United Folk

Sheila was the joint leader of the Christian folk band The United Folk, who played together for over twenty years and released three albums. The United Folk were a collection of musicians and singers from the North East region of England. They performed in a wide variety of settings including concert halls, shopping centres, prisons and schools. The United Folk also had a successfull tour of Northern Ireland in the late 1980's. The Best Of United Folk includes sixteen of the group's favourite tracks from the three albums. This was just recently released in October 1999.

Click on one of the images below to see the United Folk :

	United Folk - pictured leading worship at an event in the Newcastle Civic Centre. (click for bigger image)
	United Folk - pictured in a local newspaper (in the grounds of Tynemouth Priory). (click for bigger image)

Members of the United Folk included:

Ron Bedford, Hazel Bell, Ann Caton, Anthony Frederiksen, Kathryn Frederiksen, Sheila Hamil, Muriel Heslewood, Carol Hirst, Jennie Magee, Angela Maughan, Rose Nixon, Gerry O'Hanlon, Avril Pease, Lynne Smith, Margaret Scott, Pete Scott, Margaret Storey, Zena Thompson.

Others to make a contribution to performances over the years are :

Margi and Tony Buglass, Carol Cairns, Terry Patterson, Mary Thompson, Ken Hawker, Janet McLeod, Karin Flanagan, Pat Craighead, Liz Johnson, Chirs James, Judith Pearl

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