Now the long awaited Severn Suite Book and CD containing all the tunes, arrangements, musical notations and instructions for all the dances has been launched in the village.

The book comes complete with background on the village and its history as well as all the music to the 16 tunes of the new and original suite of social dances and tunes.

John and Karen were at the launch to talk over the way the project progressed and how they got from their original ideas to the glorious finish.

The event was staged as part of Powys Arts Month and its Ingredient X which brings creative artists in direct contact with their public to gain insights into the creative process.

The book is edited by and has additional information on village events and history by Philip Freeman of Llandinam, founder of the Mid Wales May Festival that ran for 10 years at Newtown, who provided the original idea for the suite and is described by Karen Tweed as "a visionary".

The suite's Swn-y-Coed Waltz is inspired by Philip's house where the CD was recorded.

The 16 pieces that build up the suite open with Fanfare for the Llandinam Bellringers. which is repeated at stages to call dancers to the floor.

The Rant of the Rushing River is inspired by Celtic leader Caraog's last stand against the Romans and the Iron Age hillfort site of Cefn Carnedd's claim as a likely setting for the battle.

The village's medieval church inspires St Llanio's March; the Davies sisters of Gregynog are remembered in The Gwendoline Davies Landslide.

Canon Fodder commemorates the financial support of Lord Davies to the Welsh Council of the League of Nations formed to try to keep peace between the world wars, while To Sawyer's Tripling Pensome toasts David Davies whose statue dominates the village.

The Elgin Evacuation Code draws on the story of the pupils of Gordonstoun School in Elgin, evacuated to Broneirion in the war years.

Local herbalist David Owen of Malt House Cottage is celebrated in The Malt House Conjour while Ted Morris's Christmas Coal Chase remembers coal merchant Ted's generosity to pensioners of the village, often taking them for free rides on his bus and giving them coal at Christmas.

The Hafren Hornpipeand a Half reflects the river and the Llandinam Gravels nature reserve, and Opposite Angell's Hills, and the closing Severn Up also celebrate the village's setting.

Commissioned by TASC – the charity that creates and provides projects to get people involved in folk music, through the Performing Rights Society Foundation and the Arts Council of Wales New Music Works Scheme – the village project involved a team of volunteer dancers working under the direction of John and Karen.

It was premiered in June 2006 with professional musicians from Wales, England, and New Zealand.

"We hope this book is the beginning of the project rather than the end.

"We want these tunes and dances to be taken up and enjoyed far and wide. Feel free to experiment.