Publicity

PUBLICITY COLUMN

Sam Wilkinson

I hope you are all doing OK. I’m sure everyone is aware that there has been a break in the Lockdown Sessions for a few weeks. This has given me some time to think about the future of the sessions. On one hand, venues are opening up and artists are turning their thoughts to gigging, plus people are able to do activities at the weekends again with friends and family. On the other hand, the lockdown sessions (and the coffee mornings) have now become an integral part of HarmonicaUK, and I think it’s important for us all to keep in touch as we have done for the past 15 months or so. Taking all this into consideration, I’m proposing to keep the sessions running, but less frequently. From August, there will be an open mic and one other workshop each month. If anyone would like to help organise and/or run a session, then I would be very grateful. Please contact me at the usual email address - publicity@harmonica.co.uk Until next time…

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