From: tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk

Sent: 01 November 2013 15:42

Subject: FOLK NEWS FROM LEWES - The penultimate circular

NINE ITEMS OF FOLK MUSIC NEWS FROM LEWES FOR NOVEMBER

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1] FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK
3 Station Street, Lewes BN7 2DA
Enquiries: - (01273) 478124 or 881316
Email tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk

ANNOUNCEMENT

Vic celebrated his 70^th birthday earlier this year. This year also marks the 50^th year since he became involved in running folk clubs starting with the one at his college. Tina and Vic started running weekly folk clubs together in 1966 firstly in South London and then from 1968 in the Brighton and Lewes areas. For the last 23 years they have been the mainstays of this club at the Royal Oak.

Although the club continues to thrive and this year has seen some tremendous nights at the Royal Oak, the end of 2013 seems to them both to be a good time to call it a day. At the moment there would seem to be no obvious successors to take over from them.

For our part, we would like to thank the very many people who have supported us over the years.

HERE IS OUT PROGRAMME FOR THE REST OF 2013:-

Nov 7^th * £7.00 * THE YOUNG’ UNS

The trio of Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes is one of the most exciting new young acts to hit the folk scene in years. Great singers and musicians, they are also a lot of fun!

Nov 14^th * £7.00 * DEBS NEWBOLD & LAUREL SWIFT

These superb young performers will be presenting “Under Her Skin”, an epic tale, a modern twist, two voices, four feet and eight strings. – "theatre meets storytelling meets comedy meets folk".

Nov 21^st * £7.00 * JODY KRUSKAL

The very talented American concertina player and singer will be giving one of his vibrant and engaging performances. Only 8 appearances on this short British tour.

Nov 28^th * £7.00 * MANDY MURRAY with DYLAN HODGSON, ROWAN LUIS, AISLING LYLE & JOY PALEY

With Maggie Boyle indisposed we make a change to our previously advertised programme with Mandy being joined by the young Brighton performers who have brought such vibrancy to their floor spots on previous visits. It is possible that ISSY CARROLL will also be there.

Dec 12^th * £7.00 * RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE

The trio of Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper & Dan Stewart have been our most regular and popular attractions in recent years. This year, we have them as a Christmas treat.

Dec 19^th * Free admission * CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT

The evening to include a huge raffle to raise money for the school that Tina & Vic support in The Gambia.

Our website is at

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic

Those of you who arrange listings are politely requested to include all
of the above.

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2] SOUND CLIPS OF COMING GUESTS AT THE ROYAL OAK

The massive changes that have been made in the latest re-vamp of MySpace makes it no longer suitable for our purposes and we have abandoned it. Instead, we now embed tracks by coming guest on the home page of the Royal Oak website at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic

These will be updated each week. Currently, you can hear:-

THE YOUNG’UNS - Harbour Voice

DEBS NEWBOLD & LAUREL SWIFT - video excerpt from "Under Her Skin"

JODY KRUSKAL – The Weaver & His Wife

MANDY MURRAY - Drogheda Lasses/The Game of Love

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3] SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE - UPDATED
For all the listings of folk music, song club, dances, festivals in and
around Sussex, have a look at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk This
site all always kept updated with the latest events and well over 100 events currently listed covering all the dates up until the end of
November!

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4] THE FOLK DIARY
Most of the listings on the Sussex Folk Guide website are taken from the
paper magazine, THE FOLK DIARY. Issue no 264 covers the months of December & January. It is packed with adverts for various folk festivals, folk music record companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and other services as well as details of all the folk song and dance events in our area. To obtain copies of this free magazine as it is published, please send SAE's to Vic Smith at the address below.
It is also the address to send album review copies to. Potential
advertisers are also asked to contact Vic for a statement of our
advertising rates.
Please contact
JIM MARSHALL 01273 559750 jimars_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
Or
VIC SMITH 01273 478124 tinvic_at_globalnet_dot_co_dot_uk
Advertising space is always sold on a first come – first saved basis, so
if you would like to advertise, please contact one of us to reserve your
space. The copy date for issue 263 has just passed. The copy date for issue 264 (December 2013 – January 2014) has just passed
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5] THE FOLK DIARY ON LINE
THE FOLK DIARY is available on-line at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/fd.htm It is now loaded as a single .htm document for each issue:-

ISSUE No. 263 October - November 2013

Page 1 Meltdown Barn Dances Haywards Heath, Bodhran for sale, Singing Lessons Lucy Mair, Zaza Music Presentations, New Rope String Band in Worthing.
Page 2 Lau in Bexhill, Hobgoblin Music, Jali Sherrifo Konteh new album
Page 3 Lewes Saturday Folk Club, Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes (Thurs)
Page 4 Beacon folk club, Tunbridge Wells(Mons), Horsham Folk Club (Suns), Piggies Open Mic Uckfield (Tues), Chichester Pickers (Thurs), White Horse Bodle Street Green (Mons).
Page 5 Tenterden Folk Festival, Union Music Presentations Lewes, Jeff Swann nykleharpas.
Page 6 Sangboc folk club (Mons). CD & Book reviews.
Page 7 Croydon Folk club (Mons), Book Review, Guildford Institute (Fris), Lewes Folk Festival
Page 8 Hurstpierpoint theatre concert, Hawth Theatre Crawley presentations, Grant Rule Memorial Concert Edenbridge, Greyshott Folk Club
Page 9 Brighton Acoustic sessions (Mons), Folk On The Coast Bognor (Fris), Boar's Head Horsham (Tues), Mid-Sussex Chorus & Harmony Night (Mons) Fee calls Ceilidhs, Vince's violins, Elsie's (Sats).
Page 10 Mike Raven's Tune Books, Croydon Folk club (Mons),Rude Mechanicals Shoreham (Weds), GBH Ceilidhs Godalming (Sats), Guildford Institute (Fris).
Page 11 Eastbourne Folk Club (Weds), Willows Arundel Folk Club (Weds), Brighton Singers Club (Weds), Tonbridge Folk Club (Mons), New Sussex Hotel Lancing Open Mics (Weds), Mike Raven's Folk Guitar Book.
Page 12 Lewes Folk Festival

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6] LEWES WORKSHOPS AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
The workshops last a full Saturday or Sunday and the tutor performs at the
club in the evening.

The last two workshops for 2013 are:-

16^th. Nov Pete Coe Ballad forum

16^th. Nov Sue Coe Appalachian clogging

Workshops in 2014

23 Mar Judy Cook Ballad forum (Sunday)
12 Apr Emmanuel Pariselle & Christian Maes French regional dance music for any instrument
17 May Hannah James Clog dancing
17 May Sam Sweeney English fiddle
7 June Dave Townsend & Gill Redmond Village Band music for any instrument
14 June Donal Maguire Irish ballad forum
12 July Mat Green English fiddle
12 July Andy Turner English dance music for concertinas
25 Oct Maire ni Chatasaigh Irish harp
25 Oct Chris Newman Guitar
8 Nov Moira Craig & Carolyn Robson Vocal harmony
29 Nov Jerry O'Reilly Irish broadsides & songs translated from Gaelic
6 Dec Brian Peters Melodeon
7 Dec Brian Peters Ballad forum
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7] REGULAR SESSIONS IN THE LEWES/BRIGHTON AREA
Bryan Creer has taken on the task of detailing these, and they are posted at
http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/LAFC/Sessions.php
Have a look and if there are any you think that Bryan has missed - contact
him on Bryancreer_at_aol_dot_com
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8] VIDEO PAGES ON THE FOLK AT THE ROYAL OAK WEBSITE
The Folk at the Royal Oak website now has a page devoted to YouTube and
Facebook videos. It is at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/videos.htm
The videos area is divided into five pages, the first showing videos of guest artists who will be appearing at the Royal Oak, and the other four showing videos of some performances on past nights at the Royal Oak. The videos currently being shown on the “Coming Guests” page are as follows:-

THE YOUNG 'UNS on November 7th
DEBS NEWBOLD & LAUREL SWIFT on November 14th
JODY KRUSKAL on November 21st
MAGGIE BOYLE & PAUL DOWNES on November 28th
RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE on December 12th

In addition there are now four pages of videos of appearances at the
Royal Oak including Chris Foster. Jez Lowe, Bartram Brookes &
Weatherall, Martyn Wyndham-Read & Iris Bishop, Mike Gulston, Tim Van
Eyken, Carthy Waterson & Parkinson, Mandy Murray, Davis Locker &
Winquist, Black Umfolosi 5, John Kirkpatrick, The Long Hill Ramblers,
The Twagger Band, Maggie Boyle, Linda Game, Edel Fox, The Savoy Family
Band, Matt Quinn Jeanie Harris & Dan Quinn, Bing Lyle, Derrick Hughes,
Tina Smith, Derrick Hughes, Cathal McConnell & Duncan Wood, Ian
Chisholm, Terry Masterson, Noel Dumbrell, Dan Quinn, Danny Meeney, Mike
Ainscough, Derrick Hughes. Debby McClatchy, Henry Sparks, Marilyn
Bennett, Dave Andrews, Sheila Bentham, Jim Ward, Roger Brasier, Annie
Winter, Rattlebag, Jan Creaye, Hannah James, Rowan Rheingans, Lady
Maisery, Zoox, Brigitte Kloareg & Yann-Fañch Perroches, Keith Wheele,
Brighton Morris Men, Vic Smith, Rattle On The Stovepipe, Sandra Goddard,
George Smith. Rattle On The Stovepipe, Valmai Goodyear & Bryan Creer,
Murray Shelmerdine, Jeff Davis.

9] SHOREHAM CONCERT

Barry Ruffell writes

Could you mention a lunchtime concert by the Rude Mechanicals Occasional Orchestra on Saturday, November 16^th (12:00 mid-day – 1:00 p.m.) at St Mary’s Church, Shoreham? The usual Mechanicals (Ray Chandler, Jeremy Sherman, and me) are supplemented by Derrick Hughes (pipes, whistles), Joy Lewis (dulcimer, harp) and Laura Ward (singing, flute).

The event is part of the Adur Arts Live autumn concert series. Admission is free, with retiring collection. (You get in for nothing, but pay to get out )

01273 452957

07880 841510