Saturday 4 July 2015: South Brent Folk Day.

Singing, Singing, music, dancing, workshops and concerts throughout the day in the Old School Centre.

11.00-12.30 and 2.00-3.30pm Dance displays in the Old School car park by Harberton Navy Morris; Raddon Hill Clog; Old Town Twelves.

11.30am Performances in the Old School in the morning from 'South Brent Children's Folk', 'Highway Home' and 'Nauti Buoys' (Infamous Dartmouth Shanty Crew)

12.30 - 2.00pm Bluegrass Session in the Old School car park

There will be a poetry competition around the theme of  'Tors and Trees' or 'Tree Life: entry £2.50 per poem - no longer than 30 lines [closing date Saturday was 20th June 2015.]

Food during the day from 'Two Good Cooks' (Anna Stewart & Tara Vaughan-Hughes).

CD Stall – bring and buy CDs or drop in donated CDs to: 2, The Exchange (The Candlestick Maker), Church Street, South Brent

Workshops: (£2 each)

12.00-1.30pm  Mountain Dulcimer with Geoff Black & John Shaw
                    (- ever tried playing a mountain dulcimer?
                    – Now is your chance!! - dulcimers available)

12.15-1.15pm Appalachian Dance with Jo Wright & Sue Mentz from Alive and Kicking

2.15-3.15pm  Song accompaniment /Concertina with Steve Turner

4.30-6.00pm  Hammer Dulcimer with Kerensa Wright

 

Hammer Dulcimer                                            and                            Mountain Dulcimer                 workshops

 

Afternoon Americana concert

2.00pm In the Old School Centre with Skylark, Appaloosas and Dulcimer sets

 

Evening: Folk Concert

at 7.30pm in the Village Hall with:


Hattie Briggs Trio; Hattie is a Gloucestershire based singer-songwriter and BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominee in 2014. Having previously had 3 singles in the iTunes singer-songwriter chart, her debut CD, ‘Red & Gold’ was released in April this year, entered the Pop Chart at 61 and reached No 1 in the Amazon Folk Chart that month.


Steve Turner 

 

Steve Turner began his career on the Manchester folk scene at the end of the 1960s. He is a multi-instrumentalist, with one of the best voices in the business who accompanies himself on the concertina and also plays cittern, mandolin and banjo. His 5th album 'The Whirligig of Time' was long listed for the BBC folk awards in 2008 and his latest 'Rim of the Wheel' was released in 2012 to rave reviews.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Claque (Dave Lowry, Sean O'Shea, Tom Addison, Barry Lister) have four voices of depth and maturity blended to give warmth and harmony to the English tradition. Distilled from legendary groups of old, they formed as a group together in 2006 having known each other for the best part of forty years. They also combine to run the Exeter and Sidmouth folk clubs.

Reel Ale Bar; Doors open 7.00pm;

Tickets for afternoon concert: £6 in advance / £8 on the door;

Tickets for evening concert: £10 in advance / £12 on the door or by post;

or tickets in advance for both concerts £14 (contact Eileen McKee on 01364 73699 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

or John Rawlinson on 01364 73117 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Supported by

                                     www.devonfolk.co.uk/ 


One of a number of events organised throughout the year by South Brent Folk to support folk music in the South Brent area.

For Full Programme, Posters /Flyer open attachments below.

 

Sunday 5 July 2015: Following yesterday's South Brent Folk Day which included dulcimer workshops, concert items and a dulcimer stall there will be a 'Dulcimer Day' organised jointly by South Brent Folk and the Nonsuch Dulcimer Club. The event is dedicated to virtuoso hammer dulcimer player/teacher and a founder member of the Nonsuch Dulcimer club, Ian Hay who lived in South Brent towards the end of his life and died in September 2014. The day will start with a South Brent Breakfast Café from 9.30-11.30 in the Old School Centre, featuring good food, good company and ….. Dulcimer music. In the afternoon there will be a session in The Oak pub from 2.00-4.00pm with the South West group of the Nonsuch Dulcimer Club. All welcome!! FFI contact John on 01364 73117 / email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Geoff Black at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..