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The Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2017

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Event

Where

Date/Time

Guests

Friday Night Concert

Tickets ONLY £10.00
(+£1.50 booking fee if online)

please email your enquiry to the Box Office:boxoffice@strawbear.org.uk

BAR AVAILABLE
(no pets allowed)

Ivy Leaf Club,
Gracious Street

Friday 13th Jan
8:00pm - 11:30pm
(doors open 7.30pm)

1. Sam Kelly
samkelly.org

2. Flossie Malavialle
flossie-malavialle.co.uk

3. Russell & Algar
russellalgar.co.uk

Saturday Daytime

FREE

Around town
See programme of events

Saturday 14th Jan
10:30am - 3:30pm

Various Dance Teams and
THE BEARS

Story Teller Sessions

FREE

Whittlesey Methodist / United Reformed Church,
Queen Street

Saturday 14th Jan
Sessions at:
12:30pm, 1:30pm and 2:30pm

The Yarnsmith of Norwich - Dave Tong
theyarnsmithofnorwich.com

Acoustic Sessions

FREE

Town Hall,
Market Street

(Disabled lift access available)

Saturday 14th Jan
12:30pm - 1:30pm

Poets United

Saturday 14th Jan
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Kevin Buxton
kevbuxton.weebly.com

Saturday 14th Jan
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Poets United

Saturday Night Barn Dance

Tickets ONLY £12.00
(+£1.50 booking fee if online)

ALL TICKETS SOLD OUT

BAR AVAILABLE

PLEASE NOTE: Do not bring your own drinks to this event or our bar facilities will be withdrawn.

Sir Harry Smith Community College, Eastrea Road

Saturday 14th Jan
8:00pm -11:30pm
(doors open 7.30pm)

The Ironmasters
(formerly All Blacked up)
theironmasters.co.uk

Caller: Baz Parkes
click here

Sunday Burning

FREE

Bar Available

PLEASE NOTE: Do not bring your own drinks to this event or our bar facilities will be withdrawn

Sir Harry Smith Community College

Sunday 15th Jan
12:00pm - 2:30pm

Various Dance Teams and Separate Music Sessions

straw bear burning
Sunday Burning / picture courtesy of Steffan Swingler (sb.swingler@live.co.uk)

FOR TICKETS
Please contact the Box Office on 07857 357 970 or email boxoffice@strawbear.org.uk

(Available from 1st October)

Sam Kelly samkelly.org	Flossie Malavialle flossie-malavialle.co.uk	Russell & Algar russellalgar.co.uk
The Yarnsmith of Norwich - Dave Tong theyarnsmithofnorwich.com	Poets United	Kevin Buxton kevbuxton.weebly.com
The Ironmasters (formerly All Blacked up) - theironmasters.co.uk Caller: Baz Parkes - click here
Graham Bradshaw …..a sound man

*These sessions are not open to the general public

Alderman Jacobs School	Thursday 12th Jan (am)	Flossie Malavialle
New Road School	Thursday 12th Jan (pm)
Park Lane School	Friday 13th Jan (am)
Coates School	Friday 13th Jan (pm)
Sir Harry Smith Community College	Friday 13th Jan (All Day)	The Yarnsmith of Norwich - Dave Tonge

DOWNLOAD THE FULL DANCE TEAM SCHEDULE HERE

Team	Style	Web Address
Alderman Jacobs	Molly
Bourne Borderers	Border Morris	www.bourneborderers.co.uk
Chiltern Hundreds	North West	www.chilternhundredsmorris.co.uk
Clausentum Morris	Cotswold Morris
Cricket on the Hearth	Appalachian
Crosskey Clog	North West	www.crosskeyclog.org
Customs and Exiles	North West / Border
Danegald Morris	North West
Ely & Littleport Riot	Border Morris
Gog Magog Molly	Molly	www.gogmagogmolly.org.uk
Harry Taylor's Men	Cotswold Morris
Hemlock Morris	Cotswold Morris	www.hemlockmorris.com
Kemp's Men	Cotswold	www.kempsmen.org.uk
Kick Start Apalachian	Appalachian
Maltby Sword Dancers
Manor Mill Morris	North West	www.manormillmorris.wordpress.com
Mepal Molly	Molly	www.facebook.com/MepalMolly
Midwinter Mummers	Mummers Play
Minster Strays	Border Morris	www.minsterstrays.org.uk
Mortimers Morris	North West
New Road Molly	Molly
North Green Sword (Coates)	Longsword
Old Glory Molly	Molly	www.old-glory.org.uk
Old Hunts Molly	Molly	www.fenstantonmorris.org.uk
Ouse Washes	Molly	www.ousewashesmolly.uk
Ox Blood Molly	Molly
Park Lane Molly	Molly
Pecsaetan Morris	Cotswold Morris
Peterborough Morris	Cotswold Morris
Pig Dyke Molly	Molly	www.pigdyke.co.uk
Rattlejag	Mixed
Red Leicester	Border Morris	www.leicestermorris.co.uk
Rockingham Rapper	Rapper	www.rockinghamrapper.org.uk
Rutland Morris	Border & Cotswold	www.morrismen.org.uk
Stevenage Sword	Rapper	www.stevenagesword.org.uk
Tap & Sync	Appalachian
The King's Morris	Cotswold Morris	www.thekingsmorris.co.uk
Tyler's Men	Border Morris
Wakefield Morris	North West
Waters Green Morris	Cotswold Morris
White Rose Morris	Cotswold Morris	www.whiterosemorrismen.org.uk
Witchmen Border Morris	Border Morris	www.witchmen.com

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