Hi and welcome to this week’s Dreamers Newsletter
We had an excellent turnout last Sunday for the visit of the Shackleton Trio. Georgia, Aaren and Nic gave us a great set of songs from East Anglia and some lovely sets of tunes – all in all a lively evening and really good guests, well supported by an array of regulars and all shepherded by Alistair in style.
This coming Sunday (26th) we’ll be visited by Bodmin Folk Club. We understand that plenty of them plan to make the trip westwards and they’ve certainly got plenty of good performers so this should be a good evening too. When we went there earlier in the year, the weather was foul which meant the Dreamers turnout was few so this is also our opportunity to show what we can offer. These are always lovely, friendly evenings so do come along if you can. Then we have a couple of singers nights before our last guests of the year in mid-November.
Meanwhile we have the Cornish Zoom Folk Club on Saturday 25th, back to its usual 4th Saturday. As nights draw in, numbers at these sessions usually increase so we can look forward to another good evening online.
Don’t forget that this weekend, between the Cornish Zoom session and this Sunday’s Dreamers, the clocks go back to GMT.
We’ll be away for most of next week so there’ll be no Newsletter in the week of Halloween, Friday 31st October. The online site Live to Your Living Room has risen to the occasion with a rather different offering on Thursday 30th November at 8.00. Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween without a spine-tingling tale or two so close the curtains, light the candles, and settle in for a performance to make your hair stand on end with a one person show with Robert Lloyd Parry telling two of M R James’ haunting ghost stories. More info and tickets at Buy tickets – A Pleasing Terror – Two Ghost Stories by M R James – Zoom
A more relaxing watch on Folk on Foot as The Wilderness Yet celebrate the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness with an autumnal musical walk across Iping Common near Midhurst in West Sussex. Singer Rosie Hodgson grew up near here and played on the Common as a child. She’s joined by fiddle player Rowan Piggott and guitarist Philippe Barnes to perform contemporary and traditional songs inspired by Autumn. Along the way we admire the spectacular colours of this glorious landscape. Looks gorgeous – The Wilderness Yet on Iping Common
That’s all for this week, hope to see you all on Sunday to give our friends from Bodmin a warm welcome
All the best
Nigel