FULL 2024-2025 PROGRAMME HERE
NEXT EVENING – FRIDAY APRIL 4
7.45 for 8.00
We look forward to welcoming two main guests this month
Gemma Khawaja
Gemma Khawaja, from Norfolk, has a training background in Drama and performance and works full time as a professional puppeteer and folk singer.
She performs traditional songs of the British Isles and creates songs inspired by folkloric customs, folk poesy & poetry. She enjoys stories & themes found in traditional songs and ballads and loves the richness and beauty of the melodies and the journey each song takes you on. There is more information on her website HERE and on her BANDCAMP PAGE.
Maggie and Stan
Maggie and Stan gave us samples of their style and repertoire last month. Mainly known for their music hall songs, some from Stan’s original county of Lancashire, on our April club night, they will be singing some of the songs that Ralph Vaughan Williams collected in Hadleigh, Kersey and Holton St Mary on his visit to the area in 1907.
Vaughan Williams collected 17 songs between 30th August and 4th September 1907. Maggie and Stan have transcribed the songs from scans of Vaughan Williams’ original notebook, housed at the EFDSS Vaughan Williams Memorial Library .
During the transcription they found many changes in time signature within single songs. This, they suspect, is due to Vaughan Williams having to write down songs sung by unaccompanied singers performing in pubs! Maggie and Stan have recorded 14 of these songs on a CD. There is more information about Maggie and Stan and this project on their website HERE.
Hadleigh Folk and Acoustic Music Nights are normally, though not always, held on the first Friday of the month – from September to June. Address:
The Ansell Centre, Market Place, Hadleigh IP7 5DL.
We feature folk music in the broadest sense of the word. In addition to “traditional” and “contemporary” folk music, you can expect to hear hints of pop, country, jazz or even classical music.
Details of our annual French weekend of music and dance are HERE
Our doors open at 7.45 and the music starts at 8 o’clock.
Each evening starts with an informal short “floor spot”. Please contact us in advance to book a floor spot.
Next, after a short break, is our Featured Guest: a 30-minute performance from an individual or group.Finally, after another short break, our Main guest finishes the evening with a 60-minute performance. Occasionally we have two joint main guests each of 45 mins. Our evenings finish around 10.00.
Entry price is £8.00 – no advance tickets
THERE IS NO BAR AT THE ANSELL CENTRE BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO BRING YOUR OWN DRINKS.
There is plenty of free parking within easy walking distance of the venue.
For further information, contact club organisers Simon or Val Haines on 07818 417780 or 07818 417781 or email simonhaines1@icloud.com