Singing in the May

13_FolkClubMay2013_064-57‘Spring’ was the theme at this month’s Bonn Folk Club meet in Haus Müllestumpe.  Songs with ‘May’ in them are of course plentiful.  There’s ‘Maggie May’ for example, or ‘May Each Day’, even ‘MAYbe it’s because I’m a Londoner’?  Well, okay, not quite so easy.  Would, or even could, anyone run with the idea?  MAYbe…

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Folk Club 33 – Singing in the New

Photo: W. Krotz-Vogel

Photo: W. Krotz-Vogel

Richard Limbert reports from Bonn Folk Clubs January Meet:  With barely time to sleep off the intoxicating celebrations that saw in the New Year, Bonn Folk Club was up and running once again with its 33rd meeting . Of course, whilst you always hope for great things with your heart, your head says that a lot of people are still on vacation with their loved ones, or simply enjoying well-earned and much needed quality leisure time.   What in fact happened though was that  the optimistic expectations were actually not just met, but exceeded!  There were both old and new faces as the venue filled up, the atmosphere was anything but lonely when things got underway as always at 7.30pm with a full house as usual.

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