March 2015 Summer Songs Beach Party Team Getaway Says
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Trustees thru 2017: Lois DeRitter, Deborah Graham, Barrett Wilson Trustees thru 2016: Grover Kemble, Allan Kugel, Lindsey Meyer Trustees thru 2015: Joanne Cronin, Bob McNally, Jay Wilensky Trustees: Treasurer: Chris Riemer Secretary: Andrew Hines Vice President: Elizabeth Lachowicz President: Barrett Wilson Folk Project Officers: Randolph, NJ. 07869 11 Butternut Road c/o Eddie Roffman E-mail: Membership, corrections/changes: Eddie Roffman Deadline is the 15th 582 Long Hill Road, Gillette, NJ 07933 E-mail: Newsletter submissions: George Otto Box 41 Mendham, NJ 07945 [email protected] [email protected] March 2015 www.folkproject.org www.folkproject.org Team Getaway says “Start Dating Now!” Here are the important dates that belong on your calendar: ¤ March 1: Registration opens ¤ April 26: Pre-Getaway Party in Rockaway at 2pm. Details in the April newsletter ¤ May 22–24: Getaway Weekend, Friday through Sunday afternoon ¤ May 24–25: Getaway Extension—Sunday evening through Monday afternoon ¤ May 25: Tim & Nancy’s wedding & contra dance, later Monday afternoon All Getaway Guests who register for the Extension are invited to the wedding. Since last we wrote, Team Getaway has added national folk, jazz and poetry treasure Claudia Schmidt, plus Project pillars Ken & Pat & Hen3ry (a/k/a The Rolstons & Nerenberg). We’re also bringing back luthiers and repair experts Bil Mitchell and Sarah Dieterichs of the Guitar Parlor to teach us about how guitars are made, how they’re broken, and how they’re fixed. That’s in addition to Lucy Kaplansky, Pat Donohue, The Wiyos, Stu Fuchs, Brendan Taaffe, and our own Kate Hedman. And that’s in addition to 150 of you all, the nicest and best part of every Getaway. For more information and registration for the Getaway, visit folkproject.org/festival. Questions? Call Mark at 201/207-8696 or email [email protected] Summer Songs Beach Party Friday, May 1st at the Minstrel You are the music at this Special Concert. It’s a party and a members' concert rolled into one. Bring your guitars, your voices, your ukuleles, your bongos, your finest Hawaiian shirts, whatever. We’re welcoming summer with our first ever Beach Party Sea Shanty Luau Key West Surfin’ USA Rockin’ Sing-Along & Members Concert. All night long, we’ll be singing songs about summer, the ocean, and the beach. We’ll be alternating group songs from the entire audience, and member performances from the stage. We’ll provide special food. You provide the gusto. The April newsletter will explain how to sign up and sing from the stage. But you can just show up with your voice or your axe and participate from the audience. Don’t doubt that this will be a fantastic event. Team Getaway, The Valentines Crew, and Uke New Jersey know how to throw a party. You’ll want to be there. The $12 admission price includes special refreshments. QUICK GUIDE TO THE INSIDE 40th Anniversary of the Minstrel .................................................. 2 March Evening o' Music ..................................................................6 Folk Video: Looking for Something New ..................................... 6 Folk Lore: Swingin' Tern Dances ................................................... 7 Board Meeting: The Summary .....................................................10 Good o’ the Order .........................................................................11 Members’ Gigs & Friends .............................................................12 NOTE: web links in the eNewsletter are now clickable 40th Anniversary of the Minstrel Special Concert Featuring Tom Paxton Sat., Mar. 7: DOUBLE DANCE—BOB ISAACS & FREE RAISINS Jeff Kaufman: mandolin, trumpet, feet • Amy Englesberg: piano, accordion • Audrey Knuth: fiddle—Contras & Grid Squares If contra dancing is your raison d'être, get your two scoops of Raisins with 7:30pm, July 25, 2015 our Double Dance—Advanced Contras and Grid Squares for two hours in the Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township Afternoon from 4–6pm followed by our All-Level Evening Dance from 8–11pm. 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham, NJ Advanced Contras & Grid Squares $10/$5 students. Evening Dance for all abilities On July 25, 1975, a bunch of 20-something hippies put on a the first of a series of weekly concerts $15/$10 students. in the basement of a French Restaurant in Chester, NJ. Since that humble beginning, the series has Hear the Free Raisins playing out of the box with these videos at: undergone three name changes and six venue changes, to become what we're all familiar with as ¤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-30nf9pmw The Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series. During that time, it has continued an unbroken lineage of ¤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvhMZlJEuzo producing a concert of quality acoustic music almost every Friday of the year. And now, 40 years to the day after that opening concert, The Minstrel will celebrate this milestone Sat., Mar. 21: BARBARA GOLDSTEIN & DR. TWAMLEY’S AUDIO with a concert by Tom Paxton, who has been the quintessential folk singer-songwriter for the entire span of the Minstrel's existence. From his earliest days in the heady Greenwich Village scene of the SNAKES 60s to the present, Paxton has been at the forefront of his genre. Songs such as Last Thing On My Mike Rovine: fiddle • Jill Smith: piano • Wes Steenson: guitar—Contras Mind, Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound, and Ramblin' Boy have become classics in the folk As the Audio Snakes slither down the scales, Barbara vamps with the Vipers lexicon. His songs have been recorded by hundreds of other performers and considered standards calling Cobra contras, Anaconda allemandes, Python petronellas and maybe a at festivals, coffeehouses, and campfires, wherever folk music is sung. They range from gentle bal- Mamba or two. For a little Green you can feel like a King or Queen. Wear your Boa, lads to humorous flights of fancy to biting political satire. Most have choruses begging to be sung Garter and Moccasins. Come shake your Rattle and get your Asp in gear. along with. Not being content to rest on his laurels, Tom has been writing new songs continuously throughout his career, songs of a quality on par with his early hits. Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. The concert will open with brief performances by Christine DeLeon, representing the current era of the Minstrel, Jean Rohe, representing the middle years, and Program Chairman Mike Agranoff, Contra and Square Dancing to Live Music. All dances taught. representing the founding generation. And we will make special tribute to our volunteers, who No partner necessary. Beginners’ workshop, 7:30pm; have been the lifeblood of the Minstrel for its entire existence. dance at 8pm. $10, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. Admission: $30 per person. Available online at www.FP40.FolkProject.org starting March 9. We are expecting an early sell-out for this concert—get your tickets soon First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover Parish House • 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ 07936 For further information, contact Mike Agranoff at [email protected] or 973/335-9489. From I-287 northbound or southbound: Exit 39, travel East on Route 10 for approx. 3.5 miles. Exit by the Ford dealership (“To River Road/ Note: this concert will not be held at the Minstrel's usual location at the Morristown Unitarian Okner Pkway”) onto Mount Pleasant Ave. Right at the second light onto Hanover Rd. then immediate left into the parking lot of the Parish Fellowship. We will be moving to the larger Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township that night to House. From I-78: Exit 48 (Route 24 West) to Exit 2B, Route 510 East/Florham Park. Go 1.9 miles and turn left onto Hanover Rd. Turn right accommodate the larger audience this concert is sure to attract. Also, this concert does not replace into the parking lot of the Parish House just before the road ends at Mount Pleasant Ave. Additional directions are on our website. our usual Birthday show. That will be held the night before at the regular location on July 24th. The Minstrel and the Folk Project give profuse thanks to the Sanctuary Concert series for their sup- 973/295-6864 port and assistance in producing and promoting this concert. TERN ON THE NET! Find us at http://dance.folkproject.org 2 Presented by the Folk Project 15 Steve Holland & Root Mean Square Feets Don’t Fail Me Now! The Minstrel March 2015 Acoustic Concert Series presented by Center Contra: Gender-role free contra dance in NYC. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to all. 971/991-0597, 347/275-7983, or Concerts every Friday at 8pm at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship www.lcfd.org/nyc or e-mail [email protected] 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ Country Dance*New York: Contra every Sat., English Country every Tues., Church of the www.FolkProject.org • 973/335-9489 • [email protected] Village, 201 West 13th St. (NW corner of 7th Ave.). Sept.–June, www.cdny.org or 212/459-4080 Fri., Mar. 6: Jean Rohe and the End Of The World Show with The Lords of Liechtenstein Lambertville Country Dancers: Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Rescheduled early after their truncated show last year Info: 609/882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org Jean Rohe, Folk Project alumna since the age of 8, is now out in the music world, Maplewood International Dancers: Recreation House, 124 Dunellen Rd., Maplewood. mastering and owning it in a dizzying array of its many branches. She sings and Mondays 7:30pm, $5. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Days plays traditional folk, jazz, multi-lingual music of the Americas, North and South, 908/273-6468, eves 973/376-7568. http://njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_maplewood.html her own brilliant songs, and the songs of the best young writers of the folk world.