14-16 sept

blues/funk

country/soul/pop

folk/classical

rock n roll

workshops

kids art

literature

morris dancing

food/cream teas

www.priston.org.uk/festival

friday sponsors8.00pm Kevin Brown & the Shackdusters - village hall TICKETS £8 doors open 7.30pm bar

saturday

sunday

buy your ticketsonline or ring Sue 01761 472908 or at the Saturday Cafe or on the door

Village Hall & Green

10.30am Cafe - until 12noon - bacon butties, tea, coffee, cakes.

10.30am Market - all day - stalls, BBQ, salad bar, crepe & coffee bar, olive bar, cream teas.

11.00am Kid’s Art (til 3.30pm) - all welcome to join in making two giant king & queen puppets.

Village Green Stage free

11.25am Callum Martin & Matty Mordak - exciting young duo, r’n’b covers & original songs.

12.05pm Foreign Affairs - brothers Adam & Lawrence Purnell bring a folky pop sound.

1.00pm Reg Meuross - established singer/songwriter & exceptional teller of tales, magical.

2.20pm Ponchartrain - bring an infectious blend of cajun & country, very danceable!

3.20pm Los Yanquis - Bristol’s own rockin’, roadhouse, honky tonk country blues band.

4.20pm Honey Badgers - classic blues, rock and soul from well-known Bristol stalwarts.

5.30pm World Government - every gig a unique experience, funk, jazz and world music.

Village Hall afternoon

1.50pm Sarah Fisher (author/animal behaviour expert) - talk and slide show.

3.00pm Lucy Thynne - children’s street dance workshop - finishes 4pm

Church

7.30pm Bodies of water - music/images/poetry/art - evocations of water, flooding and

landscape. TICKETS £6 doors open 7.10pm wine finishes 9pm

Village Hall - evening gig

8.30pm The Curfew Crew - electro acoustic country blues, & The Elderly Brothers - great

rock ‘n’ roll set - TICKETS £6 doors open 8pm bar

Church morning

11.00am Harbour Winds - wind quintet, light classical TICKETS £5 doors open 10.40am

Village Green

12.00pm Kid’s Art day 2 (til 3.30pm) - all welcome to join in making giant king & queen puppets.

12.00pm Morris Dancing (til 2pm) - Priston Jubilee Morris and visiting sides dance - finishes 2pm

12.00pm Market - all day - stalls, BBQ, salad bar, crepe & coffee bar, olive bar, cream teas.

Village Hall afternoon

2.00pm Jo Sercombe singing Workshop - all welcome.

3.00pm Old Somerset Russet Band - instrumental workshop - come and join or just listen.

Village Green Stage free

2.00pm Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin - exceptional slide guitar & harmonica, fiddle & banjo.

3.10pm Kids’ Art Parade - children parade their giant puppets with songs and music.

3.20pm Joff Lowson & Fifi Fiddle Band - upbeat country & western/blue-grass, great vibe.

4.05pm Cockerel 200 Club Draw - the first draw for the 200 club! Get your tickets!

4.20pm Brejeiro - infectious mix of folk song, samba and Latin makes dancing irresistible!

5.10pm Horizonto - are back with their eclectic range of traditional folk and klezmer music!

Church evening

6.30pm Adam Purnell - beautiful classical guitar TICKETS £5 doors open 6.10pm

Village Hall evening

7.50pm 2 course supper, live music from Benji Bartlett TICKETS £8 doors open 7.10pm bar

priston festival

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Jo Sercombe - the festival’s president, joins us for the forth year to run the

Big Sing workshop which is open to all, regardless of age, skill or experience.

Jo brings an informal, passionate style to her teaching. Reaching out to

participants, she not only gets them to connect with her, but also with each

other in a quite unique way. Have no doubt that you will feel genuinely inspired,

uplifted and buzzing after the session with Jo!

Lucy Thynne has been dancing for over 20 years. She began teaching in 1999 and has

choreographed for film, theatre and community projects. Lucy holds an Honours Degree in Dance

and continues her own training in various genres (contemporary, street, martial arts to name a few).

She will be running the chidren’s dance workshop at 3pm in the hall on Saturday. Any adults who’d

like to join in are very welcome!

Sarah Fisher is based just down the road from Priston at Tilley Farm in Farmborough. She is a

world-renowned expert working with animals (particularly dogs and horses) to help them overcome a

variety of health and behavioural issues. She has co-written ‘The Difficult Horse’ with Karen Bush,

which will be published in October 2012. We are delighted she is coming to give a talk and slide show

in the hall at 1.50pm on Saturday on this facinating subject.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY Childrens Arton the Village Green 11.00 - 3.30pm

All children & parents are welcome to join in making two giant

king & queen puppets which will be on parade around the

walnut tree at 3.10pm on Sunday afternoon.

Programme printed by !WHATIF? - The Innovation Company

Priston Festival is a registered charity. Registration number 1143394

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS:

Botanical Software, Callan Consultants,

Carter ELS, City Engineering (Bristol), Jon Fowle,

Oil Fired Up Ltd, Priston Mill, Pressbarrow Farm,

Samler Landscapes, Sharky, Bob & Ian Too!,

The Card Collection, Timsbury Post Office & Pharmacy,

Timsbury Service Station, Wellsway Chiropractic Clinic,

!Whatif? - The Innovation Company.

We are also very grateful for donations from:

Paul Barclay, Niels & Clare Cross, Gathorne Girdlestone,

Heather Jones, Saturday Cafe, Richard & Clare Parsons, Priston Church,

Joanna Taylor, The Link, Catherine Wybrow.

THANK YOU TO:

William Jones, Priston Jubilee Morris, the Village Hall, Priston Parish Church, the Cricket Club,

the Lippiatt family, Penny Rogers and other individuals who have offered the Priston Festival

their support, time or equipment.

Reg MeurossSomerset-based singer/songwriter, Reg is an exceptional

teller of tales set to great melodies and delivered with a

spell-binding voice. His songs include ‘And Jesus Wept’, the

story of Private Harry Farr, a WW1 shell-shock victim shot

for cowardice. Other songs interweave historical

characters with eternal themes. Make sure you don’t miss

him at the 2012 Festival! With special guest Jess Vincent.

PonchartrainPonchartrain is in Louisiana, and this

band bring an infectious blend of

cajun & country to their energetic

performance. You might even get up

and dance!

World GovernmentThe World Government is a fresh take on what music is and how a band should operate.

Nothing is pre-conceived, written in advance, even verbally discussed or rehearsed. The idea is

to get a group of exciting players together, add an audience and see what happens. This is free

expression, not contrived or formulated. The aim is not merely to jam but to spontaneouly write

music together and thus create musical journeys which develop and evolve. No two gigs are

ever the same but there will usually be flavours of funk, jazz and music of the world.

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Adam PurnellBegan playing the classical guitar at the age of eleven

under the tutorship of Andrew Britain. Last year he was

accepted on the Erasmus Exchange Programme to study

for three months at the Koninklijk Academy in Brussels

with the world-famous classical guitarist Antigoni Goni.

He will be performing again this year in the church on

Sunday evening.

Benji BartlettInspired by Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Wolverine, The Tick and

Steve Vai, Benji will be performing at the festival supper on

Sunday evening. Currently teaching guitar and a certified

guitar junkie, he writes songs, repairs and builds guitars

and is passionate about his music.

Bodies of waterEvocations of water, flooding and landscape

through music, poetry and images. Includes live

readings of poems from the T S Elliot prize

winning poetry collection The Water Table by

Philip Gross and Sleepwalk on the Severn by

Alice Oswald, and the sound artwork Body of

Brejeiro perform an infectious and uplifting mix

of mandolins (David Griffiths & Mike Pryor) and

guitar (Helen James) propelled by Latin percussion

(Andy Fuller). Their music combines driving rhythms

and haunting melodies capturing the essence of

Brazil. The music encapsulates the fusion of South

American Latin rhythms, North American jazz and

the evolution of the mandolin from Portugal.

Callum Martin & Matty MordakCallum and Matty are a young duo from Swindon, Wiltshire.

They perform a variety of r’n’b covers giving them a fresh

sound with great playing and vocals. They also write and

perform original material. They have a growing following on

YouTube and hope to be gigging a lot more

– after their exams!!!

The Curfew Crew/Elderly Brothers

The Curfew Crew regularly play at the Ring o'

Bells featuring electro-acoustic country blues.

Also recently performing at the ‘Right Royal

Knees Up’ in Priston, the Elderly Brothers will

ramp up the rock'n'roll volume for Priston's

famous Saturday Night Gig.

Foreign AffairsForeign Affairs are an acoustic indie folk duo, consisting

of two brothers from the South-West. Their catchy music

infuses the best of English folk, American Country and

modern Pop. Lawrence Purnell (Vocals, Ukulele, and

Mandolin) and Adam (Guitar, Harmonica) come to

Priston festival before a planned national tour in 2013.

Horizonto are Andrea Green (violin), Ed Green

(guitar), Tracy Walker (accordion), Tim Watson

(percussion), Seona Chapman (violin). They perform

an eclectic range of traditional folk and klezmer music

from Ireland, Scotland, France & the Balkans.

Harbour WindsHarbour Winds is a Bristol-based wind quintet, formed in 2010 by a group of local musicians

wishing to explore and perform the extensive wind quintet repertoire. Members can be found

Honey BadgersClassic blues, rock and soul

from well-known Bristol

stalwarts including Steve

Treble and Pete Coggins.

Joff Lowson & Fifi Fiddle BandUpbeat country & western/blue-grass

from the amazing Fifi Fiddle and

guitarist/banjo player/singer Joff. Also

featuring Dave Hatfield on double bass

and Simon Fossey on banjo.

Kevin Brown & the ShackdustersThis highly skilled quartet features Kevin at his pure best, backed

by hand-picked musicians who bring to life Kevin's

highly-honed songs and instrumentals. Swampy rythms, pure blues

and simple but haunting grooves are the trademark of Kevin's

style, appreciated the world over. Featuring material from his long

awaited follow-up to Tin Church, the Shackdusters really are

'world-class'. Slide guitar to die for, songs that just 'wont go

away'. The opening gig for 2012, cabaret style in the village hall,

promises to be a great night. Make sure you book tickets in

advance as this will be a sell-out.

Old Somerset Russet BandThe Old Somerset Russet village Band is a group of local instrumentalists who get together to

play mainly traditional music. Typically the group consists of a mixture of wind, string and free

reed players. Bring your instrument and have a go at playing some good old tunes danced to

by your great, great grandparents, arranged in four parts. Music provided, but bring your own

music stand if you have one. All welcome - some experience of sight reading will increase your

enjoyment!

Los YanquisBristol’s own rockin’, roadhouse, honky-tonk country blues

band. A heady mix of Americana, tex-mex, country blues

and tear-stained ballads, the Yanqs never fail to get the

dance floor jumpin’ and jivin’. Best washed down with a jug

of beer and a slug of JD, and don’t bring the car - you’ll

forget where you left it....

Phillip Henry & Hannah MartinFast becoming recognised as one of the finest slide guitarists

the UK has produced, Phillip Henry is also a virtuoso on the

harmonica. Regarded as, ‘one of the most extraordinary

musicians around’ (Steve Knightley - Show Of Hands), he

brings together folk melodies of the British Isles, blues, gospel

and Indian music in his moving and original compositions.

Hannah Martin is a singer, songwriter, fiddle-and-banjo player

from Devon. Her songs weave folklore and legend with

beautiful melodies. We are delighted to have them back in

Priston again this year.

Water by the artist Louisa Fairclough. With a special appearance and series of songs by

Jo Sercombe the festival president. Other performers include Alice Barclay, Paul Barclay, Lissa

Carter and Henrietta Samler. Images and research by Owain Jones.

playing in various local orchestras, including the Bristol

Metropolitan Orchestra, the Brunel Sinfonia, Bristol

Classical Players and the Bristol Concert Orchestra.

They will be performing an energetic and varied

programme of light classical works.