November Programme
1999
Keeping music alive in the
Allen Valley
Live Music, and Welcome to
it!
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Offerings
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Saturday November
6th
The Andrea Pattinson Trio
at The King's Head
Romantic Cole Porter,
George & Ira Gershwin, Rogers & Hart numbers to make
your partner swoon in your arms, candles to ease the eyes,
and a seductive atmosphere of blujes-jazz notes that you'll
appreciate long after the evening has gone.
Thursday November
11th
Debbi Purtill Dance
Company presents
Belted, Buckled &
Booted at Allendale Village Hall
Dance, Bungee Cords &
Giant Jelly Babies!
You've got to hand it to those folks at Northumbrian Music Nights -- they'll try anything once, as long as it's good. And who can blame them, when they get the sort of enthusiastic support in Allendale that makes a performance come alive!
It helps that the group is keen to include in all ages in their presentations, whether it's professional workshops for the Middle School in jive dancing or ceilidh practise, exciting harmony sessions for all from a variety of different traditions, or as is the case for the new Debbi Purtill Dance show, 'Belted, Buckled and Booted', special workshops before the show laid on for the emerging young dancers at Haydon Bridge High School.
The theatrical dance show from the internationally famous Newcastle-based studio has been garnering rave reviews throughout the north, and it's no wonder, what with feather boas, inflatable jelly babies, bungee cords and energetic, acrobatic dance telling a tumultuous story of life from birth through stormy adolescence and into adulthood. That's 'Belted in, Buckled up, and Booted out'. Sound familiar? Then that's life as it is lived. And with a wide variety of music styles, from classical to hip-hop, the Beastie Boys to Marlene Dietrich to Handel, there's something for everybody to appreciate. And Allendale is known far and wide for its appreciation of the art of bungee jumping!
With special thanks to North Pennine Highlights, rural touring promoters extraordinaire, this brilliant live show appears for one night only at Allendale Village Hall, Thursday the 11th of November. Contact the local promoters for details and ticket reservations at (01434) 685047.
What we said
about 'Belted, Buckled & Booted
2nd Friday, MUSIC NIGHT at
The King's Head
Saturday, November
13th
MAD
PUDDING at the King's
Head
with support The
Elderberries
Canny Canadian Celtic Band
adds Acoustic Blues
to double bill in
Allendale
Saturday the 13th of November looks like double your fun for half your money at The King's Head, Allendale, when Canadian Celtic supergroup Mad Pudding headlines, along with a support band called The Elderberries that's been precipitating a virtual tsunami of acclaim on the acoustic blues circuit in the north.
Mad Pudding are an enthusiastic, cheerful, jumping, stomping, foot-dancing ensemble that just have to be from Canada, of course. They've played in the UK on several major tours over the last years, and most recently featured at Brampton Live in July, when they stirred up a most appreciative audience in the main marquis. If any band can get their audience moving, this one can!
Expect a pair of dynamite fiddlers, guitarist and vocalist, along with drums, bass and accordian, to go with the foot-dancing percussion for which Canadians are becoming renowned, and you won't be far wrong. But how will they all crowd onto the tiny stage?
It all looks like quite a night in Allendale, so it might be wise to ensure a place in the intimate function room by 'phoning your reservations to the promoters, Northumbrian Music Nights, at (01434) 685047
What we said
about Mad Pudding & Elderberries
Friday, November
19th
MAGGIE BOYLE WITH FRANK
KILKELLY
at The King's Head
£5.00 for a truly
superb evening with angelic vocals from the tradition that
will tear your heart out! Our PR in the local press went
something like this:
Some of the very best evenings in recent memory at the King's Head, allendale, have been the result of caring recommendations from favourite musicians.
It seems you can trust the promotional chat from artistes themselves better than that of agents, who of course have a vested interest in any particular act.
So the Northumbrian Music Nights group listens particularly carefully when a musician suggests that another might be ideal for the local venue.
Maggie Boyle came to the group with the highest recommendation from their friend Tom McConnville, and on the strength of her latest CD, Gweebarra, it's not hard to understand why.
With a voice like an angel, Maggie epitomises the living tradition. Reviews of her work in all the major folk magazines are nothing short of glowing.
In the intimate atmosphere of the upstairs function room, with brilliant accompaniment from her musical partner Frank Kilkelly on guitar, tonight looks like one of those evenings that belong in the upper echelon of quality experiences.
What we said
about the gig with Maggie and Frank
4th Friday, November
26th
MUSIC NIGHT at The King's
Head
Uh-oh, a small cancellation --
Uh-oh, a small cancellation --
Sadly, due to a
double-booking against a very wonderful concert of Rossini's
Petite Messe Solonnelle (really -- two of us are part of
Hexham's Orpheus choir!)we think we're going to have to
cancel our much-anticipated Salsa Evening at the Jazz Cafe
in Newcastle -- some weekend early in the New Year, no
doubt!
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