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1. Lewes Saturday Folk Club (The Room in the Elephant) in March. SUSSEX
2. Burgess Hill Fairtrade Festival Ewan McLennan.  Friday 9th March. SUSSEX
3. Frittenden Old Fashioned Night Out (and afternoon session and workshop), 31st March 2012. KENT
4. Tom Thumb Theatre. First Friday Folk & Roots. KENT
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1.
From: ValmaiGoodyear_at_aol_dot_com
Date: 28 February 2012 09:19:19 GMT
To: ValmaiGoodyear_at_aol_dot_com
Subject: Lewes Saturday Folk Club (The Room in the Elephant) in March

Lewes Saturday Folk Club (The Room in the Elephant) in March

WE'VE INTRODUCED A LOYALTY CARD: 6 visits = ?5 credit
Club website http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/

MAR 3            FAY HIELD TRIO    ?9
http://www.fayhield.com/       
Fay (voice, Witches of Elswick) with Rob Harbron (English concertina, fiddle, guitar, Kerr Fagan Harbron, English Acoustic Collective) and Sam Sweeney (fiddle,  Bellowhead). A few evening tickets are still available.

FAY HIELD: ENGLISH TRADITIONAL SONG WORKSHOP
Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes BN7 2DA
10.45am - 4.45pm        Places ?35
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ay is a fine young singer, scholar & teacher of English traditional song. She has performed & recorded with the Witches of Elswick, Damien Barber, Jon Boden, Fay Hield Trio & the Woodbine & Ivy Band. She & Jon Boden run the Royal Traditions folk club, Dungworth.
           The workshop will help singers to develop their own style to bring the best out of songs.

ROB HARBRON'S CONCERTINA WORKSHOP & SAM SWEENEY'S FIDDLE WORKSHOP ARE SOLD OUT WITH WAITING LISTS.
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MAR 10          TWAGGER BAND        ?6       
www.twaggerband.co.uk/The_Twagger_Band/Home.html
Mostly traditional music & songs from Joy Lewis, Derrick Hughes, Sue Evans, Ian Chisholm & Will Duke on concertinas, hammered dulcimers, Northumbrian pipes, whistles, psaltery, harmonium, recorders, bouzouki, mandolin, guitar, serpent, crumhorn & harp.

MAR 17          COME-ALL-YE with spotlight on Adrian & Oli Waters                  ?3
Bring songs & tunes, & enjoy some delightful concertina duets from this father & son duo from Kent.

MAR 24          THE ASKEW SISTERS        ?7
www.askewsisters.co.uk/          
Fine singing & playing of traditional English songs & tunes from two thrilling, brilliant & intelligent young musicians with fiddle & melodeon.

MAR 31          JON HESLOP        ?5              
www.redherring.unisonplus.net/jon.htm           

From Cornwall, Jon is a fine writer & unaccompanied singer of songs in traditional style (Cheap Boat, Lifeboatman's Prayer, Old Soldiers, Candles & many more).

APRIL 28       CLOUDSTREET                     
www.cloudstreet.org
VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP
10.45am- 4.45pm.              Places ?35

From Australia, Nicole Murray & John Thompson offer hot harmonies with spellbindingly precise delivery. They add humour, vitality & excitement to traditional & modern Australian, English & Celtic songs & tunes. Guitar, flute, fiddle, whistle & concertina enrich the mixture. John is also a member of The Spooky Men's Chorale & has an excellent blog, An Australian Folk Song A Day (http://ozfolksongaday.blogspot.com/).

This workshop day offers the perfect opportunity to discover & explore vocal harmony. We will cover warm-ups for body & voice, useful techniques to enhance your tone, breathing, pitch, phrasing & rhythm, enjoyable songs in parts, & improvisation & harmony development.
                  
IN THE EVENING CLOUDSTREET PLAY AT THE LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB
(?7: tickets from club or website)

MAY 26          JIGJAW: SINGING FOR DANCING WORKSHOP
http://jigjaw.co.uk/about.html
10.45am.- 4.45pm.              Places ?30
           
JigJaw (Janet Russell, Rosie Davis, Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt) combine the percussion & passion of dance traditions with vocal harmonies in a tight, scintillating quartet of singing & dancing talents. They use step-dancing, social dancing, mouth music, nonsense rhyme & songs from Britain & beyond for a highly distinctive performance, rekindling the links between dancers & singers, songs and dances, performers and audiences.

They say: 'We'll be singing & dancing in each part of the workshop. Everyone will be encouraged to sing & dance. There will be an option for step dancers to learn a routine. Concentrate on singing or dancing, or have a go at everything - enjoy!'

IN THE EVENING JIGJAW perform at the LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB
(?8: tickets from club
or website )

Valmai Goodyear
20, St. John's Terrace, Lewes, BN7 2DL
01273 476757
Lewes Saturday Folk Club, Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ
Residents: Bryan Creer, Dave Earl, Sandra Goddard, Valmai Goodyear, Don Morgan, George Oakley, Denise Savage, Derek Seed, Stuart Walker

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BURGESS HILL FAIRTRADE FESTIVAL

Full details of the Folk events on Bulletin Board here.

Friday 9th March

Ewan McLennan
(same bill as Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick)

Winner of several awards including the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award, Ewan McLennan is an emerging folk artist who has been making headlines. His music combines traditional folk, with an inevitable focus on the music of Scotland, as well as his own self-penned songs that are receiving critical acclaim in their own right.

BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding has said of Ewan, ?he sings beautifully, with great sincerity and great empathy, he's terrific!?.   His guitar playing, described as ?stunning?, is influenced by the rigour and technique from his years of studying classical guitar, while retaining a unique and compelling sound in which his immersion in folk music is evident.

His debut album, ?Rags & Robes?, has been received glowing reviews.  Described as ?a collection of truly captivating songs?, it was chosen as a 'Top Ten Album of 2010' by MOJO and has won numerous accolades in radio and print media.  

Quotes:
?One of the most exciting new voices.  I was completely and utterly bowled over by his music?   Mike Harding BBC Radio 2                                                                                                                   
?A gorgeous, lilting voice. So moving?. MOJO Magazine

?First class. Quite possibly destined to become the UK?s finest folk singer!? Maverick                                              
                                                                                            
?May well be the best singer you'll hear all year!"  The Root and Branch Review


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3.
From: Gavin Atkin <gmatkin_at_gmail_dot_com>
Date: 28 February 2012 22:06:54 GMT
Subject: Frittenden Old Fashioned Night Out (and afternoon session and workshop), 31st March 2012


Frittenden Old Fashioned Night Out

Saturday 31st March 2012

Sat afternoon, from 12 noon

Tunes and songs at 12 noon at the Bell & Jorrocks (free entry).
Sea, ships and sailors session at the Bell & Jorrocks starting at 2pm including sea shanties, other sea songs, songs about sailors, fishermen?s songs and the famous Sailor?s Hornpipe (free entry).
Learn old fashioned dances (eg, Veleta, St Bernard?s Waltz, Heel & Toe Polka) from 4.30 to 6.00pm at the Bell & Jorrocks function room, entry ?2.50/?1.50.

Saturday evening dance, from 8pm

An atmospheric old fashioned dance in the Bell & Jorrocks function room led by Rosie Davis (she?ll explain what to do!). Music from the Horsmonden Traditional Music Class and friends, with songs from our guests, and party games for all ages. Black tie (in a light-hearted sense) is encouraged but not essential. Kids welcome. Entry ?7/?4.

For information, see the http://frittendenfestival.com/ or email gmatkin_at_gmail_dot_com and tel 07985 522734

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From: "Thomas Thompson" <tom_at_tomthumbtheatre_dot_co_dot_uk>
Date: 27 February 2012 21:48:08 GMT
To: "SEFAN" <admin_at_sefan_dot_org_dot_uk>
Subject: Tom Thumb Theatre

TOM THUMB THEATRE

?       First Friday Folk & Roots
1st Friday of every month ...
A year of great Folk at the Tom Thumb Theatre. Including Folk Musician of the Year Tim Edey and Horizon winner Lucy Ward

2nd March ? Tim Edey - ?10
6th April ?        Club Night - ?5
4th May ? Rory Mcleod - ?10
1st June ? Richard Digence - ?10
6th July ? Kris Dollimore - ?10
3rd August ? TBC
7th September ? Pete Morton - ?10
5th October ? Lucy Ward - ?8
2nd November ? Mike Wilson & Damien Barber - ?10
7th December - TBC

?       Time: Doors open at 7pm Show starts 7.30pm

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Booking details, including telephone number, email address and website: 01843221791
www.wegottickets.com
tickets_at_tomthumbtheatre_dot_co_dot_uk
www.tomthumbtheatre.co.uk
Tom Thumb Theatre, 2a Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 2LB
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Tom Thumb Theatre
Email: tom_at_tomthumbtheatre_dot_co_dot_uk
Phone: 01843221791
Mobile: 07792245064


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Cross Currents logo                 and link

The finale of the whole project will be performed at
The Hawth, Crawley on Friday March 2nd 2012.


Come along to hear music from the participants / the 1st piece, composed Summer 2011 and the brand new major piece created cooperatively

by Robert Jarvis, the core musicians and the community musicians taking part in the project.


Tickets ?10 / child ?5  Box Office: www.hawth.co.uk  Telephone Bookings: 01293 553636


Supported by

Arts                       Council EnglandCrawley Borough Council
in association with The Hawth, the Celtic & Irish Cultural Society and the Gurjar Hindu Union in Crawley
CROSS CURRENTS -
Project Leader: Adam Bushell at: crosscurrents_at_f2s_dot_com

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