LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB PROGRAMME

May June July August and Beyond
7 May COME ALL YE £3 14 May Sovereign Seas C-Side Support Concert MC Derek Seed Support event for Denise Savage's bowel cancer charity. Details to follow. 21 May ANDY IRVINE £12 28 May COME ALL YE £3
18 June RATTLEBAG £6 From Hastings, five women's voices in harmony singing traditional & more recent songs. Lively, joyful & funny. Rattlebag are stalwarts of Wassailing, Jack in the Green & other calendar customs. 25 June JOHN & DI CULLEN £7 New, inventive & intelligent songs, poignant, wistful & hilarious, with delicate vocal harmony & scintillating guitar.
2 July ZAK VAN DER VYVER £7 A master of the traditional South African concertina style, Zak is dazzling, charming & delightful. He features on the famous 'Anglo International' showcase CDs. 9 July JIB (JIM MAGEEAN, INGRID & BARRIE TEMPLE) £10 (Email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[.]com to reserve a ticket, pay cash on the night) JIB are three terrific singers from the North-East. All have a powerful & extensive repertoire of sea songs & shanties, some traditional & some written by Barrie. They generate mighty, ringing vocal harmonies & are much in demand at folk festivals. 9 July JIB WORKSHOP: 'THE SEA: A PLACE OF WORK & SONG' 10.45 - 4.45 Places £35 (2 under-25s £17) Email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[.]com for places, pay cash on the day The workshop will cover the North-East's history & vital connection with the sea, illustrated by sea songs – work songs – life & love songs - & why, where & when they were used & sung. An informative, instructive workshop culminating in a big singing session. Audience participation is essential. Teaching will be by ear but dots will be available for those who like to have them. A mixed-ability workshop. Sunday 10 July 'REMEMBERING PETER & MAUREEN COLLINS' 12:00 noon - 10:00 p.m. approx Royal Oak, Barcombe, BN8 5BA Admission free. This is a day to celebrate the lives of Peter & Maureen, sadly lost to us during the pandemic. Jim Glover & Chris Skinner have booked the Function Room at The Royal Oak. Sean the landlord will be pleased to welcome you for lunch and/or evening meals in the pub & Harvey's Ales. Please email Chris & Jim (jimandchris32[at]gmail[dot]com) so they can give the landlord an idea of numbers for catering & Becky Collins will know how many cakes to make. 12:00 - 2:00 Lunch time Music Session 2:00 - 4:00 Sing, Say or Play Session 4:00 - 5:00 Tea & Amazing Cakes (baked by Becky, who is ably maintaining the high standards set by Peter & Maureen!) 5:00 - 10:00ish Sing, Say or Play Session Meals available all day long; please order and pay at the Bar. 16 July JACK HOGSDEN £7 Jack is a young Sussex musician working mainly traditional songs & tunes with beautiful, exciting guitar, melodeon & mandolin accompaniment. He's currently studying on the Newcastle University traditional music degree course. 23 July JOHN KIRKPATRICK £12 (Email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[.]com to reserve a ticket, pay cash on the night) John Kirkpatrick is a superb singer, great writer, fine dancer & the best English squeezer bar none. He is one of the great solo acts on the folk scene & has played with the Albions, Steeleye Span, Brass Monkey, Band of Hope & many more. 23 July JOHN KIRKPATRICK: CONCERT BAND ARRANGEMENTS WORKSHOP for any instrument 10.45 - 4.45 Places £35 (2 under-25s £17) Email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[.]com for places, pay cash on the day The workshop will cover playing four-part arrangements of folk tunes, suitable for any acoustic instrument. No keyboards or full drumkits please. This is a workshop John does at Sidmouth every year. Written music will be sent in advance. Sunday 24 July JOHN KIRKPATRICK: VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP 10.45 - 4.45 Places £35 (2 under-25s £17) Email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[.]com for places, pay cash on the day John's singing style is direct, compelling, beautiful & often humorous. In the workshop he will be teaching songs - traditional & John's own - in up to four-part harmony, using written arrangements but also teaching by ear. 16 July CAROLINE KENDALL £6 Charming singer & stylish guitarist from Sussex offering new & traditional songs & tunes.
6 August COME ALL YE with DIANE & STEVE NEVILL £3 Bring songs, tunes & readings. Vocal & instrumental groups welcome. 13 August COME ALL YE with BRYAN CREER & VALMAI GOODYEAR £3 Bring songs, tunes & readings. Vocal & instrumental groups welcome. 6 August COME ALL YE with BRAD & CAROLE CHICK £3 Bring songs, tunes & readings. Vocal & instrumental groups welcome. 13 August COME ALL YE with DEREK SEED £3 Bring songs, tunes & readings. Vocal & instrumental groups welcome.
10 Sept KEITH MACDONALD & ANGE HAUCK 18th/19th. CENTURY DANCE MUSIC FROM GERMANY for any instrument Saturday 10 September 10.45 - 4.45 Places £35 (2 under-25s £17) Email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[.]com to reserve a place, pay cash on the day Folk enthusiasts in Germany & beyond are leading a revival of interest through manuscripts & collections of dance music, mainly from the 18th. & 19th. century. The best-known is probably the Dahlhoff family collection from Westfalia. The workshop will be led by Keith Macdonald (piano accordion) & Ange Hauck (German & French bagpipes, hurdy gurdy, harp). The workshop will offer a variety of tunes from this era: Polkas, Seskens. Polonais, Zwiefache & the ubiquitous ‘Tantz’, also touching on similarities to contemporary English tunes. It is for instruments able to play in G, D & C. Written music will be available with some teaching by ear. IN THE EVENING KEITH MACDONALD, ANGE HAUCK & MEL STEVENS PERFORM AT LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB (£7: email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[.]com to reserve a ticket)   17 Sept ALISTAIR ANDERSON NORTHUMBRIAN TUNES workshop & evening performance 17 Sept DAN WALSH CLAWHAMMER BANJO workshop & evening performance   15 Oct ANDY CUTTING MELODEON workshop & evening performance 15 Oct ROB HARBRON CONCERTINA workshop & evening performance 16 Oct SAM SWEENEY FIDDLE workshop & evening performance   22 Oct SARAH GREY & KIERON MEANS evening performance   29 Oct BEN PALEY FIDDLE workshop & evening performance   19 Nov RILEY BAUGUS US OLD-TIME BANJO workshop & evening performance