Photo: Keith Kitson www.folkfoto.co.uk
Photo: Keith Kitson www.folkfoto.co.uk
The Mellstock Band
presents
A MIDSUMMER CUSHION
Music and Songs of John Clare
Songs, tunes and stories of village life from the Northamptonshire poet and fiddler
Pete Cooper, Tim Hill, Phil Humphries, Gill Redmond, Charles Spicer & Dave Townsend
Fiddle, Concertrina, Oboe, Clarinet, Cello, Serpent and Voices
John Clare's vivid descriptions of the natural world and heartbreaking poetry of lost love have endeared him to many readers, who are often unaware that he also wrote racy descriptions of village life and customs, and himself played the fiddle in pubs and around gipsy camp-fires. This costume performance, with songs, tunes and spoken word, brings together all sides of his life and career, including its tragic end.
There are two special performances with the extended six-piece line-up in May:
Sunday 3rd May, 8.00 pm, at The Quaker meeting House, St. Giles, Oxford.
Tickets £10.00 (£8.00 under 18 / over 65) - contact 01865 714778 or dave@mellstockband.com
Sunday 10th May, 3.00 pm, at The Lighthouse Arts Centre, Poole, Dorset
Tickets & further details from: https://tickets.lighthousepoole.co.uk/public/default.asp
info@lighthousepoole.co.uk 0844 406 8666
29th August – 5th September. Dave Townsend will be one of the tutors for the Band of Song workshop at Laurieston Hall, Dumfries & Galloway.
Saturday 5th December. The Leaves of Life, Bloxham, Oxfordshire
Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th December. A Christmas show in Warwick's Lord Leicester Hospital.
Saturday 12th December. The Leaves of Life, Aust, Gloucestershire.
Further details to follow.
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