From: SEFAN [admin_at_sefan_dot_org_dot_uk]
Sent: 03 January 2008 14:03
Subject: SEFAN:2008-01-03:01.ANNOUNCEMENTS. Next Lewes Favourites practice session / Shirley Collins: Folk Roots, New Routes

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From: valmaigoodyear_at_aol_dot_com
Date: 2 January 2008 11:39:14 GMT
Subject: Next Lewes Favourites practice session - Tues Jan 15

Dear Everyone,

The next practice session is Tuesday 15th. January.

February's session will be on Tuesday 12th.

After that we go back to the usual third Wednesday of the month as Lewes Arms pantomime rehearsals will be over.

Tootle pip,

Valmai

Lewes Arms Folk Club, Mount Place, Lewes, BN7 1YH
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/

LEWES ARMS FOLK CLUB WORKSHOPS 2008

15th March Alistair Anderson Northumbrian music (any instrument)
19th April Martin Carthy Guitar & song (12 places only)
7th June Cloudstreet Vocal harmony
5th. July Will Duke Scan Tester's tunes
19th July Mick West Scottish song
19th July Frank McLaughlin Scottish music for guitar
20th Sept Mary Humphreys & Anahata Fenland tunes (any instrument)
18th Oct John Kirkpatrick Modes (any instrument)
25th Oct Coope Boyes & Simpson Vocal harmony
25th Oct Georgina Boyes Seminar: Wassails, Carols & Winter Customs (pm)
22nd Nov Roy Clinging & Neil Brookes Cheshire tunes (any instrument)
6th Dec Paul Hutchinson Accordion
6th Dec Paul Sartin Fiddle
Belshazzar's Feast (evening)

SPARE PARTS CONCERTINA BAND
Bryan Creer, Suzanne Higgins, Valmai Goodyear
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2. Advance news of our Patron, GLEANED from Vic Smith's Folk News from Sussex

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 HUGE EVENT with SHIRLEY COLLINS AT THE SOUTH BANK CENTRE IN LONDON IN MARCH

This press release has been issued by the South Bank Centre in London:-

SHIRLEY COLLINS' 'FOLK ROOTS, NEW ROUTES'
25 - 30 March 2008, Southbank Centre
Folk Roots, New Routes - a five-day series of performances and talks in the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room programmed by the renowned and much-loved folk singer Shirley Collins. The America Over The Water talk in the Purcell Room (a fascinating account of her journeys with Alan Lomax) was a surprise hit event of 2006. The diverse line-up of expected guests will attest to an influence and an address book that extends far beyond the world of folk music.

Look out for more details of these talks/concerts/performances etc as they emerge. There will certainly be full details in these circulars. Here's what The Guardian had to say about it in their New Year's Day "What to Look Forward to in 2008" supplement.

Shirley Collins: Folk Roots, New Routes

The grande dame of UK folk - alas now retired from live performance herself - curates a fascinating-sounding string of events, collectively named after her legendary, ground-breaking 1965 album with errant folk guitarist Davy Graham. Performances and talks - including Collins' own account of her journeys with legendary US folklorist and song-collector Alan Lomax, America Over the Water - are promised, along with a diverse line up that "extends far beyond the world of folk music".

South Bank Centre, London, March 25-30 (08716632500).



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