest Tutor: Cindy Harris from the USA
In October, the Sore Fingers weekend event will run for its third year – and for a second time, UKA will be taking part!
This weekend at Kingham is a superb opportunity to strengthen your links with other members of the autoharp community and the wider Sore Fingers community of musicians. For anyone who is considering attending their first full Sore Fingers week next Easter, it provides an invaluable ‘taste of good things to come’. The usual UKA Autoharp Day format is geared to support beginners and ‘improvers’. The extra Sunday workshops at Sore Fingers are geared towards players who are at the ‘improver/advanced’ level of playing, although newer players are very welcome to take part and will find the workshop content both interesting and stimulating. Because of the cost of organising and running a weekend event, the fees for the events of this weekend are different from those of usual UK Autoharp day. Full Sore Fingers Weekend To book the full weekend, go to the Sore Fingers Website at: www.sorefingers.co.uk to download a booking form outlining the tuition and accommodation options. Or get a booking form from the Sore Fingers organisers: John & Moira Wirtz at 01373 813590
Saturday Only Autoharp Day of Workshops (25th October)
Please Note: on this occasion, there will be no concessionary rate for ‘first time’ Autoharp Day attendance or for ‘family’ attendance. The one-day rates for Saturday are significantly lower than the charge per day which is paid by those booking for the full weekend. The evening concert is a bonus which only those attending for the full weekend can enjoy, but UKA will also make up the difference in costs for their members who attend the full weekend, by issuing them with a voucher to cover their attendance at a Spring or Summer UK Autoharp Day in 2009. Autoharp Weekend at Sore Fingers – Draft Programme Friday 24th October
Saturday 25th October
Sunday 26th October
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Booking Form for UKA Autoharp Day –
Saturday 25th October 2008 (Day Only) 9.15 am-5 pm
at Kingham Hill School, nr. Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Workshop Leaders: Heather Farrell-Roberts, Nadine Stah White,
and special Guest from the USA: Cindy Harris.
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Please note: These special rates which apply to this particular UK Autoharp Day, which is longer than usual, has a guest workshop leader from the USA and takes place during the Sore Fingers autumn weekend. In this instance, there will be no concessionary rates for family/first time attendance.
I enclose a cheque for the full amount of £……. or a deposit of £5.00 per person.
Please make cheques payable to UK AUTOHARPS and send this form & your payment to UKA Advance Organiser, Sue Edwards, 24 Berkeley Close, Cashes Green, STROUD, Gloucestershire GL5 4SA (telephone: 01453 750513)
To help tutors plan their workshops the following information would be really helpful. Please Circle as appropriate:
· I will need to borrow an autoharp for the day (Circle One) YES/NO
The day’s workshops
will take place in the keys of G and D, and the ‘Singing with the
Autoharp’ workshop will probably also use the keys of C and F. A
standard chromatic autoharp which covers these keys will be fine, but it
will also possible to use single or multi-key diatonic autoharps.
· I am: a new player……..fairly experienced……..able to read music……… ……………Used to playing by ear.
· Workshop I will probably join at 9.30 (circle one):
Beginners/Newer Players or Improvers/Experienced Players
(Of course, you can change your mind on the day, but this information helps us to prepare worksheet handouts in advance.)
Map and Location
The Venue for Sore Fingers Week (at Easter) and Sore Fingers Weekend (at the end of October) is Kingham Hill School is situated in north Oxfordshire, just south of the A44/A436 linking Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold. Information on these events, which include study of a range of instruments (including autoharp, of course) can be found at: www.sorefingers.co.uk
Its full address is: Kingham Hill School, Kingham, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 6TH
The Venue for the Autoharp events is the ‘Music Block’… adjacent to number (9) on the School Location Plan, above.
Main Parking Area is a large tarmac space directly outside ‘Top School’ - number (3) on the School Location Plan.

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Future Autoharp Days:- To be advised
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October 2008 Weekend - see details above
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Where to hear/see the Autoharp in action