Brigstowe Village Band

Please also bring What shall we do with the drunken sailor.  It will be needed for a circle dance.

Thanks

Fritjof (relaying Heather’s message)

Dear Band,

Please note the following message from Heather and put your music in order and practise accordingly

Cheers & break a bow/ reed/ valve/ drumstick

Fritjof

Hi Everyone,
Here are the tunes for the Pill rehearsal on Friday October 11th from 7.00pm ‘til 9.00pm,
and the gig at Stoke Gifford Retirement Village on Saturday 12th October from 4.00
‘til 6.00pm.
The programme is roughly the same as the Portishead one would have been , but without
Briggy ( unless he would like to come and dance freely when the mood suits!- which
would be great), and extra tunes,  as there will be much fewer words.
They have asked for some dancing, so I have also added the tunes for dancing.
There will be some spoken introductions to the tunes, unless we are just background
music, and then we’ll “play it by ear”!
      First Half
1. Curly Headed Ploughboy( x3 1/2 ) intro boxes
2. Abbots Bromley Horn Dance ( x3) intro chords
3. Oats and Beans ( x4) intro fiddles
4. A Farmer’s Boy ( if singers)
5. Cyder and Perry (x3) intro boxes
6. Stingo  (x4) intro chords
7. Lovely Mellow Tipsiness (x3) intro chords finger picking
8. Da Smugglers (x5) intro fiddles
  For dances –
9. Clog Branle ( x5) intro chords – for a circle dance
10. Thrashing the Oats ( x4) intro fiddles – for dance, Pat-a-cake Polka
               INTERVAL
      Second Half
1. New Rigged Ship (x4) intro fiddles
2. Long Ashton Scottishe (x4) intro fiddles
3. Rogues March (x4) intro percussion
4. If singers – Let Union Be
5. The Man in the Moon (x4) intro fiddles
6. Banbury Bill (x4) intro accordions and melodeon
7. Portsmouth (x3) intro boxes
8. Boneparte Crossing the Rhine (x4) intro percussion
      For dances-
9. Blaydon Races (x3) intro fiddles and straight into
10. Hogmanay Jig (x3).
         And just in case no-one wants to dance!……
Spare tunes- All in a Garden Green (x4) intro fiddles
                          Fred Pigeon’s March (x3) intro chords and basses
                           Enrich (x3) intro accordions and melodeon

Rather a lot of tunes to practice,I’m afraid, but as there will be no stories, poems etc,
and it may only be background music, I thought it would be best to “be prepared “!
See you all on Friday, and/ or Saturday.
Cheers
Heather M 😊🎶🤞

Dear BVB,

For those who could not attend yesterday’s rehearsal, this is the announcement that the members present voted overwhelmingly to postpone Wednesday’s concert

 to an yet unconfirmed date in 2025, the reason being that the conditions for setting up and for accommodating the band were not deemed acceptable.  Liz and Lyn will liaise with the Portishead Seniors’ committee to secure better terms in the future.

We regret that we will not be able to deliver a carefully composed, custom-tailored programme to the intended audience, but hope that we can do this later with a few tweaks.

The Stoke Gifford concert on 12th October will go ahead as planned.  An additional final rehearsal is planned for Friday, 11th October, 7 p.m. at Pill Memorial Hall.  This will be confirmed by a later email.

Regards

Fritjof

Dear BVB 

Alison is working at festivals various and living in a tent with limited wi fi in the next couple of weeks so I am posting the following for the next rehearsal 

On Sunday 15th Sept she will be concentrating on the set list ( below) for Portishead Seniors : Wed. September 18^th but please come and rehearse with us even if you are not playing 

The final playlist will be mailed out after Sunday’s rehearsal on Monday 16^th September 

Below is the DRAFT playlist so you can practice. This is a much longer list than we need and we will play 12-14 of them .Those marked ** we will definitely play . These have all been  rehearsed  in the last few months 

For Portishead seniors I am going to ask a group of readers to perfor  the Smugglers Song  a poem by Rudyard Kipling ( attached )   It has a chorus which I would like the band to join in with ( and audience )  

Portishead seniors are old friends, and this is our third booking from them. Looking forward to giving them a good show.!

best wishes

Liz

Rogues March 

Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance 

Corn Riggs

King Bramble 

Oats and Beans 

Thrashing of the oats 

Long Ashton Schotische **

St Kevern’s Feast 

Cyder and Perry **

Stingo **

Lovely Mellow Tipsiness (Welsh waltz),**

Tide coming In 

New Rigged Ship 

Da Smugglers**

Portsmouth 

Sailors Hornpipe 

Curly Headed Ploughboy **

Clog Branles 

Let Union Be 

Blaydon Races 

The Smugglers Song:

Dear Brigstowe Band members 

Chris Chaloner  recoded this rather fine video of our performance at Priddy . Please watch it  with an eye to  enjoying hearing us performing really well  and noting when we didn’t so we can get even better.

Thanks as always  to Alison for getting us there !

Well done all 

Best wishes

Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz-VlN18t4yqaMtmyWUfDu0URDtfutCSv

Bad news – Rain is forecast for 3.00pm so please watch your mail for messages of cancellation.

Updated setlist Friday 19 July:

 Dear Brigstowe players 

Great playing at Priddy – best ever.

Attached is the DRAFT playlist for Monk Road  and location- below . 

Please read the amendments   to arrangements carefully – there are changes because we have   fewer players than Priddy 

At the moment I have the following definitely   playing, in black,   with question marks in red around those who are uncertain. Please let me know  how you are fixed . I will be delighted to see you 

Should be good fun !

Best 

Liz

Fiddles: Gill; John M; Mike (also recorder);

Boxes: Pat : Roland ??;Mary; Harry ( also recorder ) ; Heather M ( also recorder );

Chords and Percussion :Tony .

 Brass: Angela; Liz ( also recorder); Ed ?? also serpent 

D. Bass: Colin 

Monk Road : Saturday July 20th 3pm -4pm 

Monk Road : Park in Monk Road left,  off Bishop Road from Glos. Road . 

We are playing in Monk Road right from Glos. Rd 

Band arrive 2.30. Store bags / equipment outside /drive of 85. We will have a warm up 

Play from 3.00- 4.00. Water available 

Tickets will be given  to the  band for refreshments for after playing 

Brigstowe play outside No 85 with a hedge behind us and facing a semi – circle of hay bales. Armless chairs requested 

Toilet   at Jav’s : 83 and possibly  one other ? 

If there is further info about parking I will send 

Priddy Folk Festival; Sunday 14th July 

Dear BVB

Looking forward to the   big day   and a chance to show our best this coming Sunday .

We are playing from 11.00- 12.30 . My hope is for a prompt start and to finish slightly earlier . 

The village hall is open from 10. 30 but David Francis the organiser has asked if it can be opened earlier at 10.00. 

Alison is working on site so will be there for us .

Please leave plenty of time to get to Priddy and negotiate the site as the village hall is slightly away from the centre  – it is worth looking at their website  The seating plan prepared by Lyn is very similar to Sunday’s rehearsal with access planned in   for readers/ singers   to the front 

Bring a picnic if you would like to join   to eat together afterwards .. and something to sit on .. check your music and the playlist, so you are as prepared as possible , wear your most brilliant and bright 1850’s outfits and decorate your stands with flowers .
This is a great opportunity for us . Let’s go for it 

Break a leg .
Liz
PS any questions before Sunday morning , we are leaving early 

Final Setlist:

After talking  with Alison this a. m   we  have reduced the playlist ( deleted 2 tunes , Cider and Perry ; Bath Carnival  I song  and words ) so we run just short of   our allocated time   11.00-12.30 

News on car parking  from Dave Francis organiser via  Alison .  The italics are his.

There is parking on the grass in front of the wall which runs beside the road at the top….this is the best option. If they do need to park in the festival car park they can be reimbursed at the festival office.”

Lyn is in charge of   the seating plan which is very similar to the plan we had at Sunday’s rehearsal so mail her if you need more info  

It’s worth looking at the Priddy website where there is a pretty but unhelpful map of the site . I believe the church opposite the village hall is St Lawrence.

If this works for you  gather to picnic afterwards ! 

Any question mail me before the weekend 

Cheers

Liz

Hi everyone,

Here’s the draft set list for our concert at Priddy Folk Festival on Sunday 14th July. We might tweak it after this Sunday’s rehearsal.

See you on Sunday! Pill Memorial Hall at 2pm.

Alison

Newark Park Setlist and directions and information

Pre gig rehearsal: Friday 3 May, 7.00pm at Liz and Chris’ house (23, The Crescent, Henleaze. BS9 4RP)

Draft Playlist: NB this draft will be updated on Saturday 4 May after the pre gig rehearsal.