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Singer Martyn Joseph
Award-winning acoustic guitarist and singersongwriter
Martyn Joseph checks in at Swaffham
Assembly House on Saturday 5th November, as part
of his extensive winter UK tour.
A powerful singer and songwriter gifted with the rare
ability to speak to the soul with his expressive and
poignant lyrics, Martyn’s been compared to Bruce
Springsteen but has carved his own style and reputation
as a mesmerising live performer. A unique talent driven
by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, his
music empowers and speaks for the many.
His song “There’s Always Maybe” won the best folk
song category in the 2012 World Independent Music
Awards. Social justice is ever-present throughout his
music, which has been recognised with numerous
humanitarian awards and plaudits. His latest album
‘Sanctuary’ has just been released to popular and
critical acclaim.
Martyn delivers challenging narratives, tackling the
complexity of the human condition but underpinned with
a promise of hope. BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris observed
that “Martyn is one of our most intelligent writers. He
gets better and better like the finest of wines.”
He has won the love of audiences across the
USA, Canada and Europe and toured with Art
Garfunkel, Jools Holland, Suzanne Vega, Mike and
The Mechanics and Joan Armatrading. A raconteur
weaving tales on topical concerns, he tells stories of
the fragility of love, with a magical ability to reach
out to his listeners through his passion and humour.
2014 saw Martyn launch his ‘Let Yourself Trust’, a
not-for-profit organisation which aims to challenge
injustice, educating via advocacy, campaigning for
human rights and raising issues otherwise ignored.
Reviewers have singled him out as an
unmissable solo performer whose music stays
with you long after the show has ended. A
unique talent, driven by passion and love for his
trade, Martyn continues to write, sing and play
from the heart. It’s a road he’s been travelling
for most of his life and, as he often tells his
audience, ‘you keep turning up and so will I.’
Tickets are £16 from Ceres Bookshop in Swaffham
tel: 01760 722504 and on-line at bit.ly/2atbUNM
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8
100 Years Of Lions
Swaffham Lions plans to celebrate one hundred
years of Lions International are beginning to
be finalised. It all started with Melvin Jones,
who joined the Business Circle, a businessmen's
luncheon group and was shortly elected secretary.
This group was one of many at that time devoted
solely to promoting the financial interests of their
membership. Because of their limited appeal
they were destined to disappear. Melvin Jones,
then a 38-year-old Chicago business leader, had
other plans. “What if these men," Melvin Jones
asked, "who are successful because of their drive,
intelligence and ambition, were to put their
talents to work improving their communities?"
Thus, at his invitation, delegates from men's clubs
met in Chicago to lay the groundwork for such
an organization and on June 7, 1917, Lions Clubs
International was born.
Lions international now have 1.4m members
spread over 208 countries with 46,620 clubs
and focus on humanitarian efforts. Working
together when a disaster occurs, LCIF, local
Lions and Lions leaders assess the urgent
needs and quickly deliver the aid most
required by victims. This grassroots model
has proven effective in tragedies around the
world, such as the Southeast Asia tsunami,
September 11th and the Haiti earthquake.
Lions know that disaster can affect anyone’s
community, whether it’s halfway around
the world or right here at home. That’s
why in the last 10 years, LCIF has provided
more than US$100 million for disaster relief
programs worldwide.
Swaffham Lions, with the support of Swaffham
Town Council, are holding a Civic Reception to
launch the one hundred year celebration. This
will be followed throughout the year with a
programme of events that highlight the work
that they do in the community, these will
include Diabetes awareness, Sight, disaster
relieve and a peace poster competition for
school pupils. The year will close with a thanks
giving inter denominational service.