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David Francis
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24 Mar 2006 at 13:16 |
I've been asked to pass this on.
Dear Colleagues,
BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards is one of the most exciting and prestigious opportunities for young people to gain experience and recognition in the UK folk scene today. Created and organised by John Leonard of Smooth Operations on behalf of BBC Radio 2 it attracts entries from all over the UK.
In recent years under the guidance of Folkworks the early stages of the competition up to and including the Semi-Final has produced an enormous wealth of talent. Delivering up to 20 semi-finalists, and from there 6 finalists, the event has annually proved that the traditional music of these Islands is nurtured, appreciated and developed by amazingly talented young people.
For the 2007 competition at Mrs Casey Music, we are honoured to have been given the opportunity to further develop the competition and will be responsible in conjunction with Smooth Operations in encouraging entrants from far and wide. From Penzance to the Northern Isles, from Kent via London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, through Yorkshire and Cumbria and into the Western Isles. We will also cast the net to the whole of Wales and Northern Ireland, and select from hopefully hundreds of entries the 20 semi-finalists to bring to a venue in the Midlands in mid-October 2006.
How Can You Help?
In order to make this a wide-ranging and comprehensive opportunity for all young people we would very much appreciate your help. We know from our FolkArts England activities and experiences at festivals that there are an enormous number of young players and singers in all regions of the United Kingdom and would ask you to help us by preparing lists and offering us venues and education establishments into which we might deliver publicity leaflets and entry forms. We would ask you to encourage the young people in your workshops, work out weekends, clubs, festivals and sessions to enter this competition and demonstrate the amazing strength and wealth of talent there is in young people today.
The Finals will take place in London in early December and prizes will include an appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival, a studio session for the Mike Harding Show on Radio 2, and other prizes and opportunities.
Folk music is currently riding on the crest of a wave with major national press, radio and television coverage and the strongest image our music has seen since the 1960s. I hope you will join us in making the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards a momentous occasion and assist us in bringing the largest possible number of entries.
Should you need further information don’t hesitate to contact my office and I look forward to working with you on the Young Folk Awards for 2007.
Best wishes,
Steve Heap
Director
Full details of early rules etc will soon appear in print and on the Mrs Casey Music and BBC websites.
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MRS CASEY MUSIC
office@mrscasey.co.uk
(http://www.mrscasey.co.uk)
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Onny
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Posted:
24 Mar 2006 at 19:13 |
Do we suppose Kate Rusby will be over age at the time of the event..................or will Mike H find a way...............
Naw; surely not. |
Pict
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24 Mar 2006 at 21:12 |
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....encouraging entrants from far and wide. From Penzance to the Northern Isles, from Kent via London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, through Yorkshire and Cumbria and into the Western Isles. We will also cast the net to the whole of Wales and Northern Ireland, and select from hopefully hundreds of entries the 20 semi-finalists to bring to a venue in the Midlands in mid-October 2006.
Any explicit sign of the S-word? I rest my case. |
Onny
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24 Mar 2006 at 21:15 |
That's probably why they screwed up the email link. No point in letting the Scots find out how to enter, is there?
Did this happen last year (or am I just a suspicious old so-and-so)? |
Simon T
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24 Mar 2006 at 23:14 |
| Scottish group Bodega did win last years event. Look for an album from them soon out on Greentrax. |
David Francis
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25 Mar 2006 at 15:50 |
| As Simon points out, last year's event was won by Bodega. The year before it was won by Lauren MacColl from Easter Ross, and two years before that by Give Way from Currie. The Awards' predecessor, the Young Tradition, was won by Simon T, Ingrid Henderson, Catriona MacDonald and Jennifer Wrigley. The current version has also seen Jarlath Henderson from Northern Ireland and Uiscedwr from Wales taking the prize. It would be difficult to make a case for an English bias in these awards. |
windy
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25 Mar 2006 at 16:36 |
| Thats good news. Pity the senior awards are so pityfully biased |
Onny
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25 Mar 2006 at 18:55 |
| Maybe there's no young talent south of the border. |
Pict
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25 Mar 2006 at 22:20 |
| Ah, so this could be a case of positive discrimination. They're just feart! |
spike
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28 Mar 2006 at 19:30 |
| Think it's time we started campaigning for some Old Folk Awards. Bah , humbug, youth of today , kent his faither etc...:) |
JAJ
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28 Mar 2006 at 19:35 |
Well, it's actually a greater achievement for an older person to learn a musical instrument. So, surely they should recognised if they do well?
However, there's no category for them. So, perhaps, there shouldn't be *Young* folk awards but *New Musician* awards?
I include singers here too, by the way. :-) |
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