* "Unite and unite, and let us all unite for summer is a-comin
today.
And whither we are going we all will unite, in the merry morning of
May."
Happy May Day! Welcome to May!
The month guaranteed to put a bounce in your step and a smile on your face.
Have a listen to Steeleye Span singing *
Padstow. You
will be bouncing 'round the Maypole grinning ear to ear in no time at all.
This intro will make perfect sense when you know two things.
ONE... on Friday, May 8th... WTF! will be guest hosed by Dan McKinnon,
singer, songwriter, guitarist, historian and musical storyteller extraordinaire
freshly back home from his annual UK tour. For this occasion, Dan has chosen
the theme...SONGS THAT INSPIRED YOU.
Two...I have long been inspired by Steeleye Span with their heartstoppingly
daring arrangements of traditional songs combined with Maddie Pryor's
mesmerizing voice.
But what about you?
Perhaps you have a favourite group or singer whose music has touched
you or inspired you to add one of their songs to your repertoire. Maybe you
were inspired to learn to play a musical instrument or learn another language
because of the beauty of a piece of music. Or... perhaps the mere sound of the
caliope inspired you to run away and join the circus.
Whatever your inspiration... there's a song to be sung and a tale to be
told about how it came to be yours. Sharing while riding a unicycle or walking
on stilts is optional :)
Xo Margo
WTF! is an artistic outreach program of the Helen Creighton Folklore
Society.
Now in its 6th year, WTF!
WTF is primarily an acoustic unplugged open-mike session for performers
of all ages in the traditional & folk music vein... singers,
instrumentalists and storytellers in particular.
Co-hosted by the ever-jovial Cindy Campbell-Stone & Margo
Carruthers with occasional guest hosts.
WTF meets every second and fourth
Friday of the month at SPENCER HOUSE, 5596 Morris Street in Halifax where
sing-a-longs are known to spontaneously erupt and laughter is always a given.
Come anytime after 6:30pm. Entertainment starts around 7:00 and goes
until 9:00ish. As always... admission is by free-will donation towards the
Society's work. All proceeds from the sale of baked goods and beverages from
the Spencer House kitchen will go to help support the operation of Spencer
House.
Parking is available onsite at the back of the Centre after 6pm, and on
all the neighbouring streets.
