We've decided to swap the venues - Pete's ballad workshop will be at The Royal Oak and Sue's Appalachian flatfooting workshop will be at the Elephant & Castle.

The change is being made because the room in the Royal Oak is above a hairdresser's shop which is open in the day. The hairdresser is very shirty and recently complained when the landlord was Hoovering upstairs during perming and setting hours. As the couple running the Royal Oak are new, I'd rather not give them a hormonal hairdresser to cope with. Ballads won't set her off (we've had instrument workshops there earlier this year with no trouble) but the pounding feet of a dance workshop would probably send her into spasm.

Ballads chosen so far are:

Ballads chosen so far are:

The Poor Whore's Complaint
House Carpenter
Geordie
Lost Lady Found
Bruton Town
Dragon of Wantley
Mariana
Willie o' Winsbury

Valmai (Lewes Saturday Folk Club)