Mix of songs and styles

Hello everyone

We enjoyed another excellent evening of entertainment last night with the usual mix of songs and styles from our regulars. It was also great to welcome a number of new members. We were charmed by the beautiful singing of Alice and treated to an excellent spot by Roger. Other highlights were Mick's tribute to folk ballads (how does he come up with this stuff?!), the unaccompanied voice of the excellent Barry and the gorgeous sound of a very accomplished spot from Simeon. Not forgetting our other debutant Simon who did a great job in his first stint as MC and clearly enjoyed it!

For once the great tea towel raffle prize was upstaged by a donation of a CD with 20 Irish Drinking Songs. Nigel has promised to learn them all for next time so can we all practice our drinking in preparation!!

Next club is in two weeks time on 1st April. This is both April fools day and Mournday Thursday so finding some appropriate songs could be quite a challenge!

On 22nd April we welcome our first guests to the club. Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts are a bit special and should provide a great evening. Check out their web site by following the link below via our club website. As I mentioned last time, we have a few quid in the bank due to attendances being much higher than we originally expected so the usual £2 admission will apply to all members. However, if everyone turns up we will have more than 100 people and that will exceed our capacity so would you please buy or reserve your tickets in advance. Tickets will be available for sale on 1st April at the club. Alternatively, you can reserve tickets by email to me and pay for them on the night. Any unreserved tickets will be available on the door at £5.

Thank you to everyone who sponsored me for swimathon. It looks as though I am really going to have to do it now!!

Cheers
Paul

Another great club night

Hello all

Well, another great club night was enjoyed last night with some excellent music and, as ever, good company. The atmosphere seemed particularly friendly and warm last night, I guess we are all really getting to know each other now!

A warm welcome to new members John and his group (looking forward to hearing the mandolin and fiddle soon!) and Mick with his particular take on the folk world.

The highlight had to be the singing session that ended the evening with the likes of Black Velvet Band, Leaving of Liverpool and Wild Rover inspiring singing and playing from all parts of the room.

The raffle continues to operate on the edge of civilised behaviour and nearly descended into a riot with cries of "I don't want the tickets I want to pay" and "Give me the tea towel" being heard from Julian and Linda as their tickets were drawn. In honour of St David's day the Great Tea Towel Of The World was not just the obvious "Wales" but the quite magnificent "The Welsh Language". However, it has been brought to the attention of the club disciplinary committee that a deal was done late in the evening involving the tea towel and the Bellowhead CD. Whatever next?!

Next club is on 18th March.

On 22nd April we will be holding our first guest night with Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts. This should be a very special evening so don't miss it. Follow the link below to our web site and you can then follow further links to our guest's web sites to get a flavour of what to expect. Admission for guest nights will be £5 but, as attendances have been so good we have got a few quid in the bank so all members (anyone who has been to the club and is on the contact list) will get in for the normal admission price of £2. How good is that?!!

Hope to see you all on 18th March.

Cheers
Paul