from the Festival Director - Sidmouth Folk week

Artists
War Horse – The Concert features the
former Children’s Laureate, Devonbased
author Michael Morpurgo, reading
from his internationally-renowned World
War 1 story with moving songs from
Derbyshire heroes John Tams and Barry
Coope. 104
West Gallery Music Association is a
voluntary group who study, preserve,
perform, teach and enjoy the sacred and
secular music and song of west gallery
and allied traditions.
Whapweasel are first and foremost a
dance band, but are in increasing
demand on the concert circuit, busy
developing pieces designed as much for
listening as for dancing ..though they
have devised a way for audiences to
dance while remaining seated; experts
are baffled… 728, 859
Will Duke plays music and song from
the south of England on the concertina
and specialises in the music of Scan
Tester. He also joins forces with Dan
Quinn for music for ‘lungs and bellows.’
256, 370, 690, 752, 789, 853
Will Duke & Dan Quinn 256
Will Lang is one of the best young
bodhran players on the scene, a past
All-Britain Champion, All-Ireland Finalist
and member of numerous bands. 235,
423, 439, 523, 537, C517, 622, 638, C617,
723, 741, 818, 832
Windsor Morris is one of the longestestablished
women’s morris teams in
the country with dances based on the
Cotswold styles performed at the end of
the nineteenth century. 207, 259, 418,
442, 463, 470, 546, 547, 562, 719, 747,
769, 776, 833, 848
Wren Music Devon’s Folk and
community development charity based
in Okehampton bring us a number of
choirs and ensembles performing
around the town. 213, 219, 233, 242, 244,
250, C210, C212, C213, C215, C216
Wynndebagge has been at the
forefront of bringing medieval,
Renaissance and European dance music
to a wider audience, whilst making them
laugh, for over 15 years. With ancestral
roots amongst the Russian steppes and
French Huguenots and links to branches
in British television comedy, film, the
RSC and Music Hall, his influences are
culturally diverse yet his style very
English. 577, C522, 819
Yannick Minvielle-Debat and Steve
Turner offer a variety of French and
Breton dances with Steve on the
accordion and Yannick’s traditional
singing. 234, 340, 348, 361
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