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Great D a ys of F o lk Festival. Three days cf foot-stomping music, raucous revelry and fabulous fun will follow,


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I fanatics to the town. Musicians and perform­


ers from all around the world will converge on Clitheroe for the festival, but two local artists flying the folk flag for the Ribble Valley will be accordion musicians Mick Burke, of Clitheroe, and Wadding- ton’s Martin O'Gorman. Mick (56), an amiable and easy-going Irishman, is something of a statesman of the music genre, having toured far and wide with his five-row button accor­ dion. I t is a marvellous­ looking contraption. I t resembles some sor t of Atlantis-like underwater breathing apparatus. I would not have a clue


where to begin trying to get so much as a squeak out of the big old "box," but when


Mick M ar tin works his magic, knocking out warm- toned mazy Irish reels, even the most musically- challenged of people find it hard to resist tapping their


feet to the rhythm. Mick tells me he cut his


folk-teeth in the 'sixties, when he was living in Manchester, playing in the city's legion of Irish pubs. He soon discovered folk's universal appeal. "It is an international language. If you can play reasonably competently you can go anywhere with it," he says, with the hint of the south­ ern Ir ish burr which betrays his origins. Mick is a modest, down-


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FOCUSEDbn folk !l"'l'\ZldinK(on's Martin O'Gorman and Clithcroc's Mick Burke warm­ ing up their accordions for this weekend’s Great Days of Folk Festival (010G98/l/3a)


Fridays, "having the craic" with the pub's clientele between songs. What does he get out of it? "Well, it's certainly not for the moneyl At the end of the day, it's for the sheer love of


it," he says. M a r tin is a staunch


to-earth man, two qualities which seem endemic to the folk fraternity. Only after a good deal of prompting does he concede that he is p ret ty competent in the genre; somewhat of _an understatement coming from a man who once won an all-England folk cham­ pionship award. He plays as much as he can with whomever he can and he is a welcome regular a t Clitheroe's New Inn on


admirer, understudy and frequent playing-partner of Mick. Martin (27), encour­ aged by his accordion-play­ ing father, took up the two- row accordion, his Italian model being a more com­ p act version of Mick’s whopper. That was seven years ago and since then he has gone from strength to strength with his band, the Glass. With his elder brother Peter playing the accordion too, it really is a


family affair. Mar tin explained the


a t tra c t io n . " I t sounds 'nowt like a piano, it sounds 'nowt like an organ, it sounds 'nowt like anything else really. It's got a warm sound all of its own," he explains. Martin confesses he would play seven nights a week if he could, but as a


family man, with a recent­ ly-born baby daughter he contents himself with two good sessions a week. He is looking forward to playing at the festival, but he says i t is also a grand social occasion, catching up with old pals from the circuit and making some new ones


too. Both pay tribute to the


dedication of the Great Days' organisers, who have worked tirelessly all the year around to put on the festival and promote it to the world. " I t 's getting there as establishing itself as a major event in the folk calendar and really helping to put Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley on the map in the folk-world," enthus­


meisters to sum up for lay­ men like myself what the school of music is all about. The simplicity of their responses go some way in explaining folk’s wide


es Mick. I ask these two folk-


appeal. "In a nutshell it's music


for folk," says Martin.'Tt's


the music of the people, happy music," adds Mick. In many respects both


represent the enduring resilience of folk; Mick, the old hand and Mar tin a member of the new up and coming generation of folk players. Aside from that, they both play a mean old tune, with a repertoire of Irish melodies and folk songs which would have a tone-deaf sloth up and dancing. Catch both musicians on


song at one of the festival's opening sessions a t the New Inn on Friday, while Matin's band, the Glass, performs a t Key Street Dance and Music Bar on Sunday. There is a host of sessions over the weekend in and around Clitheroe. See page 6 for festival


details. Fora detailed line­ up buy a copy of the offi- cial Great Days of Folk programme available from the Tourist Information Centre in Market Place and many other festival points over the weekend, in Clitheroe.


No better way to light up the Millennium


W


hen the final hour of this Millennium is at


hand, it is a p re t ty


good bet that the people of the Ribble Valley will be celebrat­


ing in style. Also odds on is that the citizens


of Clitheroe will be lighting up the last night sky of the twentieth cen­ tury in a torchlight procession - an old custom in these parts dating back over 100 years. And what bet­ ter way of bringing in the 21st cen­ tury than by holding the town's


21st torchlit procession? The first one took place in June,


1887, to commemorate Queen Victo­ ria's golden jubilee. On this presti­ gious occasion the many sections of the procession were flanked by mem­ bers of the Bicycle Club on their bikes . The grand sight of an old steam fire engine drawn by four hors­ es and the sounds of a brass band met the hordes of spectators who had gathered to watch the procession. Ten years on, and the matriarchal


monarch’s diamond jubilee was cele­ brated in a most spectacular fashion.


Members of the Clitheroe Bicycle Club played their part again by car­ rying a "feast of lanterns." The pro­ cession was headed by "the world- renowned Clitheroe Borough Prize Band." Thousands gathered to watch the parade. The night sky was lit up by coloured flames being burned by a fire engine along the route. The ensemble was led by seven mounted knight crusaders resplendent in their gleaming coats of armour. Other notable participants included a con­ tingent from the Urban District Council of Low Moor, who carried the remarkable banner illustrating the Ancient Order of Baconeatersi Their legendary mascot, Percy the Low Moor Pig, attracted whistles and whoops of appreciation from the


roadside. Since those heady days many


other great occasions in Clitheroe have been celebrated by torchlit pro­ cessions — the end of both World Wars, for example, saw more colour­ ful displays of civic pageantry on the streets of Clitheroe. Royal occasions are always sure to be considered wor­ thy of a torchlit procession and the


THOUC3-SST for the week one way or another in your life­ H


time? Whether we realise it or not, we are


influencing someone's life daily. A smile can cheer, a cheer can hurt, a refusal to co-operate can hinder. A word of encouragement can help con­ siderably, along with a bit of sympa­


thetic understanding. If we are cheerful and amiable, we


i tempered and unsympathetic, we could spoil their day.


could help someone's day along. On the other hand, if we are grumpy, bad


School teachers are in a special .


position to influence young people's lives, from primary scholars to teenagers. They must meet and make some kind of an impression on thou­ sands of children during their work­


ing lives. Sunday school teachers must also


influence quite a lot of children in their time. I remember dealing with lads on a Sunday afternoon who scoffed a t the idea th a t taking a


ave you ever thought how many people you must have influenced


piece Ol iruiLiruiaaiuaifk.cvoi,«ii really stealing. I wonder if any of my efforts at stories and moral teaching helped them. Maybe, in time, some­ thing cropped up in their memory to help them with their own children. We not only influence people with whom we have immediate contact bu t we may also make a second impression on the people they meet. We can never know how far what


we say or do can travel. We can make a remark or tell a story that sticks in the mind of someone, and because of this seed thought we have planted that person may write a book or an article th a t will be read by thou­ sands. Almost subconsciously we could set up a chain reaction that has far-reaching effects, so it is very important that we ensure our influ­ ence is for good rather than evil. In the 'fifties and 'sixties I gave lit­


appuaiuu ll* ow ------------ One of my many pupils has


become a university lecturer, another a Methodist minister, and one was for years a missionary nurse in the


New Hebrides. Sometimes they write to me and


pass on their thanks for early guid­ ance. Most of them are parents and may well pass on ideas I passed on to them. I t is humbling and very thrilling to have been used in this


way. Many of the readers of these week­


ly pieces of mine not only take to heart something I have written but pass on cuttings of these regularly to friends and relatives far away. I am very conscious of the honour and responsibility that is mine, but all of us are also influencing those whom


tle epilogue talks to teenagers in you til clubs. Many of those who lis­ tened are teachers today, having left us to go on to college and university. I sometimes wonder how many second impressions my words have made through the minds of those who


we contact. God uses me, as you know, but He


can also use you, if you will permit Him to influence your life enough for you to be able to have something wonderful to pass on, to influence another for good.


Joe Stnnsfield


last one was organised to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. For many Clitheronians the memory of the sparkling event remains as bright


as the light shining from torches gripped by the 50,000 spectators who crammed on to the streets to join in


with the festivities. What a way to celebrate! Let us hope


we can light up the new Millennium with a procession which is bigger and brighter than ever before.


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