CECIL SHARP HOUSE
2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY
020 7485 2206 www.efdss.org
WHAT'S ON April 2011
EFDSS EVENTS
Thursday 7th April
Shore to Shore
Presented by the EFDSS
and Wren Music
In 1929 and 1930 Maud
Karpeles, one of the founders of the English Folk Dance Society, travelled to
Newfoundland to collect songs and research the links between the English and
Newfoundland traditions, publishing ‘Folk Songs from Newfoundland’ in 1934.
In this centenary year of the EFDS we present Shore to Shore, a concert that
re-visits those historic links and charts the development of folk song on
both sides of the Atlantic from the early 1600s to the present day. Performed
by renowned musicians from Devon and Newfoundland including Jim Paynes and
Fergus O’Byrne from Newfoundland and Paul Wilson and Marilyn Tucker from
Devon. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and
the Foyle Foundation.
Doors 7pm, Concert 7.30pm, tickets £14 advance, £17 on the door, available
from EFDSS
For more information contact 020 7485 2206 or info_at_efdss_dot_org
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Sunday 10
Family Barn Dance
Presented in
association with the Friends of Cecil Sharp House
Bring the family along for fun, lively dances from all over the British
Isles, with a band and caller to help you along. Dances are specially
selected to suit children of all ages. Refreshments available.
3-5pm, tickets £5 adults, £3 children (no unaccompanied adults) available on
the door
For more information contact 020 7485 2206 or info_at_efdss_dot_org
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Wednesday 13
Folk Rising
Presented by EFDSS and
The Magpie’s Nest
Gilmore Roberts | The Straw Bear Band | The Hand | Cosmi Corus
Folk Rising returns
for 2011 for a third season with the brightest new folk in the firmament. The
three-part studio concert series will showcase a sample of the fresh,
undiscovered and at times radical music being produced within the indefinable
folk tradition.
8-11pm, tickets £5 available from EFDSS or on the door
For more information contact 020 7485 2206 or info_at_efdss_dot_org
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Thursday 14
Jim Moray
Jim Moray is a 27 year
old singer, multi-instrumentalist, arrange and producer who has created
startlingly contemporary recordings of England’s traditional songs which have
been described as the most significant development in folk music in the last
30 years.
Doors 7pm, Concert 7.30pm, tickets £14 advance, £17 on the door, available
from EFDSS
For more information contact 020 7485 2206 or info_at_efdss_dot_org
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Saturday 16
“It’s Just What We Do!”
A special benefit
concert for the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House,
curated by John and Katie Howson of the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust.
The evening concert will be compèred by the wonderful Shirley Collins, and
features a range of folk greats, including the Copper Family, Jim &
Lynette Eldon, Will Noble & John Cocking, Duck Soup, Moor Music, Old Hat
Concert Party and Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers.
During the afternoon there will be a Tea Dance, with music provided by Moor
Music, along with the Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers. There will also be
a singaround in the bar, hosted by Peta Webb and Ken Hall.
2-5.30pm Afternoon Tea Dance, £12.50 advance, £15 on the door
7.30-10pm Evening Concert, tickets £15 advance, £17.50 on the door
Full event £20 advance, £25 on the door
For more information contact 020 7485 2206 or info_at_efdss_dot_org
