from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Saturday 4th August
246 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s
Church Hall
American Dance with Mike Courthold and Barefoot. £10
247 7:30-10:30pm Methodist Dancers’ Dance Best Foot Forward, with Andrew Shaw and
Church Hall Paul Hutchinson, Linda Birt and Iona Hassan. £10
248 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise English Country Dance with Madeleine Smith and Masquerade. £10
Community Centre
249 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Rosco, Morning Rush and Stream of Sound. Collection
250 8:00-10:30pm Manor Pavilion Concert with Exmouth Shanty Men, The Dollymopps, Roots Acoustic.
MC. Bill Crawford. Supported by The Mocha Restaurant £13/£11 (£7/£6)
251 8:00-10:00pm Methodist Words And Music with Pat Ryan, Peter & Barbara Snape,
Church Racker Donnelly and Gavin Davenport. MC. Sue Coe. £10 (£5)
252 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Festival Folk Club hosted by Bob and Gill Berry, with their guests
Kirsty Bromley and Potiphar’s Apprentices. Singers, musicians and
storytellers welcome. £8
253 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions West Country Songs and Music
led by Eddie Upton. Collection
254 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Debby McClatchy, Reg Meuross, Maz O’Connor and
Pete Coe. MC. Barry Lister. Supported by The Bedford Hotel £12 (£6)
255 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Dervish, The Voice Squad. MC. Bob Walton. £18/£16/£13 (£9/£8/£7)
256 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel The Tradition Gathers hosted by John Howson with Geordie Murison,
Joe Aitken, Simon Ritchie, Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Peta Webb
and Ken Hall, Will Duke & Dan Quinn, Jerry O’Reilly and Jeff Wesley. £8
257 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert ‘Something To Say’ with Frank Yamma and Otis Gibbs.
MC. Lester Simpson.
£10 (£5)
258 9:00 - Dukes Live Music from Lights and Clockwork. Collection
259 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse-Late Night Extra with Tickled Pink. Caller Barry Goodman.
Marquee Performance by Windsor Morris. £13/£11 Bulverton Big Ticket £20
Sunday 5th August
301 9:30-10:45am St Teresa’s Molly Dance Workshop with Seven Champions Molly Dancers. Learn Seven
Church Hall Champions Style Performance Molly Dancing. We will teach a couple of dances at
each workshop. No previous molly experience required. W £8
302 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Square Dance Workshop ‘Squares from the New England Masters’ with
Gardens Marquee Mike Courthold, Paul Hutchinson and Liv Dunn. W £8
303 9:30-11:00am Bulverton Karelian Dance Workshop – Skylark & Artforge from Karelia, a region of Russia,
Marquee teach some of the communal dances of their homeland. W £8
304 9:30-11:00am Manor Pavilion Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr. A daily workshop, with a physical/vocal warm up
followed by learning of folk/related songs in 3 or 4 part arrangements. The workshops
will culminate with a performance in the sharing concert on Friday afternoon. W £8
305 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre Talk-Topic Records’ Early Irish Recordings Peta Webb and Ken Hall play
and discuss tracks focusing on Irish traditional singers and musicians. W £8
306 9:30-11:00am Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Circle for adults. Come and hone your storytelling skills, or just sit back
and listen. Hosted by Tom Goodale and Moe Keast. Collection
307 9:30-11:00am Conservative Appalachian Singing Workshop with Debby McClatchy. A chance to learn
Club new songs and examine the physical and social histories of the Appalachian
mountains, the Anglo-Celtic traditions that influenced the ‘high-lonesome
sound’, as well as material from the 1920s String Band Era which influenced
mountain musicians. W £8
308 10:30- Church of the
Most Precious
Blood
Folk Mass Festival visitors and musicians welcome.
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