Our April concert couldn’t take place because
the club had some maintenance that had to be carried out on the room. It wasn’t redecorating work that was being done, I think it was some work that needed doing in the ceiling. That work is now finished so we were able to use the room for the next meeting which was one of our practice/social nights. This also means the room is ok for the concert on Wednesday. It will be two months since our last concert night, so I am looking forward to having one this week. This
is your chance to Please make sure you bring your accordion and show us your new, or old pieces.
David Batty
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This Wednesday is one of our Local Players concerts. Please ensure you bring along your accordion and your music (if needed). If you have not played on
the stage before then you will find playing on stage at the concert nights a great way to gain more confidence in a supportive environment. I hope you can make it to support the club and the other players. The night starts at 8pm but doors are always open for 7.30pm for a chat before the concert starts. I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.
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Heritage Open days are taking place on the 6th – 9th & 13th -16th September. It’s a chance to experience local history, architecture and culture. All for free. In the past there have been tours of Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Lancaster Castle and other interesting place
that are not normally open to the public or places that normally have an entrance fee. The Venues that will be opening on these weekend will start to be published on the Heritage Open Days website from Mid July www.heritageopendays.org.uk
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UK's Biggest Folk Band in Chester
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The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble will be bringing their 50 or so members to Alexander’s Live in Chester on 31st May.
The appearance will be followed by the release of their new single, Sleepy Maggie
and a series of high profile festival appearances. The band was formed at Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University, by fiddle player and arranger Joe Broughton in 1997. In their hometown of Birmingham the full
band stunned commuters at Britain’s busiest railway station with a pop-up gig and wowed audiences at one of the biggest St Patrick’s Day celebrations outside of Ireland for the second consecutive year. The stage-shaking 50-plus ensemble is now heading out for their annual summer tour which includes the fifth edition of their very own festival, Power Folk, apart from releasing what they describe as their ‘remarkable new track’. A four-and-a-half-minute instrumental, Sleepy Maggie is said to
perfectly encapsulate the ensemble’s richly layered and powerful sound. With sweeping strings, rolling percussion, tight brass, a fleeting guitar solo and an unexpected Eastern vocal incursion, it’s a dramatic track. Band leader Joe said: “Sleepy Maggie is a traditional tune which we’ve deconstructed and re-arranged in typical ensemble fashion pulling in ideas from various members of the ensemble to create something that sounds very different from versions you might have heard before. “The roots
of the tune remain, which you can hear in the fiddles at the beginning, but the new arrangement heads off to some interesting and surprising places. “
The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble’s energetic live sets are described
as ‘a sight to behold’ featuring a 15-piece horn section, four cello players, five percussionists and four electric guitarists, plus fiddles, flutes, clarinets, euphonium, tuba, and accordion. They also all sing too. Though rooted in traditional folk tunes the personal influences and interests of each member shapes the set-list pulling in everything from full-on rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop and reggae to sounds from Eastern Europe and Asia. It’s a sound they’ve dubbed ‘Power Folk’. For more
information see www.folkensemble.co.uk
The concert is at Alexander’s Live, 2 Rufus Court, Chester, CH1 2JW. The evening starts at 8pm and the entrance fee is £6.60. Tickets can be bought online at http://alexanderslive.com
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Chester Accordion Club’s meet on
the second Tuesday afternoon and the last Tuesday Evening of the month at The Groves Club, Chester Road (A5032), Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Telephone Barry Graham on 01978 760065.
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Galotta 72 Bass Accordion for sale, Medical Reason forces sale. The price is £300, contact Ann on 01772 881552
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BBC Radio 3 - Through The Night
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On Thursday 17th May at 12:30 AM Catriona Young introduces a concert featuring accordion player Richard Galliano with the European Soloists of Luxembourg.
In The 6 hour show they will be playing: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, arr. for accordion, Meditation on Bach's Chorale 'Vor deinen Thron Trete Ich', Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, "Summer" arr. for accordion, Souvenir de Florence (4th mvmt, 'Allegro vivace') Op 70, Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293, "Autumn" arr. for accordion, Valse à Margaux, La Oración del Torero, Op 34 (arr. for string orchestra), Fou rire,
Partita for keyboard No.6 in E minor (BWV.830), Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken, Bux WV 4, Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op 12, Piano Sonata in B flat major, K 333, Concerto for violin and strings in D minor, D 45, An die Nachtigall, Op 46 No 4, Fantasia No 8 in E minor from 12 Fantasies for flute, Ballad 'Tuule Tuba' (1981), Recuerdos de la Alhambra for guitar (arr. for solo violin), Lyrisch gedicht voor klein orkest, Polonaise for bassoon, strings and continuo in G major, 12
Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' for cello and piano, Op 66, Beggar's Dance - from Latvian Dances, Sinfonia grave a 5 for violin, viols, double harp and lute, Concert fantasy on Carmen for violin and orchestra Op 25, 4 Songs, Symphony in D major (c.1786) on themes from the opera "Pasterz nad Wisla", Sonata No 4 in F sharp minor Op 30, Motet Inviolata, integra et casta es (5 part), Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 46, Piano Quintet in E flat major Op 44. You can also
listen to the concert after it has been broadcast on BBC Iplayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2qptc
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Wyre Club meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month at The North Euston Hotel on the Esplanade at Fleetwood, FY7 6BN. Further details tel.
01253 883681.
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This club is on every Tuesday at The Place In The Park, 109 Liscard Road, Wallasey CH44 9AE. The night starts at 7pm. The format of this club is a playaround circle where people sit in a circle and play in order round the circle.
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Open Days and Tours of Stonyhurst College
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On Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2018, the College and gardens will be open to the public for
pre-booked historic tours.
Visitors will have the opportunity to see the various chapels and historic rooms within the building. This includes the Great Hall with portraits of the seven former pupils awarded the Victoria Cross, and the table on which
Cromwell is reputed to have slept the night before the Battle of Preston in 1648. Prices for tours are: Adult Tour – £7.50 Concession Tour (over 65s) – £6.50 Child Tour (under 12) – £5.00 (Free tour for children aged under 5). Adult Tour
& Afternoon Tea – £17.50 Concession Tour & Afternoon Tea – £15.00
Child Tour & Afternoon Tea – £12.00 To book a tour email enterprises@stonyhurst.ac.uk or telephone 01254 827014
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Fleetwood Festival Of Transport
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On the 15th July over 200 different classic
and vintage vehicles will be on display along with fairground rides, stalls selling a wide assortment of goods, live performances and entertainment from Spareparts Arts. And it’s free admission. Just turn up at Fleetwood, you won’t fail to spot the event as it takes over the town.
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This years Leyland Festival is on the 16th June with a World Book Theme. There is a Parade, Car Show, Paws In
The Park, Entertainment Stages, Food Court, Sports Arena and Stalls/Exhibits. Entry to Worden park is £2.50 online or on the day its £3. www.leylandfestival.co.uk
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Accordion Theft in Birmingham
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Birmingham Accordion Centre stopped a Thief making off with an Accordion from the shop this week, after taking their eyes off him for a few seconds the man grabbed a 120 Bass Sonola Accordion and made his way
out, They chased after the man and got the accordion back but they didn’t manage to pin him down. Below are pictures of the man before he picked up the accordion the same man walking out of the shop having just picked up the 120 Bass Accordion to steal it. Please keep an eye out for him if you run a shop, are selling an accordion, or visit any festivals or accordion shops.
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This is just a snippit of an Article that was recently in the Lancashire Evening Post....On the 60th anniversary of his major breakthrough, local historian Kenneth Shenton looks back at the career of funnyman Jimmy
Clitheroe – a man who stayed loyal to his Lancashire roots Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1958, began one of the most popular radio programmes ever broadcast: The Clitheroe Kid. Running for 14 years and attracting regular audiences well in excess of 10m, its 16 series brought both national and international recognition for its diminutive star, Jimmy Clitheroe. By coincidence, James Robinson Clitheroe actually came from the town of that name. Born in Clitheroe on Christmas Eve, 1921, the only son of
two Lancashire weavers, damage to his thyroid gland meant he never grew taller than 4ft 3ins. Initially intent on joining the circus, Jimmy cut his show business teeth performing as a member of the local Methodist church concert party. Aged 14, he began touring the provinces as Little Jimmy, the only male member of the famous troupe of juveniles called, The Winstanley Babes. At that time, he played xylophone, piano accordion and clarinet as well as doing female impersonations. Jimmy Clitheroe
made his Blackpool stage debut just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Over the next five decades, he would regularly perform at almost all its major venues. Jimmy made his home on the Fylde Coast. Moving there during wartime in the company of his widowed mother, Emma, the couple lived quietly in a semi-detached bungalow on Bispham Road. Moving into radio in the 1950s, there Jimmy particularly caught the public’s attention in Call Boy, a variety show, produced by James Casey. Running
from January to May 1957, its success gave Casey the idea of building a future series around Jimmy but now to be called The Clitheroe Kid. Initially reluctant to sanction the idea, eventually BBC bosses relented and allowed a brief pilot series to be made but broadcast only in the northern region. Taking part then, were Bispham’s very own Violet Carson as Jimmy’s mum, Judith Chalmers as his sister, and, not least, a very young Bob Monkhouse. Such was its winning appeal that, in May 1958, the BBC
finally gave the green light for The Clitheroe Kid proper to hit the national airwaves. Co-written by Casey and local scriptwriter Frank Roscoe, at its peak it was said every Sunday lunchtime a quarter of the entire population would tune in. Visit https://www.lep.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/remembering-a-lancashire-comedy-legend-1-9151102
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Forthcoming Dates
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Our Forthcoming Nights at The Priory Club, Broadfield Drive Leyland 16th May 2018 Concert 30th May 2018 Practice 6th June 2018 Practice 20th June 2018 Concert 4th July 2018 Practice
18th July 2018
Concert 1st August 2018 Practice 15th August 2018 Practice 29th August 2018 Practice 5th September 2018 Practice 19th September 2018 Concert 3rd October 2018 Practice 17th October 2018 Concert 31st October 2018 Practice 7th November 2018 Practice 21st November 2018 Concert 5th December 2018 Practice 19th December 2018 Christmas Do
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