Lewes Saturday Folk Club Workshop No 240

BOB FOX: PITMEN POETS SONGS WORKSHOP http://www.bobfoxmusic.com

Saturday 22nd. July 2017
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £35. Booking form available here.
(£17 for two under 25-year olds)

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

Bob is a fine singer & brilliant guitarist from the North East with a huge range of songs from the area. He tours extensively in the UK, USA, Australia & Europe. Since 1975 he has performed & recorded with Tom McConville, Stu Luckley, Vin Garbutt, Billy Mitchell of Lindisfarne, John Tams & Benny Graham as well as solo. Since 2011 Bob has played The Songman in the West End show War Horse (music by John Tams).

Bob also tours with Jez Lowe, Billy Mitchell & Benny Graham in the superb show The Pitmen Poets. This workshop will give participants the chance to learn some of the songs written by the Pitmen Poets of the North East & to learn about their background.

BOB FOX PERFORMS AT LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB IN THE EVENING
AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE

(admission £10; advance tickets available from address at end of the booking form)

Provisional Timetable

10.45 Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments are not included)
11.00 Pitman Poets early to recent. Songs, vocabulary, terminology, images. There will be singing.
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Radio Ballads 'The Big Hewer' (1961) 'The Ballad of the Miners' Strike' (2010) There will be singing.
15.00 Tea/coffee break
15.15 Performance, how to sing the songs, who and why. There will be singing.
16.45 Finish

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/