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June July Series Concert (Free to Members) Friday 2 June, 7:30Pm Peter Ostroushko and Arkan! June 2006 vol 41, No.6 June 2 Fri Peter Ostroushko and Arkan Concert; 7:30pm at the Community Church, 35 St & Park Ave. ☺ 6 Tue Sea Music: Johnson Girls + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street 7WedFolk Open Sing; Ethical Culture Soc., Brooklyn, 6:30pm 12 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting 7:15pm location tba 13 Tue Sea Music: Brian Peters + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street 17 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 18 Sun Sacred Harp Singing at St. Bart’s, Manhattan; 2:30 pm 20 Tue Sea Music: Hughie Jones + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street 20 Tue Vocal Production Techniques Workshop; 7:30pm 27 Tue Sea Music: Anything But The Sea; 6pm, South Street 28 We Newsletter Mailing; location in Manhattan, 7 pm July 4 Tue No concert at South Street 5WedFolk Open Sing; Ethical Culture Soc., Brooklyn, 6:30pm 10 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting 7:15pm location tba 11 Tue Sea Music: The Liverpool Judies + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street 15 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 18 Tue Sea Music: David Jones + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street 25 Tue Sea Music: Calico Jack + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Details next pages Series Concert (free to members) Friday 2 June, 7:30pm Peter Ostroushko and Arkan! - Details Inside At the Community Church (upstairs), 40 E. 35 St between Park & Madison, Manhattan Table of Contents Club Events info .................2-3 Repeating Events ................... 9 Folk Process ........................ 3 Calendar Location Info ...........11 NYPFMC Club Info ............... 4 Festival Listings ...................13 Topical Listing of Club Events .. 5 30 Years Ago ......................22 From The editor .................... 6 Ads and Pinewoods Hot Line ...22 Heritage of John Langstaff ....... 6 Membership Application .........24 Calendar Listings................... 8 - 1 - PETER OSTROUSHKO & ARKAN; Friday, June 2; 7:30pm ☺ Master violinist and mandolin player Peter Ostroushko teams up with virtuoso guitar- ist Arkadiy Yushin (Arkan) for a spectacular evening of music. Don't miss this one, and bring all your friends! In the main sanctuary at Community Church (not downstairs), 40 E. 35 St, between Park & Madison, Manhattan. On-street parking is legal after 7 p.m. Contribution: $20; CD*NY members $18; seniors/students $12; kids $8. Free to members. See ad, p.7. Information: (212) 957-8386 SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Tuesdays, 6 pm Tuesdays in June and July: members of The New York Packet (Frank Woerner, Bonnie Milner, Deirdre Murtha, Joy Bennett, Alison Kelley, Frank Hendricks, David Jones, Jan Christensen, Dan Milner & Bob Conroy) join featured guests. Co-sponsored with the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum’s Melville Gallery, 209 Water Street, between Fulton & Beekman. Call 212-691-7610 for directions. Latest details at http:/ /pages.prodigy.net/folkmusic/thenewyorkpacket.htm Donation is $5 (children, $2), pay at the door. June 6 - Johnson Girls. New York's favorite maritime chanteuses will sing some of their newest songs as well as their tried-and-true chestnuts. This is likely to be their only NYC concert of 2006, so it's a definite "do not miss" date. June 13 - Brian Peters: Brian is from England and a top-notch button accordionist as well as being a fine concertina and guitar player, and singer. He has a deep repertoire of maritime songs. June 20 - Hughie Jones. Hughie is a legend in his native England. One of the famous Liverpool Spinners, who made over 30 albums in Britain, he is a strong performer who sings both traditional and original maritime songs with guitar backing. June 27 - "Anything But The Sea." Each year, The New York Packet explores the land with a concert exclusively of shoreside ballads and songs. This week you'll hear about all kinds of landlubbers - lovers, mothers, cowboys, railroaders, miners and more, but nary a sailor in the bunch! July 4 - no concert. FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, June 7th, July 5th; 6:30-10 pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. 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 Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, Pinewoods Folk Music Club, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. Info: Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341. CHANTEY SING; Saturday, June 17th, 8 PM Come to the Chantey Sing at South St Seaport. Bring instruments, voices and songs. Co-sponsored and hosted by the Seamen’s Church Institute at 241 Water St NYC. Directions: A & C trains Broadway/Nassau St., and J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5, Fulton St. Walk down Fulton St and make a left on Water St. A small donation requested. Info: 718- 788-7563. SACRED HARP SINGING AT ST. BART’S; Sunday, June 18th, 2:30pm Co-sponsored and hosted by St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, on the 3rd Sun- day of each month Sept. thru June, 2:30 to 5pm, 109 East 50th St. We continue the colonial American tradition of four-part, unaccompanied gospel singing. Beginners welcome! Books available for loan or purchase. Contributions collected; free parking available. Food and fellowship following. Info: Gail Harper 212-750-8977. Continued on next page - 2 - NYPFMC Events Details- Continued VOCAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP; Tuesday, June 20th; 7:30 PM After offering "Vocal Production Techniques" on several Pinewoods weekends, some members asked Jean Farnworth, who has been teaching vocal production for the past 20 years, to run an ongoing schedule of classes. This new 2-hour group workshop will be the first in a possible series of classes. All singers, beginners through professionals, men and women, are welcome. Included will be group vocal exercises, diction, pos- ture, pitch, support, troubleshooting, and individual help. Bring a tape recorder and notebook. Ability to read music is not necessary. Location is upper West Side, Man- hattan. You MUST PRE-REGISTER by sending your name, phone #, email address and a check for $15 made out to Folk Music Society of New York to: Alan Friend, Education Chair., 440 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Space is limited; YOUR REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY JUNE 14TH. Info, (718) 965-4074.. NEWSLETTER MAILING; Wednesday, June 28th; 7 PM We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volun- teers that sticks the stamps and labels and staples the pages to mail out this newsletter. Because of complications at the Club office, the mailing will take place in the office of Nancy Keness, 30 E. 40 Street, suite 205 (between Park & Madison) (212-679- 7785). Parking is legal on the street at 7pm. For information call 718-426-8555. by Ruth Lipman ALAN FRIEND was awarded a medal by the Joslin Diabetes Center for “fifty coura- geous years” of coping with type-1 diabetes. Only 2200 medals have been awarded since 1970. Careful attention to details 24 hours a day for half a century has resulted in good health with no major medical complications for Alan. KATE MYSLINSKI and DAVID KLEIMAN want to share some wonderful news. Kate’s first grandchild, AMELIA ELIZABETH PRICE, daughter of MARK and SHARLYN PRICE, was born on May 1, 2006 at 7:00 A.M. She’s “perfect in every way,” says Kate. Welcome to the world, Amelia Elizabeth. SHEILA EWALL had a lovely time on a recent excursion to the Strawberry Festival in Peddlar’s Village, Pennsylvania and to the nearby town of New Hope. Peddlar’s Village, where she heard some bluegrass music, reminded Sheila of the Kutztown Fes- tival and the quaint town of New Hope evoked memories of Kent, Connecticut, which is near Camp Freedman. If you have news to share, please contact me at 372 Central Park West, #15B, New York, NY; 212-663-6309. Office Space Needed - Now! The Club has an immediate need for more appropriate office space. We need space for a desk (with our computer and phone), file cabinet and 2 storage cabinets in a place that is accessible evenings, nights and weekends so our volunteers can get there after their “day” jobs. We also need access to an area that we can use 2 evenings a month for our board meetings (20 people) and our newsletter mailings. We’re looking for a Man- hattan location with no cats; something shared with another nonprofit might be ideal. If you have any concrete information, contact Don Wade, 718-426-8555, or e-mail <[email protected]>. - 3 - The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY Pin- NEWSLETTER INFORMATION (ISSN 1041-4150) ewoods Folk Music Club was started in 1965 and is DEADLINE: the 14th of the month prior to a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational corporation; an publication (no Dec. or Aug. issue). Space affiliate of the Country Dance & Song Society of reservations should be in by the 12th of the America; a member of the Folk Alliance; and a mem- month. ber of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. A copy of our annual report is available from our office at 450 7th Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 450 Ave, #972D, NYC, NY 10123, or from the Office 7th Ave, #972D, NYC, NY 10123; 212-563- of Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 4099. Washington Av, Albany, NY 12232. Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, We have approximately 500 members and run con- NY 11372; 718-426-8555. Send all Hotlines & certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with ads (with check made out to FMSNY) and all an emphasis on traditional music.
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