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Trustees thru 2015: Joanne Cronin, Bob McNally, Barrett Wilson Trustees thru 2014: Jim Gartner, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Lois DeRitter Trustees thru 2013: Lindsey Meyer, Grover Kemble, Allan Kugel Trustees: Treasurer: Bill Henderson Secretary: Rachel Streich Vice President: Pam Robinson President: Elizabeth Lachowicz Folk Project Officers: Randolph, NJ. 078691 11 Butternut Road c/o Eddie Roffman Email: [email protected] Membership, corrections/changes: Eddie Roffman deadline is the 15th 32 Williamson Bloomfield Ave., NJ 07003; Email: [email protected] Newsletter submissions: Liz Pagan www.folkproject.org Box 41 Mendham, NJ 07945 July 2013 www.folkproject org New Jersey’s Premier Acoustic Music and Dance Organization Minstrel Birthday Show Here is your offical (doesn’t that sound important?) invitation to take part in the Minstrel’s 38th Birthday Show. This unique celebration has been held at the Minstrel every year since 1982, when the Coffeehouse turned 7. On a Friday close to the actual anniversary (July 25, 1975) we present a show featuring 40–50 of the Folk Project’s member-musicians. Here’s how it works: The show will take place on Friday, July 26 at the Minstrel. It will consist of a series of performances by groups comprised of Folk Project members combined in randomly- chosen duos and trios. The individual members of the groups may be of any skill level, different musical genres, different instrumentation. Musical groups are set up at the Folk Project’s July 4th picnic, which takes place on Thursday, July 4th (No kidding) at the home (and pool) of Ed Roffman, 11 Butternut Road in Randolph. More details on the picnic are on page 10. Everyone who wants to take part in the show puts their name on an index card (remember index cards?). The cards are shuffled, and then dealt out into about 20 piles to form the groups. The groups then have the next 3 weeks to work up one number per group, to be performed at the Minstrel on Friday, July 26. Continued on page 11 HOUSE CONCERT: DAVID GANS Sun., 7/21...see page 6 for details... July Evening o’ Music Sat., 7/13, 8pm • the Schafferosa Please bring food and drink to share, instruments, larynxes to the lovely home of Mark and Robin Schaffer. Follow the directions below *exactly* because your GPS will send you to the wrong house (ask us how we know). 196 Mt. Pleasant Ave, Rockaway, (201) 486-1366 Directions: Route 80 to exit 35A (Dover and Shopping Mall). Go 1/2 mile to the Exxon and make a left onto Mt. Pleasant Ave. Ignore street signs for one mile. At one mile, the road starts downhill and there is a metal guardrail on the right. The mailbox has 196 and three reflectors. The driveway is a hairpin turn on the right 10 feet past the 25MPH sign. Yes, there IS parking on the street even though it’s scary. BONUS Evening o’ Music! Sat., 7/27, 8pm • the Roffmans’ Every month, our 4th Saturday Bonus Evening o’ Music takes place at Eddie and Robin’s place, 11 Butternut Rd., Randolph. (973) 328-7742. Bring song, voice, insruments and food/bev to share. Note: Eddie and Robin keep Kosher. Non-kosher items can be shared on the kitchen table; bring serving utensils. Directions: >From I287 Southbound: exit 36, Ridgedale Ave. Keep right at fork, follow signs for and turn right at Ridgedale Ave., go 0.7 mi. Follow directions from Ridgedale-Hanover intersection below >From I287 Northbound: exit 36B, W Lafayette Ave. Right at light onto Ridgedale Ave., go 0.9 mi. >From Ridgedale-Hanover Intersection: Left onto E Hanover (westbound), go 4.6 mi. Turn right at Black Birch Dr. (just past traffic light at Shongum Rd.) go 0.8 mi. Turn right at Butternut Rd., second driveway on the right. The Minstrel July 2013 Acoustic Concert Series presented by Fri., 7/5: Falcon Ridge Most Wanted Tour Every year the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival does an audience poll to determine their “Most Wanted” for a return appearance. And the winners tour the country the following spring in the Falcon Ridge Most Wanted Tour. In 2012 the winners were Gathering Time, The YaYas, and Honor Finnegan. These three premier songwriting acts will go round-robin through the evening, and probably support each other with harmonies and instrumental accompaniment for some songs. Sat., 7/6: Perry Shafran & Dr. Twamley’s Audio Snakes Fri., 7/12: Open Stage Wes Steenson – guitar, Mike Rovine – fiddle, Jill Smith – pian This is an opportunity for all acoustic musicians to perform a 15-minute set on our stage, and for the IPerry will help you thrust and parry but you won’t be able to audience to be treated to a diverse collection of acoustic musicians. We’ve often seen previews of our regular scheduled acts for the first time at Open Stage. For information on how to secure a performance vanquish the earworm let loose by Dr. Twamley’s Audio Snakes. slot, call (973) 335-9489, or go to folkproject.org/minstrel/openstage.shtml. Dr. Twamley’s tunes insidiously enter your ear and commence to snake through your brain like a Roto-Rooter. An MRI will reveal that a Multi Rhythm Interface has been implanted to leave you hooked Fri., 7/19: Toby Walker with Tom Picard on symphonics. Shafran will scramble your brainwaves with cerebral The Blues Revue summed it up neatly. Toby Walker is “...a brilliant remarkable contras, schizophrenic squares, hippocampal heys and psychedelic guitarist. A pinch of Piedmont, a dash of Delta, a solid Chicago undercurrent petronellas. CAUTION: This is your brain on contras. minus the amplification, but not the electricity.” At home with both wooden and steel guitars, Toby plays the classics as well as his own songs with an open style and a dash of humor. And as an extra bonus for us, he’s recently Sat., 7/20: Steve White and Fia Feller & Mr. Darcy Trio moved to Morris County, and become a Folk Project member. Opener Tom Adam Oleksa – violin; Kirsten Erwin – winds; Wes Steenson – guitar Picard is a Folk Project member songwriter with a good way with words. He accompanies himself in a nifty blues-oriented guitar style.. If you find Jane Austen exhaustin’, go from inactive to active as that Feller Mr. Darcy takes a novel approach, turning Pride and Prejudice Fri., 7/26: The Minstrel’s 38th Birthday Show into Petronella and Promenade as Steve switches Sense and Sensibility to Dance and Dancibility. Our annual Birthday Show celebrates not only the Minstrel’s first show back in 1975, but the membership of the Folk Project, which presents this concert series. The Project’s membership has always included Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. many musicians and singers. And tonight we present around 40 of those member-musicians, brought together in randomly-chosen groups to celebrate our anniversary. It’s an evening of community music, Contra and Square Dancing to Live Music. All dances taught. which has always been the core of this organization. No partner necessary. Beginners’ workshop, 7:30pm; dance at 8pm. $10, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. UPCOMING: 8/2: Finvarra’s Wren, Rachel Streich; 8/9: Open Stage; 8/16: Dave Rimelis, Pat Guadagno; 8/23: David Massengill; 8/30: Uke New Jersey; 9/6: Frank Vignola & Vinnie Raniolo, First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover Harpeth Rising; 9/13: Open Stage; 9/20: Mara Levine & Caroline Cutroneo, Ian Hicks; 9/27: Rory Block; Parish House • 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ 07936 10/4: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell’s Blue Album; 10/11: Closed for Festival; 10/18: Buskin & Batteau 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/ The Minstrel is an acoustic music concert series run by the Folk Project, a non-profit folk music and arts organization. We use the facilities of the Okner Pkway”) onto Mount Pleasant Ave. Right at the second light onto Hanover Rd. then immediate left into the parking lot of the Parish Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ. We hold shows almost every Friday, year round, and the second 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 Friday of the month is usually an open stage/audition night. The music we present is “folk” music in its broadest sense. That is, in addition to into the parking lot of the Parish House just before the road ends at Mount Pleasant Ave. Additional directions are on our website. traditional American and ethnic “folk” music (in its purist definition), we welcome music of contemporary, primarily acoustic songwriters, and other types of music more folkie in attitude than in content. Shows start at 8pm; dress is casual. We serve coffee, teas, and baked goods. There is no alcohol or tobacco on the premises. Admission is inexpensive; on our regular Friday concerts we ask $8.00 on your way in and, if you feel (973) 295-6864 the show was worth it, an additional amount at your discretion on the way out, which goes to supplement what we pay the feature performer. Children 12 and under are free. For travel information or information on shows, call (973) 335-9489 or visit our website at www.folkproject.org. TERN ON THE NET! find us at dance.folkproject.org Presented by the Folk Project To volunteer e-mail [email protected] SteveFeets Holland & RootDon’t Mean Square Fail Me Now! Members’ Gigs & Friends Center Contra: Gender-role free contra dance in NYC.