Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th

Subject: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 03:30 PM

Although we only started our sessions in the Seven Stars, Foots Cray near Sidcup, Kent at the end of June, we shall be running a one-day mini festival on October 9th starting at 12.30 and going through to closing time. Entry is free

We are planning a mixture of the following

Showcase for our excellent regulars
Guest performers
Ample opportunity for singarounds and jamming for all
Morris dancing

There is a real ale bar and the landlord has promised us guest beers
Snacks available lunchtime and early evening

The Seven Stars has a large car park and excellent bus connections from most of South-east London / North-west Kent, plus direct bus connections from a number of local stations. Buses run late

Full details of Crayside Folk, how to get there and the provisional programme for the Festival can be found on our website - see Crayside Festival

We look forward to welcoming as many mudcatters as possible and invite you to bring someone new to folk music with you!

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Kentish Crooner
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 08:24 PM

Only problem - Tone Deaf Leopard - Headlining!!!

You can't be serious ...

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 07 Aug 10 - 03:54 AM

Serious? No. Their light hearted and humourous parodies are superb - see

Thieves of Peckham Rye

and

Roadkill Cafe

Like most others I wondered what was happening when I first saw them but relax and go with the flow and you've got two warm and entertaining people

And if you still can't see it there's nine hours of entertainment before their slot!

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 08 Aug 10 - 11:47 AM

Whoever you are Kentish Crooner, be aware that this is a Leopards C(l)ub
We can do as we wish and do not have to account for our actions here!
The intention is for us to lead everyone into the Jam Session at the end!

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 08 Aug 10 - 03:56 PM

I understand that Grahame Hood, excellent dulcimer player, has agreed to do a spot for us on the 9th :-)

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 08 Aug 10 - 08:46 PM

Indeed he has... what a plethora of talent we have in S.E. London !

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 03:18 AM

I think that my two favourite Leopard lyrics would be

"Rebel (without bladder control)"

and

"Wee and a Shave".


It isn't about bel canto.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Woodsie
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 04:17 AM

I assume the great Dave Kenningham is included in the line-up!

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 05:37 AM

There are a number of slots to showcase the talents of our regulars which I sincerely hope will include not only the superb Dave Kenningham but also yourself as well Woodsie! Besides which together you make a terrific double act

and well said Richard, couldn't agree more. Incidentally, it would be nice to think we might see you in the suburbs sometime?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Woodsie
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 06:26 AM

Yes Richard about time you ventured out of the Medway and Northeast of the M25.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Essex Girl
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 06:54 AM

It's in the diary, hope to make it for at least some of the day.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Girl Friday
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 07:57 AM

We need to work out the logistics... nothing is set in stone as yet... I am still waiting an enthusiastic and commited response from a certain local morris side.... Simples !!!

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 09:53 AM

Raffles Bear is hunting for Morris.... details later. We appreciate that it is probably closed season for morris dancers.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 09:58 AM

Hope you have a Licence for Morris hunting?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 10:36 AM

Can't make my mind up between the traveller or the convertible.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 10:53 AM

Ssssshhhh!

Be vewwy quiet, we're hunting Mowwis.

DT.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 11:06 AM

Enter Maurice!

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 04:01 PM

I didn't think it would be long afore ye jumped on the band wagon
"How are you Richard?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 04:06 PM

'One can tell the Sidmouth lot are back?
" surfing The mud?
"Whata palaver?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 04:10 PM

Raffles"
The Traveller was a lot better?
Some bugger will disagree without doubt?
regards to all Pierre.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 05:55 PM

I quote from Richard Bridge's earlier posting

"Wee and a Shave".


It isn't about bel canto.
We are indeed back from Sidmouth!
Shame you missed our performance at Dukes Richard, we had 'em rockin' to Wee and A Shave, they were singing and clapping, and were probably very drunk. We ended a 40 minute slot at The Hub with it too. We had to use a lot of ingenuity as no drumming was allowed whilst the concert was on. We sang "Road Kill Cafe"... it seemed apt with all the food concessions surrounding us, and there was actually a chap from Market Harborough in our audience.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 13 Aug 10 - 12:57 PM

Any Morris sides looking for a gig on October 9th ?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 13 Aug 10 - 01:18 PM

Still hunting for Morris eh? I think I saw a herd, but they were heading for Broadstairs from Sidmouth

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 24 Aug 10 - 01:41 PM

We have plans for Duck racing during the day.

The ancient sport which has more recently acquired the name of Pooh Sticks will be conducted with plastic ducks, launched from the south side of the bridge over the Cray the finish line will be at the garden of the Seven Stars.

I am sure we can run to prizes for the winners - what do you think a plastic duck would like?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 10 - 03:25 PM

How about some of that cheep plastic bread

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 25 Aug 10 - 11:09 AM

updated festival programme

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Girl Friday
Date: 25 Aug 10 - 01:56 PM

Excellent- how many ducks have we got? ... More ducks than morris dancers it seems ! A big plus is ducks don't require beer!

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 25 Aug 10 - 02:28 PM

I have added photofits of the six ducks to the bottom of the festival page

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 26 Aug 10 - 02:01 PM

I've seen the photofits, aside from being all different colours they are identical. Is this a lineup? What's the crime ? They should each have a name or number. If there has been mallard of forethought, they should have numbers.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 26 Aug 10 - 02:18 PM

I don't want to speak out of tern, but coot you knot have found moorhen divers means to tell these ducks apart? After all, wigeon teal a lot of trouble to organize this. Pochard, if you look in a bird book it would be smews to you. Pintail Monday, Goldeneye.



Dictated by Mumblin Len.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 26 Aug 10 - 02:26 PM

Honest - they are identical and the colours are accurate so don't have a quack at me!!

Cray twins? We've got the Cray sextuplets :-)

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 28 Aug 10 - 07:10 PM

Ah, so one's called Reg, one's called Ron, what of the remaining four?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 30 Aug 10 - 10:29 AM

We need some volunteers from amongst our regulars to help man the sales stand, help with duck marshalling (plastic ones), and other jobs. Any takers?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 02 Sep 10 - 01:26 PM

It's gone very quiet on this thread since I asked for helpers. We can't do it all ourselves, there's too much going on ! We now have a Morris side willing to come and dance for us. Which one ? Look on the website, the info should be up soon.


Crayside Folk Day

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 02 Sep 10 - 03:48 PM

Info is now on the website! What a star studded day this is turning out to be!

We are just waiting final confirmation that the timing is OK with the whodoyouthinkitcouldbe? Morris side

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 02 Sep 10 - 04:12 PM

Just to spell it out, apart from this excellent and fearsome (oops I may have just given it away) morris troupe we have

Pigs Ear
Ron Trueman-Border
Don Thompson
Grahame Hood with Geoff Easeman
Dave Kenningham
Mick Woods
Win Thompson
New duo 'The Old Money'
Tone Deaf Leopard
and support from regulars of the Crayside Monday Sessions

Guest beers and snacks available

all that and still up to 5 1/2 hours of singarounds through the day!!

Well I'm impressed anyway.....

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 02 Sep 10 - 04:17 PM

Sue your in cahoots with Rafflesbear, I may Duck out of this your all quakers?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 02 Sep 10 - 04:31 PM

My religion has nothing to do with this Pierre and you're in the wrong thread anyway :-) you want the sessions one !

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 03 Sep 10 - 06:27 AM

Firstly - Pierre- leopards don't hoot - owls do that, we growl !

I'm not a Quaker either. But I like their oats.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 03:26 PM

OK it's Wild Hunt Bedlam Morris, dancing at 2.30, 3.15 and 4.00pm

Wild Hunt Morris

All those brilliant acts plus the chance to star yourself and NO CHARGE FOR ENTRY

Foots Cray, for those who don't know, is next to Sidcup on the South-East London, North-West Kent border and the venue, the Seven Stars, is a large riverside Grade 2 listed pub which in parts dates back to the 16th century and is less than a minute from the A20, eight minutes from Junction 3 on the M25

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 03:32 PM

I work at the Imperial War Museum .
I am a Bedlam Boy. Fact
I do want drink but I dont want Money.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: melodeonboy
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 04:52 PM

Do you also go bare, Pierre?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 05:07 PM

I wouldn't Know"?

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 06:04 PM

Hope not :-)

Doing anything on Oct 9th MB? You'd liven us up :-)

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Girl Friday
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 07:02 PM

He's always doing a gig somewhere - and will probably invent one to get out of it !

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 07:14 PM

Nah! Trust me, he wouldn't miss the big event of the day.

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Girl Friday
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 07:46 AM

As long as his shirt doesn't outshine our other performers !

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 07:55 AM

or put them off :-)

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: Rafflesbear
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 05:23 PM

12.00 Doors Open
12.30 Welcome in song by Tone Deaf Leopard
12.45 Liam Fitzpatrick
13.00 Dave Kenningham
13.15 Mick Woods
13.30 Peter Homewood + Ian Perrols plus outdoor - Cray Duck Racing
13.45 Christine Halpin
14.00 Peter Howcroft
14.15 Singaround through to 17.00
14.30 Wild Hunt Bedlam Morris set 1
15.15 Wild Hunt set 2
16.00 Wild Hunt set 3
17.00 Win Thompson
17.20 Contentibus = Grahame Hood + Geoff Easeman
17.40 The Old Money
18.00 Singaround
20.00 Don Thompson
20.30 Ron Trueman-Border
21.00 Pigs Ear
21.30 Tone Deaf Leopard
22.00 Jam Session to finish

Real Ale bar with Guest Beers.
Food and snacks 12.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 19.00

Sales and Information stand 12.30 to 17.00

Subject: RE: Crayside Folk Day, Foots Cray - Oct 9th
From: GUEST,Girl Friday
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 06:27 PM

What A Full, Folk , Fun packed Day!! One not to be missed