- 1 June TWAGGER BAND £12 cash
- Beautiful, jolly & funny tunes & songs from the British Isles & beyond with two hammer dulcimers, fiddle, guitar, whistles, serpent, accordion & concertina,
- 8 June BOB & GILL BERRY £12 cash
- Traditional & newer songs in vocal harmony with guitar, bouzouki, concertina & ukulele.
- 15 June TYBURN ROAD (DAVE TOWNSEND & IAN GILES) £12 cash
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Traditional & unusual songs & tunes, many about rogues, vagabonds & villains of all sorts, plus sea songs, with concertina & melodeon.
DAVE TOWNSEND VILLAGE BAND WORKSHOP (any instrument)
Saturday 15 June 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places
Dave's popular, lively & very playable four-part arrangements of mainly English traditional dance tunes for any instrument.
Music reading required. Some music will be available in advance. - 22 June BOLD REILLY £11 cash
- Dan Stewart (banjo, guitar, fiddle, voice, Rattle on the Stovepipe, Long Hill Ramblers) & Chan Reid (voice, guitar, fiddle, Hastings CCe) play & sing Irish traditional songs & tunes, with some added sea shanties.
- 6 July BROWN BOOTS £10 Cash
- Martin Clarke (fiddle) & Will Allen (melodeon) play dance music from the British Isles in a magnificent, inventive, humorous style with plenty of surprises. They are the musicians for the magnificent Tower Ravens rapper side.
- 13 July SING A SONG OF SUSSEX £8 Cash
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Written songs about Sussex from songmakers new & old. Singers will include Bob Lewis, Bing Lyle, Milly Murphy, Don & Di Morgan, Ann Hilton, Jim Glover & Chris Skinner, & Valmai Goodyear.
Home-made Sussex Plum Heavies will be served. Surplus after expenses will be donated to the charity Sussex Traditions.
ROGER WATSON: 'NEW SONGS FOR OLD' WORKSHOP
10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22)
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Roger Watson is a mighty songwriter. He has more than four decades of national & international folk music experience as a musician, singer, songwriter & dance caller
best known for his work with Muckram Wakes & the New Victory Band from 1971 - 81. He was also responsible for melodeon and concertina tutors first published in 1980 (still selling!)
He founded the folk development organisation Traditional Arts Projects (TAPS).
The workshop will cover an examination of how different versions of traditional songs may have come about and how songwriters with a knowledge of old songs can make their own personal and contemporary versions, and create new songs using elements of traditional ones. - 20 July CHRIS & STEVE WILSON £12 Cash
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Chris & Steve are two of that Teeside vocal powerhouse, The Wilsons. They sing traditional songs & newer ones from writers such as Leon Rosselson & Ed Pickford, their voices solo & in harmony enhanced by Steve's flute & keyboard playing.
- 27 July MARTIN WYNDHAM-READ & IRIS BISHOP £10 Cash
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Beautiful, moving & funny songs & tales from the British Isles & Australia with guitar, duet concertina & accordion.
A joint 70th. birthday celebration for Trevor & Rosemary Curry & Valmai Goodyear.
Doors will open early at 6:00 p.m. for nibbles & cake.
- AUGUST 3, 10, 17, 24, 31: COME ALL YE (£5 Cash ) with DEREK SEED
- 7 September PETE SHEPHEARD & ARTHUR WATSON £12 Cash
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Pete plays melodeon & sings. He is a renowned collector of songs & tunes from travellers in Scotland & Gloucestershire. Arthur sings, especially the ballads of North-East Scotland, & plays whistles big & small. They bring together a wealth of songs gleaned directly from the many traditional singers they have known, & unaccompanied song is at the heart of their enthusiasm.
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SUNDAY 8TH. September PETE SHEPHEARD & ARTHUR WATSON BALLAD FORUM
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10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22)
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Pete & Arthur will each sing some ballads & facilitate a discussion drawn from aspects of ballad singing that interest the group (history, performance, varying versions, magic, folklore & so on). You are invited to bring along at least one traditional ballad of your choice to sing & talk about. To avoid clashes with other contributors. please state your preferred ballad in advance. If your choice has already been taken, we will let you know so that you can choose another. If you're not sure what counts as a ballad, email or ring 01273 476757 for a friendly chat about it. - 14 September HARVEST SUPPER £6 Cash
- Bring songs, tunes, poems & readings for the season. We serve home-made harvest loaves, English cheeses & English apples.
- 21 September TOM McCONVILLE £12 Cash
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Stylish, exciting Newcastle fiddler & outstanding singer performing with blistering skill, grace & plenty of humour.
TOM McCONVILLE FIDDLE WORKSHOP
10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22)
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The workshop is about making tunes easier to play to suit the style of each musician. Tom will look at the bowing methods of the students & offer constructive help in their own studies. Tom is a fine teacher & his workshops are always a joyful experience. - 28 September JAKE TWEDDLE & SIMON STALLARD £8 Cash
- Traditional Irish & Scottish songs (some in Scots Gaelic) & tunes with haunting, thrilling flute & guitar.
The workshops mostly last a full Saturday or Sunday & the tutor performs at the Elephant & Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ, on the Saturday evening. Email for places, pay cash on the day.
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- 13 July Roger Watson - 'New Songs For Old' (Reworking traditional songs & ballads for today)
- 7 or 8 Sept - Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson Ballad forum
- 21 Sept Tom McConville - Fiddle
- 12 Oct Crows - Song arrangement & accompaniment
- 19 Oct Pete Coe - Dance tunes from the Dales
- 10 Nov (Sunday) Bruce Molsky - US Old-Time fiddle
- 16 Nov Doc Rowe & Jill Pidd - 'Seasons & Songs'