Wiltshire Folk Arts
Contact Us :
Wiltshire Folk Arts
19 Whistley Road, Potterne, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 5QY
email: mail@wiltshirefolkarts .org.uk
Office: 01380 726597
Bob : 07714 550990
Newsletter : June 2007
Hi All
After an incredibly busy time getting Chippenham Folk Festival we are back
to catching up with regard to Wiltshire Folk Arts, etc.
Apologies for those looking for updates on local clubs etc. but we have just
been totally exhausted doing the Festival this year and we just haven't had
time for much else,
However here we go ...
Contents :
Folk Club Updates
Awards
Folk Diary
Festival updates
FOLK CLUB UPDATES
DEVIZES:
11 Jun Jackie Oates & Andy Clarke - Two Thirds of "Wistmans Wood" Jackie
and Andy are fine singers and musicians playing fiddle and Guitar
18 Jun Singers & Musicians Night
25 Jun Theme Night - Rosebud in June - All those summer "Hits"
2 July Singers & Musicians Night
9 July The Claque - Barry Lister, Tom Addison, Seamus O'Shea and Dave Lowry
sing some of the most powerful songs you will hear. No need to go to Newcastle
for this quality of singing!. Bring an anchor to hold yourself down.
16 July Singers & Musicians Night
23 July Singers & Musicians Night
30 July Singers & Musicians Night
AUG closed for Summer holidays come back 3rd September with some great Guests
coming including : Dearman, Gammon, Harrison, Cloudstreet, and Belshazzar's Feast
CORSHAM FOLK CLUB
Wednesday 13 June Barrelhouse Blues
Blues, jug band music, skiffle and other nonsense.
The Old Duke, Bristol 9.00 pm 01225 309115
Thursday 14 June Folk at the Oak Singers’ Night
Singers, musicians and audience all welcome. £2
The Royal Oak, Corsham 8.30 pm 01225 309115 or 01249 713607
Thursday 21 June Folk at the Oak Spotlight Night
Singers, musicians and audience all welcome. £2
The Royal Oak, Corsham 8.30 pm 01225 309115 or 01249 713607
Thursday 28 June Folk at the Oak Singers’ Night featuring the
Shorebound Shanty Crew
Singers, musicians and audience all welcome. £2
The Royal Oak, Corsham 8.30 pm 01225 309115 or 01249 713607
MARLBOROUGH FOLK ROOTS
Saturday 9th June 2007 at 8.00 pm at St Mary’s Church, Marlborough
Chris & Kelly While - Chris and Kellie have a special rapport as mother
and daughter with fine complementary voices and engaging stage presence. Expect
an eclectic mix of their favourite songs.
SWINDON
8th June Bob & Gill Berry (Who are they????)
15th June Graham Moore "Writer of the original "Tolpuddle man" and
other fine songs
22nd Open House
29th Tommy Dempsey, Nick Evans and John London - Excellent trio
AWARDS
Bob & Gill Berry have been nominated for one of 75 awards being presented by the English Folk Dance & Song Society, which has made them feel very honoured that someone should think they have done enough to be recognised for their work.
They however declined the opportunity to drive to London to collect the award as it coincided with a guest night at Devizes. They did feel that this is where they should really be but are grateful for the recognition anyway. Their award will be received by Ted & Ivy Poole, on their behalf, as they too were being given an award. (Now there is a couple that really are due one!!)
These awards are part of The EFDSS's 75th anniversary celebrations.
FOLK DIARY
We will be working on this fairly soon and hope to make it a comprehensive diary for ALL sections of Folk Activity. It will include Folk Song, Dance Ceilidh, Morris, Mumming and others activities such as historical events and fairs, etc.
If you have some dates you want promoting than let us have 'em and we'll do what we can.
We've just got news recently that Sophie Wright has become an occasional writer for the monthly Glossy mag " Wiltshire Life". Hopefully we can get some mainstream publicity into all the newsagents. get a copy if you can and we'll be making some effort to get any stories published on the Wiltshire Folk Arts Website too.
FESTIVAL UPDATES
Finally are you ready for the busiest 3 weekends in the Wiltshire Folk Calendar ?
Firstly, on the 11th - 15th July, we have the Larmer Tree Festival, near Salisbury with a huge range of folk and mainstream acts ( maybe sold out but check their web site for details)
The following weekend it is Trowbridge Village Pump Festival with a great weekend packed full of events, That's on the 19th 22nd July and if that's not enough for you then try the new venue for Womad.(27 - 29th) Charlton Park near Malmesbury just wont know what hit it. Every conceivable style of folk, roots, world, rock and pop to lots of stages and a great weekend guaranteed.
You are probably going to want all of September off so we'll not blitz you with that until the next time.
Cheers and we'll see you in a club or festival field some time. Enjoy the summer
Bob & Gill & the Wiltshire Folk Arts team
June Newsletter
Contents :
Folk Club Updates
Awards
Folk Diary
Festival Updates