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01 Mar 10 - 03:03 PM (#2853318) Subject: Joe Penland S Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear Lewes Saturday Folk Club Workshop No 130 JOE PENLAND Joe Penland's website NORTH CAROLINA SONG & SOCIETY WORKSHOP Places £25 Saturday 22nd. May 2010 10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m. Elephant & Castle White Hill Lewes BN7 2DJ Joe has inherited the song & storytelling traditions of his family in the North Carolina Appalachians, where he still lives & works. He plays guitar & banjo. His account of life in the small village of Sodom Laurel is fascinating & often surprising. The workshop will cover 'Old Love Songs & Ballads from the Western North Carolina Mountains' & the oral tradition that preserved them. Joe will tell the stories of the 'Keepers of the Old Songs' who passed them on to him. Photographs of the landscape & the singers, along with field recordings, will paint a vivid portrait of life in this isolated part of America. A work book with lyrics & information & a CD of field recordings will be provided for each participant. IN THE EVENING JOE PENLAND PERFORMS AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE Admission £5. Advance tickets from address at end of this form. Provisional Timetable N.B. We will be singing throughout the day! 10.45 Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments not included) 11.00 Introduction to Madison County, North Carolina. Life at the time of Cecil Sharp's visit: the singers & the songs they sang. 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Songs & stories of the Sodom Laurel community: the Wallin, Ray, Chandler, Norton & Ramsey Family 15.00 Tea/coffee break 15.45 - 16.45 Bascomb Lamar Lundsford & other collectors. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited. Maps & accommodation lists will be sent on request. JOE PENLAND NORTH CAROLINA SONG & SOCIETY WORKSHOP Saturday 22nd. May 2010 BOOKING FORM I would like to attend the workshop. I enclose a cheque for £25.00 (refreshments not included). Name: Address: Telephone: E-mail address: Tick for map: Tick for accommodation list: No. of tickets @ £5 for evening performance (include SAE for these): Please make cheques payable to Lewes Arms Folk Club (that's right) and send with this booking form to: Valmai Goodyear, 20, St. John's Terrace, LEWES, East Sussex BN7 2DL |
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01 Mar 10 - 03:26 PM (#2853346) Subject: RE: Joe Penland S Carolina workshop, Lewes From: peregrina This should be terrific--it's been wonderful to hear Joe at Whitby singing and talking about the Wallins and others. |
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01 Mar 10 - 03:28 PM (#2853348) Subject: RE: Joe Penland S Carolina workshop, Lewes From: maeve I've just been listening to a beautiful rendition of "Crossing the Bar" on Mr. Penland's website, linked above. maeve |
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01 Mar 10 - 03:32 PM (#2853354) Subject: RE: Joe Penland S Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear Blush, stutter, mumble, I've put South instead of North Carolina in the thread title. Could a kindly elf please sort this out for me? Geographically embarrassed, Valmai |
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01 Mar 10 - 05:33 PM (#2853484) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear Many thanks to the elf who corrected the thread title. Valmai |
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06 May 10 - 02:34 AM (#2901081) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear We still have day and evening places for this. Some people are coming quite a distance, from Scotland, Hampshire and the Home Counties. I think I've got that bit of geography right. Valmai |
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06 May 10 - 05:41 AM (#2901141) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: maeve Valmai, I don't suppose it's possible for someone to pay for and get the cd and booklet by mail? I can't get there from here, and I'd love to learn more about Mr. Penland's songs. maeve |
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06 May 10 - 07:48 AM (#2901178) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear Yes, I think that will be possible. Please email me on valmaigoodyear[at]aol[dot]com. All the best, Valmai |
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07 May 10 - 06:49 AM (#2901913) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: maeve Will do. Thank you. maeve |
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08 May 10 - 04:34 AM (#2902555) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: GUEST,BanjoRay Why do superb things like this always happen at the other end of the country? Ray |
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11 May 10 - 06:19 AM (#2904356) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear An added incentive may be that the evening before, Friday 21st. May, the Copper Family are singing in aid of Christian Aid in Rottingdean. Tickets are £10 and the show starts at 8.00 p.m. Phone 01273 302611 for details. More information and a map are on the Coppersongs website. Ray: Ah ... bully your local organisers into doing something similar, or offer to help them do it ... it can't be difficult or we wouldn't be able to do it down here ... Come and see us one day, anyway. Tootle pip, Valmai |
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11 May 10 - 02:50 PM (#2904645) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear And Joe's coming to the Coppers concert, too. Valmai |
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18 May 10 - 05:32 AM (#2909058) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear You can also catch Joe at the Chippenham Folk Festival the following weekend. Valmai |
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20 May 10 - 11:46 AM (#2910610) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear I'm delighted to say that Joe has landed despite the volcano. Valmai |
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23 May 10 - 06:59 PM (#2912772) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: Valmai Goodyear A damn fine day and evenbing. Joe will be at Chippenham Folk Festival next weekend. Valmai |
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23 May 10 - 07:22 PM (#2912787) Subject: RE: Joe Penland North Carolina workshop, Lewes From: peregrina Thanks Valmai, and the others who did all the organizing work. Really an excellent time: Joe evoked the world of the singers recorded on collections like 'High Atmosphere', 'Dark Holler' and 'Far in the Mountains' with great warmth, vividness and humour; his own stories and personal connections to those keepers of the old songs made that corner of North Carolina seem very close to Lewes. |