Auckland New Zealand
Take five dedicated singers of traditional British folksong, incorporate songs of ceremony with pastoral ditties, songs from the workers struggle against tyranny & oppression.... in fact any song with great lyrics and a good tune and what do you have?
………SuperSheep; THE supergroup for lovers of a capella, traditional singing par excellence!
Comprising Beverley Young, Clare Senior, Jean Reid, Terry Free and Ian Bartlett, the group made a cameo, debut performance at Titirangi in November 2008. They have been performing as SuperSheep ever since and have been invited guests at both the Wellington and Hamilton Folk festivals where they received great reviews. Now they are back at Titirangi with some new songs for you to enjoy and to keep the old traditions alive in changing times … and have a lot of fun with it.
And when SuperSheep has fun, so do their audience. Ewe won’t want to miss them!
An informal ‘Singaround’ - ‘Open Mic’ without a Mic - A smaller group of people meet to share their songs and music.
Bring some friends – bring family – bring youngsters – bring strangers; even bring university professors, to join in a social evening, with plenty of fun and music, beside the crackling fire.
Between the 10 rounds of questions we’ll have music from our floor singers to keep you entertained while the scores are totted up.
Rounds comprise the following categories with five questions in each category:–
There will be some easy questions and some harder ones, and some questions where it might help if you had a youngster on your team.
We are looking to get at least 10 teams of six people, there will be spot prizes for the most outlandishly dressed team, outlandishly dressed person and the person with the best hat!! The winning team will become the "Supreme Champions of Trivia" and they will be immortalised in TFMC history for at least a week!
All you have to do is:-
Give your team a name; the more outlandish and folk connected the better e.g. the Outlandish Knights.
Booking early is advised. Floor singers are encouraged to provide the additional entertainment between rounds.
To assist us with the organisation it would be helpful for us to know how many teams and people to expect so please, please, please let us know as soon as you can.
If you know of somebody or some organisation or business who may be willing to donate a prize then please let Ian know. Donors will be advertised on the Sponsors Board and in our Club literature.
Ian can be contacted on 09 813 2305 or by the form below.
The venue for this extravaganza is the Titirangi Beach Hall (where else!!?) doors will be open as usual at 7.30pm and the quiz will start at 8pm. Entry is $5pp for all.
Last Update: 2014-08-20
The Club was conceived in 1965 when the Clancy Brothers didn't come and someone had the astounding idea of having a sing-a-round thus transforming an audience into a folk group. Formally established in 1966 we're still going strong.