More sad news, Phil Lacey

I was called tonight by Mo, who explained that Phil had passed away.
I am terrible at names and was not sure who this was.
However, Geoff Payne emailed me also, and that enabled me to recognise him. Actually, I hadn't seen Phil for some time now. He always seemed to have that cheeky smile. And he loved his music.

Festivals local to the Sunray Folk Club, and supporters of!!!

So many to choose from this year, and after last years flooding it will be good to see them all well attended....

Sorting out my MC responsibilities for Wimborne Festival. I am taking care of the Sat and Sun afternoon concerts. Also looking forward to Dereks session- usually a good mix.
Weymouth's Festival EVOLVE has me included and it will be interesting to see how the start up year goes- I wish them well as they have a wonderful line-up. It was good to see the organisers at the Sunray Folk Club.

A bit of a way to go yet, but I am so looking forward to Swanage Festival. I am taking care of all the Church concerts. A large, and acoustically challenging but superb venue. The final concert of the weekend with the New Scorpion Band at 7pm sunday. Wow!

Many more Festivals on offer too: too many to name!

Going around in April

Visiting FIFEHEAD and GAUNTS HOUSE during April. Plus the usual Stickland. It will be nice to see some places I haven't seen for a while.
Barron-Brady did the Sunray Folk Club well on the 27th March. A good turn out too.

Ray Sargent

and what a loss! A wonderful man, so talented. Happily he graced the stage at the Sunray and we can cherish that memory.
These times are so tough.
Details of the funeral and a celebration ceilidh can be found from the web site link.

So much going on

So now we have two festivals in Weymouth- one with a couple of major headliners...Show of Hands no less.
So now you can see them at their famous Abbotsbury family day supported by Martin Simpson and then at the Weymouth Folk Festival 25-26July. Not to mention Trowbridge on the friday!

Folk in the area

Dorset has such a wealth of Folk Music on offer. Pay-to-get-in clubs, free sessions, some very friendly so stick with it, get in there and enjoy folk.
And the Festival season gets under way, Weymouth, Wimborne, Swanage are all recommended, but others are there that are further afield.
Good monthly gatherings include Winterborne Stickland (2nd thursday) Gaunts House (3rd monday) Dorchester 3rd Wednesday at Kings Arms Hotel....and loads more

Welcome

Well, the next club night is less than two weeks away, and it should be a cracker, with guests BARRON BRADY!
They will be supported by a select number of floor singers.