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Posted By: Gwenzilla
08-May-08 - 11:23 AM
Thread Name: What the Folk? Lectures at C# House
Subject: What the Folk? Lectures at C# House
As part of the ongoing Saturday Morning Music Workshops at Cecil Sharp House, EFDSS are sponsoring a series of lectures on first and third Saturdays at Cecil Sharp House. Here are the dates and titles of upcoming lectures.

All lectures begin at 1pm, and the cost to attend is £5 on the door.

MAY 17 -- DOC ROWE
This land of custom: Same time, same place, next year
(The May Fete is also occurring on this date.)

JUNE 7 -- Archive films from the VWML collection

JUNE 21 -- SHIRLEY COLLINS
Songs and stories of southern country gypsies

JULY 5 -- VIC GAMMON
Sex, drink and death in English folk song

JULY 19 -- JOHN HOWSON
Stepping out in East Anglia: Keeping it alive

What the Folk? Seminars in the Folk Arts
Explore the breadth, depth and wealth of folk culture.