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July August 2010 ukulele events and jam nights in London

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:45:59 +0000

As promised here are some Ukulele jam events and nights around London – hope to see u at a few

LOVE YOUR UKULELE! X X X KC

Katy Carr with Dame Vera below – KC sings some 1940s faves on ukulele

Jul 29, Thu

UkeyLove, Open Mic Night

UkeyLove, Open Mic Night: The Night to give that song you’ve been practicing some legs! Always a great time, check out http://ukeylove.com for reviews & more details. Artists: 1) 1 song is ok but better to prepare 2 songs & an encore. 2) Audio & video recordings for your improvement & promotion. Everybody: 1)Subscribe to our iTunes Podcast round up (search: UkeyLove). 2) See you 8pm, on the last Thursday of the month at the Snooty Fox (75 Grosvenor Av, N5 2NN). Thanks and… Much UkeyLove.

Aug 01, Sun

Balham Ukulele Society

Every fortnight at Balham Ukulele Society Balham Bowls Club, Ramsden Road SW12. 6pm-7pm Beginners and Newcomers Ukulele Workshop. £5

Then… 7.30pm-9pm Ukulele Jam, all welcome, entry free. For a copy of our songbook email matthewmgunning@googlemail.com. Bring your uke. Bring your friends. Bring the noise.

Aug 01, Sun

Ukulele Jam Croydon

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Ukulele Jam Croydon. Meet twice monthly at the LONDON LIVE MUSIC PUB OF THE YEAR 2009, upstairs at the Green Dragon, Croydon High Street. Normally First and third Sundays of the month, start about 7:30pm. Green Dragon website is http://www.greendragoncroydon.co.uk/

Contact: Neil.Woodcock@fsmail.net more info here: myspace.com/neil_latic

However—in August only meeting up on 1st. Next dates is 5th September.

Aug 03, Tue

People of Lewisham Ukulele Collective (PLUC).

People of Lewisham Ukulele Collective (PLUC). We meet first and third Tuesday’s from 7:30 to 10pm at The Lewis Club, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH. Beginners and experienced ukers welcome. Entry free. Come along and join the fun. Visit the club webpage for songs and links at http://lewishamukulele.wordpress.com Or contact simon pluc09@googlemail.com

Aug 03, Tue

Kittys’ Honky Tonk Cats at The Smithfield Tavern

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Brand new gig on Tuesday nights at the Smithfield Tavern,105 Charterhouse St EC1 6HR with Kitty’s Honky Tonk Cats (Kitty on vocals and uke, Nick on piano, vocals, uke and Stu on drums, vocals and uke) 7-10pm

Smithfield Tavern 105 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HR

Aug 04, Wed

Ukulele Wednesdays

Royal George

Ukulele Wednesdays The Royal George, Goslett Yard. WC2H 0EA.

We meet every Wednesday. Make your way to the basement. More info here: http://www.myspace.com/ukegottobekidding

Please print songbook before you come.

Aug 04, Wed

Kittys’ Honky Tonk Cats in Revolution

Brand new gig on Wednesday nights at Revolution, America Sq,EC3N 2LS with Kitty’s Honky Tonk Cats (Kitty on vocals and uke, Nick on piano, vocals and uke and Stu on drums, vocals and uke) 7-9pm

Revolution, America Sq, Tower Hill EC3N

Aug 9, Mon

Hammersmith Ukulele Group

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Join us at The Stonemason’s Arms, 54 Cambridge Grove, Hammersmith. W6 0LA. All welcome. Join us in the upstairs room from 7:30 pm onwards. Meet every fortnight. Contact Matthew for more details. mpurves@me.com

Some info about Hoxton Hootenanny on Sat 14th Aug

Hoxton Ukulele Hootenanny, All day from 12 noon , Queen of Hoxton, 7 Curtain Road , London , EC2A 3 JX.
Live uke Acts, Jams , sing -a –longs , Lots of audience participation so bring your Uke. Tuition for starters throughout the day.
The Duke of Uke will be there selling all manner of uke paraphernalia.
B-B-Q and drinks available on the roof top terrace.
Admission free.
For further information call 07974 709 574 , find us on Facebook or look on thequeenofhoxton.co.uk listings.
If you would like to perform as a club or individuals you can contact at Martin@landmadvertising.co.uk

I am loving Decodance troupe directed by Mel Simpson

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:34:56 +0000

this is a great clip from Mel’s Elephant Dance – can’t wait to collaborate with Mel on a new project which has just been stirred in the ether…..

thankyou to Mr. Moonshine and all who attended Tittyfest [ii] this weekend in Suffolk

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:53:23 +0000

I met Mr. Edward Moonshine this weekend through the lovely Kim and was very pleased that I played to such a lovely crowd at TITTYFEST2. This festival was on a prime private site surrounded by golden crops of barley and wheat near Boxted the other side of Bury St Edmunds [near Cambridge, UK]. In a couple of words – absolutely divine! The people, food, entertainment, Tarantism, Katy Carr, Nev Hawkins, The orchestra of love and redemption, The Fourth Four, One footshank reggae sound system were all fantastic!

I have to say that in general I have really enjoyed playing a wide variety of smaller music festivals on new sites in the last ten years as some of which are in the most beautiful countryside. You can really get to know your audience and become involved in local events and more importantly taste the fine local home brews, moonshine in America or here say – wine made from all sorts of British fruit – elderberry, rhubarb, blackberry. This weekend I tasted some great Suffolk Ale and even managed to extend my welcome to today – and managed to get the opportunity to taste the glorious Engish countryside for a couple more days – waqtching herds of dear and witnessing a most beautiful full moonlit sky on Sun night

It certainly was according to Mr. M’s flier

“A most excellent musical weekend

for all my special friends”

and i hope I can help with the lineup next year – all the best to you lovely people! x x x kc x x x x

I will be playing at the Greenwich Theatre today 24th July at 3.30pm as part of Metamorphoses

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:03:09 +0000

I will be singing at 3.30pm in the teadance reception during the interval of ‘Metamorphoses’ which is a theatre piece telling all of Ovid’s Greek myths, set in the 1940s and full of live music, puppetry and tricks. We are taking it to Edinburgh and are holding some fundraiser performances at Greenwich Theatre, Croom’s Hill, London SE10 8ES tel 020 8858 7755

Pants on Fire’s latest actor-musician extravaganza relocates Ovid’s epic stories of miraculous transformation to 1940‘s wartime Britain…

Theseus – a tormented soldier in a lost land; Narcissus – an iconic Hollywood film star; Echo – a gossipy housewife who’s digging for more than just victory; the Chorus – Andrews-like sisters finding close harmony amid cosmic chaos. Heroics, love, gods, monsters and the secrets of the universe revealed through gasmasks, gramophones, live original music and song, puppetry and film. Dynamic, magically moving and darkly comic storytelling. A change is going to come.
‘Metamorphoses’ is likelt to do well at Edinburgh this year with subsequent performances later in the year with acts, dancing and cake stalls and I will be collaborating more with them later on in 2010 20111

www.pantsonfiretheatre.com

very interesting set of talks concerning Feminism in London come if you can 23rd Oct 2010

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:38:40 +0000

Thanks Amy for forwarding this to me – Sounds like a great day and I am looking forward to it – Feminism in London 2010 entry is from £3 conc, £5 low waged, £10 mid waged , £20 well waged

9:30am-5pm, Saturday 23 October Friends Meeting House 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ Nearest tube: Euston

Whether you’re new to feminism or a seasoned campaigner, come and join Feminism in London 2010, a one day conference organised by the London Feminist Network. The day is open to all women and pro-feminist men and will feature many of the feminist activist groups that are campaigning in and around London. There will be talks, workshops and the chance to network.

Speakers include
Helena Kennedy, Natasha Walter, Ceri Goddard, Nadje Al-Ali, Wendy Savage, Naana Otoo-Oyortey, Rebecca Mott, Leila Alikarami, Ann Rossiter, Finn Mackay, Heidi Mirza, Cynthia Cockburn, Rahila Gupta, Vera Baird, and more.

Panels and workshops include
Reports from the global women’s movement, Feminist self defence, Anti-porn slide show, Feminst primer, Feminist parenting, Reproductive health is a feminist issue, Men confronting privilege, contributing to change, Under pressure: An interactive play for 12-18 year olds, and more.

This is a child-friendly event, with a creche run by the London Pro-Feminist Men’s Group and workshops for older children.

“Feminism in London 09 blew me away. I’ve never been to such a moving and inspiring event, and never felt before such a real sense of being part of a movement.”

Inspiring Feminist Activism

Feminars and Fundraising Events

The London Feminist Network and Feminism in London run occasional weekend workshops, which we call feminars (feminist seminars!). We are also holding a number of fundraising events to raise funds for Feminism in London over the next few months.

For more information, check out the Calendar page on the London Feminist Network website.

Read the text of Lynne Harne’s fascinating talk on radical feminism.

Feminism in London on BBC4

The London Feminist Network and the Feminism in London 08 conference featured in the third and final part of acclaimed filmmaker Vanessa Engle’s recent three-part documentary series about feminism and its impact on women’s lives. The concluding part, called Activists, was first shown on BBC4 on Monday 22 March.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rgphp

What they said about Feminism in London 09

“Thank you, thank you, thank you! For the amazing speeches and to the organisers and workshop presenters – I have not had such an inspiring day in a long time and cannot wait for Feminism in London 2010 either!!”

“Thanks and huge congratulations to all who organised yesterday’s phenomenal event. I was at the Women’s Library ‘Ms Understood’ exhibition earlier in the week, looking at photos of the first UK Women’s Liberation Movement conference back in 1970 – so amazing that in the same week I can then attend an event like Feminism in London !”

“[The] crèche was fantastic (my little boy asked me if he can come back tomorrow), small prices for food and entrance means I will not struggle financially through next week and of course workshops and discussions were very interesting. It is good to know that I am not alone.”

“It was incredibly heartening to hear so many aspects of women’s lives being given a voice.”

i love Chas De Swiet’s water video

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:53:24 +0000

this is a great little video and i love the music ! x x kc

I will be playing at the Greenwich Theatre tomorrow at 3.30pm as part of Metamorphoses

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:33:40 +0000

Pants on Fire’s latest actor-musician extravaganza relocates Ovid’s epic stories of miraculous transformation to 1940‘s wartime Britain…

www.pantsonfiretheatre.com

I am playing at the City of London Festival today at 6.30pm

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:21:38 +0000

Come if you can it is at City of London Festival New Street Square EC4 near Fleet street Free entry x x kc

Stop stoning, save Sakineh!

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:23:12 +0000

My friend Vit sent me this message and I am sharing it with you – 15 people are on death row awaiting death by stoning in Iran, but yesterday a woman was saved from this brutal killing by a massive international campaign. Global voices of condemnation saved her from stoning. There is an urgent petition you can sign to the Iranian government to put an end this sickening brutality once and for all and I thought you would want the link.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_stoning/98.php?cl_taf_sign=6fv91DBE

Dear Friends,

Last week an Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, was saved by global protests from being stoned to death.

But she may still be hanged — and, meanwhile, execution by stoning continues. Right now fifteen more people are on death row awaiting stoning in which victims are buried up to their necks in the ground and then large rocks are thrown at their heads.

The partial reprieve of Sakineh, triggered by the call from her children for international pressure to save her life, has shown that if enough of us come together and voice our horror, we may be able to save her life, and stop stoning once and for all. Sign the urgent petition now and send it onto everyone you know — let’s end this cruel slaughter NOW!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_stoning/98.php?cl_taf_sign=6fv91DBE

Sakineh was convicted of adultery, like all the other 12 women and one of the men awaiting stoning. But her children and lawyer say she is innocent and that she did not get a fair trial — they state her confession was forced from her and, speaking only Azerbaijani, she did not understand what was being asked of her in court.

Despite Iran’s signing of a UN convention that requires the death penalty only be used for the “most serious crimes” and despite the Iranian Parliament passing a law banning stoning last year, stoning for adultery continues.

Sakineh’s lawyer says the Iranian government “is afraid of Iranian public reaction and international attention” to the stoning cases. And after Turkey and Britain’s Foreign Ministers spoke out against Sakineh’s sentence, it was suspended.

Sakineh’s brave children are leading the international campaign to save their mother and stop stoning. Massive international condemnation now could finally stop this sickening punishment. Let’s join together today across the world to end this brutality. Sign the petition to save Sakineh and end stoning here:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_stoning/98.php?cl_taf_sign=6fv91DBE

In hope and determination,

Alice, David, Milena, Ben and the whole Avaaz team

SOURCES:

Iranians still facing death by stoning despite ‘reprieve’, The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/08/iran-death-stoning-adultery

Britain condemns planned Iran stoning as ‘medieval’, AFP:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hjVdkvkzicGeInqw2R10rCKrqs3A

heritage event tomorrow 23rd July 2-7pm in Waterloo

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:08:56 +0000

Just heard about this event – St John’s Summer Day Celebration which sounds interesting from concertina player Kate Portal — thought I would post it up x x kc
Friday 23 July, 2pm –7pm > St. John’s Sculpture Garden, Waterloo Road SE1 8TY by the IMAX CINEMA
In partnership with Living Memory, a heritage project in
Waterloo, South Bank and Bankside.
FREE activities and entertainment
all ages welcome
Activities include:
• Live music and entertainment including jazz, dance
performance, Kate Portal and John Forman
• Stalls include: Putting Down Roots plant stall, mosaics sale,
activity and information stalls by Brownies, SE1 United and Coin
Street including games and crafts
• Refreshments by Blackfriars Settlement
• Face painting and balloons
• And much more … all ages welcome!
Living Memory Heritage activities will include:
• Exhibition of work from the project including; O5 Heritage
screens, 3D Map, film footage, foreshore mosaic and film
flashes by Blackfriars Settlement (The exhibition will run from 20
July – 29 July)
• Personal History stall – share items that are important to you
with people from different generations
PLEASE BRING ITEMS ALONG TO SHARE
• Launch of local history walks – find out about a range of free
walks taking place over the summer in the local area and try out
walks at 2.30pm or 5.30pm
• Heritage crafts stall – Quilling and Rag rug work
• Food workshop/stall – try making and eating some war time food
• Traditional games and Petanque in the garden
•
Storytelling
For more information about any of the activities above please call
Laura 020 7021 1622 or Natalie 07984 205592.