From: Vic & Tina Smith [tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 29 March 2009 21:49
Subject: NINE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR APRIL
NINE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR APRIL
1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK
Station Street, Lewes
Enquiries:- (01273) 478124 or 881316
Email tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk_dot_
Every Thursday 8.pm PROMPT START
Here is our programme for the next three months. For the four Thursdays in May, we will be having a season of Irish performers and each are outstanding performers bring different aspects of the rich tradition of that country Please note that we have been forced to change what will be presenting on April 30th.
Apl 2nd * 5.00 * JIM BAINBRIDGE
A real one-off character. Jim's songs come from a wide range of sources and represent a unique approach to the tradition. He is also a great melodeon player
Apl 9th * £5.00 * MATT QUINN & TOM MOORE
Matt is a superb young multi-instrumentalist and singer who honed his skills at the Royal Oak. Tonight, he is joined by an even younger musician, the amazing fiddler, Tom Moore.
Apl 16th * £5.00 * HAZEL AND EMILY ASKEW
These sisters are two of the finest young performers on the scene. Fiddle and melodeon duets and lovely singing
Apl 23rd * £5.00 * CHRIS FOSTER
One of the finest singers and most thoughtful inventive guitar accompanists
of English folk songs. On tour from his new home in Iceland.
Apl 30th * free admission * OPEN NIGHT
We had the Palinka Band from Hungary booked for this night, but they have
been forced to cancel this previously advertised appearance as one of their
members Katalin Tamas has become very ill. As there is no replacement that
we could think of that would be even vaguely suitable, we has decided to
make this one of our very occasional Open Nights. We hope that The Palinka
Band will return to the UK and that we will be able to offer them a date in
the future.
May 7th * £5.00 * CON FADA Ó DRISCEOIL *** Irish Season ***
One of Ireland's foremost comic song writers in the traditional style in
recent decades and a very fine button accordion player
May 14th * £5.00 * KEVIN & ELLEN MITCHELL *** Irish Season ***
Two of Britain's finest singers of traditional songs. Kevin is from Derry
and Ellen is from Glasgow
May 21st * £5.00 * OLIVER MULLIGAN & BRENDAN McAULEY *** Irish Season ***
Oliver, originally from County Monaghan, is a much respected singer of
mainly Irish traditional songs, most in English and a few in Irish Gaelic.
Tonight he is joined by a very fine uillean piper.
May 28th KATHLEEN O' SULLIVAN & BILLY TEARE *** Irish Season ***
A welcome return for Kathleen, the lead singer with "The London Lasses", one
of the finest singers around, tonight in the company of one of Ireland's
leading story tellers
On July 16th, we will be presenting one of our most ambitious nights ever
when we present THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS from Eunice in Louisiana with Jane
Vidrine, Anya Burgess, Lisa Reed, and Ann Savoy
Our Future Guests will also include:-
TONY HALL * JERRY EPSTEIN & RALPH BODINGTON * SPIERS, SHEPHEARD & WATSON *
MICHAEL MARRA *DAVE RUCH * DICK GAUGHAN * RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE * CARL
JONES & BEVERLEY SMITH * LEN GRAHAM
Our websites are at
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
and
www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
Those of you who arrange listings are politely requested to include all of
the above.
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2] 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
www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
Currently on our MYSPACE we have the following tracks by coming guests:-
Jim Bainbridge - "East End Girls" - (April 2nd)
Matt Quinn & Tom Moore - "The Shropshire Lass/The Swiss Boy/Iron Legs" -
(April 9th)
The Askew Sisters - "The Old Virginia Lowlands" - (April 16th)
Chris Foster - "The Banks of Newfoundland" - (April 23rd)
Con 'Fada' Ó Driscoeil - "King Lear" - (May 7th)
Kevin Mitchell - "The Banks of Brandywine" - (May 14th)
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:-
THE ASKEW SISTERS - April 16th
CHRIS FOSTER - April 23rd
TONY HALL - June 11th
THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS - July 16th
MICHAEL MARRA - September 24th
DAVE RUCH - October 22nd
DICK GAUGHAN - November 19th
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3] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE - UPDATED
For all the listings of folk music, song club, dances, festivals in and
around Sussex, have a look at
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 April 2009.
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4] THE FOLK DIARY
Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the
paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY. Issue no 236 covers the months of April and
May and this is now available. 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 and a few reviews of CDs. 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 April/May issue is February 28th. 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_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
Or
VIC SMITH 01273 478124 tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
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5] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE
THE FOLK DIARY is available on-line at
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. 235 Febuary - March 2009
Page 1 (1679kb) Folk at the Hawth Crawley, Luca's music lessons, Folk Camps,
Beacon Tunbridge Wells (Mons), Barber & Taylor at Open House Brighton
Page 2 (1290kb) Piggies Open Mic Uckfield (Tues), Sussex Folk Association,
Lamb Eastbourne (Wednesdays), Electric Voices presentations, Spyboy
presentations
Page 3 (828kb) Lewes Saturday Club, Royal Oak Lewes (Thurs) - Advertising
rates and copy dates
Page 4 (1306kb)Gary's Music Club Coolham (Sats), Vince's fiddles, Barry
Murphy banjos, White Horse Bodle St. Green (Mons). Willows Folk Club Arundel
(Weds)
Page 5 (1346kb) Spinning Jenny Dance Band, Seaford Folk Club (Fris), Hove
Folk Club (Fris), Mid-Sussex Folk Singers (Weds)
Page 6 (1314kb) Brighton Acoustic Sessions (Mons), SEFAN Conference, North
Brighton singarounds (Suns & Weds), Rude Mechanicals (Weds). Meltdown
Ceilidhs (Sats), Cellarfolk Brighton (Tues), Fee calls Ceilidhs, Six Bells
Chiddingly (Tues)
Page 7 (887kb) Broadstairs Folk Week, Brighton Folk & Blues Club, Hobgoblin
Music
Page 8 (2068kb) Acoustic Sussex presentations, Horsham folk club (Suns)
ISSUE No. 236 APRIL - MAY 2009
Page 1 (2002kb) Greg Harper album, Pig's Ear Kentish Folk Ale 2009, Crawley
Folk Festival
Page 2 (1687kb) Piggies Open Mic Uckfield (Tues) Lamb Eastbourne (Weds),
Sussex Folk Association, The Mick Jagger Centre, Spyboy presentations
Page 3 (812kb) Lewes Saturday Club, Royal Oak Lewes (Thurs) - Advertising
rates and copy dates
Page 4 (1420kb)Horsham Folk Club (Suns), Acoustic Sussex.
Page 5 (488 kb) Gary's Acoustic Music Club, Kate Rusby at the Hawth,
Crawley, Electric Voices
Page 6 (410kb) Seaford Folk Club (Fris), Hove Folk Club (Fris), Mid-Sussex
Folk Singers (Weds), G P Music Promotions (Crawley) .
Page 7 (969kb) Harmony Glen dates, Brighton Folk & Blues Club (Fris), Royal
Oak Lewes Sunday Session, Royal Oak Lewes Irish Month in May, Hobgoblin
Music
Page 8 (1670kb) Barry Murphy banjos, Vince's fiddles, Willows folk club
Arundel (Weds),North Brighton Singarounds (Weds & Suns), White Horse Bodle
St. Green (Mons), Meltdown Ceilidhs
Page 9 (399 kb) Littlehampton Folk & Roots Festival.
Page 10 (817 kb) Brighton Acoustic Session (Mons), Elsie's (Sats), Rude
Mechanicals (Weds), Duck Baker concert Hurstpierpoint, Beacon Tunbridge
Wells (Mons), Six Bells Chiddingly (Tues), Brighton Cellarfolk (Tues)
Page 11 (1696 kb) Tenterden Folk Festival, CD Reviews
Page 12 (1883 kb) Folk In The Orchards Haywards Heath
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6] 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:-
25th. April Craig Morgan Robson Way through the Woods
26th. April Craig Morgan Robson Vocal harmony
6th. June Kerr /Fagan /Harbron Fiddle /Bouzouki /Concertina
7th. June Kerr Fagan /Harbron Vocal harmony/Winter MS tunes
11th. July Will Duke Scan Tester's tunes
18th. July Bonnie Shaljean Harp
12th. Sept Tommy Peoples Fiddle
19th. Sept Jeff Warner Song accompaniment
10th. Oct Tim Edey Melodeon
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
The website for more details is
www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/workshps.html
or contact Valmai
Goodyear on (01273) 476757 or email ValmaiGoodyear_at_aol_dot_com
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7] NEW MONTHLY SESSION IN LEWES
After a gap of several years, Sunday afternoon tune and song sessions will
be returning 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. starting on
March 29th. They will be run by Vic & Tina Smith.
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8] OTHER REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA
Bryan Creer has taken on the task of detailing these, but has made changes
to the way this is presented. Here is what he says:-
I have given free rein to my inner geek and written a new version of the
Sessions page that works out the date of the next of each session (except
for the weekly ones where it seemed a bit pointless). This was inspired by
the uselessness of "Fortnightly counting from 3rd October 2006".
I think it probably works almost all of the time (maybe). Would you
like to change any references you make to it to
www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php
Cheers
Bryan
Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed - contact
him on Bryancreer_at_aol_dot_com
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9] LEWES GARLAND DAY
A tradition revived by the Knots of May is Garland Day. On May Bank holiday
they invite the children of Lewes and surrounding villages to enter a
'Children's Garland Competition and Procession'. This event was instituted
in 1874 by Mr J F Verrall of the prominent Lewes family to encourage a love
and knowledge of wild flowers and to channel into a respectable outlet the
activities of urchins who traditionally begged a penny for the garland on
1st May. Following the judging of the garlands by the Mayor of Lewes in the
Gun Garden at the Castle, the children process with the Knots of May from
the Castle grounds down to Cliffe Bridge, accompanied by the Mayor and
Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men. Certificates and prizes are presented to the
children, by the Knots of May, for the prettiest garlands in the
competition.
To find out where they will be dancing this year, details, when they are
finalised will be posted on their website at
www.knotsofmay.org.uk/
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...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 2009 are being snapped up quickly.
Contact Tina on 01273 478124 or email her at tinasmith226_at_yahoo_dot_co_dot_uk to
book the band. The band's website is at
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm
and they have a MYSPACE
profile as well at
www.myspace.com/thesussexpistols
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VIC & TINA SMITH
26 Ferrers Road
LEWES
East Sussex
BN7 1PZ
England
Tel & Fax:- 01273 478124
Email:-
tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
folk_at_brighton_dot_co_dot_uk
ROYAL OAK WEBSITES:-
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic
www.myspace.com/royaloakfolklewes
SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:-
whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk
SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:-
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm
COMPOUND SOUNDS WEBSITE
www.compoundsounds.com
www.myspace.com/jalisherrifokonteh
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