Dear Member,
Hope to see you at some of our Summer
events.
Best wishes,
Peta Webb & Ken Hall
Apologies if you receive information more than
once.
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MUSICAL
TRADITIONS
CLUB SUMMER
2006
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Friday
28th April Jimmy
Crowley
Traditional singer and musician from fair Cork City , no-one
sounds like Jimmy,
and few can match him for the humour, joy, tenderness and sheer
storytelling
craft which he brings to his repertoire of songs. "Cork Urban
Ballads", a body
of songs from the oral tradition collected in the "field" by Jimmy since
the late
sixties, is due for publication soon.
With
The Pigeon English Band (Paul Gross, Doug Adams, Sarah
Crofts)
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19th-21st
MAY
WEEKEND CELEBRATION
IN HONOUR OF KEITH SUMMERS
John and Katie Howson will be bringing a
troop of musicians, singers and
dancers from Suffolk and Eamonn Brophy, a truly
brilliant piper and singer
will be making his London debut . We
are delighted to present Patricia Flynn,
Grace Toland, Brian Doyle, Jim McFarland, Jerry
O'Reilly, Ellen Mitchell, etc...
NB this will be Ticket-Only and
Members-Only . SEE full information and Booking details
below.
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Friday June
16th "Bloomsday" celebration
The city of Dublin and the work of James Joyce will be
celebrated with guests
Barry Gleeson from the Goilin singers club in Dublin, and Paul Sheehan
a noted Joycean scholar, poet and one time lecturer at the Metropolitan
University.
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Friday 21st
July
The Devil's Interval (Jim Causley,
Emily Portman, Lauren McCormick)
To quote Martin
Carthy - "Lauren, Jim and Emily are three young
musicians
utterly committed to singing the traditional songs of these
islands and
doing so while maintaining a great sense of adventure along
with an obvious
enjoyment of the music and a pride in their own abilities."
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From 2006, Admission for Members £6, Concessions
£3.50.Non-Members £7, Concessions £4.
Membership no longer compulsory but Members will be given
priority.
The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1P
7LE (at the junction of Foley Street and Cleveland Street). 8- 11pm.
Nearest tube: Goodge Street /Warren Street/ Great Portland Street. Parking OK
evenings after 6.30.
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The Musical Traditions Club presents
:
KEITH SUMMERS
FESTIVAL May 19th-21st 2006
Keith Summers, recorder
of traditional singers, editor of the original Musical Traditions Magazine and
co-founder of the Club, was a good friend of ours who died in 2004. It was one
of Keith’s last requests that some musical events should be held in his memory
. (For more about Keith, see the memorial page on Musical
Traditions < mustrad> Internet magazine.)
The second Keith Summers Festival will be held over
the weekend of 19th- 21st May 2006, at The King & Queen*. The landlord
has kindly agreed to let us have the use of the downstairs bar for daytime
sessions as well as the Club Room. Food will be available Saturday and Sunday
12-5pm.
Guests :
Éamonn ó Bróithe, a truly brilliant
uilleann piper and singer, will be making his London debut.
We are delighted
to present singers Patricia Flynn, Grace Toland , Brian Doyle, Jim McFarland,
Jerry O'Reilly, Ellen Mitchell, Fred McCormick and many more.
On Saturday
plus Sunday afternoon John and Katie Howson will be bringing a troop of
musicians, singers and dancers from Suffolk , including Reg Reader, Ray Hubbard
and Simon Ritchie. Catherine Perrier (exquisite French singer) and John and
Michael Wright (jews harpers) will be joining us on Saturday through to Sunday
evening. More guests to be announced..... We are also expecting several of last
year’s guests to join us, plus a host of our regular musicians and
singers.
A new selection of Keith’s Suffolk recordings
will be launched at the Festival (on the Veteran label )and a further
selection will be issued later by Musical Traditions.
NB this will be a TICKET-ONLY
(and members-only) event so please book now using the separate BOOKING FORM
which follows. The event was a sell-out last year. Weekend and Friday tickets
are expected to sell out very quickly. Weekend Tickets £25, or £6 per session.
If you need further details, contact Peta
Webb or Ken Hall at
petawebken_at_aol_dot_com or
0208 340 0530
*Venue details:
The King & Queen, 1
Foley Street, London W1P 7LE (at the junction of Foley Street and Cleveland
Street). Closes 11pm. Nearest tube: Goodge Street /Warren Street/ Great
Portland Street. Parking OK evenings after 6.30.
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The second KEITH SUMMERS
FESTIVAL
19th-21st MAY 2006
BOOKING
FORM (SEE accompanying
information about the Festival
above)
TICKET-ONLY EVENT - NO SALES ON THE
DOOR
Priority given to current members of the Musical Traditions
Club
Venue : The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1P 7LE
WEEKEND TICKET £25 (concs. £15 )
includes:
Friday 8-11pm (Club Room);
Saturday
12-6pm (Club Room plus downstairs in the bar);
Saturday 8-11pm (Club Room);
Sunday
12-5pm (downstairs in the bar); Sunday 8-11pm (Club Room)
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS £6 (concs. £3.50) per
session
Saturday both sessions £10 (concs. £6)
Sunday both sessions £10
(concs. £6
)
Weekend and Friday night tickets are expected to sell out fast.
NB, most guests will be with us throughout the
weekend but note:
Éamonn ó Bróithe will not be appearing Saturday 12-6pm;
Suffolk Concert Party are featured throughout Saturday and on
Sunday to 5pm; Keith Summers’ Suffolk recordings CD on Veteran to be
launched during Sunday 12-5 session (tbc):
Catherine Perrier,
John Wright, Michael Wright join us on Saturday for the rest of the
weekend;
Ellen Mitchell, Grace Toland, Brian Doyle will leave before the
Sunday evening session.
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PLEASE SEND ME ( I have ticked the type of
ticket required and indicated if more than one is required) :-
WEEKEND TICKET (£25, concs.
£15)……………
Friday 8-11pm (£6,
concs. £3.50)……………….
Saturday 12-6pm (£6, concs.
£3.50)……………….
Saturday 8-11pm (£6, concs.
£3.50)………………..
Saturday
both sessions (£10, concs. £6)…………
Sunday
12-5pm
(£6, concs £3.50)…………..
Sunday
8-11pm
(£6, concs
£3.50)…………..
Sunday both sessions (£10, concs. £6) …………………
Please tick if you want the Sunday roast, £6,
PAYABLE ON THE DAY .......
Total amount enclosed : £………………………….
I
have enclosed sae for the tickets………………….
PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE to PETA WEBB and POST
to
PETA WEBB (Keith Summers Festival), 52 CECILE PARK, LONDON N8
9AS
(further information from petawebken_at_aol_dot_com or 0208
340 0530 )
NAME : (names of all ticket-holders
needed)
…………………………………………………..………..
ADDRESS………………………………………………………………..
PHONE NUMBER……………..
EMAIL :……………………
SIGNATURE ……………………………………
DATE…………
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