Programme for Saturday 7 June 2003
Venue: Central Headington
Official opening
11.00: Central Headington crossroads (outside Barclays Bank):
Opening by Bill Heine of Radio Oxford and owner
of the Headington Shark
followed by Sparkle Stage Set
Queen's Café
11.15–11.45: Richard Blair (fine voice, fine guitar
picker, and editor of Thames Valley Folk Magazine)
12.00–12.30: Margaret
Scruby (Paraguayan harp)
12.35–13.05: Francis
Elder (Poems for guitar & voice)
13.10–13.40: Greg Mayston (fine guitarist and singer)
13.45–14.15: Joseph Smith (popular melodeon player)
The next artistes did not arrive, but Joseph Smith kindly gave
a longer performance and then Graham Bushnell of Trinity Road nobly
stood in
15.30–16.00: 2D (covers and originals from Dominic
and Doug)
Royal Standard
12.00–12.30: Phil White(singer/songwriter with
Berkshire band Sleepless)
12.45–13.15: Chrissie Flynn & Jim Davis (local
duo with wide repertoire)
13.30–14.00: The
Sad Song Co. (with Nigel Powell ex Unbelievable Truth)
14.15–14.45: Ukulele
Bob (well known to Radio Oxford listeners)
15.00–15.30: Mark Bosley (man behind acoustic music
nights at Port Mahon)
15.45–16.15: Twizz
Twangle (music from 1950s to present in inimitable
style)
16.30–17.00: Johnny
Coppin (West Country folk legend)
17.15–17.45: KTB
(Radio 2 young folk musician of the year finalist, 2002)
The Quarry Gate
12.15–12.45 Richard
G. Jeffery (Headington singer/songwriter)
12.55–13.25 Sean Dennis & Richard O'Rourke
(originals & Bowie covers)
13.35–14.05 Nhasi Tafara (Zimbabwean musician)
14.15–14.45 Out of Africa (percussive African music)
14.55–15.25 Ella Reid (excellent Blues guitarist)
15.35–16.05 Exile & the
Kingdom (intellectual punk duo)
16.15–16.45 Mars (singer/songwriter)
Corner of Osler Road
11.30 Sparkle Stage Set
13.00 Cornucopia (Appalachian clog-dance team from
Wantage and Grove)
Bury Knowle Park (Children's special)
12.30: Sparkle Stage Set
13.30: Chilindrader (travelling menagerie)
15.30: Chilindrader (travelling menagerie)
Gardens open on Saturday, 10.00–12.30
13 Stephen Road
17 Stephen Road
39 Stephen Road
10 Kennett Road
39 Kennett Road (with plants for sale)
Art on Saturday, 10.00–12.30
1 Sandfield Road: Stained glass (Martin Smith)
Sensuous, intricate, decorative stained glass and sculptures
of the human form and organic abstracts