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. ., ., go 0.7 mi. Follow Continued on page 11 www.folkproject www.folkproject org Sat., 7/27, 8pm • the Roffmans’ 8pm • 7/27, the Roffmans’ Sat., July 2013 Sat., 7/13, 8pm • the 7/13, Schafferosa Sat., July Evening o’ Music BONUS Evening o’ Music! HOUSE CONCERT: DAVID GANS DAVID HOUSE CONCERT: Sun., 7/21...see page 6 for details... Minstrel Minstrel Birthday Show New Jersey’s Premier Acoustic Music and Dance Organization Every month, our 4th Saturday Bonus Evening Musico’ takes place at Eddieand Robin’s place, 11 Butternut Rd., Randolph. (973) 328-7742. Bring song, insrumentsvoice, and food/bev to EddieNote: share. and Robin keep Kosher. Non-kosher items can be shared on bring the servingkitchen table; utensils. Ave., go Left >From Ridgedale-Hanover 0.9 right Intersection: onto Turn mi. go at E Ave., 4.6 Black Hanover (westbound), mi. Birch Dr second on driveway the right. right at Turn Butternut past Rd., traffic light at Shongum go Rd.) 0.8 mi. Directions: Directions: >From I287 Southbound: exit 36, Ridgedale Keep Ave. right at Ridg onto light at Right fork, follow signs Ave. Lafayette for W and 36B, exit turn Northbound: I287 right >From below intersection Ridgedale-Hanover at from directions Ridgedale Ave Please bring food and drink to share, instruments, larynxes to the lovely home of Mark andMark of home lovely the to larynxes instruments, share, to drink and food bring Please Follow Robin the Schaffer. directions below *exactly* because your GPS will send you to (201) 486-1366 Rockaway, the wrong house (ask us Pleasant Ave, how 196 we know). Mt. I Pleasant Ave. Go 1/2 and mile the maketo Exxon a left 80 Route Mt. exit to and onto 35A Shopping (Dover Mall). Directions: for one At mile. one the mile, road starts downhill and there is a metal guardrail on the The right. mailbox has there IS parking 196 on the is scary driveway street a even though hairpin and it’s turn on Yes, the right three 10 feet past the 25MPH sign. Here Here is your offical that (doesn’t sound important?) invitation to take part in the 38th Minstrel’s Birthday Show. This unique celebration has been held at the when the Minstrel Coffeehouse turned 7. every On a Friday year close to since the actual 1982, anniversary (July 1975) 25, we present a show featuring 40–50 member-musicians. of the Project’s Folk how The it show Here’s works: will July take 26 place at on the Friday, Minstrel. It will consist of a series of performances by groups comprised of Project Folk members combined in randomly- The individual chosen members duos of and the trios. groups may be of different any skill level, different instrumentation. musical genres, July Thursday, on place takes which picnic, 4th July Project’s Folk the at up set are groups Musical 4th (No kidding) at the home (and pool) of Ed 11 Roffman, Butternut Road in Randolph. More details on the picnic are on page 10. Everyone who wants to take part in name the on show puts an their index card (remember index cards?). The into cards about 20 piles to are The form groups the then groups. have the shuffled, next and 3 weeks to work then up one dealt out to be July performednumber 26. per at group, the Minstrel on Friday,

Box 41 Mendham, NJ 07945 www.folkproject.org Newsletter submissions: Liz Pagan Email: [email protected] 32 Williamson Ave., Bloomfield NJ 07003; deadline is the 15th Membership, corrections/changes: Eddie Roffman Email: [email protected] c/o Eddie Roffman 11 Butternut Road Randolph, NJ. 078691

Folk Project Officers: President: Elizabeth Lachowicz Vice President: Pam Robinson Secretary: Rachel Streich Treasurer: Bill Henderson Trustees: Trustees thru 2013: Lindsey Meyer, Grover Kemble, Allan Kugel Trustees thru 2014: Jim Gartner, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Lois DeRitter Trustees thru 2015: Joanne Cronin, Bob McNally, Barrett Wilson 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. LGBT Community Center, 208 Mike Agranoff: Sun.–Fri., 7/7–12: Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Week, West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to all. (971) 991-0597, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD; Sat.–Sun., 7/13-14: Common Ground on the Hill (347) 275-7983, or www.lcfd.org/nyc or email [email protected] Festival, Westminster, MD. www.CommonGroundOnTheHill.org Russ Kelner: Sun., 7/14, with Univ. Phillipines Alumni & Friends Rondalla, 4pm, South Country Dance*New York: Contra every Fri., English Country every Tues., Church of Plainfield Middle School, fundraiser for woman with leukemia; Thurs, 7/18: Westfield the Village, 201 West 13th St. (NW corner of 7th Ave.). Sept.–June. cdny.org or Senior Housing; Sat., 7/20: with NJ Minstrels, 2:15 pm, Morris County 4H Fair, Chester (212) 459-4080 ------Lambertville Country Dancers: Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Info: (609) 882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org Unclassifieds Maplewood International Dancers: Recreation House, 124 Dunellen Rd., Maplewood. VOCAL/VIOLIN LESSONS/COACHING: Also basics of theory and counterpoint as com- Mondays 7:30pm, $5. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments position tools for songwriters. Diane Perry (908) 447-1395, [email protected] served. Days (908) 273-6468, eves (973) 376-7568. MOONLIGHT CATERING: Catering for many types of events — weddings, graduations, njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html bar/bat mitzvahs, birthdays, special occasions — you name it, Richard can cater it. www.MoonlightCatering.net Morristown International Dancers: Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Community Church, 48 Briarcliff Rd, 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. $4 member/$5 non-member ------(973) 539-7020 or (973) 228-5966, http://njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html 5th (!) Annual Front Porch North Jersey English Country Dancers: 2nd & 4th Sundays, 2–5 pm, Unitarian Society, 113 Cottage Pl., Ridgewood. $8 members, $10 non. (201) 445-4497 or (201) 447-1136. Bluegrass Festival & Pig Roast http://northjerseyenglishcountrydancers.yolasite.com; Ice Cream Sundays w/ AirCon! Sat., 7/6 • Chester • 10am-8pm Sun., 7/14: Melanie Axel-Lute; 7/28: Orly Krasner A dozen great local bands. Admission free. The festival funds from food, donations and Palisades Folk Dancers: Twice a month on Sundays, 3pm, Church of the Atonement, program ads are used to support the Big Youth Group (a.k.a. BYG), who represent 6 Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly. [email protected]. local churches, on their annual-since-1992 Appalachian Service Project trips. Rain or Philly Family Folk Dances: Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, 3820 The Oak Rd, Shine. http://frontporchbluegrassfestival.com East Falls, PA. 2nd Sundays, 2–4:30pm (215) 844-2474 Princeton Folk Dance Group: 7:30pm, Riverside School, Riverside Drive, Princeton. Tuesdays (except school closings) www.princetonfolkdance.org (609) 924-6930; “...Horses Sing None of It!” Princeton Folk Dancers: 8pm Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St.and A folksy non-commercial public access TV series featuring a surprising variety of guest Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, www.princetonfolkdance.org performers, hosted by Ralph Litwin. All types of mainly acoustic music, storytellers, dancers, others. Schedule available at www.folkproject.org. Seen on: Cablevision Morris Princeton Country Dancers: Suzanne Patterson Center, Borough Hall, Princeton, area, Sun. 7:300pm ch. 21; Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New York City, Wed. (and some Saturdays) 8pm, beginners 7:40. Pickup band musicians welcome. Thurs. 2:30pm on Time/Warner Cable ch. 34 and on RCN Cable ch. 82; also broadcast Usually $6. (609) 683-7956 or (609) 924-8813, email [email protected]. Band info only: (609) 252-0248 or [email protected] performerlisting at via streaming video on the web at www.MNN.org (popup players 34/82 http | mms); www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Community Dance; Service Electric Cable TV Allentown, PA, Thurs. 9:30pm ch. 50; Staten Island Community TV (SICTV) Thursdays 7:30pm ch. 35; Fargo Access (www.cityoffargo.com/cable) on Cable PCD English Country Dance series: Second Saturday of the month, 8pm; intro/basics at One Fri. 6:30pm & Mon. 3:00pm ch. 12 in Fargo, ND; Cablevision 67; 7:30. $10 ($5 seniors & students). Info: (908) 359-2642 RCN 82; Verizon 42. Also streams via www.bricartsmedia.org/ Scandinavian Folk Dancing: Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See skandinoje.org for info. community-media/bcat-tv-network. Mendham TV: Mon., Wed., Fri.: 8am, 2pm & 8pm; Tues., Thurs., Sat.: 7am, Swingin’ Tern: Sat., 7/6: Pery Shafran & Dr. Twamley’s Audio Snakes; 7/20: Steve White and Fia Feller & Mr. Darcy Trio 1pm & 7pm (same episode all week) on Comcast ch. 22 or 25 & Verizon ch. 22 or 25; Comcast Valley Contra Dance Society: 7pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, UU Church of The Lehigh Central NJ 2, 3:30pm Friday, Ch. 280; simulcast on Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $9/$5 students. www.valleycontradance. Comcast Northwest NJ (Hunterdon County area) org, (610) 868-7432; ch. 21. Now you can watch archived shows on youtube.com/HSNOI 14 More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society • www.cdss.org 3 All Venues That’s Fit To Print Good o’ the Order/ Community News Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk every Saturday. 125 Wells Mills Rd. (Route 532), Waretown. (609) 971-1593 or www.alberthall.org; This is a place to share news about memorable events and challenges you have faced in the past month with your Folk Project Community. Acoustic Café: Our Lady of Mercy Church, 2 Fremont Ave, Park Ridge, NJ, 8pm, Please send items to Barrett Wilson, [email protected] (201) 573-0718, www.cafeacoustic.org; No shows until September Multi-instrumentalist Russ Kelner is now learning to play the ‘bandurria’. He’s been taking Arts off Main Open Mic: every third Thursday, The Lab, 128 Willow Grove St., Hackettstown. lessons and will perform in a concert in July. Nancy and Russ are proud to have introduced [email protected]; www.artsoffmain.com; (908) 684-4728 a Chinese immigrant friend to the Minstrel. Nancy says, “I think we have a new folkie in the making!” Bluegrass & Old Time Music Assoc. (BOTMA): Every 3rd Sun. from Sept. thru May, Embury Heather McNally, daughter of Bob and Evelyn, has returned from her teahouse hike in India United Methodist Church Hall, 49 Church St., Little Silver, NJ. 1-5pm. $4 for BOTMA and Nepal, including a climb up to 19,000 feet in the foothills of Annapurna. She is home, members $5 non-members. Info: www.newjerseybluegrass.org happy, fit, healthy and sound! Lois DeRitter recently celebrated a ‘significant’ reunion of her East Paterson High School Borderline Folk Music Club: usually at New City Ambulance Corps Bldg, 200 Congers Rd., class. Lois said, “It was magical and wonderful! I want to go back to High School.” New City, NY. 2pm, Info: (845) 354-4586 http://borderlinefolkmusicclub.org; Mark Schaffer got a new VW Jetta Diesel; he’s excited to be reducing his carbon footprint. http://borderlinefolkmusicclub.org Mark and Robin’s dog, Mercury, apparently isn’t quite ready for the change: he spent Celebration House Concert & Workshop Series: In Clifton; address given with reserva- several hours hiding out in Mark’s old car during the June FP Board Meeting! The Schaffers tion, (973) 879-8568 or [email protected]. Workshops usually were very glad to find him! Mark is also excited that he and his ‘ARGOtext’ watch-keyboard invention have been accepted into the NJIT Enterpreneurial Development Center. 3:30–5:30pm; concert usually 6:30pm. Concert only $15; workshop only $20; concert and workshop combo $30; While Jean Scully was house-and-dog-sitting for Mercury during the Schaffers’ 10th Anniversary trip to Hawaii, Mercury ate a bag of caramels. He got sick, then he got better. Coffee With Conscience: 1st United Methodist Church of Westfield, 1 E. Broad St. 8pm info Siobhan Scully is enjoying her summer job, at the Giggling Goat Dairy Farm. Jean is having 908-412-9105, [email protected]; www.coffeewithconscience.org; a very good year so far at her job in real estate sales. Mike Del Vecchio lost his car when a truck full of port-a-johns ran into him. Someone might Community Theater at Mayo Center for Performing Arts: 100 South St., Morristown, NJ, for have said, “I guess the sh-t hit the van!” Mike is thankful no one was hurt, and he’s thankful tickets/info call 973-539-8008, www.mayoarts.org, shows at 8pm that cars can be replaced. Crossroads Coffeehouse: 8pm, Crossroads Community Church, 104 Bartley Rd., Flanders. Sandy Reilly just passed her exam practicums and is proud to be a new Certified Level 2 (973) 786-7940 or (908) 879-7739; Bicycle Coach. She said, “It was awesome. The skill sessions were the most fun, especially competing in a bicycle bucket ball game.” Fanwood Performance Series: 7pm, Patricia M. Kuran Cultural Arts Center, 75 North Mike Agranoff is revisiting his roots in NYC. After writing a letter to the current residents of Martine Avenue, Fanwood. www.fanwoodperformanceseries.org his boyhood apartment, he ran into someone at a recent folk festival who currently lives Folk Arts Fridays at Ethical Culture: 516 Prospect St., Maplewood. 2nd Friday in the same building! (except June-Aug.). Bring instruments and voices for singing, playing, quilting, crafts. Grover Kemble got a call from an old flame with a request that he perform at her mother’s 90th birthday party in August. Her mother had been a big band singer in the 40’s and 50’s. run by Lisa Novemsky and Anja Moen. www.essexethical.org or (973) 763-8293. Grover and her mom always liked each other. Grover is looking forward to this party. Godfrey Daniels: 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem, PA (610) 867-2390, www.godfreydaniels.org. Rachel Streich is settling in after her move to a new apartment in Bloomfield. Rachel says, “It’ll be fine when I eventually finish unpacking. I’m getting to know my new neighbors.” Good Coffeehouse: 53 Prospect Park W. at 2nd St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, doors open at Jean Scully helped her find the new apartment. 7:30, music at 8pm, (718) 768-2972 or www.bsec.org; Your Humble Newsleditor is recovering from her May 29 nephrectomy. After 10 days, The Hillside Cafe Coffee House: 45 Hillside Cres., Nutley. Doors open 7:30, show at 8pm. she’s in no pain or discomfort but a little low on energy. Post-op creatinine is already in (973) 667-7055 or [email protected], www.hillsidecafe.com; the normal range (sometimes takes months). Her peripatetic right kidney was apparently pissing up a storm in Michigan day after implantation — if all continues to go well, Liz will Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th St., Fair Lawn find out more about the recipient and how many people were ultimately in the transplant 8pm. (201) 384-1325. www.hurdygurdyfolk.org; chain. Still encouraging y’all to do what you can by donating to the St. Barnabas transplant center or the National Kidney Foundation, or any charity of your choice. Or, if you are in Morris County Center for the Arts: Darress Theatre, 615 Main St, Boonton. (973) 334-9292, abundant good health, share it and become a donor yourself! 4 www.darresstheater.com. Wed., 7/17: Open Mic 13 Folk Project Board Meeting • June 4, 2013 Board Meeting: The Summary Music at the Mission: West Milford Presbyterian Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd., West Milford, (973) 728-3081, www.musicatthemission.org;

The Folk Project Board Meeting was called to order at 8:08 pm at the home of Mark and Robin Schaffer. Present were: Music on Main: 7:30pm, Woodbridge. www.woodbridgeartsnj.org, (732) 634-4500 x6497 Mark Schaffer, Robin Schaffer, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Rachel Streich, Bill Henderson, Mike Agranoff, Pat Brangs, Grover Kemble, Leigh Walker, Lois DeRitter. Jim Gartner, Bob McNally, Eddie Roffman, Mike DelVecchio, Allan Kugel, Sandie Wed., 7/10: Caravan of Thieves; 7/17: The Stray Birds, Brian Dunne; 7/24: Alexis P. Suter Reilly, Jean Scully. Absent: Scooter Ferguson, Lori Falco, Nancy Kelner, Joanne Cronin, Lindsey Meyer, Joe Graziano, Band; 7/31: The Spring Standards, Tall Heights Pam Robinson, Barrett Wilson. Guests: Robin Roffman, Jeff Loy. TREASURER’S REPORT: May 2013 PayPal receipts for Festival admissions have not yet been posted. We will have NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song: First Sundays, 1:30pm, Turnstile Coffee Bar, 1607 those figures at the next Board meeting. Treasurer Bill asked that people making deposits on behalf of the Folk Hwy 71, Belmar, NJ; (732) 894-9012 (2 bl. from Route 35 – 7 fr. Belmar Train Station); Project PLEASE write their name and the purpose of the deposit on the face of the deposit ticket. He can view the deposit tickets via Wells Fargo’s Online Banking but sometimes has trouble figuring out where a deposit came from Outpost In The Burbs: at the Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church St., Montclair or what its for. Former Treasurer Rachel noted that she had the same trouble with mystery deposits when she was Treasurer as well. (973) 744-6560. Doors open 7:30pm, concert at 8pm. www.outpostintheburbs.org; OLD BUSINESS: ACMA GRANT: Liz put a blurb in the Newsletter soliciting help with research for the ACMA Grant. Elizabeth noted that the Morris Arts Council has an intern willing to make themselves available to help with People’s Voice Cafe: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th information gathering for the grant application, but the FP still has no one willing to supervise the intern. Mike A. St., NYC, www.peoplesvoicecafe.org or (212) 787-3903; suggested putting out another request in the Newsletter in 3 or 4 months from now. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Pinewoods Folk Music Club: 444 W. 54th St., #7, New York, NY 10019, (718) 651-1115, SPECIAL CONCERTS: The Uke NJ festival is on for 8/30-8/31/13 at MUF. Mike said this is shaping up to be a major www.folkmusicny.org; Every Monday: Irish Traditional Music Session, 8-11pm at the event and that we should talk it up. Estimated breakeven point is 100 attendees at $75 each. MERCHANDISING: Gloria absent (hurt her ankle). Treasurer Bill said according to his records, $285 in merchandise Landmark Tavern; Wed., 7/3: Folk Open Sing Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture; Every was sold at Spring Festival. Mike A. noted that FP logo sweatbands were purchased and available for sale at Festival. other Tuesday: Old-Time Instrumental Jam, The Farmacy, Brooklyn SOUND REINFORCEMENT: Re: the new portable sound system we’re considering purchasing: Mike A. expressed the opinion that with multiple amateur sound people setting up and running the equipment, “simpler is better”. The Place: House Concerts, 3pm pot luck, 4pm concert in Livingston. sugg. donation Elizabeth asked about the relative merits of buying a portable system vs making the Minstrel system more portable $15–20; RSVP to [email protected] or (973) 992-7491; – getting cases and so forth for the Minstrel system to make it easier to transport. Mike D said a portable system would be useful for smaller venues so we don’t have to transport the Minstrel’s system. Mike A pointed out that we Princeton Folk Music Society: Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, would need to consider where a portable system would be kept between uses – in someone’s garage? Then we’d need to coordinate with that person to get the equipment, and bring it back afterwards. 8pm, (609) 799-0944 $15/Members $10/$3 kids under 12. www.PrincetonFolk.org; Lois asked about the proposed MUF sound renovations, currently on hold – does that include redesigning or providing storage space for FP sound system? “Good point”, said Mike D. This should be brought up in future Sacred Harp Singings: Much info at http://www.fasola.org/; 2nd Sun.: 2pm, St. Paul’s discussions with MUF. Church, 199 Carroll St, Brooklyn. (718) 293-2848; 2pm, Montclair Friends Mtg, Park Elizabeth asked about future workshops to train new sound people. Mike D. said he has 4 or 5 people interested in & Gordonhurst. (973) 509-2165; Midweek singing Wednesdays, 7-9:30pm, St. Peter’s participating in such training. It’s a matter of getting access to MUF for free to hold the workshops, Mike said. Re: providing speakers so the Front Desk people can hear the concert: Bill pointed out that if the Lobby area is quiet, Episcopal Church, 346 W. 20th St. http://nycsacredharp.org/localsingings.html we could just leave the doors to the Sanctuary open. Elizabeth noted that her church uses a wireless speaker system to broadcast sound to volunteers working in the church kitchen. She will find out what they use and get back to Sanctuary Concerts: The Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham. Mike D. Most concerts 8pm, www.sanctuaryconcerts.org; Next show 8/4: Nick Lowe INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Mike DelVecchio and Christine DeLeon are hosting a special EoM at a commercial establishment. Dave Kleiner and Skylands Native American Flute Circle meets at a home in Panther Valley. Info: Allan Liz Pagan are hosting the September EoM. Pat Brangs wrote a blurb for the Newsletter and is helping publicize the Johnson 908-850-5772 or [email protected] Evenings of Music. Pat will ask Pam R. to put an appeal for people to host Evenings of Music on the FP’s Facebook page. Bob McNally asked if we’d ever thought of holding an EoM in a public place? Lois noted that people who live Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam: Mannion’s Pub & Restaurant, 140 West Main in condo communities, etc, often have access to a community room that maybe we could use? Elizabeth pointed out that parking might be a problem with that. Bob will look into getting access to the Community Center at Mount Street, Somerville. Starting around 7:30pm. (609) 924-5353 or visit www.diamondcut. Tabor (“the Bethel”). Mike D. said that Mario’s Pizza, in Randolph, has a BIG back room, lots of parking and places com/oldtime/; 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month outside to jam. He will contact them to find out if an EoM would be feasible to do there. As usual, the FP 4th of July Picnic will be at Eddie and Robin Roffman’s. The Uptown Coffeehouse: www.uptowncoffeehouse.org New Location: City Island MEMBERSHIP: Eddie said that Festival is our single biggest source of new and returning members; Minstrel, less so. Community Center, 190 Fordham S. lower level, City Island, NY. 5pm,$15, under 12, $5; He is working on a job description for the Membership Chair. He will send out renewal reminders 4 times per year; then after 1 year, he will stop bothering people to renew. Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., White FESTIVAL: Mark reported the Spring Festival went very well. One of the major changes made at this Festival was in the number of concerts and workshops expected of the performers. At previous Festivals, performers were expected to Plains, (914) 949-2146, www.WalkaboutClearwater.org; do 2 45-minute concert sets and 2 daytime workshops; at this Festival, they did 1 1-hour concert set and 3 daytime workshops. Mark and Robin felt that this new schedule added more value to the daytime workshop schedule, and ZED Music Series: 7pm Pot Luck Dinner & Dessert, 7:30pm Open Mic followed by our they also added more people doing workshops during the day even if the workshop presenters don’t do concert featured performer. donation $8. Contact to reserve an Open Mic spot/seat and get performances. Mike A. praised the Festival Sound committee: “ Best Festival sound EVER!” directions.: Tom (848) 219.1868 or Shari (201) 306-8744, New email: ZedMusicSeries@ MEETING ADJOURNED 10:15 pm. Next Board Meeting will be at Eddie and Robin Roffman’s, in Randolph, NJ. 5 gmail.com or [email protected] 12 Fourth o’ July Pic-A-Nic Thurs., 7/4, 2pm • the Roffmans’ Please join your fellow Projectiles at the Roffmans (home of the Bonus Evening o’ Music) for a www.dgans.com lovely afternoon of music, swimming, grilling and chilling, as well as the drawing of names for performers who want to take part in the Birthday Party Show (see front page/below). FP will supply grillables (burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, etc); you bring side dishes, salads, beverages, desserts, etc. Please bring your own serving utensils. Eddie and Robin have a lovely in-ground pool, so bring your swimsuit, towel and inflatable Shamu for extra fun. ------

Minstrel Birthday Show (cont’d) Details: • YOU MUST BE A CURRENT FOLK PROJECT MEMBER If your membership has lapsed or will lapse in July, you must renew. Check your newsletter mailing label or inquire at Membership@ FolkProject.org if you’re not sure. • It’s not required, but TRY TO BE AT THE PICNIC on the 4th, and be able to commit some rehearsal time in the intervening weeks. (See below if you want to be in the show, but can’t make the picnic.) • AS FAR AS MUSICAL ABILITY, That’s a matter of your own judgment. If you’re reasonably comfortable in playing a song in front of friends, well that’s what you’ll be doing. I’ve seen otherwise amateurs rise to the occasion countless times. • YOU CAN BE IN AS MANY GROUPS AS YOU FEEL YOU CAN COMMIT TO. Simply enter as many index cards as the number of groups you wish to be in. One or two groups is common. • THE DRAWING WILL BE DONE AT 3:30 PM AT THE PICNIC, and you can use the rest of the Photo by Jamie Soja afternoon to get a head start on choosing your music and rehearsing. (Start thinking of good ensemble songs now, so you can have some suggestions for your groups when they’re chosen.) • YOU MAY ADD ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO YOUR RANDOM GROUP at your choice, provided that these “ringers” are also current Project members, and that the originally randomly chosen people are featured as well. • IF YOU REALLY CAN’T BE AT THE PICNIC but you want to be in the show, you can do that by e-mailing [email protected], or calling (973-335-9489) before the 4th. If you get my answering machine, leave your name, phone, address, e-mail, and HOW MANY GROUPS YOU WANT TO BE IN. I’ll make out your index card(s) and put ‘em in the hat for you. If you don’t think other members will be familiar with you, also leave information on instruments you play FESTIVAL FANTASTICO!! or other musical skills. (sing harmony, etc.) The other members of your group will contact you to let you know who they are, and set up rehearsals. Accolades keep pouring in: “Loved every minute.” “A real treat.” “Excellent experience.” “Yay!” “Wish it could last forever.” “All the workshops were FANTASTIC.” “Gets better every year.” “The concerts However, please try to make the picnic. You put other members of your groups at a were absolutely wonderful.” “Such a warm and kind group of people.” “An amazing time.” disadvantage if you’re not there to be involved in the choice of music and first rehearsal time, and that usually means an extra rehearsal needed in the intervening weeks before the actual Thanks to the volunteers, member performers and guests. You are the Folk Project Festival, show. Besides which, the picnic is great fun. and you’ve made our participation and enjoyment better and better every time. We absolutely enjoyed ourselves. So that’s it. I hope you can be part of this. See you at the show and at the picnic. Fall Festival is October 11–13, 2014. We’re announcing performers by July 1 and opening Mike Agranoff, Minstrel Programming Chairman registration July 15. Expect to be surprised and thrilled. (We mean it.) We expect it to be the best damn three-day music party ever. See you in October, Mark & Robin, Festival Chaircouple

6 11 The Folk Project Presents: Summer Weekend’s SOON! Uke New Jersey! August 10–12 • The Silos, Wallkill, NY A Ukulele Festival The tradition continues! Mark your calendars for our weekend-long Evening o’ Music held at a private home in upstate New York. We all pitch in (and some pitch tents) bringing food August 30-31, 2013 in Morristown, NJ and beverages, helping out with meals and cleanup, but otherwise spending the entire time making music and schmoozic. Contact Bob to sign up or to find out more details, Friday Featuring artists 8:00pm till [email protected]. 11:00pm James Hill,Victoria Mighty Uke Vox, Jim and Liz followed by Beloff and Celtic Victoria Vox and Jim & Spirit! A screening of the Join the Folk Project Liz Beloff documentary Cut out this handy dandy membership form and mail it, with your Saturday Mighty Uke! membership fee, to Eddie Roffman, 11 Butternut Road Randolph, NJ 07869. 10am till Info: [email protected] 6pm Workshops, Jams,

Workshops, Open Mics, Choose at least one: ___ New ___ Renew ___ Skip to my Lou open mic Vendors and lots Name ______and jams and lots of new 7:30 concert Address ______with James friendships! Hill, Jim & ______Liz and Celtic Spirit Home Tel. ______Work Tel. ______James Hill and Anne Davison E mail 1: ______E mail 2: ______Plenty of Do you play or sing music: area hotels [ ] For fun [ ] Occasionally perform in public [ ] Professionally or semi-professionally and dining as well as ______Basic Individual membership @ $20/year $ ______on-site food (You’ll receive this personal monthly newsletter.) vendors. ______Supporting membership @ $25/year $ ______Jim & Liz Belo (Personal monthly newsletter PLUS our eternal gratitude)

Ticket prices thru August 9th: Friday night $15, ______Family membership* $ ______Saturday $65, Combo $75 (Additional family members @ $3 each per year) Starting August 10th: Friday night $20, Saturday $75, Combo $85 Victoria Vox ______Multiple Year Membership $ ______number of banjo-tossing years _____ X type of membership. You do the math. Morristown Unitarian Fellowship Hall DONATION to Folk Project 21 Normandy Heights Rd. [email protected] (Tax deductible! We are also eligible for Corporate Matching Donations and banjos.) $ ______908-229-1214 Morristown, NJ 07960 www.folkproject.org for more info Total amount enclosed: $ ______Music & Memory NEW! Please I’d like to receive a print newsletter

Performances in care centers demonstrate that music reawakens memories and is retained by check one: I’d like to save trees and receive an Enewsletter even those who have lost speech and much more to dementia such as with Alzheimer’s. The music-and-brain connection was brought into focus in Oliver Sacks’ 2007 book Musicophilia. The Make your check payable to: The Folk Project non-profit organization Music and Memory was founded to bring personalized music to care *Family membership is one basic or supporting membership plus $3 for each additional family member/banjo. facilities to improve quality of residents’ lives. More at http://musicandmemory.org. Please list the names of additional family members: Ronstadt Generations will be performing “Music Connecting Memory” on July 3 at Rolling Hills Care Center, Lebanon, Hunterdon Care Center, Flemington, Independence Manor and Hunterdon Developmental Center (open to residents only). It’s very possible some FP members have parents/relatives in these facilities. 10 Stephanie Ledgin 7 FP Calendar: July 2013

1/Mon. EVERY Monday: Maplewood International Dancers, 7:30pm, Maplewood. 10/Wed. Woodbridge Wednesdays: Caravan of Thieves. www.woodbridgeartsnj.org (973) 376-7568 11/Thurs. NJ Songwriters Circle 7pm, Dave Kleiner’s, 32 Williamson Ave., Bloomfield. 2/Tues. EVERY 1st & 3rd Tuesday: Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam, 7:30pm, (973) 429-0288 Mannion’s Somerville. www.diamondcut.com/oldtime/ 12/Fri. Minstrel: Open Stage EVERY Tuesday: Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam, 7pm, Westside United Methodist 13/Sat. FP Evening o’ Music: The Schafferosa Church, Hopatcong. (973) 770-0179 14/Sun. North Jersey English Country Dance: Melanie Axel-Lute, 2pm, Ridgewood. FP Board meeting, 8pm, http://northjerseyenglishcountrydancers.yolasite.com 3/Wed. EVERY Wednesday, Straight Morning Drive, featuring Straight Drive 15 Russ Kelner5/Univ. Phillipines Alumni & Friends Rondalla, 4pm, South Plainfield minutes after the 7:30am station break. 6–9am, WDVR-FM and www. Middle School, fundraiser for woman with leukemia wdvrfm.org 15/Mon. Newsletter Deadline Send stuff to [email protected] 17/Wed. Morris County Center for the Arts Cafe Jam hosted by Tommy Mahoney. 7:30 p.m., EVERY Wed.: Morristown Int’l Dancers, 7:30pm, Mountain Lakes Community Darress Theatre, Boonton. (973) 334-9292, www.darresstheatre.com Church. (973) 539-7020, njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html Woodbridge Wednesdays: The Stray Birds, Brian Dunne. www.woodbridgeartsnj.org EVERY Wednesday: Princeton Country Dancers, 8pm, Suzanne Patterson center, 19/Fri. Minstrel: Toby Walker, Tom Picard Princeton. (609) 799-2073 , http://www.princetoncountrydancers.org/ 20/Sat. Swingin’ Tern: Steve White and Fia Feller & Mr. Darcy Trio EVERY Wednesday: “Down Jersey” with Jim Albertson, 7:30pm, WSNJ am1240, Russ Kelner/NJ Minstrels, 2:15 pm , Morris County 4H Fair, Chester am1440 and www.wsnjam.com ; http://members.aol.com/downjerseyjim/ 21/Sun. FP House Concert: David Gans, 1pm, the Schafferosa, Rockaway. Info/reserva- EVERY 1st Wednesday: Folk Open Sing; 7pm, Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect tions: [email protected] Park West, Brooklyn. (212) 636-6341 or (718) 788-7563 24/Wed. Woodbridge Wednesdays: Alexis P. Suter Band. www.woodbridgeartsnj.org EVERY Wednesday: 9pm, Open Mic, McLynn’s Restaurant, Springfield. (973) 258-1600 26/Fri. Minstrel: The Minstrel’s 38th Birthday Show 4/Thurs. Fourth o’ July Pic-A-Nic (and drawing for the Birthday Show), 2pm, the 27/Sat. Bonus EoM at the Roffmans’, 8pm, 11 Butternut Rd., Randolph. (973) 328-7742 Roffmans’, 2pm, 11 Butternut Rd., Randolph. (973) 328-7742 28/Sun. North Jersey English Country Dance: Orly Krasner, 2pm, Ridgewood. Alternate Thursdays: Scandinavian couple dancing, 7:30 pm, Bound Brook. http://northjerseyenglishcountrydancers.yolasite.com See skandinoje.org for dates/info 31/Wed. Woodbridge Wednesdays: Tall Heights, the Spring Standards. 14/Fri. Minstrel: Open Stage Falcon Ridge Most Wanted Tour www.woodbridgeartsnj.org 6/Sat. Swingin’ Tern: Perry Shafran & Dr. Twamley’s Audio Snakes EVERY Saturday: CD*NY: Contra dances, 8pm. NYC. www.cdny.org Wanted: Good Homes Front Porch Bluegrass Festival & Pig Roast, 10am–8pm, Chester. Evenings o’ Music REALLY Need Venues! http://frontporchbluegrassfestival.com And we ain’t kidding. Have you ever thought it would be fun to host one of of 7/Sun. EVERY Sun.: Music You Can’t Hear On The Radio, 7pm, WPRB 103.3FM; monthly music parties? Several of our long time Evening o’ Music hosts have moved out of the area and we desperately need new host homes to add to our www.wprb.com Evening o’ Music roster. The FP can help with party supplies and volunteers are EVERY first & third Sunday: Open Irish session, 6pm, Dublin House, Red Bank. always willing to share the burden. For more information please contact Scully of EVERY Sunday: Radio Nowhere, 7–10pm, WMSC 90.3FM Montclair or streaming at the Volunteers, [email protected]

8 www.wmscradio.com or www.live365.com/wmsc. 9