Lichfield Folk Festival 2008 Programme

Venues - click the link for a map

Netherstowe School

Cathedral

The Methodist Church Hall

Guildhall

Boley Park Community Centre

Bader Hall


Code: W = Workshop
P = Playford style dance
A = American-style dance
M = Mixed dance styles

Please note times for Saturday morning first workshops and dance displays differ from ticket booking forms

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO SEASON TICKET HOLDERS IF NECESSARY

* If demand is sufficiently high, additional events may be scheduled, e.g a second Saturday afternoon dance if wet, and a repeat of Gary Roodman’s Saturday workshop on Sunday lunchtime for which sign-up sheets will be on the door at the first Saturday morning workshops.

Changes since first publication are highlighted in bold

Friday June 20th

Time

Event

Caller / Band

Venue

Ref

7.15 - 10.15

Earlybird dance

Roy Garrington with Dave & Caroline

Netherstowe School Gymnasium

1.1

8.00 - 11.15

Dance - mixed

John Meechan with Downham's Cordial

Netherstowe School Main Hall

1.2


Saturday June 21st

Time

Event

Caller / Band / Workshop leader

Venue

Style

Ref

9.30 -10.45

American Contra workshop

Scott Higgs with Skylark

Guildhall

WA

2.1

9.30 -10.45

* Dance workshop - Gary's dances

Gary Roodman with Bristol Players

Netherstowe School Main Hall

WM

2.2

10.15 - 11.30

Welsh Dance workshop
‘Fair dances of Nantgarw and Bridges’

David Burke with the Ivel Valley Band

Netherstowe School Gymnasium

WM

2.3

11.00 - 12.00

Dance displays

All display teams
City centre

 

2.4

11.10 - 12.20

Music workshop

Nick Dewhurst

Netherstowe School Little Theatre

 

W

2.5

11.15 -12.30

Playford style workshop:
Dances from Yesterday

Hilary Herbert with Bristol Players

Netherstowe School Main Hall

WP

2.6

11.15 - 12.45

American workshop

John Meechan with Skylark

Guildhall

WA

2.7

12.00 - 2.15

Singaround

Hosted by Dave Bruton

King's Head

 

2.8

12.15 - 1.30

Playford style workshop

 

Scott Higgs with Folkus Pocus

Netherstowe School Gymnasium

WP

2.9

1.00 - 2.15

Scottish Dance workshop

Kenneth Reid with 3D

Netherstowe School Main Hall

 

WM

2.10

1.30 - 3.00

Dance displays

All display teams

Cathedral Close (Wade Street Church Hall if wet)

 

2.11

1.40 - 2.45

Music Workshop, to play at open air barn dance at 3.00

Gordon Taylor and David Bradley

Netherstowe Little Theatre - see session notes

W

2.12

3.15 - 4.30

Irish Set Dance workshop

Jacqui Morgenstein

Methodist Church Hall

WM

2.13

2.45 - 4.45

* Tea Dance

Roy Garrington with Ivel Valley Band

Netherstowe School Main Hall

M

2.14

3.00 - 4.00

Open air public dance

Joyce Berry with workshop musicians

Cathedral Close

M

2.15

5.15 - 7.15

Early Evening Dance

John Meechan with Deo Volente

Netherstowe School Main Hall

M

2.16

7.30 - 10.45

Mixed Dance

Hilary Herbert with Bristol Players

Netherstowe School Gymnasium

M

2.17

8.00 - 11.15

Gary Roodman Dance

Gary and 'the Wrights of Lichfield', David and Kathryn, with Folkus Pocus

Netherstowe School Main Hall

 

P

2.18

8.00 - 11.00

Contra Dance

Scott Higgs with Skylark

Bader Hall

A

2.19

8.00 - 10.45

Charity Barn Dance in aid of St Giles Hospice

Joyce Berry with Ivel Valley Band

Boley Park Community Centre

M

2.20

8.15 - 11.00

Singaround

Host TBA

 

Netherstowe School Geography Room

 

 

2.21


Sunday June 22nd

Due to unexpected problems outside our control, we cannot use Netherstowe School this Sunday. All events scheduled for Netherstowe will move to King Edward School (Bader Hall and other halls in that school). THIS IS SUNDAY ONLY. Other days remain as planned. Timings remain the same. Events at Boley remain the same.

Time

Event

Caller / Band / Workshop leader

Venue

Style

Ref

9.30 -10.00

Folk Service

Chris Polhill (Festival Chaplain) with Folkus Pocus

Workshop room adjacent to Bader Hall

 

3.1

10.30 - 12.00

Music Workshop

Dave Brown

Workshop room adjacent to Bader Hall

W

3.2

10.30 - 12.00

‘Sublime moments in Playford’ workshop

Scott Higgs with Bristol Players

Bader Hall

WP

3.3

10.30 - 11.45

Contra workshop - A bucketful of Beckets

Henry Morgenstein with Downham's Cordial

Boley Park Community Centre

WA

3.4

11.45 - 1.00

* Repeat workshop

Gary Roodman (only if demand on Saturday morning exceeds space)

Gym below/adjacent to Bader Hall

WP

 

12.00 - 1.20

Contra workshop - Celebrating creativity

John Meechan with Downham's Cordial

Boley Park Community Centre

 

WA

3.5

12.30 - 2.00

Dance workshop: 'Dances of Today'

Hilary Herbert with Bristol Players

Bader Hall

 

WM

3.6

1.45 - 4.00

Farewell Dance

Scott Higgs with Skylark

Gym below/adjacent to Bader Hall

M

3.7

2.45 - 5.00

Come All Ye

All callers hosted by Gordon Taylor and Festival Band led by Kevin Downham

Bader Hall

M

3.8

 

Here's a map of Netherstowe School. The Lecture Theatre is now called the Little Theatre.