A Happy New Year....

..........from Rattlebag. See you in 2012.

Be Merry All.......

Ratters will be out this very night in Hastings Old Town, serenading various diners and drinkers with carols, wassails and seasonal songs. Its all in the name of charity!

If we don't speak again until after the day: Merry Christmas to you all!

Seasonal Singaround

Rattlebag's not at all legendary Christmas Song session is here. Come to The Stag at Hastings' All Saints' Street at half past eight armed with a Christmas song to share. Drinking, laughter, seasonal snacks and more besides shall be yours if you do.

Rattlebag at Lewes Folk Club

We had a great evening at Lewes Folk Club last night. Meg, back from France, joined in remembering all the words which is pretty impressive considering she's not sung with us for over a year and she was on the wine.
We thought we'd have a quick run through before the folk club to check Meg still knew the words. We found a quiet dark corner of the car park at Lewes station, and apart from a few rabbits (!) we were alone. Singing with our usual gusto, we launched into the second verse as the commuter train from London arrived, deposited some bewildered looking office workers who disembarked to the chorus of Collier Lads. The rabbits ran away.

October Singaround

The monthly singaround is here again. You know the details by now: Thursday October the 20th at the usual place and time - The Stag in All Saints Street, Hastings at half past eight. See you there!

Birthday!!

Bit late, this one.....

Tonight - that's the 15th of September - is Rattlebag's sixth (how did that happen?!) birthday singaround. Lots of fun and games and all starting at the Stag, All Saints Street, Hastings from half past eight. We were so excited we forgot to blog about it. However, as you can see, our new promotional airship has been spreading the celebratory word.

Rattlebag at Towersey

Not much else to say, really. Rattlebag are very excited to be performing at this years festival and listening to some great bands.

http://www.towerseyfestival.com/

We'll be appearing all over the place across the weekend. Hope to see some of you there.....

July Singaround

Well, it's the height of Summer and Oh! the dreadful wind and rain!
We are looking forward to our next Singaround on Thursday 21st July 2011 at the Stag, Hastings Old Town. Starting at the usual time of 8.30pm.
All welcome to sing or just listen.
Bring a song and maybe an umbrella.....

Another rattling Good Sing (and hopefully A Rattling Good Harmony Workshop too)

Time flies and here we are again. This month's singaround is on Thursday, the 16th of June, at the usual venue: The back bar of The Stag in All Saints Street, Hastings.

This time, we're going to begin with a workshop. It's called "Learn A Song With Harmonies" for reasons that we hope are obvious. It'll begin at 8-30 and the proper singaround will then kick off at 9-00 as usual. So, if you'd like to take part in the workshop, please make sure you arrive before half eight in order for us to start things off on time and not run into singaround time. Cheers!

Also.... a technical thing: Because one or two of us have recently acquired clever phones that can do the internet among other things, we've become a bit more aware of the fact that there might be people out there who have similarly clever phones and might even want to use them to read this very Blog. With this in mind, we've optimised the content so that it looks good on a mobile as well as your home computer..

Going Green

Here's a clip we found on YouTube of Rattlebag singing onstage at this years Jack In The Green festival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HdZCjqFbkc&feature=related

Late News - Singaround Time Again!

We've been a bit slack with our updates lately. So with that in mind here's a last minute reminder: Tonight - Thursday May 19th - is singaround night once again. Come along and bring us a song.

Please note that the photograph is a serving suggestion only. Actual contents of singaround may vary.

New gadget

Take a look over to the right. There's a new box on the blog. No, the right.... Just above the photo. That's it. Where it says, "Follow by Email". Apparently, if you put your email address in that box, you will be immediately notified by a sweaty, wild eyed messenger every time the Blog gets updated. Or so we're told. It's almost too thrilling to comprehend, isn't it?

Hare Tonic

The next Rattling Good Sing will be on Thursday the 17th of March at our usual venue, The Stag, All Saints Street, Hastings at our newish start time of half past eight.

Yes it is St. Patrick's night so why not bring an Irish song or two?

We're also going to do a bit of fund-raising and having a collection for the legendary Norma Waterson who has recently been seriously ill.

We will also be practising our songs and giving out lyric sheets for March Hare Day on Sunday the 20th. This is a fun afternoon of guising and dressing up which will end in another Stag based song session. Go here to learn more....

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144083672322281

See you at the Stag!

Singing and drinking the night away. Again

The monthly Singaround is here again. Come to the Stag in All Saints Street, Hastings, tonight (February 17th) at around half past eight for the most fun you have with vocal chords. Possible themes? Irish songs or maybe - in honour of the just passed Valentine's day - luuuurve songs. If you like.

Rattlin' Good Squeeze: The Birthday Edition!

There will be the usual evening of fun and frivolity that happens when the Good Squeeze guys get together along with some songs this time as Ratttlebag will be joining Goose, Chris, Trooper and Alan for the fist time in ages.
This one is particularly special as Jacqui and Sian are both celebrating birthdays and so is our friend Big Jon. Join us at the North Star Inn, Clarence Road, Bohemia on Saturday 12th February at about 20:30.

Happy New Year!

Our next Rattling Good Singaround is on Thursday 20th January starting at 8.30pm at the Stag Inn, Hastings Old Town.
New for 2011 - Our Rattling Good Singaround Raffle. Yes, The Rattle Raffle. The revival of this tradition dates back to our early folk clubbing days. I knew something was missing from my life and this was it. Our raffle is open to anyone at our Stag Singaround. Prize galore! When we have raised enough money to book a guest, guess what, we'll book a guest!

Does anyone know a song about Raffles?