Six items of Folk News from Sussex

From: Vic & Tina Smith [mailto:tinvic@globalnet.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:30 PM
To: Folk (Virtual Brighton)
Subject: Six items of Folk News from Sussex

 

1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK, LEWES, THURSDAYS AT 8pm.

Station Street, Lewes

Enquiries:- (01273) 478124 or 881416

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Here is our programme for the rest of 2003:-

Oct 2nd * £3.00 * JOY LEWIS & DERRICK HUGHES

A very warm entertaining evening with songs and tunes played on Northumbrian pipes, whistles, hammer dulcimer and guitar

Oct 9th * £4.00 * A BAND LIKE ALICE

Bob Winquist, Richard Collins, Serryl Payne, Gary Payne, Alan Ward combine their considerable talents in the best of bluegrass.

Oct 16th * £5.00 * LEON ROSSELSON

The leading songwriter makes a very welcome return visit. Spirited singing of remarkable songs to polished guitar

Oct 23rd * £4.00 * TIM LAYCOCK

This will be the first solo appearance by this talented, long established performer who delighted us with his New Scorpion Band

Oct 30th * £4.00 * GINA LE FAUX

A great all-round performer- fine singer and sensitive guitar player and the best English fiddler around.

Nov 6th * collection * POST BONFIRE OPEN NIGHT

Nov 13th * £4.00 * BRYAN PETERS

Traditional songs unaccompanied and to guitar and tunes played on melodeon and anglo-concertina. A fine entertainer.

Nov 20th * £4.00 * DAVE ARTHUR, PETE COOPER & CHRIS MORETON

Dave brings along the musicians who played on his excellent recent album "Return Journey" Songs and tunes from Britain and The States

Nov 27th * £4.00 * JANE & AMANDA THRELFALL, ROGER EDWARDS & MARTIN ELLISON

The sisters sing beautifully together and receive wonderful accompaniments on guitar, melodeon and concertina.

Dec 4th * collection * LATE NIGHT SHOPPING OPEN NIGHT

Dec 11th * £5.00 * THE JOHN KIRKPATRICK CHRISTMAS SHOW

A sort of one-man version on the famed "Wassail" tour.

Dec 18th * CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT

Dec 25th * CLOSED

Jan 1st * CLOSED

We start 2004 with Bob Copper's Birthday Celebrations (Jan 8th). Other

guests in the new year will include Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson, Martyn

Wyndham-Read and No Man's Band, Dick Gaughan, Judy Cook.

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Those of you with listings/ gig guides etc. are asked kindly to include

these dates amongst them.

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2] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE UPDATED

The Sussex Folk Guide Website has just been updated with listings of many

folk song and dance events in and around Sussex between now and the end of

October . There are over 110 folk song and dance events listed on the

site. You can find it at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

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3] THE FOLK DIARY

Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the

paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY Issue no 203 covers the months of October &

November. It also has adverts for various folk festivals, folk music record

companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and other services. There are

four pages of reviews of  new folk music CDs and books. To obtain copies of

this free magazine as it is published, please send SAE's to Vic Smith at the

address below. It is also the address to send review copies to. The copy

date for the December / January issue will be October 31st. Potential

advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our advertising

rates.

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4] INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL WORKSHOPS IN LEWES

Valmai Goodyear - valmaigoodyear@aol.com - continues to organise some really

useful Saturday daytime instrumental work shops in Lewes. The next ones

are:-

Oct 11th  MOIRA CRAIG & SARAH MORGAN: VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP

Nov 22nd BÁRA GRÍMSDÓTTIR - ICELANDIC HARMONY SINGING WORKSHOP

Nov 22nd CHRIS FOSTER - GUITAR WORKSHOP

Dec 6th KEITH KENDRICK

Dec 13th NANCY KERR - FIDDLE WORKSHOP

Dec 13th JAMES FAGAN - BOUZOUKI WORKSHOP

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5] ROCKET RADIO - FOLK MUSIC AND WORLD MUSIC PROGRAMMES.

Rocket Radio will be back in the Lewes area for a three-week period in late

October / November. The frequency on FM is yet to be allocated but there is

Vic Smith will presenting two weekly programmes. For potential listeners

outside the broadcast  are there will be streaming audio from the station's

website at  http://www.rocketradio.org.uk

Here is his schedule:-

Wed. 29th October 6-7pm Folk Music

Sun. 2nd November 8-10pm World Music

Wed 5th November 3-4pm Folk Music

Sun 9th November 8-10pm World Music

Wed 12th November 6-7pm Folk Music

Sun 16th November 8-10pm World Music

Any information/gig details/suggested interviews/CDs for inclusion in the

programme to Vic at the address below.

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6] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - SHIRLEY COLLINS

The Tenterden Folk Festival is always an enjoyable occasion. This year it is

on the weekend of 3-5 October. Highly recommended is the talk "A Most

Sunshiny Day" at 1pm. on the Saturday. Find more details on the festival's

website at www.folkspots.btinternet.com

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...And if you are ever looking for a good barn dance band, look no further

than THE SUSSEX PISTOLS - though you should get in quickly - available dates

for 2003/4 are being snapped up quickly.

Website at

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm

 

Vic & Tina Smith

26 Ferrers Road

LEWES

East Sussex

BN7 1PZ

England

 

Tel & Fax:- 01273 478124

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 SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE:-

http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk

SUSSEX PISTOLS BARN DANCE BAND WEBSITE:-

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/pistols.htm