Christmas is Coming

Hi
Doing my round of the Old Folks Xmas lunches etc and regular Charity show at Countess Wear Village Hall in December.
Showtime@ CWVH is 7.30pm on Saturday 12th December. Tickets are £8-inc Buffet. Available from Poppy's Flowers, Topsham Rd or by post from CWVH, 62 Exevale Rd., Exeter, Devon. EX2 6LF.Chqs to Countess Wear Village Hall.
Hope to see you all then or you can get my new CD Still Spinning for Christmas.
See You in 2010

I'm Back

Hi now back and working again after an An(n)us Horribilis.
Tomorrow 12th OCT at CROYDON FOLK CLUB info at www.croydonfolksongclub.org and soon to officially launch 'STILL SPINNING'and get back to singing and playing.
It has been an awful time since my old mate Cliff Hall got ill and then went to that Great Folk Club in the Sky to be followed by the illness and subsequent demise of my lovely Ma-in Law Betty Irene Webb in March. This entailed the packing up of two houses and moving to the the coast in July.So here we are still surrounded by packing cases but seeing some lovely sea at the end of the tunnel.The office has moved with us and is now at 6,Morin Road, Paignton, Devon TQ3 2PL
Hope to see a lot more of you this next year. Talk to you soon with more news.

Still Spinning CD

Hi
Had lots of enquiries about new CD 'STILL SPINNING'.Good News is you can get copies before Christmas by mail order.Cheques payable to EXEGROVES, 343, Topsham Rd., Exeter.EX2 6EY.Cost £11.50 inc.P&P

STILL SPINNING

Today we got 50 advance copies of Mick's new CD 'STILL SPINNING'a collection of Micks's favourite songs, including Navvy Boots, Carrickfergus, Greenland Whalefishing,John Barleycorn,D-Day Dodgers etc and three never before recorded; 'Woman Smarter' from Cliff's favourites, one from Hughie 'Marques', and 'Lord Franklin' which has always been the song that hooked Mick on English folksong.Full Tracklist and info about sales to follow soon.Meanwhile we will have advance copies on sale at the gigs starting at Arundel Tomorrow.

Back on Air

Sorry not had much on recently due to family things and dare I say it computer failure.Honest.
We had a splendid memorial lunch for Cliff at Fetish for Food,Prestwich, Gt.M/cr. Cliff's widow Dot came over from Oz with her daughter Jane and we all( me, Hughie, Tony and Johnny Mac and wives) met up with her and her family for a great meal and sing song in memory of our old mate. We still aim to do a bigger charity fund raiser in Liverpool on or about his anniversary next June. Watch this space.
DATES.
Wednesday 26th. November.
Return visit to The Famous Willows Folk Club in Arundel at Arundel Football Club,8pm Admision £4.Contact Chris Davis at chris@willowsfolkclub.org or 07790511054.
DECEMBER.
Sunday 7th.
Ratepayers Arms, Filton, Bristol.8.30pm. Admission Free so get there early.
Saturday 13th.
Countess Wear Village Hall Exeter. 7.30. Admission £7.50(inc buffet). Tkts Poppy's Flowers, Topsham Rd. Exeter or chqs and SAE to Countess Wear Vill. Hall, Mick Groves Show, 62, Exevale Rd., Exeter. EX2 6LF. Tkts selling fast.

Summer Gigs

Saturday 19th July. RCH Home in Dawlish 80th birthday celebration at 12 noon, free entrance come and join in the fun and singalong.

Thursday 24th. Concert at Globe Hotel, Topsham with Becki Driscoll(fiddle) and Jim Causley(accordians). Tkts from Kevin on 07771558914 or Box Office 01598 740281

Tuesday 29th July. Liverpool Hughie and Chris Jones club in the Everyman Theatre Bar.

Saturday 2nd August. Village Folk Club, The Limes, Catisfield Lane, Catisfield, Hants. with Becki Driscoll(fiddle).

Sad News

I have to report that my old mate from THE SPINNERS Cliff Hall went to that Great Folk Club In the Sky on Thurs. 26th June. Cliff was born in Cuba 1925 and went out in South Australia 2008 after a prolonged illness Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Dorothy and her family and Cliff's two sons Clifford and Robert. We will be organising a memorial service in Liverpool later this year.