Our weekly 3 -hour show every Sunday night at 7pm on Spirit FM (96.6, 102.3 or 106.6FM) continues to gather a growing audience of discerning listeners, and the plain curious who probably can't quite fathom how blues, country, folk, and world music manage to sit happily next to each other - but they do !

"This show is similar to the trail-blazing content I used to listen to being played by John Peel, there are no prejudices, you're selecting material because of it's quality, not it's genre."

Special guest Judie Tzuke

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Roots Around the World's 'JAR ON THE BAR' helps to support The Jibon Tari Floating Hospital in Bangladesh and other worthy projects set up by the Haywards Heath-based charity:

At all our Roots' events there will be a 'Jar on the Bar' to help raise funds for The Impact Foundation. Every little bit of loose change adds up and you'll be amazed at how far it will go towards helping the poorest communities of the world.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO KINDLY DONATED THEIR CHANGE AT OUR 2004-05 SERIES OF EVENTS.

YOU RAISED A STAGGERING £301.40 !

THE JIBON TARI

The Jibon Tari floating hospital travels Bangladesh's many rivers, taking healthcare to hard-to-reach rural areas. Roots' has personal connections with the project and The Impact Foundation as the hospital was designed by Geoff Martin, who sadly passed away in 2005 was the father of our project manager Sue Martin. In fact Sue was very involved at the start of the project as she travelled to Bangladesh with her dad to research and produce a video on the need for, and the feasibility of, constructing such a hospital. Their experiences of visiting the poorest and most densely populated rural areas, where literally millions of people were deprived of any basic hospital care or operating facilities convinced them that the need for a floating hospital was unquestionable.

Understandably, Sue remains extremely proud of her father's voluntary achievement as The Jibon Tari was launched in 1999 and so far, over 200,000 people have benefited and 10,000 operations have been performed. Just recently, the Jibon Tari stopped in Nowapara, Jessore and accomplished it's 20th project during which the medical team on board carried out their usual blend of surgery and treatments to restore sight, movement or hearing or to repair cleft lip, and health education designed to prevent common causes of needless disability. In addition the Jibon Tari provides physiotherapy, immunisation and training for health workers and Traditional Birth Attendants

.The Impact Foundation urgently needs funding in order to keep the floating hospital in service - with your help we hope the Jibon Tari will continue its journey for many years to come.

£50 - £87 will train a health worker or birth attendant. £25 will fund an operation to restore sight, movement or hearing or a cleft lip, £10 will provide health education that can protect against needless disability to 10 more people, £5 will provide an examination and appropriate treatment for another person.

 

If you would like more information on the work of The Impact Foundation log on to: www.impact.org.uk

The Famous WILLOWS FOLK CLUB , has moved to Arundel Football Club,

Mill Road, Arundel.

8.00pm, doors open 7.30pm

Contact tel: 07790 511054

Email: chris@willowfolkclub.org

For what's coming up visit:

www.willowsfolkclub.org

footlights@freeuk.com

www.footlights.freeuk.com

www.footlights.freeuk.com email footlights@freeuk.com or telephone 01798 812661

Box-office: 02392 837373.

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SUSSEX FOLK GUIDE WEBSITE UPDATED
The Sussex Folk Guide Website has been updated with listings of many
folk song and dance events in and around Sussex between now and the end of May. There are around 100 folk song and dance events listed on the site. You can find it at http://whatson.brighton.co.uk/folk
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INSTRUMENTAL & VOCAL WORKSHOPS IN LEWES
The Saturday daytime instrumental workshops in Lewes organised by Valmai
Goodyear - valmaigoodyear@aol.com - go from strength to strength. The next
is a long series of attractive learning opportunites will be:-

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"Folk On Friday"

8:30pm every Friday at the Regnum Club (in the club's Richmond Room).

South Street, Chichester.

It's an acoustic session of Old Time, Vintage Country, Folk and Roots. The club's been going a year, but only moved into Chichester from out-of-town towards the end of last year. You can best get acces via South Pallant Car Park, and ring the porter's bell.