Lymm Folk Club

Saturday 29 June

14.30 - 18.00
(free)

ACOUSTIC MUSIC CONCERT

We will have twenty minutes each from our pre-booked performers (maximum of six), with a raffle break somewhere!

As with the Songwriting Competition, we will draw the running order by 'raffle' as each slot comes up. This is to discourage people from only turning up in time for their own slot, as no-one will know when their turn will be. Quite simply, anyone who isn't available when their slot is drawn forfeits their opportunity!

We will be at the Spread Eagle from around 1.00pm setting up the PA, but there will be no sound checks beforehand - the sound check is part of your slot. Again, this is to discourage people from extravagant requirements - there will be vocal microphones, instrument microphones, DI boxes and XLR lines to choose from.

In 2011 we introduced a competetive element which proved to be popular - the audience were asked to vote for their favourites. This year. the 'winner' will be offered a club gig on Thursday 1st August 2013 - non-negotiable, so if you're not available on that date we'll simply ask the runner-up, and so on! The audience will vote for three in order of preference, the first choice being given three points. Hopefully this should avoid a tie-break situation! A tie may be settled by the actual number of votes a performer has received in total, or on the whim of the Organiser...!

We have eight 'slots' in total - the Jake Thackray tribute concert has been relocated to a alternate venue, so we have reverted to our original plan!

Who is on the list?

Doreen Lehmann

Three years ago I thought I might try to write a poem or two and now I love writing poetry. A former Head of an Infant & Nursery School, I am now retired and see the world quite differently.

I belong to the Warrington Poetry Group, which meets each month. We share our poems and learn from each other. In the same way Lymm Folk Club has welcomed me as a friend and poet. Such a special privilege on Singers' Night to bring my poems to life.

Hopefully I shall continue to improve and give pleasure to anyone who is happy to listen.

- Dee Lehmann

Jon Budworth

My name is Jon Budworth and I hail from the mean streets of Leigh, Lancashire.

I got into folk music seriously a couple of years ago after chancing upon a video of John Renbourn playing English Dance. To say I was blown away would be an understatement! I immediately set out on the long and arduous road of learning to play it. This led me on to discovering other fantastic artists such as Richard Thompson and my all time hero Nic Jones. I now have a sizeable repertoire of solo acoustic songs and instrumentals, both covers and originals.

I'm really looking to raise my profile in 2013 and the year is going well! In January I played a very well received set at Celtic Connections in front of a large and enthusiastic audience. 'Jons Jig' was used as the theme tune for the FolkRise show on UKFolkMusic.com. One of my songs has been chosen to go on FATEA magazine's summer showcase album. All of the tracks from my new EP 'Time Machine' have received significant airplay and on 13th May I performed my first in studio live session on Ali O' Brien's 'Sounds of Folk' show.

www.jonbudworth.co.uk

John Every

From an early age I was into guitar / folk music and was a regular visitor to clubs from the late sixties/early seventies onwards to see Michael Chapman, Bert Jansch, John Martyn and the like. Over the years my taste has broadened to encompass all kinds of popular music but folk is at the roots.

After years of enjoying other people's music, I have recently started making my own and writing songs - songs which reflect on the human condition. My hope is that other people will enjoy them and/or want to sing them.

When her busy life permits, my modest performing talent is greatly enhanced by my daughter Christine's singing.

- John Every

John Condy

John Condy has been attending folk clubs on a regular basis since 2006. His repertoire consists mainly of contemporary songs from both sides of the Atlantic, though he has been known to play a few traditional songs - and even a few self-penned ones!!

He plays guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, mandolin and 5 string banjo. He also played bass on a couple of tracks on Jean Finney's Jigsaw album project and contributed backing vocals to the song 'One Day The Sun's Gonna Shine' on Zoe Mulford's album, Bonfires. He was honoured to play harmonica with Zoe on 2 songs at the launch gig for that album in 2010.

John is a regular at Lymm and Sale Folk Clubs, and often pops up elsewhere, too!

Fair Play

We are Ruth, Kath and Stan and relatively new to playing and performing music. We met at Lymm Folk Club in 2009 and decided to get together, performing our first songs in April 2009. We like English Traditional music, also American Traditional and some contemporary music.

Most of all we really enjoy playing music together, especially with an appreciative audience!

Song and Story

Song and Story are Dorothy Fryman and 'Monologue John' Bartley - Dorothy sings the songs, and John tells the stories!

Michael Burns

A songwriter and Lymm Folk Club regular - Michael writes songs about subjects very close to his heart, yet written in such a way that his audience can easily empathise with them.

"My songs and tunes are about my native North East, my life in the Northwest, and my Irish roots, and the wonderful people I have met while teaching English to Adults. I believe in the brotherhood of man."

8.00pm
£9.00

OR
£7.00
advance
booking

DOUBLE BILL EVENING CONCERT

featuring

Gary & Vera Aspey  and  Chris Rogan

     

Sunday 30 June

14.30 - 18.00
(free)

SONGWRITING COMPETITION

If you wish to participate in our annual songwriting competition, please download an Entry Form and post it, or hand it in on any Thursday club night - closing date has been extended to Tuesday 25th June 2013, as a small number of 'slots' are still available.

As with the Acoustic Music Concert, we will draw the running order by 'raffle' as each slot comes up. This is to discourage people from only being in the room for their own slot, as no-one will know when their turn will be. Quite simply, anyone who isn't available when their slot is drawn forfeits their opportunity!

We will be at the Spread Eagle from around 1.00pm setting up the PA, but there will be no sound checks beforehand - the sound check is part of your slot. Again, this is to discourage people from extravagant requirements - there will be vocal microphones, instrument microphones, DI boxes and XLR lines to choose from.