from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Friday 10th August
Here’s your chance to run through everything and remind your feet. Get ready to strut
your stuff at the Bal tonight. Beginners Level: exploring the basic dances and
developing confidence in couple dancing. W £8
830 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
831 1:00-2:30pm Woodlands Hotel Folk21 A meeting of organisers, artists, agents and audiences supporting
folk in small venues. All welcome to share ideas. Chaired by Pete Coe. Collection
832 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 world
percussions on contemporary Bodhran styles. W £8
833 2:00-3:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Dawnswyr Tipyn O Bopeth, Jake Jones and Dan Eccles,
Jig Crew, Redbornstoke Morris, Windsor Morris. Collection
834 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
835 2:30-3:00pm Anchor Garden Dance Display with Mortimer’s Morris, Seven Champions
Molly Dancers. Collection
836 2:30-3:45pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Song Bonanza An easy going, informal singaround.
Go over the songs you’ve learnt this week, maybe pick up a couple of new ones £4
837 2:30-3:50pm Methodist Social Dance Workshop Contra Dance Workshop with Lynne Render and
Church Hall Fiddler’s Elbow. Contras with a twist-dances with a slightly unusual or more
unexpected progression. W £8
838 2:30-4:30pm Bedford Hotel Informal Concert with Len Graham & Jack Lynch, Jerry O’Reilly, Maz
O’Connor, Lauren McCormick. Introduced by Barry Lister. £10 (£5)
C817 2:30-5:30pm Blackmore Young Sidmouth Workshop Showcase Bands, singers and dancers. With special
Gardens Marquee guests: Festival Choir led by Sandra Kerr, Festival Concert Band led by John
Kirkpatrick and The Spoons Orchestra led by Jo May. MC. Eddie Upton. £8 (£4)
839 2:45-4:15pm St Teresa’s Dance Calling For New Or Potential Callers with Dave Hunt and
Church Hall Mrs.Midnight’s musicians. £8
840 2:45-4:15pm Chapel Street Macedonian Tunes For Violin with Lydia Ristova Whittaker. Lebedek’s violinist
Hall shares some tunes from her Macedonian background. Not suitable for beginners. £8
841 3:00-4:00pm Anchor Garden Concert with Revellion. Collection
842 3:00-4:15pm Manor Pavilion The Tale Of King Lear An explosive retelling of the legend of Leir, King of the
Britons presented by Debs Newbold. Introduced by Fee Lock. £8
843 3:00-4:15pm Kennaway House An Hour Or So with Donal Maguire. Introduced by Bob Walton. £8
844 3:15-5:15pm Ham Marquee English Horizons Concert with Tyde, Morris Offspring and Crucible Trio.
Hobgoblin Stage MC. Jim Moray. Supported by Hobgoblin Music £12/10 (£6/£5)
845 3:30-5:30pm Rugby Club Themed Singaround – ‘Methinks He Doth Protest’. Social comment songs,
past or present. Hosted by Colin and Sonja Andrews. Collection
846 4:00-5:15pm Arts Centre Shooting Roots – Tunefest A last chance to use what you’ve learned in Playing by
Ear and Funky World Band workshops. A friendly tunes session to finish off the
week! W £8
847 4:00-6:00pm All Saints
Church Hall
Contra Medleys with Adam Hughes and Rod and Frances Stradling. £8
848 4:30-5:00pm The Hub Dance Display with Earlsdon Morris Men, Jig Crew, Mortimer’s Morris,
Pig Dyke Molly, Windsor Morris. Collection
849 4:30-6:00pm Methodist Fandango with Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt, Chris Walshaw and Richard
Church Hall Jones. The return of this popular workshop. A lively Basque dance with fancy
footwork. No partners needed-this is a solo dance, danced in a group, with your
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