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Subject: MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB MARCH 2012

MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB MARCH 2012

Dear Members,

Hope to see you at the club soon.

Plus check out Swingtime Serenaders this Saturday 3rd March,

the splendid Gaelic Voices event 18th March and The Rakes' Barn Dances, listed below.

All the best,

Peta & Ken

petawebken_at_aol_dot_com

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Friday 9^th March - International Women's Day event

with SHEENA VALLELY (sparkling traditional flute player from Armagh) & JOHN SAY (percussionist extraordinaire) ,       Maggie Casey (songs and whistle) &                  Lis Stewart (fiddle & concertina) , singers    Marianne McAleer and Peta Webb

Friday 20th April

GAVIN  DAVENPORT

From Sheffield, Gavin is a powerful singer and a fine concertina and guitar player. His recent CD Brief Lives combines traditional ballads (with stark arrangements which expose rather than obscure the song  - " these songs have been around a lot longer than I have and deserve to speak a little louder than me" ) with strikingly original song writing on "False Knight" (a tribute to his grandfather's death in WW 2) and "Silent Alarm". 

http://www.gavindavenport.com/press-quotes/

http://www.gavindavenport.com/music/

With Matt Quinn, a fine singer, fiddle and melodeon player whose music is rooted in English folk tradition.

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Dates for your Diary :

Friday 18th May - Sara Grey and Kieron Means

Saturday 19th May - Keith Summers Gathering (informal daytime event 1-6pm with songs and tunes)

Friday 15th June - Bloomsday event with Racker Donnelly and Luke Cheevers (tbc)

Friday 20th July - Jim & Lynette Eldon

The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL (junction of Foley Street and Cleveland Street) Nearest tube: Goodge Street / Warren Street/ Great Portland Street.  Parking OK after 6.30.  Club runs 8-11pm. Admission : £7,concs. £5 ( Members £6, concs £4) http://www.mustradclub.co.uk/          **********************************************************************

NON  MTC EVENTS WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

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SWINGTIME SERENADERS  featuring vocals by  Peta Webb at                                 The ROSE & CROWN  Sat 3rd March from 8.30. 55 Hoe St.,                        Walthamstow E17 4SA                   FREE Admission

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Lots of good events coming up at   The Cellar Upstairs  including Ron Kavana 17th March

http://www.cellarupstairs.org.uk/    Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street,  London NW1 2HR (on the corner of Cobourg Street, near Euston & Euston Square stations; parking easy), Saturdays 8.15pm.   020 7281 7700; E-mail: Cellarupstairs;  Members: £6, non-members: £7 (unwaged £1.50 less)

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The Rakes Barn Dance Cecil Sharp House 28th March 2012   8:00:PM
A new monthly event * from one of the most influential country dance bands of the past half century. Reg Hall, Michael Plunkett and Paul Gross have been playing their distinctive, exciting music for country dances throughout the country for more than 50 years and have influenced generations of dance musicians. They are joined in this series of dances by Steve Roud, one of the country's leading authorities on English traditional song as well as being a great dance caller. Also joining the band will be Ken Lees on banjo and piano.    Tickets £6 (adv) £7 (door)  FolkShop Musiglue                 0208 527 8419                                         English Folk Dance and Song Society
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY
Tel: 020 7485 2206    |    Email: info_at_efdss_dot_org  (*other dates 18 April etc.)

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Gaelic Voices Event

SUNDAY 18th MARCH  at the London Irish Centre  50-52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB. A great line-up of singers from Ireland and Scotland. Brilliant singer and piper from Connemara, Meatí Jo Sheamuis ? Fatharta   plus Griogair Labhruidh, Argyll singer-songwriter and piper  from a long line of South West Highland pipers, Gráinne Holland and Racker Donnelly.  Concert 19.30-23.00, £10, plus workshops and sessions. See weblink :

http://thenestcollective.co.uk/shows/eventdetails/18-mar-12-london-gaelic-voices-festival-irish-centre/

Tickets from thenestcollective.co.uk/ more info.from James McDonald at  westlondon_at_comhaltas_dot_net

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For a great night out at the Music Hall at Lauderdale House, Highgate                              

see  www.lissendenplayers02.fsnet.co.uk

  Dates : 21 March (every 3rd Wednesday)

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