as is their evening performance at the folk club. To go on the waiting list for tickets or workshop places, please email me.

 

We still have places for Georgina Boyes's participatory talk on English folklore from 2.00 -4.30 in the Crown Inn the same afternoon.

 

All the best,

 

Valmai

 

Valmai Goodyear
20, St. John's Terrace, Lewes, BN7 2DL

01273 476757

Lewes Saturday Folk Club, Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/ 
Residents: Bryan Creer, Dave Earl, Sandra Goddard, Valmai Goodyear, Suzanne Higgins, Steve & Diane Nevill, George Oakley, Robert O'Mahony, Denise & Stuart Savage, Derek Seed

LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB MUSIC WORKSHOPS 2010
Workshops last a full day. The tutor performs at the club on the Saturday evening.
Booking forms can be printed from the website about four months before the event.

20 Feb STEVE TURNER Concertinas for song accompaniment
27 Feb COOPE BOYES & SIMPSON Vocal harmony
27 Feb GEORGINA BOYES Folklore seminar (pm)
27 March BEN PALEY Fiddle
17 April SHIRLEY COLLINS Trad song masterclass
18 April SHIRLEY COLLINS Trad song masterclass
24 April ISSY EMENEY Melodeon
22 May JOE PENLAND North Carolina song & society
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)

SPARE PARTS CONCERTINA BAND
Bryan Creer, Suzanne Higgins, Valmai Goodyear
http://www.sparepartsband.co.uk/

From: "Wright, Michael - Oxford" <michael_dot_wright_at_wiley_dot_com>

Date: 11 February 2010 10:07:15 GMT

Subject: Gewgaw Gig Guide 2010

Greetings!

Gigs are starting to come thick and fast, so this is the first list for 2010.

Saturday, 20^th February – The Wright Family, supporting Bartram, Brookes & Weatherall at the Kit & Cutter, The Deptford Arms, 52 Deptford High Street, London SE8 4RT. Nearest transport: BR Deptford (easy from London Bridge). Times: doors 7.30pm, music starts at 8.30. Entry: £5.

Tuesday, 9^th March – ‘Mouth Harp Mayhem – trad to mad’. IoNAJHA members, Sam Lee, Peter Hope Evans, Jonathon Cope and The Wright Family in concert, plus ‘Moyle’ (improvised sound art ensemble) and with a special performance by Kirtlington Morris. At the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford OX1 2DH, starting 7.45pm to 10pm Tickets: £10 (£8 concession).

Tuesday, 28^th April – ‘Jews Harp Café Oto’, with Peter Hope Evans and Michael Wright (plus possible others) at Café Oto, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL 020 7923 1231. Organised by the Asian Music Circuit, see http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/programme.shtm for further information (nothing up yet).

Friday, 7^th May – AcornFolk, The Wright Family in concert with Jeff Warner, at the Acorn Theatre, Queen Street, Worksop,

Nottinghamshire S80 2AN. See www.acorntheatre.net for details and ticket information.

Friday, 18th - Sunday 20th June - English Country Music Weekend, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Michael and Lucy Wright, see http://www.mustrad.org.uk/ecmw.htm for details and ticket information.

Sunday,  27^th June – Jew’s harp ‘Talk and Taster Session’ at Crawley Folk Festival, by Michael Wright. Talk: ‘Jew’s harp and the Law: witches, murderers and villains who played the Jew’s harp’, followed by a 'hands-on' introduction to the Jew’s harp. Starting 12noon, see http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/crawleyfolk/2010/ for ticket information.

Saturday, 22^nd - Friday, 27^th August – The Wright Family at Whitby Folk Week, performances and workshops. See http://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/ for ticket information.

Hopefully we’ll see you at some of them.

Michael