Piping Hot Recorders play recorder music in North West Cumbria. We're all women, and come from a variety of backgrounds including America, Scotland, Northern Ireland and even England.

Why Piping Hot? It has been suggested the name came about as a joke, because we seem to end up playing so often in very cold churches . . .

7 of us Ruth Smith, Ally McGurk (front), Rachel McConkey (peeping over Ally's head), Sam Willis, Val Hetherington, Sharon Taylor, Jane Bebbington.

6 of us Sharon Taylor, Ruth Smith, Val Hetherington, Rachel McConkey, Bridget Hilton, Ally McGurk.

Jonathan Smith, our original mascot.

Our collection of mascots is growing. Jonathan now has a little brother, and Sam has recently produced the wonderful young Kit (the baby who understands instinctively the need to be quiet in a recording studio). We hope to have photos of these redoutable young gentlemen in due course.

SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

Catrin's drawing of one of our school workshops.