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YOUR NEWS - INFORMATION from MEMBERS is most welcome:
simply email with Subject: "Members' Web news" + title (eg: "Members' Web news - Somers Club")
- We may not update a few weeks before/after publication is printed, as we are too busy preparing to print and distribute.
1. Late news eg club guests, changes of dates, your gigs, and anything else since last Folklife West
2. "Directory Updates" page: your info received becomes the draft for next issue
- From Oct 2011: we now also update Festival Diary and Folk Directory webpages online as received !
1. Late news other than "Directory updates" pages below
- news eg club guests, changes of dates, your gigs, and anything else since last Folklife West?
- due to spam, if email is needed here: we write "-[at]-" instead of @ ; replace our "-[at]-" with @ .
- APPLEYARD LADIES TRADITIONAL DANCERS are 21 this year, and are holding a Day of Dance on Sat 22 September 2012. It will be based for the morning at the 3 Kings, Hanley Castle, Worcs, followed by a pig roast there, and then we are organising coaches to Malvern where we will be dancing in a variety of venues in the afternoon, so far we have 8 other interested sides. Appleyard meet on Thursdays, near Upton-on-Severn, at Earls Croome Village Hall, 8pm to 10pm. Weekly during winter, dancing in summer at pubs, festivals & other venues.
- For further information, contact Diana Maiden 01684 565204, dianamaiden -[at]- btinternet.com
- White Horse Folk CluB, Highworth, Swindon, are joining FW - details to follow. http://whitehorsefolkclub.co.uk
- Sue Brown and Lorraine Irwing now have a website, www.sueandlorraine.com All other contact details remain the same.
- Pete Burnham's Leicester Folk Diary has a new link - it is now simply lfd.org.uk
- 'EYE OF THE WIND'' -The Story of James Cook and the voyage of 'Endeavour' , the subject of the CD album first released in 2003, IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM iTUNES as a download. Written and performed by British Folk Musician Richard Grainger between 1997 and 2002 with Sir David Attenborough as narrator, 'The Eye Of The Wind' gives a unique insight into the life of this 18th Century seaman who was 'the last of the great navigators and the first of the great scientific explorers'. Original and traditional songs help tell the dramatic story performed by Richard Grainger and a host of singers and musicians, including Ron Angel,The Endeavour Shantymen,Dogwatch,Chris Yelland and Olivia Rennie. Its available now at the iTunes Store for £7.99. Check it out! ... also available from other outlets including CD Baby and Amazon. The CD is available via the website www.richard-grainger.com
- Best Wishes, Richard/Klondike Records
- Festivals news is on the Festivals Diary pages - see below
2. "Directory Updates" pages: your info received becomes the draft for next issue!
- Below is for Venues, Performers, Media, Shops Services & Organisations,
- so see other webpages for
- Festivals - see our Festival Diary
- Folklife Diary & Folklife News eg Member-workshops; Members' CDs; books announced
- Listings - Members' Folklife Organisations, and Folklife Studies
- Listings: Seasonal Local Celebrations, a list by Doc Rowe
- You cannot click on images below, so for website links, see 1-line listings on http://listings.folklife-west.org.uk, & download PDF
- info below is also included in updated online version of our Folk Directory webpages...http://folkdirectory.folklife-west.org.uk
- Currently this is simply last issue's Update:
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