New Year bal & workshop with Duo Martin Godefroi

Name: New Year bal & workshop with Duo Martin Godefroi
Start: 2025-01-04T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-04T23:30:00+00:00
Location: Broomhall Community Centre

Schedule

Sat Jan 04 2025 at 05:00 pm to 11:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Broomhall Community Centre | Sheffield, EN

Let’s open 2025 with the buzz of a balfolk big night out. On the first Saturday of the year, Eurosession brings you Cedric Martin and Samuel Godefroi. We encourage you to join us for a dance workshop with Cedric himself, and a shared meal, although you can arrive later for the excitement of the bal. Bring instruments if you’d like to join the post-bal session to play for further dancing.
Schedule
5.15-6.45 pm: Dance workshop
6.45-8:00 pm: Meal – bring food to share
8.00-10.00 pm: Bal
10.00-11:30 pm: Session
Venue and hospitality
Broomhall Centre, Broomspring Lane, Sheffield S10 2FD
There is no bar at the venue so feel free to bring your own bottle.
If you are joining for both the workshop and the bal, we invite you to bring a dish to contribute to a bring-and-share meal.
Tickets
~ Bal only: £10
~ Bal + dance workshop: £10/£12/£15
Tickets available via Ticketstripe (link below) and on the door (unless sold out). Cash preferred (no cards).
About the band
Sam and Cedric are independently renowned in other bands: Cedric has led tours with Expire, Big Jeans and Salmanazar (see https://martincedric.jimdofree.com/), whilst Sam played with the balfolk trio Blam! which combines neo-trad, song, and world music influences (listen at https://soundcloud.com/blamfolk).
Samuel has experience on fiddle and with tune composition, whilst Cedric has training in classical piano and percussion distilled into the button accordion. Enjoy all these talents combined with humour and drive for the evening bal.
About the workshop
Cedric will teach dances from Alsace, the region of France where he has roots. Then later in the bal we will be ready to dance them with confidence when the band include in their repertoire some of the dances particular to Alsace alongside other more familiar balfolk repertoire.
Caring for others
A quieter room will be available at the venue. We welcome diversity in our community, and encourage you to look out for everyone’s well-being.