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Last Month
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Our last meeting started with Harvey Segar playing Mexicalli Rose, I’ll Be Your Sweetheart, Sloop John B, Ten Guitars, I Belong To Glasgow and Delilah. Ann Parker was up next playing Fancy Fingers Polka, Jackallen Jive, Mambo Boogie, Style Musette, Snow Waltz and Loveliest Night Of The Year. Our next player was Michael Kristiansen playing Bonnie Galloway, The Rowen Tree, Will Ye No Come Back
Agan, The Jig-Runrig, Oban’s Pipe and Drums and Ben Gullion. Bernard Bamber was our next player, he gave us I Love A Lassie, Irish Eyes, Galway Bay, Goodnight Irene, 40 Shades Of Green, Roaming In The Gloamin and A Wee Dockin Doris. Sara Daly then took to the stage playing The Heaving Of Friday Harbour, Genevieves Waltz and Granddaughters Waltz. Colin Ensor was our final stage performer of the night, playing The Greatest Mistake, Try A Little Tenderness, I’ll String Along With You, Someday, Some
Of These Days, The Town I Love, Kate Martin Waltz and Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.
After the stage performances were over we then moved on to the informal part of the night, with people playing in various locations and groups around the room, chatting, drinking tea and coffee, swapping stories and tips, and generally having a good time.
The night ended at the usual 11pm.
David Batty |
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Our Next Meeting
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We look forward to seeing you all this
Tuesday the 18th March. As usual we will give players chance to play on the stage before opening the floor up to playing anywhere around the room, chatting, catching up with each other, learning new tunes etc. Don’t forget to bring your accordion. As usual there will be Tea and Coffee on the go. See
you at 8pm this Tuesday 18th March. Please try and make it if you can. Doors open at 8pm, see you there.
David. |
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Forthcoming Dates
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Our dates
till the end of the year are: 3rd Tuesdays of the month 8pm – 11pm
Our nights up to the end of the year
18th March 2025
15th April 2025 Guest Artist Concert featuring Helen Rich and Walter Perrie
20th May 2025
17th June
2025
15th July 2025
19th August 2025
16th September 2025
21st October 2025
18th November 2025
16th December 2025 |
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St Audries Bay Chalets
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Barkers Leisure who own St Audries Bay
Holiday camp where the Accordion Week takes place from the 4th to the 11th of July have announced they are bringing back in to use 12 Chalets at the back of the park which have now been refurbished. So If you were thinking of going and didn’t want to book a static caravan you may want to ring before they get booked up. St Audries Bay’s Telephone number is 0333 200
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Folk Festivals in May
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2nd – 4th May
Todmorden Folk Festival There are a variety of Concerts, Workshop and a Ceilidh taking place over the weekend. For information and tickets visit https://www.todfolkfest.co.uk/ 12th - 18th May Nantwich Roots Festival
There are a number of Concerts taking place visit their website for more information and tickets https://wordsandmusicfestival.com/
23rd –
26th May Chester Folk Festival
Performers:
The Melsons (Sat/Sun) , Melrose Quartet (Sat/Sun), The Wilson Family (Sat/Sun), Jez Lowe (Sun), John Kirkpatrick (Sat), James Delarre & Saul Rose (Sun), Bryony Griffiths & Alice Jones (Sat), Tom Kitching & Marit Fält
(Mon), Chris Tavener (Sun), Tin Giants (Sun), Oakstone Trio (Sat), Thorpe & Morrison (Fri/Sat), Patakas (Mon), Wet the Tea (w/e), Steve Roud (Sat), Rosie MacDiarmid & Meri Lawes (w/e), The Time Bandits (w/e), Close Quarters (w/e), The Waite Collective (Sun), An Croenen (w/e), Erin Mansfield (Sat), Greg Russell (w/e), William Bakerfield Band & Sugar Donuts (Sat/Mon), Full House (w/e), Toria Wooff (Sat), Blue Horizon (Sun), Keith Price (Fri), Jackson Williams (w/e), Captain Andy
(w/e), Love Music Trust Young Folk Ensemble (Sat), Rondez Vous (Sat), Maranella (Sun), Helianthus (Sat), The Old Firm (Sat), Charlotte Peters Rock (w/e), Dave Vaughan (w/e), Stonethrow (w/e).
Ceilidhs:
Melrose Ceilidh Quintet (Sun), Head Over Reels (Sat), Oakstone Trio (Fri), Time Bandits Ceilidh Band (Mon), Martyn
Harvey (w/e), Erin Mansfield (Sat), Tom Kitching (Mon).
Displays: Clerical Error (w/e), Chester City Morris Men (Sat), Powderkegs Morris (Mon), Cadi Ha Morris (Sun), Cousin Jack Morris (w/e), Mersey Morris (Sat), Green Man Morris (w/e), Chinewrde Morris (w/e), Poynton Jemmers (Sat), Tegeingl Tanglers (Sun),
Earl of Stamford Morris (Mon), Bollin Morris (Sun), Ironmen (w/e), Severn Gilders (w/e)
For More Information and Tickets visit https://www.chesterfolk.org.uk/chester-folk-festival |
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Online Chat/Playing Wednesday
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The next ONLINE meeting will be 2nd April starting at 8pm, we have an online catch up with local members and others from far and wide. This is held on Zoom. The night starts at 8pm and will be a chance to chat about accordions, find out what others have been up to, or even play a tune for us.
Please share the link below with any accordion folk who might be interested in joining us. If you want to chat about accordion stuff, listen to others play the accordion, or give us a tune then please join us. I will send out a reminder for anyone who forgets the meeting is on, but the meeting will be on, and here is the main announcement of it.
Simply click this link to Join our Zoom Meeting at 8pm on the 2nd April. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82237487230?pwd=LzlLdC9RMCtkb1RMMmVoSXZVR0lMQT09
Meeting ID: 822 3748 7230
Passcode: accordion The link above is the same for every online meeting we have, it doesn’t change from month to month. You can test your computer works with the link at any time.
If you get a message saying you are waiting for a host to let you in, or something similar, then your computer is set up correctly to join the meeting on the correct dates/times. |
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