Birthday Pics....

We have now uploaded the photos from Avril's birthday party on the Driftwood Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/driftwood_deal/sets/72157623653611772/

a bit of the French brogue...

Last night we had the Trotwood family at packed Deal Friday Folk Club. This intergenerational melee of talent was, well amazing! If you closed your eyes you could have been in a small back street pub somewhere in Kerry....

The St Valentine's weekend.....

Busy weekend coming for all us Driftwooders. On Friday we are doing a mega practise at Sue's (we are in process of learning a some new (old) songs for our Folkestone Gig on the 24th) - So looks like we will miss the Deal Friday Folk Club again (hear there was standing room only at last friday's). [on the following 19th Feb Trotwood from France are playing]

On Saturday is the official re-opening of the Astor Community Theatre (Stanhope Street Deal CT14 6AB). Dave & Maggie are singing in Choir at about 2pm and at 4pm there is EP launch of Deal's fab Cocos Lovers. 
BTW : The Astor & Smugglers Records are hosting a weekly open session in the balcony on Thursdays from 7:30 if you fancy it


Saturday is also the AGM of Deal's green group DealWithIt at 2:30pm at Dealability in Victoria Road - we are sending the Roadie as an official delegate.


Sunday [just after the canoodling & chocolate Ed] sees the running of Deal Tri's Dover Half Marathon  at the Duke of Yorks School Dover starts 10:30am - Some of us are helping and we are sending the Roadie on the race as our official delegate..... Then a sound check in the Folkestone venue


Yes going to be a busy one ... a real massacre!

It may be freezing outside; Inside we are Spinning

The winter besieged Deal Folk Club on Friday had a guest spot from Mick Groves member of the Spinners. A small but select audience were privileged to hear Mick render several favourites of his friend Ewan McColl and many songs echoing his native Salford.

www.mickgroves.com

Deal Folk Club Xmas Bash 2009

Deal Folk Club had a packed session at last night's xmas bash. Driftwood were there (with Rose in full evil pixie attire); Dave had one of his christmas wishes (fanasty? Ed)  come true as he was in the front seat with seven women (and Adrian!) . Good friends Mike Broomfield and Steve O'Kane did some great numbers; Lynda excelled herself with her witty lyrics. All under Avril's gentle direction....

See all the photos at the Driftwood flickr site

The fab four are back in town...

Driftwood is back to full strength this week after half of the band went on a raid to Norway.

They will be getting down to Deal Folk Club on friday to do a quick number while listening to Deal's power trio of Carey, Rathbone & Bell who are headlining. Starts at 8pm at the RMA club on the strand Walmer (next to the fish&chip shop)

Driftwood are back in action on Saturday 5th December when they are playing the Craft Fair at St Leonards in Upper Deal (about 10am, I think).

Alas the Roadie will not be there as he charging around the Gower Peninsula  in Wales doing a Trail Marathon (basically hills&mud and more hills)

News: Mystery instrument to appear at Deal Folk Club!

A mystery instrument will have its world premire at Deal's Friday Folk Club on the 27th Nov.

The instrument who wishes to remain nameless at this point will be appearing wth the half of Driftwood (Rose and Sue) which is not touring the land of northern lights.

The Roadie will award one coconut to the first person to identify our mystery friend.... its that thing on the table (Hint).

Yet another thing for the poor Roadie to carry!

Why are most folk songs so miserable?

The body count was running,particularly high at the Deal Friday Folk Club last night (6th Nov).

We had the slaughter of the Rochdale pals on the Somme, the massacre of an entire extended Yorkshire victorian family on the moors (except the dog), the sinking of the titanic, death of 14yr old troopers, the death of 20 cornish tin miners ... it was relentless ... did I mention the poor polar bears?


Not that it was bad music; just the opposite it was great evening jam packed with performers enjoying every minute and a vocal & engaged audience. This is not an argument for more songs about kittens - (although I note that Adrian O's songs on a truculent donkey and pathological goat both went down very well) - I liked Sue Watson's darkish 'Vampire Rag'. More of Les's demonic accordian on  Leaving Liverpool please....

By the way if you got an answer please tell me.
All IMHO - Roadie
http://www.dealfolkclub.co.uk/

Saturday 3rd Oct Busk - Deal High Street

Members of Deal's local folk club came out today for a busk to publise the gig at St Leonards on the 17th Oct.(See earlier postings for details)
Rose and Sue were joined by Mac, Lynda, Eddie, Bill & Val and Jim

They raised £44 for the church repair and a good time was had by all

See all photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/38482905@N08/sets/72157622381585133/