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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

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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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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

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