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Tucson, AZ

NORTHWEST PRACTICE   1st Saturday of the Month
​NANINI Library
7300 N. Shannon Rd
Tucson, AZ 85741
DATE: Dec 6, 2025
Due to a Nursing Home Performance on this Saturday, ​
​we will meet again on the first Saturday in January 2026 

10 am - Noon  *Pennywhistle practice to follow*
 Bring your materials listed below for this practice:
​Note if songs not in General folder check out Saturday Folder or under other folders such as Gospel or Holiday. 


​First Hour: 
​Warmup song: 

Round Robin Call out
​Please use call out songs from the Books we use or favorites from commonly played tunes.
​We prefer not trying to introduce new songs during this time so everyone gets a chance of leading a song Thankyou.

​
2nd Hour: 


-- IN THE TEMPORARY SAT. FOLDER:
           
1 week before practice 


PENNY WHISTLE following Second Hour:
SEE INFORMATION UNDER SW PENNYWHISTLE PRACTICE   "OUR PENNYWHISTLE PLAYLIST:" FOR SONG INFO.

SOUTHWEST PRACTICE    3rd Wednesday of the Month
Mt Zion Lutheran Church    
4520 W Ajo Hwy
Tucson Az 85746
​
Remember to bring Room Donation
DATE: No practice on Dec 17th. See you in the new year.
10 am - Noon - Pennywhistle 12:15 to 1 pm
​Note if songs not in General folder check out Wednesday Folder or under other folders such as Gospel or Holiday. Seifert "Oh Come Let us Adore Him", Tunes for Two or More Vol 4 [Christmas]
First Hour:
Round Robin Call out 

​Please use call out songs from the Books we use or favorites from commonly played tunes.
​We prefer not trying to introduce new songs during this time so everyone gets a chance of leading a song Thankyou.

​Warm up song:​
Second Hour: 
 
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​IN THE TEMPORARY WED. FOLDER:
           
1 week before practice 
​
PENNYWHISTLE:
MT Zion's fellowship hall.
(
Because of no enclosure  we need to be mindful of how frequently high notes are played during practice so we do not disturb staff.) 

           OUR PENNYWHISTLE PLAYLIST:
CURRENT SONGS:
Band in a Book - Irish Tunes by Guy George
MacPherson's Lament
Road to Lisvoondarna
Southwind

Harvest Home
Joy of My Life
Planxty Fanny Poer
Soldier's Joy
The Parting Glass


PHOTOCOPIED SONGS
 From Erin Brooks - pennywhistle, flute & mandolin player

My Darling Asleep
Quimper
Reel de la Petite Misere

May also use Tunes for Two or More Vol 1,2,3 for melody and harmony songs.

Books we use:
Tunes for Two or More Books Vol 1, 2, 3  Zanetti/Lassi
Join the Jam Books 1 and 2  Seifert
First 50 Songs -  S Eulberg
Follow Me Merrily - M MacNeil - J Baker

​
Rehearsal Folder (of commonly played Tunes)
​Will be updated as soon as the new list is being compiled!

  Candy Girl - J Collins
  Castles of Dromore - Morgan
  Coleman's March - L Collins
  Columbus Stockade Blues 
  Fiddler Has Played the Last Waltz for the Night - Larrabee
  Foggy Dew - 
  Hallelujah - Cohen /C Brodginski
  John Stinson # 2
  June's Lullaby - D Larrabee
   Midnight on the Water - Seifert

  Old Man River -   B Kaun
  Parting Glass -  J Armstrong

  River -  B Stains
  Rosen The Beau - S Trump 
  Soldier's Joy - Seifert  
​  Westphalia Waltz - L Collins
  Wild Mountain Thyme - Strong


Up Coming Events / TDE News:


UPDATES:

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Here is a revised shortened list of our 2025 Christmas Play List that Denise Parker sent out. It only has the songs, Pages and a few notes. The full version Denise sent out in under New Tabs For detailed information.
​Practice for Dec 6th Performance
Angels We have Heard on High
Away in the Manger
Dec the Halls
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Jingle Bells
​Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Joy to the World
O Come All Ye Faithful
Silent Night Key of D transitions to Key of G
First Noel
What Child is This
Winter Wonderland
We Wish you a Merry Christmas
2025_christmas_play_list_[short].pdf
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June 7, 2025
This next quarter (July, August, September) we will be doing Folk Songs (plus, Jam Tunes?) for our main song lists for the second hour of our gathering.

There was a poster placed for people to vote on the what genres they would like to do during the next few quarters. Here are the results of the voting:
TDE Theme List -16 people voted (4 choices each)

Waltz            10 
Folk Songs     8 
Jam Tunes     7
Ballads           7
Spirituals        4
Classical        4
Lullabies        3
Glazener        3 * For songs we have permission to use
Seifert  JTJ    3
Hymns           2
Show Tunes   2
Joe Collins     1 * For Books we have or songs we have permission for.
Larry Conger  1 * for songs we have permission to use

Denise Parker will assign the song list themes for the following quarters according to the rating list above. NOTE Some of the lower number requests may not be for a full quarter depending on the number of  ALLOWED songs we have permission to use from those Artists or due to copy-right issues (show Tunes).


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