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THOUGH they’re common in England, folk clubs
are a new concept for the North Shore, but Betty
and Eric Armstrong are trying to change that.
From England themselves,
ine husband. and. wife fol
singers would like to recap-
ture the warm atmosphere of ‘‘Nobody knows what a
people gathering to sing or folk club is,’’ Betty Arm.
strong says, smiling as she
explains one more time.

play an instrument, or just

to relax and be entertained,
**We have to educate people.
Just because it’s a club, that

so they’ve started their own
folk club the first and third
doesn’t mean you have to be

Monday of every month tn

the lounge bar at Pres- a member. Anyone can get

entation House in North up and sing if they like, two

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doesn’t mean you have to
join in. There are singers
and there is an audience.
You can relax, listen to the
music and have a drink.’’
When the Armstrongs
came to the North Shore,
they say they were amazed at
the lack of entertainment
available to adults. ‘‘There’s
plenty for teenagers, but not

enough for adults,’’ Eric
Armstrong says.
The closest thing Van.

couver has to a folk club, he
continues, is the pub But in
the pub the entertainment ts

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set, whereas a folk club has
a variety of entertainment
and a lot more involvement.
In England, folk clubs are
set up in the backroom of a
pub, and people ‘pay on the
door.’

Folk singing, which 1s
acoustic music rather than
electric, concentrates on the
lyrics, and the Armstrongs
say the styles of music they
cover are varied. ‘‘We sing
Irish sing-a-long, blues,
ragtime, country and con-
temporary; we play strings,
banjos, fiddles and man-

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SINGING out at one
of the North Shore
Folk Club’s informal
gatherings, Eric and
Betty Armstrong put
on an_ entertaining
show for the au-
dience. But they’re
not the only one’s
who get up and per-
form. Anyone inter-
ested in singing a few
songs can get up as
well. The group
meets the first and
third Monday in
every month at Pres-
entation House’s bar

lounge, and all in-
struments are wel-
come and all

varieties of music are
played.

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resentation House

dolins; and we both sing
harmony. We cover pretty
well everything, from gentle

to sing all night,

in case
there are no offers, which
they say rarely happens.

and soft to rowdy,’’ the In Stockton, England, the

couple explained. Armstrongs sang profes-
The Armstrongs both © sionally, and travelled to

agree that to lead a folk

club, it takes lots of energy, See page C2

and they have to be prepared

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