STOP PRESS ALL PAGES HAVE NOW BEEN AMENDED UP TO DATE ON 17th FEBRUARY 2021! Our SECOND Guest Night of 2021 is this coming Thursday 18 FEBRUARY 2021!! This will of course be a virtual Guest Night! Our guests are the superbly versatile WILLIAM PINT & FELICIA DALE! For the faint hearted folkies out there (Are there any?) please note that hurdy gurdyism will be taking place during this performance!! PLEASE NOTE THEY ARE BEING PAID FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE SO I SHALL BE ASKING FOR A £10 DONATION TOWARDS THEIR FEE! PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR BANK DETAILS FOR ON LINE BANKING, PREFERRED, OR THE ADDRESS TO SEND A CHEQUE MADE OUT TO FOLK AT THE DRUM! NOT TO ME! HE DRUMINGLEAS My contact details can be found at the bottom of the Upcoming Guests page! upat at teh bottom I AM SAD TO RELATE THAT MY GOOD FRIEND OF MANY YEARS JIM RADFORD WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUR GUEST ON 5th NOVEMBER 2020 DIED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF 6th NOVEMBER 2020 AND IS A GREAT LOSS TO US ALL!! Folk At The Drum goes virtual until further notice! Here are the details: You need to be able to access Zoom on a PC, Laptop, Tablet or Smart Phone, in that order of preference for your viewing/hearing pleasure by downloading Zoom from the website: https://www.google.com/search?q=Zoom&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b or downloading the Application in: Windows, Apple or Android in accordance with your need! If anyone would like assistance in doing this please ring me and I will attempt to talk you through it. Once you have joined you will be able to join the meeting by putting in the Meeting ID. You will then be asked to enter the Meeting Password. I have enabled the ability to join the meeting directly by clicking on the link in which case you should be able to join without needing to use the password! Meeting Details AS AMENDED BY ME ON 2 JULY 2020 are as Follows: David Pleasants is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting, this series of meetings has been extended until further notice! You can join by either following the link set out below or opening Zoom to the join a meeting icon and using the Meeting ID and Password shown below! THESE ARE CHANGED DETAILS FROM JULY 2020 ONWARDS! Topic: VIRTUAL FOLK AT THE DRUM Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime HOWEVER! The normal timings will be Thursday Evenings only From 1930 to 2300. I will NORMALLY open the meeting at 1915 and it is set up for people to be able to join before me if they wish! Join Zoom Meeting: (The link below is now a hyperlink so double clicking on it should take you straight to the meeting! If for any reason that does not work then copy and paste the link into the long box at the top of your search engine, NOT the search box! Then hit return!) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85420388680?pwd=OXlHMFBNSWkzNVRXM1UvTGJLT0VwUT09 You can still just open Zoom on your device and click on "Join a Meeting" Enter the Meeting ID below, hit return and then when requested to do so enter the password and hit return again! Meeting ID: 854 2038 8680 Password: 726655 One tap mobile +13126266799,,85420388680#,,,,0#,,726655# US (Chicago) +13462487799,,85420388680#,,,,0#,,726655# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) Meeting ID: 854 2038 8680 Password: 726655 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kBxXSCaEm If you need help getting set up with Zoom
please don't hesitate to contact me by e-mail or on my mobile
07890 292467. It would help me a great deal if you would contact me by e-mail if you wish to attend and in what status: performer or spectator. That way I can attempt to set up a running order and have a better idea of numbers! I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on screen! ALL OF OUR GUEST NIGHTS FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 2020 ARE POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HOWEVER WE ARE GOING AHEAD WITH ON LINE GUEST NIGHTS IN 2021! DETAILS WILL BE ON THE UPCOMING GUESTS PAGE!! SEE THE UPC0MING GUESTS PAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION! I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RE-ARRANGED THE POSTPONED GUESTS FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR DATES IN 2021! OUR FIRST GUEST IN 2022 IS ALAN REID, EX FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE "BATTLEFIELD BAND" SEE THE UPCOMING GUESTS PAGE FOR A LINK TO HIS WEBSITE. OUR SECOND GUEST NIGHT OF 2020 WAS WITH "JIB" ON 27 FEBRUARY ANOTHER EXCELLENT HIGHLY ENTERTAINIG EVENING! THIS WAS A FIRST TIME FOR THE THREE OF THEM TOGETHER AT THE CLUB, BARRIE AND INGRID WERE OUR GUESTS BACK IN "WHITE HART" DAYS THOUGH FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE THE UPCOMING GUESTS PAGE. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP AND ENTRANCE PRICES ARE TO BE FOUND ON THE "ADMISSION" PAGE. OUR MEMBERSHIP YEAR RUNS FROM 1 JULY 2019 TO 30 JUNE 2020! WE HAVE 22 MEMBERS, MEMBERSHIP IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED OWING TO LOCK DOWN! For further new information please: WATCH THIS SPACE! IN MEMORIAM Sadly we lost Alistair Bailey on 22 September 2018 when his incredible eighteen year battle against cancer finally came to an end. His bravery and determination was quite extraordinary and an example to us all! Not only was Alistair a very fine man, husband and father but an outstanding folk musician and singer! He was a multi instrumentalist and a very fine song writer as well. As a dedicated club member of many years standing he was always willing to be involved and to help out with anything that needed doing. When we needed a website constructing it was Alistair who took on the task and built up the pages and then added the detail in consultation with me. For several years he was the sole editor until he found difficulty as his illness progressed. At that point he showed me how to make amendments and for a while we shared the task. When he became too ill to continue, with great reluctance, I had to become sole editor. However, the vast majority of the work on here is still Alistair's and will remain so. Without his efforts this website would not exist so as long as Folk At The Drum and this website continue I wish to make it: A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO ALISTAIR BAILEY Folk at the Drum - Thursday Evenings, 8-00pm - The Drum Inn, North Stanford, Ashford, Kent. TN25 6DN. The Drum Inn is an early 18th century,1708, country pub in the heart of East Kent. It was originally frequented by soldiers from the Duke of Marlborough's Regiment. Later, Revenue Men used the pub as a base in the fight against Smugglers. Nowadays, The Drum is much quieter and welcomes everybody with fine beer, wine and food. The Drum can be found close to junction 11 of the M20 (details). The Folk at the Drum folk club meets every Thursday, starting at 8-00pm. Guest artists visit generally once a month with other Thursdays being Singers' Nights. Details of upcoming guests can be found here . Visitors, guests and members are always welcome to play, sing, listen or do all three! On Singers' Nights everyone who wishes, gets a spot of three songs/tunes to perform, but please keep it to about ten minutes! On Guest Nights there is a limited time for 'floor artists' so you will need to email or phone to get a spot. Some guests at The Drum: |