Shrewsbury

Stony Steppers dancing Linda’s Jig and Ednie Wilson’s Slip Jig.

Cecil Sharp Project A joint commission between Shrewsbury Folk Festival and EFDSS Caroline Herring, Steve Knightley, Andy Cutting, Kathryn Roberts, Jackie Oates, Jim Moray, Leonard Podolak, Patsy Reid On March 18th 2011, the eight artists gathered together in Shropshire for a 7 day residential, with an artistic brief to create new works that have a ‘resonance and relevance’ to Cecil Sharp, and in particular his Appalachian travels and song collecting between 1915-1918. The residential was immediately followed by 3 concerts (one in Shrewsbury, and two in London), these performances were professionally recorded, and will be mixed and produced for a CD release in the summer, a DVD is also being edited for release Jim Moray guitar & vocals, Kathryn Roberts vocals, Andy Cutting accordion, Jackie Oates fiddle, Patsy Reid fiddle, Leonard Podolak banjo neil@shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk http