Mumming Heck – They're Hamming It Up At The Shoulder!
A contingent of singers from the folk choir, ROOTS Community Singers will be show casing their thespian skills, or more likely lack of them at the Shoulder Of Mutton pub, […]
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Lammas Comes Early
If you are in tune with the agrarian calendar you’ll know that Lammas marks the start of the corn harvest and is traditionally celebrated on the 1st August or there […]
Summer Singing Weekend At Oak Barn
Summer Singing Weekend, July 25th – 27th with Polly Bolton, Sue Harris and Ross Thomas, all members of the Natural Voice Practitioners Network. A weekend of singing workshops, singing walk […]
Spring Barn Dance
Mark the beginning of spring with the fabulous Derbyshire Ranters! They will be holding a spring barn dance in the riding school at Calke Abbey on Saturday, 22nd March, 2014, […]
Super Scarecrow Supper!
What a great evening the Scarecrow Harvest Supper turned out to be! The room was packed, the audience appreciative and performances top O! Held in Newbold Primary school, the […]
Guardians Of The Corn!
Scarecrows appear in one form or another all over the world and have been around for thousands of years. Simple effigies made of wood and old clothes stuffed with straw, […]
The Fun And Frolics Of May!
We had a huge turn out for our May Day celebrations. With Bare Bones morris dancers joining us for the first time with a fine display of border morris which […]
What The English Don’t know About St George
Well the date for one! A recent poll resulted in the surprising conclusion that the majority of English people are unable to correctly name the feast day of our patron […]
A Very English Story For A Wintry Night
Draw the curtains, stoke up the fire, pour yourself a glass of something warm and fruity and take the phone off the hook! The Inbetween is a story written for […]
Horse Meat Burgers? Well That’s Value For You
So Waitrose is now in on the horse meat scandal or should we say pork since it’s pork which has been found in their “beef” meatballs. It’s about time the […]