Cyril Tawney Commemoration
The English Folk Dance and Song Society is has announced plans for a full day commemoration of the life and work of Cyril Tawney.
“CELEBRATING CYRIL” will be held on Saturday 14th April 2007 at Cecil Sharp House - to remember Cyril Tawney’s life and work and to raise funds for the preservation of his archive of writing, field recordings, and folk memorabilia, which will be housed in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.
Among the many friends and colleagues taking part will be Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, Louis Killen, Mike Waterson, Shep Woolley, Roy Harris, Doc Rowe, Martyn Wyndham-Read and Iris Bishop, Roy Clinging, Les Barker, Tim Laycock, Heather Wood, and a contingent from the West of England, including the Dartmoor Pixie Band with their caller Sarah Bazeley, Jim Causley, Ed Rennie, Tim van Eyken, Hanging Johnny, The Claque and Graham O’Callaghan.
General enquiries to jsteel@clara.co.uk Afternoon (12 - 6.30pm) £12; Evening Concert (8 - 11pm) £15; Combined ticket £25.
Tickets will be on sale in October from: “Celebrating Cyril” c/o English Folk Dance and Song Society Cecil Sharp House 2, Regent’s Park Road London NW1 7AY Cheques payable to “EFDSS”. Please be sure to mark your envelope “Celebrating Cyril”
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