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The Lighthouse Folk Club News Letter
28/12/07
Once again the end
of year has rolled round and it is time to start thinking about a new one for
2008.
Before we do though it is only fair that we thank everyone who has helped to
make this club
tick...so here we go:-
• The Stewards (Steve & Marie) - for serving an excellent pint. the time they put in preparing the
room before we moved in, the Xmas buffet and putting up with us every week!• Steve (Blondie) - for acquiring and maintenance of the Lighting (we had to start with new gear
when we left the old Lighthouse.• Nick Evans - for the design and acquisition of the back drop and the creation and maintenance of
the Website.• Ron & Pam Plant - for the acquisition of and fixing of the Stage Curtain Rail & Curtains.
• Mel Goode - For Finding us our new home.
• Lynne, Keith & Dave (Con Club Committee) - For believing in us and allowing us to do what
we needed to do.• Anne Adams, Nick & Lin Evans & Les Jones - for looking after the club during our holidays.
• Jared & Stacie Priest - for setting up the room and collecting the raffle every week.
• Every person that has donated a raffle prize during the year.
• Tommy Ellis - for acquiring the chicken for the Xmas buffet.
• To everyone who helps us tidy up at the end of' the night.
• To all of you who continually support the club, making it in our opinion the BEST!
If we have missed anyone out please accept our apologies and let us know.
Sue & Pat
NickEv
30/11/07
You & me both Les- I was too busy beckoning to Lin to get her to take this picture!
LesJ
30/11/07
Another superb evening (29/11/07). Especially the all included guitar spot - even if some of me did keep getting the chords wrong
evanStevens
26/11/07
Sue and Nick would like to send a big thank you to Brian Clee (Cookley), Frank Jolley (Rushwick), Ian Munro (Woodman) plus those who helped them out, and last but by no means least, all the people who took the trouble to come and support us on our "Autumn Tour".
A Message from the Administrator.
26/11/07
Just to remind you all that you can write in on any club related subject, and your comments will be posted here (unless they are likely to cause offence). In order to encourage some feedback, club feature nights and club related events from other venues will remain on the Diary page, each with an easy link to our web form. The evanStevens Autumn tour will be excluded- (we edit the website so we can do that). Special nights that have occurred since Chris Aronsten's visit are now included on the diary page, and I will try to accompany any comments with related photos or video.
A Message from the Administrator.
17/08/07
Those of you who have been following the Lighthouse Notice Board online will probably agree that it was not working the way we would wish it to. The un-restricted nature of posts to the YABB forum meant that the volume of junk far outweighed the legitimate posts that people really want to read, and it was a burdensome task to delete the rubbish and cancel memberships of the idiots and criminals who posted it.
YABB has now bowed out, but the Notice Board facility will continue using web-form submissions (link above). These will be examined prior to posting on the site. We will decide fairly on suitability of content and make every effort to post messages as promptly as possible.
Meanwhile, please read below the legitimate posts that were made while the YABB forum was operating:
Aussie's
triumphant return
29. Jun 2007 at 11:06
What a fantastic night!
I was really looking forward to the return of Chris Aronsten to The Club and was
not disappointed.
I'm sure we all agree that he went down a storm, and he seemed to be enjoying it
as much as we all were!
It was a real privilege to see such a great musician, and I really enjoyed his
stories as well.
Highlights for me were his version of Subterranean Homesick Blues (a tricky song
that I've never heard anyone else tackle before, but he pulled off a great
version with some brilliant guitar playing), the Skiddaw song, and the Greek
song towards the end of the night.
I found that I remebered many of his songs from last year, and that tells me
what a great songwriter he is (talented git!)
By the way, I thought that our own musicians were all on great form too, with
great performances all round.
Sue and Pat, as usual, did a brilliant job, what a great night.
Blondie
Re: How was it for you?
27. Jun 2007 at 21:20
Another
site update! Just found another wodge of Phil's pictures which I originally
missed uploading as they hid themselves in that wonderful old MS FrontPage 2000
program...... Alcester Fest must have been the last sunny day we had before the
deluge (even though we were showered on then as I recall....) You may have been
ready for the storm, Blondie - others weren't!
Re: How was it for you?
17. Jun 2007 at 10:32
What
a great day!......it even managed to stop raining for us which was a bonus.
The Nursery session just seemed to fly by, we could have done with another hour
I reckon, but Sue did a great job (as usual) in getting us organised.
Loved the session at The Nelson, a really nice setting, great music with
friends, you couldn't ask for more really.
A really memorable day, we should do it more often "Lighthouse on
Tour!"
NickEv
How
was it for you?
17.
Jun 2007 at 09:39
I
thoroughly enjoyed the Lighthouse excursion to the Alcester & Arden Folk
Festival yesterday, and I'm sure I speak for most. Highlights for me were the
contributions of Tommy Ellis (both in disguise at our session and later in the
back garden of the Lord Nelson), and at the same location, Phil and Monica
leading a communal rendition of The Fields of Athenry, plus Blondie's Dougie
song "Ready for the Storm".
I took my camera along but never got round to using it, but I know several
people were busy snapping away. Any good shots please email small files to me or
use yousendit.com or similar if you have several, and I'll add a feature on the
website.
Due to my purchase of a certain shiny new object yesterday, my camera upgrade is
on the back-burner.... (my current camera doesn't perform well in low light), so
future contributions of pictures would be most welcome.
See you all Thursday!
Alcester Folk Festival - Lighthouse Folk Club
19. Jun 2007 at 20:16
Just a few words
to thank everyone who turned up from the Lighthouse Folk Club on Saturday 16th
June.
The room was filled by our music and to quote Steve (Blondie) the whole day felt
like the Lighthouse on tour.
I have been to many festivals and cannot recall a festival folk club being so
full of members from one club.
It was a joy to see you all after our two weeks holiday.
Love you all!!
See you Thursday
Sue x
19. May 2007 at 21:22
Thursday 17th @ The Lighthouse Folk Club - Another great night!
This was our fourth week at the new venue and I think we can safely say without
a doubt it now feels like home.
The Lighthouse Folk Club has been made really welcome by the committee of the
Conservative Club, they have unreservedly opened there arms to us and for that
we are truly grateful.
The Conservative Club, has two wonderful Stewards; Marie & Steve. Both are
warm and friendly and I can tell you that Steve certainly knows how to keep the
beer.
We had a quieter night this week, forty three folks turned up and we had
thirteen performers.
Our club is blessed with some wonderful artists and a loyal following who turn
up week after week come rain or shine.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supports the club
and a special thank you to the following:-
Nick Evans - Webmaster
Steve Grosvenor - Lighting Technician
Everyone who has ever contributed a prize to the raffle
The Rowley Regis Conservative Club Committee - For having faith in us
Mel - For finding us a new venue
Everyone who helps tidy up at the end of the night.
Steve & Marie - Stewards & a lovely couple
See you all next week
Sue Stevens
Re:
Now you can have your say....
May
2007 at 13:27
Firstly,
I would like to say a big thank you to Nick Evans for creating the web site and
setting up this forum facility. I am sure we are going to find it very useful.
The words FOLK music actually means music of popular origin or style and that is
exactly what we strive to encourage at the Lighthouse Folk Club. We make NO
distinction between traditional and contemporary, all genres are welcome.
So whether you have a song to sing, a story to tell, a poem to recite or
just want to listen and enjoy a great night out, why not come along and enjoy
the fun.
Administrator
See
You Thursday
Night!
Now you can have your say....
Welcome to the new Lighthouse Notices forum. Here you get a chance to discuss anything you like about the club, as long as you keep it clean and avoid upsetting anyone. Have fun!