Keith’s
Kolumn autumn/winter 08/09
Howdy Potato
Diggers. We’ve had a busy and varied programme during the cold
season…
A wedding dance
in the Essex triangle (west of Chelmsford… in the middle of nowhere
for us townies)
Dave’s party at
Southend’s Ekco Club featuring an Elvis impersonator. The dance was
featured as part of the Big National Ceilidh night (http://www.bignationalceilidh.co.uk/site/)
with the band making a donation to Water Aid
Angela’s party
in North Stifford village hall featured many cowchildren and pots and
pots of delicious home made food
Works staff party
in Dunmow featuring a fancy dress contest, a bucking bronco and Paddy
Beadle’s debut on melodeon for the Potatoes. One of the punters
likened my microphone style to that of Tony Blair
Couple of bar
appearances in the Smack at Old Leigh
Hoy at Anchor
folk club and Hornchurch Queens theatre shows where enthusiastic and
responsive audiences listen to our numbers
Jan 09 – party
for birthdays and anniversary – young Dolly Parton fans (and
lookalikes), a morris dancer and an MP were among the dancing guests
Most recently
there were at least five sets dancing on the tiny Ceilidh club
dancefloor at Southend Rugby Club… a booking we’ve now done for 30
years! http://www.southendbarndance.org.uk/
Hope to see you
at the next dance!
Keith
THE FAMOUS POTATOES -
BARNDANCING
Sweet Soil Music SSMCD1 / SSMMC1
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We're based in Leigh-on-Sea, four miles west of
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - 40 miles (65 km) east of London, England.
"One of Britain's best
barn dance bands" - Andy Kershaw
"I enjoyed the band very
much" - Jon Boden, BBC Radio 2
Forthcoming Events
If you arrive here and get an out-of-date
forthcoming events list, please visit our MySpace
site.
On
Saturday 27 February we are playing for a public barn dance in
Mill Hall, Rayleigh. Tickets from Jon on 07891 083143. On Saturday 17 April
there'll be a public barn
dance in Hockley, near Rayleigh, Essex, for the Southend Rotary Club.
Tickets from Bryan on 01702 713461. On
Saturday 15 May we are playing for a public barn dance in
Rayleigh, Essex, for the Lions Club of Rayleigh. Tickets from Andy on
01268 747714. We're
busy most weeks, but almost all our events are for private functions - weddings, engagement parties,
anniversaries, birthdays, private clubs etc. We're sorry if you would
like to come and see us and find that there aren't any events you can
make, but this is just how the bookings go!
We
play about once a quarter for the
Grand
Ceilidh Club at Southend Rugby Club - phone
John on 01702 203695 for details. This
is a club that meets every Wednesday with a live band, and is very deserving
of your support. Admission to the club is free on your first visit. We're next
playing there on Wednesday 10 February.
See our section featuring Keith's own barn dance
instructions! There are two
dances for you to try...
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here.
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