from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Tuesday 7th August
519 11:15-12:45pm Manor Pavilion Carols From The Shires with the West Gallery Music Association.
Gallery carols and other celebratory music from Southern England, East Anglia
and the Midlands. See Sunday for full details. W £8
520 11:15-12:45pm Arts Centre Stream Of Sound Youth Choir Workshop Give your lungs a good workout
with these young tutors from Stream of Sound. No experience necessary –
you just need your enthusiasm! Ages 13-18. W £4
521 11:15-12:45pm St Teresa’s Barefoot Flamenco Workshop with Valerie Romanin. Flamenco Delscalzo is a
Church Hall graceful and innovative dance fusion revealing the roots of the flamenco dance.
Today’s session will introduce 2-beat rhythm dances such as the Rumba and Malfuf.
Suitable for all levels of ability. Please wear comfortable clothes, and no shoes
necessary! W £8
522 11:15-12:45pm Woodlands Hotel Storytelling Workshop A Sense of Place-Jack Lynch considers and illustrates
with myths, legends and folklore, how the Irish storytelling tradition is rooted
in the local landscape. W £8
523 11:15-12:45pm Lower Methodist Bodhran Workshop with Will Lang. Beginners’ level, focusing on the basic
Church Hall techniques and approaches of Bodhran, giving you a solid foundation for
playing at home, in sessions and even in your own band! W £8
524 11:15-12:45pm Chapel Street Fiddle Band Workshop with Kirsty Cotter. A progressive series culmintating in a
Hall performance in the fiddle concert on Friday lunchtime. Suitable for all abilty levels.
2 of 4 – Harmonies and reels. W £8
525 11:30-12:45pm Kennaway House The Songwriter’s Interview featuring Old Man Luedecke.
Interviewed by Lester Simpson. £8
526 11:30-1:00pm Rugby Club Sidmouth Big Band with Nick and Mary Barber. Sidmouth Big Band is a large
ceilidh band suitable for any acoustic instrument, any standard. A series of linked
workshops working on the skills required and leading to a public ceilidh with a
caller. This year’s workshops will feature music from the Lakeland fiddler William
Irwin. W £8
527 12:00-1:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Jig Crew, Mortimer’s Morris.Collection
528 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Lunchtime Concert with Mawkin and Strike a Match. MC Jon Brenner.
Supported by The Swan Inn £10 (£5)
529 12:00-2:30pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton
with special guests. Collection
530 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with The QP. Caller Cat Kelly. Supported by The Anchor Inn Collection
531 12:30-2:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Craft Make props and sets for the showcase and bring
ideas for your own projects! All abilities. W £4
532 12:50-2:10pm Methodist Church Social Dance Workshop Dance Workshop with Chris Turner, Fiddler’s Elbow.
Hall ‘The Ramblings of a London Gentleman including a few from Book 3.’ W £8
533 1:00-2:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Theatre Invent characters, stories and scenes for the showcase.
We’ll be filming sections to be projected at the f-Factor finale as well as performed
live! W £4
534 1:00-2:00pm Blackmore
Gardens Marquee
A Chance To Meet Seven Champions Molly Dancers. MC. Chris Rose £8
535 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Couple Dancing Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw,
Church Hall Richard Jones. 1 of 3-Leading and following. A chance to explore the
subtleties of leading well and following nicely! Mixed levels: a chance to focus
on improving your flair, technique and variations for dancing with style. W £8
536 1:00-2:30pm Methodist Big Sing Spookmeister Stephen Taberner will be offering his unique
Church smorgasbord of warm ups, vocal grooves, world music and originals. The end
result will be the Sidmouth Big Sing choir, who may very well Sing Big
somewhere in Sidmouth. W £8
537 1:00-2:30pm Lower Methodist Bodhran Workshop with Will Lang. Intermediate/ Advanced. A chance to develop
Church Hall your skills by looking at ornamentation, cross-rhythms and the influence of worldpercussions
on contemporary Bodhran styles. W £8
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