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Temporary Closure The Reely Grim Folk Dance Club

The Club will be closed for January and February, but organisers hope to meet again somewhere on TUESDAY MARCH 16th. The Blacksmiths Arms at Rothwell has closed again, the new landlord only staying for 2 months. Joy and Dave Spreadborough say that this is not the end of this successful club and they WILL meet again!

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Children's Book / CD from Dave & Julie Evardson

Dave & Julie Evardson have just published a book of songs with CD for children 4 – 9 ntitled - THREE TROUBLESOME TYKES. The ‘Tykes’ aim in life is to make life difficult for children. JIGGERY JOE is a spoilsport, messes up your room & scares you with strange noises at night. RICKERTY ROCK makes you clumsy & forgetful, as well as playing tricks with the time. SPICKETY SPIKE messes with your food, making nice things bad for you, & horrid things good for you.

The book & CD make an ideal Christmas stocking filler. Just send a cheque for £5-49 (includes postage etc) plus address & postcode to: D Evardson, 37 Daggett Road, Cleethorpes, N E Lincs, DN35 0EP

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Music Trains are back on track

After a summer break the popular Poacher Line Music Train Autumn / Winter programme will kick off on Thursday 26th November 2009 with the Delta Dogs band. Trio Strummin' Steve, Tricky Ricky and AJ play folk, country, toe tappers and jigs on guitar, strummer, fiddle, harmonica and bodhran.
The train provides an unusual venue for what will undoubtedly be a lively and uplifting evening with time to stop at Batemans Brewery in Wainfleet where passengers are offered a warm welcome and refreshments at their Windmill Bar. Passengers can take advantage of group save ticket availability on this train and then sit back with a bottle of beer and join in the "singalongs".
The Music Train departs Sleaford Station at 6.55pm; Heckington 7.02pm; Boston; 7.21pm for travel to Batemans Brewery. Revellers catch the return train from Wainfleet at 9.08pm to arrive back in Sleaford at 9.58pm.

http://www.poacherline.org.uk/

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"Write Note" returns to Lincoln Central Library

The popular lunchtime monthly live acoustic music sessions are back at the Lincoln Central Library,starting this Wednesday 2nd December 2009. They've temporarily been held at the Museum Of Lincolnshire Life while refurbishment work at the library was carried out. All musicians & audience welcome to the session which runs from noon-2pm. Come along to play or relax and enjoy the music. Admission is free.
Plus there's also a special Saturday lunchtime Festive Write Note at Lincoln Central Library on the 19th December running from noon-2pm. Musicians and audience welcome. For more information contact Steve Jackson 01522-824563

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EFDSS release Cecil Sharp's Diaries On-line

Cecil James Sharp (1859 - 1924) was England's most prolific folk music and dance collector. The 22nd November will mark his birthdate and Sequicentinnial (150th Anniversary). In celebration of his achievements and the impact he continues to have on folk music to this day EFDSS have announced the launch of his only surviving personal diaries. Written between (1915 - 1918) they include descriptions of his collecting experiences in the Appalachian Mountains of North America.

Between the time of his first serious collecting experience in a vicarage garden in August 1903, until his death on Midsummer Eve 1924, he amassed a total of 4,977 tunes in England and North America, many of which were published in various forms in order to promote and revive what was perceived to be a fading part of traditional culture.

He was not alone by any means, following as he did the likes of Lucy Broadwood, Frank Kidson and Sabine Baring-Gould to name a few. However, his mission to revive the music placed him very much at the forefront of a movement which has attracted a great deal of attention over the past thirty years, but for which many primary sources have been difficult to access .

How on earth did this asthmatic, 56 year-old vegetarian survive in the heat and altitudes of North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and West Virginia, along with his young assistant, Maud Karpeles? How did he feel when he heard the news of the death of many of the young men of his English Folk Dance Society demonstration team in the trenches of the Great War? And what did it mean to collect 1,600 tunes from people he considered direct descendants and carriers of British cultural traditions?

The first of the series of diaries will be launched online on Sunday 22nd November, 2009 followed by announcements of more events and content over the coming months. It is also planned to add a full, annotated transcription in time for Sharp's next birthday in 2010.

Thanks to Cecil Sharp's grandchildren, Briony Jose and Richard Sharp, for allowing EFDSS to host the diaries online; to the managers of his estate, Bird & Bird, for helping us find them; to Chris Roche and The Shanty Crew for sponsoring this project.

The diaries will be available to access on-line from Sunday 22nd of November.

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Fallibroome Country Dance Collection Re-published

The English Folk Dance and Song Society has re-published, in a single volume, the six country dance collections originally compiled by the late Bernard Bentley, and known as The Fallibroome Collection.

The original books were published in the 1960s and 70s, but have been out of print for many years.

The new edition of The Fallibroome Collection, made by Nicolas Broadbridge, has newly reset tunes and rewritten dance instructions to suit modern practice, while preserving Bernard Bentley's dance transcriptions. An addition to this new collection is digital images of the original eighteenth-century dance collections, from which the Fallibroome dances were selected.

The new collection also includes twelve dances composed by Bernard Bentley in eighteenth-century style, to a set of Contretänze by Beethoven.

The dances in The Fallibroome Collection were selected by Bernard Bentley from the eighteenth-century dance collections made by John Playford (The Dancing Master), Young, Johnson, Thompson, Rutherford and others. These dances have long been enjoyed within the English folk dance revival.

Nicolas Broadbridge says, "This new edition of a well-loved collection of dances will hopefully bring these dances to the notice of a wider circle of English country dancers."

The Fallibroome Collection will be of significant interest to English country dancers, folk dance clubs, folk dance musicians, and dance and music historians.

The new edition of The Fallibroome Collection has been made possible with financial support from the Lichfield Folk Festival (Staffordshire Folk) and English Miscellany. The EFDSS is most grateful for this support.

Bernard Bentley, who died in 1993, was a Mancunian and a founder member of the Manchester Morris Men. He was an authority on the north-west English style of morris dancing, as well as a noted interpreter of English country dances. He lived at Fallibroome in Prestbury, Cheshire, hence the name of this collection of dances.

Nicolas Broadbridge is a dancer, teacher, researcher and musician whose previous publications include Purcell's Dancing Master and The Assembly Dances.

The Fallibroome Collection, ed. Nicolas Broadbridge, is published on 4 January 2010. Price: £18.00 plus £2.50 p&p.

There is a special pre-publication offer. Order the book before 4 January 2010 at the special price of £15.00 plus £2.50 p&p. Order via the webshop www.efdss.org or by post to Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY. Tel: 0207 485 2206. Orders received before 15th December will be despatched before Christmas.

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New session at the Minerva - Hull

Monthy, second Tuesday. Traditional music, musicians and singers welcome. The Minerva, Nelson Street, Hull Marina, Hull, HU1 1XE Tel: 01482 210024

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Byards Leap are now Akmeds Camel

Byards Leap have now reverted to there old name of Akmeds Camel. This popular Lincolnshire barn dance and Ceilidh Band have reformed with the old line-up after going into hibernation in 2004. Lesley Prue now calls for the band and with the addition of a separate sound and lighting technician, the band is now ready for Ceilidh and Barn Dance bookings. For more details visit www.akmedscamel.co.uk or call 01733 210000.

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New Arts Centre and new singaround / session for Goole

Junction is a brand new purpose-built arts facility in the centre of Goole, opening on the 7th. of November 2009. Replacing the old Gate theatre which closed in July. The Junction will present a varied programme of live performance, film, music and comedy. The first folk event will be Folk in the Bar, in Walkway - Junction's cafe bar on Thursday 3rd December 2009. The event will be a session / singaround format, where anyone can turn up and perform; just ask for Martyn Barker on arrival. This will be a regular event on the first Thursday of every month.

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Ep'th Folk Venue Change

The now weekly Ep'th Folk Club will be held at ‘The Mowbray Arms’ fortnightly from Wednesday 14th. October 2009 and on the alternate Wednesday evenings are continuing at the private venue which they have been using recently. Interested parties should call 01427 872010 for further information.

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The Wolds Country Folk Club at Driffield Community Centre, Driffield, East Yorkshire is now closed.

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Session Changes at West Stockwith

The return of the "mainly English" session to the Blue Bell, Gringley on the Hill has been a success, and these will happen on the 3rd Wednesday of the month (from 8.30). No further sessions at Waterfront, West Stockwith. The future of the French sessions (First Wednesday) has not yet been decided, but they will cease with immediate effect and will probably happen on an "occasional" basis in the future, also at the Blue Bell, Gringley on the Hill.

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Stoke duo win the Young Acoustic Roots Competition 2009

Ciaran Algar (13) and Lizzie Campbell (16) from Stoke won this years Young Acoustic Roots competition in front of a packed house at the Phoenix Theatre in Bawtry on March 14th. Runners-up were Chloe Merriott from Harwich and Hugo Hughes from Scarborough with all finalists giving performances of a high standard making the job of judges Alan James, Gary Wells and Charlie Barker no easy task.

Ciaran and Lizzie now look forward to appearances at Wath, Priddy, Ashover and Rotherham Festivals over the coming months whilst Chloe and Hugo each took away £50 of vouchers courtesy of The Music Room in Cleckheaton.

In addition the audience were entertained with sets for West Yorkshire singer-songwriter Roger Davies plus the usual music and nonsense to be expected from main guest Bernard Wrigley.

The BPAS Group would like to thank all the sponsors and judges plus the team who worked so hard on the night to make it a success. Details of next years competition can be obtained from Pete Thornton-Smith at BPAS on 01709 739093 or pete@thebpasgroup.co.uk.

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Morris, A Life with bells on

If you haven't seen it already have a look at this film trailer and then sign the petition. It looks fun.

http://www.morrismovie.com/

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CYRIL TAWNEY - LIVE RECORDINGS NEEDED

Recordings of Cyril Tawney's concert and club appearances are needed for inclusion in his Archive, which will be held by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, and I wonder if any of your readers/listeners can help. I have already received several very useful items, but there are still some gaps to be filled, particularly by the many traditional songs in his repertoire which were not recorded commercially.

I'm also keen to have examples of his more quirky items, for my own pleasure and for the Archive - here are some examples to jog memories:

Music-hall songs - Married on Pension Day, With Me Little Bit Of Hair On The Top etc.

Popular songs - She Wears Red Feathers (yes, the Guy Mitchell hit), also the Andrews Sisters songs Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet and Three Little Sisters.

Most of all in this category I would love to have a recording of Baltimore Oriole, a beautiful, bluesy Hoagy Carmichael song which Cyril rarely sang in public. Here's a reminder of the opening lines:

'Baltimore Oriole, took one look at that mercury, forty below, no life for a lady, to be draggin' her feathers around in the snow'

We have no recordings of the themed presentations which he occasionally gave at Festivals and Arts Centres: "Tawney in Depth", "Hands to Dance and Skylark" and "Royal Navy Humour". Does anyone have these, please?

Even if the songs you have are covered elsewhere, Cyril's introductions were very much a part of his performances and the live sessions will help to complete the record of his career.

Thank you very much

Rosemary Tawney www.cyriltawney.co.uk

Contact details: tawney3@tiscali.co.uk 01392 426 055

10 Sivell Place, Heavitree, Exeter, EX2 5ET, UK.

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Changes at Scunthorpe Club

Scunthorpe, Roots to Music has been relaunched as Scunthorpe Acoustic Music Club and moved to The Wortley House Hotel, Rowland Road, Scunthorpe DN16 1SU. The Club continues to be held on the 3rd Sunday of every month. For mor information contact Dave Hornsby on 01724 359609, email: dnphornsby@ntlworld.com Club website is: http://www.scunthorpeacousticmusic.com

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From Tom Bliss and Jacey Bedford - moderators of the new folk club
networking e-list.

FOLKCLUBS LIST

Knowing how useful a closed networking support group can be thanks to the brilliantly successful Britfolk e-list, we're starting a new CLOSED group specially for folk club organisers, volunteers and others interested in the business side of clubs (Festivals already have an organisation). Initial interest is good, 66 members in the first day, and we look forward to lively and useful debate.

There's been a lot of recent chatter about the imminent demise of folk clubs, which we think is a bit previous, but it's true there are some serious challenges ahead.

Licensing, the smoking ban, changes in pub trade, PRS, an ageing audience, young performers and where they can learn their trade, preserving the tradition, publicity, press, advertising, security, PR, websites, PA and lighting kit, where to buy candles and backdrops,
door prices, artists fees - are all topics people might want to discuss amongst friends.

So the forum is open only to those who have applied and been identified, because, like Britfolk, it should be a place where people can feel free to chat to others in a similar situation, in reasonable confidence. It's NOT a place for artists to sell themselves, (though
performers may join if they have something useful to contribute to the debate, and websites in signatures will be permitted).

To join just send a blank e-mail to; folkclubs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Let's make the new folkclubs list active and useful and prove fRoots and others wrong when they say folk clubs are dying on their feet. Frankly, it's our duty to make sure they thrive beyond our generation.

Please hop aboard or forward to any club organisers who you think might be interested

Jacey and Tom

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