from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Wednesday 8th August
659 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround –‘Songs Of The Ups And Downs’. Going up – up in the air,
uphill, upsets. Going down – drink, shipwrecks, mines etc. Hosted by Colin and
Sonja Andrews. Collection
660 4:00-5:00pm The Hub Dance Display with KEGS, Lancashire Wallopers, Redbornstoke Morris. Collection
661 4:00-6:00pm All Saints Tea Dance T Dance – A light hearted afternoon of dances beginning with
Church Hall the letter ‘T’. With Nigel Close and Stick the Fiddle. £8
662 4:15-5:00pm Chapel Street Melodeon Workshop Beginners I with Ed Rennie. Starting from scratch, this
Hall progressive series of workshops will take you step by step through mysteries of
playing the DG melodeon. Ability to read music not necessary. Bring a DG
melodeon, a limited number available to borrow. Application forms available
at ticket office. W £8
663 4:30-6:00pm St Teresa’s
Church Hall
Irish Set Dance Worshop with Jerry O’Reilly. W £8
664 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Perfecting The Polska with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and
Church Hall Richard Jones. A chance to practise the enigmatic polska, take your partner on a
turn around the slängpolska and relax with the trancelike långdans. Mixed levels: a
chance to focus on improving your flair, technique and variations for dancing with
style. W £8
665 4:30-6:00pm Lower Methodist Community Songs Workshop with Peter Wilton. Folk songs, national songs,
Church Hall parlour songs, glees and carols, from 19th and early 20th century song books.
Reading music desirable, but not essential. W £8
666 4:30-6:30pm Anchor Garden Ceilidh with Dyer:Cummings. Caller Alex Cummings.
Supported by The Anchor Inn Collection
667 5:00-6:00pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Rapper Come learn some rapper steps, figures and dances.
With Gaorsach! W £4
668 5:00-6:00pm Theatre Bar Shooting Roots – Storytelling Rachel Rose Reid and her assistants are back
to help you become a master talesmith. Working towards a story-round session
at the end of the week. All abilities welcome! W £4
669 5:00-6:00pm Market Square Dance Display with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, Mortimer’s Morris,
Pig Dyke Molly. Collection
670 5:00-6:00pm Blackmore A Chance To Meet Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Valerie Romanin.
Gardens Marquee MC. Chris Rose. £8
671 5:00-6:15pm Methodist Church Garlic And Sapphires is a new interpretation of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets by actor
and theatre director Peter Wynne Wilson and musician Paul Saunders. The themes
of music, dance, elements and season are brought to life by Peter’s reading and
Paul’s score reflecting the individual settings of the Quartets in time and place.
Introduced by Dave Hunt. £8
672 5:00-6:15pm Woodlands Hotel My Way To Song From his long career as a singer Len Graham introduces us to
singers and songs he encountered from the Ulster tradition. Introduced by
Derek Schofield. £8
673 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
674 5:15-6:00pm Chapel Street Melodeon Workshop Beginners II with Ed Rennie. Starting from scratch, this
Hall progressive series of workshops will take you step by step through mysteries of
playing the DG melodeon. Ability to read music not necessary. Bring a DG
melodeon, a limited number available to borrow. Application forms available
at ticket office. W £8
675 5:45-7:00pm Kennaway House An Hour Or So with Archie Fisher. Introduced by Bob Walton. £8 (£4)
676 6:15-7:30pm Arts Centre A Few Words with Pat Ryan, Racker Donnelly, Tim Laycock.
Hosted by Bruce Gomersall. £8
677 6:45-7:15pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Pig Dyke Molly. Collection
678 7:00-10:30pm Bulverton Festival Clubhouse Must Come Down – Morris Offspring with special
Marquee guests Jackie Oates and Debs Newbold (8.45). Plus Jake Jones and
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