From: "Shirley Collins" <shirley_at_shirleycollins_dot_co_dot_uk>Date: 12 April 2010 14:03:57 BDTSubject: SHIRLEY'S TWO TALKS AT LEWESTwo shows with SHIRLEY COLLINS & PIP BARNES, with field recordings and images (pictures Tina Smith, sound Vic Smith)Saturday 17th April: 8 pm at The Elephant & Castle. I'M A ROMANY RAI - The songs of Southern English GypsiesAdmission £6Sunday 18th April: 8pm at The Elephant & Castle. First outing for a brand-new show about the recordings of traditional Sussex and Dorset singers made by Peter Kennedy in the 1950s/60s.
Admission £6Kind Regards
Shirley
From: J.B.W.Webber <J_dot_B_dot_W_dot_Webber_at_kent_dot_ac_dot_uk>Date: 11 April 2010 10:10:43 BDTSubject: KentFolk: Bluegrass in the Boathouse - A Band Like AliceBluegrass in the BoathouseThe second of KentFolk's Bluegrass / Old Time evenings is now less than a week away :16th April 2010 (3rd Friday) - KentFolk Bluegrass, A Band Like Alice - London 5-piece bluegrass with Bob Winquist on fiddle. £8 www.wegottickets.com/event/71358 www.KentFolk.com/bluegrass - The Boathouse, Grove Ferry Inn, Grove Road, Upstreet, Nr. Canterbury, Kent. CT3 4BP
Bob Winquist is rated as the UK's best Bluegrass fiddler - I heard him (and some of A Band Like Alice) in a short set at the London Fiddle Convention in February, and cannot wait to hear more ....
Also, tickets for Allison Williams & Chance McCoy, the following month, are now selling fast ....22nd May 2010 (3rd Saturday) - KentFolk Bluegrass, Allison Williams & Chance McCoy, from the Southern USA. £10 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/73504 www.KentFolk.com/bluegrass - The Boathouse, Grove Ferry Inn, Grove Road, Upstreet, Nr. Canterbury, Kent. CT3 4BP
Allison Williams (clawhammer banjo, vocals) & Chance McCoy (fiddle, banjo, vocals),
who will be over, touring, from the Southern States.
On their 2009 tour they played the London Barbican; Chance has played the Kennedy Centre and Carnegie Hall.
www.youtube.com/allisonwilliamsmusic www.myspace.com/chancemccoy
www.myspace.com/allisonwilliamsmusic www.reverbnation.com/allisonwilliamsFurther details and Map :Tickets :
From: Roger Smith <randombandagency_at_googlemail_dot_com>Date: 13 April 2010 00:05:56 BDTSubject: Re: SEFAN 2010-04-12_01 Dance round up for week beginning Monday April 12thHi Penny
Please add this one .... and emphasise the very late change of venue
Northampton Ceilidhs
RANDOM with caller Will Hall
on 17th April 2010
at 7.45 - 11pm
NEW VENUE is
Christchurch Hall,
Christchurch Rd.,
Northampton
NN1 5LL
Cheers
Roger
Roger Smith
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