JUNE 2026 FIDDLE JAM
Join us on Friday, June 5 – our last Jam till September!
We’re lucky to have the incredible Cohan Lyne leading us again.
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm; Doors open at 6:45 pm
Cost: Members no charge; Drop In $5
Where: Wheeley Hall in the Esquimalt United Church Building (500 Admirals Road). Enter off Lyall Street.
Intermission snacks are welcome!
Set List
- The Rakes of Mallow (Red Bk p 4) Key of G
- Elegant Dancer (Attached in email, Keith’s Vol 1 p 19**) Key of C
- Swingin’ on a Gate (Green Bk p 64) Key of G
- Sheebeg and Sheemore (Green Bk p 32) Key of D
- Cattle Point Jig (Attached in email, Keith’s Vol 2 p 9**) Key of A
- Sally Gardens (Green Bk p 17) Key of D
- Ger the Rigger (Red Bk p 52) Key of A
- The London Hornpipe (Green Bk p 72) Key of A
- Ashokan Farewell (VFS Website) Key of D
- Mason’s Apron (Green Bk p 53) Key of A
- Crooked Stovepipe (Green Bk p 29) Key of G
- Westphalia Waltz (Green Bk p 66) Key of G
- Tobin’s Favorite (Green Bk p 26) Key of D
- Trip to Pender (Attached in email, Keith’s Vol 2 p 50**) Key of Am
- Staten Island Hornpipe (Red Bk p 37) Key of D
Please note: copies of sheet music won’t be available as handouts at the Jams so please bring your own printed copies.
**tunes by Keith Malcolm (Elegant Dancer, Trip to Pender & Cattle Point Jig) are attached in the email. If you didn’t get it, send an email to vfsinfo@gmail.com to request a copy, .
Keith Malcolm is a local fiddler who has a long history of playing with and composing tunes for English Country and Contra Dance groups in Victoria.
Keith lost his right leg at a young age and has struggled with mobility all his life. A few months ago, we got the bad news that he had suffered a stroke that seriously impaired his ability to speak. He is awaiting placement in a long-term care home.
Keith played for a number of years with The Dancehall Players, a well-known, local English Country Dance Band, and with The M.T. Pockets String Band, a Victoria Contra Dance Band. He is a prolific composer of tunes and has produced two volumes of fiddle tunes with a third volume on the way. Volumes 1 & 2 of his music books, each of which contain 75 original fiddle tunes, are available for sale at the monthly jams.







