from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Thursday 9th August
result will be the Sidmouth Big Sing choir, who may very well Sing Big
somewhere in Sidmouth. W £8
741 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
742 1:30-3:00pm Rugby Club Accordion Workshop with Jon Brenner. Accordions-the other side!
Add imagination and interest to your bass end. W £8
743 1:45-2:30pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Funky World Band Big-band bombast, little ensemble pieces ...
Come join Sidmouth’s best scratch-band and play some stonking trad tunes with
the SRoots twist! £8
744 2:00-3:30pm All Saints Street Band Workshop with Paul Midgley and Alex Cumming. A series of 5
Church Hall workshops for percussionists and moderately loud tuned instruments to form a band
for Friday night’s Torchlight Procession. You will need to be mobile whilst playing your
instrument. W £8
745 2:25-3:45pm Methodist Church How To Dance Social and Ceilidh – all you need to know but were too scared to ask!
Hall With Madeleine Smith and Mollie Koenigsberger. Workshop 5 of 5. See
Saturday for full details. W £8
746 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Jig Crew, Pig Dyke Molly. Collection
747 2:30-4:00pm Blackmore Dance Display with Jake Jones and Dan Eccles, Lancashire Wallopers,
Gardens Marquee Mortimer’s Morris, Pig Dyke Molly, Redbornstoke Morris, Windsor Morris.
MC. Chris Rose. £8
748 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Concert with Pete Coe, Debs Newbold and Danny Pedler & Rosie Butler Hall.
MC. Bill Crawford. £10 (£5)
749 2:45-4:00pm Chapel Street Melodeon Workshop Improvers level with Ed Rennie. Progressive series of
Hall workshops for those who can play some tunes on the DG melodeon with simple bass.
Looking at different techniques and some sneaky tricks! Ability to read music not
necessary. W £8
750 2:45-4:15pm Manor Pavilion Rehearsal For Shooting Roots Showcase Prepare for F Factor.
751 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Eastern European Dance Workshop – Lebedek teach dances from Ukraine,
Church Hall Macedonia and Poland. W £8
752 2:45-4:15pm Lower Methodist The Tunes Of Scan Tester (Sussex musician 1887-1972) with Will Duke.
Church Hall Playing by ear for competent musicians, any instrument. W £8
753 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Blabbermouth. Collection
754 3:00-4:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Jig Crew,
Newcastle Kingsmen. Collection
755 3:00-4:30pm Woodlands Hotel A Woman’s Place. Sisters Unlimited host a session of songs from a
woman’s perspective. Bring your songs. W £8
756 3:00-5:00pm Kennaway House fRoots Presents A Cellar Full of Folkadelia with Naomi Bedford and
Telling The Bees. Introduced by Ian Anderson.
Supported by fRoots magazine £8 (£4)
757 3:00-6:00pm Dukes Open Mic Session Come along on the day and sign your name up! Collection
758 3:15-5:30pm Ham Marquee Spotlight Scotland Concert with Archie Fisher and Dick Gaughan.
Hobgoblin Stage MC. Derek Schofield. Supported by Creative Scotland £16/£14 (£8/£7)
759 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround – ‘I Wanted To Go On The Stage’. Music Hall songs,
songs related to films, plays, acting, performance. Hosted by
Colin and Sonja Andrews. £8
760 4:00-6:00pm All Saints
Church Hall
Tea Dance with Lynne Render and Barefoot. £8
761 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
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