Life and Times

[Terence]

Hi everyone,

I have just been sent this email below of a festival being held at the Village hall Braunston by Life and Times. Thought some of you may be interested.

Cheers

Terence

 

Dear All

 

With your Braunston base and an obvious canal connection, I am writing to let you know about an event at Braunston Village Hall on 22nd October that might be of interest. Life & Times will be performing our 250-years-of-the-canals show WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT. If it interests you, please tell your friends.

 

Told in song and story, Where the Working Boats Went is a multi-media show, mixing drama, pictures and music to tell the story of the Inland Waterways of Britain, with new songs and tunes, written by Graeme Meek and Barry Goodman, as well as a few songs from other writers and from the folk tradition. The story is told in the words of the people who lived and worked on the canals, and is linked by songs, with plenty of opportunities for the audience to join in with the choruses! A backdrop of images from the canals, both historical and contemporary, complements the show, and a broom-dance livens up the pub-setting in the second half!

 

The show has been performed up and down the country from Sidmouth (Devon) to Shepley (Yorks) via Birmingham and Shrewsbury (amongst other places!) It is due to be performed at Gloucester Waterways Museum on October 1st.

 

Tickets are available at £6 each from Barry Goodman, 01462 456811, at Londis in Braunston or from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/130992 (a small booking fee if using this method). Doors open at 7:30pm and the show starts at 8:00pm.

 

You can see details of the show including testimonials at http://www.lifeandtimes.me.uk/Shows.htm#_WHERE_THE_WORKING_1. There are photos from the show at http://www.lifeandtimes.me.uk/Photos.htm#_WHERE_THE_WORKING and you can hear examples of our music (not just that from the show) across the web using links here: http://www.lifeandtimes.me.uk/hear_us.htm

 

We hope to see you there.

 

Regards

Graeme Meek