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!

Trevor & Hannah-lou video of Deal Folk Festival FolkSong Competition 2009

The Deal Maritime Folk Festival held an competition for new folksong in Sept 2009. This was won by Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou  for their excellent Alottment Song.

I have just found the brilliant video they made of the event - Can you spot the Deal landmarks and persons of note? Hint there are at least two members of Driftwood in the audience of this deserved win...


If you cannot see the embedded video follow this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KdN497zaEE

All IMHO
Roadie

PS If you look carefully you can tag the Cocos Lovers busking in high street....
PPS Isn't funny how Deal & Folkies look better in Black&White....

Join the Magnificent Revolution!

Just come accross an organisation - Magnificent Revolution - which brings together my love of music, bicycles and all things green.
They are a collective of artists, musicans, engineers, designers and eco-builders who come up with some simple but brilliant ideas - The one that got my attention was their bicycle generators for the PA for Deal's very own Cocos Lovers at a gig in the Secret Garden Festival.

Cocos Lovers - Howling Wind
(Generated by Bicycles + all Seven of them in a Van!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmrouE4y-PM 

Check out Magnificent Revolution's site at http://www.magnificentrevolution.org/ as they have got some fanastic ideas!

Cocos Lovers - 'Father' great new video+song

Great new video + song from Deal's most soulful neo-Indie-folk group - Roadie five stars rating; most good (IMHO)

Cocos Lovers: http://cocoslovers.co.uk/ + http://www.myspace.com/cocoslovers





Link if you cannot see the embedded video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTo5XFdECBk