Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04

Subject: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 24 Nov 04 - 11:17 AM

Don't forget folks singaround at The Bull next Monday. As "The Winter Solstice Song Specials" came to a fantasic end last Monday. Ross and I have for our own sanity and friendship decied to go our separate ways. So "The Friendly Earth Acoustic Club" will move to Dunstable next year. More details later. Thanks very much for all your support and see you at "The Winter Solstice Day of Song" at The Bull in Barton on Sat Dec 4th. 12 noon til 12 midnight. "The Folkaholicks" are playing at The Caffeine, 37 Station Rd Letchworth Beds on Fri 26th Nov. We wiil be pleased for any support. Cheers for now Martin Dent.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 24 Nov 04 - 07:44 PM

Great practise tonight. Don't forget "The Folkaholicks" Friday night at Letchworth.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: breezy
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 05:03 AM

Have a good one on Friday Martin.

I'll be at the usual place with Woodworx and Pam Ward

See you on Sunday

all thngs run their course


dont forget its Hilary at the Spotlight the following week

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 07:29 AM

Cheers Dude. Where is Paul Cherrington?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: breezy
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 08:27 AM

He'll be behind her n'est-pas?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 02:38 PM

Hi Martin - hope to support you on Friday - I think you will be brilliant

And I look forward to supporting your future ventures in Dunstable

Barton owes you a lot

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Ross
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 02:41 PM

Sorry - GUEST was me - I'm losing everything at the moment

Regards

Ross

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: GUEST,stevi
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 03:18 PM

hi all wondered what this talk session was all about got to it from ross e/mail link . do you talk on a daily basis or just every once in a while? wot no more monday folk at barton martin! what am i gona do on a monday night

steve the lowden player!

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 04:12 PM

Oh no there is still the singaround on Mondays but it will be run by Ross so please come down. Are you coming to Letchworth tomorrow night (Fri) see Paul Scourfield and The Folkaholicks (new line up) there's only Spiers and Boden at Cambridge any way. Should be a great night.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: GUEST,stevi
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 05:28 PM

yes am gona try to get their !

steve

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 25 Nov 04 - 07:32 PM

Excellent hope to see you there. If not Sat 4th Dec   12 hr Singaround at The Bull in Barton. You and your son. 12 Noon til 12 Midnight. Come on Steveo.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Ross
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 03:50 AM

Hi Steve - there are generally a couple of threads going where local sessions are being talked about - and it tends to be everyday

Might see you tonight

The singarounds will still be happening at the Bull every other Monday; as long as demand demands

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: breezy
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 05:01 AM

Remember Hilary ,who along with Ross set up the Bull, when the Bull in Redbourn session ended? well, she will be appearing at the Spotlight club in St Albans week Sunday and she would be very pleased to see her old friends from Barton.
She is missing the singing at the moment and looks forward to coming north.
Sunday 5th December, make sure its in your diaries please.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 08:00 AM

Should see her at The Bull on Dec 4th She can sing til her heart is content. And Ross we demand.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Ross
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 08:17 AM

How can I forget Hilary - I have a lot of happy thoughts about past gigs and Saturday morning workshops at the Luton University

I remember playing a gig at the Henlow show with the fretless & fancy free workshop - two fiddles, clarinet, pipes, melodeon, two guitars, mandolin, bodhrans and everyone singing

It was a brilliant experience - I look forward to hearing her sing again soon

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 11:04 AM

That sounds nearly as cool as last night at The Cricketers with "Run of the Mill" they were great and do so many lovely easy to play along with songs. See you tonight.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: breezy
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 11:23 AM

Pity you missed the earlier floor spots.

there was a surprise duo performing.

Windard meets Waterfall

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 01:11 PM

UMMM dare I ask?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 26 Nov 04 - 07:09 PM

Thanks to everyone who turned up today. A GREAT night was had by me. Hope to see you all soon Martin Dent.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 27 Nov 04 - 07:38 AM

Hello Ross. Thanks for coing last night. Is the club going to be back in the bar from now on?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Ross
Date: 27 Nov 04 - 11:02 AM

Hi Martin - thanks for a great gig - the four of you sounded very good - nice harmonies and a nice range of songs - I think it's a winning combination and I'd pay to see you again

I Spoke to Rachel and we agreed that we'd keep the session in the middle bar for the immediate future - she is keen to let us have the back room if numbers explode - I can't really see it though

I know the back room is expensive to heat and light; and not worth it for Rachel if there is very little return

Will try and keep it as non smoking as possible and I am negotiating another switch to turn off another speaker in the front bar - the tables have all been changed around though; so it should be interesting

I suspect the sessions will be fairly low key for a few months

I think John has given up on his Wednesday sessions - have you seen him at work?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 27 Nov 04 - 07:25 PM

UMMMM tables turned around. I can't wait. I have seen John and he seems to think everything is going well, but he could not make last week. He said he was going to ring you about helping last week but did not. See you at Breezys on Sunday? And thanks for your kind words. I have had a word with everyone and we all seem happy with Friday and want to carry it on. See you soon.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Ross
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 02:02 PM

Hi Martin - that's interesting - we haven't seen John on a Wednesday for over eight weeks - since the beginning of October

Hope to see you again soon - sorry I couldn't get to the spotlight tonight - hope you had a good un

It's good to hear the Folkaholics are continuing - rock on

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: My guru always said
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 05:51 PM

Am looking forward to see & hear you all again on Saturday at the Barton Day of Song. Will only be able to stay for the afternoon though, going to see Sid Kipper in the evening *smile*

Will also be at the session for jacquic & kendall at the Black Lion in Plaistow on the Sunday, not for long though as I'll be whizzing up to St Albans for my spotlight gig in the evening!

What a hectic weekend it'll be, wish I could get along to Ashwell too, there's so much going on!

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 06:49 PM

It's all to much isn't it. I don't know about John then cos he seemed like he was enjoying it. But if he was not there how could he?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 28 Nov 04 - 06:54 PM

Oh did I say Martin Banks was very good on Sunday?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Ross
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 03:46 AM

No you didn't - did you have a good time - who was there?

I'm hoping to go along and see Guru next week - will there be a thread for Saturday?

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Bertie
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 11:04 AM

Are we seeing the demise of Barton as a singaround? its not good to have Rachel grumbling, by my reconing we are the only people in the pub anyway.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 29 Nov 04 - 11:53 AM

How true Bertie, but it was not Rachel really. Ross and I saw the club going in two diffrent directions. But the Singaround carrys on as normal, I will be taking a back seat, that's all. See you soon, on the Saturday 4th Dec 12 hour Singaround Bull/Barton/Beds thread. And there was a few people there not as many as I would have liked for such a great performer. How about doing our "Run To The Sea" and "Ring of Roses" floorspot on Sunday Ross. Answer on other thread.

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: Ross
Date: 30 Nov 04 - 02:12 PM

Hi Bertie/Martin - don't really know what to say - there's been a lot of crosswires and presumptions made - I hope the singaround will survive - I've always thought it was a good stepping stone for people to perform; in public to a friendly audience

I've never had a golden dream for the session; except to see people enjoy themselves

I suppose one of the basic problems of the Bull; is that it doesn't share or understand folk music - it's hard to be commercially successful without that support

Monday was very low key with only seven people - many thanks to Bert, Pat, Bill, John P, Trevor and Philip on harmonica; and me

Martin 'Run to' and 'ring of Roses' sounds great

Also the White Hart is looking for ideas for music nights in Campton (near Shefford) - the landlord there is very supportive of folk music

Subject: RE: Singaround Bull/ Barton/ Beds 29/11/04
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 30 Nov 04 - 06:48 PM

MMMM could try up there some time then. See you on Saturday Ross.