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The fog has gone.
The sky ’s clear blue.
The aeroplanes are flying.
Still lots to do.

Good night at the Station Inn, Whitby sing-around last night. Derek Elliott and Paul Hudson being away, Judy Knight ran the session in a gently efficient way so there was a friendly atmosphere. One guy who was visiting from the other side of the Pennines, and had only intended listening, was persuaded to join in by telling a couple of jokes (funny and appropriate). He was talking to me afterwards and said he’d been going through a very bad time and coming to the session, which he only chanced on by looking through ‘The Link’, had had a profound effect on him, had lifted him in such a way that he felt it had ‘turned him round’. Doctor Whitby and Doctor Folk say, “Keep taking the medicine.”

Tony
www.tonymorrispoet.com

Well,I’ve been so busy setting up and moderating the Yorkshire Garland Myspace site and contributing to the Saltburn Folk Club Myspace site, not to mention recording the sounds of Ryedale Folk Museum and editing the sounds for as a background to a flute CD I am doing for the Museum that I have not blogged for over a fortnight.

I have at last succumbed to the blandishments of using digital effects with the flutes, but only for use as additional instruments. However, the first pedal has had to go back because it buzzed loudly when connected to the mains. Another is on the way, so fingers crossed that this one works.

Must dash.

Tony Morris
www.tonymorrispoet.com

 

 

www.celebratenorthyorkshire.org

 

There was a recent conference in York for this Organisation and I was due to talk about the Yorkshire Garland Project and about 6 Folk clubs I was representing throughout the County including The Award Winning Black Swan Folk Club, York. The Organiser scheduled me to speak after the Plenary Session at the end of the Day.

 

I had a bit of a to do with her as I thought this was insulting to those I was to represent and typical of the North Yorkshire Arts Establishment and so did not attend. Her reply was to pat herself and North Yorks on the back and to tell me that if Folk was missing from the site and from the consideration of NY Arts it was the Clubs’ own fault for not putting themselves on the wonderful site (its actually rather basic).

 

Anyway, everyone needs to get on the site, swamp it and show them that Folk is a considerable economic force in the County. Can Yorkshire Folk Arts help to publicise the site and encourage Clubs, Dance societies and Festivals to get signed up. It is a free DIY site. 

 

www.celebratenorthyorkshire.org

 

Tony Morris.

 www.tonymorrispoet.com