1. St. Georges Day in Haywards Heath
2. Horsham Folk Club next two weeks.
3. Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green - Press Release and programme
details
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1.
The Orchards Shopping Centre in Haywards Heath
celebrates St. George's tomorrow starting at 10am with music, song, dance and
a Robin Hood Mummers play.
Our SEFAN Performers are ... Ditchling Morris / Broadwood Morris / Simon and
Jo Harmer (step dance) / The Jigalots (music and some barn dancing)
plus others.
And then, of course, in the evening at Clair
Hall -The
Jigalots and Fee Lock are waving the last Meltdown
Ceilidh off before the summer break.
Starting at earlier time of 7.30 (to accommodate a performance from Plumpton
Black Brook Morris of Mumming and Morris at 8.30pm).
Proceeds from the day go to St Perter and St James Hospice and SEFAN.
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2.
From:
"jbyng" <jbyng_at_btinternet_dot_com>
Date: 21 April 2011 16:25:54 GMT+01:00
The Horsham Folk
Club programme is available
at http://www.horshamfolkclub.co.uk/
but the next gigs are listed below.
Sunday 24 April Easter Song & Dance
Put on your best
bonnets and join in the fun at Horsham Folk Club. Songs, tunes and poems from
members & guests plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band. Beginners
and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can
work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Don't worry about the
Easter label - anything goes on these nights!! Admission £2 (members
£1). Under 18s free.
Sunday 1 May Open Floor
Everyone is welcome to
perform songs, tunes and readings in a relaxed, informal atmosphere.
Some people even come just to listen. The club has its own bar
and plenty of free parking.
Admission £2 (members £1). Under 18s free.
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3.
From: "Keith
Leech" <bogiekeef_at_tiscali_dot_co_dot_uk>
Date: 21 April 2011 13:51:41 GMT+01:00
To: <bogiekeef_at_tiscali_dot_co_dot_uk>
Press Release
Hastings Traditional
Jack in the Green- Could this be the
last if May Day Moves?
Following the success of the recent protests at Parliament about moving the
May Day Bank holiday this year’s Hastings Jack in the Green will go ahead as
usual on Bank Holiday Monday May 2nd with the hope that it will not be the
last. We hope that as many people as possible will come to see what could be
lost if the bank holiday is scrapped in favour of a holiday in dark damp October.
The festivities start at 10.00 am on Monday May 2nd with a procession with
the Jack in the Green, morris dancers, giants and drummers around the
picturesque Hastings Old Town starting at the Fisherman’s museum in Rock a
Nore Road. Heading up All Saints Street and down High Street where there will
be a pause for morris dancing until noon. The procession then moves up Croft
Road and along Collier Road to Hastings Castle. In the afternoon there will
be displays of dancing until the spirit of summer is ceremonially released at
around 3.30 and the leaves of the Jack in the Green are distributed to the
crowd.
Leading up to the big day there will be displays of morris dancing and
concerts around the town. On Friday night there is a ceilidh with the Catsfield
Steamers at St Mary in the Castle. Morris dancing from noon on Saturday at
Winkle Island, and another ceilidh in the evening with All Blacked Up from
Shropshire.
Sunday is May 1st so there will be dancing by Hastings Castle on the Ladies
Parlour at dawn (5,00am!). There will be a church service with morris dancing
at St Clements Church in Hastings Old Town at 10.00am and then dancing around
the town. The May Queen is crowned in Hastings Castle at 1.30pm. At 4.00 the
famous Copper Family of Rottingdean will sing at St Mary in the Castle then
in the evening there will be a dance / concert with Les Deurniers Trouveaux
from France and Robb Johnson will sing at The Stables Theatre.
See www.hastingsjack.co.uk
Ends
Keith Leech
01424 716576
07947 439595
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