Christmas Jam

We hope you’ll join us for our December Christmas Jam. Unfortunately, Daniel Lapp is unable to join us, but we have a surprise — Calvin Cairns will be leading the jam with some favourite Christmas tunes and other Jam faves!! Yes, the Calvin Cairns that brought us the Conservatory FiddleTunes, Red, Green & Blue Books! It will be a fun night!

Jam: 7:00 – 9:00 pm  We’ll have a break at 8:00 pm, Christmas treats are welcome!
Where: Wheeley Hall in the Esquimalt United Church Building (500 Admirals Road).  Enter off Lyall Street.
Cost: Members no charge; Drop In $5
Membership Dues*: Single: $25; Family $60.

Tune List

Most of the Christmas tunes are in a Dropbox folder, Let us know at vfsinfo@gmail.com and we can share the folder, then you can print out your copy to bring to the Jam. Bring requests for your favourites, too!

• Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) – Key of G
• Away in a Manger – Key of G
• Whiskey before Breakfast – Key of D (Green p 31)
• Silent Night – Key of C
• Deck the Halls – Key of G
• Ashgrove – Key of D (Red p 11)
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Key of G
• Ashokan Farewell – Key of D (Dropbox Jam Tunes)
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Key of G
• The Holly & The Ivy – Key of F (remember the F & C naturals and the Bb!)
• Road to Boston – Key of D (Red p 14, Blue p 6)
• Jolly Old St. Nicholas – Key of G
• Joy to the World – Key of D
• Swallow’s Tail Jig – Key of Em (Red p 22)
• O Holy Night – Key of D
• Redwing – Key of G (Green p 29)
• The First Noel – Key of D
• Joys of Quebec – Key of A (Red p 34)
• Jingle Bells – Key of G  (Starts with Dashing Through the Snow)
• Westphalia Waltz – Key of G (Green p 66)
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Key of G

You can also find most of these tunes in Christmas Kaleidoscope & Christmas Kaleidoscope II books, both arranged by Robert S. Frost, check Tapestry or Long & McQuade.

Many of the tunes we play are in Calvin Cairns’ Conservatory Fiddletunes Red, Green or Blue Books. We sell the books at the Jams for $20 each (without CD), or you can get them at Tapestry Music or Long & McQuade.

At the Jams, we also have colour-coded indexes of the books, available at no charge. One index has the Red & Green Book tunes and the other one has the Red, Green & Blue Book tunes. Now posted on the VFS website https://www.victoriafiddlesociety.com/jam-tunes/

We’re always looking for new (or old) tunes to play, email your requests vfsinfo@gmail.com  or bring your request to the Jam.