BS: Who's at Folk Works

Subject: Who's at Folk Works
From: selby
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 01:49 PM

Next Monday Folk works starts in Durham UK how many mudcaters or their kids are going? Keith

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: bobby's girl
Date: 16 Jul 01 - 04:06 PM

Bobby's girl's 2 daughters will be there for the 3rd & 4th time respectively. They are among the furthest travelled as they will be going all the way from Portland

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: Egmond
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 08:23 AM

What exactly is Folk Works?

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: GeorgeH
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 08:34 AM

Folkworks (one word) is the Folk Music development agency for the North East of England, and a very fine bunch of people they are, too. (It's headed by Alastair Anderson and Roz Rigby.)

However this thread refers to their Youth Summer School, which is one of their major activities.

Aside from its excellent "musical" work, I believe it was the first Folk agency in the UK to obtain Arts Council funding, and it has done a tremendous job of getting the Arts "establishment" to see Folk music as being as valid as any other musical genre.

G.

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: Julie B
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 09:08 AM

I'll be there.

For details see earlier thread regarding Folkworks Durham - recommended?

Julie

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: selby
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 01:13 PM

Watch out for a red haired boy playing fiddle, it's his first time. Keith

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: Ian Stephenson
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 02:08 PM

I'm going and so is Sam P, and two guys from the north of sweden. Portland, eh? Which portland? what do they play? I've been the last 5 years, and never realised that there were USA people there!
See you there, Tom, +everyone else too.

ian s.

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: GUEST,mike Cahill
Date: 17 Jul 01 - 02:21 PM

Oh keith you have got a heart after all! and I thought you were a hard man ready to cast your lad out into the big wide world

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: selby
Date: 18 Jul 01 - 01:15 PM

As if I would do anything like that Mike Keith

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: John Routledge
Date: 18 Jul 01 - 03:46 PM

I am going to Adult summer school (which also starts Monday) doing solo song. Arriving with tent Sunday afternoon hoping for a good sing Sunday evening to get vocal chords going for the course. See some of you there no doubt Cheers John

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 19 Jul 01 - 10:58 AM

Folkworks also boasts the splendid David Oliver amongst the top brass, good man himself. Sadly, can't go, meself, but hopefully will make the autumn workout weekend.

Skipjack

Subject: RE: BS: Who's at Folk Works
From: bobby's girl
Date: 19 Jul 01 - 07:52 PM

Ian - they're from the original Portland in Dorset - you do know them, its Ellie and Rachel