the Folklife team |
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About Folklife publishers, and Folklife West
Note The map-image below is partly out of date § a revised version to follow, meanwhile an updated list of correspondents below this image.
§ East & Mid Devon, East Somerset Bill Crawford retired with Sept 2019 issue.
Jan 2020 added Gwynedd Travelling Sessions list: local sessions
May 2020 David retires as Shropshire correspondent
§ East & Mid Devon, East Somerset Bill Crawford retired with Sept 2019 issue.
Jan 2020 added Gwynedd Travelling Sessions list: local sessions
May 2020 David retires as Shropshire correspondent
About us: meet the Folklife team: our volunteers
OUR POLICY
CORRESPONDENTS
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS can send in their own news items to editors (up to 200 words per item, more if advert)
SENDING YOUR INFO TO CORRESPONDENTS
Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk
- such as folk clubs, dances, music sessions, singarounds, small halls, and festivals run by unpaid volunteers.
- All of us (correspondents, editors, designers, etc) are volunteers, we receive no payment, no free adverts, etc.
- Correspondents can receive 3 copies of FW per issue, to sell, or give away, or circulate at their venue, as they wish
- Other Volunteers such as those who supply lists, receive 1 copy of FW per issue
- Correspondents and Volunteers receive free Membership of Folklife, so free listing of all their folk activities
- The magazine will run on a non-profit basis. Note: so far, it has always run at a loss, subsidised by the editors. No grants or sponsorships are currently received.
CORRESPONDENTS
- Correspondents include festival-organisers, club organisers, performers
- Correspondents give an area overview
- Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column!
- Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
- So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned but not their guests **
- MORE for those interested in BECOMING A FW CORRESPONDENT after the LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS - see And you ?
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS can send in their own news items to editors (up to 200 words per item, more if advert)
SENDING YOUR INFO TO CORRESPONDENTS
Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk
- such as folk clubs, dances, music sessions, singarounds, small halls, and festivals run by unpaid volunteers.
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Many printed folk magazines have folded over the years!
So, whilst we are not a commercial organisation, we must closely monitor costs, adverts, and sales, in order to survive. 24/12/18. We are usually limited to 52 pages. Occasionally 56 pages. Otherwise increased print costs, and less obviously ... + technical problems at printers + postage which shoots up disproportionately if another 4 pages + not enough extra time to produce FW 24/12/19 ! The January issue has been posted out with 64 pages ....... ! |
Venues that have paid guests : we cannot guarantee that Correspondents will have room to mention guests;
but for just £16 a year, you can join Folklife, and send in 200 words publicity per issue (more words if paid advertising). Organisations employing paid staff should consider joining Folklife for just £16 a year - less than 1 ticket for some events! You can then send in up to 200 words per issue (more if advertising). |
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Eden Tanner (left) and Colin Davies have joined us as volunteer photographers. As you'll see in FW.
If no Correspondents yet, we sometimes offer free Membership and 1 copy of FW per issue in exchange with local list-providers (currently applies to Bristol area, and to Oxfordshire) |
FOLKLIFE CORRESPONDENTS and OTHER VOLUNTEERS
The Editors : Sam & Eleanor Simmons
• Illustrations, Chris Beaumont • Logos, Chris Stewart • Photographs, Eden Tanner, Colin Davies.
• And for our Folklife Traditions pages in Folklife West, we are regularly indebted to Doc Rowe for his list & pictures, to Roy & Leslie Adkins, and to Ian Pittaway, for articles; and to Charles Menteith and to Gwilym Davies for songs with notes; and to others from time to time, as listed in FT.
From 2019 January, Meurig Williams on Welsh instrumental music, and from 2019 May, Helen Adam, Welsh tunes.
The Editors : Sam & Eleanor Simmons
• Illustrations, Chris Beaumont • Logos, Chris Stewart • Photographs, Eden Tanner, Colin Davies.
• And for our Folklife Traditions pages in Folklife West, we are regularly indebted to Doc Rowe for his list & pictures, to Roy & Leslie Adkins, and to Ian Pittaway, for articles; and to Charles Menteith and to Gwilym Davies for songs with notes; and to others from time to time, as listed in FT.
From 2019 January, Meurig Williams on Welsh instrumental music, and from 2019 May, Helen Adam, Welsh tunes.
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Correspondents
CYMRU / WALES • Cymru/Wales page …...............… Mick Tems • North-East Wales & Cheshire Brian Bull • Gwynedd Travelling Sessions list: local sessions • SE, NW, Midlands ……. volunteers welcome • Welsh-language folk ………. volunteers welcome ENGLAND, WEST COUNTRY Kernow / Cornwall & Devon Cornwall ........................................................... Mike Walford South Devon ................................................. Martyn Hillstead Somerset & Dorset, and Wilts (includes BANES, N.Som., Swindon) North Dorset & South Somerset John Waltham • Wiltshire………. volunteer welcome Bristol, S. Glos, and Gloucestershire • Bristol / S Glos volunteer welcome; meanwhile Chipping Sodbury Folk Night’s ‘Folk News’ local venues list Roving: Folklife area & beyond ....... Cresby aka Mr Red Gloucestershire & nearby notes in brief ............... Bill Pullen |
Correspondents
ENGLAND, SOUTH / WEST MIDLANDS Herefordshire and Worcestershire SW Herefs, occ. nearby Wales ................ John & Jane Baxter [Worcestershire has several news pages so no Correspondent needed ! ] Shropshire, Birmingham & Nearby (Nearby: currently = Walsall, Tamworth) and Warwickshire (+Coventry) & Oxfordshire Shropshire with Telford & Wrekin ........ David Harley local venues list *** *** David has now moved, last column May 2020 == we welcome a volunteer for either Shropshire, or S .Shropshire & N. Herefs South Birmingham & Nearby .............................. Bob Bignell Warwickshire with Coventry .............................. Malc Gurnham Cotswold Folk: S.Warks / N.Cotswolds + listings.... Paul Bryan • Oxfordshire volunteer welcome; meanwhile we have Folk Arts Oxford website listings ......... local notes We also cover "and ELSEWHERE" but no Correspondents |
⊕ we thank our team, all volunteers
- MORE Correspondents welcome - COVER an area, as listed above, OR a SPECIAL INTEREST (eg morris, concertina, social dance … ), within above areas
- DETAILS BELOW
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In memory of Roy Palmer, left, a generous contributor of researched articles for our Folklife Traditions pages, freely donated for for over 30 years, from the days of FW’s predecessor, the Somers’ Broadsheet, Aug 1983, to 2014.
And in memory of Tony Slinger, centre, former Bristol Correspondent; and of John Taylor, right, our Worcs & Herefds Sessions Correspondent for many years; a tribute to John appears on http://jt-evening.weebly.com |
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And you ?
If you would like to email a column every quarter, covering your area (which can include some mentions of your session/club/act/festival/etc), anywhere,
then we offer FREE MEMBERSHIP incl. free listings and up to 3 free copies.
*** as above - not mostly about your club/act - and - must be every issue ! ***
Read on, and then contact us ! Contact details see Info webpage
then we offer FREE MEMBERSHIP incl. free listings and up to 3 free copies.
*** as above - not mostly about your club/act - and - must be every issue ! ***
Read on, and then contact us ! Contact details see Info webpage
- COVER an area, large or small, OR a SPECIAL INTEREST (eg morris, concertina, social dance ...)
- Your 3 free copies: up to you what you do with them,
- some only want 1 or 2
- some give away 1 to other club organisers,
- some circulate at their session on a read-and-return next time basis ...
- some sell 'em (in eg own club or elsewhere),
- some buy more -- we give 3, any more charged at discount rate (buy @ £1.50, sell @ £2.50) - see Info webpage
- Some like to write a lot, some don't.
- Correspondents' word limit: 700 words
- Suggested minimum is 350 ....... • word count doesn't include heading, contact details, etc.
- Any separate venue-information list (summary-listing of regular events), is not included in 700-word limits.
- House style: please avoid CAPITALS FOR NAMES ETC as we emphasize by using bold.
- We may add ® symbol for Members "(see ad/directory/festivals etc)"
- Your style: some give bullet-point lists, some ramble on .... we welcome whatever style suits you
- Area covered: size of area is up to you. It doesn't matter if there is a bit of overlap.
- Or perhaps a special interest, eg sessions, morris, concertina, dance.
- Correspondents give an area overview
- Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column!
- Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
- So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned, but not their guests. See above "Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk, and Venues that have paid guests
- Your photo - please send a head and shoulders type (see examples below)
- Pictures for column: entirely optional: a few high-res photo welcome. Printed in mono (so won't work if eg mainly black & red).
- Deadlines: as top of page
- Last update: 2 Feb 2020, copyright Folklife, publishers.
