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We are always pleased to receive news items relating to folk arts in the region, but we cannot always guarantee to include them here. Concise, relevant copy with full contact details is particularly welcome, especially if you can also supply a photograph or other illustration. See Also Clubs & Sessions News The traditional dates for the Hull Shanty Festival (Sea Fever) were always the first weekend in September. This year the Festival was moved to July to coincide with the return of the Round the World Clipper Race, but many locals have always regarded the September dates as 'Shanty Weekend'. As an additional event, for anyone not wanting to attend the Saturday night concert, a group of locals provided a fringe singaround which has come to be known as the Anti-Shanty. Not that they've got anything against shanties at all, but don't insist on maritime songs as some of the attendees don't have an extensive marimime repetoire. In recent years this has been at the Minerva, a superb historical real ale pub on the Humber Foreshore. This year Phil Daly, the landlord of the Minerva, suggested that they could have the traditional shanty weekend based at his pub. So they are! There will be a singaround in the old brewery room hosted by Maggie and Les. There will be a big musicians session in the boat room. Both of these will last from 1pm(ish) each day until late and they hope to see a few of the people they normally see that weekend, as well as any other singers and musicians who fancy a weekend of do-it-yourself music. Contact the Minerva or Les at lesward@lesward.karoo.co.uk for more information Brian Massen has made his two tunebooks "Session Tunes as Played in the North of Lincolnshire" available as free downloads at: http://www.box.net/musicbooks New Dates for Hull Maritime Festival Dates for Hull Maritime Festival, formerly Sea Fever,
are now 17th & 18th July and I am assured that the dates will now
remain in mid-July for future years. Headliners for this year include The Young Uns, together with regular favourites like the Keelers, and of course Shanty Jack, plus 13 other international acts. Find out more about the festival at Web Site and if you would like to follow the Clipper round the World Yacht Race, including "Hull & Humber's " victory in the latest stage from New York to Cape Breton Island Click Here. Folk-rock legends Hedgehog Pie return to Warwick Folk Festival after nearly 30 years Electric folk legends Hedgehog Pie are to make a reunion appearance at Warwick Folk Festival this summer. The line-up of Mick Doonan, Jed Grimes and Dave Burland will be joined by Phil Murray on bass and percussionist Bryan Ledgard. This is the band's first appearance at this long-established Festival since 1981. Formed in 1971, they rapidly established themselves as a major force in the British folk-rock scene, alongside such bands as Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span by contributing to the growing interest in folk music by a new generation of fans throughout the decade. Based in the North East of England, the band went through numerous line-up changes and featured many prominent figures in the folk scene. They built up a big regional national following and their 1978 album, Just Act Normal topped the Melody Maker folk chart. After a gap of almost thirty years, the band is making one of its first reunion public appearances at the 2010 Warwick Folk Festival, during the weekend of 23-25 July. Says Festival organiser, Dick Dixon, 'This is a big coup for the Warwick Folk Festival. Many fans remember Hedgehog Pie with great affection and there will be a lot of nostalgic interest in their appearance. And with their full folk-rock line-up, they sound as good as ever!' Details and festival tickets are available from the Festival Box Office, 01926 776438 or visit the Festival website on www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk/. AN APPEAL FOR FILM FOOTAGE OF VIN GARBUTT. Craig Hornby of Pancrack Pictures is seeking old Vin Garbutt
film footage for a forthcoming Vin movie entitled "Teesside Troubadour".
He would like to hear from anyone with film/video of Vin performing
in 60s/70s/80s and particularly asks for anyone with a copy of the show
in Stainsby, Chesterfield from 1973, or the b/w clip filmed above a
shop in South Bank, Teesside in the very early days. Or a copy of the
TV footage from the Cambridge Festival in 1980 and 1982. Percy Grainger and Lincolnshire Folk Song - Barton Upon Humber Saturday 26th June. Percy Grainger and Lincolnshire Folk Song 2.30pm Wilderspin National School, Queen Street. Barton Upon Humber Graham Saunders will explore the work of Australian composer and pianist Percy Grainger, who collected hundreds of folk songs in Lincolnshire in the early twentieth century thanks to his involvement with the Elwes family. This copiously illustrated session includes the opportunity to hear the original local singers taken from Percy Grainger’s wax cylinder recordings.. Tickets £3.00/£4.00 otd. Full time students and accompanied child free. More folk music on the BBC - Online petition The EFDSS has organised a petition calling for the BBC to increase
its folk music programming. The BBC is currently undertaking a Strategy
Review Consultation and they want to know what you, the pay-masters,
think. This a good opportunity to challenge the BBC to increase its
presentation of folk music. Visit http://www.petitiononline.com/folkon/petition.html to add your name Fête de la Musique in the Isle of Axholme Launched in 1982 by the French Ministry for culture, the
Fête de la Musique is held in more than hundred countries in Europe
and over the world. It takes place every 21st June, the day of the summer
solstice in the northern hemisphere.
Niamh Boadle wins Young Acoustic Roots
Judges Ray Hearne, Tom Bliss and Sue Dewsbury had a difficult decision with the standard once again being so high in this the competition’s sixth year. Peter Dilley from Consett was runner-up and together with fellow finalists Bella Gaffney and Wilbur Sears was presented with vouchers donated by The Music Room of Cleackheaton. Niamh is pictured receiving the magnificant Richard Moody trophy from Ray and later went on to open the sell-out evening concert on the main stage at Montgomery Hall that was headlined by Ade Edmonson and the Bad Shepherds. An interview with her and Pete is available courtesy of Allan Wilkinson on the Northern Sky website at http://www.allanwilkinson.co.uk/node/927. The rest of the programme featured stunning music from Isambarde, Gilmore
Roberts, Barker and Bartlett, Stacey Earle and Mark Sturat and Tom Palmer. Grimsby Songwriting Workshop Following on from the success of the first Songwriter's event Helen Bennet is organising a second Songwriting Night for beginners/current songwriters on Monday 17th May with an 8pm start at Grimsby British Legion, Cartergate, Grimsby. All are welcome. Contact Helen for more info 07762361594 or email Rockhenpf@aol.com New Molly Team Dancers are wanted to play a part in the development of the recently established Hornbeam Molly dance team. They started last October with a bunch of enthusiastic people, keen to discover more about this "Cinderella" of traditional dance. They are now seeking to expand their small team of committed dancers. They are looking for either men or women, If you are physically fit, have a sense of fun and enjoy leaping about in public spaces they’d love to hear from you. The recruiting contact is: Ray Black on 01423 502875 or email blackmale@talk21.com Although experience would be useful it is not essential; Ray tells me that their dancing instructor has the patience of a saint and will encourage the very best out of you. Practices are held weekly in Knaresborough on Wednesdays from 8pm to 10pm. The practice venue is the Scriven Scout HQ, which is upstairs in the Knaresborough Dance Centre, 9 Castle Yard, Knaresborough. HG5 8AS Beverley Festival seeks ‘Weekend Helpers’ This year sees Beverley Folk Festival expanding further with the addition of more performance areas in the Greenfield area at Beverley Leisure Complex. New for 2010 is ‘The Village Green’ area that will offer the public, a FREE taster of what they can expect to see at the festival. With its 3 venues and 9 stages featuring approximately 60 acts, the festival weekend will once again be packed with Music, Dance, Comedy, Poetry, Spoken Word, Workshops, Youth and Children’s events. It will present an eclectic mix of musical styles, from Traditional Folk to World music; Contemporary Classics to Americana. Something to suit all tastes.. The festival, now in its 27th year, increases in UK popularity every year and as it does, the need for volunteers also grows. Laura Mills, Festival Administrator said “We rely heavily on
volunteers and without them, the festival would really struggle. We
would love to hear from anyone who would like to come along and experience
the wonderful Beverley Festival atmosphere. It is a great opportunity
to meet new people, learn new skills and have a thoroughly enjoyable
weekend. Some of the areas people can help in are setting up the Festival
Infrastructure; Stewarding; Selling Festival Merchandise; Recycling;
Volunteer Check In Desk; Festival Information and Ticketing Desk; Traffic
and Campsite Marshalling; the list is endless, there are SO many interesting
areas to be involved in.” In exchange for help, the festival offers a FULL WEEKEND PASS (inc
camping for those travelling to Beverley). When you are not helping;
you can go off and enjoy the festival. However, be quick as spaces are
limited!!! Anyone interest should visit the festivals ‘Get Involved’ page on the new website www.beverleyfestival.com or call Laura on 01377 217569. The Yorkshire Garland Group. One-day seminar: July 26th. 2010 Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton Park , York. YO19 5UF The Yorkshire Garland Group exists to make Yorkshire folk songs available to all, free of charge. We collect, notate and preserve these songs for the use of all. Our first one-day seminar last year brought in some very positive feedback, including many requests for more practical workshops at the next one. To address this clearly expressed need we have engaged the services of Pete and Sue Coe. This time the whole event will consist of practical sessions, with Pete and Sue presenting simultaneous song and dance workshops throughout the day. At 9.30am there will be a chance to “meet ‘n’ greet ‘n’ drink coffee, with workshops starting at 10.00am. The official event will finish at 4.30 but if sufficient numbers are interested in the evening event described below we will sing on into the night. Last year we funded the entire event but this year we need to ask a small charge towards the cost of the event. Admission will be £5.00, which for a full day event is not going to drain anyone’s bank account but will help us enormously. To book your place, please contact our chairman, Steve Gardham, either by Email: gardhams@hotmail.com or by telephone: 01482 850819 Last year we rounded off the day with a fine supper and singaround in the upstairs room of The Black Swan. This was a wonderful chance to get to know each other and share our songs. If enough people are interested it would be fun to repeat this enjoyable experience. If anyone would like to become involved in or be kept aware of our activities please let us have an Email address. All details are available on our website (details below). Our website: http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/yorkshiregarland
ARTISAN Lineup - as usual: Hilary Spencer, Jacey Bedford, Brian
Bedford. Based in Birdsedge in West Yorkshire (almost balanced on the South Yorkshire border), Artisan was birthed in the local folk clubs in 1985 as a fun thing to do. They kept getting invited to play more and more gigs until finally they kicked their various day jobs into touch and went full time in 1989. After that they toured relentlessly throughout the UK. Europe followed in 1990, then Canada in 1994, the USA in 1995, and even Australia via Hong Kong in 2000. Between 1994 and 2005 there were 32 North American tours alone. Heady stuff. However in 2005 with 20 years of touring under their belt they decided to do other things within the folk scene: Brian's studio, Jacey's music agency and writing, Hilary's singing with Quicksilver. Now they're looking forward to being back on the road and meeting up with friends old and new. Songs? There will be old favourites and some new original Brian Bedford songs plus a new CD released in July. Jacey says: 'In all the time we've been working quietly at home it never really felt as though we'd retired. It just felt like a long break between tours. It's great to be singing together again.' Artisan's full tour list (32 gigs and festivals at the time of writing)
can be found at: http://www.artisan-harmony.com/reunion.html Easter Pace Egging The Master Mummers' interactive map of this year's Pace
Egging performances is now online at: http://www.mastermummers.org/atlas/pace-egging-2010.htm
It is hoped that this may be of use to anyone visiting Cumbria, Lancashire
or the Calder Valley / Yorks - Lancs border over Easter. Grimsby Songwriting Evening Helen Bennett is organising a Songwriting Evening at 8pm
on Monday 19th April at Grimsby British Legion, Friargate House, Cartergate,
Grimsby DN31 1QZ. The event is for anyone interested in hearing how
others write, or having a go at starting / finishing a song, getting
help or just sharing ideas. It is intended as a "no pressure night"
people can just come and listen or join in as much as they wish. Beverley Festival Director receives prestigious Yorkshire Tourism Award Chris Wade, the Director of the Beverley Folk Festival, and owner of music agency Adastra, was awarded the Real Yorkshire award for lifetime achievement at the first ever Visit Hull and East Yorkshire Awards, last night. The Award ceremony, held at the Lazaat Hotel and Restaurant near Beverley last night (25th March), celebrated the enormous achievements of tourism businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire and recognized the hard work that goes into making the industry so successful. Chief Executive of Visit Hull and East Yorkshire said “All of this evening’s finalists make an enormous contribution to this region’s tourism industry and the quality on show in every category is reflective of the strength of Hull and East Yorkshire” Chris Wade’s award reflected the work that she has carried out in the region over the past 27 years, developing the Beverley Folk Festival which now attracts over 5000 visitors to the market town of Beverley during the middle weekend of June each year. Festival-goers come from all over the UK and overseas to the event which hosts artists of national and international status as well as offering opportunities for local performers to air their talents. As well as being the Artistic Director of the festival and its general manager, Chris also runs an internationally renowned music agency Adastra, from the village of North Dalton, where she also lives. The agency represents top International and British based artists from the fields of folk, roots, Americana, acoustic and World music, taking them into theatres, festivals, community venues and clubs in Britain and around the world. About the award, Chris said “ I am absolutely thrilled with the award. It came as a huge surprise. I am very proud to receive an award which celebrates Yorkshire, and its tourism achievements. It certainly is a very beautiful place to live with some wonderful people living here. I have spent many years dedicating my life to the festival which has never been an easy task, especially in the current economic climate. It has required a great deal of begging, borrowing and persuading people to give of their time, and help in kind, in order to make the festival happen with the limited resources we have. I think the award should really be shared with the many volunteers and helpers that have put so much effort and time into the festival over the years. Without them it would certainly never have reached the status it has today. I am very pleased that the work I have done in bringing people to the region to listen to folk and related music, is recognized as being important for the area. I will now continue with renewed energy and enthusiasm! ” Name change for Dent Folk Festival Following its move from Dent to Sedbergh last year Dent
Folk Festival will now be known as Sedbergh Folkfest. The
event takes place this year on 25 - 27 June 2010 at Buck Bank Farm,
Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5LL and includes all the usual music, dance,
storytelling, street performers, workshops and sessions we've come to
expect from this popular event. Tickets and info: 01524 582803
Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival. Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival is back on the Calendar
after a break of at least 15 years. THE 2006 RADIO BALLADS : REISSUED A brand new Radio Ballad entitled 'The Ballad of the Miners' Strike' will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday 2nd March, marking the 25th anniversary of the end of that bitter year-long dispute. With specially commissioned new songs from John Tams, Julie Matthews, Ray Hearne and Jez Lowe and featuring musicians such as Andy Cutting, Barry Coope, Bob Fox and Andy Seward, its transmission has been highly anticipated. To coincide with this, Delphonic Records are proud to announce the digital reissue of all six Radio Ballads (each one an hour long) that made up the 2006 series: THE SONG OF STEEL : the decline of Sheffield and Rotherham steel industries
A stunning and important documentation of modern British history and
culture, the 2006 Radio Ballads were a year in the making, the process
beginning when producer John Leonard, tape editor Annie Grundy and interviewers
Vince Hunt and Sara Parker selected six issues that had dominated the
half-century since the original groundbreaking Radio Ballads of Ewan
MacColl, Charles Parker (father of Sara) and Peggy Seeger were broadcast
on the BBC Home Service in the late 1950’s. Further information about the 2006 Radio Ballads and the original ballads
can be found on the BBC Radio 2 website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/radioballads/2006/ EFDSS release Cecil Sharp's Diaries On-line Cecil James Sharp (1859 - 1924) was England's most prolific folk music and dance collector. The 22nd November will mark his birthdate and Sequicentinnial (150th Anniversary). In celebration of his achievements and the impact he continues to have on folk music to this day EFDSS have announced the launch of his only surviving personal diaries. Written between (1915 - 1918) they include descriptions of his collecting experiences in the Appalachian Mountains of North America. Between the time of his first serious collecting experience in a vicarage garden in August 1903, until his death on Midsummer Eve 1924, he amassed a total of 4,977 tunes in England and North America, many of which were published in various forms in order to promote and revive what was perceived to be a fading part of traditional culture. He was not alone by any means, following as he did the likes of Lucy Broadwood, Frank Kidson and Sabine Baring-Gould to name a few. However, his mission to revive the music placed him very much at the forefront of a movement which has attracted a great deal of attention over the past thirty years, but for which many primary sources have been difficult to access . How on earth did this asthmatic, 56 year-old vegetarian survive in the heat and altitudes of North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and West Virginia, along with his young assistant, Maud Karpeles? How did he feel when he heard the news of the death of many of the young men of his English Folk Dance Society demonstration team in the trenches of the Great War? And what did it mean to collect 1,600 tunes from people he considered direct descendants and carriers of British cultural traditions? The first of the series of diaries will be launched online on Sunday 22nd November, 2009 followed by announcements of more events and content over the coming months. It is also planned to add a full, annotated transcription in time for Sharp's next birthday in 2010. Thanks to Cecil Sharp's grandchildren, Briony Jose and Richard Sharp, for allowing EFDSS to host the diaries online; to the managers of his estate, Bird & Bird, for helping us find them; to Chris Roche and The Shanty Crew for sponsoring this project. The diaries will be available to access on-line from Sunday 22nd of November. Fallibroome Country Dance Collection Re-published The English Folk Dance and Song Society has re-published, in a single volume, the six country dance collections originally compiled by the late Bernard Bentley, and known as The Fallibroome Collection. The original books were published in the 1960s and 70s, but have been out of print for many years. The new edition of The Fallibroome Collection, made by Nicolas Broadbridge, has newly reset tunes and rewritten dance instructions to suit modern practice, while preserving Bernard Bentley's dance transcriptions. An addition to this new collection is digital images of the original eighteenth-century dance collections, from which the Fallibroome dances were selected. The new collection also includes twelve dances composed by Bernard Bentley in eighteenth-century style, to a set of Contretänze by Beethoven. The dances in The Fallibroome Collection were selected by Bernard Bentley from the eighteenth-century dance collections made by John Playford (The Dancing Master), Young, Johnson, Thompson, Rutherford and others. These dances have long been enjoyed within the English folk dance revival. Nicolas Broadbridge says, "This new edition of a well-loved collection of dances will hopefully bring these dances to the notice of a wider circle of English country dancers." The Fallibroome Collection will be of significant interest to English country dancers, folk dance clubs, folk dance musicians, and dance and music historians. The new edition of The Fallibroome Collection has been made possible with financial support from the Lichfield Folk Festival (Staffordshire Folk) and English Miscellany. The EFDSS is most grateful for this support. Bernard Bentley, who died in 1993, was a Mancunian and a founder member of the Manchester Morris Men. He was an authority on the north-west English style of morris dancing, as well as a noted interpreter of English country dances. He lived at Fallibroome in Prestbury, Cheshire, hence the name of this collection of dances. Nicolas Broadbridge is a dancer, teacher, researcher and musician whose previous publications include Purcell's Dancing Master and The Assembly Dances. The Fallibroome Collection, ed. Nicolas Broadbridge, is published on 4 January 2010. Price: £18.00 plus £2.50 p&p. There is a special pre-publication offer. Order the book before 4 January
2010 at the special price of £15.00 plus £2.50 p&p.
Order via the webshop www.efdss.org or by post to Cecil Sharp House,
2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY. Tel: 0207 485 2206. Orders received
before 15th December will be despatched before Christmas. New Arts Centre and new singaround / session for Goole Junction is a brand new purpose-built arts facility in the centre of Goole (East Yorkshire), opening on the 7th. of November 2009. Replacing the old Gate theatre which closed in July. The Junction will present a varied programme of live performance, film, music and comedy. The first folk event will be Folk in the Bar, in Walkway - Junction's cafe bar on Thursday 3rd December 2009. The event will be a session / singaround format, where anyone can turn up and perform; just ask for Martyn Barker on arrival. This will be a regular event on the first Thursday of every month. Proposed changes to the Music Licensing Act A Live Music Bill has been proposed, which will exempt venues with a capacity of less than 200 from music licensing, exempt performances by two musicians or less and ban the Form 696. The Bill has passed its first reading and will be debated later this year. You may add your support to this Bill by signing the No 10 Petition
at: The petition reads: " . . .We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop
criminalising live music with the Licensing Act, and to support amendments
backed by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and the music industry,
which would exempt most small-scale Notes: Musicians warned the Act would harm small events. About 50% of bars
and 75% of restaurants have no live music permission. Obtaining permission
for the mildest live music remains costly and time-consuming. In May,
the Culture, Media and Sport EFDSS Launches new archive website The English Folk Dance and Song Society launched a dedicated website on Tuesday 9 June 2009 for six important manuscript collections - a first in the field of folklore in the UK. Access to 22,000 images of the actual documents, notebooks and letters of six major fieldworkers at the tips of your fingers, fully indexed and searchable. Visit http://library.efdss.org/archives
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