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SEPTEMBER 2010 NEWS |
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SCHOOL SHOWS |
It’s
a new school year and time to think about booking Life & Times for your
school. Catering for KS1 & 2, we have our winter traditions show YEAR’S END available between November 1st
and Christmas. The children can role play a range of winter traditions from
around the country whilst learning about them, and find out when they can go
and see the real events which have existed in the nation’s calendar often for
centuries. Songs associated with these traditions are also sung during the
performance with the emphasis on joining in. After
Christmas, we can perform our late winter traditions show THE COLD DAYS OF WINTER. This show works in the
same way as Year’s End but concentrates on the weird and wonderful traditions
up and down the country during the winter months following Christmas. It is
available from the beginning of the Spring Term until the end of February.
Role playing and singing are important in this show too. See also the item
below on our new YouTube slideshow. MORE HATS OFF TO HISTORY
is available at all other times in the year and gives the children the opportunity
to learn about the history of more things we tend to take for granted in
everyday life today. Again, role playing and singing are important parts of
the performance. One teacher remarked: “I WISH I COULD MAKE MY HISTORY LESSONS AS EXCITING!” HITCHIN, HERTS Our
SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS are also still
available for KS2. These workshops offer the children, as a group, a chance
to write a song about a (usually historical or legendary) topic local to
their area. Poetic structure important to songwriting is covered, making this
a literacy exercise, as well as teaching some history local to the area and
often a little geography too. Children are also shown images of some original
Broadside Ballads which they can use in a follow-up art activity to present
the song they have produced. A child from a Northamptonshire school said: “IT MAKES YOU THINK BUT YOU STILL HAVE LOADS OF Teachers packs are provided for follow-up to each
of the shows. For
more details of the shows, costs, testimonials etc., see our schools website
at www.lifeandtimes.org.uk |
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CANAL |
If
you’d like to see our canal show WHERE THE WORKING
BOATS WENT you can catch it at the Earlswood
Motor Yacht Club at |
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FOLLY FOLK n BOAT n BEER WEEKEND REPORT |
At Napton, in
the grounds of The Folly pub, beside the When we arrived, there was a duo
performing mainly canal songs and when we went on stage we noticed that they
were listening intently to our set. Afterwards Barry spoke to one of them,
Jane Rouse, who said that when she was young (about the age of her children
who were with her that day!) she saw us at our launch of the LP Strawplait & Bonelace at On the way there Graeme noticed that
Barry’s sat nav no longer talked to him and
wondered if it had sent him to |
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FOLK CLUB REPORT |
A good evening. After our appearance at
The Phoenix Folk Club, the Red Lion, Whittlesford,
Cambs. during August, we had one audience member who
wanted to sing our song Jack Valentine’s Song
and another who wanted to sing The Row Between The
Boaters. It’ll be good if they do. |
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RADIO PLAYS IN THE NORTH EAST |
It
seems that Liz Franklin at Radio Teesdale has taken quite a liking to
Life & Times’ music. She played our songs on consecutive weeks’
programmes at the beginning of the month. Terry Ferdinand at Bishop FM seemed to turn it into a competition and
when Liz played something of ours, so did he! Can’t be bad. We hope the north
east will get a liking for Life & Times’ music with all this airtime we
seem to be getting. Liz described Charivari and
Where The Working Boats Went as “…a cracking couple of albums.” We are aware that
Liz was still playing us late in the month with promises to play more in
future. Our thanks to Terry and Liz for their
continued support. Listen
online. Terry can be heard on Mondays between 9 and 11pm. Liz is on air on
Tuesdays between 8 and |
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RADIO PLAYS IN |
Radio
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L&T ON RADIO IN LEICS |
Listen
out for us on the Hermitage Folk Show on Hermitage FM (community radio in Coalville, Leics) on Thursdays
from http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hermitage-Folk/130001683709793?ref=ts |
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L&T ON LIONHEART RADIO |
Lionheart Radio is a community station in Alnwick, Northumberland. Their
folk programme is broadcast occasionally through the year, and on August 28th,
they played our song The Engine Boy from our Sands Of
Time ‘EP’ of three songs about the sand industry of
Leighton Buzzard. Dave, who runs the programme said, How refreshing to find someone writing songs
in the tradition, in such a fine way. If I had the cash I would hire you now!
The
programme is likely to be repeated at some time so look out for it if you
missed it the first time. You can listen online. |
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L&T ON RADIO WEY? |
Listen
out for the folk music programme on Radio Wey ( |
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& VIDEO |
We
have added a new slideshow on YouTube of The Stonehaven Fireballs
accompanied by our song of the same name. Find it here.
Photographs are courtesy of The Stonehaven
Fireballs Association who are responsible for this
annual spectacular Hogmanay tradition which featured in the The
song features in our school show The Cold Days Of
Winter. As
seen in an article above about the Folly Folk n Boat n Beer Weekend, we also
have a video, kindly captured by Yvonne Wilkinson, of us performing our song Iced In from the CD and show Where The Working Boats Went. You can find it on
our YouTube Channel here. |
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‘WORKING BOATS’ CD REVIEW |
Even
now, we are still getting new reviews of the CD. The latest one came in on 10th
August and appeared on the North West Folk website. See their website
for the full review but here is a sample of what was said… The vocals are impressive - strong, precise and with
excellent diction – with material of this kind, the lyrics are at least as
important as the tune. That aside, if English folk music in its most
time-honoured form floats your boat (sorry, couldn't resist) then you’ll love
this, even though most of the material is self-penned. In the 21st century,
it's reassuring to know that the story telling tradition is in good hands, at
least if Messrs Meek and Goodman have anything to do with it. |
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CDs FOR LOCAL LIBRARIES |
During
August we received an order for Sands Of Time and
Where The Working Boats Went CDs from the
Bedfordshire Library Service. If you’re in the area, you should soon be able
to borrow them! See our Recordings page for details of how you
can order your own from us. |
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COLOUR PHOTOS! |
These
websites have been online for many years and in all that time we’ve only ever
had black and white photos of our Fellside record
covers. Now, at last, you can see them in colour! I’m sure you all wanted
that didn’t you!? Look at our home pages here and here
and our Recordings and Reviews pages. |
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L&T MYSPACE |
Our
Myspace site has a new look. See
www.myspace.com/broadsidesrevisited |
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VIRB |
Our
Virb page has now gone so hopefully we’ve deleted
all references to it from this site. If you find any still in place, please
let us know by e-mail landt@lifeandtimes.me.uk
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OLD NEWS
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SONGS IN PRINT |
Graeme’s
song Robin Hood of Hexton
(or The Pegsdon Siege) is printed in the
summer 2010 issue (No.49) of Bedfordshire
County Life Magazine. The song tells the story of how the Live & Let Live pub in Pegsdon got its name. This song was also printed in Issue
40 of the magazine! Graeme’s
song about the pleasure to be had at folk singarounds
A Pint And A Song can be found printed in
issue 111 of Unicorn
Magazine. Send them a |
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Life
& Times now have a Facebook site at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Life-Times/269032322165
Do come along and join as a fan! Graeme also has a Facebook
page linked to the Life & Times page here. Find Barry on Facebook
here. Find Graeme on Myspace
here. |
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TIME OF YOUR |
After some
problems with our Time Of Your Life Myspace
page a couple of years ago, it completely disappeared to be replaced by a non-music
page that just sat there almost undetected. It’s probably still there now,
neglected and sad! However, we now have a new Myspace
page which you can view at www.myspace.com/ectimeofyourlife.
Do request friendships if you are
on Myspace too. |
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If
you go to our Myspace site www.myspace.com/broadsidesrevisited
you are now able to hear two of the songs from the show Where The Working Boats Went: The Duke of Bridgewater and
Iced In. |
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CANAL |
Are
you part of a village hall committee responsible, in some part, for community
entertainment? Why not book WHERE THE WORKING BOATS
WENT for your community? See our Shows page for
more details. |
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VERY IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER!!! |
It is regrettable that we even have to
think about having to state this but Life & Times, regardless of our
interest in British traditional music, dance, song and customs, DO NOT
support or endorse the |
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