Tag: storytelling
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Trad Arts Team news December 2025
As the winter weather encroaches and we start to huddle down (like people have done for tens of thousands of years), staying at home seems like the easy option. But for the intrepid enthusiasts of all things folk we still have a few events for you to venture out for as you seek some respite…
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Trad Arts Team News, November 2025
Autumn leaves are falling and a chill wind is blowing round the streets but you can be sure of a warm welcome at the events in our November programme. This month sees the launch of a community take-over of the Kings Heath Community Centre which will make this venue more open, available and friendly for…
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Trad Arts Team News, October 2025
Here is the Trad Arts Team’s offering for October. Some music, some dancing, some storytelling. Do come along and join in. Saturday 4 Oct, 2:30pm to 5pmAlvechurch French Dance and MusicAlvechurch Village Hall B48 7JXEntry £2, all abilities of dancer and musician welcomeCheck out the Facebook group for more details Saturday 4 Oct, 10am-1pmIntroduction to Chinese Traditional Music –…
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Trad Arts Team News, August 2025
As people head for the hills or the beaches or the festivals, many local events are set aside as we all enjoy ourselves elsewhere. However there is still stuff going on, so do join us if you are around. Sunday 3 August, 3-6pmErdington Slow SessionSt Thomas Association, 31a Station Road, Erdington, B23 6UBEnglish, Irish and…
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Trad Arts Team news, July 2025
PHEW! What a scorcher! We seem to be in the middle of something called summer. The grass is turning brown and trees are beginning to shed leaves for want of water. Our programme of music, dance and stories continues, most of them in well known watering holes so that you can enjoy the music and…
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Trad Arts Team news, May 2025
We are heading for May Day, one of the most magical dates in the folk calendar. So it is quite appropriate that there is a rush of activity early in the month. Let’s keep our hopes high for some good weather to bring people out to our events. Watch out for the change of date…
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Trad Arts Team news, April 2025
The sun is shining and the trees are in blossom and everything is well in the world. Well not quite! So let’s make the best of the good vibes that come from being together with people who enjoy what you enjoy. Music lifts our spirits. Stories take us out of ourselves to new imagined worlds. …
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Trad Arts Team News, March 2025
The days are getting longer but there is still a chill in the air and a biting wind. However, you are always sure of a warm and sociable welcome at the events below, either those we run ourselves or those run by our associates and friends. For storytelling fans we are taking this chance to…
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Trad Arts Team News, February 2025
It has been a bit of a chilly January, and February probably won’t be much better. Fortunately you will always find a warm welcome at folk events around the region. Folk development has always relied on small intimate occasions that enable people to enjoy and participate in the Folk Arts. Here’s our offering for February…
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Trad Arts Team News, January 2025
2025 already. Can it be possible that it was 25 years ago that we held our Millennium Ceilidh in Moseley and I know that some of you will have been there. So, a quarter of a century later here’s to the New Year and everything that is coming to us – so long as it…
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