Hello All – it would be lovely if you could make it along to THE SAXON MILL in Warwick THIS SUNDAY (2nd October) from 6pm for a Charity Auction and Fundraiser!
I’m running The Royal Parks Half Marathon with my friend Louise Bennett in just over a week’s time and we’re trying to raise £1200 for the truly amazing local charity Practical Action (www.practicalaction.org). There’s an invitation attached to this email, if you print off a copy and bring it with you we’ll give you one free entry into our raffle, plus there is a wine tasting and some free nibbles. Its a family event so please bring the children, there is some entertainment before the auction especially for them. Auction starts at 7pm!
We have some really great auction items and prizes including holiday accommodation, meals out, cookery lessons, personal training sessions and more!
I really hope to see you there, thank you for your support!
Alison
Auction invite 2nd Oct
Sunday 18 Sept no music session, go to SUN STATIONS instead!
Normally we have a traditional music session on the third Sunday of each month at the Prince of Wales pub in Moseley. However, there won’t be one on Sunday 18 September. Instead we are encouraging people to go along to a great night at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath, featuring Luke Daniels and John Dipper.
For those of you who don’t know them, Luke Daniels is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in the melodeon or button accordion who has collaborated with a range of artists and organisations including Riverdance, London Jazz Festival, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Folkworks and English National Opera. John Dipper grew up steeped in the traditions and culture of Southern England, plays fiddle and concertina, is a respected and established performer who also works with Chris Wood and Robert Harbron in the English Acoustic Collective and with groundbreaking string quartet Methera.
Sun Stations explores the music, customs and festivities of the old ritual year. Using ingenious archive material and arresting new folk music, providing audiences with an entertaining view of English culture spanning back more than half a millennium. We’ll also discover the English penchant for hurling cakes and buns at crowds, weighing the Town Mayor and how the character of Old Tosspot used to make a regular appearance each year. . .
Sun Stations, a compact compendium of folk music and customs, plus all the weird bits.
Sunday 18 Sept, Kitchen Garden Cafe, 17 York Road, Kings Heath B14 7SA
Tickets £12 from 0121 443 4725 or www.wegottickets.com
The next session at the Prince of Wales will be on Sunday 16 October.
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All the best – Pam
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PAM BISHOP
Traditional Arts Team
19 Springfield Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7DU
tel 0121 247 3856
pam@tradartsteam.co.uk
The Traditional Arts Team runs activities in the Midlands relating to
traditional song, music, storytelling and dance, and publishes the Folk
Monthly magazine. More info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk
Come and find us this weekend on stall 73 at the Food and Drink Festival.
We will have a special offer for people who subscribe to a regular weekly veg share at the festival, and a range of freshly harvested, locally grown, organic vegetables will be available to buy on both days.
Come and talk to members and growers about the project and find out about how to get involved!
There will be two great music workshops this weekend as part of the Moseley Folk Festival. As they are at the Bulls Head in Moseley they are free to everyone with or without Festival tickets!
Saturday, 12 to 1:30 – Bluegrass workshop with the Toy Hearts
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In an exclusive workshop for the Moseley Folk Festival, The Toy Hearts will uncover the rich history of bluegrass music and its traditions, through exploration of the genre’s founders and subsequent pioneers. Providing interactive examples, the band will take an in depth study into the acoustic instruments that complete a bluegrass line-up and their global origins.
Specifically, The Toy Hearts will investigate how each instrument lends
itself to the contribution of bluegrass music’s distinctive rhythm/drive, whilst also identifying the wide array of musical influences, including country, swing, jazz and the blues, all of which helped shape formation of the genre in the late 1940s. Within the workshop there will also be
discussion around the current progression of Bluegrass Music around the world, through recognition of the important role that young people play and the current leadership opportunities available to help preserve and develop its legacy. Throughout the workshop there will be ample opportunity for questions, demonstrations and examples of specifics, whilst exploring ways in which you can learn, jam and get involved with the wonderful world of Bluegrass Music. Attendees and enthusiasts are strongly encouraged to bring along their musical instruments, all ages welcome!
Sunday 1pm to 2:30 – Music workshop with Bellevue Rendezvous
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Come and learn new tunes from Scotland and Europe on fiddle and nyckelharpa with Ruth Morris and Gavin Marwick. They have a wealth of travelling musical experience having played professionally and enthusiastically across Europe and other parts of the world, both individually and with groups including Bellevue Rendezvous, The Unusual Suspects, Iron Horse, McFall’s Chamber and Ceilidh Minogue. Many tunes have been learnt and inspiration has been had at concert halls, firesides, backstage areas, laybys and festivals from Ashkabad to Vancouver. Both musicians are experienced workshop tutors – Ruth runs community music and dance projects at home in Galloway while Gavin is a prolific composer, session player and theatre musician with “a CV that reads like a Who’s Who of Scottish music”.
All the best – Pam
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PAM BISHOP
Traditional Arts Team
19 Springfield Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7DU
tel 0121 247 3856
pam@tradartsteam.co.uk
The Traditional Arts Team runs activities in the Midlands relating to traditional song, music, storytelling and dance, and publishes the Folk Monthly magazine.
More info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk
These last couple of months have seen the piloting of a new rhythm circle at Canalside, and we now feel ready and excited to open it up to anyone else who might be interested in coming along. That’s you… and anyone else you think could be up for it!
Picture the scene: a group of rhythm-makers round a blazing fire at the Canalside social area… drums, rattles, all kinds of percussion instruments, some home made or improvised…a fantastic session of rhythm-making under the evening sky… maybe dancing and fire poi … sharing food and drink … sound like your kind of thing?
As of October, this adults-only rhythm circle will be held monthly on the Friday nearest the full moon (for September the date is this coming Friday 2nd). If the weather is good, we will be round a fire in the social area of Canalside. If the weather’s rainy, we will be in the lovely pole barn.
We invite you to bring your own percussion instruments (including home-made) if you have any. A number of West African drums and rattles will also be available to play. We welcome both experienced and new rhythm-makers, so don’t worry if you’ve never had a go before – just come along, have a bash and enjoy the experience!
You are also welcome to bring snacks and drinks, for yourselves or to share, after we have made beautiful music together!
Here’s the important info you need to know:
Where? Canalside social area
When? taking us to the end of 2011:
Fri 2nd September;
Fri 14th October;
Fri 11th November;
Fri 9th December
What time? 7.30 for 8pm start (we shall be on site from 7.30pm setting up lighting the fire etc, so please come help if you can)
How much? £2 for Canalside members (to cover wear and tear of Sam’s beautiful West African drums), £4 non-members
If you’re interested in coming along, please let me (Caz) know as we need to have an idea of numbers. My email address is cazingall@gmail.com – please also feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
Caz, Sam & Lucy xxx
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 10am – 4pm
Part of the boundary wall of Chesterton church has collapsed, a few local people have formed a Hole in the Wall fundraising group to raise the £16,000.00 needed for repairs. As part of English Heritage Weekend the church will be open to all walkers, visitors, tea drinkers and others to inform you of our local history etc.
Local folk will know that Chesterton Windmill is also usually open this weekend each year to demonstrate the workings of this famous landmark; unfortunately that can’t take place this year as repair work to the roof is still continuing. Therefore ,all activities that usually take place at the windmill will now be held at the church including…………….stalls, booksale, face painting ,tea and cake , fresh local produce, games for children, and more………
The fourth Small is… festival to be set in the beautiful grounds of The Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development, near Rugby, is fast approaching. Download the PDF e-flyer here for further details of an engaging weekend which will celebrate the centenary of E.F. Schumacher, author of ‘Small is Beautiful: a Study of Economics as if People Mattered’, as well as giving members of the public, experienced professionals and young enthusiastic engineers the chance to engage with and question the ideas related to international development and sustainability across all areas of our lives.
Smallis e-flyer
www.TradArtsTeam.co.uk
Our music and storytelling sessions continue during August and then we have a flurry of activity at the beginning of September as the new season gets going. So this is an early notice for all events including the Moseley Folk Festival fringe workshop programme.
To find out about other events all over the Midlands, read our glossy new Folk Monthly magazine. On sale for just £1 at various folk clubs and music shops in the region, or you can have it delivered through your letter box every month for only £14. You’ll find a subscription form at www.tradartsteam.co.uk/images/subscription_form.pdf
Sunday 21 August, 8:00pm
Traditional Music Session – all musicians welcome
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/music-sessions.html
Wednesday 24 August 8:00pm
Tales and Ales Storytelling session – all welcome
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/tales-and-ales.html
Thursday 1 September, 8:00pm
Traditional Song Session – all welcome
Kitchen Garden Café, York Road, B14 7SA
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/song-sessions.html
Saturday 3 September, 12 noon – 1:30pm
Bluegrass Music Workshop with the Toy Hearts
For musicians and listeners – learn more about the exciting music played by this top local group
Bulls Head, Moseley (free fringe event at Moseley Folk Festival)
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=253
Sunday 4 September, 1-2:30pm
Music Workshop with Bellevue Rendezvous
For all musicians – new tunes from Scotland and Europe on fiddle and nyckelharpa
Bulls Head, Moseley (free fringe event at Moseley Folk Festival)
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=254
Sunday 4 September, 3-4:30pm
Song Workshop with Sam Lee
For singers and listeners – traditional songs from the Gypsy community
Bulls Head, Moseley (free fringe event at Moseley Folk Festival)
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=25
MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER, 8pm – A PEOPLE’S CABARET
Special crossover event featuring David Rovics, revolutionary singer from USA
Kitchen Garden Café, York Road, B14 7SA
Tickets £7.00 from KG Café, 0121 443 4725
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=239
ADVANCE NEWS FOR SINGERS – all day song workshop with James Fagan on Sunday 2 October
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=244
The Traditional Arts Team runs activities in the Midlands relating to traditional song, music, storytelling and dance, and publishes the Folk Monthly magazine.
More info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk