A relatively quiet week on the session front.
The burning topic down in the snug of the Chiff and Fipple is whether to continue holding the Wednesday Irish Session at Ye Olde Merrie Beverlie or go back to sticky lino land (don't ask or see previous posts). Tonight will be be the decider. So far the score is: Football 1, Bad Acoustics 3. We will try a different position tonight (as the actress said ...). I mean the session will sit in a different place in the pub to see if that helps.
I'm glad to say that the Thursday session does not suffer from the same problem having been in the same pub for over 20 years. Indeed the difference is that the Irish session has a nomadic existence whereas the mixed fortune session is like an anchor. Not to confuse the Bear with the Anchor which is just up the road. Speaking of which, there will be an Irish Session at the Anchor in Faversham (all being well) on Sunday 30th September from 20:00.
There is a new site for all you Sessioneers and Folkies which is intended to be for the people by the people. It's a wiki of Folk and traditional stuff - Folkipedia. The entries so far are cursory and look like they have been contributed in many cases by Ambrose Bierce - which makes it well worth a read. It's probably a nice feature of the site to leave the little one-liners in for amusement and put a genuine article underneath. If you want to contribute, you need a password for editing - just to stop spammers from spoiling the site and the content can be anything related to folk. Instruments, dance, bands, discographies, venues, sessions, festivals etc. The password is available by email from admin@folkipedia.org. The possibilities are endless!
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