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November-December 2020 Volume LVI number 6 newsletter of the San Francisco Folk Music Club Nov/Dec 2020 friends and families making home-grown music together Camp Harmony 2021 Goes Virtual Register early to help us to anticipate attendance and December 31, 2020 – January 3, 2021 prepare accordingly. Registrants will be sent daily access by Patience Young codes to attend camp. This is our opportunity to share Harmony spirit and musical magic with friends near and far More than ever, We are Ralph. who have not yet attended Harmony, but might like to! Be See below for how to help, how to join in. sure to spread the word and encourage others to join us this year. What to anticipate in this unusual year: 1. Camp will be held on Zoom and on YouTube. Lead a Workshop. Only SFFMC members are eligible to lead a workshop; 2. The full schedule will appear on the SFFMC non-members may co-lead with a member. website: https://www.sffmc.org Workshop leaders must have access to a device with the 3. Registrants will be sent links to attend Zoom app installed and that will broadcast acceptable sessions. audio and video, and the Internet bandwidth to stream it reliably. We’ll ask about your set-up before camp to assure 4. Registration is free. SFFMC welcomes non- that all goes well for your session. Send your workshop members to register for camp this year! proposal by the end of November—sooner is better— to: Thursday, December 31st: [email protected]. Camp starts with an evening concert and midnight revelry Perform for an evening concert. Friday—Sunday: We invite all campers to pre-record their concert acts Three afternoons of multiple workshops individually, to be assembled into evening programs. Submit your one or two numbers (think 6-minute max.) to Friday and Saturday: Two more evening concerts [email protected] no later than “etc.” to be announced Spread the news. Provide tech assistance. Camp cannot happen Anyone can register and attend Camp Harmony this year, without this. member or not, at no charge. Invite friends in music, near Are you an experienced Zoom host, adept at and far, to register for this year’s camp. We look forward to navigating its platform? We will need co-hosts (one or introducing the SFFMC to many more friends in the area, two per workshop) to assist each Workshop Leader. across the country, even around the world! Co-hosts will handle the waiting room, track who is next in line to sing or speak. Please contact Amelia Hogan: We hope that in 2021 we can return to the “real world” at [email protected]. Walker Creek Ranch, joined by some of this year’s new virtual attendees. Register. Camp registration this year is free and open to all, SFFMC member or not. The registration form will be found on the SFFMC website. Registration opens Nov. 1st and will close at midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 29th. the folknik Vol. LVI, Number 6 Page 2 November/December 2020 The San Francisco Folk Music Club is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the enjoyment, preservation and promotion of acoustic music in individual, family, and community life. ““He who sings frightens away his ills.” – Miguel de Cervantes Board Members President: Ed Hilton ♦ Vice President: Hali Hammer Thad Binkley ♦ Charlie Fenton ♦ Bob Helliesen ♦ Daniel Hersh Amelia Hogan ♦ Phyllis Jardine ♦ Jerry Michaels ♦ Dave Sahn 2nd and 4th Friday Zoom Sessions by Marlene McCall During the COVID pandemic, while it is unsafe for folks to gather in real life to sing and play, the club’s usual 2nd and 4th Friday music meetings are being held via Zoom, from 8:00 to approximately midnight, although of course participants are free to leave the session when they wish. Upcoming Friday session dates are November 13, November 27, December 11, and December 25. In order to obtain the link and the theme for each session, please sign up for the Harmony List here: https://groups.io/g/harmony. You can choose to participate in these Zoom sessions via audio only, or audio with video, using a computer, tablet, or smart phone, and you can also participate via audio only on a regular phone. The sessions are structured like the real-life song circles, with a theme for each session. For those who haven’t attended Zoom sessions, a disadvantage is that everyone cannot sing and play together as in real life, due to what’s called latency, or a time gap. Therefore, as the turn moves from one song leader to the next, everyone must be muted except for the songleader, although of course all participants are encouraged to sing along/play along from your home. For the assistance of instrumentalists who are playing along, it’s helpful to announce your key before starting your song. Please keep remarks brief (in between songs and while introducing songs) since others are waiting for their turn. Ed Hilton, club president, will host the sessions. Debbie Klein usually keeps a list of the songs (on theme) sung at each session, and I will print those here in the folknik when I can. Board Meetings on Zoom: November 10, 2020 and December 8, 2020, both at 8:00 p.m. If you’d like to attend a board meeting, please contact Ed Hilton, club president, at [email protected]. Facebook Groups & Websites of Interest Child Ballads FB Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/519815521444898. A facebook group in which members post recordings of Child ballads to listen and discuss, and ask/answer questions. Mudcat Café. https://mudcat.org/. A site where information about folk, blues, and other kinds of music is stored, shared, and discussed. Searchable song and lyric database. The FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mudcat is an annex to the site, for announcements. Uncharted Jukebox FB Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2791897444373608. Members post recordings of under the radar music. All eras, all genres. Not for recordings that ever charted in the top 40. Although not limited to folk music, as you can imagine, lots of folk music (from America as well as other countries) ends up getting posted. Second Hand Songs. https://secondhandsongs.com/. An extensive user-friendly searchable database containing which artists covered/recorded which songs, dates, writing credits, and other info. Also includes covers of traditional songs. Folk Music Song Lists for Radio. https://nwfolk.com/songlists/ This site was designed to help DJs of folk music radio shows compile playlists for their themed shows, but it’s equally helpful for any folk singers or players looking to come up with a few songs for a themed session they’ll be attending. the folknik Vol. LVI, Number 6 Page 3 November/December 2020 Sung on 9/11 – Sung on 9/25 – Songs Faith Sang and Songs of Faith Earth, Wind, Fire, Air, Water Amazing Grace Old Flames Can’t Hold a All My Trials Panhandle Wind Amelia Earhart Candle to You Amelia Earhart Ring of Fire Angel Band Paz y Libertad Billy O’Shay River Road Emma Rose Roseville Fair Black Waters Rock Me on the Water Fair Maid Walking Sauerkraut (Cleaning the Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Saga of Jenny Frankie and Johnny Refrigerator) Bluebird of Hull Sardines Geritol Gypsy She was There California Burning She’ll Never be Mine Give Me the Roses While I Simple Song of Freedom Cool Water She’s Gone, Gone, Gone Live Song of Ireland Cree Prophesy Smokey the Bear Gold Watch and Chain Take Your Time Desert Wind The Diggers Grace Tennessee Waltz Do Virgins Taste Better The Leaves that are Green Here in California Tenting Tonight on the Old Fields of Athenry The Trees They do go High I Wanna be a Dog Campground Four Strong Winds They Call the Wind Maria I Wanna be a Dog The Good in Living Garden Song Will the Circle be Unbroken I’ll Fly Away The Storms are on the Ocean Green Eyes Winds of Morning I’m in Good Shape for the Thirsty Boots I Can See Clearly Now Shape I’m In Turn, Turn, Turn I Wash my Hands in Muddy If I Could be the Rain What Can You Do with the Water If This is Goodbye Hat? I’ll Fly Away In the Garden Will the Circle Be Unbroken Jerusalem Kuglesburg Bank Womanchild King of the Road Magic Penny You Ain’t Been Doing Love Come Home Magnolia Wind Nothing if You Ain’t Medicine Wheel Man Walks Among Us Been Called a Red New Harmony May the Good Lord Bless and Oh Isle of My Childhood Keep You Oh Sinner Man – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB Yearly membership levels (please check only one box): $40 Standard $20 Economy $10 Low Income: or pay what you can I enclose $____ cash $____ check for ____ years membership in the San Francisco Folk Music Club. Additional donation to the SFFMC: $10______ other amount $_______. Total enclosed: $_________. This entire amount may be tax-deductible. The SFFMC is a 501(c)(3) organization. New member Renew or Extend Rejoin I want to know more about volunteer opportunities: Be sure you have checked a box for membership level and filled in Please call me the amount paid and the number of years. Please send me information by e-mail Name: The Club produces a membership directory every few years for Club members only. If you wish that all or part of your Address: information not be included in the directory, please specify City: State: ZIP: below.
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