Brigstowe Village Band

Saturday 9th June: 3pm Henleaze Street Party.

Meet at 23, The Crescent, Henleaze. BS9 4RP at 1.45 for a run through and then to set up in the street. Food / tea / coffee will be available in the street after we have played.

Intro’s (including for dances): Helen unless stated  – or unless someone else would like to step up. We have a good squeezebox and strummers line up, so it would be nice to have volunteers here.

Summer Hummer will be played while the opening ceremony led by Briggy the Brigstowe Hoss takes place.

The setlist can be found here. They have requested dancing. Also the running order may be broken by a 15 min Scottish Dancing demonstration.

Remember: We will meet to rehearse at the Youth Hall, Long Ashton Community Centre on Friday 8 June at 7.30pm. Please try to make it as we will run through as much of the setlist as possible.

Sunday 10 June: Rookery Farm Garden Party.

Click here for details.

Heather has sent the following attachment with detailed information about the Rookery Farm gig on Sunday 10 June:

rookery farm info

Click here for the setlist (this is for the Henleaze Street Party on Saturday 9 June and Rookery Farm on Sunday 10 June). We will meet to rehearse at the Youth Hall, Long Ashton Community Centre on Friday June 8th at 7.30pm. Please try to make it and we will run through as much of the set as possible.

It would be a good idea to share transport to Rookery Farm where possible. Heather has produced the list below to help with car sharing arrangements:

Musicians at Rookery Farm

If anyone else is planning to come please email Heather.

Please can everyone ensure Heather has their email address she can contact them in the event of wet weather and cancellation on the day.

Heather’s email: hjenne@blueyonder.co.uk

Liz and Fritjof have visited Ashton Court with the organisers today.

Please see message below from Liz:

We will be playing at the entrance on the west side of the main building from 2 -3pm. Please arrive by 1.20pm to set up. It is a very pleasant sunny spot and it should be a relaxing and enjoyable gig and a worthwhile cause to support.

Please see map below for parking and drop off access.

Food is being sold by Food Without Borders, run by Women’s Refugee Organisations in Bristol.  Chris and Fritjof and I will be lunching there beforehand if anyone would like to join us. I am going to get hold of some bunting so help to string it between the trees will be welcome. They are televising the Royal Wedding and some of the crowd may be in wedding gear – feel free to reflect this.

We will play tunes indicated in new updated setlist which can be found here. It will be a ‘passing’ crowd – so only a couple of voices. If there is a will to dance you will have me doing a first time stab at calling some simple dances – see additional tunes. Introductions are Helen unless indicated otherwise (let me know if there are any problems).

We have 11 players. If you haven’t signed up and are free, come and join us – but please let me know you are coming.

Look forward to seeing you

Liz

The next BVB rehearsal is on Sunday 20 May, Jubilee Pavilion, Long Ashton Community Centre, 2 – 4.30pm.

Matt has posted the list of tunes to be played here.

In order to minimise discussion time at the rehearsal on Sunday and give us more time to play, please could you have a look at the following items beforehand:

• Please check the provisional rehearsal dates for 2019 which can be found here and let Liz know of any major problems.
• Band Data Protection Policy – please could you read the draft policy which can be found here.
• BVB is planning to join the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society)(www.efdss.org), membership of which will include public liability insurance.
• Constitution – a draft is being drawn up for the Autumn term.
• Doodle Poll usage – any suggestions to improve the system.
• Steering Group Committee – please let Liz know if you would like to stand for any of the roles described here: BVB Roles and responsibilities

We have been asked by Artspace to play at an event in Ashton Court on Saturday 19 May at 2pm for approx an hour. Before us at approx 1.30pm there will be a screening of the Royal Wedding and some wedding celebrations.

Please arrive by 1.20pm to allow time to set up. Liz and Fritjof will be visiting the site and meeting the organisers on Thursday so more details will be available after that.

A provisional setlist for the event can be found here, but we will need to be flexible.

The next Brigstowe Village Band practice is on Friday 4 May 7.30 – 9.30ish, Youth Hall, Long Ashton. Please come along if you can and let Liz know if you can’t. Liz will lead but anyone else is welcome to pick a tune and ‘conduct’.

Click here for list of tunes to be practiced.

Thanks to the 6 people who have signed up so far for the Henleaze Street Party on Saturday 9 June. If anyone else would like to play please email Liz.

The BVB hobby horse made her first appearance at St Stephen’s. She is an ambitious creature and is working on her moves for the summer. She even has her sights set on the Sidmouth Horse Trials. A friend of Matt’s, Steve Rowley is an expert in this field and has offered to run a Hobby Horse Training Tutorial on Friday 18 May, 6.30pm at Liz and Chris’ house. The talk will be preceded by an American Supper. Family and friends welcome. Please let Liz know if you would like to attend.

Matt Norman is running a Folk Song in Harmony Workshop and Concert on Saturday 28 April as part of the launch of his new book ’14 Folk Songs’.

See the flyer below for details:

Draft:   BVB Roles responsibilities. Steering group ?
( names of present role holders in brackets )

Shared responsibilities:
Seeking gigs / ascertaining detail ( checklist provided )
Volunteering to do refreshments
Welcoming new members
Sending apologies for non-attendance

Individual responsibilities:
1. Musical Leader ( paid role ) Rehearses / directs / arranges ( Matt )

2. Membership secretary
Keeps a record of members; address and e mails etc ; welcomes new comers .Data protection / public liability insurance ( Fritjof )

3. Admin: Belt and Braces ( Pat )
4. Treasurer / Bagman. Collects subs. Keeps accounts Receives invoices from musical director.. Reports to members. ( Chris)
5. Website manager – publicity / Facebook ( Helen)

6. Gig availability ( Doodle polls ) ( Steve)
7. Gaffer/ Leader ( with musical leader ) : decides viability of gigs , Devises playlists and scripts . Decides calendar / liaises with Long Ashton ( Liz) .

LN April 2018

It has been lovely to have so many new members joining the band recently.

Please could you send your name, instrument(s) and email address to Fritjof, our membership secretary at bvbandworkshop@gmail.com so he can add you to our mailing list.

Look forward to seeing you again soon.