cooperlola Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Anybody know if there is a French equivelant of the UK folk clubs here in France? The Sarthe in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 You could start here, a Sarthois folkmusic and dance association - if it's not exactly what you're after they may have other contacts.http://corfolc.ifrance.com/There's a useful directory for sarthois websites here:http://www.sarthe.com/pratique/pratique/annuaire_sarthois.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I see from a certain other forum that some people are wanting to run an English-style folk club near us in France, and they seem to be getting some support.I sometimes wonder just why I went to France...There seem to be plenty of local traditional music and dance associations in France (though they probably take themselves and their interests rather too seriously for my taste), but thankfully few 'folk clubs'. Posters in the boulangerie sem to be the best way of finding out what's around in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I don't think that Cooperlola is after an English Folk Club, Will. If so, the link I gave will be useless - it's for a sarthoise folklorique association! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 You are right, no, I'd like to find out a bit more about French traditional music too. I do realise I'm unlikely to find a load of beardies ad-libbing in the local bar! I will get onto that link, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Cassis, I hope Cooperlola isn't after an English folk club, though he (presumably a he, but I'm not sure, remembering the Ray Davies song about Lola...) did ask for the French equivalent. I think about the only good French traditional music I have heard outside Brittany has been in England anyway, I remember seeing Rosbif in a pub in Sussex - does that ring any bells? Now I'm off on a journey into my distant past, which the OP's username and avatar hasn't helped avert, having had a little dabble in motor sport as well as folk music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Her. Petrolhead. No co-incidence I live in the Sarthe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Can't imagine the connection! I first came to this region in the eighties for the 24 Heures, the year it chucked it down (not unique!) and the McLarens won, and I was hooked from then on, coming back every year without fail. Ah, Camping Houx and Parking Bleu, how you have changed over the years!Naturally, since moving here I haven't seen a single thing - except lots of nice motors and bikes staying here for the races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Aw come along Cassis, no excuses now, you are just down the road! See you in June? To shoot the breeze with fellow sports' car enthusiasts and assorted nutters, visit us at www.clubarnage.com . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 You think I don't know about Club Arnage, Deborah? [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Ah-ha. Another CAer in disguise, eh?My avatar is the giveaway. Tee-hee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Yep, though I'm not there as regularly as I used to be. And if I said HSV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Nope, you've got me stumped! I'm thinking Holdens and High Sided Vehicles.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Will - did you drive with your finger in your ear?I've never heard any genuine Norman folk music - can anyone aim me at some I can achieve easily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Gotcha now Geordie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 oui ' c'est moi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]Will - did you drive with your finger in your ear?I've never heard any genuine Norman folk music - can anyone aim me at some I can achieve easily?[/quote]Could be stretching a point but try this:NormanThe Sarthe is, of course, in the Pays de la Loire - but as we are so close to Alençon (capital of the Orne, in Normandy) and hardly anyone ever does a Google search for the Sarthe, we decided to move our bit of the Sarthe into Normandy for advertising purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I didn't mean music by someone called Norman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 So I don't suppose "Spirit in the Sky" will fit the bill either, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Greenbaum? Folk music? I don't think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Right. Cracked it. Here you go, no more complaints:Norman Folk 1Norman Folk 2Now try telling me these aren't genuine Norman folk music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Old time, Country and Blues? Je crois que non!Still, at least we're back on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 You call that on-topic? The second one looks like the bloke out of Third Rock from the Sun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Well, I guess I meant we'd got off "Voitures" and back onto "Musique" (well, sort of..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 His name was Dick as well. The bloke on 3rd Rock from the Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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