Hi, what a great weekend of music we had last weekend. Tom Lewis put on a great show at Dreamers with lots of great chorus songs and lots of really interesting chat about his past life and about the history of the songs. We’ve got some great guests coming up over the next few months but the evening with Tom will be hard to beat. And the day before some of us had a lovely session at St Day Old Church with Jon and Jill on top form. It...
Read MoreHi once again A classic, friendly Dreamers night last Sunday, a few regulars missing (and missed) but plenty of folk on good form so all very enjoyable. This coming Sunday, 14th May, we look forward to the visit of Tom Lewis, fantastic writer and performer of shanties and nautical songs. At the age of 80, he’s still very active – this gig is in the middle of a schedule which runs from Wales to Essex and also includes a visit to...
Read MoreHi and welcome to this week’s Newsletter. Definitely a short one, crazy day today. We had a very busy night at the Club last Sunday with most regulars there and some unexpected surprises as well. It’s another Singers Night this Sunday (7th May) featuring a farewell performance from John and Marion, all being well before their departure for the North. That’s followed by the visit of Tom Lewis the following week (14th May). Tom will be...
Read MoreHello and welcome to this week’s Dreamers Newsletter. A bit short as it’s a very busy day today. We had a great night at the Club on Sunday with the visit of The Crows, some great songs and lots of chorus songs which all went down with typical Dreamers enthusiasm and nearly blew the roof off. Thanks to our guests, to all regulars who performed so well and to all who came along too. Another guest night coming up but this time NOT on...
Read MoreHi and welcome to the last Newsletter before Easter – we have visitors so I won’t be able to put one together next week, next Newsletter should be on 13th April.By then, we’ll be looking forward to our next guests, Crows, on Sunday 16th April. Crows were originally formed in 1977 and the original line-up was a popular feature of the folk scene from 1978 to 1988.Two of the original line-up remain in the revived band, Mick Ryan and Dave...
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