With only two weeks left before we welcome our new Musical Director, we invited the extremely talented Folk singer/songwriter Lucy Huzzard along to take us on a journey through song.

We kicked off with a trip to the Austrian Alps, where Lucy enthusiastically taught us the art of Yodeling.

Cow and goatherds used yodeling as a way to call across from one mountain to another. Yodeling is a major feature of folk music (Volksmusic) from Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany and can be heard in many contemporary folk songs.

We then yodelled our way back to Dartmoor, where Lucy kindly taught us the first part of a song written by herself called “If I gave you a tenner”.

Lucy wrote the protest song “if I Gave You a Tenner” as a response to a challenge made to the high court urging wild camping to become illegal on Dartmoor.

An amazing time was had by all. And I’m sure you’ll hear the sound of yodeling on the streets of Meersbrook for years to come.

Please show Lucy some support over on her YouTube channel.

Come & learn with us – If we gave you a tenner [main melody & harmony line]