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Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. January 2007 vol 42, No.1 January 3WedFolk Open Sing; Ethical Culture Soc., Brooklyn, 6:30pm 7 Sun Sea Music: NY Packet; 3pm, South Street Seaport 7 Sun NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting; 11AM in Queens call 718-575-1906 for information 12 Fri Jeff Warner series concert; Community Church, 7:30pm ☺ 13 Sat Singing Party in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 7 pm 13 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 21 Sun Sacred Harp Sing at St. Barts: 2:30pm 28 Sun Gospel and Sacred Harp Sing in Manhattan, 3pm 30 Tue Newsletter Mailing, 7pm; in Jackson Heights (Queens) February 2-4 Winter Folk Music Weekend -- see flyer in centerfold. 4 Sun Sea Music: Deirdre & Sean Murtha +NY Packet; 3pm, South Street Seaport 7WedFolk Open Sing; Ethical Culture Soc., Brooklyn, 6:30pm tba Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 12 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting 7:15pm location tba 18 Sun Sacred Harp Sing at St. Barts: 2:30pm tba Newsletter Mailing, 7pm; location to be announced Details next pages; ☺= free to members Table of Contents Society Events details ...........2-3 Calendar Location Info ...........16 From The editor .................... 3 30 Years Ago ......................18 Folk Music Society Info .......... 4 Peoples’ Voice ad .................18 Topical Listing of Events ......... 5 Pinewoods Hot Line ..............19 Jeff Warner flyer ................... 7 Membership Form ................20 Calendar Listings................... 8 Repeating Events ..................10 Winter Weekend flyer .. centerfold Winter Weekend Warwick, NY; February 2-4 See flyer in centerfold! NEW: reserve on-line: www.folkmusicny.org - 1 - SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Sundays, Jan.7, & Feb.4, 3 pm First Sunday of the Month: 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. Donation is $5 (chil- dren, $2), pay at the door. January 7 - New York Packet February 4 - Deirdre & Sean Murtha. FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, Jan.3rd, Feb.7th; 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 JEFF WARNER; Friday, January 12rd; 7:30 PM ☺ Jeff is well known to club members. As a child, he traveled with his parents, Anne and Frank Warner, on their collecting trips through North Carolina and elsewhere. His love for the old songs and the traditional singers from whom he learned them is evi- dent. Jeff plays guitar, banjo and concertina and is a fine singer. See his website, www.jeffwarner.com . There will be plenty of choruses! Contribution: FREE TO CLUB MEMBERS, fulltime students under 22, and anyone under 18. Others: $20; seniors $12. Information: (212) 957-8386 At Community Church, 40 E. 35 St between Park & Madison, Manhattan, 7:30 p.m. NEW! Non-members can buy general admis- sion tickets on-line at http://folkconcert1.eventbrite.com. SINGING PARTY; Saturday, January 13th; 7 PM Bring voices, instruments, and songs to share. (And you’re also encouraged to bring snacks to share.) At the home of Rhoda Cohen, 2621 Haring Street between Voorhies Avenue & Avenue Z, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY. Q train to Sheepshead Bay station. (B train does not run on weekends.) Then B36 bus to corner of Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Z. Then walk 1 block to Haring Street. Call for directions: 718- 891-4950. CHANTEY SING; Saturday, January 13th; 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 or www.woodenshipsmusic.com/nychanty/nychanty.html. SACRED HARP SINGING AT ST. BART’S; Sunday, January 21st; 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. - 2 - Continued on next page FMSNY Events Details- Continued GOSPEL & SACRED HARP SING; Sunday, January 28th; 3pm Glorious music, great words (mostly serious, occasionally humorous). Come raise your voice and experience these rousing pieces, with a group of enthusiastic singers. Join us for singing gospel, plus songs from the Sacred Harp book. This is 4-part harmony sung from written music, so you should be able to carry a tune; sight-singing helpful but not required. Bring food for a potluck supper (host is supplying drinks). (Allergic folks note: cat may be in residence.) At the home of Charlotte Ehrman, 225 W 70 St., Manhattan (between B’way/Amsterdam intersection and West End Ave.), apt. 4-C, ring intercom 21 (1-212-724-9316). Subway: IRT 1,2, or 3 train to 72 St. or IND “C” train to 72 St, (longer walk). Other info: Isabel, 212-866-2029. NEWSLETTER MAILING; Tuesday, January 30th; 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. At the home of Don Wade and Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd Street, Jackson Heights (Queens). Right near the “74 St” Station of the #7 line or the “Roosevelt-Ave-Jackson Heights” Station of the E,F,V, and R trains. For information call 718-426-8555. FOLK MUSIC WEEKEND; February 2-4 What a great weekend; we stay in the comfortable Warwick Center with lots of rooms and spaces for singing and music making of all kinds. It’s in the hills on the NY-NJ Border; a moderate 50 miles drive from NYC (with bus service from Port authority to the village of Warwick). Join us for this loosely structured weekend of informal music and song. See the flyer in the centerfold and sign up now! We hope that you have had a wonderful time during the holidays and are looking forward to a musical, and peaceful, New Year. Our series concert performer will be Jeff Warner on Friday, January 12. We have the NY packet Sea Music Concert, the Chantey Sing, the Gospel and Sacred HarpSinging, a singing party in Brooklyn, and the St. Barts Sacred Harp Singing. Of course, we also have our fabulous Executive Board Meeting. Remember this is the group of people who help run the club—and we have vacancies! How about you? Don’t forget to register for the Winter Weekend. This is our time to relax, make our own music at our own schedule, and have a great time with everyone else. Come and join us. Thank you to the volunteers who help to put out the newsletter each month and ensure that you get the word about what’s going on in the club and at events throughout the city. They could always use more help. For the last newsletter thank you to: Isabel Goldstein, Brenda Pena, Eileen Pentel, Marcus Tieman, and Don Wade who delivered the pages from the printer. Won’t you join us and help mail out the next newsletter on Tuesday, January 30? (See above) PRENEWAL. Your membership expiration date is printed on your newsletter mailing label. If you send in your renewal before you expire, you will save wear and tear on Anne, our Membership Chair, and also save the club the cost of mailing you a reminder. Thank you. The Society’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org Folk Fone: 212-563-4099 - 3 - Folk Music Society of NY Information 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 a 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational corporation; an DEADLINE: the 14th of the month prior to affiliate of the Country Dance & Song Society of publication (no Dec. or Aug. issue). Space America; a member of the Folk Alliance; and a mem- reservations should be in by the 12th of the ber of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. A copy of our month. annual report is available from our office at 444 W. Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 444 57 St, #7., NYC, NY 10119, or from the Office of W. 57 St., #7, NYC, NY 10119, 718-651-1115. Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 Washington Av, Albany, NY 12232. Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372; 718-426-8555. Send all Hotlines & We have approximately 500 members and run con- ads (with check made out to FMSNY) and all certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with correspondence & articles ONLY to this address. an emphasis on traditional music. The Society is run by all volunteers with a Board of Directors, Change of address to Circulation (address at left) elected by the membership.