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		<title>Tuesday 3rd March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting times in the snug of the Startled Stoat of late. Some of the stalwarts have been hors de combat for a while another is being trained in far off parts and the weather have all conspired to make the Wednesday night sessions a little irregular and sparsely populated. The few extras that we attracted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2010/03/02/tuesday-3rd-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>Wednesday 4th February 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Huddled in the snug of the Startled Stoat last night, just before closing time when the instruments had been lovingly laid to rest in their velvet cocoons and the last strains of the reels and jigs had died away, the question arose.
&#8220;What about the Anchor?&#8221;
For such an innocent question and so late at night, there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2010/02/04/wednesday-4th-february-2010/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday 2nd February 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.
Is it twenty-ten or two thousand and ten? We got used to saying the eighteen whatevers and nineteen whatevers so logically it is twenty whatevers. Anyway Happy New Year to you all.
The Irish Session was badly hit by both the holidays and the weather so it was a month or so before we met again. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2010/02/02/tuesday-2nd-february-2010/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday 28th December 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Festive Greetings to the Sessioneers!
We find ourselves in the hiatus which is the middle of the syncretized* English winter festival. It must be one of the most mixed up and muddled festivals of the year. Please note, I do not in any way shape or form advocate &#8216;Winterval&#8217; or some such silly pseudo-PC term for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2009/12/29/tuesday-28th-december-2009/</link>
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		<title>Wednesday 2nd December 2009</title>
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The Irish session is still going well although some of the early rank-swellers seem to have fallen by the wayside. Never mind. It&#8217;s better than it was and fingers crossed it will get better. Come on all you chaps and chapesses, it&#8217;s not hard to find.  Just head to towards Maidstone, Ashford, Faversham or Canterbury [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2009/12/02/wednesday-2nd-december-2009/</link>
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		<title>Friday 20th November</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
As you know, I usually start these posts off with an historical fact or seasonal aside. It turns out that nothing at all remarkable happened today. So maybe today is remarkable for its unremarkableness. Or so I thought.
Apparently Edward 1st (longshanks) became King today in 1272 and England declared war on Holland in 1780 for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2009/11/20/friday-20th-november/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday 20th October 2009</title>
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The main topic of the moment is of course the fascinating discussion taking place about the future course of the Wednesday night Irish session. There have been some wonderful insights into why people don&#8217;t come and some very helpful suggestions to swell the session to beyond critical mass.

I can&#8217;t wait to see what happens on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2009/10/20/tuesday-20th-october-2009/</link>
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		<title>Wednesday 14th October 2009</title>
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On this day, 943 years ago, the Battle of Hastings was fought and started the Norman rule of England.
Just thought you&#8217;d like to know.

For those of you who weren&#8217;t there on Sunday in the Unicorn at Bekesbourne, there was an excellent Irish Session, almost capturing the spirit of the glorious past sessions. In no small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2009/10/14/wednesday-14th-october-2009/</link>
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		<title>Friday 9th October 2009</title>
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The Irish Session on Wednesday was a good one and although only 6 sessioneers turned out, half of them are very good melody players with large repertoires.
An idea was mooted which I think is very good. It is designed to help beginners and the less experienced by devoting some time to a particular set or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2009/10/09/friday-9th-october-2009/</link>
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		<title>A Brief Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So it looks as though the Irish Session has run its course &#8211; as Judy feared. The session now is nothing like the session that started 12? 14? years ago so Andy&#8217;s point about the illusion of continuity is well made. 
When it comes to sessions, I think of myself as a Darwinist &#8211; sessions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pvs.me.uk/sessiondiary/2009/10/07/a-brief-update/</link>
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