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On the 17th January 2007, there will be a traditional wassailing folk music playing session at Butchers Arms, Carhampton, West Somerset with cider soaked toast (but that’s for the apple trees), shooting (that’s at the apple trees) and Wassailing singing.
See you there or more info (with podcast) from Wassailing in West Somerset
The elderly at rest homes or nursing homes are always so appreciative of even modest musician efforts so when I got an invitation from a musician friend, whose mother had just moved into the Dunster Lodge Residential Home, Minehead, Exmoor, to welcome in the new year one afternoon with some folk music tunes, I readily agreed.
We had a great time playing jigs, reels, polkas and sea shanties from Ireland and England with lots of light hearted chat, a few songs and a cup of tea and cake. Read the full story: Dunster Lodge Residential Home in Minehead, Exmoor, UK
It’s fantastic the varied people you meet at pub music sessions and the different walks of life and interests they come from.
On New Year’s Eve, I visited the Pennymoor Singaround in the West Country of England to play some traditional English and Irish folk music and it was nice to see old friends but I also discovered a local Bluegrass Music session and a fascinating local Somerset and Devon craftsman who specialises in making Sugan traditional Celtic furniture.
Check it out at traditional Celtic furniture, folk music and a happy new year.
Bye for now and a Happy New Year 
Rob
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