Garry Blakeley

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Coming soon - THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR

The Wheel of the Year is a truly fabulous and unique celebration of the annual cycle. It takes you on a passionate and exciting journey through the passages of history, whilst inviting you to experience the many magical festivals and traditions of the passing seasons.
The superb lyrics of Rose Blakeley are highly descriptive and are brought to life by the powerful and atmospheric music of Garry Blakeley (Feast of Fiddles). His stunning compositions are a beautiful combination of folk rock arrangements, slow airs and driving traditional tunes, which weave in and out of the rich, evocative narration of selected poetry and stories by Jane Downes (The Catsfield Steamers).

The Wheel of the Year also features some of the highlights of The Ceremony of May, our successful and well-loved tribute to May Day and the famous Jack-in-the-Green.
This is an incredible production, which will totally enthral you and steal you away to a place of enchantment and imagination!

TraditionAll Productions Present:
The Wheel of the Year
NEEW WEBSITE NOW LAUNCHED!! click on following link

www.thewheeloftheyear.moonfruit.com

We now have dates for the show confirmed;
Our previuos performance at Hastings sold out and some people were disappointed on the night - make sure you book early if you can!

Stables Theatre Hastings
Thursday 1st November 2012
Tickets are not yet available for this event but should be towards the end of June.
Watch this space for an update!
For booking details please contact the venue - tickets £10.00
www.stables-theatre.co.uk  Tel. 01424 423221

Tom Thumb Theatre Margate
Thursday 8th November 2012
Tickets can now be purchased for this event: click on link below
Tickets cost £10.00 (£1.00 charge per ticket to cover credit card costs etc)
BUY TICKETS NOW
Doors open 7.00pm - 7.30pm start
www.tomthumbtheatre.co.uk Tel. 01843 221791

The Under Ground Theatre Eastbourne
Wednesday 14th November 2012
Tickets can now be purchased for this event: click on banner below
Tickets cost £10.00 (£1.00 charge per ticket to cover credit card costs etc)

Doors open 7.00pm - 7.30pm start
Tel. 07926353971 for any further information

Rye Community Centre East Sussex
Saturday 24th November 2012
Tickets can now be purchased for this event: click on banner below
Tickets cost £10.00 (£1.00 charge per ticket to cover credit card costs etc)

Doors open 7.30pm - 8.00pm start
Tel. 07926353971 for any other information

The Stag Theatre, Plaza Suite Sevenoaks
Tuesday 20th November 2012
For booking details contact Garry Blakeley - tickets £10.00 - Tel 07926353971
www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk

THE BAND:
Edd Blakeley   Bass Guitar/Vocals/Sound
Garry Blakeley Fiddle/Vocals
John Ewen Drums/Percussion/Vocals
Jane Downes Narrator/Storyteller/Vocals
Phil Hudson Guitars/Vocals

Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention) "a lovely celebration of English roots"
Alan Titchmarsh (BBC Radio) "This will set the blood coursing through your veins!"

We are delighted to welcome Phil Hudson to the band. Phil is
an amazing musician who has worked with an incredible array
of artists including Beverly Craven and Billie Piper.

Check out his website:   www.philhudson.net

NEW ALBUM
A WHOLE LOT OF SMOKING TIGER

available now !!

SPECIAL OFFER ! Any 3 CD's £20.00 - click here FULL CD CATALOGUE

COME AND EXPERIENCE THE FEAST OF FIDDLES SHOW - you will not regret it !

Feast of Fiddles is a musical entertainment like no other – six of the UK’s finest fiddle players in a band of 11 which includes Dave Mattacks – the grandfather of folk rock drumming. Peter Knight of Steeleye Span, Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention, Brian McNeill, Ian Cutler, Tom Leary and Garry Blakeley bring their own individual styles together to visit many musical genres in a show that has a wide dynamic range and will have you dancing in the aisles and perhaps even shedding a tear. The 2012 tour is the band’s 19th annual outing and the critical acclaim gets louder every year. Bring even your sceptical friends, they won’t be disappointed.

“Absolutely awesome!” – Sue Marchant, BBC East

“Feast of Fiddles is far more than half-a-dozen of
Britain’s most talented exponents of the instrument.
It’s a joyous two hours of excellence and
exuberance.” Get Rhythm

“Your imaginative programme was riveting from start to finish. I relished the brilliance of tone colours in all sections; the violins soaring away, like the spring in the bow of an arrow, on an effortless flight path in perfect unison – like the first violins of a very great symphony orchestra – yet better, because of your innate musicianship, conductor-less craft, rhythm and palpable love of the many genres of music making you had to offer.   You are seriously all great musicians.”
David Fanshawe – African Sanctus

DIARY DATES FOR 2012

FEBRUARY 2012

FRI    03   Band of Two
TUE   07   Shep Woolley
SAT 25 Band of Two

MARCH 2012

SUN 04 Band of Two
WED 07 Band of Two
THU 08 Band of Two
SAT 10 Band of Two
FRI 16 Band of Two
SAT 17 Band of Two

Feast of Fiddles 2012 Spring Tour

APRIL 2012
Mon 2nd - Nettlebed Village Club - 01628 636620 - www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
Tues 3rd - Nettlebed Village Club - 01628 636620 - www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
Weds 4th - The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury - 01684 295074 - www.rosestheatre.org
Thurs 5th - Town Hall, Marlborough - 01672 512465 - www.marlboroughfolk-roots.co.uk
Fri 6th - Corn Exchange, Exeter - 01392 665866 - www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange
Sat 7th - Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd - 08000 147111 www.muni.rct-arts.org
Sun 8th - Blackpool, Grand Theatre - 01253 290190 - www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Mon 9th - Leeds, City Varieties - 0113 243 0808 - www.cityvarieties.co.uk
Tues 10th - Alnwick, The Playhouse - 01665 510785 - www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk
Weds 11th - Lichfield, Guildhall - 01543 262223 - www.lichfieldarts.org.uk
Thurs 12th - Milton Keynes, The Stables - 01908 280800 - www.stables.org
Fri 13th - Worcester, Huntington Hall - 01905 611427 - www.worcesterlive.co.uk
Sat 14th - Lowdham Village Hall, Notts - 01159 663596 - www.warthogpromotions.com
Sun 15th - The Brook Theatre, Chatham - 01634 241108 - www.medway.gov.uk/theatres

Taking part in the tour are:-

Garry Blakeley, Hugh Crabtree, Ian Cutler, Dave Harding, Peter Knight, Tom Leary, Chris Leslie, Dave Mattacks, Brian McNeill, John Underwood and Martin
Vincent

SAT 28 Band of Two

MAY 2012

THU 03 Chris Ricketts - Southhampton
FRI 04 Chris Ricketts - Bristol
SAT 05 Chris Ricketts - Wickerman Festival - Chalton, Hampshire
SUN 06 Band of Two
FRI 18 Chris Ricketts - The Cellars Southsea - CD Launch
WED 23 Chris Ricketts - The Maltings, Farnahm
SAT 26 Band of Two
THU 31 Shep Woolley - Westminster, London

JUNE 2012

SUN 03 Playing with Dave Bilbrough
THU 07 Band of Two
SAT 16 Band of Two
SAT 23 Band of Two - White Hart Netherfield
SAT 30 Band of Two

JULY 2012

SAT 07 Hastings - Private Function
WED 11 Shep Woolley
THU 19 Band of Two
SAT 21 Band of Two
SAT 28 Shep Woolley

AUGUST 2012

SAT 04 Band of Two
THU 16 Feast of Fiddles - Broadstairs Festival
SAT 18 Feast of Fiddles - Megabash Reading
THU 23 Feast of Fiddles - St. Mary's in the Castle Hastings
FRI 24 Feast of Fiddles - Stratford Civic Centre
SAT 25 Chris Ricketts
SUN 26 Feast of Fiddles - Apex, Bury St Edmunds

SEPTEMBER 2012

SAT 01 Shep Woolley
SUN 02 Band of Two
SAT 08 Band of Two
WED 12 Band of Two - Man of Kent
THU 13 Band of Two

OCTOBER 2012

SAT 06 Band of Two
WED 17 Chris Ricketts
FRI 19 Shep Woolley
SUN 28 Feast of Fiddles - Halesworth

NOVEMBER 2012
THU 01 The Wheel of the Year - Stables Theatre Hastings
SAT 03 Band of Two
THU 08 The Wheel of the Year - Tom Thumb Theatre Margate
FRI 09 Shep Woolley - Christchurch
WED 14 The Wheel of the Year - Underground Theatre Eastbourne
TUE 20 The Wheel of the Year - Stag Theatre, Plaza Suite, Sevenoaks
SAT 24 The Wheel of the Year - Rye Community Centre East Sussex
FRI 30 Feast of Fiddles - Great British Folk Festival

DECEMBER 2012

SAT 01 Shep Woolley