HERGA (UK) - New venue

Subject: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 01:28 PM

Just over a year ago Herga moved venues for the first time in 43 years, to go to Harrow Arts Centre. We had great expectations, but many of them did not materialise (though we did pick up some new members); in particular, the room where we are based now looks like a Portakabin class room - which it is - and the whole drinks situation was unsatisfactory. So we looked around...

Well, we found a new venue, and we will be moving to it from 2nd October. It is at the Pinner Green Social Club, Rickmansworth Road, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 3TJ.

It is a huge hall, but with a nice enough atmosphere and lighting that we can use just a corner of it for open evenings (with a couple of partitions perhaps to help the agoraphobics). But it also has a full stage, professional lighting and sound equipment, fully equipped Green Room and can hold 150 punters, for when folk becomes trendy and we are fighting them at the door.

It also has its own side entrance to the car park, own toilets and bar (shoud we want to use it, though we normally won't), it is disability friendly, has new hardwood floor and new furniture, and the sound tiles on the roof are about to be replaced and the hall repainted. Drinks from the main club bar, at club prices. And the club WANTS us (it helps that one of our committee is in the club's mgt committee as well).

For the first time in the club's history we will be at a venue that allows us some of our own decoration (the aforementioned partitions will be plastered with posters in due course and we can have a notice board). Some candles for atmos wouldn't go amiss either. And with the new hall there are ideas about restarting the Herga keilidghs, long since lapsed, and perhaps even the Herga Morris side (the Herga Mummers are still going of course, with a Greek playing the Turkish Knight). Also a quarterly "open mic" evening to attract younger wannabes.

Today Harrow - tomorrow ze vorld...

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: breezy
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 01:33 PM

onwards and upwards

kaylees !!

know any good accordion players?

She was a cracker last night

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 01:34 PM

Wasn't she just! (Harriet Bartlett, that is, she was guesting last night at Herga). Mind you, I was watching you all evening - but you did behave...

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Cllr
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 01:48 PM

First folk event i ever went to out side of sidmouth festival was the pinner ceildhs with the wonderful hugh rippon gosh bring back the memories!! Cllr

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 01:53 PM

Strangely enough the first place I mummed was at a Pinner ceilidh.

Sounds like a good move George, maybe I'll check it out sometime. Hope it goes well.

Mick

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: breezy
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 02:04 PM

I was mesmerised by the movement of her hand that you could not see George

Really, was I well behaved? My apologies to all, will atone at a later date.

Do I deserve a prize?

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 05:25 PM

Good luck in your new venue. It certainly sounds much better.

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 05:30 PM

I think the Social Club will have better atmosphere than the Arts Centre, but I wish it was better served by public transport!

Kitty

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Suffet
Date: 12 Sep 06 - 11:43 PM

George,

Thanks for letting us all know so Marilyn and I don't wander off to the wrong place the next time we visit London. Of course that may be several years away.

Best of luck at you new venue, and give everyone our kindest regards. We shall return some day.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:19 AM

As for public transport, there is Northwood Hills Metropolitan Line station a couple of bus stops away; and at least at the end of the evening there will always be cars (mine for one) going past Northwood Hills roundabout, which is by the tube station.

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST,Jim Martin
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 08:33 AM

Wouldn't be much good to me if I still lived on the West Coast Main Line!

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 09:38 AM

Very true

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 01:55 PM

"but I wish it was better served by public transport!"

the H11 bus from Harrow bus station stops a few yards from the door.
the H13 bus from Ruislip stops a five minute walk away.
South Harrow would be two buses H12 and H11 or H12 and a ten minute walk.
And the Metropolitan Line at Northwood Hills is only a 10 minute walk (where you can be at Baker Street in half an hour)
Watford requires two buses H11 to Northwood and No 8 bus to Watford High street.
For Rickmansworth, you would use the Met line and change at Moor park.

Graeme

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: breezy
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:15 PM

Lets make it work

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 13 Sep 06 - 04:59 PM

Thanks for info Graeme!

Kitty

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 03:39 PM

refersh

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Pistachio
Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:59 PM

Hi George, would I be correct if I said you meet on Mondays? My Uncle lives in Ruislip and that would mean I'd have a chance of getting to Herga if I visit him! It's a bit too far from Beverley.
Do you meet weekly?

Glad to read that you enjoyed Harriets'performance. I met her at Warwick 2005, such a talent and a lovely with it.

Good luck with the new venue - post a programme sometime please.

Thanks.
Hazel (Hissyfit)

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 15 Sep 06 - 02:35 AM

Hazel -Herga meets weekly on Mondays except Bank Holidays. Can't do clickies, but Home Page is

http://folk4all.net/HergaIndex.htm

Kitty

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 15 Sep 06 - 03:29 AM

Here you go: Herga's homepage

Programme for the next few months:

Every Monday is Open Night except:
9 October: Jeff Wesley
13 November: Dave Houlden's "Over the top" with Tony & Pearl O'Neil
4 December: Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman
15 January (2007): Pete Coe
12 February: GMW (Ian Giles, Graham Metcalfe, Ian Woods)
19 March: John Conolly
14 May: Jim Causley
and in June I believe Breezy is guesting, but I don't know the precise date.

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: breezy
Date: 15 Sep 06 - 11:21 AM

and theres me thinking it was 19th feb

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Sep 06 - 02:33 PM

reefresh

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 17 Sep 06 - 11:25 AM

It may be, Breezy - I haven't caught up with Mike S since July!

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 06:29 PM

Thought this should be refreshed as "The Move" is THIS monday

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Lanfranc
Date: 29 Sep 06 - 07:37 PM

Good luck, Herga!

First Monday requires that I am at Blackmore, which is served by no public transport after 6pm and is is the middle of Essex.

"Sometimes is does get lonely"

Alan

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Singing Referee
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 03:41 AM

Won't be able to be there I'm afraid, as I've got to be away on business.

Best of Luck!

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 03:11 PM

2 days to go?

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: chrisgl
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 02:30 AM

Turns out Liz is coming to, so we can off a lift or two...

PM me if interested

chris :-)

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: breezy
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 07:49 AM

Its the most famous folk club in South -east of England !!


And the oldest

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Oct 06 - 08:36 AM

Tomorrow

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 07:52 AM

Today's the day

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 02 Oct 06 - 08:01 AM

Tonight.

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 04:10 AM

Great start to the season, some 20+ there for the Open Night. With 16 performers (that I recall), we only just managed a couple of songs or tunes each, and there was great variety, though chrisgl's first song takes the biscuit for me, "This belongs to Sammy" or something like that, never heard it before, ask him to sing it next time he's with you (though I hope that won't be on Mondays, because he and Liz will be with us at Herga!).

Jeff Wesley guesting next week, one of the sweetest voices in trad English song.

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: skipy
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 04:47 AM

Have you done a risk assessment for the candles?
Skipy

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 04:51 AM

Yes, and as a result we removed the candle from Sandy's table (he is sight impaired). We also kept containers with liquid near each candle as a precaution - OK, it was pints.

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: BB
Date: 03 Oct 06 - 02:49 PM

"Jeff Wesley guesting next week, one of the sweetest voices in trad English song."

Indeed it is, and he'll have his new CD with him when he visits you - hope you're all going to buy one. Reactions to it have so far been very favourable.

Good luck with the new venue.

Barbara

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: My guru always said
Date: 21 Apr 07 - 04:55 AM

I understand that the one & only Breezy will be there on Monday 23rd April!

Subject: RE: HERGA (UK) - New venue
From: Zorg
Date: 21 Apr 07 - 04:24 PM

Abolutely right Hils, someone has to