A request from Xandra – one of our Canalside members:
We have been given permission to collect money on behalf of Amnesty International on the following dates:
Leamington Centre – Saturday 7 MAY – Organiser Xandra Gilchrist
Warwick Centre – Saturday 14 MAY – Organisers Denise Fowler and Simon Lieberman
Kenilworth Centre – Saturday 21 MAY- -Organiser Barbara Jones
If you could spare an hour [2 would be a bonus!] please contact me indicating which town and any preferred times:
xandrajmgilchrist@gmail.com Tel:07796948211/01926315823
April 2011
www.TradArtsTeam.co.uk
We have something for everyone in April including a music training workshop
Mondays 7:30
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
Sunday 17 April, 8pm
Traditional Music Session
Prince of Wales, Moseley, B13 8EE
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/music-sessions.html
Wednesday 20 April 7:30
Birmingham Storytelling Cafe
GRAHAM LANGLEY & AMANDA SMITH – Heroes All
Kitchen Garden Cafe
Tickets £7.00 from KG Cafe, 0121 443 4725
Doors 6:30 for delicious food and drink
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/Birmingham-Storytelling-Cafe.html
Wednesday 27 April 8:00
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
The Traditional Arts Team runs activities in the Midlands relating to traditional song, music, storytelling and dance, and publishes the Folk Monthly magazine. It receives support from Arts Council England.
More info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk
This Saturday, 26 March, there will be a Barn Dance with Cuckoo’s Nest at All Saints Church Hall, Vicarage Road, Birmingham B14 7RA. Food and light refreshments available but unlicensed, so bring your own alcohol. Doors open at 7:30, dancing starts at 8pm.
If you don’t know how to do English country dancing, you will soon learn, as the caller will explain the steps before the music starts and will remind you what to do next – it is great fun, even if you get it wrong! Our caller this weekend is the fabulous Jo Freya of Blowzabella and Token Women Fame – so you will be in for a really good time.
Tickets £7 (children £3.50) from 0121 246 9873
This dance is organised jointly with All Saints Centre – more details at
http://www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=160
We look forward to seeing you there!
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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
The Traditional Arts Team is supported by Arts Council England
www.TradArtsTeam.co.uk
Here are a few music and dance events coming up shortly. For more information click through to our website.
Traditional Music Session
Sunday 20 March, 8-10pm
Prince of Wales, Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 BEE
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/music-sessions.html
Moseley Village Band
Thursdays 24 March, 14 April, 7:30 to 9:15
St Columba’s Church Hall, corner of Chantry Road, Birmingham B13 8D
All musicians welcome, £3 per session (first session free)
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/Moseley-Village-Band.html
Barn Dance with Cuckoo’s Nest, caller Jo Freya
Saturday 26 March, 8-11pm
A social event for all the family, and for all ages and backgrounds. If you don’t know how to do English country dancing, you will soon learn, as Jo will explain the steps before the music starts and will remind you what to do next – it is great fun, even if you get it wrong! Food and light refreshments available but unlicensed, so bring your own alcohol. Tickets £7 (children £3.50) from 0121 246 9873
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=160
Traditional Song Session
Thursday 7 April, 8-10pm
Kitchen Garden Café, York Road, B14 7SA
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/song-sessions.html
Newfoundland Tunes Workshop
Sunday 10 April, 1pm to 4pm
mac, Cannon Hill Park
As a part of their Shore to Shore tour, Fergus O’Byrne and Jim Paynes will lead musicians in the playing of Newfoundland dance tunes and the steps that go with them. Presented in partnership with Wren Music and mac – there will be a full Shore to Shore concert in the evening. Tickets £12 (£10 for those holding concert tickets) from mac or call 0121 446 3232
www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=161
The Traditional Arts Team runs activities in the Midlands relating to traditional song, music, storytelling and dance, and publishes the Folk Monthly magazine. It receives support from Arts Council England.
More info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk
The following food events are happening this week as part of Conversations with the Earth, Community Festival in East Oxford at the Old Bookbinders, Green Street, Oxford. See full programme below and www.wix.com/conversationsearth/festival (Please copy and paste link – thanks, Ali)
Would appreciate you emailing your food & agriculture tribe to publicise these inspiring food related events ..
thursday march 17th
TOWARDS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY with Michel Pimbert
7.30-10 pm at the Old Bookbinders, Green Street, East Oxford
Michel Pimbert, IIED Food and Agriculture Programme & InsightShare
How do we protect agro-biodiversity? How can international organisations contribute and what are the implications for local communities? A talk about projects in Mali, Iran and India followed by videos made by Andean community members.
saturday march 19th
FEED THE SOIL, FEED THE PLANET with the Ecology of Food Tribe
2.30 – 5.30pm
Share ideas and experiences through making collages and conversation to explore a lively food culture which honours the earth.
A Convivium within a Soil Shrine to savour a taste for change with Miche Fabre Lewin, Flora Gathorne – Hardy, Johnnie Letts, Nick Saltmarsh and friends to celebrate food, soil and community.
Join us before at noon for a nourishing Deep Soup Ceremony celebrating local organic food producers, soil and community.
Trust you can make some of these gatherings.
love
miche and flora
Keep an eye on our new website, check out your favourite event and then have a little look round the rest of the site to see what else is going on.
Barn Dance with Cuckoos Nest and caller Jo Freya
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Sat 26 March, All Saints Church Hall, Vicarage Road Birmingham B14 7RA
Doors open at 7:30, dancing starts at 8pm
Food and light refreshments available but unlicensed, so bring your own alcohol.
Tickets £7 (children £3.50) from 0121 246 9873
More info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=160
Newfoundland Dance Tunes workshop
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And for the musicians among you, here’s advance notice of an afternoon workshop on 10 April at mac, Birmingham. As a part of their Shore to Shore tour, Fergus O’Byrne and Jim Paynes will lead musicians in the playing of Newfoundland dance tunes and the steps that go with them. We’re organising this event with Wren Music and mac. Tickets are £12, and there’s more info at www.tradartsteam.co.uk/calendar.html?a=viewevent&id=161
Saturday January 22nd at 7.30 pm
Newbold Comyn Arms, Newbold Terrace East,
Leamington Spa CV32 4EU
opposite the Leisure Centre, www.newboldcomynarms.co.uk 01926-338810 – “The House” (not the stables bar )
Featuring:
George – the eco-poet
Graham and Stuart – the blues players
Mota Singh – the voice of the Punjab
The Eco-worriers
and more…
Entrance is free
Come and enjoy yourselves and celebrate the depths of winter
Any queries contact Gitta Ashworth on 01926-316703
birgittaashworth@yahoo.co.uk
Sat 29th + Sun 30th Jan
Introduction to Permaculture
“Designing a Sustainable Future”
9 am – 5 pm @ Sydni Centre, Sydenham, CV32 1PT
This 2 day introductory course is an excellent way to find out more about permaculture & provide an opportunity to actively learn about the principles
and methods of regenerative design.
Richard Perkins dynamically incorporates hands-on activities, co-operative discussion and lecture story-telling. A design exercise will focus on the Sydni Centre Community Garden.
Students are left with tangible and practical ways to creatively respond to global challenges humanity faces today, and how to benefit their community & eco-system through Permaculture Design.
This broad and interactive weekend will clarify exactly what Permaculture Design is,
and will leave you understanding clearly how you can effect positive change in your life and community.
Booking fee £12. Contact Juliet Carter on 01926 421467
Also : FREE double bill film showing of :
“A Farm for the Future” &
“Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil”
Fri 28th Jan 7pm start @ Sydni Centre
Saturday 4 December
7 til 11
at the
Dormer Conference Centre,
Dormer Place,
Leamington Spa. CV32 5AA
Including children¹s entertainment, performance poetry, acoustic
sounds, low carbon arts, fun and games.
Entry fee £3 payable on the door.
Vegetable soup and dhal will be available with flat bread.
Please bring drink and further contributions of food,
labelling food which is vegetarian / vegan.
Book by email: events@sparks-slc.co.uk
Call or text Derrick on 07812 795537
Dear Canalside,
I am writing to you because, as part of Transition Towns, I know that you hold good produce and ethical production to be very important: I work with very different “produce”. I am a member of Amnesty International, a leading worldwide organisation that deals with human rights issues. We campaign for freedom in many different countries, and the campaign that my school group is focusing on at the moment is Burma. In this case, the “produce” is democracy. The people of Burma have been ruled by a military junta for many years, and after the horrific events of 1988 and 2003, continue to call for democracy, freedom and an end to military rule. The first general elections in 20 years have been scheduled for early November, and this makes it a key time for campaigning. It is important for the international community to place pressure on the government to ensure it adheres to human rights standards it has previously flouted.
With this in mind, I am organising a screening of the film “Burma VJ” by renowned film-maker Anders Osterngaard. This film shows the events of the Saffron Revolution of 2003 through the eyes of the courageous video journalists who documented it and risked death and torture to get the footage out of Burma. It is an inspiring story which has won numerous awards. The screening at Gaia Foodstore (Leamington Spa) is scheduled for Wednesday 3rd November, from approximately 7:30 to 9:00, and I would be very grateful if you could publicise this as much as possible, and attend yourself. Snacks and chai will be available and entry to the screening is just 2 pounds. All money raised will go to Amnesty International.
Thank you for taking the time to read this,
Yours faithfully,
Amardeep Singh Dhillon (16)