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St Mary's Social Club & Parochial Hall

Melton St off Cross Bank Rd

Batley

WF17 8PT

bodhran (2K) concert (1K) fiddle (1K) tinflute (1K) uilleann (1K) celtharp (1K)

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Try out these links....www.areyoudancing.co.uk... This website has been developed by dancers, for dancers. We currently cover Swing dancing (plus some Ballroom and Jive) across the UK, together with international events. It is now being expanded to include more regions and dance styles.


www.setandturnsingle.org.uk...events that we know of, plus listings of UK based bands and musicians, callers etc.

The Irish Arts Foundation (formerly Irish Music Project) invite you to visit them at their new website at   www.irisharts.org.uk

The Irish Music Makers. Meet on the second & fourth Wednesday of every month at 8.30pm. Playing and singing purely for fun. Everyone welcome.



We have completed the redecoration of the upstairs Studio, and extended the hard floor for the benefit of our Irish set dancing group, which has doubled its numbers during the past few months, and is turning into a real success story.

The room has a fine acoustic and will be an excellent venue for folk, jazz, blues and choral events. In fact, at the time of writing (October 2nd) we expect soon to be welcoming a local eight piece band – all former members of the popular Ray Martyn Big Band – who will be rehearsing there every Tuesday evening. Although, for them, it will be a practise night, they’ll be happy for big band enthusiasts to sit alongside and enjoy a good listen.

Another place worth taking a look at is our new `Session Room'. Until recently this was the pool room, adjoining the ground floor lounge. The pool table and the carpet have both been disposed off, the floorboards have been varnished and some new tables purchased, and all-in-all, it looks now like a good old fashioned tap room. It will hold up to 34 people but looks comfortably full if there are only a handful, and we think it's one of the best session rooms around. All it needs now is a few beer stains on the floor and lots of good music.

Our regular bunch of Wednesday nighters still meet in the session room on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month as usual, playing mostly Irish traditional music, and you're welcome to come along to play, sing or listen.

Apart from that, the session room is available to all musicians and singers looking for a place to gather and do their thing, every night of the week except Mondays. There's no charge for using the room, and you don't need to book it. Just turn up, refresh yourself at the lounge bar, pop into the session room and play.

If things go well, we could end up with a regular club night, but we would need a few extra hands to man the pumps.

Happy music making to you all!


Information:   Denis 01924-503758....Nick 01924-359949....Alison 01484-647575


Our concerts and music sessions are supported by Kirklees Cultural Services, Yorkshire Folk Arts and Awards for All.