Collection Date: 10 Jan 1905 (1905-01-10)
Place: King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. North End Yd
Perfomer: Mrs Betty Howard
Index: Roud 598
Journal of the Folk-Song Society 2 (1906) p.172
Note: Music & some text only collected. Further words sourced by A. Helsdon.
Strumpshaw Tree Fair and the Norfolk musicians from Hushwing and Bristol Fashion bands entertained the Fair-Goers on Saturday 16th July. You can read more HERE – which includes a short video of their playing. You can see them again in this line up at Traditional Music Day on Saturday 10th September in the Walnut, Stowmarket – one of the venues we’re delighted to be using on the day.
Stepdance Day took place on Sunday 24th July for the first time in Cambridgeshire. We had a lovely afternoon and were delighted to be supported by visitors from Bedfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and of course, Cambridgeshire. A lovely session in the Tharp Arms afterwards rounded the day off very nicely. Read our report HERE.
We’re taking a short holiday from 30th July to 7th August – don’t let that stop you buying tickets to Traditional Music Day – Tickets can be purchased for: the Friday Night Ceilidh with the Hosepipe Band and caller Mary Panton; Traditional Music Day time events (10.30-6pm) and Traditional Music Day Evening Concerts. We’ve got a wonderful range of activities, events and performers – something for everyone!
| Traditional Music Day is back this year and booking forms will be available from July 1st. Voluntary Artistic Director, Alan Bearman (Sidmouth Folk Festival, Alan Bearman Music) and the EATMT team have been working closely together over the last couple of years to bring Traditional Music Day to the town of Stowmarket. We are delighted to be working with a number of venues around the town including The John Peel Centre for Creative Arts, The Church of St Peter’s and St Mary’s, St Peter’s Church Hall, Stowmarket Library, Stowmarket Scouts Centre, The Mix Recording Studio, The Fox Yard Studio, The Pallet Bar, The British Legion and The Walnut. The Hosepipe Band with caller Mary Panton start the events off with a Friday night Ceilidh at the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts at 7.30 (9th September) and the following day sees a day and evening full of concerts, talks, sessions, dancing, storytelling, workshops, art and music market. So far confirmed are: Tony Hall & the Von Krapp Family Band ~ Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne ~ Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote ~ The Harbour Lights Trio Liz Giddings & Roger Digby ~ Hushwing & Bristol Fashion ~ Sound Tradition ~ Potiphar’s Apprentices ~ Racker Donnelly Justine di Mierre ~ John & Katie Howson ~ Megan Wisdom ~ Gemma Khawaja ~ The Harbour Inn Crowd It’s not too late to get involved. If you would like to volunteer, book a stall space, run a session or offer ideas, please do get in touch – email info@eatmt.org.uk. |
Plan A was the event as publicised above. Like many events that were planned once restrictions were lifted in the summer, in reality audiences were still feeling concerned about attending indoor events and so in the week leading up to 16th October, EATMT and the artists involved in this planned event reverted to Plan B.
A video camera was hired, a young and keen film maker made herself available to assist and thanks to advice from Chris Metherell and local film maker, Ben Land, a small group of us travelled to Yarmouth and to the Autumn Years Clubhouse where we spent the afternoon filming the event without an audience.
Katie Haines our camera lady then edited the film and this can now be seen on our youtube page HERE. Plan B came with additional expense and no income and so if you do take the time to look at this event via youtube and you like what you see, then please do consider making a donation to EATMT. You can do that via paypal or alternatively email the Trust to find out how to make a donation. For the full article written by Chris please see HERE.
