Re: End of a Session!

David Kilpatrick11/10/05 6:17 PM

> Dave Rowlands wrote:
>> Just to let you all know, the session at the Cricketers, Broadwater,
>> Worthing,( 2nd Moday in the month) has folded. The reason for this
>> unfortunate closure was not the Law, Government, Change of landlord, or bias
>> against folk music, but lack of support! It would seem people in Sussex
>> don't want to play music on a Monday in Worthing!
>> C U @ A session somewhere else,

> A Monday? I think you have a reason why it failed.
> Most of our pubs CLOSE on a Monday. They may be open all hours at the
> end of the week, but Mondays are a no-go day in Scotland for sessions,
> would not be surprised in England secretly behaves the same way.
> David

I think the day of the week choice also depends on the local culture.
Monday - after the WE... is obviously a bad choice... isn't it...?

But... the Monday session at The George here in Buxton's centre has - for
the last 3 years or so - been a packed local social gathering and meeting o'
the clans night. Noisy of course - but while the diddlers (often 10 or
more) fiddled and diddled, people talk freely and loudly over and around
the acoustic players in the room's centre.

Towards the end of the evening there are often a few communal songs and some
jazzy and bluesy players do a turn too on occasion. The only time the noise
(which can get a bit hectic when really full of youngsters) dies down, is
when someone starts singing.

It's popularity has tailed off a bit now, but it's still busy for a Monday.
There's another diddler's strictly tunes-only session in Buxton centre on a
Thurs eve. It's quite well attended, but a much more refined affair.

People don't drink a lot of alcohol on Mondays - but a big crowd can make a
more respectable turnover. You only need to go into the same pub the next
night Tues or on a Weds when no music is on, to notice the difference in the
pub - it is dead by comparison.

I went to a new-ish monthly 1st Tues one (7/8 miles away) last week though
- and it was a group of friends having fun and a pub quite full to start
with. Fiddles, boxes, mandos, banjos, whistles, harmonica and guitars -
tunes and songs, so we'll try that again some time.

Half-way through the evening about 15 young guys streamed in, armed with
cues and proceeded to have a very earnest and very quiet game of pool in the
semi-detached room. I thought to myself, that it was a good Mon eve for a
rural pub - literally in the middle of nowhere.

North Derbyshire seems to have lost about a third of its sessions in the
last 2 or 3 years for various reasons which include some ending because
people can be no longer be arsed to go to the rural locations. But the
licensing changes side has definitely also taken its toll - at least 10
affected. Some landlords say they are sad about it - but all the red tape,
expense and crap isn't worth it they say.

Nick Wagg's post of 12/9/05 10:21 AM asking about Derbyshire happenings on a
weekend (and to which I replied) alerted me to the fact that Derbyshire's
session list - as published on several websites and other listings - is
hopelessly out of date. I've been checking (some) local session listings
for the area and my wider music listings website to bring them up to date -
a continuous process. If your interested check it out:

<http://uk.calsplus.com/bcabuxtonevents>

(relevant additions welcomed)

The other side to this, is that some pubs (rightly or wrongly) are scared of
making sessions too public less they get stomped on financially by councils,
PRS and whatever... There's also a reluctance on a few musicians to
advertise certain sessions - ones they like rather a lot - lest they get
swamped with undesirables ??? By that it seems musicians who they don't
like. Pubs OTOH, are just happy to see as many bods in the joint as
possible.

Sessions do have a natural lifespan and a finite life without fresh blood
coming in. But if a session finishes, it can be for a multitude of reasons.
Maybe people just got bored with it and each other - and if no new people
step into the breach that often happens? I think money is a bit tighter for
a lot of people too this year. How many days can people go out and spend?

So if one session dies - why not start up another session yourself in a pub
which needs one?

CR


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