Dear Member,

Hope to see you on Friday.

All the best,

Peta & Ken

MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB WINTER 2009

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TWO DATES IN FEBRUARY

Friday 6th February
SARA GREY and KIERON MEANS
New Englander Sara is a truly remarkable singer of the old ballads, prefacing the songs with fascinating background stories. Her distinguished frailing style on the banjo shows just how this instrument should be played. Kieron, Sara's son, a brilliant guitar player, has a strikingly individual sound. His material draws from the deepest wellsprings of North American culture and the work of latter-day songwriters steeped in the old traditions.

http://www.maclurg.com/SaraGrey/index.htm

http://waterbug.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=32

With Will Duke and Dan Quinn

Friday 20 February

Máire Ní Chéileachair and Dónal Maguire
Brilliant singer from Co.Cork, Máire Ní Chéileachair sings classic songs in Irish and English and her first CD Guth ar Fán won high praise from the late Paddy Tunney.

Dónal is a fine exponent of the high Irish style and puts across ballads with great power, several of which he collected in his native Co. Louth. He is also noted for his ready wit and is recognised as a great player of Irish dance music on mandolin and tenor banjo.

With American old-time songs and tunes from Gail Williams and Jim Younger.

Friday 13th March
JIM and LYNETTE ELDON
Songs and tunes from our favourite Yorkshire singer /fiddle player plus brilliant and immaculate clog dancing from Lynette. A long overdue revisit.

with The Pigeon English Band

TWO DATES IN APRIL

Fri 3 April Rosie Davis, Joe Locker , Bob Winquist

American old-time songs and tunes with Rosie's sparkling dancing

Fri 24 April Niamh Parsons powerful and polished singing from Northern Irish singer

with The Rakes

Friday 8th - Sunday 10th May Keith Summers Festival

Fri 12th June Tony Hall melodeon wizard from Norfolk with The English String Band

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Admission :

Members £6, concs. £3.50 . Non - Members £7, concs. £4

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Musical Traditions Club at The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL (at the junction of Foley Street and Cleveland Street). 8-11pm. Nearest tube: Goodge Street /Warren Street/ Great Portland Street. Parking OK after 6.30.

For further info., email us on petawebken_at_aol_dot_com or ring 0208-340-0530 or see http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/MusTrad/MTCintro.htm

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NON MTC EVENTS :

          The SWINGTIME SERENADERS



     Monday 23rd February and    Monday 16th March

                         6.30 pm-8.30 pm                            ADMISSION FREE

       The White Hart, 191 Drury Lane, Holborn, London WC2B 5QD

Music Venues in Holborn

Nearest tube:  Covent Garden Tube Station (0.3 km)         Holborn Tube Station (0.4 km)

                     Temple Tube Station (0.5 km)       Leicester Square Tube Station (0.6 km)

Get directions

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             Wednesday 25th February

               9-11pm        ADMISSION FREE

The Salisbury Hotel ,1, Grand Parade, Green Lanes, London, N4 1JX [map] [gmap]

tube :Turnpike Lane (0.7 miles), Manor House (0.8 miles)

overground:Harringay (0.4 miles), Harringay Green Lanes (0.5 miles), Hornsey (0.6 miles)****************************************************************************************

             The  SWINGTIME SERENADERS

  swinging jazz standards for your listening pleasure

                                           featuring the vocals of Peta Webb
contact :

Andy Simons   020 8521 9157      jazzyandy_at_googlemail_dot_com

Peta Webb     020 8340 0530      petawebken_at_aol_dot_com

The ANDY SIMONS SYNCOPATORS are :

Andy Simons (guitar)          Tony Engle (saxophones)

Ned Clack    (tuba)           Peta Webb (vocals)

Stuart James (saxophone, clarinet, flute)

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