Havering Folk Club News 14th August 2010 Hi all, Pete here. As you know Gill and I went down to the Sidmouth Folk Festival last week and jolly good it was too. We were expecting to spend part of our time at the festival and part walking on Dartmoor etc., but in fact, we only spent one day away from Sidmouth – quietly strolling round Lyme Regis! We saw almost all the dance displays as well as going to several of the music events, and I joined in a couple of the singarounds as well. After that we went over to the Dartmoor Festival which Big Bob Gladwell e-mailed to let me know about (cheers Bob!) and watched the broom dancing and step dancing championships. A great week. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Last Three Havering Sessions: The Wednesday, 28th July session was compered at short notice by club newcomer John Clarke. He came to the club for the first time the previous week and volunteered to step in this time; a very good job he made of it as well. Having started us off he then introduced Bernie & Maureen, Margaret Brown, myself, Pep & Terry, HFC virgin Mary Bryan, Al Neville (our October featured member), Dave Worley, Len Reeder, Linda Worley, Linda Paish, Clive Paish, William Saint, Kriss Pouch, Jane Thomson, Tony Thomson, Foxen and Helen Tegg. Another busy night at the Lion. _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wednesday, 4th August saw Phil Duffield’s featured evening. This was the first time Phil had undertaken an extended gig and I know from talking to him about it that he worked very hard at getting a programme together. I’m only sorry I missed it by being at Sidmouth. Dave Worley manned the door and extorted money from everyone and Linda commered (yes really – the feminine of compere). She sent the following report: We had a total of eight singers; Margaret Brown, Mike Willmore, Bert Dady and Keith Petty, Andy Roberts, Jane Thomsen, John Clarke and Jack Rossiter who last sang with us two years ago. We were a little concerned at first as the club was really quiet, only four of us for ages. But as always happens a few more performers trickled in later on, thankfully for Phil! Other non-performars turned up too, so we were able to fill the room up between us. As for Phil, well it was a superb evening, as we all guessed it would be! It was excellent, easy listening and carried out in his usual laid-back style, with some very funny stories and a quiz. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Gill and I were back for the open session on Wednesday, 11th August with Dave Worley taking charge of proceedings on this occasion. We had 10 floor spots and about 20 in attendance, which meant everyone was able to have two songs in each half. Before the interval we heard from Dave himself, Bernie & Maureen Pilgrim, Andy Roberts, Dennis Homes, Jane Thomson, Mick Brown, Tony Thomson, Kriss Pouch and finally, Jack Rossiter who was obviously so enthralled by his first visit in two years last week that he couldn’t keep away – come more often Jack! I hadn’t intended to sing this evening as I had a bit of a cold and sore throat, but got jealous watching everybody else so added myself to the list for the second half and did a couple after the others had done theirs, and finally Mick Brown brought the evening to a close, giving him the opportunity to show off his talents ahead of his featured evening on 1st December. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other Stuff: 28th August, Bank Holiday Saturday sees the Chequer Inn, 4 Chequer Lane, Ash, Canterbury, CT3 2ET holding its annual Folk Festival from 11am to 11pm. Call Adrian on 01304 614088 or look at www.thechequerinn.co.uk There are some names well known to Haverfolk including The Jones Boys, Tone Deaf Leopard, Fiddlefit, Ben Little, John Bardon and far too many others to mention here. _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ We now have the latest issue of Folk London for sale at the club. This has developed into an excellent magazine under Peter Crabb-Wyke’s editorship. This issue has two mentions of HFC in its Roundup section and even quotes directly from our newsletter! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Next Merry Meeting: Wednesday, 18th August is another open session, so Make it a date – Wednesday at eight! Cheers – Peter Havering Folk Club, The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford, RM1 1HR |
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Havering Folk Club News 14th August 2010
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