Sometimes in life we travel new roads and this happened to Amy last year whilst working on the show 6 Feet 3 Shoes, an ambitious mix of Scottish Step, Flamenco and Contemporary dance! Amy was commissioned to write music for the piece, so set off on a research trip to Madrid to study Flamenco. As chance dictates, her good friends Mandy & Kenny had moved the year before to Andalusia. Mandy had just had a set of Borders Pipes made and needed them delivered from Pathhead to Còmpeta, so off Amy went with Fiddle, Pipes and suitcase for a Spanish adventure…… Ceilidh in the Campo was duly conceived!

The course will be centred around beautiful Còmpeta - one of Los Pueblos Blancos. These so called “white villages” (white because of the lime wash paint used to keep the houses cool) were frontiers in the secular struggle between Moors and Christians and characteristically sit on mountainsides with steep, narrow winding streets. Còmpeta nestles in the foothills of the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama National Park, where there are fabulous mountain trails for keen walkers. Awash with fascinating history and culture, this area is the home of Flamenco. There are Fiestas throughout the year and it’s a wonderful area to visit, full of great places to eat and drink and fabulous local shops, selling everything you need as well as delicious local produce and artisan crafts.

We have chosen to run the course in early June so as to avoid the searing heat of July & August. It will already be hot in early June though, certainly warm enough to swim in the sea or the pool. Classes will be outside on a beautiful veranda overlooking the Campo (the farmland) and facing South to the Alboran Sea (in the Mediterranean) and the Atlas Mountains of North Africa, which can be seen on a clear day.