All Singers and Musicians are welcome, and we endeavour to ensure that everyone performs. It is a very popular event, so it is recommended that you arrive around 7.30pm for a prompt 8pm start, and give your name to the MC at the table by the entrance door.
We have unaccompanied singers, singers with guitars, singers with whistles, whistle solos, accordion, melodeon and concertina, group offerings, duos, shruti box, hand bells, keyboards, with choices of poetry and humorous writings interspersing the music.
We enjoy plenty of sing-a-long well-known songs, along with self-written songs and music, traditional folk, modern "popular-music-metamorphosing-into-folk" and some great poetry. Bob Dylan often gets an airing....very often, in fact!
Whilst we are mainly an acoustic Folk Club, we do allow limited amplification. For example, keyboards, bass guitars and to enhance vocals such as when singing with an accordion. However, the acoustics are great, so you won't need amplification unless there are special circumstances.
Come and enjoy the music, whether as a performer or an audience member. We are at The Telegraph on the 10th October 2023 and fortnightly after that.
We have unaccompanied singers, singers with guitars, singers with whistles, whistle solos, accordion, melodeon and concertina, group offerings, duos, shruti box, hand bells, keyboards, with choices of poetry and humorous writings interspersing the music.
We enjoy plenty of sing-a-long well-known songs, along with self-written songs and music, traditional folk, modern "popular-music-metamorphosing-into-folk" and some great poetry. Bob Dylan often gets an airing....very often, in fact!
Whilst we are mainly an acoustic Folk Club, we do allow limited amplification. For example, keyboards, bass guitars and to enhance vocals such as when singing with an accordion. However, the acoustics are great, so you won't need amplification unless there are special circumstances.
Come and enjoy the music, whether as a performer or an audience member. We are at The Telegraph on the 10th October 2023 and fortnightly after that.
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Thelma often sings unaccompanied, but here she is with her bodhran. She also plays in a Ceilidh Band accompanying Morris Dancers (I think that's correct. If not .... then I made that up. (Susie).
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John Mac performing at the Singers' and Musicians' Night on 12th October 2021. Gentle songs with historical roots, and a good sing-a-long and harmonise by Peter, Paul and Mary.
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Pam sing unaccompanied, and chooses interesting and historical songs.
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Mel sings just about anything! And beautifully done too. He plays ukulele and a small banjo type instrument ...or it could be a ukulele that looks banjo like. It sounds great though!
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Viv writes her own, usually humorous songs, and has been known to dip into Monty Python with words set to the well known hymn, "All Things Bright and Beautiful." The song flipped the meaning, and focussed on all the wasps, sting-potential, hornets, viral and bacterial un-niceties, and many more little atrocities that were made by SomeHappenstance/SomeBeing, and Viv managed to make it funny without being too irreverential. After all - these stinging, biting, decomposing thingumijigs are all part of our Universe, part of the food chain, and did come from somewhere. Let's sing about it all!
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Jane and Dave are have been singing and accompanying for decades. Dave plays guitar and mandolin.
Tim writes his own songs, as well as singing and playing a varied repertoire of others' songs. |
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Paul travels a long way to visit us - in fact, he does the rounds of all the folk groups in the area when he comes. Beautiful guitar work and songs with a Northumberland lilt. October 12th 2021
John and Maureen came straight from a rehearsal to sing and play at Bridlington Singers' Night on 3rd August. Most entertaining!
Full of enthusiasm, and with a great baritone voice, Dave got us all singing along! Great atmosphere and lovely harmonies. It was his first time in many years, singing live in front of an audience!
Susie singing "Songbird" by Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) and concentrating VERY HARD!!!! It only took 25 years to learn! But, it went well on the night.
And relax! A bit of fun with a drum now!
Rob is about to sing. Full of concentration...and he delivers the song well. Variety is the spice of life, and the folk club delivered so many different songs of different styles and eras. So good to hear them all.
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Rob plays guitar to accompany many of his songs.
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Helen has been a long standing member of the club. She is a gifted writer and can deliver a humorous or thoughtful story or poem, but now also sings and plays guitar.
Dave, last seen at Flamborough Folk Club, came to sing and play. The wonderful thing about a folk club is the wide variety of styles and techniques - everyone sings and plays in different ways, yet, everyone can join in, sing-along and take part.
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And then there is the audience - thank you for coming and
joining in with the choruses and harmonising parts. |
Audrey and Geoff used to run the Flamborough Sing-a-round Folk Club at the Royal Dog and Duck Pub in Flamborough. This has now become "Folk at the Ship" at The Ship Inn, Sewerby, and is run by Mel who also MC's it. The club starts at 8.00pm but it is recommended that folk arrive earlier to find a seat. It is a lovely, informal and friendly evening of songs and music.
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