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Folk'n'Friends
is a bunch of folk who meet up at
The Waverley Bar (upstairs),
St Mary's Street (just off the Royal Mile), Edinburgh
on Tuesday evenings, roughly 8.30 to 11.30pm
and sing a few songs.
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NOTICE
The
Folk'n'Friends session, for a variety of reasons, has hardly met during
the summer months, and does not look like operating as before. So don't
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You are welcome to come along and join us.
Although
the session is informal, there are always one or two regulars
on hand to make sure that things move along, and that everybody who
wants to join in gets that opportunity. Everybody can take part
just as much as they want to; just watching and listening, joining in
with others, or taking a shot to lead a song or do a solo turn.
Although we are predominantly singers, there are usually a few guitars, and sometimes other instruments as well (we've had everything from whistle to double bass, and from moothie to bodhran). So - instrumental turns are also welcome now and again.
Songs cross a wide spectrum, from traditional to contemporary, Scottish, others from the British Isles, American, Australian, and even some that aren't in English !
We see a wide range of abilities. And all are welcome. We're as happy to hear somebody have their first attempt at singing outside the bathroom as we are to hear an old stager.
We ask just a few things of our regulars and visitors;
{a} Please give singers good order. Whilst not expecting total silence, we don't expect singers to have to strain to be heard over any background conversation. And we thank everybody for respecting this so well (usually . . . ).
{b} Please buy your drinks at the bar downstairs, and take your empty glasses back down when finished.
{c} Most of our singers prefer to sing in a smoke-free room. So, if you want a smoke, why not just slip downstairs for a few minutes ? Although from 26 March 2006, this last request is no longer necessary :-)
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page last updated Thursday 21 September 2006
Although we are predominantly singers, there are usually a few guitars, and sometimes other instruments as well (we've had everything from whistle to double bass, and from moothie to bodhran). So - instrumental turns are also welcome now and again.
Songs cross a wide spectrum, from traditional to contemporary, Scottish, others from the British Isles, American, Australian, and even some that aren't in English !
We see a wide range of abilities. And all are welcome. We're as happy to hear somebody have their first attempt at singing outside the bathroom as we are to hear an old stager.
We ask just a few things of our regulars and visitors;
{a} Please give singers good order. Whilst not expecting total silence, we don't expect singers to have to strain to be heard over any background conversation. And we thank everybody for respecting this so well (usually . . . ).
{b} Please buy your drinks at the bar downstairs, and take your empty glasses back down when finished.
{c} Most of our singers prefer to sing in a smoke-free room. So, if you want a smoke, why not just slip downstairs for a few minutes ? Although from 26 March 2006, this last request is no longer necessary :-)
ON OTHER PAGES - SOME OF OUR REGULARS - DIRECTIONS - CONTACTS - LINKS
page last updated Thursday 21 September 2006
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Folk'n'Friends. Singing session
virtually every Tuesday evening at The Waverley Bar, Saint Mary's
Street,
Edinburgh. Singers, and non-singing visitors always welcome. Whether
traditional or self-written, in the folk music genre or whatever, we
simply like songs. |
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"If more of us valued food and cheer
and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." Thorin
Oakenshield, in The Hobbit by
J.R.R. Tolkien.