December session in NW Leicestershire

Subject: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Nov 04 - 06:24 PM

We're running a session...hopefully the first of many...in the Turk's Head in Donisthorpe (near Ashby de la Zouch) on December 16th. Who's coming??

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Chris Green
Date: 20 Nov 04 - 06:44 AM

Love to Lynne but we're gigging that night. Keep us posted on future ones though!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 20 Nov 04 - 07:37 AM

What a pity! Well let's hope you can get to future ones...if there are any! We're hoping to start a folk club locally in the near future, perhaps we can book Isambarde?

See you tonight!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 20 Nov 04 - 11:11 AM

The session will feature the astoundingly good (well I'm biased - I'm in the band!) Brassneck - all other performers welcome with open arms!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 20 Nov 04 - 11:13 AM

Brassneck

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Chris Green
Date: 20 Nov 04 - 11:20 AM

I think you mean here!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MuddleC
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 07:51 PM

A session of what?
-enlightenment through yoghurt sessions?
-indian head massage??
--investigating the entrails of a goat to further world peace???

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 02:41 AM

If those are the things people would like to do, then yes, all or any of these things. But since this is under the 'music' section, it will quite likely be a session of music!

The basic idea is a music session where everyone joins in on instruments, but songs and singing will be welcomed too. Since this is the first (but hopefully not the last) of these that we are running, it really depends on who turns up and what they want to do. We participated in the session in the little bar at the White Swan at Bedworth on the weekend and it was really great...very enjoyable, comfortable, not too daunting for beginners to join in....we would quite like it to be something like that.

I think the answer is....turn up and make it what you want it to be. (Within reason of course!)

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 06:48 AM

That week of Christmas is my heaviest workload, 2 gigs that day and the next. keep us posted about further meetings.

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 07:24 AM

That's a pity weelittledrummer. Well if this one is good we hope to have another perhaps in March. I'll post it in lots of time before everyone's diaries get filled up!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Mitch the Bass
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 09:34 AM

What a shame. This clashes with the Derby Heritage Traditional Music Club DHTMC.

I'm just up the road, well almost, in Littleover. I'd like to know of future events.

Mitch

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 10:40 AM

I'll post them on here Mitch. We're also hoping to start a new folk club in Ashby...I'll post details of that when we get it sorted

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MuddleC
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 05:30 PM

If the Warwickshire/Leicestershire border post is open then I'll chance my fake I.D card......

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 30 Nov 04 - 02:39 AM

Hehe! Great!!!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 01 Dec 04 - 02:55 PM

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 06 Dec 04 - 07:34 AM

Well, only just over a week to go. We seem to have quite a few people coming from some distance away, but I haven't heard much from local musicians. Anyone coming??

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 07:04 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Schantieman
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 12:30 PM

Think I can probably make it, Lynne. Sally also poss.....?

Steve

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 11:31 AM

Yes, I've arranged to travel by train to Leicester, visit my neice, and bus from Leicester to Ashby. Hope Schanters can meet me there.

Sal

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Schantieman
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 12:46 PM

Yes indeedy

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: alanww
Date: 13 Dec 04 - 07:12 PM

Have a great time, Lynne et al!
I am sorry that I cannot make it from Stratford-upon-Avon but I have a local music session in my diary.
It would have been nice to see you and Sally & Steve etc.
"... I can laugh, drink and sing!" ... and play!
Alan

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 03:40 AM

Her you go Lynne.

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: GUEST,cllr
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 06:04 AM

I am hoping to make it but I hope it is a really mixed session or I will bring my bodhrun. Cllr

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 08:10 AM

Thanks Yas!

I'm hoping it will be a bit mixed too Mike, but I don't want it to be like a folk club either. Bring your bodhran in case!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Schantieman
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 10:48 AM

Shall I bring my melodeon in case as well? Then we can leave them in their cases while we all have a good sing!

See ya!

(winding
                down at
                                  end of
                                              te..r....m.....)



Steve

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 14 Dec 04 - 03:47 PM

Definitely bring your melodeon Steve! I usually miss out on tunes, mostly being in the Middle Bar or other Middle Bar type sings, so I want lots of tunes and music at this session.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 15 Dec 04 - 09:04 AM

Only one day to go!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 07:40 AM

Good luck for tonight Lynne and Ted.Hope it goes well for you and you have a great night.
Scooby

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 09:50 AM

Thanks Yas.

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 10:23 AM

The only way is up, baby!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: GUEST,EagleWing
Date: 16 Dec 04 - 08:04 PM

Best evenings singing and playing I've had for a veery long time.
Thanks for organising it, Lynne

(Frank)

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MuddleC
Date: 17 Dec 04 - 06:02 AM

Well, it didn't start well, despite finding my way to Donithorpe I came across the Masons Arms.... wrong one, so using my homing instinct I drove off in the wrong direction.
Accosting some friendly natives, I was soon kerb-crawling around the wonderful traffic calming system and found the Turk's Head. Very carelessly someone had left it in a pub car park , probably the same someone who had left those mason's arms at the cross-roads. Minutes later, I entered the public bar, then it went downhill, as there was a widescreen telly showing some men kicking a round object about a field for no particular reason. I persevered though, ordered a pintmade ... and before I could pay, thee came the sound of clapping from the 'other' bar, unseen by me. So I asked the hostelier to kindly carry it through to the other side , where I would meet him.. having said this , I rushed outside of the pub to where my honed instincts said there would be a door... and there was... a locked door..! Making my way back into the public bar, I met the hostelier who had com out to fetch me, and show me the secret entance to the lounge bar hidden behind the coat rack..!
In that the other realm sat Lynn holding court, squirming about every 30 seconds in order to retrieve her disceet battery powered humming companion, yes, her mobile phone, and generally bouncing off the four walls like she was in a giat pin-ball machine. Soon I discovered the jewel of the nile basking in the glow of the bar lights, Old Rosie... I had found sanctuary.. real cider!!!
Oh yeah, there was some singing and .. and playing of instruments and stuff ..
got home about 1.30am ..(I went North instead of south)..excellent nonetheless!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: GUEST,EagleWing
Date: 17 Dec 04 - 06:09 AM

My problem, now, is to try and work out who everyone was. ie fitting real people to all these mudcat aliases. Despite MuddleC's lack of directional sense (I found the lounge bar by trial and error), the evening went very well - particularly once the mob from Hull turned up and doubled our numbers in one go.

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 17 Dec 04 - 06:47 AM

Thanks guys....I'm glad you enjoyed it. I think I did..I accidently got a little p***ed. It was so nice to meet all the people I've been chatting to on here all this time and the singing and playing was lovely. So nice of you all to come from so far away.

Love Lynne

PS What do you mean by that Skip? That it was rock bottom and couldn't get any lower??

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: jacqui.c
Date: 17 Dec 04 - 07:22 AM

We had the same problem as Muddle C. Trying to get to an unknown place in the dark so you can't see the road map unless you stop and where the street signs are few and far between....

However, the journey was worth it for a good evening of music and song and the chance to meet even more Mudcatters.

It was so good to meet new faces and make reacquaintance with known friends. We even had a link up to the Mudchat for a while, until Skipjack's phone ran out of oomph, and were able to let CapriUni and Open Mike know what was going on.

Maine is going to seem soooo quiet after all this (must get some sessions organised...)

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Bass2
Date: 17 Dec 04 - 09:59 AM

I had a grand time. Thanks to Oaks and Skip for the lift down and Ted and Lynne for the accomodation. Great to meet up with K & J, Shang and the other Catters and guests who turned up :-) Special thanks to Ted for his French Horn players lungs on the lilo! *BG*

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: GUEST,Pete Smith & John Buckley
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 05:08 AM

If the prospect of folk club ever gets off the ground we`d really like to play there. We STILL get ignored by most of our local promoters / clubs in the Derby / Burton area dispite our on-going national "success". Please contact us via our website should you fancy a bit of guitar nonsense...www.petesmithjohnbuckley.co.uk Merry Xmas.

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 07:05 AM

Trouble with starting a folk club is the apathy of the locals in this part of the world. Despite the fact that I publicised our session around the area, we wouldn't actually have had one if it hadn't been for the influx of Mudcatters from Hull, Shanghai and the USA! We can't really depend on that to keep a regular folk club going! One of the only three locals other than us who turned up to play was the person with whom we are planning to start a club. I've had offers from several people to guest at the club if it gets off the ground, so now all we need is a venue and some sort of certainty of an audience! Not much to ask?

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 07:06 AM

By the way...the landlord and landlady at the Turk's Head really enjoyed the session and would love us to do it again.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 07:42 AM

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 07:43 AM

100!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 08:03 AM

I enjoyed meself, me. First evening since Lent I haven't been shitfaced, and actually remembered last night's fun. And I got to sleep on Kate who is Katherine, with only some joists between us.

Lovely meeting Jacqui and Kendall, and Shanghai Frank (who seemed far too well socially able to be a Mudcatter), Donisthorpe Celtic (Frank two), the very lovely Rachel, who promised me she wouldn't get drawn into this place, and MuddleC, who is Rob and not Tim.

Best of all was meeting Ted and Lynne, whom made it happen, and looked lovely in their matching flashing nipples. Who was that brown man in the empire-buiders? I liked him, 'cause he reckoned I was better value than that attention-seeking violinist fellow. Also, it was nice to meet Shady Lady, who is very beautiful and had the biggest hair there.

One made it to bed at 2am, happier for being a lot closer to the Sables Award for the most 'catters eyeballed.

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: EagleWing
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 08:11 AM

Pete & John said: "If the prospect of folk club ever gets off the ground we`d really like to play there."

Looking forward to hearing you at Scrag End in January!
(The other member hoping to start Ashby club with Lynne)

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 11:06 AM

The guy in the "Empire Builders" was George - a local character. I have yet to see him in anything other than shorts, even in the depths of deepest darkest winter... It may be a cultural desert, but there are some spots of eccentricity around!

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: CallyH
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 04:57 PM

Oh dear, I seem to have got drawn in, despite promising Skipjack that I would stay away from this place.

Now I am trying to remember who everyone is.

The session was fantastic and I will definitely come to the folk club if it happens.

Rachel

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MuddleC
Date: 18 Dec 04 - 07:16 PM

Don't do it Cally! I only dropped in on the mudcatters meet at Bedworth Folk Fest cos I happened to see the word 'mudcat' on the programme but didn't know/hadn't been part of the vast criminal empire that MBSLynne presides over...
it was just like walking in on the Artful Dodger et al in Fagins Garrett........ Lynne a.k.a 'Nancy'

MuddleC who is Tim not Rob

willing to be silly and assist if needed

(damn... last time I volunteered I spent ten years in the Royal Navy)

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Dec 04 - 05:57 AM

Great to see you on here Rachel!! Skip's psychology worked then!

So, ok, we've got a few memebers for the new folk club but we need more.....and somewhere to have it. Well it's inspiring me to make a bit of effort and *sigh*, go and do a pub crawl of Ashby to find a suitable venue. Oh dear, it's all work......

Timnotrob, does this mean you will patronise our wonderful club then?

And next time we run a session I think we'll just call it a Mudgather and be done with it!!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Dec 04 - 06:01 AM

Hey! I just realised! Since the two non-catters have joined up since the session it means that every single person who was singing or playing is a Mudcatter!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: webfolk
Date: 19 Dec 04 - 09:59 AM

keep your 'bit on the side' posted for the next one Lynne. Keep the badge flying

Subject: RE: December session in NW Leicestershire
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Dec 04 - 10:33 AM

I will! I meant to wear the badge to the session but forgot...sorry!

Love Lynne