The seventh
Tenterden Folk Festival
Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October 1999
A full weekend festival of folk song, music and dance. Tenterden, situated in the ancient Weald of Kent, about 12 miles west of Ashford, is an ideal setting for this friendly, family folk festival. It features one of the widest High Streets in the country lined with historic and listed buildings, numerous friendly pubs and restaurants and green verges.
Guests so far
The Copper Family
Ian and David Campbell
Pete Castle
Lucy Castle-Hotea
Cinque Ports Corp of Drums
Bob and Kathy Drage
The English Country Dance Band
Bo Foaks
Bob Kenward and Ray Styles
Bing Lyle and Ben Paley
Penny and Stuart Mack
M'Bargo (African drummers)
Bob Piggott and Mick Lynn
The Pilgrims
Sean and Trooper
SkynFlynt
John Smedley
Jeff and Penny Smith
Vic and Tina Smith
The Tabs
Tanglefoot Appalachian and friends
Tan Tethera
Thomas Clark Quire
Chris Timson and Anne Gregson
Amazing Zolas
And more still to be confirmed
Dance sides invited;
Dance sides from throughout Kent and Sussex, and from further afield, are being invited to take part in this year's festival. Last year over 20 sides took part in dance displays and the procession on Saturday and we expect to exceed that number this year. We hope that at least some of the sides will stay on for Sunday. Contact Dave Grabham, the Dance Co-ordinator, for further details.
Kent and East Sussex Railway
Holders of our new "weekend tickets" will be entitled to a free trip on the historic steam trains on Saturday or Sunday. See programme for details.
Tenterden Folk Day Trust acknowledges the support and financial assistance of;
Ashford Borough Council, Shepherd Neame Ltd, The Tenterden Club, Tenterden Town Council and many local businesses and organisations.
Registered charity number 1038663
Further information;
Further information is available by sending a s.a.e.
General enquiries and ticket sales;
Tourist Information Centre,
18 The Church Yard, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QG
Tel. 01233 629165
or
Tourist Information Centre,
Town Hall, High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AN
Tel. 01580 763572
Dance co-ordinator;
Dave Grabham, Poolside Cottage, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3QR.
Tel. 01233 860789
Craft Fair organiser;
Gail Wright, 48A Park Road,
Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1DY
Tel. 01795 471827
Festival Director and artist bookings;
Alan Castle, Folk Spots, 15 Repton Manor Road,
Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HA.
Tel. 01233 626805
Email Folkspots@btinternet.com
Home Page http://www.btinternet.com/~folkspots
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Leaflet last updated 18-Jul-99