Poynton Ceilidhs

Dates

2009

Oct 24: Albireo, caller Gordon Potts

The first date of the Autumn season.

Nov 21: The Committee Band Stömp, caller Pete Rees

A late change of band due to illness, but no change of gear. The tunes could be English or Scandinavian, and they're all played with superb skill and verve. Come and see one of the top UK bands!

Dec 12: Cock and Bull, caller Jenny Reed

Still going strong 30 years after they were formed, Cock and Bull play an Anglo-French mix of music, variously with bagpipes, clarinet, sax, keyboards, electronic percussion, mandocello and appalachian dulcimer. Note change of date.

2010

Jan 30: Random, caller Rhodri Davies

Gutsy, melodic, folk-rock interpretation of tunes with traditional roots

Feb 27: 422, caller Joey Oliver

Winners of the 1999 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and they've kept on getting better. 422 are Emily Ball on fiddle, Sophy Ball on fiddle and foot percussion, Joey Oliver on whistle, Ian Stephenson on guitar and Sam Pirt on accordion.

Mar 27: Time Bandits, caller Dave Ball

Musical 'time travellers' raiding and pilfering over 500 years of musical material to be brought back for a modern audience.

Apr 24: Albireo, caller Peter Bearon

Tunes from around the Western world, played with an English slant.

Times, places, prices and such

Dances are held at Poynton Community Centre. There's a map on their Web site, or on Multimap, or the address is:
107 Park Lane,
Poynton,
Stockport,
SK12 1RB

Doors open 7:45pm. Dances run from 8pm to 11:30pm. The bar's open till 11pm.

Tickets are available on the door, priced at £8 per adult, £4 per under-16. You can reserve tickets in advance at this price, and we'll hold them on the door for you until 8:15pm. Cash only on the door please.

You can also buy tickets in advance at the discount price of £7 per adult, £3.50 per under-16, from Steve Hodgskiss on 01625 613679 / 07776 483 017. We can take cheques in advance. Update: The discount price is only available if you pay for the tickets in advance. Tickets that are reserved but not paid in advance will be charged at the door price.

The venue can hold 200, but it gets very crowded for dancing above 100. As a result, we're limiting tickets to 100 per event - first come, first served, so book early make sure you get a place! Update: We've reduced this limit recently, as our old limit of 110 was still too high for dancing.

Can I help?

We're always looking to attract new people into the ceilidh dance community. If you know of a good place to advertise the Ceilidhs, please feel free to print one of more copies of the current flyer onto white or (preferably) pale green paper and hand them out / pin them up / cut them to A5 and put them in the leaflet dispenser.

We're also always looking for feedback on the ceilidhs. If you don't tell us what you want, there's no guarantee you'll get it! We welcome constructive comments - for example, we've reduced the maximum number of tickets we'll sell as we've had feedback that the room got too overcrowded. Please feel free to email Peter and Tom at info@poyntonceilidh.co.uk with any comments.

Why isn't the web site fancier?

It doesn't need to be to get the basic facts across, and we all seem to be busy! A full website to include decent styling, dance details, music samples and a chance to leave feedback will arrive once Peter can put it together.

Until then, please email info@poyntonceilidh.co.uk for more information on any aspect of the ceilidh or to be added to the Poynton Ceilidh mailing list.

Who's running the ceilidhs?

Poynton Ceilidhs are run by those nice people from Albireo.