One of our members participated in an evening of poetry, music and song at Jarrow Hall on Sunday 9th June. We also enjoyed the sound of the Anglo-Saxon harp accompanied by pipe and drum, all by the same musician. Local poets read poetry and we heard traditional songs too. Naturally it was accompanied by a glass of mead and a roraing fire. Gesiðas are delighted and honoured to be able to join in such events and help to share our love of language and poetry from th eperiod with others.
Sunday 9 June, 5-7pm, Jarrow Hall, Church Bank, Jarrow, NE32 3DY
Tickets: https://rb.gy/8c31vy
We are very pleased to be supporting this event where one of our members will be reading Old English poetry as one of the scops taking part in the evening’s programme.
Join a troop of storytellers, scops, singers and musicians in the Mead Hall for a unique and enchanting voyage into the history, heritage and folklore of the Northeast, including recitals of Old English poetry accompanied by lyre and pipe, stories and poems of Jarrow, folksongs of myth and magic and a performance of Bob Beagrie’s epic poem Eftwyrd, set in 7th Century Norðanhumbria.
Ticketholders will be offered a complimentary glass of Lindisfarne mead or non-alcoholic alternative!
Sunday 7 July, 10am – 4 pm – The Visitor Centre, Dalby Forest, Pickering, YO18 7LT
The English Companions will be having a stall at the annual festival of -ologies at Dalby Forest in North Yorkshire. Come along and say hello!
This year’s theme is “Lifespans” and we’ll have information on how English today is still full of words from before the Norman Conquest, as well as explaining how King Charles’ coronation oath was developed in the 10th century and how he can trace his family tree back to the Anglo-Saxon god, Woden.
There will be lots of other groups there as well, covering everything from star-gazing to recycling!