The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112267   Message #2377982
Posted By: Valmai Goodyear
01-Jul-08 - 03:02 AM
Thread Name: Earning a living in Folk
Subject: RE: Earning a living in Folk
Some brief factual corrections to statements made a few posts above: the majority of guests at the Lewes Arms do not do a workshop.

We run every Saturday night as a folk club with a guest almost every week and put on an average of fifteen all-day workshops a year. With very few exceptions, such as New Roots finalists travelling from a long way away, we book people for the amount taken on the door. Our room is licensed for a maxiumum of fifty people. Advertising costs are covered by a raffle.

We have a committee of ten and decisions are made by a majority, not an individual. Organising work is shared between members of the committee.

Valmai (Lewes)

P.S. Will Duke's workshop on the tunes of Scan Tester for any instrument next Saturday (5th. July) is sold out, but we are keeping a waiting list in case of cancellations. Will is donating all workshop fees after expenses to the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House. He performs at the club in the evening.