A Newsletter for Columbia, Snake, and Yakima River Folk

Vol. 23, Issue 2 October 2011 Ferintosh Blurs Boundaries

addition of some vocals, old time fid- breaking work in the revival of the Friday, 7 October, 7:30 PM dling and humor, their concerts are cello in American and Scottish tradi- I want to help the 2012 Member Application Ferintosh performs the vibrant folk eclectic and entertaining. tional music. She has composed cello 2012 Tumbleweed Your membership gives you voting rights in folklife music of Scotland, America, and Cape Kim Robertson is a renowned per- parts for over seventy-five recordings Y e s ! elections, $3 off most concerts, and is tax deductible! Breton, Nova Scotia. The group fea- former and instructor who has by a variety of folk artists on both Music Festival You’ll even get a nifty membership card to show your friends and neighbors! tu r es cellist Abby Newton, Celtic harp- stretched the boundaries of the harp sides of the Atlantic, including I would like to contribute ist Kim Robertson, and guest fiddler, for a new generation of performers Scottish singer, Jean Redpath. Abby at this level ___Bronze $50.00 ____ Individual ($15) or ____ Family ($20) Renewal? Y N Rosie Newton. From soulful songs and audiences. As a pioneer in the has performed on NPR’s A Prairie and airs to sprightly strathspeys and American folk harp movement, she ___Silver $100.00 Name______Home Companion and The Thistle Address ______reels, their spirited arrangements combines an improvisational spirit and Shamrock. Abby has brought the ___Gold $250.00 showcase their virtuosity and the with a passionate sense of tradition, instrument back into the fold in her ___Platinum $1000.00 City______State ______Zip ______rhythmic energy of this timeless music. bringing a contemporary touch to a many concerts, recordings, Celtic Name ______Phone ______E-mail ______In 18th century Scotland, the bound- centuries-old instrument. Classically cello books, and master classes. In Address______I can help 3RFS with: aries between “art” music and the trained on piano and pedal harp, her addition to her solo CDs, she has pro- City ______State ____Zip______Refreshments at concerts ___ Setting up chairs ___ Fund raising “people’s” music were less distinct discovery of the Celtic harp in the duced numerous folk music record- than today. The same musicians who mid-70’s grew into a profound love ings to critical acclaim. Phone Number______Taking admission at events ___ Folding newsletters ___ Coffeehouses ___ Serve on Board of Directors ___ Publicity ___ Song circles performed for the lords and ladies in for the instrument, setting her upon Rosie Newton has been playing fid- ___ Demonstrating folk arts ___ Membership ___ Contra dance their castles also played in the town the path of exploration for which she dle for as long as she can remember. Send to: 3RFS TMF, P.O. Box 1098, Richland, WA 99352 ___ Tumbleweed Music Festival ___ Other halls for dances. Ferintosh’s unique is now widely known. Her work She grew up immersed in the folk Enclose your check payable to Three Rivers Folklife Society. musical focus transcends modern dis- encompasses numerous recordings, music scene in Woodstock, NY, Send check to: Three Rivers Folklife Society,P.O. Box 1098, Richland, WA 99 3 5 2 . tinctions between “classical” and published harp arrangements, and an attending concerts and parties with “folk” music. Their dynamic ensem- international itinerary of concerts, her mother, Abby. For the past six ble of instruments combines the sub- workshops and retreats. years she has been living in Ithaca, tle beauty of chamber music with the Abby Newton is a cellist of unusual primal energy of folk music. With the ve r s a t i l i t y , best known for her grou n d - Continued on pg. 2, see Ferintosh Bill Staines at Coffeehouse Concert! 1971 when a reviewer from the Boston 65,000 miles annually. He weaves a Friday, 14 October, 7:30 PM Phoenix stated that he was “simply blend of gentle wit and humor into For more than forty years, Bill Staines Boston’s best performer,” Bill has his performances and one reviewer has traveled back and forth across continually appeared on folk music wrote, “He has a sense of timing to North America, singing his songs and radio listener polls as one of the top match the best standupcomic.” Many 3RFS Needs Presence! delighting audiences at festivals, folk- all-time favorite folk artists. Now, of Bill’s songs have appeared in grade Are you on Facebook? Well Three song societies, colleges, concerts, clubs, well into his fifth decade as a folk school music books, church hymnals, Rivers Folklife Society IS NOT! How and coffeehouses. A New England performer, he has gained an interna- and scouting campfire songbooks; he can that be? We have a Facebook site native, Bill became involved with the tional reputation as a gifted song- is one of only a few songwriters to for Tumbleweed Music Festival but Boston-Cambridge folk scene in the writer and performer. have eight songs published in the Three Rivers Folklife Society also early 1960s and for a time, emceed Singing mostly his own songs, Bill classic song collection, Rise up needs one and we need someone to the Sunday Hootenanny at the leg- has become one of the most popular Singing. Composer David Amram create and coordinate the site. Call e n d a r y Club 47 in Cambridge. Bill and durable singers on the folk music recently described Bill as a “modern Micki at 783-9937 or 528-2215 if you quickly became a popular performer scene today, performing nearly 200 are interested in helping with this. in the Boston area. From the time in concerts a year and driving over Continued on pg. 2, see Staines 2 3

take on one of these positions, please Tumbleweed Has call Duane Horton at 420-6796 or Micki Cramer and Perry, 3RFS president, at 528-2215. Challenges Ahead There will be a 2012 Tumbleweed Cameron in Concert organizational meeting on Thursday, Ritzville Victorian Ball, Phil & Our 15th annual Tumbleweed festival, October 27 at the Richland Library. Sunday, October 9, 3:00 PM was a great success. But as we bask in Vivian William; Mitchell Fry We look forward to seeing you there! Ferintosh Concert 7:30 PM Fri KFUMC the memories, we are facing some Hank Cramer and Michelle Cameron caller, Sat, 6:00 PM, Ritzville Elementary Gym. 509 347-6764, major challenges as we seek to rep l a c e Ferintosh, Continued are joining musical forces for an 2nd Saturday Sea Song Singalong 7:00 PM Sat Round Table Pizza, some key contributors. acoustic afternoon performance. [email protected] Costumes opt. Richland 1. Festival Coordi n a t o r . Duane Horton, New York where she went to college Hank Cramer is one of the best- Walla Walla Contra Dance majoring in viola performance. In Hank Cramer & Michelle Cameron 3:00 PM Sun Crossroads Bible Church having done this job for two years, needs loved folksingers in the American 7:30 PM, Sat, Unity Church of Concert Kennewick to step down. He will act as mentor, Ithaca, she was swept into the local West. He’s known for his booming Peace, 810 “C” Street administrative assistant, gopher, advis- old time music scene. She has recent- bass voice, smooth picking on a vin- 3RFS Board Meeting 7:00 PM Mon Richland Library er , and helper to the new coordinator. ly made a CD with banjo player and tage flat-top guitar, and a wry sense and other musical genres. She takes Bill Staines Coffeehouse Concert 7:30 PM Fri All Saints’ If we can fill other major positions, singer, Stephanie Jenkins, that is root- of humor. Hank’s repertoire is a mix her cello miles beyond the little black the festival co o rd i n a tor is a proj e c t ed in the American tradition and fea- of original, traditional, and contem- notes of a classical music score, and Contra Dance 7:30 PM Sat Shufflers’ Shanty manager with many details to manage. tures unusual harmonies and innova- porary folk songs. They tell the sto- adds sparkle and passion to any per- This position involves a significant tive arrangements. ries of cowboys, sailors, soldiers, 20912 Tumbleweed Music Festival 7:00 PM Thurs Richland Library formance. She frequently joins Hank time commitment all through the This concert will be held at the miners, adventurers, and drifters. Organizational Meeting in performances at the Oregon Trail year, especially spring and summer. Kennewick First United Methodist That fits with Hank’s life story: he museum in Baker City, and plays reg- 2. Stage Supplier. We have always Church, 2 South Dayton. Tickets are has been an underground miner, a ularly in the acoustic trio, Humphrey, rented our four outdoor stages from $11 general admission/$9 seniors and professional soldier, shanty-man on a Hartman and Cameron. Debra Cowan ‘Just Folk’ House Concert 7:00 PM Wed Micki Perry’s vendors that haul them to the park, students if purchased in advance at square-rigged sailing ship, wrangler The concert will be held at Cros s ro a d s put them up, and take them away Bookworm stores and Octopus' for a high-country outfitter, and a FFFFFA 7:00 PM -Fri, Micki Perry’s Bible Church, 300 S. Quincy, Kennewick. after the festival. Our current source Garden and are $1 more at the door. world traveler. Those experiences Tickets are $10 at the door. It's a small is going out of business. We have leads 3RFS members receive a $3 discount. make Hank’s music ring with a spe- Tom Rawson Coffeehouse 7:30 PM Fri All Saints’, venue, so come early for a good seat. cial authenticity. on other stage vendors, but these will 2nd Saturday Sea Song Singalong 7:00 PM Sat Round Table Pizza, be more expensive. Staines Continued Michelle Cameron is a classically Richland 3. Sound Reinforcement. Precision day Stephen Foster…his songs will trained cellist who discovered an Contra Dance Goes Sound, who has run our largest (North) be around 100 years from now.” Over innate talent for folk, Celtic, blues, 3RFS Board Meeting 7:00 PM Mon Richland Library stage for many years, gratis, is hang- the decades, you have heard Bill Potluck in October LuLu LaFever Concert 7:30 PM Sat CUUC ing up their mics. Tum b l e w e e d will singing on Garrison Keillor’s A Pr a i r i e Saturday, 22 Oct., 7:30 PM need a new sound engineer, crew and Home Companion, HBO's award- w i n - Contra Dance 7:30 PM Sat Shufflers’ Shanty equipment for the North Stage. ni n g series Deadwood, and Public is published monthly The new contra dance season will get from August through May by the 4. Volunteer Coordinator. Without Radio’s Mountain Stage. Ad d i t i o n a l l y , Three Rivers Folklife Society. off to a rollicking start in October. All Saints’ = All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Ave., Richland volunteers there is no festival. Kim his music has been used in a number Scatter Creek is an old-timey string Crossroads Bible Church = 300 S. Quincy St., Kennewick Editor: Mary Hartman O’Keefe, who has coordinated festival of films, including Off and Running, band from Ellensburg that always CUUC = Community Unitarian Universalist Church, 2819 W. Sylvester St., Pasco Production: Kendal Smith KFUMC = Kennewick First United Methodist Church, 2 S. Dayton, Kennewick Original Design: Theresa Grate manpower for years, is moving away. with Cyndi Lauper, and The Return delivers a high-energy evening of con- Micki Perry’s = 1011 S. Dawes St., Kennewick Kim will pass on her list of contacts. of the Secaucus Seven, John Sayles’ Send items of interest to: tra dance fun. The caller is our own [email protected] Richland Library = Richland Library, 955 Northgate Dr., at Goethals Dr. and Swift Blvd. This job can be done from home, with debut as a writer/director. Send Member classified ads to: Cindy Rakowski, who is noted for her Round Table Pizza = Corner of George Washington Way and Torbett St., Richland the most intense effort in the summer. This concert takes the place of our P.O. Box 1098, Richland, WA 99352 superb teaching and flowing dances. 5. Publicity Coordinator. Without The only things better than dancing For information, call 509 528-2215 regular 3RFS Coffeehouse. As at the 3RFS 20011-12 Board of Directors publicity, we might have a festival Coffeehouse, there will be an open Micki Perry, President 783-9937 ar e good company and delicious food. with no audience! Heather Kuykendall mic session to start off the evening. Scott Woodside, Vice President 735-7037 Join us at 6:00 PM for a potluck supper ing songs helped make life aboard a Frank Cuta, Secretary 967-2658 Chanteys or did a great job in 2011, but has too Come early to sign up, if you want to Tim Riordan, Treasurer 943-8336 prior to the dance. It’s a great chance sailing ship a little more bearable. many commitments to take it on again. perform. Slots are limited. The concert to catch up on summer adventures. But trust us, they're even more fun The work starts in spring and takes will be held at All Saints Episcopal Members at Large: All dances are taught so no experi- Shanties at SSSSS? when you're not working, just sit- Paul Knight 586-2253 more time in the summer. Church, 1312 Kimball Ave., Richland ence or partner is necessary. Bring ting around a pizza place with a Nancy Ostergaard 783-1743 Saturday, 8 October, 7:00 PM 6. Information Booth Manager. The (drive around to the lower parking Ken Bradley 614 975-4672 friends and family for a great evening bunch of friends and a non-grog info booth/festival store serves as lot in the back). This concert will be a Jesse Robison 943-6705 of music, dancing and fun. It all takes “Y ou say shanties, and I say chanteys...” beverage! We meet monthly at “festival central.” Mary Hartman, who unique presentation in our regular 3RFS e-mail: [email protected] place at Shufflers” Shanty, 717 N. Irving However you spell it, sea songs are Round Table Pizza in Richland, on has lead this effort, says it’s a fun job Coffeehouse series. Suggested dona- 3RFS Info: www.3rfs.org 509 528-2215 St., Kennewick. Go to 3rfs.org for a made for singing along. The term was the corner of Torbett and George but she needs a break. Previous info tions at the door are $11/$9seniors & map. Cost at the door is $8 gen/$6 derived from the French word “chanter,” Washington Way. No experience booth experience is a plus. students. No discount for 3RFS mem- seniors and teens. Kids under 12 are meaning “to sing.” necessary, and there's no charge If you think you might be able to bers or $1 more at the door. free. $1 off for 3RFS members. Tra d i t i o n a l l y , these sh i p b o a r d work- except for the food and beverages.