Special Events over the Weekend
SPECIAL FEATURES
for 2017
Welcome to the Festival
Friday 2.00 to 4.30 in The Masonic Hall Temple
An informal session of music and song hosted by TBC and others who may drop in. Aimed at the early arrivals it’s a chance for you to join in too.
UPSTAIRS IN THE STATION TAVERN
FRIDAY 30th JUNE
JUST VOICES with DAVE KIDMAN
8.00 - 10.30
Bring nothing but your voices, harmonies and enthusiasm
and help raise the roof
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL
12noon till 1pm
Guitar workshop with Duncan McFarlane
Aimed at beginner/improver level, Duncan attempts to illustrate particular guitar tunings that make song accompaniment ‘more interesting and varied’ by using as few fingers on the left hand as possible at any given moment. Come and see how easy it is to make your playing sound more accomplished, whilst hardly fretting many notes at all!
1.30pm till 2.30pm
Folk songs in Harmony with Winter Wilson
Bring nothing but your voices, harmonies and enthusiasm
and learn some technique for singing in harmony.
Poetry and Pints with Jim Saville and Talking Zebra’s
Saturday 3.00 to 5.30
Participative poetry & prose session. Bring a piece or a poem or two, or just come along and listen.
Saturday Evening
8pm - 11pm
Open Mic Session with Skelsey Row
Your chance to perform in a concert setting. Come along and show what you can do.
