Another great Old Year’s Night in the Village Hall to finish off 2014. This year’s entertainment featured the Mr Theo Gibb, Brothers Gillespie, Graham Dick & the wonderful Benny Graham. We’ll definitely be returning in a year’s time; Wednesday 30th December 2015.
Category: Village Events
Old Year’s Night – 30th Dec 2012, Wall Village
Update: Now sold out – wait list on returns
The ever popular annual village night out returns as anticipated & expected on the 30th December – “Old Year’s Night” is an evening of Northumbrian Music, Songs & Stories that continues to feature some of the best of local performers. Supper will be a Bring and Share affair to start the evening and then we’ll get going with the entertainment as soon as people have eaten and we can clear a little space.
I’ll be hosting and throwing in a few tunes and will be able to introduce yet another fine of talent who have been persuaded to come and perform this year:
- Singer, Storyteller & Musician Johnny Handle – a simply masterful entertainer
- Andy May – nothing short of a musical genius on the pipes
- As local & as popular as can be; singer and storyteller Graham Dick
Tickets are just £7 and everything starts at 7.30pm in Wall Village Hall. Contact me if you’d like more information / tickets. (Advance booking is essential!)
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6th Hexham Piper’s Gathering – May 11th-13th 2012
After visits to Seattle in the US and Blankenheim, Germany time for some more piping back at home:
- 18th April, Gun Inn, 8pm
- 26th April, Presentation for the Village Society, Wall Village Hall, 7.30pm
- 28th April, Hexham Farmer’s Market (morning)
- 11-13th May, Hexham Piper’s Gathering
The Hexham Piper’s Gathering is now in it’s 6th year and is a regular fixture on the 2nd weekend in May. There’ll be a session in the Abbey undercroft on Friday night, workshops throughout Saturday, informal ceilidh on Saturday evening in the Moot Hall and a follow up session at the Dipton Mill Pub (great food) on the Sunday.
Andrew Davison is organising this one and there’s more details and booking forms over at the Northumbrian Piper’s Society or contact me for for more details.
Old Year’s Night – 30th Dec, Wall
Once more Christmas and New Year are almost upon us and we continue with our annual night of entertainment in Wall on the 30th December. It’s Old Year’s Night, being the last full night of the year (And definitely not New Year’s Eve!)
Supper is a Bring and Share affair, the Prize Draw will no doubt prove highly rewarding but the highlight of the night will be the truly talented local performers who have been persuaded to provide the evening’s entertainment:
- Fiddler Gillan Burnie will be joining us from Elsdon with a fine repetoire of Northumbrian tunes
- Mike Tickell of Wark will regale us with songs of shepherds and their shenanigans
- Perenial village favourite Graham Dick will be out with his songs and stories.
We’ve also got a pair of champion clog dancers, a border piper and I’ll be putting in a tune or two. So all in all it’s going to be a busy night. Tickets are just £7 and everything starts at 7.30pm in Wall Village Hall. As ever there is no bar (takes up too much audience space!) – bring your own drinks.
Contact me if you’d like more information / tickets. (Advance booking is essential!)