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| Sunday 5th May |
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Song and Dance |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 12th May |
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Open Floor & SPOTLIGHT
on Dick Streeter
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Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Dick Streeter will have the Spotlight to himself for a while.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 19th May |
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Rawbones
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Rawbones are 4 guys and 2 gals singing and playing guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin and Appalachian dulcimer from the deep south of Surrey county. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of genres for a unique choice of songs from traditional old timey, bluegrass, and gospel music to folk and pop.
There should be something for everyone.
Admission: Members £5; Non-members £7 |
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| Sunday 26th May |
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Open Floor |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 2nd June |
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Open Floor & SPOTLIGHT
on Anne and Alan
& CD Auction |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Anne and Alan will have the Spotlight to themselves for a while.
Anne and Alan started singing folk music together around 1990 with two guitars and harmonies. Anne danced with ladies Morris side, Magog, and Alan took up the melodeon to play for the side. Anne introduced whistles and recorder to enhance the accompaniments.
Together, they formed Cotillion with Bonnie Flitney and have continued with this line up to sing and play at every pub on the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight Folk Festival among others. Cotillion wrote and performed themed Folk Shows of songs, tunes, prose and poetry with narrator Linda Nichol.
Tonight there'll also be an auction of Folk CDs in aid of the Samaritans - rare - collectable (possibly).
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 9th June |
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Emmanuel Pariselle,
Didier Oliver and
Nathalie Oliver Selsis
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Emmanuel and Didier have played – and sung – together since 1975, and both are experienced and entertaining teachers. Emmanuel is one of France’s finest players of both the melodeon and concertina, while Didier (La Base Duo) is also a superb fiddler and also plays equally well mandolin, boha (Gascon) pipes and guitar.
Nathalie Oliver Selsis: Born into a traditional Gascon speaking family – her grandfather was a traditional singer – Nathalie was introduced to traditional dance at a very young age. Having discovered traditional dances, she went on to research traditional dance and song from collections from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Passionate about sharing, Nathalie teaches the different dances of Gascony with a playful pedagogy that allows everyone to approach the different dances practiced in the dances of the South West of France. Trained in music therapy, Natalie wishes to transmit the benefits of music and dance in her workshops.
Her sharing of dance has taken her to different regions of France but also to different countries including Spain, Italy and Portugal.
Admission £10 (Members £7)
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| Sunday 16th June |
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Open Floor |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 23rd June |
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Open Floor |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 30th June |
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Song and Dance |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| SUMMER! |
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| Sunday 1st September |
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Song and Dance |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 8th September |
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Open Floor |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 15th September |
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Open Floor & SPOTLIGHT
on Dave Algar
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Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Dave Algar will have the spotlight all to himself (with the possible exception of a spoon player) for a while.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 22nd September |
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Open Floor |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 29th September |
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George Sansome and
Matt Quinn
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George Sansome (he of Granny's Attic) and Matt Quinn sing folk songs, both unaccompanied and with guitar and mandolin.
'Inspiring...Two stalwarts of the English folk scene.' - Irish Music Magazine
Admission £10 (Members £7) |
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| Sunday 6th October |
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Song and Dance |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 13th October |
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Cathryn Craig and
Brian Willoughby |
Admission £10 (Members £7) |
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| Sunday 20th October |
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Open Floor and
Desert Island Folk with
Jan Creaye |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Caroline will be grilling Jan about the music in her life.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 27th October |
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Open Floor |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 3rd November |
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Wild Willy Barrett's
Roaring Touring
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Wild Willy Barrett is back in town!
Willy has had a long and varied career. He has toured with artists as diverse as Madness and Steeleye Span, and his wonderful acoustic guitar playing is featured on The Contemporary Folk Guitar album alongside Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Gordon Giltrap & Ralph McTell.
The group's singer, Jane Williams, has worked with some of the best in the business (including Van Morrison) and adds a wonderful burst of energy to this quirky ensemble. Her effortless but highly emotive vocals draw you in and leave you wanting more.
Mary Holland imparts warmth and sensitivity with her cello weaving beautifully in and out, adding both melody and bass to the arrangements.
If you've never seen this group before, come prepared to be entertained with a wide variety of musical styles. Willy's off-the-wall humour has audiences laughing out loud between numbers, as the group perform original material on instruments including the guitar, cello, fiddle, banjo, ukulele and keyboards.
Admission £10 (Members £7) |
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| Sunday 10th November |
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Song and Dance |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 17th November |
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Open Floor & SPOTLIGHT
on Julie and David Roberts
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Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
The second half of the evening will be the domain of Julie Roberts, who sings folk, blues and swing amongst others, and David Roberts, reciter of amusing and important poetry and words.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 24th November |
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Open Floor and
Seventies night!! |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight we invite you to sing, play or recite something from the seventies - perhaps connected to a particular event in your life. Or not, for those who ignored the seventies as being inferior to the sixties, as you choose.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 1st December |
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Open Floor |
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| Sunday 8th December |
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Jim Causley |
Admission £10 (Members £7) |
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| Sunday 15th December |
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Maypoles to Misletoe |
Admission £10 (Members £7) |
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| Sunday 22nd December |
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Song and Dance and
Christmas party |
Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4 |
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| CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR |
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