During the lockdown for Covid19 the band had to find other ways to practise. On Tuesday evenings, when we would normally meet to practise, we had a virtual practice via Zoom. It is not possible to play along on Zoom, because of the inbuilt delay, but we muted our sound and played along at home, either to a lead player or a recording of the band.

Another way of hearing other band members was to create virtual recordings. A master track was created and circulated. Band members then recorded themselves playing along to it. All the recordings were then collated to create the final full band recording. The response from band members was amazing. Not only did we created some great music but it was a valuable learning opportunity for people to listen to themselves playing and learn from it.

We created eleven sets, which were used for two virtual Home Grown Ceilidhs on 20th September and 22nd November 2020, and produced some more for a virtual three band weekend held in February 2021.  The recordings can be found at: Recordings