The Folklore Society
Forthcoming Folklore Events
The Folklore Society AGM and Confererence 2010 Friday 26 to Sunday 28 March Leeds Trinity University College, Horsforth, Leeds
This year's subject will be 'The Supernatural.'
Offers of papers with a title and a 200 word summary should be sent to Dr Juliette Wood at WoodJ1@cardiff.ac.uk by 15 December 2009.
More details will be available soon.
20th Anniversary of the Death of Ewan MacColl, Commemorative Events:
Annual commemoration of Ewan's 'death-day' at his tree in Russell Square
Thursday 22 October, midday
2 memorial concerts, headlined by Peggy Seeger, with other singers:
Saturday 24th October, 2pm in Glasgow
www.caledonian.ac.uk/politicalsong
Tuesday 27th October, 7.30pm, at Peel Hall, Salford
http://froots.wegottickets.com/froots.php , where there will also be a book launch of Manchester University Press's reissue of Ewan MacColl's autobiography 'Journeyman'.
The Cambridge & County Folk Museum Presents: 'My Life as a Fenland Horseman' with Decker Murfitt
Tuesday 3rd November, 7.00
Swaffham Prior Village Hall
Tickets £5; Friends of the Museum £3.50
Celebrating the history of oral tradition so valued by former curator Enid Porter, this memorial lecture celebrates the 100th anniversary of her birth. Farrier Decker Murffit offers an evening of fascinating recollections encompassing his life in the fens and secrets as a horseman.
Booking is essential. Please phone 01223 355159 or email info@folkmuseum.org.uk for further information or to reserve a ticket. Payment can be made on the night.
Sea of Stories: Stories about prayer and friendship Spellbinding performances for National Interfaith Week 2009
London, 14-21 November 2009.
Stories are at the heart of all our faith traditions. Stories beguile, compel, entertain, and teach. Stories keep history alive, and offer a beautiful doorway for us into understanding the beliefs of others.
Come and be enchanted by a talented troupe of storytellers from diverse faith backgrounds, who will weave a magical ocean of stories from their own traditions - bitter and sweet, funny and heartrending, magnificent and humble - stories that reveal the common threads of prayer and fellowship that exist in all our faiths.
With Seema Anand, Roi Gal-Or, Joseph Kingsley Nyinah, Jumana Moon, Sarah Perceval, and Chris Smith.
If you have friends of a different faith to your own, invite them to come along. Let waves from the sea of stories lap against the shore of your hearts.
Performance schedule
Sat 14 Nov Radha Krishna Temple, 3.30pm - 6pm
10 Soho St, London, W1D 3DL
www.iskcon-london.org
Mon 16 Nov, West London Synagogue, 7pm - 9.15pm
33 Seymour Place, London W1H 5AU
www.wls.org.uk
Wed 18, Nov, Central Mosque, 6.30pm - 9pm
146 Park Rd, London NW8 7RG
www.iccuk.org
Thurs 19 Nov, Southwark Cathedral, 7pm - 9.15pm
London Bridge, London SE1 9DA
www.southwark.anglican.org
Sat 21 Nov The London Buddhist Centre, 7pm - 9.15pm
51 Roman Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 0HU
www.lbc.org.uk
Prices:
£5 adults
£3 concessions(student/unemployed)
£1 under 12s
Booking info:
To book online visit:
http://secure.stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?id=61&reset=1
To book by phone, call with credit card details:
020 7496 1610
By cheque:
Cheques should be made out to St Ethelburga's and posted to 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG.
Please state which performance you wish to attend.
To reserve a place and pay on the door email tent@stethelburgas.org
European Clerics and Vernacular Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century
University of Amsterdam, 8-10 July 2010