Around Kent Folk issue 111 June / July 2022

voices will be leading a workshop with title “The Sea; A Place of Work & Song” Again, in the evening they will be the guest singers in the upstairs room at the Elephant & Castle.

The biggest attraction of this period will be the visit of John Kirkpatrick on the weekend of 24/25 July. John will be giving one of his scintillating performances in the evening but will also be running two all day workshops. On the Saturday, he will be catering for musicians, The workshop will cover playing four-part arrangements of folk tunes, suitable for any acoustic instrument. Then on the Sunday he will turn his attention to singing with a vocal harmony workshop based on traditional songs and some of his own compositions.

As well as their weekend commitments, this club also runs two specialist sessions monthly in the pub’s clubroom All types of concertinas are catered for at “Concertinas Anonymous” in the Third Tuesdays of the month (21st June, 19th July) and a self-help group to practice tunes popular in local English sessions under the name “Lewes Favourites” and these take place on the 4th Tuesdays (28 June, 26 July).

Finally, and still in Lewes, the two English Tune Sessions that take place in Lewes have both moved the pub they take place in since they re-opened after the pandemic. The 1st Sunday lunchtime of the month has moved from the Volunteer to the Elephant & Castle and the 1st Tuesday one from the Volunteer to the Pelham Arms in the High Street.

VIC SMITH Obviously, I can only tell you about events that I know about so if you are organising folk music events in Sussex, please let me know at tinvic@globalnet.co.uk