VFO Practice Tunes

The Vermont Fiddle Orchestra‘s Spring 2026 Concert tunes: 

The Spring, ’26 Concert tunes will be posted here each week as Music Director Peter Macfarlane introduces and teaches new material.

Note: An “Ear tune” is taught at each rehearsal by Assistant Director Susan Reid without sheet music, as an exercise in learning by ear, a valuable skill especially in jams. These are linked on this page the week following when they were taught to encourage the ear-learning process but provide a reference for the future.

Week 1:

• Vals de una Sirena Varada
• Possum Up a Gum Stump
• Linkumdoddie
• Candle Foot (Ear tune)

Week 2:

• The Dripping Hat
• Britches Full of Stitches
• Lake Champlain
• A Week in January (Eat tune)

Week 3:

• My Only Jo and Dearie
• The Pride of Petrovore
• Da Lounge Bar
• On the Road to Kerrigouarch (Ear tune)

Week 4:

• The Roses of Prince Charlie
• The Peacock’s Feather
• Marsch i Säng
• Flygg Polska (Ear tune)

Week 5:

• Flowers of Michigan
• Les Poules Huppées (limited due to coipyright)
• Possum in the Compost
• Walsh’s Hornpipe (Ear tune)

Week 6:

• Bill Sullivan’s Polka (Last new tune for the spring concert. Further rehearsals devoted to arrangements and polishing.)

Week 7:

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Week 11: