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21
Aug
10

New Videos from Andy Roberts music 21 August 2010

New Videos from Andy Roberts Music

Andy Roberts Weekly podcast at http;//andyroberts.me

16
Aug
10

Andy Roberts Podcast on the PodcastBlaster Podcast Directory

Podcast title Andy Roberts Website URL http://andyroberts.me Description Andy Roberts, songwriter, singer and acoustic guitar player. Download music podcast, live streaming, videos and albums. Updated Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:21:10 +0000 Image Andy Roberts

I suppose it’s worth adding the Andy Roberts podcast RSS into a few of the higher profile podcast directories. Maybe some people use these portals for discovering new podcasts to subscribe to. And it’s a link. So long as I mention the main site at http://andyroberts.me during the podcast itself from time to time without getting in the way of the music.

28
Jun
10

NINE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR JULY

NINE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR JULY1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK
Station Street, Lewes
Enquiries: – (01273) 478124 or 881316
Email tinvic@globalnet.co.uk.

Here is the programme for the rest of our season up until the end of
July and for the first month of the new one in September:-
July 1st * £6.00 * BAYOU SECO
From Silver City, New Mexico, Ken and Jeannie present a vibrant,
stunning range of the rural musics of the southern states of the USA

July 8th * £6.00 * REG MEUROSS
The remarkable singer/songwriter who last played here to a capacity
crowd in the company of Hank Wangford.

July 15th * £6.00 * THE OTHER BAND
Perennial local favourites, Marilyn, Iris and Gary perform their
catholic repertoire to the highest musical standards

July 22nd * £6.00 * KAREN RYAN, PETE QUINN & BRONA McVITTIE
Three members of the superb band, “The London Lasses” bring us the
Irish tradition in song and music on fiddle, harp and piano.

July 29th * Free Admission * END OF SEASON OPEN NIGHT
All performers welcome – particularly those who have not performed for
us before.

***** WE ARE CLOSED DURING AUGUST *****

Sept 2nd * £7.00 * SPIDER JOHN KOERNER with CHIP SMITH
Traditional American folk and country blues musician, rhythmic
guitarist, song-crafter, singer and living legend with his fiddle
playing friend.

Sept 9th * £6.00 * TAFFY THOMAS & AIMEE THOMAS
Britain’s first Laureate for Storytelling and an MBE for services to
storytelling and charity shares the evening with his daughter’s lovely
singing voice.

Sept 16th * £6.00 * JOHN CONOLLY
The internationally-respected songwriter with his universally known
“Fiddlers’ Green” and many other fine songs

Sept 23rd  * free admission * OPEN NIGHT
In response to many requests, we are putting in some extra Open Nights
into our programme to give more opportunity for our many floor singers
to have more of a chance to perform

Sept 30th * £6.00 * THE CLAQUE
Tom Addison, Barry Lister, Dave Lowry and Sean O’Shea. Distilled from
the legendary groups of old, four voices of depth and maturity blended
to bring warmth and harmony to the English Tradition.

Oct 7th * £10.00 (£8.00 in adv.) * JOHN KIRKPATRICK
One of the most talented and popular arrtractions on the folk scene.
John plays for thr opening night of the Lewes Folk Festival.
(http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/)

Our Future Guests will include:-
DANA & SUSAN ROBINSON * SYLVIA BARNES AND CAROLE & ALAN PRIOR

Our websites are at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/
and
http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

Those of you who arrange listings are politely requested to include
all of the above.
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2 ] LEWES FOLK FESTIVAL 7 -10th OCTOBER 2010.
The two Lewes folk clubs are combining their efforts to promote this
festival, largely based in their own clubrooms and other venues in the
town. It will include folk club evenings, dance displays,
presentations, workshops, singarounds and tune sessions. Watch this
circular and elsewhere for updates on the guests/programme etc. If you
would like to receive an email of the programme for the festival (as
it stands at the moment) please email tinvic@globalnet.co.uk and the
.doc file of the programme will be sent to you or you can read the
details on-line at http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFprogramme.php
The website is at http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFindex.php
An outline of events is given at http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFprogramme.php
Tickets from the paying events are now on sale by cheque or by Paypal
and these are:-

JOHN KIRKPATRICK Thurs 7th October 8pm £8
SHIRLEY COLLINS presents “AMERICA OVER THE WATER” Fri 8th October 8pm £8
NIGEL BAGGE & EDDIE ARMER Fri 8th October 8pm £6
STEP DANCE WORKSHOPS 9th October 10.45am £4
GORDON HALL presentation Sat 9th October 12 noon £4
West Gallery Singing Workshop Sat 9th October 2pm £4
FESTIVAL DANCE 9th October 8pm £8
SUSSEX SINGERS CONCERTS 9th October 8pm £8
PEPPERS’ GHOST MAGIC LANTERN SUSSEX SHOW 9th October 8pm £8
HENRY HILLS OF LODSWORTH presentation Sun 10th October 11am £4
An hour with PETE COE Sun 10th October 12.15pm £4

These are the advanced tickets prices. It will be £2 more for each
evfent if you pay on the door – so book your tickets at -
http://www.lewesfolkfest.org/LFFtickets.php
We are delighted that Shirley Collins has agreed to become the
festival’s patron.
Advance tickets are now ob sale and are starting to sell well!!!
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3] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK ON “MYSPACE”
Our MYSPACE profile enables us to provide sample tracks of coming
guests as well as show photos and biographies of coming guests. It is
at http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
Currently on our MYSPACE we have the following tracks by coming guests:-

Bayou Seco – “Lazy Heart” – (July 1st)
Reg Meuross – “Lizzie Loved A Highwayman” – (July 8th)
The Other Band – “Dark Eyes” (July 15th)
Brona McVittie [with Karen Ryan & Pete Quinn] – “Ballyronan Maid” – (July 22nd)
Spider John Koerner – “Danville Girl” – (September 2nd)
John Conolly – “Fiddler’s Green” – (September 16th)
The Claque – “The Devil’s Questions” – (September 30th)
John Kirkpatrick – “Welcome To Hall” – (October 7th)
Sylvia Barnes [with Alan & Carole Prior] – “Lonely Waterloo” – (November 25th)

After each gig the songs will drop off to be replaced with another by
an upcoming guest.
In addition there are videos by each of the following coming guest artists:-

BAYOU SECO July 1st
SPIDER JOHN KOERNER September 2nd
TAFFY THOMAS September 9th
JOHN CONOLLY September 16th
THE CLAQUE September 30th
JOHN KIRKPATRICK October 7th
SYLVIA BARNES November 25th
***********
4] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE – UPDATED
For all the listings of folk music, song club, dances, festivals in
and around Sussex, have a look at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk
This site all always kept updated with the latest events and those
currently listed cover all the dates up until the end of June 2010 .
***********
5] THE FOLK DIARY
Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from
the paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY. Issue no 243 covers the months of
June & July. They are packed with adverts for various folk festivals,
folk music record companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and
other services as well as details of all the folk song and dance
events in our area. To obtain copies of this free magazine as it is
published, please send SAE’s to Vic Smith at the address below.
It is also the address to send album review copies to.  Potential
advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our
advertising rates.
The copy date for the August/September issue is June 30th. However, it
should be mentioned for future issues that once the available space
has been filled, no more adverts can be accepted even if they are
received BEFORE the copy date. With this in mind, it is worth
contacting the editors before the copy date to state your intentions
and reserve advertising space even if you have not got final details
or you copy prepared.
Please contact
JIM MARSHALL 01273 559750 jimars@globalnet.co.uk
Or
VIC SMITH 01273 478124 tinvic@globalnet.co.uk
The current issue is number 243 covers the months of June and July and
is now available.
**********
6] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE
THE FOLK DIARY is available on-line at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/fd.htm You will need Adobe ACROBAT
READER to read the pages. The size of each page is given by each page
link and the content of each page is indicated. The following issues are now
on-line and are listed here with the content of each page:-
ISSUE No. 243 JUNE – JULY 2010
Page 1(720kb) Seth Lakeman in Sevenoaks, Croydon folk club (Mons),
Hobgoblin Music, Brighton Folk & Blues Club (Fris).
Page 2 (1451kb) Barry Murphy banjos, Barber Taylor & Reed at The Open
House, Vince’s fiddles, Six Bells Chiddingly (Tues), Shoreham Folk
Festival.
Page 3 (919kb) Lewes Saturday folk club, Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes
(Thurs), Copy dates and contact details.
Page 4 (442kb) Lewes Folk Festival.
Page 5 (862kb) Harmony Glen in Seaford, The Rude Mechanicals Shoreham
(Weds), Marling Morris, Joy & Derrick Hughes in Slinfold, Beacon folk
club Tunbridge Wells (Mons) Elsies (Sats), Tenterden Folk Club.
Page 6 (2064kb) Bluegrass & Old Timey in the SE, Hat Music Films,
Brighton Singers Club (Weds), Folk Camps, Amberley folk club (Tues).
Page 7 (2290kb) Songs on South Downs Lands Worthing, Eliza Carthy at
Chequer Mead, Northumbrian Pipes Tuition, Black Umfolosi 5 at the
Royal Oak, Lewes. .
Page 8 (950kb) Mid Sussex Folk Singers Ashurst, Fee calls ceilidhs,
Lamb Folk Club Eastbourne (Weds), Cigar box guitars, Littlehampton
Folk & Roots Festival, Martin Simpson trio in Guildford.
Page 9 (1312kb) (385kb) Seaford Folk Club (Fris), Swedish tune session
in Shoreham, Folk On The Coast Bognor (Fris), Willow Arundel (Weds).
Page 10 (2600kb) Tonbridge Folk Club (Mons), North Brighton Folk &
Chat (Suns), Horsham Folk Club (Suns), Gary’s Live Music Club Coolham
(Sats)
Page 11 (2512kb) Tenterden Folk Festival, Brighton Acoustic session
(Mons), Brighton Cellarfolk (Tues), Piggies Open Mike Uckfield (Tues),
White Horse Bodle St. Green (Mons).
Page 12 (2766kb) Crawley Folk Festival.
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7] LEWES WORKSHOPS AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
The workshops last a full Saturday or Sunday and the tutor performs at the
club in the evening. The programme for 2010 will be:-

5 June MIKE O’CONNOR & BARBARA GRIGGS Cornish tunes from source manuscripts
6 June MIKE O’CONNOR Songwriting in the tradition
10 July KAREN TWEED O’Carolan’s music (any instrument)
18 Sept MOOR MUSIC Dartmoor music (any instrument)
9 Oct JOHN ADAMS Village Music Project (any instrument)
10 Oct CHRIS COE Ballad forum
31 Oct MARTIN CARTHY Guitar
13 Nov FRANKIE ARMSTRONG Singing & vocal techniques
20 Nov TIM LAYCOCK Concertina (all systems)
The website for more details is
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/workshps.html or contact Valmai
Goodyear on (01273) 476757 or email ValmaiGoodyear@aol.com
The Lewes Saturday Folk Club has a new domain name -
http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/. This will work in parallel with
the old name http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/ for the time being but
they hope to phase it out so please change your bookmarks.

********

8] REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA
Bryan Creer has taken on the task of detailing these, and they are posted at
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php
Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed – contact
him on Bryancreer@aol.com
********
9] UCKFIELD FESTIVAL CEILIDH WITH THE SUSSEX PISTOLS
Uckfield Civic Centre, TN22 1AE
Time: 8pm    Tickets: £8
Full details at http://www.uckfieldfestival.co.uk/friday16july.html
Box Office at http://www.uckfieldfestival.co.uk/page18.html

>
…And  if you are ever looking for a good barn dance band, look no
further than THE SUSSEX PISTOLS – though you should get in quickly -
available dates for 2010 are being snapped up quickly. They will be
playing once again for the largest and most prestigious dance in our
area, the BRIGHTON MIDWINTER CEILIDH at the Corn Exchange in Brighton
on December 20th. As usual, the 500 plus tickets will sell out very
quickly.
Contact Tina on 01273 478124 or email her at tinasmith226@yahoo.co.uk to
book the band. The band’s website is at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm and they have a
MYSPACE profile as well at http://www.myspace.com/thesussexpistols
__________________________________________

VIC & TINA SMITH
26 Ferrers Road
LEWES
East Sussex
BN7 1PZ
England

Tel & Fax:- 01273 478124
Email:-
tinvic@globalnet.co.uk
folk@brighton.co.uk

ROYAL OAK WEBSITES:-
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:-
http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

LEWES FOLK FESTIVAL WEBSITE:-
http://lewesfolkfest.org/

SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:-
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm

COMPOUND SOUNDS WEBSITE
http://www.compoundsounds.com
http://www.myspace.com/jalisherrifokonteh
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14
Nov
09

London Bridge

Ths should make a slideshow of pictures of London Bridge.

There are cormorants underneath London bridge you know..

http://www.youtube.com/user/andyrobertsmusic

10
Nov
09

TWELVE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR NOVEMBER

TWELVE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR NOVEMBER

1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK
Station Street, Lewes
Enquiries: – (01273) 478124 or 881316
Email tinvic@globalnet.co.uk.

Every Thursday 8.pm PROMPT START
Here is our programme for the coming months:-

Nov 12th * £5.00 * BOB LEWIS
The finest of the Sussex traditional singers and a genial man with the
very fine repertoire of songs. The evening will also include a showing
of Jonathan Roper’s film about Bob entitled “The Crocodile, the
Cobbler and Bob”

Nov 19th * £7.00 * DICK GAUGHAN
Edinburgh’s finest. An outstanding radical singer and guitarist and a
professional musician since Jan 1970. In two months time, Dick will
have been performing for a living for 40 years.

Nov 26th * £6.00 * RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE
The combination of Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper and Dan Stewart is a very
special one and rightly they have become a very popular attraction.

Dec 3rd * Free Admission * LEWES LATE NIGHT SHOPPING OPEN NIGHT
There’s always lots going on in the town on this night including many
visiting musicians – and they usually wind up at the Royal Oak.

Dec 10th * £7.00 * PETE MORTON, MAGGIE BOYLE & CHRIS PARKINSON present
“THE MAGIC CHRISTMAS TREE TOUR”
Hilarious, entertaining, engaging, fascinating and musically excellent.

Dec 17th * Free Admission * CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT
With the resident musicians acting as the band, we have a right old
song and dance.

Jan 7th * £6.00 * ROSIE DAVIS, JOE LOCKER & BOB WINQUIST

A tremendous trio offering great singing and musicianship on fiddle,
banjo, autoharp, guitar and bass plus Rosie’s sparkling dancing.

Jan 14th * free admission * OPEN NIGHT

Jan 21st * £5.00 * BING LYLE

The very engaging local singer of traditional songs, songwriter and a
talented multi- instrumentalist.

Jan 28th * £7.00 * SARA GREY’S 70th BIRTHDAY PARTY.

We give a party for the American singer and banjoist who has made very
many appearances in Lewes since the 1960s and made a huge contribution
to the folk scene on both sides of the Atlantic. She appears with her
song Kieron and surprise guests.

Feb 4th * £6.00 * MARTYN WYNDHAM READ & IRIS BISHOP

One of the finest voices on the folk scene in the company of one of
the most talented and sensitive accompanists.

Later in 2010, our guests will include:-

* JEZ LOWE *THE SHROPSHIRE HEROES [Chris Bartram, Neil Brookes & Tony
Weatherall] * CHRIS COE & JOHN ADAMS MARTIN CARTHY, NORMA WATERSON &
CHRIS PARKINSON * JOHN KIRKPATRICK * ANDY TURNER & MATT GREEN * JEFF
WARNER *

Our websites are at

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic and

http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

Those of you who arrange listings are politely requested to include
all of the above.

***********

2] LEWES FOLK FESTIVAL 7 -10th OCTOBER 2010.
The two Lewes folk clubs are combining their efforts to promote this
festival, largely based in their own clubrooms and other venues in the
town. At the moment this is still in the early planning stages but
watch this circular and elsewhere for updates on the guests/programme
etc. At the moment the following artists have agreed to appear: -
SHIRLEY COLLINS, JOHN KIRKPATRICK, CHRIS COE, JOHN ADAMS, PETE COE.
SUE COE.

***********

3] SARA GREY’S 70th BIRTHDAY – 28th JANUARY 2010

One regular recipient of this monthly circular will not be receiving
it this time – and that is Sara Grey! We have booked her along with
her son Kieron Means to appear on that night and we do want to make it
a very special occasion so please:-

* Contact us with your suggestions of what we could do on the evening

* Send your cards, letters to us at the address below and we will
present them to Sara on the evening.

* Any email messages we will collate and print to give to her -
tinvic@globalnet.co.uk

* Any short .mp3 message of greeting attached to emails will be played
to her during the evening – also tinvic@globalnet.co.uk

But most of all – please make an effort to be there to make it a very
special occasion for Sara who has been a stalwart of the folk club
scene in this country for over 40 years now.

***********

4] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK ON “MYSPACE”
Our MYSPACE profile enables us to profile sample tracks of coming
guests as well as show photos and biographies of coming guests. It is
at http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
Currently on our MYSPACE we have the following tracks by coming guests:-

Bob Lewis – “A Sweet Country Life” (November 12th)
Dick Gaughan – “The Freedom Come-All-Ye” – (November 19th)
Rattle On The Stovepipe – “Eight More Miles To Louisville” (November 26th)
Maggie Boyle [with Pete Morton & Chris Parkinson] – “The Little
Thatched Cabin” – (December 10th)
Chris Parkinson [with Pete Morton & Maggie Boyle] – “Scotch
Measure/Mount Hills” – (December 10th)
Pete Morton [with Maggie Boyle & Chris Parkinson] – “The Two Brothers”
- (December 10th)
Joe Locker [with Rosie Davis & Bob Winquist] – “Hogeye” – (January 7th)

Sara Grey & Kieron Means – “Lazy John” – (January 28th)
Martyn Wyndham Read & Iris Bishop – “The Foggy Dew” – (February 4th)
Tony Weatherall [as part of The Shropshire Heroes] – “The Woolsack -
Oh What A Row – Reel” – (February 18th)

After each gig the songs will drop off to be replaced with another by
an upcoming guest.
In addition there are videos by each of the following coming guest artists:-
DICK GAUGHAN – November 19th

RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE November 26th

PETE MORTON December 10th

MAGGIE BOYLE December 10th

ROSIE DAVIS JOE LOCKER & BOB WINQUIST January 7th

SARA GREY & KIERON MEANS January 28th

MARTYN WYNDHAM READ & IRIS BISHOP February 4th
JEZ LOWE February 11th

***********
5] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE – UPDATED
For all the listings of folk music, song club, dances, festivals in
and around Sussex, have a look at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk
This site all always kept updated with the latest events and those
currently listed cover all the dates up until the end of 2009.
***********
6] THE FOLK DIARY
Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from
the paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY. Issue no 239 covers the months of
October and November. They are packed with adverts for various folk
festivals, folk music record companies, specialist shops, instrument
makers and other services as well as details of all the folk song and
dance events in our area. To obtain copies of this free magazine as it
is published, please send SAE’s to Vic Smith at the address below.
It is also the address to send album review copies to.  Potential
advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our
advertising rates.

The copy date will be December 31st for the February/March issue.
However, it should be mentioned that once the available space has been
filled, no more adverts can be accepted even if they are received
BEFORE the copy date. With this in mind, it is worth contacting the
editors before the copy date to state your intentions and reserve
advertising space even if you have not got final details or you copy
prepared.

Please contact

JIM MARSHALL 01273 559750 jimars@globalnet.co.uk

Or

VIC SMITH 01273 478124 tinvic@globalnet.co.uk

The next issue will be number 240 covers the months of December and
January and as is a bi-monthly publication, it does not take much to
work out that it will mark 40 years of this local listings
magazine!!!! And all the time the same two people have been at the
helm. This will be delivered from the printers tomorrow – November
11th and distribution will start straight away.
**********
7] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE
THE FOLK DIARY is available on-line at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/fd.htm You will need Adobe ACROBAT
READER to read the pages. The size of each page is given by each page
link and the content of each page is indicated. The following issue is now
on-line and are listed here with the content of each page:-

ISSUE No. 239 OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2009
Page 1 (572kb) Brighton Acoustic Season, The Stag Theatre Sevenoaks,
Spyboy Presentations.
Page 2 (1547kb) Willows Folk Club, Arundel (Weds),Croydon Folk Club
presents “The Navvy’s Wife”, The Rude Mechanicals (Weds), GBH
Ceilidhs, The White Horse Bodle St. Green (Mons), The Beacon Tunbridge
Wells (Mons).
Page 3 (836kb) Lewes Saturday Club, Royal Oak Lewes (Thurs) -
Advertising rates and copy dates
Page 4 (679kb)Piggies Open Mic Uckfield (Tues), Sussex Folk
Association, Lamb Eastbourne (Weds), Hobgoblin Music, Greg Harper
dates.
Page 5 (1054kb) Roots Around The World, Grub Music Cafe East
Grinstead, Brighton Folk & Blues Club (Fris).
Page 6 (2005kb) Fee Calls Ceilidhs, North Brighton Singarounds (Weds &
Suns), Amberley Folk Club (Tues), Tenterden Folk Festival.
Page 7 (1659kb) Seaford Folk Club (Fris), Acoustic Sussex.
Page 8 (2051kb) Croydon Folk Club presents James Fagan & Nancy Kerr,
Greg Harper album, Meltdown Ceilidhs, Hotel Le Cheval Blanc.
Page 9 (755kb) GP Music Productions, Elsies (Sats), Six Bells
Chiddingly (Tues), Zoox at Bom-Bane’s Cafe, Brighton Cellarfolk
(Tues), Electric Voices.
Page 10 (721kb) Barry Murphy Banjos, Vince’s fiddles, Barber & Taylor
at The Open House, Croydon Folk Club, Mid-Sussex Folk Singers (Weds)
Page 11 (474 kb) Horsham Folk Club (Suns), Jo Chedgey, ” With Our Pint
Pots In Our Hands”
Page 12 (1599 kb) Gary’s Live Music Club, Komedia Brighton
Page 13 (272 kb) Hawth Crawley, Button Badges, Sussex Pistols, 40
years of The Folk Diary

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8] LEWES WORKSHOPS AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
The workshops last a full Saturday or Sunday and the tutor performs at the
club in the evening. The programme for the remainder of 2009 will be:-

14th.  Nov          Vicki Swan  Scottish smallpipes

21st. Nov           Tom & Barbara Brown Ballad forum

5th. Dec             Billy Teare Storytelling

5th. Dec             Kathleen O’Sullivan Irish song

Then the programme for 2010 is as follows:-

20th Feb            Steve Turner Concertina (all systems)

27th Feb            Coope Boyes & Simpson  Vocal harmony

27th Feb            Georgina Boyes Folklore: a participatory talk

27th. March        Ben Paley Fiddle

17th. April          Shirley Collins English traditional song masterclass

18h. April           Shirley Collins English traditional song masterclass

24th April           Issey Emeney  Melodeon

22nd. May          Joe Penland North Carolina traditional song & society

5th June             Mike O’Connor & Barbara Griggs Cornish
traditional tunes from manuscripts

6th June             Mike O’Connor Songwriting in the tradition

10th. July           Karen Tweed O’Carolan’s music (any instrument)

18th. Sept          Moor Music Dartmoor music (any instrument)

9th. Oct              John Adams, Chris Partington Village Music
Project (any instrument)

10th Oct             Chris Coe Ballad forum

30/31st. Oct       Martin Carthy Guitar (workshop on Sunday 31st)

13th. Nov           Frankie Armstrong Voice & performance technique

20th. Nov           Tim Laycock Concertina (all systems)

The website for more details is
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/workshps.html or contact Valmai
Goodyear on (01273) 476757 or email ValmaiGoodyear@aol.com

The Lewes Saturday Folk Club has a new domain name -
http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/. This will work in parallel with
the old name http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/ for the time being but
they hope to phase it out so please change your bookmarks.

********

9] MONTHLY SESSION IN LEWES

After a gap of several years, Sunday afternoon tune and song sessions
have returned to the bar of the Royal Oak in Station Street in Lewes.
These will be on the last Sunday of the month from 3.30 – 5.30pm.
Dates for the next sessions are

~~~~~    November 29th  - January 31st   ~~~~~

No session in December

They will be run by Vic & Tina Smith.

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10] OTHER REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA
Bryan Creer has taken on the task of detailing these, and they are posted at
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php
Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed – contact
him on Bryancreer@aol.com

********

11] BRIGHTON MIDWINTER CEILIDH – CORN EXCHANGE, BRIGHTON – 20th DECEMBER

This huge event is one of the most popular and well attended folk
dances in the south of England. Dancing to THE SUSSEX PISTOLS with
caller VIC SMITH. It always sells out so get your tickets well in
advance from http://www.brightondome.org/EventSeatBlock.aspx

********

12] THE COPPER FAMILY – HOUSE CONCERT – 26th JANUARY

This from Jon Dudley

Dear V&T,
It’s coming up that time of year again – January, and we’ve decided to
have another house concert, Our guests will be ‘Rattle on the
Stovepipe’ and the date will be Tuesday 26th January (the last Tuesday
in January if it helps people remember), Any chance you might feel
like MC’ing Vic?
We hope you may be available for this onerous task and that you would
be kind enough to mention the event to your august and faithful
audience via your email blast…again we’re suggesting a ‘voluntary’
£7.00 donation. There will be a free glass of Harveys or a glass of
red or white wine, subsequent ones at £1 a throw. Strictly
not-for-profit. All proceeds to artists.
Tickets will be by email application only and we’ll be emailing
everyone that came last time as well. Please email
copperdudley@btopenworld.com

>
…And  if you are ever looking for a good barn dance band, look no
further than THE SUSSEX PISTOLS – though you should get in quickly -
available dates for 2010 are being snapped up quickly. They have  been
booked, once again for the largest and most prestigious dance in our
area, the BRIGHTON MIDWINTER CEILIDH at the Corn Exchange in Brighton
on December 20th. Book early for this as it always sells out very
quickly.
Contact Tina on 01273 478124 or email her at tinasmith226@yahoo.co.uk to
book the band. The band’s website is at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm and they have a
MYSPACE profile as well at http://www.myspace.com/thesussexpistols

__________________________________________

VIC & TINA SMITH
26 Ferrers Road
LEWES
East Sussex
BN7 1PZ
England

Tel & Fax:- 01273 478124
Email:-
tinvic@globalnet.co.uk
folk@brighton.co.uk

ROYAL OAK WEBSITES:-
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic

http://www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes

SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:-
http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

LEWES FOLK FESTIVAL WEBSITE:-

http://lewesfolkfest.org/

SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:-
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm

COMPOUND SOUNDS WEBSITE
http://www.compoundsounds.com

http://www.myspace.com/jalisherrifokonteh
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08
Nov
09

Havering Folk Club News

 

Havering Folk Club News

8th November 2009

Last Week:

Wow, what a truly unusual evening our guest artists, Sandragon gave us last week! I love those medieval sounds (the raushfeife’s my favourite) and the gang gave us a varied programme which was much enjoyed by all judging from the applause. They even had us clearing the tables and having a go at some medieval dancing. Good fun and very entertaining indeed.

We also had some floor spots from our regulars and these were Bert Dady & Keith Petty, Kriss Pouch, Simon Oliver, Margaret Brown, Andy Roberts and Linda Worley.

Haverfolks’ Outside Activities:

A reminder that Chelmsford Star Barbershop Harmony Club, of which Dave Worley is a member, will be hosting a concert in aid of McMillan Cancer Support on Saturday, 28th November 2009 at Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1RW. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start and tickets are just £5.  Apart from Chelmsford Star themselves, there will be several other guest artists.

A slightly early next, but I’ll put it round again nearer the date: This is a Traditional Folk Carol Service to be held at St. Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea on Sunday 13th December 2009 from 6.30pm – 8pm. Regular Haverpeople, Foxen will be performing along with Famous Potatoes, John Coppins, Jack Forbes, Peter Monk, Roy Brown, Suzanne Higgins, John Smith, Chrissy King, Honeygales, Essex Singers’ Club, and Ken MacKinnon. The performance is in aid of homeless, famine and church charities. I’ve not been told the price of tickets, but I feel sure Foxen will enlighten me. I’ve attached a poster for anyone able to give this a bit of publicity.

Christmas Dinner:

Our Christmas Dinner this year will be on Wednesday 16th December at The Golden Lion and will be followed by an open session. The menu is:

Starters:

Mushroom Dipper

Prawn Cocktail

Soup of the Day

Main Courses:

Traditional Roast Turkey

Traditional Roast Beef

Fillet of Salmon with Tomato and Basil Source

Asparagus and Brie Tart

Desserts:

Profiteroles and Ice Cream

Vanilla Cheesecake

Christmas Pudding.

Prices are just £7.99 for two courses or £9.99 for three courses. If you’d like to come along to the dinner this year please let us have your choices and payments by the end of November.

Next Session:

Wednesday 11th November is another of our open sessions, so I look forward to seeing you there. Make it a date – Wednesday at eight!

Posted via email from Andy Roberts email podcast photo music and video blog on Posterous

08
Nov
09

Kasai Masai on 27th November

Dear Forest Folk

just letting you know nice and early so that you can put it in your
diary that back by popular demand is the fantastic African band, Kasai
Masai www.kasaimasai.com. on friday, 27th November at the back of the
Forest Gate Hotel, Sebert Road, E7 0LW. They bring the traditional
sounds of Africa but mix it with an urban edge and will have you
dancing in the aisles if we had aisles. Plus the Flats family band,
surprise guests and local acts as usual.
This will be our last event before Christmas so make sure you come
early to be sure of your favourite seat

By the way Chris Haigh and Andy Tulloch gave us a fantastic night last
month and we’d like to say a big thankyou to them
and all the other performers who helped make the night so memorable.

stay forever young

Jenny and Caroline


04
Nov
09

One More cup of Coffee Bob Dylan song on Andy Roberts Youtube

Getting more views on youTube than Andy Roberts own songs at present
is a cover of Bob Dylan’s song from the Desire album – One More cup of
Coffee for the road.

http://www.youtube.com/v/mSvpI9_2IPk

…to the Valley below

Is it worth recording covers like Bob Dylan songs or should I be
concentrating more on my own stuff really?




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