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Sound recording, story; a European folk tale told by Sally Pomme Clayton, as part of the programme The Seeds of Love, performed with Helen Chadwick and Inanna, at The Crick Crack Club at The Old Farm House Pub, Kentish Town, London 14th February 1991
Story told by Sally Pomme Clayton, with musical accompaniment, followed by closing statements by a radio presenter. On Valentine's day an old women gives a King a golden ball with the words 'give this to the one you love'. The King gives the ball to his wife. The ball is then passed from person to person until it is given back to the King by the chamber maid.
Programme note reads - The Seeds of Love - an evening devised by storyteller Pomme Clayton and singer Helen Chadwick, to celebrate the feast of St Valentine.
audience:-	adult
recording quality
condition:-	good
completeness:-	complete
duration:-	0 hours, 2 minutes, 5 seconds
This is one of a series of recordings made by Marc Jobst to create a pilot of a series of radio programmes entitled Cracking Tales for broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Pilots were made, but the programme was never broadcast.
The Crick Crack Club was founded by Ben Haggarty in 1987 and was the first regular performance storytelling club to be established in the UK. From the outset, the club operated with a programme of storytellers put in place by an artistic director, Ben Haggarty. It had no 'floor spots' whereby anyone had the opportunity to tell stories. The club was created in response to a recognised need for there to be sufficient UK storytellers to perform competent, formal evening shows for adult audiences in the proposed 1989, 15 day long, Third International Storytelling Festival at London's South Bank Centre. In the autumn of 1987 the first season of 26 weekly Crick Crack Club events was launched in a pub theatre (The Chair) in Ladbrook Grove, with the expressed aim of trying out new artists and providing an opportunity for established artists to develop their skills and repertoire for adults. Jenny Pearson of the Kew Storytellers helped Ben Haggarty with the organisation of this first season.The Crick Crack Club promoted weekly events in various venues in London between 1987 and 1995, and then monthly events at the Spitz from 1995 to 2001. During this time it also organised numerous monthly events and mini-festivals in regional arts venues throughout England. In 1991/92 wth £10,000 from the Arts Council Literature department it tried to establish a touring circuit promoting 120 events in a year. Daniel Morden gave invaluable administrative support during this period. In 1993, in partnership with David Ambrose of St. Donats Arts Centre in Wales, the Crick Crack Club Club created the Beyond the Border International Festival of Storytelling and Epic Singing. Ben Haggarty co-directed Beyond the Border from 1993 to 2005. Since 2001 the Crick Crack Club has worked on a peripatetic basis, programming in various venues and in partnership with various organisations, and in 2003 began a long-term partnership with Barbican Education in London, to promote 9 events a year in the Barbican Pit Theatre
storytelling; singing:-	storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British
storytelling; singing:-	Radio Presenter male
origin:-	Europe
	Crick Crack Club season flyer
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associated:-	singing group: Inanna
associated:-	singer: Helen Chadwick
associated:-	singer: Joanna Foster
associated:-	singer: Venice Manley
use:-	BBC Radio 4 Marc Jobst radio broadcast pilot
administration & programming:-	administrator; programmer: The Crick Crack Club administrator; programmer; Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty
storytelling; singing:-	Kentish Town, London, England: The Old Farm House Pub 14 Feb 1991 storytelling club: The Crick Crack Club public performance: The Seeds of Love radio production
gift from:-	Marc Jobst

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