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Our April Concert was a local players night, this is where the members get a chance to play on the stage. The night started with Patrick and Harvey playing Amazing Grace, Swannee River, Fields Of Athenry, D’Ye Ken John Peel, Happy Wanderer, When The Saints and Show Me The Way To Go Home. Our next player was Rebecca who played Home On
The Range, My Wild Irish Rose, Moon River and Waltz De Amelie. After Rebecca, Bernard Belshaw took to the stage and played This Is My Song, Ave Maria, Stranger In Paradise, I Hear Music, Moulin Rouge, La mer, Blaze Away, Wooden Heart, Aint She Sweet, Moonlight Serenade, and How Wonderful To Know. It was now time for the break where everyone gets chance to catch up with each other, swap tips, get advice and generally socialise. After the break we started again with Bernard Bamber playing Poppa
Piccolino, Your Cheating Heart, From A Jack To A King, Moonlight And Roses, You Are My Sunshine, Blackpool Belle, Coming Round The Mountain, Down By The Riverside, When The Saints, Whisky In The Jar, Murcheen Durchin, Lassie From Lancashire and He’ll Have To Go. Colin Ensor was up next, he started with There I’ve Said It Again, then continued with If I Had My Way, Maigret, Back Home Again, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Crazy, Maybe and Sweetheart Of All My Dreams. Sara Daley was our next
player, she played Autumn Leaves and Those Were The Days. To finish the night we had Adrian on Northumberland Pipes playing John Anderson My Jo, Sky Crofters, Lark In The Clear Air, Random, Billy Piggs, The Coolin and Holy Half Penny.
David Batty
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This Wednesday is a concert night. Hopefully you can support your club and attend. If you are a player, please ensure you have your accordion and your music (if needed), so you can play your latest pieces for us (or old ones, we don’t mind). 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 there.
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Sharon Shannon and her Band
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Renowned for her collaborations, not just in Irish traditional music but through all musical genre, Sharon Shannon has achieved legendary status throughout the world and has made the much-maligned accordion 'cool' in her home country. The Irish accordionist has had multi-platinum albums and several No. 1 albums, singles and DVDs in
Ireland. The genre-defying star’s album Galway Girl went four times platinum in Ireland and she is also the youngest ever recipient of the Meteor ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award.
Joined by her band, Jim Murray (acoustic guitar), Jack Maher (electric guitar, vocals) and Sean Regan (fiddle, percussion and beatbox) and with special guest Seckou Keita, Sharon Shannon will perform music from her many albums throughout the years, including Sacred Earth.
Sacred Earth features many tracks with African influences and indeed African musicians as collaborators and guests. Senegalese Kora player Seckou Keita joins Sharon and her band, as a special guest on the Sacred Earth UK tour 2019.
Seckou Keita has become one of the most influential and inspiring Kora player of his generation, an exceptional and charismatic musician with seven centuries of tradition and heritage expressed through his music. He has appeared alongside a host of respected artists including Paul Weller, Bassekou Kouyate, and Damon Albarn and the
Orchestra of Syrian Musicians; and recorded with artists such as Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa. His collaboration with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, resulted in their award-winning albums Clychau Dibon and SOAR.
They are peforming at the following local places:
14th June - Liverpool Philharmonic - https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/contemporary-music/sharon-shannon-and-band/2773
14th June – Leeds - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/otley/otley-courthouse-arts-centre/sharon-shannon/e-jagyez
16th June – Sheffield - https://www.seetickets.com/event/sharon-shannon-band-special-guest-seckou-keita/the-greystones/1305205
15th September – Bury - https://themet.org.uk/event/sharon-shannon-seckou-keita/
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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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120 Bass Accordion for sale, 7 Right Couplers with 2 repeats, 2 Bass Couplers. In good playable condition. Priced at £130 for quick sale. See David or telephone 01772 454328, This accordion is being sold on behalf of a widow.
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Wyre and Fylde Accordion Club
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The club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at The North Euston Hotel which is on the Esplanade at Fleetwood, FY7 6BN. For further details contact Gina on 07515944863
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Concertina Repaired on The Repair Shop
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In it’s fourth Series, the repair shop were given the job of repairing a late 19th century concertina by 97-year old Audrey, the concertina once belonged to her grandfather Hubert. Hubert volunteered for service at the outbreak of the First World War and was sent to France, where between combat he would entertain the
troops with his trusty concertina. After the war, the concertina remained a family favourite, and Audrey has many fond memories of her grandfather entertaining her with it. But with leaky bellows and broken reeds it hasn’t played a tune in decades. Accordion restorer Roger Thomas has a serious job on his hands to get the concertina working again, and to bring the memories flooding back for Audrey.
The show can be watched on the IPlayer at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0004hsy/the-repair-shop-series-4-episode-17 The show is available until 23rd May 2019
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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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Alan Bell of Fylde Folk Passes Away
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Alan Bell, was best known as the founder and director of the Fylde Folk Festival, a major musical event which was held in the port from 1972 to 2014 and attracted some of the biggest names in the folk genre, such as Kate
Rusby.
Alan also wrote folk songs and larger scale suites, and devised an ambitious stage show called Century’s People, telling of the life and times of ordinary people on the Fylde coast between 1900 and 2000.
His suite The Band in The Park won the prestigious Radio Italia prize for broadcasting for BBC Radio Lancashire.
He also performed with his own group, the Alan Bell Band, at folk events both in Fleetwood and across the country.
The father of two died on Thursday night after a short illness.
Despite failing health, Alan had been planning a Fylde Folk revival concert at Fleetwood’s Marine Hall on June 22 - and this will still go ahead.
Son Jamie said: “It was dad’s wish that this event would still go ahead.
“We hope it will be a celebration of his life and his music.
“It was his wish that any flowers at his funeral would be from the family only. Therefore we would like to ask that friends make a donation to the RNLI instead.”
Alan leaves wife Christine and two sons, and the family said he was a a much loved husband, brother, father, uncle and great uncle.
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Antiques Roadshow at Lytham Hall
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Join Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team when they film at Lytham Hall, Lancashire on Tuesday 11 June. The Roadshow brings together a team of the country's leading authorities on arts and antiques to offer free valuations for your family heirlooms or car boot bargains.
11th June 9:30am to 5pm at Lytham Hall, Ballam Rd, Lytham, Lytham Saint Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4JX
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Hard case in good condition for 72 bass £25 ring Tom Brandon on 01515 267126
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Free Tours of Samlesbury Hall
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Every Sunday Samlesbury Hall have free tours between 11am and 2pm with different In Character Tour Guides. The address is Samlesbury Hall, Preston New Rd, Samlesbury, Preston PR5 0UP.
Witch Tours With Janey - 9th June 2019, 30th June 2019, 14th July 2019, 28th June 2019, 11th August 2019
Simon Entwistle Spooky Tours - 2nd June 2019, 7th July 2019, 4th August 2019, 25th August 2019
Ghost of Goodwife Agnes - 26th May 2019, 23rd June 2019
King Henry VIII - 19th May 2019, 16th June 2019, 21st July 2019, 18th August 2019
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Forthcoming Dates
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Our Forthcoming Nights at The Priory Club, Broadfield Drive Leyland
15th May 2019 Concert
29th May 2019 Practice
5th June 2019 Practice
19th June 2019 Concert
3rd July 2019 Practice
17th July 2019 Concert
31st July 2019 Practice
7th August 2019 Practice
21st August 2019 Practice
4th September 2019 Practice
18th September 2019 Concert
2nd October 2019 Practice
16th October 2019 Concert
30th October 2019 Practice
6th November 2019 Practice
20th November 2019 Concert
4th December 2019 Practice
18th December 2019 Christmas Do
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