Rhythm circle at Canalside – open to members and non-members
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
Hole in the Wall open day at Chesterton Church
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………
Moving Instincts workshop – Sun 28th Aug
Small is… festival 2011 – 2nd-4th September
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
TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM NEWS August 2011
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
Music session next Sunday 17th July
There will be a traditional music session next Sunday 17 July at the Prince of Wales pub in Moseley. All musicians are welcome to come along and
share a few tunes. More information on our website at www.tradartsteam.co.uk/music-sessions.html
Also, you may be interested in the next meeting of the Moseley Village Band which is next Thursday 14 July from 7:30 to 9:15pm at St Columba’s Church Hall, Alcester Road, Moseley. If you play an instrument, why not come along and give it a try? More information and photos at www.tradartsteam.co.uk/Moseley-Village-Band.html
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
Would you like free entry to the Warwick Folk Festival?
Once again, Action21 are providing the Litterpicking and Recycling Service at the Warwick Folk Festival (Thursday 28th– Sunday 31st July) which takes place in the grounds of Warwick School on Myton Road, Warwick.
As the event is a ticketed, if you do a 4 hour shift, you get free entry to the festival for the day! If you do more that one shift a day, we’ll also provide you with a meal voucher to use at one of the catering stalls at the festival.
To help us plan a rota, we are asking anyone who is interested in volunteering, to let us know what days and times you might be able to help.
Shift times:
Thurs 28th: 2- 6pm (Set up bins on site)
Friday 29th: 9am- 1pm, 1pm – 5pm, 5pm – 9pm
Saturday 30th: 9am- 1pm, 1pm – 5pm, 5pm – 9pm
Sunday 31st: 9am- 1pm, 1pm – 5pm, 5pm – 9pm
Monday 1st: 8am – 10am (pack bins up)
Rick and Kristie will be the staff on site all weekend, so please get in touch with them directly if you’d like to help out: kristie@arccic.co.uk or rick@arccic.co.uk
Thanks again
Action21
STORYTELLING CAFE and TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM NEWS July 2011
There are only a couple of Trad Arts Team events in August so we can all escape to the festivals, but we will be back with a full programme in September. During July we have our full range of events and sessions. If you fancy an enjoyable – and cheap – night out, you might find that one of our sessions is just the thing – and who knows you might want to jump up and do a song or a story.
To find out about other events all over the Midlands, read our Folk Monthly magazine. This costs £1 and is sold at various folk clubs and music shops in the region, or you can have it delivered through your letter box every month – there’s an annual subscription form at www.tradartsteam.co.uk/images/subscription_form.pdf
Mondays 7:30pm
STORYTELLERS STUDIO in Birmingham
Weekly storytelling training, rehearsal and performance opportunities with BIRMINGHAM VOICES
Contact 0121 247 7607 or email info@tradartsteam.co.uk for more info
Friday 1 July, 7:30pm
MATLOCK Storytelling Cafe
Native American storyteller, Robert Greygrass
Imperial Rooms, Matlock DE4 3N
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/Matlock-Storytelling-Cafe.html
Thursday 7 July, 8:00pm
Traditional Song Session
Kitchen Garden Café, York Road, B14 7SA
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/song-sessions.html
Wednesday 13 July, 7:00pm
Birmingham Voices
Storytelling at Martineau Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7UG
£3 entry – feel free to bring a rug or a picnic
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=213
Sunday 17 July, 8:00pm
Traditional Music Session
Prince of Wales, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8EE
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/music-sessions.html
Wednesday 20 July, 7:30pm
Birmingham Storytelling Cafe
Jasna Held – Greetings from Dubrovnik
Kitchen Garden Café, York Road, B14 7SA
Tickets £7.00 from KG Café, 0121 443 4725
Doors 6:30 for delicious food and drink
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/Birmingham-Storytelling-Cafe.html
Wednesday 27 July 8:00pm
Tales and Ales Storytelling session
Lamp Tavern, 157 Barford Street, Birmingham B5 6AH
Share stories in one of Birmingham’s finest real ale pubs
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/tales-and-ales.html
Sunday 21 August, 8:00pm
Traditional Music Session
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/music-sessions.html
Wednesday 24 August 8:00pm
Tales and Ales Storytelling session
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/tales-and-ales.html
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
Permaculture Design Course
This course will be based at Canalside site for its duration, with design projects at Canalside as well as other locations nearby. Participants will gather from 5pm on Friday 15th, with the course starting properly on Saturday 16th and finishing on Thursday 28th July. Further details below; a full course description is available from cazingall@gmail.com
‘During this internationally recognised certificate course we shall cover every major topic in Bill Mollison’s Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual. Living simply on the land we will be building community and experiencing new ways of connecting with each other and creatively solving problems together.
‘Accompanied by film evenings/skill shares to extend the learning, this course offers life changing new ways to positively engage with the communities and landscapes around us. An outline of topics includes:
– Philosophies and Ethics underlying permaculture
– Permaculture principals and how they shape things in general
– Patterns in Nature and how to use that in design; methods of design; how to go from a damaged piece of land to having an idea for how to move forward with it
– Climatic factors and how to work with them
– Trees, forests and why we want to mimic their systems
– Water: catchment, usage, importance and conservation
– Soil, minerals, micro-organisms, building new soil and conservation
– Permaculture Gardening
– Earthworks: How to shape the land to help it achieve the goals we are aiming for
– Aquaculture, utilising water for high efficiency production
– Natural Building
– Alternative systems: community living, and other ways of choosing to live differently that work well for people and the planet
‘Fast paced and intensive, yet creative and dynamic, the course breaks away from traditional education and is an inclusive and collective learning journey! With plenty of ‘hands on’ practical learning to back up the class studies, this course is fun and engaging for all, whether you are new to Permaculture of wishing to extend your skills.
‘On completion of this course you can practise as a Permaculture designer or go onto further studies on accredited courses.
‘£420 Certificate Course including 12 days camping and organic food.
‘For more details see www.integralpermanence.org or email for information pack integralpermanence@gmail.com’
Music session on 15 May / Bring Back Folkwaves Campaign
There will be a traditional music session next Sunday 15 May at the Prince of Wales pub in Moseley. All musicians are welcome to come along and share a few tunes. More information on our website www.tradartsteam.co.uk/music/musicsession.htm
If you want to help bring back the popular Folkwaves programme, presented for over 25 years by Mick Peat and Lester Simpson on BBC Radio Derby, now is your chance. Over 1,000 signatures have been collected so far on a petition for presentation to BBC Local Radio Management to show the tremendous support from East Midland BBC licence payers – but the larger the petition the better. If you would be willing to collect signatures, please download a copy of the petition from www.tradartsteam.co.uk/folkwaves.html, get all your friends to sign it, and send it back to Bring Back Folkwaves Campaign, Prospect Cottage, Upper Lea, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5GR
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