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"Thinning the Herd!
Alfred Weaver 5 string banjo for sale (fully restored by Dave Stacey). Probably dates from 1910 (ish). With quality gig bag. £500 Bart Reiter Standard Fretless banjo for sale. (Side dots added by Dave Stacey). With hard case . £600 Photos on request. Contact: stuweetman@gmail.com" Two banjos, as new:-
Griffin 'Titania', 12 inch, 100 year old mahogany with unique titanium Whyte Laydie tone ring. Wonderful tone. £1575. Griffin 'Thunderballs', 11 inch, hard maple with brass tone ring. Very attractive, good tone. £1375. Legendary quality and playability. More info and photos from email - james@griffinbanjos.co.uk Sweet Sunny South 10th -12th September yes, it's happening! Sweet sunny friends, after much debate, reading road maps and peering into crystal balls we have decided to go ahead with the festival on the dates above. We are doing so with the intention of delivering a festival as close to the way it went in 2019 as possible. Unfortunately we will not be able to offer any overseas bands because live music touring abroad is unlikely to re-start before 2022. Any saving from these bookings is reflected in the ticket price which this year is held at the 2019 Early Bird price of £55. It would be foolish to pretend that the most recent rise in Covid infections in some areas has not worried us – I’m sure it’s worried everyone. But vaccine take-up is very encouraging and by September we hope most people in the country will have some level of protection. Going ahead with the festival is not without risk and, as I’m sure you will have read, insurers will not offer any cancellation insurance in the event of a return to Covid restrictions. We are already committed to up-front expenses for 2021 and to put it bluntly if we were to lose the sums already paid out and likely to be incurred before the festival starts we could not afford to put SSS on again. Here’s where we have to ask for your support. When buying a ticket for SSS2021 we will be asking you to accept that in the event of cancellation we would not be able to offer you a full refund. The exact percentage we retain will depend on how last minute the cancellation occurs – it could be up to 50%. (it will not be more than 50%.) Obviously we earnestly hope this doesn’t happen – but if it does there may be some generous folk who are prepared to forgo any refund at all and of course this will reduce the percentage we need to take from everyone else. In effect we are asking you to share in our risk, but in return we will be automatically entering everyone who buys a ticket into a raffle to win a fabulous Islander Ash leaf banjo (above) - one of only a very limited edition built by Brighton luthier Malcolm Mcleod worth at least £800 and a lifetime of banjo fun! More details on this to follow on the website and our Facebook page. We will draw the raffle whether the festival takes place or not - so some lucky ticket holder will take home this beautiful banjo in its hard carrying case. We have a great line up of bands – including the fabulous Firecrackers (above), the amazing Ben Paley, The Long Hill Ramblers, Cajun groovers The Hotfoot Specials, and Crooked Moon Appalachian dancers. Tickets All tickets are for the full weekend and include camping and workshops. There may be a limited number of day tickets available nearer the event. We aim to keep the numbers similar to previous years so we are limiting ticket sales to 120. Tickets will go on sale @ £55 via Paypal from our website www.sweetsunnysouth.org onTuesday 1st June,  Dear Post-Lockdown Pickin' Lunchtimers! We are hosting our next Old-Time/Irish session on Sunday 6th June 2-5pm at a local community picnic by the Thames Riverside in Reading! The picnic site is actually open space recently restored for picnic use by the local Newtown community and they asked about having live music and of course we said YES. There is ample free parking for 3hrs at Tesco Extra in Napier Road https://g.co/kgs/XyF1BU and from there it's only a short walk to the Kennetmouth Horseshoe Bridge over which is the picnic site. Google Map location is: 51.458788,-0.948481 or see picture here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xoCs1XcyV5TGcNTN6 Bring own seating and picnic and please respect current SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES. Looking forward to meeting up again and remember all levels of ability are welcome! 😊 Colm & Cathy Pickin Lunchtimes Website https://padlet.com/newtchaser/pickinlunchtimes Pickin Lunchtimes Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/pickinlunchtime  Hi Everyone! We are booked for Friday, Saturday and Sunday night! 30th July - 2nd August Camping is £15 per person per night There’s a £10 surcharge for using the car park. This covers parking for the whole weekend. Vans, motorhomes etc will be priced the same as camping at £15 per person per night. We have 39 beds available if anyone is interested in booking a room. (photos and pricing to come soon) If you have any questions or if you’d like to reserve a room, you can message me or email at gisburnforestoldtime@outlook.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/315671159179184 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gisburn-forest-old-time-hoedown-tickets-152750217011  Please note that this event has to be pre-booked
Website: www.elderfarm.co.uk Phone: 01823 674386 Email Helen to book and make payment: helen@elderfarm.co.uk Also possible to book a Bell tent, ask Helen for more details. Only 20 tickets left.... large campers and caravans need to discuss with Helen first. The road leading to Elder farm is very narrow and remote but only 2 miles from the main road. Covid-19 restrictions apply. Full refund if the event is cancelled.  I recently received an email from one of our members Clare to tell us about her son Olly and a charity walk that she and Paul are doing. Clare recently stood down from her role as FOAOTMAD Dance rep on the committee to look after her son full time, therefore we would like to share her email with you.
Dear family and friends I hope that you don't mind me writing to you about our walk for the MND Association. We are walking the West Highland Way, a 95.5mile walk from Milngavie (just north of Glasgow) to Fort William, which includes 13,390 foot of ascent. Our son Olly, was diagnosed as having Motor Neurone Disease in April last year. At this moment in time there is no cure and there is only one drug which has many side effects and it only prolongs life by a few months. MND needs a lot more research in order to find a more effective method of treating this devastating illness. Please take a look at the link below and be as generous as you are able. Pass on to friend who may help us raise monies for MND. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Clare-Sheridan2 Thank you With much love Clare Hi Everyone! We are booked for Friday, Saturday and Sunday night! 30th July - 2nd August Camping is £25 per pitch per night Motorhome/Caravan pricing to be confirmed. We have 39 beds available if anyone is interested in booking a room. (photos and pricing to come soon) If you have any questions or if you’d like to reserve a room, you can message me or email at gisburnforestoldtime@outlook.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/315671159179184  For our Old Time players only. Join us to play Pictionary on Zoom and we can learn to use the Annotation tool on Zoom.
First we'll get the hang of the tool with some basic scribbling and utter mess, then some colouring in and then we'll start the game! What is Pictionary? This is a game where we will each take turns drawing something you think of and people have to guess what it is. No need to be an artist! https://www.facebook.com/events/732242014114896 ...yup, the 2021 ONLINE ROLLICK is coming May 21-23 2021, lots of behind the scenes work going on and we have more darn cool news too... Becca & I are excited! keep watch! click to sign up right here, it's gonna rock>>>> https://ashokancenter.org/2021-online-rollick/  FOAOTMAD have two vacancies on its committee in the following roles,
Camp organiser: This person should ideally be someone who is conversant with and attends at least one of the camps. They would be responsible for organising the two camps and activities at Croft Farm Water Park, Tewksbury. Events presently include a band performance at summer camp, short workshops, the bonfire and slow jams. Workshop organiser: This person would be responsible for identifying and booking workshop tutors, venues and on site facilities for our November workshops plus organising our on-line workshops. Advertising and co-ordinating bookings will also be part of the role. Applications for the posts should be sent to me at chairman@foaotmad.org.uk. Applicants need to be members of FOAOTMAD and be willing to work in a team environment. More details can be obtained by writing to me at the email address above. Alan Reelear.com are looking for volunteers to take pat in a six month free trial of their latest on line course for fiddle players. The course provides the tools and methodology to help train the ear to learn tunes without sheet music or the need for abstract music theory.
Each volunteer would get six moths free access to the course in exchange for occasional feedback on their progress. The course is aimed at those fiddle players who have difficulty in picking up tunes by ear no matter what skill level. To enrol on the free trial members should contact: Mattie O’Boyle direct on mattie@reelear.com |
