Folk music, dance and song;
Morris Dancing;
Foreign travel;
Cooking;
Theatre;
Opera
Music
I'm performing at:
2009
Wednesday 15th July The Half Moon, Hitchin Life and Times
8:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Event is part of the Hitchin Festival
Saturday 18th July Hitchin Town Centre Life and Times
(11:00 - 11:45 Riverside; 1:00 - 1:45 Marketplace)
Monday 20th July Life and Times Addison-Howard Centre, Bedford
Bedford Millenium Probus Club (P)
Saturday 1st August Templefield Lower School, Flitwick
Ceilidh in aid of the Pasque Hospice, Luton
with Time of Your Life
12 - 14th August Broadstairs Folk Week Life and Times
Includes performance of "Where the Working Boats Went"
Friday 28th - Monday 31st August Towersey Village Festival - MC
Details from http://www.towerseyfestival.com/
Saturday 17th October Wing Village Hall, Bucks
Ceilidh with Time of Your Life
7:30 - 11:30
Tickets from Rod Smith: 01525 217969
Saturday 30th October Hitchin Town Hall Unicorn Ceilidh with Fendragon
8:00 - 11:30
Details from: http://www.unicornceilidhs.org.uk/
Friday 27th November Letchworth Settlement
Nevells Road, Letchworth SG6 4UB Life and Times Where The Working Boats Went
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday 19th December Christmas Party
in aid of Hitchin British Schools Museum Hitchin Town Hall
7:00 - 11:00 Barry Goodman and the Forest Band
2010
Thursday 14th January
Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival Alderman Jacobs Primary School, Whittlesey (a.m.)
New Road Primary School, Whittlesey (p.m.)
Life and Times
Hats Off to History (S)
Friday 15th January
Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival Park Lane Primary School, Whittlesey (a.m.)
Coates Primary School, Whittlesey (p.m.)
Life and Times
Hats Off To History (S)
Saturday 16th January
Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival
The Library, Market Street, Whittlesey "An Hour with Life and Times"
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
More details at http://www.strawbear.org.uk/
Sir Harry Smith Community College, Whittlesey
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
More details at http://www.strawbear.org.uk/
Friday 29th January Unicorn Ceilidh with RANDOM
8:00 - 11:30 at Hitchin Town Hall
Details from: http://www.unicornceilidhs.org.uk/
Saturday 6th March
Ceilidh with Time of Your Life The Priory School, Bedford Road, Hitchin, Herts.
details from the school (01462 622 300 )
Saturday March 20th
Ceilidh with Time of Your Life Pirton Village Hall (P)
Saturday 27th March
Ceilidh with Time of Your Life Wing Village Hall nr. Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
7:30 - 11:30
Tickets from Rod Smith: 01525 217969
Saturday April 10th
Ceilidh with CHALKTOWN Oxfolk Ceilidhs
Kennington Village Hall, Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PG
Details from http://www.oxfolk.org.uk/
May 28th - 31st
Chippenham Folk Festival
Life and Times
Performance of Where The Working Boats Went
Details from http://www.chippfolk.co.uk/
(P) denotes a private function
(S) denotes a school event
Barry Goodman is proud to announce that LIFE & TIMES' new CD, "WHERE THE WORKING BOATS WENT" is now on sale - see www.lifeandtimes.info for details! view more
About me: I've been involved in folk music and song for over thirty years and divide my time between a number of folk-related activities.
Described by Jon Brenner at the 2007 Chippenham Festival as a "Folk Polymath",
I'm part of the song duo, Life and Times, together with Graeme Meek, and I play and call in the English Ceilidh band, Time of Your Life.
I also call with other bands, including Random, Stomp, Grand Union, Mawkin, Fendragon, The Woodpecker Band, Asha and Moondance. Festivals I've called at include Sidmouth, Towersey, Chippenham, Wimborne and Rhythms of the World and I've called at a number of Ceilidh series, including Unicorn Ceilidhs, Reel Ceilidhs at Saxmundham, Dances in the Barn, Sproughton, Suffolk and Ryburn Three Step.
For many years I've been MC and Caller for The Hertfordshire Folk Association's Summer Dance Festival, at which 500+ children dance together in the grounds of Hatfield House. I serve on the Festival's organising committee and I also run Folk Dance Workshops for teachers and children.
Each year I get involved in the New Roots competition, together with Alison Macfarlane of St. Albans Folk Music. This competition is for young folk and roots musicians under the age of 25, and always produces a wonderful crop of new young artists, all of whom are rewarded with performance opportunities for appearing in the finals.
As an MC, I've worked at Sidmouth, Towersey, Chippenham, Cheltenham and Shepley Festivals and at the AFO (Association of Festival Organisers) Conference.
RECORDINGS: Where The Working Boats Went (Life & Times WIX052) Charivari (Life & Times: Wixamtree WIX051) Shropshire Iron (Life & Times: Fellside FE071) Strawplait and Bonelace (Life & Times: Fellside FE043) Grandson of Morris On (Ashley Hutchings et al: Talking Elephant TECD038) Keep Dancing (Time of Your Life + various bands: EDCD 07)
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
I'm currently working on my new EP due to be released later this year, in the meantime here's a taste of what's to come. Hope you enjoy it. If you do, come rate it! *Luisa Bertolatti*
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