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SUMMARY:Midsummer Festival: Clodhoppers Ceilidh
DESCRIPTION:A Traditional Community Dance\nPickering Memorial Hall | 7-10pm | Tickets £10\n \nJoin us for the perfect event on the eve of the Summer Solstice\, in the joyful company of the Clodhoppers Ceilidh Band\, to welcome in the night before the longest day and celebrate the height of summer together. \nWe’ll dance to traditional tunes as communities have for generations past\, led by this excellent folk ensemble with full instructions given for each dance. \nThe word ceilidh comes from the Gaelic for gathering or party\, and this event is about having fun and connecting with each other through music and dance. Expect a lively evening of reels\, polkas\, waltzes\, jigs and more. Even if we meet at the start of the evening as strangers\, joining in these welcoming group dances will have us laughing and celebrating together as new friends. \nThere will be seats around the edge of the hall to rest in between dances\, and a bar serving alcohol and soft drinks will be open from 6.30pm until 10pm. Bring your own food if you’d like something to eat during the evening\, or perhaps stop off at Potter Hill Fish & Chip shop just a few doors up the road on your way to the event. \nNo experience needed as all dances will be guided by an experienced caller. Whether you’ve been to many ceilidhs\, or this will be your first\, everyone is welcome.\n \n*** \nIf you’d like to get to know a few people before the ceilidh\, please join us for a relaxed gathering in Pickering Book Tree from 5pm. This is free to attend\, but please RSVP here. \nWe’ll mingle in the friendly atmosphere of the bookshop\, with some drinks available and the opportunity to browse the books if you’d like to\, and then walk to the Memorial Hall together as a group in good time before the ceilidh begins. \nAnyone booked for the ceilidh is welcome for the pre-dance gathering\, especially if you’re new to the area\, haven’t been to a ceilidh before or aren’t sure if you know anyone else going to the dance. We hope that this will be a lovely way to feel comfortable and know some friendly faces before the evening fully starts. \n  \nClodhoppers Ceilidh Band\nClodhoppers ceilidhs were first held from the mid 1970’s for expat audiences in Hong Kong. The caller\, Richard Abrahall\, has therefore five decades of experience. He will teach the dancers what they need to know before the band strikes up so beginners and more experienced dancers can enjoy traditional country music and dances some of which are centuries old. \nThe musicians are local\, mostly Pickering based\, and play a variety of instruments including fiddles\, tin whistle\, flute\, accordion and the bodhran which drive the beat. \nAlthough they are all skilled and experienced musicians the band that you will dance to has only been recently assembled and their debut was a sold out dance to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in March with a lot of positive feedback. \n  \nTickets\n£10 from the shop counter (currently cash only) or online at ticketsource.com\n  \nDirect link to booking page here\n \nThe Memorial Hall door and bar will be open from 6.30pm. The ceilidh start at 7pm and finish around 10pm.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/clodhoppers-ceilidh/
LOCATION:Pickering Memorial Hall\, Potter Hill\, Pickering\, YO18 8AA
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Folk,Live Music,Pickering Midsummer Festival
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SUMMARY:Three Acres and a Cow
DESCRIPTION:The history lesson I’ve always wanted. Thank you for a very entertaining/life changing evening. I’ll be looking at the land and listening to folk songs in a very different way — Emily \nA history of land rights and protest in folk song and story\, the show connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with current issues like the housing crisis\, reparations\, climate breakdown and food sovereignty via the Enclosures\, English Civil War and Industrial Revolution\, drawing a compelling narrative through the radical people’s history of England in folk song\, stories and poems. \nPart TED talk\, part history lecture\, part folk club sing-a-long\, part storytelling session… Come and share in these tales as they have been shared for generations. \nVisit the Three Acres and a Cow website for more information about the group and the show\, and check their Frequently Asked Questions page for answers to any specific enquiries. \nThe event will be held in the Memorial Hall\, Pickering\, which is fully accessible. \nDoors 6.30pm with the show starting promptly at 7.00pm. We will finish around 9.45pm with one interval. \nI think about this show all the time. It has totally changed the way I think about colonialism\, direct action and English nationalism. Thinking about it today\, four years after seeing the show\, it’s clear it was a life changing event for me — Monique \n  \nTickets\nStandard seated tickets are £16.50\n(supported and pay it forward options also available) \nBook online at threeacresandacow.co.uk\n(direct link to the Pickering event here)
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/three-acres-and-a-cow/
LOCATION:Pickering Memorial Hall\, Potter Hill\, Pickering\, YO18 8AA
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Folk,Live Music,Social History,Storytelling
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