Solent Folk Festival is a Fun and partly do-it-yourself Folk Day for all the Family,
with Workshops, Dance Displays and Concerts.
Listen to Sample Tracks from the 2002 Festival.
Come along, watch and listen, or perform and participate in sessions and singarounds if you feel like it.
As we say at local Folk Clubs "Anything Goes".
Informal Songs, Music, Sessions, Poetry, "Verse & Worse", Stories, Busking.
You'll be surprised by the quality!
A Display Dance Spot by Kaleidoscope Appalachian Dancers (formed for the occasion by some former members of Loose Screws) will again be included in the Evening Concert

Admission Prices Saturday Ticket  £18 Workshops  £4 each Dance Displays Free with Collection Saturday Afternoon Concert £6 Saturday Teatime Concert - Free Meet The Artiste - Free Saturday Evening Concert £10 Accompanied Under 16 - Free All Singarounds & Sessions Free with Collections Sunday Free with Collection

Kaleidoscope Dancers

Floating Bridge (Drawing by L.S. Lowry in posession of the First Gallery)

Workshops in the separate Nursery Unit Bodhrán (10-11am) and Fiddle (11.15-12.15) Workshops with Steáfán Hannigan & Saskia Tomkins Steáfán and Saskia play pan-european music, Steáfán's playing is rooted in Ireland with uilleann pipes, whistles, bouzouki and bodhran whilst enjoying playing Eastern European rhythms. Saskia's playing, on fiddle and viola, ranges across the continent from Bulgarian through Hungarian gipsy music to English and Irish dance music. Steafan enjoys telling the occasional (apocryphal) story. Steáfán enjoys giving workshops on Bodhrán or whistle/flute and is available as a compere. Saskia is available as an enthusiastic caller and for fiddle workshops. Born and brought up in Northern Ireland, he first discovered Irish music on attending a Planxty concert, and has never looked back! He is also the author of a widely acclaimed bodhrán tutor book(The Bodhrán Book), plus a couple of bodhrán videos (The Bodhrán Video and The Advanced Bodhrán Video) and more recently the first ever low whistle tutor book (The Low Whistle Book) Available here. He also runs a small recording studio, Oisín Studios, in Milton Keynes. Steáfán and Saskia will also be performing in the Afternoon Concert
12.30-1.30pm Singarounds: Survive and Shine A Workshop with Heather Bradford Heather’s experience as an acappella singer with HEN PARTY and as a solo artist will help you to survive and shine in singarounds. There will be some singing, of course, but the focus will be on how you can best prepare and perform that solo song to the best of your ability. This workshop is suitable for those who have yet to take the plunge into solo unaccompanied singing, and for more experienced singers who would like to improve She and Stephie Cox will also be performing in the Afternoon Concert Listen to Somewhere Along the Road (Rick Kemp) from Hen Party with Heather as lead vocalist.
Picture: © Roger Liptrot John Tams and Barry Coope  have worked together on numerous projects over many years - albums, theatre, television, cinema and on bandstands throughout the UK and Europe. Barry, well known as one third of the foremost acapella trio Coope, Boyes and Simpson, and the larger vocal group Blue Murder featuring members of the Watersons' extended family, is also a masterful keyboard player. He has had a central part in Tams' ventures: Stalking Horses, The Questionnaires, the John Tams Band on the double-award winning album Unity and most recently on Home. Tams in turn has contributed material and vocals to various Coope Boyes and Simspon projects, and Barry can also be found directing the Rolling Stock Choir, founded by John Tams and Roy Bailey some ten years ago. Despite this long association it wasn't until 2002 that the pair decided to work together as a duo, a decision that has won acclaim from audiences wherever they play.

Follow the links for more on Artistes whose details are not given here! Saturday Afternoon Concert (2-5pm Hall): MC Brian Hooper Mist on the Bog  - a group of experienced musicians based in the Portsmouth area playing a variety of both sensitive and rip-roaring traditional and contemporary Irish music, with the odd Breton and Scottish tune thrown in. Four-piece; fiddle Paul, flutes and whistles Tim, guitar  vocals and sense of humour Mick from Dun Laoghaire, bouzouki and vocals Simon Cattermole (also plays banjo & guitar). 3 Dance Displays Tant harp and tabla duo Heather Bradford and Stephie Cox (see Heather's workshop details above) Stephie Cox and Heather Bradford have recently combined to form the acappella duo SHIMMENNEE. Both women are accomplished performers in their own right and bring together a wealth of experience in solo and harmony singing. Their choice of material reflects their love of contemporary and traditional song which they perform with a distinctive blend of subtlety and sparkle. Druid's Brew Five-piece band using all acoustic instruments to play a mixture of traditional songs and lively dance tunes, loosely attached to the New Forest Meddlars Morris. Brian Jefferies, guitar and vocals Jacqui McLachlan, recorders Pam Burrows, melodeon and percussion Pete Ramm, bodran and vocals Derek Pinder (or possibly Dave Broom by Sept), guitar, mandolin and vocals Steáfán Hannigan & Saskia Tomkins Tea-time Concert (free) 6-7pm Marquee: MCs / Interviewers : Chris & Siobhan Nelson Meet the artiste/acoustic performance by John Tams & Barry Coope Display Dance Teams: (Dancing 12.30-1.50 and 5-6pm and Concert spots) Red Stags Morris Southern Lights Basing Clog Morris (seen in Wickham Square)

10.45am-12.30 pm Blues and roots session led by Arnie Cottrell (Main Marquee) 10.45am-1.45 pm Singaround/anything goes session led by Three's Company (Classrooms) 10.45am-1.45 pm Music session led by Charlee Heys and Tess Livingstone (Grassed area by Church) Charlee (fiddle) and Tess (bodhrán) were previously part of 'Rubber Chicken' and now of 'Sonas' . These talented young people have performed at Festivals and Clubs and are the envy of many a more experienced player - seen above entertaining the crowds at The Point's Open Day in Eastleigh.   Saturday Evening Concert (7.30-11.30pm Hall): MC and 10min spot:  John Barden Triskele Kaleidoscope Appalachian Dancers (see panel above workshops) Schiehallion Franny Wolpe (R), vocals, keyboard & whistles; Ted FitzGerald (L), guitar & vocals; John Shillitoe, electric fiddle Brian Hooper and Jeff Henry Anne Coleman (L) and Elizabeth  Loikkanen (back) Scots mother and daughter with voices to die for and a huge delightfully wide (mostly traditional) repertoire to match. Anne's very high voice chimes like silver bells and Elizabeth's lovely voice melds so finely with it, there is no deciding who leads and who harmonises - gorgeous. Pictured rushing offstage past Jane to escape the cameraman's attentions! John Tams & Barry Coope (see above)

Solent Folk Festival is co-ordinated by the named individuals and other members of (in alphabetical order)
	Fo'c'sle Folk Club Duke of Wellington, City Centre, Friday Large Site with many local links
Maureen Wake mwake@onetel.com (Dancers), Barry Wake (planning, technical & grants)
	Woolston Community Association
	Woolston & Netley Folk Club Prince Consort, Netley Abbey, Sundays

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E-mail contact via Fo'c'sle focslefc@yahoo.co.uk, Folk On Tap sam@folkontap.co.uk or Barry & Maureen Wake mwake@onetel.com

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