DAVE ARTHUR: MAGIC & THE SUPERNATURAL IN BALLADS & FOLK TALES http://www.davearthur.net/

Saturday 20th. July 2013
1.30 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £20. Booking form available here.

The Elephant & Castle,
White Hill,
Lewes
BN7 2DJ

Originally half the duo Dave & Toni Arthur & currently with the Old-Time band Rattle on the Stovepipe (Dave, Dan Stewart, Pete Cooper) Dave is a fine singer, musician & storyteller. He collects, edits & researches English & American song, music & folklore. For 20 years edited the EFDSS magazine English Dance & Song & received the Society�s Gold Badge in 2003.

Dave will perform & talk about ballads & stories, & will play some field recordings too. Bring a song or story to share if you like, & ideas to contribute to the discussion.

IN THE EVENING DAVE ARTHUR & DAN STEWART PERFORM AT THE LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB
AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE

(admission £7; advance tickets available from address at end of the booking form)

Dave writes: �There will be songs/ballads and stories from me, plus field recordings of traditional storytellers from around the British isles telling tales of witchcraft, the Devil, ghosts, & fairies. They are stories that I collected myself thirty or forty years ago, or have been given by other collectors, & material I used in various series in the 1970s & 1980s when I was working as a scriptwriter, researcher & presenter for BBC Radio 4 & TV. We'll look at the background to the modern Wicca phenomenon, how it relates to traditional witch beliefs, & how these are represented in traditional song in the British Isles. We'll also, given time, look at fairy and ghost belief in ballad and story & listen to traditional examples. And finally the Devil in song & story.�

N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited.
Maps & accommodation lists will be sent in advance if requested.

Valmai Goodyear,
20, St. John's Terrace,
LEWES,
East Sussex
BN7 2DL

Tel. (01273) 476757
e-mail: Valmai Goodyear
Website: http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/