IT tip: how to stop Guardian links from displaying 404 in Facebook posts
I can’t remember when this started, but for a while now, if you paste a link into Facebook from the Guardian, you get the 404 page above as a thumbnail.…
A year of ballet playing cards #16 : Esmeralda male variation music (3h)
Download the score of the Esmeralda male variation music (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards You can never have enough grand allegro, and this is…
Trissie’s dollies: tunes, travel, gardens and a Blue Shawl
Last year I either discovered, or re-remembered, that my friend, contemporary and colleague Julia Richter had been taught by Rosemary Barnes, who was a friend and colleague of my piano…
A year of playing cards #33: A deathly slow waltz (7c)
Download free piano pdf score Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards Thanks to Grant Kennedy in Australia for this as an idea for adage/ronds de jambe, anything…
The schottische and the chotis, and other dances
It’s years ago since a Spanish friend and dancing colleague told me that there was a connection between Schottische and a Spanish dance called chotis, and I’ve been meaning to…
A year of ballet playing cards #32: A Scottishy-Czechishy-minuettishy thing by Boccherini
Download score (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards The magic of Boccherini for ballet class This is only a short piece, but it’s going to…