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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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