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02 Apr 03 - 11:24 AM (#924534) Subject: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Here we go again, Come-all-Ye! Singaround / Session at the Bull Pub in Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire, UK (use postcode MK45 4LL for map search) on Monday 7th April, kicking off at 8.30pm. All acoustic instruments (except for shaky eggs or pringles shakers that is) & voices very welcome at this cosy venue and we're always glad to see new faces :-) It's held fortnightly to run in tandem with the music workshop which is hosted by the University of Luton on alternate Saturday mornings. Come if you can, but if you can't then perhaps you can come to the next one which will be on Monday 21st April :-) Yes, it'll be on Easter Monday - everywhere else will be closed, so come & join us! If the pub's busy they've promised to open up the back room for us :-) |
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03 Apr 03 - 04:38 AM (#925092) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Ross Hi Guru This seems early - are you getting excited Good news about the award - who did all the Voting? I voted once Wayne Rooney might be coming Monday - he juggles his balls |
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03 Apr 03 - 04:55 AM (#925102) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Good to hear about the juggling Ross - yes I'm getting excited - aren't you? Early start on the thread coz I'll be at the Crediton festival over the weekend, so I won't be around to play on the net - just getting some posting in before I go. Of course I'll be fretting while I'm off-line, but I'll be back on Sunday to see what you've all been up to while I've been away!!! Think on..... |
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04 Apr 03 - 03:47 AM (#925890) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said off soon, have a nice weekend folks! |
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04 Apr 03 - 03:58 AM (#925897) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Pastor First they came for the shaky eggs and I did not speak – because I did not play a shaky egg Then they came for the Pringles shakers and I did not speak – because I did not play a Pringles shaker Then they came for the bodhrans and I did not speak – because I did not play a bodhran Then they came for the guitars and I did not speak – because I did not play a guitar Then they came for the voices and there was no one left to speak out for me. Pastor Martin Niemoller (1892 – 1984) |
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05 Apr 03 - 05:07 AM (#926592) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Ross Pastor I don't understand Give us a sign for we are not worthy Arn't pringles expsensive? |
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06 Apr 03 - 04:26 PM (#927394) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST, the Dictionary expensive even Had a good weekend everybody http://students.luton.ac.uk/music/ http://bartonfolk.bedfordshireonline.co.uk And details of the pub are here: http://www.outandabout.uk.net/beds/barton/index.htm Sorry they're not blue clicky's |
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07 Apr 03 - 04:14 AM (#927681) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said This thread seems to have taken a worrying turn while I've been away - we appear to be becoming known for our percussion section *yuk* C'mon chaps - we have a reputation to maintain - winner of Mudcat best session etc, etc. Let's just have those Shaky Pringles all in the rubbish bins where they belong & get on with the real matter at hand - making music *g* So, who's coming tonight then???? |
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07 Apr 03 - 05:16 AM (#927693) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Singing Referee Sorry Guru, can't make it tonight, next time I hope. Ref. |
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07 Apr 03 - 05:47 AM (#927700) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Ok Ref, maybe see you at St Albans tomorrow? Lower Red Lion, Fishpool St - there's a Breezy-thing going on I understand! |
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07 Apr 03 - 05:51 AM (#927701) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: treewind I think the implication of that adaptation of Pastor Niemoeller's famous quote is that if you start being restrictive about what instruments are acceptable and what aren't, soon you'll have no session at all. I don't necessarily subscribe to this view myself. See the Folk police thread for discussion on similar topics. I can't be bothered to make a clicky. Anahata |
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07 Apr 03 - 06:15 AM (#927708) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Hamish otoh, there are many who say that allowing unrestricted percussion would have the same effect ;^) |
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07 Apr 03 - 06:18 AM (#927710) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said We'll just have to see how the cookie crumbles - sometimes it sounds really good, but at other times I think they're just doing it to wind me up!!!! No, we don't impose restrictions at Barton, but a clip around the ear usually gets the message across :-) |
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07 Apr 03 - 06:32 AM (#927713) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers I have been to most of the Barton sessions this year, and nobody has percussed where it is not wanted. Usually the shaky eggs and tambourines only come out at the end of the evening for the final singalong and everyone has great laugh doing it. The Barton le Clay session is one of the most welcoming and fun sessions, due to Ross and MGAS, I have been to and has a great mixture of styles and abilities and instruments. Piers |
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07 Apr 03 - 07:09 AM (#927729) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Oh thanks Piers, that's so nice of you to say that! (cheque in post) Actually it is true about the great laugh, but they do so enjoy trying to wind me up!!! Flypast tonight? 8pm? |
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07 Apr 03 - 07:12 AM (#927732) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers I'd love to come, cheers, 8pm fokely dokely. Piers |
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07 Apr 03 - 08:51 AM (#927763) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Singing Referee Should make St Albans tomorrow, but might be a bit late, got a game to do first in Barnet. Ref. |
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07 Apr 03 - 09:33 AM (#927782) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: breezy come in yer kit then. |
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07 Apr 03 - 09:39 AM (#927789) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Oh no, sporting knees too - I don't think I can stand the pace....... |
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07 Apr 03 - 09:42 AM (#927797) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: IanC Oy! An' don't forget the Ashwell session - Bushel & Strike 8:30 tonite! :-) PS Ashwell Mummers do the Pace Egging Play. Friday 11th. 730 Bushel. 9&930 Tuns 1000 Rose&Crown. |
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07 Apr 03 - 09:55 AM (#927818) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Thanks for that Ian, can't believe we're clashing again!!! Can't make Friday 11th as we've got Andy Irvine coming to the St Albans club - he's wonderful *g* - but have a Fab evening anyway - I know I will :-) |
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07 Apr 03 - 10:03 AM (#927824) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Hamish Breezy: "come in yer kit then."??? Now why mention David Mellor in this thread? |
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07 Apr 03 - 12:13 PM (#927907) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Julie B Nick (+ melodeon) & I are coming down. I think I'll sing my protest song about the proposed PEL licensing reforms (before, hopefully, the proposals are altered and the song passes its 'use by' date!) Nick's learnt a few more tunes lately. Since starting to play last August (melodeon his first musical instrument) he's become a melodeon addict. Far from suffering performance nerves it is now hard to stop him jumping all the time at sessions. And he's nicked all my best fiddle tunes!!! :( Julie |
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07 Apr 03 - 12:47 PM (#927941) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Ross Thanks Anahata - that's solved that one I'm sorry we've developed a pressure group in our midst - I thought we were fairly tolerant - we have no plans to end anything that's a laugh & trust we can do that while respecting everyone Sorry Ian C - I think we unclash again at the end of June - thanks for running the awards - do we get a badge Looking forward to seeing Julie & Nick |
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07 Apr 03 - 12:53 PM (#927945) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Julie B ...ta Ross, see you later. Oh, and I just spotted my typo above; 'jumping' should've been 'jumping in'...he hasn't started Morris Dancing yet! |
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07 Apr 03 - 01:58 PM (#927996) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Ross, I refuse to be labelled a pressure group - you know it's all in fun!!!! Julie B - excellent news, looking forward to hearing your protest song :-) |
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08 Apr 03 - 04:58 AM (#928495) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers Thanks guys for a spondicious evening. Nice to have some squeezer geezers along wasn't it? Cheers Piers |
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08 Apr 03 - 05:47 AM (#928512) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said It was a really good evening - excellent to have other instruments there too. It would be great to have a semi session-singaround if we could mix up the musicians a bit *g* All the teasing over the Pringles Shakers came to naught - I think we all coped quite well, tastefully done & only in the appropriate bits. Mind you, it would have been a different story if we'd have been graced by the presence of Bewitched & Silverfish - they've got a very enthusiastic percussion section, but they do play them very well indeed :-) Lovely of Theo & Jennie to drop by - wonderful to hear the Fab Julie B & Nick too - that PEL protest song is excellent!! Good to hear Cllr on form & in his element too - thanks for doing the request BTW - think I've got the words sorted now. Dunno what the Ref will think of the new chorus to Hilary's Piggies - I wonder if I should tell on you Ross? Or is it a conspiracy?? Thanks for coming everyone..... |
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08 Apr 03 - 09:00 AM (#928587) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Singing Referee OK then, let's have it! |
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08 Apr 03 - 09:30 AM (#928605) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Hmmmm, should I tell him??? |
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08 Apr 03 - 10:05 AM (#928627) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers Yes, tell him!!!! He's bound to find out sooner or later. It'll either be a goal or red card for Mr Barton le Clay. |
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08 Apr 03 - 10:13 AM (#928635) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said I reckon it'll be a goal..... Here goes then: Hilary's piggies are coming this way today, And if you don't put her right she's going to make you pay, So please don't let her piggies go astray, For the world is not ready for judgement day. I've no idea of the tune & I've a sneaking suspicion thatI'm being made out to be a bit of an ogress with a whip. Strange, that.... |
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08 Apr 03 - 10:19 AM (#928640) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers He shoots, he scores! |
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08 Apr 03 - 11:25 AM (#928690) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Julie B Thanks Hilary. Lovely night. We came a different way from MK and the journey was quicker for us. We'll probably make it down more often now. I'll see about getting "If you want to sing a song..." added to the Mudcat Songbook. Meanwhile the lyrics are on an earlier thread: PEL: A PEL Protest Song - Lyrics Have tweaked the words a little bit since then, but they're much the same. Will try to get round to adding to songbook ASAP (if anyone wants sheet music/CD in meantime then just PM me). Julie B |
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09 Apr 03 - 08:10 AM (#929407) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Ross Ouch You were definitely offside Guru whip me baby - not 'me baby' as in my baby Thanks Julie |
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09 Apr 03 - 09:40 AM (#929478) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers I personally think the addition of Ross' chorus, has added a, Nick Drake, kind of surrealism to the song, and increased the shelf-life past the point the point where listener knows punchlines and story. Don't worry MGAS if you really were an ogress, then people wouldn't write songs for you. Piers |
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09 Apr 03 - 10:27 AM (#929517) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Julie B I meant to ask - are any of you going to National Folk Festival this weekend in Sutton Bonington? I am. Julie |
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09 Apr 03 - 10:31 AM (#929518) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said I've been wondering about the National, it looks like a great weekend, but maybe I need a weekend off festivals - chores & suchlike! Or maybe not... Are you going for the song-writing competition? You should if you can still enter!!!! |
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09 Apr 03 - 02:35 PM (#929740) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Mary Humphreys Anahata and I are going to the National. Look us up in the Bar ante-room tune session at Saturday 10:00 - 11:30 pm or in our very own Welsh and English tune session in the Senior Common Room on the Saturday 12:30 - 2:00pm. Bring some songs to sing and an instrument to learn some new tunes if you dare! Encourage all your friends to join in! |
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10 Apr 03 - 05:22 AM (#930281) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Julie B Thanks Mary. Will hopefully see you there. I will probably look very tired (am a light sleeper trying indoor camping for the first time - have been warned to take ear plugs!) Julie B |
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10 Apr 03 - 08:51 AM (#930361) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Ross Thanks Piers - I've had a lousy week so to be referenced to Nick Drake has bolstered me a bit Did you see that 'Hilary Ward' woman is sharing the billing with Martin Carthy in December I think Guru's twice as good Apologies to singing ref if I've infringed your song - you should have seen her face though -the surprise |
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10 Apr 03 - 09:41 AM (#930403) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers Yes Ross - I think she could be three times better! Piers |
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11 Apr 03 - 04:00 AM (#930956) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Singing Referee No problem Ross! Your new words don'r quite scan to the tune, but so what, they're in the right spirit! Ref. |
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11 Apr 03 - 11:51 AM (#931202) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Piers Fear not Ref, Ross once made the entire New Testament fit three verses of 'I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts'. And you may be able to hear that at the next Barton Le Clay session - Easter Monday. Piers |
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11 Apr 03 - 12:30 PM (#931230) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: My guru always said Oh Piers - what have you unleashed now????? |
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13 Apr 03 - 08:53 AM (#932314) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,Ross I can't do that song anymore as I've been advised by the Pope, Tony Blair & the folk police that Christian songs would upset other religions in this beautiful country We do Led Zeppelin medleys down our church - evidently satanists are pretty lethargic - Mrs Gotobed is pretty handy on the vicar's organ How is everyone? - seriously - are you happy with your wash? |
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14 Apr 03 - 03:23 PM (#933361) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: GUEST,The Pope Jesus had a lovely bunch of testaments Mother Mary and a virgin birth Bethlehem, three wise men & a holy star Herod's a git, it's off to Egypt All for peace on Earth, hoy |
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14 Apr 03 - 03:48 PM (#933378) Subject: RE: Singaround Barton,Beds UK 7th April From: Piers More words of wisdom from the Vatican, thank you, your holiness. You should to come to Barton Le Clay, they seem to be having trouble in the faith department. Yours for theocractic enlightenment in a world of sin Piers |