The Tars sang two wassailing songs in the Community Orchard and then did two sessions back in the Church Hall. Unfortunately the Morris Dancers who were due to attend had to cancel due to the wintry weather.
Read more about the event here.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Monday, November 16, 2009
JOHN TAYLOR FESTIVAL ‘Water Marks’ Community Dance and Music Event THE WHARF Thursday 10th December 7.30pm.
The Tavy Tars will be singing in the bar before the curtain goes up and then on stage during the show. If you would like to find out more, or make a booking, click here
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
New Tavy Tars Promotional Flyer
Our chief Publicity Officer (William) and his team of highly trained operatives have been toiling away to produce a promotional flyer for display in premises and car windows throughout Devon, Cornwall and beyond. If you would like your own copy of this glossy A5 sized flyer to display anywhere, drop us an email.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Tars at OXJAM 2009
The Tavy Tars will be performing at the forthcoming OXJAM event at Bere Ferrers Social Club during the evening of 31 October. This will be a fund raising event for Oxfam. Their description is as follows 'Oxjam is your chance to fight poverty with music. Since 2006, more than 36,000 musicians have played to an audience of over 750,000 people at almost 3,000 Oxjam events, raising in excess of £1 million to fight poverty around the world.'
The Tavy Tars are pleased to join other local musicians to support this event. Jane is our local event organiser and can be contacted on 01822 841064. You can read more about OXJAM here
The Tavy Tars are pleased to join other local musicians to support this event. Jane is our local event organiser and can be contacted on 01822 841064. You can read more about OXJAM here
Monday, July 13, 2009
The Tars at South Brent
Jane writes - Saturday 4th July found the Tars heading east along the A38, heading for South Brent Folk festival where we were guest performers. Could have done with waterwings as the rain lashed down, but this did not dampen the Tars’ spirits - they are well used to a watery environment.
The venue was a lovely old inn, The Pack Horse, in the centre of the village, where a warm welcome awaited us. There is a wonderful culture of song there with weekly folk sesions (every Wednesday, plus alternate Tuesdays) - who says music is dying out in pubs!
A good time was had by all - with some old friendships renewed, new friends made, and songs shared. Thank you for inviting us, South Brent!
The venue was a lovely old inn, The Pack Horse, in the centre of the village, where a warm welcome awaited us. There is a wonderful culture of song there with weekly folk sesions (every Wednesday, plus alternate Tuesdays) - who says music is dying out in pubs!
A good time was had by all - with some old friendships renewed, new friends made, and songs shared. Thank you for inviting us, South Brent!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Photos and Video Clips
Our highly trained official photographer Carol on the lookout for even more photo opportunities. However, we would still be grateful for any photos or video clips that she missed.... thanks
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Falmouth International Shanty Festival 09 - Report
Well, we all made it to Falmouth despite dire prognostications from the weather man about sailing conditions, with three boats berthed at Port Pendennis this year. Once again we were berthed with our friends from the Wareham Whalers.
The weather turned out to sunny and hot, which was a real bonus for everybody. The first thing we did was join a mass shanty sing for BBC Spotlight. We started our performances by doing the early session at the Watersports Centre on Friday evening and on Saturday we did 5 Degrees West, The Moor Piazza stage and the Front. On Sunday we only had the one event which was on the Custom House Quay at lunchtime.
There were a record number of groups this year from France, Holland and Denmark, as well as a lot of excellent UK groups.
We had a few funny incidents. One of the best was when Will was introducing ‘Tall Ships’ at the Waterfront. He was doing his bit about how the Cornish used to indulge in a little ‘diversification’ in the form of wrecking when a strong Cornish voice announced from somewhere ‘and we ain’t finished yet’. Despite everyone collapsing at this (including the Tars!), William managed to keep his intro going.
There was a great atmosphere throughout and Falmouth Shout did a superb job in organising and managing the weekend once again with their usual hospitality. Many thanks to them for all their efforts, which hopefully raised a considerable sum for the RNLI.
There are some pictures of the event and links to some You Tube videos to the right of this post.
We hope to be back there next year.
The weather turned out to sunny and hot, which was a real bonus for everybody. The first thing we did was join a mass shanty sing for BBC Spotlight. We started our performances by doing the early session at the Watersports Centre on Friday evening and on Saturday we did 5 Degrees West, The Moor Piazza stage and the Front. On Sunday we only had the one event which was on the Custom House Quay at lunchtime.
There were a record number of groups this year from France, Holland and Denmark, as well as a lot of excellent UK groups.
We had a few funny incidents. One of the best was when Will was introducing ‘Tall Ships’ at the Waterfront. He was doing his bit about how the Cornish used to indulge in a little ‘diversification’ in the form of wrecking when a strong Cornish voice announced from somewhere ‘and we ain’t finished yet’. Despite everyone collapsing at this (including the Tars!), William managed to keep his intro going.
There was a great atmosphere throughout and Falmouth Shout did a superb job in organising and managing the weekend once again with their usual hospitality. Many thanks to them for all their efforts, which hopefully raised a considerable sum for the RNLI.
There are some pictures of the event and links to some You Tube videos to the right of this post.
We hope to be back there next year.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Most of what you ever wanted to know about the Tavy Tars crew
Click the link 'Meet the Tars' on the right if you want to know more about the Tavy Tars crew.......
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Falmouth International Shanty Festival 2009
We now have the final draft programme for the 2009 festival, which is even bigger this year. The Tavy Tars performance slots are likely to be:
Friday 12 June 19.00-20.00 at the Watersports Centre
Saturday 13 June 12.00-13.00 at Five Degrees West
Saturday 13 June 16.00-17.00 at The Moor stage
Saturday 13 June 19.00-20.00 at The Front (our favourite venue)
Sunday 14 June 13.00-14.00 at Custom House Quay stage
There is much more information on Falmouth Shout's website at
http://www.falmouthshout.com/festival.html
or use the link in the musical links section of this page.
So put the dates 12-14 June in your diary and we hope to see you there.
Friday 12 June 19.00-20.00 at the Watersports Centre
Saturday 13 June 12.00-13.00 at Five Degrees West
Saturday 13 June 16.00-17.00 at The Moor stage
Saturday 13 June 19.00-20.00 at The Front (our favourite venue)
Sunday 14 June 13.00-14.00 at Custom House Quay stage
There is much more information on Falmouth Shout's website at
http://www.falmouthshout.com/festival.html
or use the link in the musical links section of this page.
So put the dates 12-14 June in your diary and we hope to see you there.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
'Back to Our Roots' show - DVD now available!!
A limited number of the long awaited and critically acclaimed DVD of the Tavy Tars 'Back to Our Roots' show are now available. Any Tavy Tar can supply you with a copy in exchange for a fiver. Thanks to Jason Poole for organising the shooting and Chris Gilling for his work on editing the footage.
NB. This DVD contains the only known images of the Tavy Tarts surprise guest appearance!
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