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Beeswing evolved as a result of the Beehive Folk club near Whitley Bay in the North East of England. It happened one night when the harmonies to Sally Free and Easy were so strong and numerous that a folk group had to be formed, out of those present. The rest is history. The Beehive Folk Club has now moved to the Delaval Arms in Old Hartley and is known as The Bluestone Folk Club. Beeswing is a, mainly, a capella folk group with great harmonies, with the occasional guitar accompaniment. Most of the repertoire is local to the North East with a few Scottish songs and some from Lancashire. Many songs from our rich heritage of mining. To this end Beeswing have put together a collection of songs covering all aspects of the mining industry, called 'A Rich Seam of Songs' from love in the family to death and destruction in the mines, tinged with a modecum of humour. Every year Beeswing put together a concert in New Hartley to remember the major disaster where nearly the whole male population of the village was killed. As well as mining songs, Beeswing feature sea songs and shanties, serious songs and funny songs, many of which have rousing choruses which the audience feel they have to join in. Beeswing have performed all over the North of England, including the Sage Gateshead. We just love to sing and can accomodate most types of venue whether or not amplification is required.