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The Folk Train is
sponsored by The Rambler Country Hotel, Edale, Hope Valley and High
Peak Community Rail Partnership
(HVHPCRP), and Northern Rail. Performers are organised by Gerry
Bates of The South Riding Folk Arts Network. |
The Folk
Train runs on the fourth Tuesday of each month (not necessarily the
last Tuesday!), departing from Sheffield (platform 2C - a long trek
from the station entrance!) at 1914 (7:14pm) and returning on the 2128
(9:28pm) from Edale. |
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View this Newsletter online at www.folktrain.org.uk/Newsletter.htm
There will be no Folk Train Newsletter in August
as I will be away for most of the month, with the Sheffield City Giants, in Québec.
At the moment the Giants themselves are crossing the Atlantic in company with several other Giants from around Europe, including Belgium, Holland, France and Spain. My colleague Dave Eyre and I drove them to Antwerp recently, where we left them in a warehouse surrounded by packing cases full of other giants.
The event to which they are invited is La grande rencontre des Géants à Québec (The big meeting of Giants in Québec)
which is part of the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the founding of Québec City.
If you're interested, have a look at
http://monquebec2008.sympatico.msn.ca/MonQuebec2008/?module=events&id=1&eventid=228
Last Month - SHEFFIELD CITY MORRIS
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Sheffield City Morris annually mark the arrival of summer on the Folk Train (except last year of course - see www.folktrain.org.uk/070626.htm) with dance, song and music - not forgetting the odd comic monologue! It's a bit of an indulgence on my part, but it gives me the chance to perform . . . and I haven't had any complaints - yet! We were joined by an excellent squad of dancers from Sheffield Celebrated Clog Dancers - many thanks to them.
The weather wasn't particularly kind and almost on cue, after John Scholey had given his monologue about Noah wanting "some nice Bird's Eye Maple to panel the side of 'is bunk", the rain came on. (And since then, like the monologue, it seems to have "rained and rained for a fortni't"!)
As usual it was a really well attended event. There were so many people on the train that it was very difficult to perform the usual perambulations on the return journey. (I remember when we actually had room to dance on the train!)
See the full photo gallery at www.folktrain.org.uk/080624/080624.htm Pictures were taken by Stuart Barkworth. I took the opportunity, seeing Stuart snapping away, to relieve myself of picture-taking duties to concentrate on performance.
Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of Sheffield Celebratied Clog Dancers so if anyone has any, please send them to me.
The next outing is on 22 July 2008 with The New Orleans Strollers
I first came acrossThe New Orleans Strollers when they were taking part in the Lord Mayor's Parade, in Sheffield. I was very impressed - traditional jazz was part of the development of my musical interests towards British Folk Music - and I decided that, although it might be stretching the point somewhat, I was justified in inviting them along on the Folk Train for a Christmas treat.in December 2004.
This will be their third appearance and they certainly drew the crowds last time, which was July 2006. Lets hope for a similar balmy evening so that we can take full advantage of the outdoor space.
Photographs
I always see a number of people taking pictures at Folk Train events. If you think you've got a nice picture or two then please email them to me and I'll be very happy to publish them on the Folk Train website - with full acknowledgement, of course.
And don't forget that I'm on the look-out for pictures of Sheffield Celebrated Clog Dancers.
Thank Goodness it's Folk
Having mentioned Dave Eyre above, don't forget to listen to his show Thank Goodness it's Folk on SheffieldLive, every Friday from 10am to noon. Dave provides a good run-down of the coming week's folk events in the Sheffield area, including the Folk Train. You can find it on the FM dial between
Radios 3 and 4.
Alternatively, you can
listen to the podcast of the programme by going to
www.canstream.co.uk/sheffieldlive/index.php?cat=ThankGoodnessitsFolk%21
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