Bill Whelan to teach at Sore Fingers October Weekend

Bill Whelan, of Dublin's Rough Deal String Band and many other ensembles, will be teaching the old-time banjo course at the Sore Fingers October Weekend (see the BIB post of 26 August).

In the above photo Bill is playing a custom-made banjo by Johannes Bonefaas, born in the Netherlands and now living in Sweden after many years in Denmark. Johannes' banjos, based on the design of Dobson banjos from the 1880s, have been described by Richie Stearns (US) as 'Best modern made banjos in da world'. Full details of them can be seen here.