Diary
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2008
Sunday 6th January
EATMT launch party for 'Before the Night Was Out'
Riverside Centre, Stratford St Andrew, near Saxmundham, Suffolk. 1230-3.30. An afternoon of music to celebrate the launch of this long-awaited book of music from Suffolk and Norfolk. Come and listen and buy the book, too! Bar and light refreshments. Please email us if you are going to come to this, so we get an idea of how many to expect.
Saturday 16th February
EATMT Film Night
Haughley Village Hall, near Stowmarket, Suffolk. 8pm start. A showing of some well-known and some rarely-seen footage of traditional singers, stepdancers and musicians. Plus locally-produced cheeses, wine and beer. Tickets £6 (in advance) including first drink free. Open to all, just send a cheque made payable to EATMT to EATMT, The Old Stables, Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1DL and we'll send out your tickets and further details. SOLD OUT.
Saturday 29th March
EATMT Melodeons and More
A fantastic line-up for the workshops and Squeezebox Special concert this year, including guest tutors Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy; Faustus, Random and Whapweasel!), Tim Laycock (New Scorpion Band), Brian Peters and Rob Say. Click here for details.
Monday 14th April
An illustrated talk by EATMT directors on local traditional music for Mattishall History Society.
Saturday 19th April
Beccles Choral Society is presenting a concert featuring folk songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams, taken from the EATMT publication Blyth Voices. The songs include Jones' Ale, Lovely Joan, Bold Princess Royal and Maria Marten. They will be performed both by folk singer Alan Helsdon and the choir. St Michael's Church, Beccles, 7pm. For more details visit www.beccleschoralsociety.co.uk
Monday 5th May
Traditional music and jig dolls at the Museum of East Anglian LIfe in Stowmarket, as part of their May Day celebrations. From midday.
Sunday 25th May (also 6 June, 13 July, 27 July, 8 August and 22 August)
Rig-a-Jig-Jig will be playing Norfolk traditional music on the bandstand in the main ‘village square’ at Kelling Heath caravan park in north Norfolk: a lovely place to spend a summer evening. 7.30-10.30.
Friday 6th / Saturday 7th June
EATMT Vaughan Williams exhibitions in Woodbridge Parish Church
Blyth Valley Voices and North End Voices exhibitions will be in Woodbridge Parish Church as part of a weekend of event marking the 50th anniversary of the death of composer and folk-song collector Ralph Vaughan Williams. The exhibitions, produced for previous EATMT projects, tell the story of Vaughan Williams' folk-song collecting trips to Southwold and King's Lynn respectively, and contain lots of information and photographs about traditional singing and performers in those areas.
Saturday 21st June
East Anglian music at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London. Part of their annual Music Day. Events run 11am to 5pm.
Friday 27th June - Thursday 3rd July
"The Dead Moon"
A theatre production from Wonderful Beast touring theatre company, based on local smuggling stories and folktales., with guest appearances from stepdancers and singers. See www. wonderfulbeast.co.uk or ring 01728 451408 for details.
Various venues around Norfolk and Suffolk
Thursday 3rd July
Suffolk Beer Festival (runs till Sunday 5th)
Traditional music in the Barn at the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket, with lots of local beers to sample! Music from 8pm.
Sunday 3rd August
EATMT Stepdance Day
The Swan, Worlingworth.
Featuring the 9th annual Steve Monk Memorial Stepdance Competition and the 1st Font Whatling Traditional Stepdance Competition.
Stepdance workshop at 12.30. Steve Monk Competition at 2.30 (allcomers welcome) followed by the Font Whatling Competition (hard-soled shoes, no taps or blakeys). We have introduced the Font Whatling competition this year in memory of the Swan's resident musician and stepper (1919-1998). The aim is to keep the older style of dancing with hard-soled shoes going. Dancers are welcome to enter both competitions.
Music, song and stepdance session during the afternoon.
Free entry, real ale, food, raffle and collection in aid of the forthcoming East Anglian stepdance DVD.
Monday 4th August
Rig-a-Jig-Jig are at the Granary Theatre, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk as part of the Carnival celebrations. Photographic displays will be up all day; there will be live music from time to time during the day and two concerts during the evening.
Saturday 30th August
EATMT Traditional Music Day
7th annual Traditional Music Day at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk, with a fantastic line-up of the finest traditional singers, musicians and stepdancers in the country! A brilliant atmosphere with plenty to listen to or join in with and family-friendly activities. Details and booking form available now - click here.
October 11th- 17th 2008
Melodeon-Makers
We will be running our innovative melodeon making course under the benign dictatorship of Emmanuel Pariselle again this year. Participants will each make their own one row melodeon to Emmanuel's high specifications. The course is already fully booked, and there is a long waiting list for future such courses, but if you're interested, do let us know now. To find out more about the first course in March 2007, click here.
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