We’re delighted to welcome Peta Webb  and Ken Hall to the Frittenden session on Sunday the 31st January, from 8pm. (Free event.)

Peta and Ken are both seasoned singers who for decades have regularly listened to and sung alongside traditional singers in England and Ireland – and last year they celebrated 25 years of running London’s Musical Traditions Club, which provides an important platform for traditional singers and songs.

Over the years, Peta and Ken have developed a distinctive sound drawing on on Irish and British traditions of unison singing, and the harmonising of American brother duet tradition, and aim to celebrate the essential links between these cultures. Expect to be charmed and entertained by romantic little songs, story songs, funny songs and choruses…

As usual, the evening will be a session and everyone who can will be invited to chip in – so if it’s your sort of thing please bring a song, a tune or a story.

Come and learn some lost local old carols with us .

We’re working on the carols because they’re fun to learn, but also because we’re planning to sing them at two evenings of carol singing with song sheets in the pub at the West End Tavern, Marden from 8pm on the 13th and 20th December.

This is not a choir – just a cracking good sing – but further practices will be announced for those who would like to get to know them in advance. These practices will be at Marden.

We’re all used to hearing the same few carols each year – but actually there are many more around the country. Most of the ones we’ll be singing come from a book of lost local carols researched and edited by George Frampton, and published by the Faversham Society.

For information contact Gavin at 07985 522734 and gmatkin@gmail.com

If you don’t get our emails, you might be especially pleased to know that we’re running one of our weekends on the 28th and 29th of this month, with all sorts of good folks in attendance! Do come along and get involved with anything you can make!

• 28th November – songs and tunes session (and probably an early carol or two) in the Bell & Jorrocks function room 2-5pm. We’re looking forward to hosting a really nice collection of friends…
• 28th November – barndance with the Horsmonden workshop folks playing the music, and Malcolm Woods calling, featuring a spot from Annie and Steve, and – and – AND the legendary Frittenden barndance games! (£7 adults, £4 usual concs). From 8pm
• 29th November – relaxed ‘survivor’s session at the Marden village club from 12-3, roughly
• 29th November – end of the monthy mixed tunes and songs session from 8pm at the Bell & Jorrocks, Frittenden, this time featuring our great friends Annie Dearman and Steve Harrison

There will be a tunes workshop at the Gun, Horsmonden on the 25th November from 8pm, when we’ll be practising for the dance, if you’d like to join us.