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WHAT'S ON AT Cecil Sharp House |
April 2009
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DON'T
MISS! Doc Rowe Exhibition
Fire, Feasts and Frolics Last
chance to see a
celebration of seasonal events, folklore and
traditions that occur in the British Isles and
Ireland. Free, on-going
until 25 April, Tues to Sat, 10am -
6pm
Saturday 4th
Camden Clog, Day of Dance
A fun day of dance workshops for all
levels 10am - 5pm, £15
(£10 conc.) Download a booking form from www.camdenclog.org.uk
Saturday 18th
Family Dance! Come and join in with fun, lively dances from
the British Isles. For children of all ages with their
parents or carers. Live band. Refreshments
available. 3 - 5pm,
Friends of Cecil Sharp House, Tickets on the door:
Child £5, Adult £1 For more information contact 020
8731 8083 or 020 7485 2206 info_at_efdss_dot_org
Saturday 18th
What the Folk? Lecture Her Conjuring Voice: Unruly Female Voices in
Traditional Song. Emily Portman explores women's
sirenic and scolding voices in vernacular
song. 1pm, £5 on door,
FREE to Saturday Music Workshop students 020 7485 2206
Thursday 23rd St George's Day
Special In collaboration
with fRoots magazine, EFDSS places the spotlight on
the new artists of English folk who have emerged from
outside the established folk scene. Artists include
singers Ian King of England, Nancy Wallace, Mary
Epworth and Olivia Chaney, storyteller Debs Newbold,
the Wing It Singers, Cecil Sharp House Community Choir
and the Suffolk Howlers. 7.30pm, £10, tickets from www.wegottickets.com
020 7485 2206 info_at_efdss_dot_org
Saturday 25th
Doc Rowe: Blood, Booze & Bedlam
Doc Rowe's celebrated
'Blood, Booze and Bedlam' show is a visual tour of
contemporary seasonal events and traditions of the
British Isles and Ireland. Doc has been documenting
these traditions for over forty years and this lively
one-man show uses photographic and video material from
his collection. 8pm, £6
on the door only, 020 7485 2206 info_at_efdss_dot_org
Wednesday 29th
Flash Company: A handkerchief show at
Cecil Sharp House Opening Event
This new group show is an
exhibition of many and varied contemporary artists'
work on handkerchiefs. Private view: 6.30pm-8.30pm Opens to
the public Thursday 30th April Tues to Sat, 10am-6pm :
020 7485 2206 : info_at_efdss_dot_org
Thursday 2nd
Scottish Ceilidh Club
Tickets available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Friday 3rd
Filé Gumbo With
Cajun Company from Holland Doors 7.30pm, 020 7720 6580 www.wegottickets.com
www.londoncajun.co.uk
Friday 3rd
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Saturday 4th
Balkanplus With
MC: Toni Gutman 7-11pm,
01473 272 256 www.balkanplus.org.uk
Sunday 5th
Vintage Fashion Fair NEW
MONTHLY EVENT! Next fair Sunday 3rd
May 11am - 5pm www.vintagefashionlondon.co.uk
Marilyn; fair_at_vintagefashionlondon_dot_co_dot_uk
Sunday 5th
Society for International Folk Dance
With Helen Ezra 7-10pm, £7 (£6 members) Alison
Scrimshaw/G. Sweetland 020 7701 3785 www.sifd.org
Tuesday 7th
Sharp's Folk Club
With a special
guest appearance from Colin and Karen
Cater 8pm, 01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Wednesday 8th to
Saturday 11th Blank Tape
Spillage Fete 2009 EXHIBITION The Blank Tape Spillage Fete is an ongoing
project involving artists and musicians. Participants
are invited to fill a blank cassette with anything
they want of their own recorded material and then
create artwork to accompany it. The resulting packages
are collected and displayed in an exhibition space
where visitors can listen to the tapes and peruse the
artwork. 12-7pm,
STORROW HALL, FREE info: www.blanktapespillagefete.com
Friday 10th
Knees Up Cecil Sharp! With The Woodpecker Band More info available
online: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/KUCS/KUCSintr.htm
8-11pm, £8 (£6) 020 8986 8834
Mary Panton info_at_kneesupcecilsharp_dot_co_dot_uk
Saturday 11th
Blank Tape Spillage Fete 2009 CLOSING
GIG 7.30pm-11pm, £4 Entry on the door,
TREFUSIS HALL info: www.blanktapespillagefete.com
Saturday 11th
London Barndance Company Geoff Cubitt and Kelly's Eye 8-11pm, £9 (£7 LBC members, conc, £8
EFDSS) 01628 633 962 www.barndance.org
Tuesday 14th
Sharp's Folk Club A
friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at Cecil
Sharp House 8pm, £3
01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 17th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Tuesday 21st
Sharp's Folk Club A friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at
Cecil Sharp House 8pm,
£3 01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 24th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Saturday 25th
St George's Day Celebration
Sue Stapledon & Denis
Smith with Trevor Monson. Afternoon workshop and Grand
Evening Dance. Organised by Oxfordshire Folk
Association. Coach from Oxon. Contact: 01865 372344 For more details
please visit: www.oxonfolk.co.uk
Tuesday 28th
Sharp's Folk Club A
friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at Cecil
Sharp House 8pm, £3
01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
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May
2009 |
DON'T MISS!
Flash Company: A handkerchief show at Cecil
Sharp House This new group
show is an exhibition of many and varied contemporary
artists' work on handkerchiefs. Free, on-going until 28th June Tues to
Sat, 10am - 6pm 020 7485 2206 info_at_efdss_dot_org
DON'T MISS!
Thursday 7th May British Film Institute
in association with EFDSS present Jigs and
Rituals: British Folklore on Film From the EFDSS film collection now on permanent
loan to the BFI, this evening includes Oss Oss Wee Oss
(1952) made by blues song-hunter Alan Lomax, a newly
restored early sound film of folk musician Sam Bennett
(1926) and the 'what-the-butler-saw' type Kinoras of
Cecil Sharp and George Butterworth dancing over a
hundred years ago and accompanied tonight by a
traditional fiddle player. 8.45pm, Tickets £8.50 (conc. £6.25) www.bfi.org.uk BFI
Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT
DON'T MISS!
Friday 8th May EFDSS and Sadler's Wells
Theatre in association with Alex Reuben present Folk
Art, Let's Dance _at_ Saddler's Wells A screening of Alex Reuben's acclaimed film
Routes, followed by performances from the renowned
Appalachian performer and expert Phil Jamison,
accompanied by traditional fiddle maestro Rayna
Gellert, and the Tuscarora Indian Nation of North
Carolina, all of whom appear in the film. They are
joined by the Orchard Family one of the best known
Gypsy families in the West Country, featuring electric
step dancer Tommy Orchard. The evening culminates in a
mouth-watering collaboration between the
artists. £12, tickets
available from www.saddlerswells.com,
0844 412 4300 Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells,
7pm
Saturday 9th
EFDSS and Sadler's Wells Theatre in
association with Alex Reuben present Folk Art, Let's
Dance _at_ Cecil Sharp House Experts including Phil Jamison, Rayna Gellert,
Tuscarora Indians and Kerry Fletcher lead talks and
workshops on Appalachian step and Tuscarora Social
Dance. Workshops are available for both beginners and
advanced dancers. The closing night of the weekend
involves the audience in late night dancing with The
Orchard Family, Cajun maestros Petit et la Gross and
barn dance super group Cut-A-Shine. They perform their
potent crafting and updating of time honoured
traditions with florid dance displays, lightening
stepping, and whole audience strip the willows and Do
Si Dos. A selection of archive film of folk dancing
throughout the 20th Century will be screened during
the evening. Tickets
available from www.saddlerswells.com,
0844 412 4300 Talk and workshop: £10 (2.30-6pm),
Evening concert/dance: £15
(7.30-11pm)
Sunday 10th
May in a Day! An
exuberant afternoon celebration of all things spring,
May and Maypoles with a special appearance by the
Tuscarora Indian Nation of North Carolina, USA. Join
in with dance, drop-in making sessions, storytelling
and more. For all the family. 2-5.30pm, Please visit www.efdss.org for more
details
Saturday 16th
What the Folk? Lecture Folkie Folky EFDSS
Artist-in-Residence Matthew
Cowan discusses his art practice, folks relationship
to the art world and the current exhibition at the
house, Flash Company. 1pm, £5 on door, FREE to Saturday Music
Workshop students 020 7485
2206
Saturday 30th
What the Folk? Lecture Songs of the Music Hall, Songs of the People.
Through vivid account, stories and anecdotes, John
White will practice what he preaches in song, humour,
and in that very British manner that was born out of
the Music Halls themselves. 1pm, £5 on door, FREE to Saturday Music
Workshop students 020 7485
2206
Friday 1st
Filé Gumbo
With Crane River Cajuns
(tbc) Doors 7.30pm, 020
7720 6580 www.wegottickets.com
www.londoncajun.co.uk
Friday 1st
Knees Up Cecil Sharp! With The Committee Band and Caller Nick Walden
More info available online: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/KUCS/KUCSintr.htm
8-11pm, £8 (£6) 020
8986 8834 Mary Panton info_at_kneesupcecilsharp_dot_co_dot_uk
Saturday 2nd
Mazaika concert 'From Russia with Love'
Russian folk and gypsy music
, tango and classical favourites, romances and popular
songs. Igor Outkine - tenor, acoustic and magic midi
accordion, vocal harmoniser. Sarah Harrison -
violin,domra. Doors
7.30pm, Performance start 8pm £10 / £8 conc. MORE
DETAILS: info_at_mazaika-music_dot_com TICKETS AVAILABLE
THROUGH MAZAIKA WEBSITE: www.mazaika-music.com
Sunday 3rd
Vintage Fashion Fair NEW MONTHLY EVENT! Next fair Sunday 7th
June 11am - 5pm www.vintagefashionlondon.co.uk
Marilyn; fair_at_vintagefashionlondon_dot_co_dot_uk
Tuesday 5th
Sharp's Folk Club A friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at
Cecil Sharp House 8pm,
£3 01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 8th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed McCabe 0131
672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Saturday 9th
Balkanplus With MC:
Frank Dowling 7-11pm,
01473 272 256 www.balkanplus.org.uk
Sunday 10th
Society for International Folk Dance
With the SIFD
Band 7-10pm, £7 (£6
members) Alison Scrimshaw/G. Sweetland 020 7701 3785
www.sifd.org
Tuesday 12th
Sharp's Folk Club With a special guest appearance from Kevin and
Ellen Mitchell 8pm,
01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 15th
Scottish Ceilidh Club
Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed McCabe 0131
672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Tuesday 19th
Sharp's Folk Club A
friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at Cecil
Sharp House 8pm, 01689
825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 22nd
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Monday 25th
Scandia Folk Dance Club Workshop in traditional Scandinavian
dances Entrance
downstairs via STORROW HALL Check website for further
details Caspar 020 8340
4682
Tuesday 26th
Sharp's Folk Club A
friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at Cecil
Sharp House 8pm, 01689
825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 29th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
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June
2009 |
DON'T MISS!
Flash Company: A handkerchief show at Cecil
Sharp House Last
chance to see this group show exhibition
of many and varied contemporary artists' work on
handkerchiefs. Free, on-going until 28th June Tues to
Sat, 10am - 6pm 020 7485 2206 info_at_efdss_dot_org
Sunday 5th
The Shee An
adventurous brew of Scottish folk, Gaelic song, and
bluegrass, The Shee has earned a fast growing
recognition as one of the best new bands on the
circuit. 'Flirtatiously funky all-female band... a
stand-out at the festival', The
Scotsman 7.30pm,
Tickets: £8 in advance: £10 on the door www.wegottickets.com
Saturday 6th
Family Dance! Join in with lively barn or 'ceilidh' social
dancing from the British Isles. Live music from the
Black Pig Band. Instructions for all dances from
friendly 'caller' Jane Pfaff. For children of all ages
with their parents or carers. Refreshments
available. 3 - 5pm,
Friends of Cecil Sharp House, Tickets on the door:
Child £5, Adult £1 For more information contact 020
8731 8083 or 020 7485 2206 info_at_efdss_dot_org
Thursday 18th
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
This acclaimed duo of Jeremy
Barnes on accordion and Heather Trost on violin are
joined by an ensemble of players for this don't miss
musical event. Inspired by eastern European folk
traditions, they have a deserved international
reputation. Support artists to be
announced. Tickets: £12.50
available from www.wegottickets.com Presented
by Miles of Smiles in association with
EFDSS www.milesofsmiles.co.uk www.myspace.com/milesofsmileslondon
Saturday
27th Take 6
Concert to celebrate the end
of our 18 month Take 6 archive and education project
featuring songs from the Take 6 collectors Blunt,
Butterworth, Collinson, Gardiner, Gilchrist and
Hammond Brothers. Tickets: £8 in advance from www.wegottickets.com
Please check www.efdss.org for more
details
Tuesday 2nd
Sharp's Folk Club With a special guest appearance from
Suntrap 8pm, 01689
825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 5th
Knees Up Cecil Sharp! With to be announced More info available
online: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/KUCS/KUCSintr.htm
8-11pm, £8 (£6) 020
8986 8834 Mary Panton info_at_kneesupcecilsharp_dot_co_dot_uk
Sunday 7th
Vintage Fashion Fair
MONTHLY EVENT Next fair Sunday 5th
July 11am - 5pm www.vintagefashionlondon.co.uk
Marilyn; fair_at_vintagefashionlondon_dot_co_dot_uk
Sunday 7th
Society for International Folk Dance
With Dot Bradbury and Alison
Scrimshaw 7-10pm, £7 (£6
members) Alison Scrimshaw/G. Sweetland 020 7701 3785
www.sifd.org
Tuesday 9th
Sharp's Folk Club A
friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at Cecil
Sharp House 8pm, £3
01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 12th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Saturday 13th
London Barndance Company With Henry Morgenstein and Stick
Shift 8-11pm, £9 (£7
LBC members, conc, £8 EFDSS) 01628 633 962 www.barndance.org
Saturday 13th
Balkanplus With MC:
Oxford Group 7-11pm,
01473 272 256 www.balkanplus.org.uk
Tuesday 16th
Sharp's Folk Club A
friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at Cecil
Sharp House 8pm, £3
01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 19th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Friday 19th
Filé Gumbo With
Sarah Savoy & The Francadians Doors 7.30pm, 020 7720 6580 www.wegottickets.com
www.londoncajun.co.uk
Saturday 20th
Hellzapoppin' Lindy-hop, Jive, Swing etc from the 1930's -
1950's 8 - til' late,
020 8886 3473 tim_at_hellzapoppin_dot_co_dot_uk www.hellzapoppin.co.uk
Tuesday 23rd
Sharp's Folk Club
A friendly, informal
sing-around in the bar at Cecil Sharp
House 8pm, £3 01689
825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
Friday 26th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed
McCabe 0131 672 3123 ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Saturday 27th
Scottish Ceilidh Club Tickets/information available from www.ceilidhclub.com
Doors 7.15pm, Ed McCabe 0131 672 3123
ed_at_ceilidhclub_dot_com www.ceilidhclub.com
Tuesday 30th
Sharp's Folk Club A friendly, informal sing-around in the bar at
Cecil Sharp House 8pm,
£3 01689 825263 Sheila Finn folklondon_at_hotmail_dot_com
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EFDSS
strives to provide the most accurate information possible,
however, details can on occaision change. Please check with
the event organiser before making your
journey.
For more information
visit our website: www.efdss.org, email: info_at_efdss_dot_org or phone:
020 7485 2206
Cecil Sharp House, 2
Regent's Park Road, Camden, London NW1
7AY
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