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UPDATE on Thursday's fundraising night: £480 raised!

A hugely successful fundraising activity for International Animal Rescue was held on Thursday 20th at Blackheath Folkclub. The event was organised by Lynne who runs the club. Its aim was to raise cash to stop the illegal trade in bear dancing in India. Alan Knight OBE and Director of IAR spoke of the work in which hundreds of bears had been rescued and rehabiliated from this cruel practice. IAR also helps other wild animals ranging from elephants to wild dogs used in dog fighting.

A whopping £480 was raised. Huge thanks go to the extremely talented local performers who made the night go with a blast: Simon Goodwin and son Daniel, Theresa, Kate, Jim Radford, Bob Hooper, Neil & Jerry, Colin and Roger, Bill Crowe, Jennifer and Louise, Frankie, Ed Dylan, Caroline and Baxter, Ken, Ed Dylan, Trevor and John, Lisa.

Special thanks to Woodsie for running the order and Theresa for sorting the raffle.

Great stuff. See you all hopefully on Tuesday next week.

SPECIAL NOTICE - fundraising night, Weds August 20th 09

There will be a special fundraising night for International Animal Rescue at The British Oak on 20th August 09.

Performers who have already promised to play are: Fred Dylan, Short & Curly, Jim Radford, Bob Hooper, Neil Clasper, Jerry, Frank Aziz, Jennifer & Louise, Kate and other regular performers from Blackheath Folk Club.


PS Club is on on Tuesday as normal.

Club still going strong!

Sorry for the lack of updates - been very busy. There are some photos to be put up soon, c/o Mick Woods.

Oh, and get well soon Lynne!

Tuesday 9th June 09

An excellent night featuring a guest appearance from the fantastic Mitch Hiller, playing first on his own then with Simon accompanying on guitar. Duos were a bit of a theme of the night, with Trevor and John, Steve and Alan, and the Moldy Moldy Men. Richard made his first appearance at the club, and provided excellent fiddle accompaniment to a few performers, and joined Neil, Jerry and Caroline in tackling The World Turned Upside Down.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Too may weeks without an update... We've had a couple of busy nights, a quieter night, and an extremely hot night. All good fun.

More details of Tuesday 9th of June to follow - a particularly good night!

Tuesdays 6th & 13th of May

A couple of enjoyable sessions, with some new performers and the return of a few people we've not seen for a while. This week we ran out of time for all the performers who turned up - a reminder to get there early to guarantee your slot! Great to see: the Moldy Moldy men again; Eamonn's return; Ben's Bee Gees and Prince covers; some mandolins, an electric ukulele, a mandocello, George's twin-necked guitar/mandolin; the fantastic Roger; Laine Hines all the way from Swiss Cottage; and...a lot more (if the Oak's beer wasn't so good I might remember a bit more the following day).