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27 Jun 2018 8:00pm | Format to be decided, at The Guide Dog Yet to be sorted. Probably a local guest. More details nearer the time, but… there’ll still be the free entry (with Pass-the-Hat, if there’s a guest), our raffle and the usual welcoming atmosphere, great beer, good ‘craic’, etc. |
11 Jul 2018 8:00pm | Songs/Music on a Theme: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", at The Guide Dog Themed singaround-style evening (each performer given the chance to deliver some offering, one at a time, working round the room). Saturday marks Bastille Day in France, so Jon has suggested music linked to "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity". No out-and-out demand to fit the theme, but it may help influence your choices to think about it. As usual, plenty of good humour, good beer, good company and good music. No charge to come in: we run a raffle to help raise funds for nights when we have music guests. Ju-u-u-ust possible we may have a guest (on a Pass-the-Hat basis) instead of June 27th, but we’ll keep the theme, since their output resonates well with it. |
25 Jul 2018 8:00pm | Guest: JOHN WARD TRIO, at Café Reflections, Shirley
From East Anglia, the source of much of their material, come the energetic John Ward Trio, another Focsle ‘first’. They only reason you won’t be dancing in the aisles by the end is because we don’t have any aisles… :-) Fixed price at the door. Usual guest night arrangements: brief singaround, followed by support acts, then the guests; raffle in interval, with the usual prizes. |
8 Aug 2018 8:00pm | Singaround, at The Guide Dog |
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of Focsle Music’s rather fluid diary.
We’ve settled into a more predictable pattern, of mostly home-made music on the first meeting of each month, and guests on the second. From August, we're restituting the mooted [approx. quarterly] 5th Weds., for maybe more experimental formats (house concerts, duo débuts, even workshops, etc.).
The Calendar (one of the links below the amber heading-banner) shows dates of all our planned evenings, beyond the ones visible here. Re-visit periodically or, if you sign up (see below), you’ll be sent reminders of upcoming events.
Jon Ellis & Paul Clarke
“Cosy”, “Lovely pub”, “Good subdued lighting”, “Best beer in Southampton”, “So enjoyed myself at the gig: lovely group of people, so welcoming and friendly”: some comments about The Guide Dog, our civilized Real Ale venue in Earls Rd. Mainly a conversation pub, with books, newspapers, board games, and no jukebox. In its back room (The Doghouse [geddit?]), most 2nd Wednesdays of each month, Focsle Music hosts a ‘singaround’ / song-circle format; on most 4th Wednesdays, it’s a more guest-focused entertainment. See calendar for any breaks to this pattern (date-shifts due to Saints games [no chance of that until at least August], the odd venue-switch for higher-profile guests). Singarounds may morph into other formats, hence suggesting you check back here every so often.
To join our mailing-list, e-mail jon@focsle.org / paul@focsle.org (until we’ve fixed Jon’s e-receiving problem, pls. ensure you Cc both of us). Please say whether you want info on performer nights, ‘home-made’ music, or both, and he’ll add you to the relevant one: thanks. For any last-minute contact, try 077 7598 2908 / [TEXT only] 073 8040 1951. The main post is usually updated by about noon on the day to confirm that the event is happening.
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Jon Witcher
Good to see Jon Witcher drop in at the club (9 Dec '16). A former stalwart of the club, and the lead singer with Hampshire Union, Jon moved to Wales in 1989. Somewhere down the intervening 27 years he shaved off a magnificent beard!
Paul Clarke
7 October
Mesmerizing evening with Lee Collinson: my favourite of the year. Since his last Focsle visit (when Debra Chesman was in charge!), he hasn't lost a drop, not in vigour, fluidity, wit or authority (he claimed afterwards to be less sharp, but you wouldn't have known). The (enviable*) banjo-playing could provide him with a living on its own, yet that's a sort of sideline for him. Keep a lookout for his occasional (3 or 4 times yearly) intimate gigs like this. Top dollar.
* inevitable jokes notwithstanding
John Licqorish ("Meon Rose")
(25 November)
Had a great night at the Collaborations singaround on Friday - great club - great people - community singing - kazoos - what more could you ask for - look forward to goin again soon
Reg Meuross - 18 November 2016
"Thanks for a lovely night!" (Reg Meuross)
"We had a wonderful evening, and made very welcome by @FocsleFC" (Adrian Harris)