FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PONTARDAWE FESTIVAL AUGUST 20 - 22 go to www.ponty2010.com
or Gwyl Pontardawe Festival on Facebook.
Friday August 20th 2010 in the Session Tent at Pontardawe Festival 7pm
Roland Emmanuel along with Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe will be running a Folk Song Fest / Gymanfa Gwerin The emphasis will be on harmony singing.
Songs will include those below. If you would like to familiarise yourself with the songs follow the links. After the harmony session the club will run as a folk club singers night.
Your field entry ticket will also get you into the Ceilidh and The Bar or a Friday Evening Session ticket will get you into all events on site. (Concessions apply for full ticket)
SONGS
I am a pilgrim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZ_c8BeLyw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK_LbZi1PgI&feature=related
Angel Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvQSgGtgsfY&NR=1&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO8xRq8MMHs&feature=related
I'll Fly Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMaOe4QoEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdRdqp4N3Jw&feature=related
Gwahoddiad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-klSvR9XOaQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY1kNZYhjuo&feature=related
I Saw the Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdaR53XIi4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lTP7bAum68
Keep on the Sunny Side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIcb9xWnr8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbmQQ4RfzVE
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL copy & paste into you browser
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PHIL ROSENTHAL
Phil Rosenthal is a nationally renowned singer, songwriter, recording artist and record producer. For many years the lead singer and guitarist in the popular bluegrass group The Seldom Scene, he is also highly respected for his instrumental skills on banjo and mandolin.
A native of Guilford, CT, Phil began his professional career in the 1970's as mandolin player and singer in the New England-based bluegrass bands Apple Country and Old Dog. In 1977, he joined The Seldom Scene, travelling widely with the group throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan, including appearances at the Grand Old Opry and the White House. He recorded seven albums with the band, receiving a Grammy nomination for his work on Scene 20 . In 1986, he left the group in order to run American Melody, a recording company founded with wife Beth Sommers, devoted to producing bluegrass and folk music for children and families. The label's 22 releases thus far feature Phil and a variety of other noted performers, and have won many awards from the Parents' Choice Foundation, the American Library Association, and other organizations. Phil is also a successful songwriter whose original compositions have been recorded by many leading bluegrass and country music performers, including Johnny Cash and Bill Monroe. In 1994, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts appointed him the official Connecticut State Troubadour. http://www.myspace.com/philrosenthalmusic
FLOSSIE MALAVIALLE
Flossie Malavialle is a French singer who started getting involved in the British folk scene in 2000-2001 while she was on a teacher exchange in the North East of England. After 12 years of teaching English full time in secondary schools in the South of France, she decided to apply for a job as a French teacher in England as she felt it would boost her English to live abroad for a year. She got one in Stockton-on-Tees and was living in Darlington at the time (great part of the world to improve your English, like). She had also been singing for years in France before that and that’s why she found it quite natural to turn up at the Darlington folk club one night to meet the locals and sing a song. She didn’t realise then that this was going to be the beginning of a new life in England for her. After her exchange was over, she went back to France for a year but she missed the life she had had in England so decided to come back! She is now based in Darlington, does some supply teaching in the area when needed but is mainly focused on her singing. She has released 9 albums since 2002. Her repertoire is very open as she likes all sorts of different music genres. She loves songs full of energy or, as she calls them herself, full of "vavavoum" and there is also space for lovely ballads and jazzy tunes. If you have never seen or heard her before there will be something in her repertoire to suit your taste. Flossie is making new friends wherever she sings and is looking forward to seeing you. http://www.flossie-malavialle.co.uk/index1.html
DEREK GIFFORD
Derek Gifford is a well respected artist both as a participant of his local North-West folk scene and nationally where his relaxed approach and contagious enthusiasm have earned him a fine reputation as a singer of quality.
Derek’s repertoire includes both traditional and contemporary material and his warm vocal style is beautifully complimented by his sympathetic accompaniments.
With shanties, sea songs and other chorus songs a speciality Derek’s humorous approach will soon have the audience singing along too.
A performer to sit back and savour. A fine singer and musician guaranteed to make your night one to remember - Ryton Village Folk Club
A valuable addition to any festival, Derek’s experience is wide ranging. He sings with great passion and delivers his material with real Lancashire flair. - Captain Cook Maritime Folk Festival
' ... clearly a singer and performer of quality. ' Shire Folk
' A warm rich voice and easy professionalism with accomplished guitar and bowed psaltery. ' Loaded Dog Folk Club, Sydney http://freespace.virgin.net/d.gifford1/
"WHEN ADAM DELVED" THE VILLAGE QUIRE & actor PHIL SMITH
Come with the Village Quire on a journey through the 18th and 19th centuries. Meet humble cottager dwellers contented with their lot. Glimpse life in the cosy parlours of the gentry. Watch as unrest creeps in with the introduction of the corn-laws in the years following the Napoleonic wars. Hear echoes of the loves, jealousies and temptations of days gone by ... All told through the eyes of Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Fred Archer, William Cobbett, Mary Webb and Thomas Edward Lewis (of Clungunford) and the Quire’s very own favourite ... the delightful Parson James Woodforde. With West Gallery psalmody, folk song and catches of the period, sung in the energetic style of the Village Quire.
LES BARKER Xmas party
Valley Folk Club welcomes the poet laureate of the UK folk scene. He's been banned in the USA, classified as "not culturally unique" but we can't get rid of him in Pontardawe. Not content with bemusing us with witty masterpeices in English he is now winning prizes doing it in Welsh too - all delivered in that oh so familiar Manchester accent. To quote Frank Hennessy "He's on his own", "a star". Booking essential. Phone Cas 01792 863940 or cas@pontardawefolkclub.co.uk
FOR INFORMATION ON OTHER GUEST ARTISTS FOLLOW THE LINKS ON THE DIARY PAGE