from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Saturday 4th August
224 2:30-4:00pm Esplanade to Procession of all invited teams along Esplanade, through the Market Square,
Blackmore up Old Fore Street and High Street to Blackmore Drive, then into Blackmore
Gardens Gardens, followed by dance display in the Blackmore Gardens Marquee. All teams
assemble at the west (Connaught Gardens) end of the seafront at 2.15pm sharp.
Collection
225 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Waltz & Variations with Kerry Fletcher. A whirlwind tour of European waltzes from
Church Hall the everyday to the exotic 5 and 8 time variations! We’ll be looking at grace, poise
and momentum. Mixed level: a chance to focus on improving your flair, technique
and variations for dancing with style. W £8
226 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Moltenamba. Collection
227 3:00-5:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots Tasters! Come try a bit of everything before our
workshops start in full force tomorrow! W £4
228 3:00-5:00pm Bedford Hotel Songwriters In Concert ‘And Then I Wrote’ with Gavin Davenport,
Otis Gibbs, Reg Meuross. MC. Lester Simpson. £10 (£5)
229 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House Welcome Concert with The Dollymopps, Maz O’Connor, Racker Donnelly.
MC.Jon Brenner. £8 (£4)
230 3:00-6:00pm Dukes Open Mic Session Come along on the day and sign your name up! Collection
231 3:15-4:45pm Blackmore Dance Display A brief taster from some of this year’s booked teams.
Gardens Marquee MC. Chris Rose. Collection
232 3:15-5:15pm Ham Marquee Concert with Black Umfolosi, Frank Yamma. MC. Derek Schofield.
Hobgoblin Stage Supported by Hobgoblin Music £16/£14 (£8/£7)
233 4:30-6:00pm Manor Pavilion Wren Music Concert Okehampton Youth Roots Ensemble, Torbay Folk Choir,
Voices in Common, West Devon Folk Choir, North Devon Folk Choir.
MC Marilyn Tucker £8 (£4)
234 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s Breton Dance Workshop with Yannick Minvielle-Debat & Steve Turner.
Church Hall Come and learn the basic Breton dances as experienced in a Fest-Noz,
as well as more unusual ones. No partner necessary. W £8
235 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Church Somerset Young Folk Musicians At Halsway Manor Somerset Young Musicians is
run by Will Lang and a team of young tutors at Halsway Manor the week before the
festival. The participants of SYM meet for 5 days of music-making and singing to
create a performance to showcase here. Supported by Halsway Manor Collection
236 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Tea Dance with Lynne Render and Barefoot. Lynne’s menu will include
Church Hall Squares and Contras. W £8
237 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Ceilidhography. Caller Cat Kelly.
Supported by The Anchor Inn Collection
238 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Kirtlington Morris,
Mortimer’s Morris. Collection
239 5:00-6:00pm Blackmore
Gardens Marquee
A Chance To Meet Morris Offspring. MC. Chris Rose. £8
240 5:00-6:30pm The Volunteer Storyround An opportunity to tell some stories, or just sit and listen.
Garden Hosted by Moe Keast and Tom Goodale. Collection
241 5:00-7:00pm Woodlands Hotel Ballad Session Hosted by Sheila Miller and Moira Craig with their guest
Debby McClatchy. All welcome. Collection
242 5:30-6:00pm The Hub Rough Music East Devon Folk Orchestra, leader David Faulkner. Collection
243 5:30-6:45pm Arts Centre Illustrated Talk The Mighty Ship Titanic. A look at the songs that were inspired by
the disaster, to mark the centenary. Presented by Peta Webb and Ken Hall. £8
244 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Roots A Capella Collection
245 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse Euro Dance Party with Stygiens (9.15) and Moltenamba (8.15).
Marquee Preceded by a welcome Euro-music session (7.00) with Frances Watt, Chris
Walshaw and Richard Jones. MC. Kerry Fletcher. Supported by Dukes
£16/£14 (£8/£7)
C217 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Ceilidh with Polkaworks. Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by £10 (£5) F £15
Gardens Marquee Earlsdon Morris Men. First hour is aimed at families.
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