Havering Folk Club News 21st November 2010
Hi all,
Peter here with this week’s HFC newsletter.
Last Session: Another excellent open session on Wednesday, November 17th with guv’nor Simon Oliver taking on the MC’s mantle for the first time in goodness knows how long. He kicked off the performances and subsequently introduced, in no particular order, Andy Roberts, Foxen, Paul Turner, Dennis Homes, Pep Pepper, Bernie & Maureen Pilgrim, Sheila Granger step-dancing, accompanied by John and Bernie, Clive Paish, Linda Paish separately this week for a change, not as Ploughman’s lunch, William Saint, Jane Thomson, Tony Thomson, myself plus virgin performer Barry all the way from Harrow. Hope to see you again Barry.
From the Guv’nor: Well, actually no; it’s still Pete. Unfortunately the guv’s computer crashed as he tried to send me his copy for me to cut and paste and I didn’t receive it. His epistle was too long for me to take down by hand so his comments will be held over until next week.
Other Stuff: This coming Tuesday, 23rd November, familiar Haverface Kriss Pouch is the guest artist at Romford Folk Club, The Sun, 47 London Road, Romford, RM7 9QA. The compere is Mick Brown and the session starts at 8pm
On Thursday, 25th November, Loughton Folk Club will be playing some medieval dance tunes and also teaching the dance steps to some simple Branles – miming circle dances. Free admission to anyone in authentic medieval dress. This takes place at The Loughton Club, 8 Station Rd., Loughton, IG10 4NX, or contact Jim Coombes on 0776 214 6623.
The traditional Folk Carol Service is now in its 33rd year and takes place once again on Sunday 12th December from 6.30pm - 8pm. The venue is St. Clements Church, Broadway, Leigh-on-Sea, and as well as our own Foxen, it will also feature The Famous Potatoes, The Honeygales, Sweet Bells handbell ringers, John Coppin, Jack Forbes, Peter Monk, Roy Brown, Suzanne Higgins, John Smith, Chrissy King and Ken MacKinnon. Entry is appears to be free (No doubt Foxen will let me know if this is not the case) but there will be a collection in aid of the homeless, famine and church charities. If anyone would like to put up a poster for this event, let me know and I’ll forward a JPEG for you to download.
Christmas Dinner: Our Christmas Dinner is to be on Wednesday, 22nd December at the Golden Lion, 7.30pm for 8pm. All are welcome whether you are a regular or just an occasional visitor. We’ll probably do as we did last year and have a singaround of one song each after we’ve finished eating.
The cost is just £12.79 per person and the menu is as follows
Starters: Breaded Mushrooms with garlic and mayonnaise Prawn Cocktail Soup of the Day
Mains: Roast Turkey , roast potatoes, etc Roast Beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding etc Grilled Salmon Fillet, lemon & dill sauce, roast pots etc
Vegetarian - Wensleydale and red onion pie roast pots, etc
Desserts: Christmas Pudding with brandy sauce Profiteroles with ice cream or cream New York-style cheesecake with toffee-flavoured sauce and cream
Publicising Your Event: Just a reminder that I’m more than happy to publicise any Haverfolks’ gig or event in this newsletter, which now has a subscriber list of over 230, but you have to tell me. I don’t have time to scout round everyone’s website/Facebook etc to find out. I send the newsletter round on either Saturday or Sunday depending on what I’ve got arranged for the weekend, so if you have something on, say a Friday or Saturday, I need to know prior to the weekend before that.
Incidentally, I’ve de-activated my Facebook account as I found the thing a damned nuisance, so you’ll have to e-mail me here rather than send a Facebook message.
Back to HFC: We have another open session this coming Wednesday, 24th November and as usual, all are welcome to come along and claim a floor spot. The following Wednesday, 1st December is a featured evening for the aforementioned Haverman Mick Brown, plus floor spots – so make it a date – Wednesday at eight!
Cheers – Peter
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Havering Folk Club, The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford, RM1 1HR
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Havering Folk Club News 21st November 2010
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