Dabbers Move Fiddle Maestroes and Feathered Friends

A very merry Christmas to you all !   Dabbers Session have a new venue at the Riflemans Pub in James Hall Street Nantwich.   Our first session  there is on Thursday 3rd December starting around 8pm-8.30pm and all acoustic, or folk musicians, singers, composers, poets, raconteurs, songwriters are welcome to join us for an informal evening of traditional and original live unplugged music and song.   Listeners are also welcome !   Dabbers Folk Club was formed over 20 years ago, and has successfully run club nights, sessions and concerts during this period. Currently it runs purely as a session for all to join in.   We would like to thank Peter and Hazel at the Oddfellows Arms where we have held many enjoyable nights, but we now have to move on to the Riflemans in order to retain our regular first Thursday of the month date.   We are looking forward to our evenings at The Riflemans' Pub who will be welcoming our December 3rd session with some seasonal refreshments included.   Copies of the latest issue of Folk North West will also be on sale there at £2, and £9 tickets for Tarporley songwriter Vin Barretts' concert on 19th December at the Nantwich Players Theatre. For more details and music sample click here http://www.amandalynnemusic.com/index.php?page=news Vin has made a couple of visits to Dabbers Session in the past and we look forward to more local talent dropppng by. November brought us more orignal songs from Jonathon Tarplee from Rode Heath, and Gerd Zinsmeister from Liverpool. Zinney as he is better known also plays with Sonnenberg and their music is disributed through Proper Music.   We hope you can join us this week or in the near future and give our brand new venue a big kick off ! More details from Lynne Tel 077 900 82523 lynne@amandalynnemusic.com Or www.myspace.com/dabberssession   I would also personally appreciate your support by attending Vin's concert. I would love to see regular folk and acoustic concerts in Nantwich but this is only achieveable and affordable if you turn up regularly. I really appreciated those of you who came to see Nibs van der Spuy and hope more of you will come to see the excellent performance and creative talent of Vin Barrett. What better Xmas gift for me to know that my regular letters are in fact not only read but acted upon ! Vin Barrett will be joined by guitarist Stu Lupton and pianist Gary O'Brien so you are in for a really good show - I know you will have a great time and Vin is bringing mince pies ! The theatre hire fee and bar proceeds will go towards the much needed Players Theatre extension. (The Players Theatre is run entirely by volunteers )   As a bonus Romazzinos Italian Restaurant which is next to the Players Theatre are doing a theatre special menu providing you produce your tickets or Pay Pal receipts on arrival and dine before the show. I suggest arriving at Romazzinos' by 6.30 at the latest. 12A Love Lane Nantwich Cheshire CW5 5BH Phone/Fax 01270 626456 http://www.romazzino.co.uk    Both the theatre and the restaurant are on the edge of a public car park accessed from Riverside. You could really make a day and night of it in Nantwich with Xmas shopping at the Festive Farmers Market which is also held on the 19th.   So this is one date you really have to put in the diary NOW ! I would love to see you all there and please do remember to book in advance as tickets have numbered seating.   If you want an aisle seat for leg room book now.           Back at the Hungry Horse, Little Stanney:- 0151-678-9902    Thursday 17th December will be the -- CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHT -- FREE ADMISSION. Please diary this evening and do not miss it.  The night promises to be a wonderful evening that will well and truly get you into the spirit of Christmas. The plan is to make it an open mic night for the first half and in the second we will have our specially invited guest act/s performing.      Free admission and free mince pies and sherry or a soft drink available for  everyone. Christmas songs, tunes, jokes and a few carols will make it a super night     TOSS THE FEATHERS XMAS PARTY   St Kentigerns Hart Road Levenshulme Friday 11th December Doors 9pm Tickets £15 only from St. Kentigerns Contact No. 0770 237 1966 CREWE ROOTS The Horse Shoe 6 North Street Crewe Sunday 13th December Serious Sam Barrett will have support from both Michael Rossiter and David Broad. It's our now legendary creweroots Xmas staff party (ha!) and you're all invited. This promises to be a memorable night indeed. We saw Sam play the Fellfoot Sound festival in Cumbria over the summer and he's exactly right for us. He's an accomplished Delta Blues guitarist and he reminds us of Dai Thomas (although he's in his 20s and handsome as hell). He polished his craft learning to play Robert Johnson songs at the age of 12 and he is a genuinely fascinating performer. Pop along to www.sambarrett.co.uk/sambarrett/web.nsf/wp/welcome and seek out the four free songs. These are a little dated now but his new album 'Close to Home' is as good a record as you'll hear all year. This show will be the first creweroots triple-header. Sam will be supported by Mike Rossiter (saw him at Fellfoot too...) and David Broad. While Sam is the headliner for the night, they will each play a solo set and then finish off the night playing as a trio. www.myspace.com/michaelrossiter www.myspace.com/davidbroad (just be careful with David's myspace at the moment – it seems to automatically play some techno stuff that you need to switch off before you can play his songs).     If you would like to see Mim perform in Nantwich or nearby next May, please contact me now and I will do my best to arrange it ! Lynne 077 900 82523   Special offers for Christmas!! Songbirds CD and DVD together For only £18.00 inc P&P (Note: This DVD is all regions)  All other CD's £7.00 inc P&P Just go to www.filcampbell.com In the Songbirds DVD Fil presents 6 x 25 minute TV documentary programmes as broadcast on RTE Television, documenting the lives and music of 5 Irish female singers who were recording in the 40s and 50s - Delia Murphy, Margaret Barry, Bridie Gallagher, Ruby Murray, Mary O'Hara. In each programme, Fil performs excerpts from some of the songs made famous by these women which are featured in full on the CD, with guest performances from Finbar Furey, Tommy Sands, Phil Coulter, Sean Keane, John Sheahan of the Dubliners, Steve Cooney and harpist Laoise Kelly. The Songbirds CD track listing is as follows: Farewell My Own Dear Native Land (trad) Connemara Cradle Song The Castle of Dromore (featuring Finbar Furey on uillean pipes) Softly Softly What Will You Do Love (duet with Tommy Sands) Goodbye Mick, Goodbye Pat The Spinning Wheel (featuring Laoise Kelly on harp) Martha, the Flower of Sweet Strabane If I Were A Blackbird Is Ar Eirinn in n-Eosfainn cé h-I The Moonshiner (featuring John Sheahan from The Dubliners) Love's Old Sweet Song (duet with Sean Keane) Teddy O'Neil The Factory Girl The Homes of Donegal (featuring Steve Cooney on guita   It's that time again folks Dom Collins New CD is called "Cheers" as a massive "THANK YOU" to everyone who has supported me over the years, 10 brand new tracks   Track 1--Viagra Track 2--The Make up song Track 3---MPs Expenses Track 4---Gonna sue ya Track 5---Dear Sir Track 6---She tried to make me go to Primark but I said no no no Track 7---Why are people scared of death Track 8---Mam I'm er Track 9---Stuck here in Lidle with you Track 10---Shes just an nymphomaniac   Once again it's only a fiver plus £1-00 p & p via my website in the shop at www.domcollins.co.uk , or just send me your postal address to my E-Mail address info@domcollins.co.uk and I will post it out to you then you can send me the money cos I trust you :-) or you can pick a copy up at Carringtons hairdressers on Tib St opp Debenhams Manchester - ask for Dave Ward. 6 CDs now available have you got the full collection yet ? (I have).   I would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a healthy & Happy New Year, if you are having a party and would like me to come round and play in your living room for an hour over Christmas or the new year just give me a call my agent on 077 900 82523 - all you have to do is have a whip round and you got a gig in your house Simple He!! As a meercat once said.   Ta Ra Dominic :-)   Dom Collins is appearing at The Boars Head in Middlewich on December 16th   Jig Dolls If you want to see what Jig Doll Chris does, please visit www.jigdolls.co.uk There are some great toys for adults and kids alike !   Fiddle maestroes Dave Swarbrick and Gina Le Faux at Middlewich British Legion on Jan 30th. What a good Xmas gift. See details at www.inanyevent.org.uk/joomla   Peace and Love Lynne   01270 628041  mobile 077 900 82523 68 The Beeches, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5YP