{"id":47,"date":"2025-10-18T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2025-10-20T22:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:44:28","slug":"who-we-are-and-what-we-do-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/?page_id=47","title":{"rendered":"Who we are and what we do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250830-WA0025-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250830-WA0025-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250830-WA0025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250830-WA0025-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250830-WA0025-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250830-WA0025-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250830-WA0025.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Left to right, we are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Austin: Bodhran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sara Barnard: Fiddle and ceilidh calling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jilly Jarman: Whistle\/flute\/accordion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Oakley: Guitar <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do we play?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thoughtful harmonies, driving reels, playful jigs &#8211; this is old friends trying out new things and inviting the audience in as they explore together, with joy and spontaneity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jilly&#8217;s wealth of experience in jazz and improvisation meets Sara&#8217;s background in folk music education leading the quartet along new paths, weaving through rhythms, traditions, and experimentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With repertoire influenced by the dance traditions of the UK, Europe and beyond, Slip the Jig brings energy and warmth to every performance, whether playing tunes in someone&#8217;s living room, or filling a village hall with ceilidh dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250125-WA0023-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250125-WA0023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250125-WA0023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250125-WA0023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250125-WA0023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250125-WA0023-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250125-WA0023.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our first gig: Burns Night at Langwathby Village Hall (Jan 2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left to right, we are: Nick Austin: Bodhran Sara Barnard: Fiddle and ceilidh calling Jilly Jarman: Whistle\/flute\/accordion Andy Oakley: Guitar What do we play? Thoughtful harmonies, driving reels, playful jigs &#8211; this is old friends trying out new things and inviting the audience in as they explore together, with joy and spontaneity. Jilly&#8217;s wealth of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/?page_id=47\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Who we are and what we do&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slipthejig.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}