from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Wednesday 8th August
623 11:15-12:45pm Chapel Street Fiddle Band Workshop with Kirsty Cotter. A progressive series culminating in a
Hall performance in the fiddle concert on Friday lunchtime. Suitable for all ability levels.
3 of 4 – How to play strathspeys. W £8
624 11:30-12:45pm Bedford Hotel An Hour Or So with Sisters Unlimited. Introduced by Fee Lock. £8
625 11:30-12:45pm Kennaway House The Songwriter’s Interview featuring Jon Boden.
Interviewed by Lester Simpson. £8
626 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
627 12:00-12:45pm The Hub Dance Display with Lancashire Wallopers, Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth,
Pig Dyke Molly, Strike a Match. Collection
628 12:00-1:30pm Ham Marquee Lunchtime Concert with Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy plus Lauren McCormick.
MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by Port Royal Sailing Club £10 (£5)
629 12:00-2:30pm The Volunteer Inn In The Tradition A traditional pub session hosted by George Frampton
with special guests. Collection
630 12:00-2:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Lebedek. Caller Martyn Harvey.
Supported by The Anchor Inn Collection
631 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
632 12:50-2:10pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop with Fiddler’s Elbow and Mike Courthold.
Church Hall ‘Wave Motion’– dances with energy, to give a mid-week boost. W £8
633 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 £8
634 1:00-2:00pm Blackmore
Gardens Marquee
Dance Display with KEGS, Valerie Romanin. MC. Chris Rose. £8
635 1:00-2:30pm Woodlands Hotel Harmony Workshop with Crucible Trio. Jess, Gav and Rich teach some songs in
parts and explore some techniqes for improvising and building your own harmonies.
Aimed at anybody who enjoys a good sing. W £8
636 1:00-2:30pm St Teresa’s Couple Dancing Workshop with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw
Church Hall and Richard Jones. 2 of 3-developing technique and style. Focusing on holds,
turns and moving gracefully around the floor! We’ll be experimenting with how
to adjust to different partners. Mixed levels: a chance to focus on improving your
flair, technique and variations for dancing with style. W £8
637 1:00-2:30pm Methodist Church 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
638 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
639 1:00-2:30pm Chapel Street String Instruments In Ceilidh Bands with English String Band. A chance to
Hall look at the pleasures and challenges of using the string family of instruments in
a ceilidh band, specifically fiddles, violas, cellos and double bass. Participants
should be at least intermediate level and be able to pick up tunes by ear or
read music. W £8
640 1:30-3:00pm Rugby Club Ukulele For Improvers with Clive Harvey. For players who are not starting from
scratch. More chords, more complex strumming techniques, how to read tab.
Under 12s should be accompanied by an adult. W £8
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