from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Wednesday 8th August
Dan Eccles (8.20). Introduced by Jon Brenner. Preceded by The Return of
The Morris Party – A quadrennial global event. Amid the mayhem who will be the
winners and the losers? There will be seven champions.
Supported by Dukes £16/£14 (£8/£7)
679 7:00-10:30pm Blackmore Ceilidh In The Dark with Monster Ceilidh Band. Caller Nick Walden.
Gardens Marquee Performance by Pig Dyke Molly. First hour aimed at families. UV lighting
from 8.30pm. Bring those glow sticks. £10 (£5) F(£15)
C623 7:30-9:30pm Unitarian Hall Singing Counties-Songs From Dorset with the Bride Valley Band. £8 (£4)
680 7:30-11:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with The QP, Blabbermouth, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin. Collection
681 7:30-10:30pm St Teresa’s
Church Hall
Social Dance American Extravaganza with Mike Courthold and Barefoot. £10
682 7:30-10:30pm Methodist
Church Hall
Social Dance Mix with Chris Turner and Fiddler’s Elbow. £10
683 7:30-10:30pm Stowford Rise Contra Dance with Rod and Frances Stradling and Adam Hughes. £10
684 8:00-10:00pm
Community Centre
Methodist Church Concert with John Kirkpatrick and Peter & Barbara Snape.
MC. Eddie Upton. £10 (£5)
685 8:00-10:30pm Manor Pavilion Spotlight Scotland Caledonia’s New Hardy Sons featuring Galoshins;
presented by Sokobauno Puppet Theatre and Alasdair Roberts and
performances by Gillebride MacMillan and Alasdair Roberts and Friends.
Introduced by Bob Walton. Supported by Nosh Sandwich Kitchen £13/£11 (£7/£6)
686 8:00-10:30pm Arts Centre Political Song Session – Sisters Unlimited swap songs with guests
Lester Simpson and Donal Maguire and yourselves. £8
687 8:00-10:30pm Rugby Club The Rugby Club Sessions Music Session with The Ship Band. Collection
688 8:00-10:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Old Man Luedecke, Tim Laycock and Lauren McCormick.
MC. Barry Lister. Supported by The Bedford Hotel£12 (£6)
689 8:00-10:30pm Ham Marquee Concert with Martin Simpson Trio plus special guests June Tabor,
Dick Gaughan, Fay Hield and Jon Boden. MC. Barry Goodman.
Supported by Sidmouth Cricket Club £20/£18/£16 (£10/£9/£8)
690 8:00-10:30pm Woodlands Hotel Traditional Night Out hosted by Dan Quinn with Martin Carthy, members of
English String Band, Jeff Wesley, Simon Ritchie, Pat Ryan and Will Duke. £8
691 8:30-11:00pm Kennaway House Concert with Rura, Clive Harvey, Pete Coe. MC Jim Moray. £10 (£5)
692 9:00-11:00pm Dukes Live Music from Mad Dog Macrea. Collection
693 11:00-1:15am Bulverton Festival Clubhouse – Late Night Extra with Spiers and Boden.
Marquee Caller Gordon Potts. Performance by Seven Champions Molly Dancers.
£13/£11 Bulverton Big Ticket £20
Thursday 9th August
701 9:30-10:50am Blackmore Social Dance Workshop with Mike Courthold and Stick the Fiddle.
Gardens Marquee ‘Dance Algebra’ – with the aid of Roodman’s ‘Calculated Figures’. W £8
702 9:30-10:50am Methodist
Church Hall
Bouncy Playford Workshop with Adam Hughes and Barefoot. W £8
703 9:30-11:00am Bulverton Molly Dance Workshop Jubilee Molly: 1887 to 2012 with Pig Dyke Molly.
Marquee What was Molly like in 1887? What has one Fenland team made of it now?
What can you make of it? Using the collected repertoire and the dances of Pig Dyke
Molly, explore approaches to interpreting the tradition for modern audiences.
Open to all. Wear non-slip shoes. W £8
704 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
705 9:30-11:00am Arts Centre Illustrated Talk – ‘That Precious Legacy’ Songs collected in Essex by Ralph
Vaughan Williams. Sue Cubbin of Potiphar’s Apprentices tells the story of
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