NEWS AND REMINDERS

Hello everyone   What a summer we are having two or three seasons in one day – every day!!!   Sorry to everyone who expected to see us about in the last couple of weeks, but we have taken it in turns to be under the weather, so have stayed in a lot.  Anyway thanks to all who have enquired and sent good wishes and we are both now firmly on the mend and hoping to be out and about again now.   Before I go on to the reminders – ORGANISERS, PLEASE CAN I HAVE YOUR DATES FOR SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER (Thanks to Dave Littlehales and Eric Cox who have supplied theirs already)   Reminders for this week:   Sun   01          Swan, Cheadle                          His Worship and the Pig, Potteries Songs, Travellers Rest – CANCELLED DUE TO FOOTBALL   Mon   02          Wilkes Head, Leek            Shroppie Fly, Audlem                           Windmill, Werrington                           Full English, Packhorse, Longport – SEE BELOW   Tue    03          Yew Tree, Cauldon – hope to see lots of you there - L                           Spittalbrook, Stafford                          White Lion, Knighton   Wed  04          Pilgrim's Way + Gren Bartley, Bidduph Up in Arms (Biddulph Arms) – SEE BELOW   Thu    05          Greyhound, Penkhull                          Dabbers FC, Nantwich   Fri      06          Jervis, Onecote  Americana   Sat     07          Flossie Mallavialle, Alstonefield Village Hall – SEE BELOW   Sun   08          Jervis Arms, Onecote                          Royal Oak, Wetton - lunchtime     MESSAGE FROM TERRY FOX     English Folk Dance Tunes and Songs At The Full English acoustic session Monday 2nd July  Packhorse, Longport   * Vandals of Hammerwich (G) a noble tune from Staffordshire Tiger Smith's Jig (D) a toe-tapper from our mates in Suffolk Quickstep from Louth (D) from the Capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds Upton Upon Severn Stick Dance (G) a Shropshire Morris fave Three Around Three (G) a ubiquitous English session tune Rakes of Mallow (G) great tune also found in the Irish and Scottish repertoires  Walter Bulwer's No. 2 & No. 1 Polkas (G/D)(G/A) from the great Norfolk fiddler Jenny's Reel (G) via the Woodlanders Speed the Plough (G) perhaps the National Anthem of English music Woodley's Waltz (G) not by Arnold the Bampton fiddler and not a waltz! (Better known as: Do Ye Ken John Peel, from Cumbria )   If you know of anyone who would like to be put on our mailing list Please let me know   Here's Jolly Good Health to Lynne & Dave our Landlady & Landlord   *     ~ w. Terry Fox is Cheshire's Longest-Serving Poet Laureate ~     MESSAGE FROM DAVE LITTLEHALES Forwarded Message ----- From: Dave Littlehales <dave.littlehales@btinternet.com> To: WALLY & LORNA DAVIES <waldemar15@btinternet.com> Cc: FrithC@aol.com Sent: Friday, 29 June 2012, 16:28 Subject: Alstonefield Weekend   With the Flossie concert coming up next weekend can I ask you to circulate the attached flyer and the following information to the great and good out there in cyberland?   Flossie Malavialle will be appearing at Alstonefield Village Hall on Saturday July 7th. Less well known to you will be the support act, John Meed, a wonderful singer songwriter from Cambridge (Discovered one night in The Watts Russell Arms!)   As usual we will be making a weekend of it so the Book store and Coffee shop will be open in the village hall on Saturday between 10 am and 3 pm. We now have a huge stock of second-hand books and the Alstonefield cakes are pretty good too! If you plan to hang around then Sunday lunchtime sees a session in The Royal Oak at Wetton (A musician friendly pub!) Bring your instruments and your ears! Even better, bring your walking boots and take in part of White Peak over the weekend!   More details can be found on the attached flyer together with details of forthcoming events. Please help us by displaying and or distributing.   Bon Chance duck!   Dave Littlehales   MESSAGES FROM ERIC COX AND ADVANCE WARNING OF HIS AUTUMN PROGRAMME Folk in the Park   Last chance over the wekend to get the "Early Bird" cheap tickets for Folk in the Park, at Biddulph Grange Country Park on Saturday 14 July     Saturday 14 July: Folk in the Park:(Biddulph Grange Country Park): featuring The Slippery Hill Boys (foot stomping Bluegrass), Nightflight (a talented rock band  from Macclesfield), The Bowden /Williamson electric blues band (featuring Johnny "guitar" Williamson (whose just left the Animals to concentrate on his blues band), ending with Whiskey River, a fabulous Cajun/rock band to really get everyone dancing. Admission: £12 before July 1st, £13 from July 2nd. – 13th. And £15 on the day.(children under 12 are free if accompanied by a responsible adult)                                       Biddulph Up in arms Concerts The next event, on Wednesday 4 July  at The Biddulph Arms sees one of the best folk bands to make an impact on the national scene, Pilgrim's Way paying their first visit to the club.  "Pilgrims' Way", an arresting new young trio from the North West, are stamping their feisty, refreshing take on trad folk firmly on the roots scene. Taking their name from the Rudyard Kipling poem "A Pilgrim's Way", a life creed set to music by the great Peter Bellamy, the innovative acoustic threesome hail from Stockport and are bound together not only by musical roots – but also red hair! The line-up comprises the quirkily distinctive, captivating vocals of a new face on the scene – Leicestershire-born, Lincolnshire-raised Lucy Wright, who is also a fine Jews' harp player – carrying on a long family tradition. Lucy has joined forces with fiddler Tom Kitching, a former BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards finalist. Probably best known as one half of a duo with singer-songwriter & guitarist Gren Bartley, Tom has been described by Living Tradition magazine as "one of the best young fiddlers in Britain" and also plays a mean mandolin. The third "pilgrim" is inventive box player Edwin Beasant -an incorrigible and talented multi-instrumentalist, who also plays guitar and bass and had a stint as drummer with Jabadaw. Focusing on "gimmick free folk" and drawing inspiration from some of the most influential bands of the 60s and 70s revival, the resulting sound is edgier than the folk on the village green but firmly rooted in the traditions of England and its cross-currents with Ireland and America. This is their debut album on the award-winning and prestigious Fellside label. Support for the evening sees Gren Bartley, who has appeared in his own right at the club last year coming along for a half-hour set. This young singer/songwriter who is rapidly making a name for himself should complement the evenings entertainment and an outstanding evening is in store. With a 7.30p.m. for 8.00p.m. strt, admission is £12 ( pay on the door) and seats my be reserved by contacting Eric Cox on 01782 514896.   Autumn programme 2012 Wednesday 5 September: Graham Dawson album launch. (Biddulph Arms) Wednesday 12 September: James Fagan and Nancy Kerr (Biddulph Arms) Wednesday 19 September: John Tams and Barry Coope (Biddulph Arms) Wednesday 26 September:  Breeze and Wilson with Misner and Smith (Biddulph Arms) Thursday 11 October : Maddy Prior with Giles Lewin and Hannah James (Biddulph Town Hall) Saturday 20 October: Ralph McTell (Clonter Theatre, Congleton) Saturday 3 November: Hot Club of Cowtown (Biddulph Town Hall) Wednesday 7 November: Sam Carter (Biddulph Arms) Wednesday 21 November: State of the Union ( Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams)  (Biddulph Arms). Wednesday 5 December: Anthony John Clarke & Dave Pegg (Biddulph Arms)   AND FROM DESI C   Good morning Everybody On yet an other rainy drought day! Will we have any Summer at all this year! As a result not surprisingly, and holidays, football etc, it's been a little quiet on the music scene. So just a few little bits for you today   RUSHWICK CONCERT A great concert at Rushwick this Sat night 30th June with Tommy Dempsey, with Dempsey's Lot. Tommy on Vocals and Percussion, Nick Evans on Guitar and vocals & John Rose on Fiddle. Top sounds, songs and humour from one of my favourite Irish performers Only £5 on the door. Bring your own booze. at Rushwick Village Hall Rushwick, Worc's   CRYSTAL FOLK A message here from Anne Adam's Hi all, Just a quick line to say that the tickets are available for our next guests Dave Ellis and Boo Howard on the 13th July which will be 2 weeks this coming Friday. It's been an unusually quiet spell for the club hopefully due to the Football and Festivals, so come and sing and play away those Footie blues. Hope to see you this Friday with a regular singers night. Regards Anne x    Lost Key Stephen Gullick sent a message re Spittlebrook's Tues night session. If you were there and lost a key (not the musical kind) it was found in the room and is safely kept behind the bar.       And that's all for this week, short n'sweet. Enjoy Your Weekend Desi C ;) P.S many thanks for all your birthday wishes on Facebook and e.mail     FROM STEVE GULLICK   Hi Everyone   I didn't get out a lot last week; however, I did manage to get to the Four Crosses session at Cannock and well worth it, it was too. Great selection of music and song and always nice to see new faces at these sessions. Next one a week on Monday, don't miss!   I have not heard any news about the Spittalbrook session so I assume it went OK, and similarly, I understand that Jeff, who normally lets me know what is happening at the Rose and Crown could not make it last week, but again, having heard nothing I am assuming that all is well.   Next week we have;   Tuesday – Spittalbrook as normal. Starts about 8.30, but get there a bit earlier if you want to sit down!   Wednesday – Rose and Crown. Fabulous selection of live acoustic music and something for all tastes. One of the few Joules Pubs in the area and it has a resident poltergeist, so there is always a good atmosphere here!   Thursday has Frank Ryan's trad folk and blues session at the Lamb & Flag at Little Haywood.  Always a great session and one that I always try to get to.   That's about it for this week, but don't forget our own Stafford FM Folk programme on Monday nights hosted by our very own Gary Hazelhurst!   Hope to see you at one or more of the above   Cheers   Steve     FROM DEBBIE MOORE VIA MIKE UNDERHILL From: Debbie Morse <debbie.morse@ymail.com> Hi Everyone ! Just a reminder for those who know.... and some information for those who don't.... !! We are doing another ACOUSTIC SOUNDS CONCERT, with a difference !!! When ?  SUNDAY 8TH JULY Where ?  Countesthorpe Village Hall (Station Rd., Countesthorpe) Why?    To raise funds for the Leicester Branch MS Society Time ?   10.30am till 5.15pm  (or just come for part of the day) What ?  Workshops all morning (Percussion (10.30am), Spoons(11.30am), Singing               for Fun (12.30pm) and      Performances all afternoon (from 3pm till 5.15pm You can come to ANY part, or ALL of the event. Workshops: £4 each (or all three for £10) Performances only:  £4.00To come and do all workshops and watch performances:  £12.50 To come and watch the workshops and watch performances: £8.00 Would love to see any of you there !!! More information / tickets,  just email me back. If you know of anyone who may be interested.... please forward this email to them.  Thank you. Debbie x