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Febuary, 2002 vol 37, No.2 December 30 Sun Sunnyside Song Circle; 2 pm January 2 Wed Folk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 4 Fri Atwater-Donnelly; 8pm, Polytech Wunsch Hall, Brooklyn 5 Sat Atwater-Donnelly workshops: tba 6 Sun Sea Music Concert: Marc Bernier+NY Packet, 3 pm 12 Sat Jack Langstaff, Advent Lutheran Church, 8pm 13 Sun Old Time String Band Get-together; 1:30pm in Bklyn 13 Sun NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, noon-5pm at Joy Bennet’s 111-39 76 Rd, Forest Hills, (718) 575-1906 16 Wed Traditional Music Open Mike & Folk Music Jam; 7 pm. 17 Thur Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10pm, Riverdale Prsby. Church. 20 Sun Sacred Harp Singing at St.Bartholomew’s; 2:30 pm 27 Sun Gospel & Sacred Harp Sing, 3pm in Manhattan 29 Tue Newsletter Mailing; at Club office, 450 7 Ave, #972, 7 pm February 1 - 3 Winter Weekend at Holiday Hills -- see blue flyer 3 Sun Sea Music Concert: tba+NY Packet, 3 pm 6 Wed Folk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Fri Roustabout; Music at Metrotech, 8pm in Brooklyn 10 Sun Old Time String Band Get-together; 1:30pm in Bklyn 11 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972, info (718) 575-1906 17 Sun Sacred Harp Singing at St.Bartholomew’s; 2:30 pm 20 Wed Traditional Music Open Mike & Folk Music Jam; 7 pm. 21 Thur Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10pm, Riverdale Prsby. Church. 27 Wed Newsletter Mailing; at Club office, 450 7 Ave, #972, 7 pm Details Inside - Table of Contents on page 4 The Club’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org SUNNYSIDE SONG CIRCLE; Sunday, December 30th; 2-7 pm A place to share music with friends and neighbors; all musical styles welcome, tradi- tional and contemporary. Bring instruments, voices, and songs to share. Munchies and libations also welcome. At the home of Marilyn and Stephen Suffet, 41-05 47th St, Sunnyside, Queens (private house, first floor, ring bottom bell). A pet-free, no smoking environment. Close to the 46th/Bliss Street station of the #7 Flushing train. Also close to the Q32, Q60, B24 and several other bus lines. Info or directions; 718-786-1533. FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesday, January 2 & February 6; 7pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, children and a snack to share. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West (basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethi- cal Culture/Good Coffeehouse, Pinewoods Folk Music Club, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. For info: Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341. ATWateR-DONNELLY; Friday, January 4th; 8pm This duo from Rhode Island has performed throughout the US, and their many albums have received international airplay. Aubrey and Ellwood have presented and researched folk music extensively in New England, Ireland, England, Prince Edward Island, the Ozarks and Appalachia. They perform traditional ballads, original works, dance tunes, gospel and old time songs, including a capella pieces, all with wonderful harmonies. Aubrey Atwater plays banjo, guitar, tin whistle and mountain dulcimer. Elwood Don- nelly plays guitar, harmonica and a variety of percussion instruments including monkey pods, bones, spoons, bodhran and limber jack. They explain song origins and create a humorous and relaxed stage presence. Audience participation is strongly encouraged. Presented with the cooperation of Polytechnic University: Admission: $10 (members, $9, Polytech students & staff free). At: Polytechnic University, Wunsch Hall, just over the Brooklyn or Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn; right off the Tillary St. exit from the BQE. (See map, page 10.) By train: A, C, F (Jay St.–Borough Hall) and M, N, R (Lawrence Street) are closest. #2, 3, 4, 5 are five min. walk (Borough Hall). All are 1st or 2nd stop in Brooklyn, 15-20 min.from midtown Manhattan. Go into the open Metrotech Commons—right across from the back of the Marriott. The student center (Wunsch Hall) is at the far end of the Commons, beyond the trees, looks like an old brown church (which it once was). Street parking is free after 7 on Jay St., Tillary St., or Flatbush Ave. Flatbush Ave 2 blocks south of Tillary Street has lots of meters which are legal after 7:00 (but tow-away before 7pm). If you park on Flatbush, walk 2 blocks West past the Chase Bank building into the open Commons; the student center (Wunsch Hall) is at the near side of the Commons, looks like an old brown church. Call for info or directions: (718) 549-1344 (after 11 AM).. ATWateR-DONNELLY WORKSHOPS; Saturday, January 5th; 2-5pm Dulcimer w/ Aubrey Atwater; Bodhran, Bones, & Spoons w/ Elwood Donnelly. For Information call David Kleiman, 212-721-9382 SEA Music CONCERts; Sundays, Jan. 6 & Feb.3, 3-5 PM First Sunday Sea Music Concerts at South Street Seaport Museum, Fulton Street and the East River. Members of The New York Packet (including Frank Woerner, The Johnson Girls and Dan Milner & Bob Conroy) join featured guests. Co-sponsored with - 2 - Details Continued on next page Details continued from page 2 the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum Gallery, 209 Water Street between Fulton & Beekman. Call 212-691-7610 for directions and to confirm location. Donation is $3, pay at the door. Featured guests are: Sunday, January 6 -Marc Bernier. Marc worked five years as one of Mystic Seaport’s chanetymen and interpreters. He is a profes- sional musician, sailor, and chef on sailing vessels, both on crew and in the galley. He is an accomplished percussionist, one of the Northeast¹s most highly respected Cajun and Zydeco musicians and has been active in Connecticut¹s fife and drum community since his teenage. Sunday, February 3 - TBA. JacK LANGstaff; Saturday, January 12th; 8pm John ‘Jack’ Langstaff is, even at age 81, one of the great voices of traditional music, in every sense of those words. A genuine love of the old songs, and an understanding of the people from whom they came, radiates through Jack’s singing. But in addition Jack is also a carrier of more than 65 years of the folk music and dance revival, and the people he has known and the places he has been and sung form a major part of the evolution of the revival to its present richness. Jack was born in Brooklyn in 1920. He was already a soloist as a young boy soprano in church choir and had performed in major concerts before he was 12 years old. His parents both sang and had books of folk songs, principally Sharp’s collections, in the home. Music gatherings with folk songs were a regular part of family life, and the earliest songs he remembers were sung to him in his bed by his mother. Jack first heard the living tradition when a teacher took him down to the White Top Festival in North Carolina in 1934. He first came to Pinewoods Camp that same sum- mer, and he started the first Folk Music Week in 1952, out of which grew the Pine- woods Club and so many of the folk societies that are now spreading the music far and wide. He has had a life-long career as an educator as well as a singer, and is a staunch advocate for the power of traditional music, dance, and movement in the growth of children. Through his teaching, his books, through Folk Music Week and the Revels, and through the countless people he has inspired, Jack, perhaps along with Pete Seeger, is probably more responsible for getting people, including many who have never heard of him, involved in the music than anyone alive. It is perhaps unique among concert-trained singers to find someone who can bring the listener into the song and into the tradition in the way Jack can. He carries true magic in his performances. Jerry Epstein will accompany him on concertina, guitar, and piano. Bring your voices and be ready to sing.. You won’t be able to resist. AT: Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway & 93rd St. Members: $11, General Public $15, Seniors/limited income: $11, under 12 $6. OLD TIME STRING BAND GET-TOGETHER; Sunday, January 13th; 1:30 pm Musicians are invited to play music in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Join us on the second Sunday of the month. Call David Stevens, 718-369-3319, for details. TRADITIOnaL Music OPEN MIKE; Wednesday, January 16th; 7-10 pm Third Wednesday of each month is an acoustic open mike and jam circle (if time) night for traditional music. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm. Admission is $5 plus 2 drink minimum. At the Triad Lounge, 158 W. 72nd Street (between Broadway & Columbus - 3 - Details Continued on next page Details continued from page 3 Ave); info: 212-721-9382. RIVERdaLE SING; Thursday, January 17th; 7:30-10 pm We’re starting a new sing in the Bronx one Thursday a month! Bring instruments, voices, and songs to share. At the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway (between 246-249 Streets, west side of parkway). Go down the driveway to the double red doors off the parking area. The sing is in the auditorium. On site parking for the first 18 cars. Admission is $2. Information: 718-549-1344. SacRED HARP SINGING; Sunday, January 20h; 2:30pm Co-sponsored and hosted by St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, on the 3rd Sunday of each month through June, 2:30 to 5:30pm, 109 East 50th St.