A Cotillion Public Show

Cotillion is performing its folk-show 'The Last Trip Home' in Graffham Church, The Street, Graffham, GU28 0NJ on Saturday 5th October. Doors open 6.30pm. Tunes, songs, poetry, anecdotes and a little local flavour re the change from using the ox and the horse to the engine.

New Song Workshops For The Autumn

From Chris Hare we have news of a series of free song workshops to be held in Worthing and Rusper (near Horsham), starting in the autumn. The songs taught will be a mix of those written by Hilaire Belloc and those collected by Lucy Broadwood. As with the previous Songs of the South Downs, and Secret Shore courses, the workshops will combine teaching of the songs with short talks about the life and works of Hilaire Belloc and Lucy Broadwood.

Full details are on the Belloc, Broadwood and Beyond website and also this flyer (pdf file download).

You may also like to visit the Hilaire Belloc Society website.

A Sussex Calendar with Cotillion

Anne's and Alan's folk group 'Cotillion' will be performing a folk show 'A Sussex Calendar'
at Newtimber Church (map link)
on Saturday 23rd June, arrive at 7pm.

It takes us through the seasons with local songs, tunes, poems etc.

Tickets £10 to include refreshments.

Contact Lucy Dalrymple, Church Warden on 01273 881877 for further info and tickets.

The Last Trip Home with Cotillion

A celebration of the working horse and ox in folk song and verse

with Cotillion (Anne, Alan, Linda and Bonnie).

Saturday 28th April 2018 at 7.30pm in St Giles’ Church, Shermanbury (map)

Tickets £10 include refreshments, available at Village Care, Henfield,

or on the night at the door,
or from Richard Putnam 01273 493154.

The SDFS “Wassail” 20th January 2018

Our “Wassail” winter social, held in January, was well supported by singers and their companions meeting to share and enjoy both the entertainment and the food and drinks they had brought with them. We had a good evening, made even cosier by getting the heating to stay on – which is more than we managed last year! Many thanks to all for coming, and extra thanks to those who contributed songs, music, stories and poems, splendid! Thanks must also go to those behind the scenes who helped with the setting up, kitchen tasks and clearing up at the end. Not, of course, forgetting Margo for her efforts throughout, from organising the tickets and entertainments to locking up and taking back the hall key at the end! Thank you Margo. It’s absolutely true to say – we couldn’t have done it, or enjoyed it, without you ALL!

Emily was there with us on Saturday and we gave her a gift from all the singers to thank her for everything she does for the SDFS. She has sent this message to everyone:

Thanks so much to all of you for your generous gifts to me, I am surprised and delighted and honoured!
It is of course a complete delight to be a part of the SDFS, it goes from strength to strength and I am always in the privileged position of standing in front of you all and being bathed in the wonderful, rich sound you all make.
May this next year bring many more songs and opportunities to sing and share them.
Thanks again you lovely people,
Emily X
You’re very welcome Emily.
Henny

(P.S. Lost property – If anyone who brought food on Saturday is missing a pyrex pie dish – just let us know. It was left behind at the hall but is now in our safekeeping.)

A bit More festive singing!...

Hello all,

For those of you who have not yet had your fill of festive singing you might be interested to know that a friend and I are organising another jolly singing gathering at Coast Café in Worthing on Thursday 21st December.

There will be a mixture of folky carols, good old traditional ones and some slightly more modern classics, with a few wintry themed rounds sprinkled in.

It'll be from 6pm til 10ish.

It's a lovely venue with yummy food and drink and the best view of the wild wintry sea.

See you there perhaps!

Em X

Along The Road With Cotillion in Local Song and Verse

Saturday 25th November at 7.30pm in St Nicolas' Church, Old Shoreham, BN43 5NH
Doors open 7.00pm. Bar available

We are delighted to announce that Cotillion are returning to St Nicolas' to present a collection of folk songs, tunes and poetry from their Folk Shows and CDs.

The group (which includes two of our SDFS, Anne and Alan) sing and play various instruments to create a superb atmosphere with catchy songs and rhythms, spiced with humour.

Tickets (£5) will be available from the church and the usual outlets – Bookworms and Day Lewis Pharmacy in Shoreham, The Red Lion in Old Shoreham, or on the night on the door. Proceeds to the Friends of St Nicolas' who maintain the fabric of this beautiful historic church.

Shoreham Wordfest – Celebrating Shakespeare festival

20th – 23rd April 2017

Here's a message from Emily:

Hello all,

Here's a great thing to do this weekend! A fab festival in Shoreham celebrating Shakespeare: Workshops, talks, singing, a Saturday night Elizabethan dance and feast... dressing up if you fancy... wonderful costumes last year!

Come and join in!

A small group of SDFS and Secret Shore singers will be performing under the name of Sounds and Sweet Airs. This will be at approximately 11.00-11.30am by the War Memorial in East Street and at midday in St. Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea.

On Sunday afternoon Emily will be leading two workshops titled "Sounds and Sweet Airs" and "Hey ho! To the Greenwood".

For more information about the whole weekend click the images below to download the poster and leaflet as pdf files, and visit the Shoreham Wordfest website.

    

Ostara 2017

Here is another opportunity to sing and share our songs – at this year’s “Ostara” celebration of the Spring, hosted by the Worthing Downlanders on 2nd April, for further details go to www.worthingdownlanders.org.uk/ostara.htm  If enough SDFS voices are together at the event we could contribute a few of our songs as a group, choosing whatever we like on the day.  This is not a formal event and there is no fixed programme, but if you’d like to join in be there by 3-3.30 pm with some song choices in mind, and we’ll give it a go! (For more information or to confirm you will be attending, contact Henny via the SDFS email.)

Cotillion performing in Lewes on Sunday 8th May

You may be interested to know that Anne and Alan's group Cotillion will be performing their folk show ‘The Last Trip Home’ in Westgate Chapel, Lewes. This is about the change from using horses and oxen to internal combustion engines in song, tune and verse with a narrator.

Sunday 8th May at 2.30pm
£5

Westgate Chapel
92a High Street
Lewes BN7 1XH