Volume 37, No. 6 June 2011

Jon Dee Graham coming to Kiki’s House of Righteous Music on Tuesday, July 5th by Kiki Schueler on Dee Graham is a legend. ing like Steve Poltz and Curt He was named Austin of Kirkwood. His newest project is the Jthe Year in 2006. He’s been induct- Hobart Brothers, a “family” collabora- ed into the Austin Music Hall of Fame tion that also includes three times, as a solo artist, as a mem- and Susan Cowsill. He’s released sev- ber of , and as a member of en full-length records, the most recent the True Believers (which also included of which is 2010’s It’s Not as Bad as It ). When not on Looks, named for the first words he ut- tour, he can be found every Wednes- tered to the state trooper who found him me.” It took to finally bring day night at the Continental Club with in critical condition after his car went him to the basement. They played their his band the Fighting Cocks, playing off the road between Dallas and Austin. Madison CD release show for 2007’s before James McMurtry. Every Sun- And on July 5 he will become the Come on Like the Fast Lane here, and day finds him upstairs at the Gallery, House of Righteous Music’s most fre- Graham was on tour with them as an where he invites a friend to join him quent guest. His fifth appearance will opener and then playing guitar with the for a song exchange and some witty break the current tie with Anders Park- band during their set. It was one of the repartee. His “friends” have included er. I’d pestered him for years to come biggest crowds I’ve had, and afterward other Austin luminaries such as Esco- play at the house, to which he always Graham conceded that I was right; he vedo and , as well as tour- responded, “I just go where they send should play my basement. He’s been coming back ever since. Two of these shows have been band shows with a version of the Fighting Cocks, both times featuring drummer Joey Shuffield of Fastball (you may remember their hit “The Way”). However, his solo ap- pearance in 2008 may have been the most memorable, as he played many of the songs that would make up It’s Not as Bad as It Looks live for the first time anywhere. It was a powerful perfor- mance that former Isthmus editor Marc Eisen included in his best-of-the-year list, “So often Graham stands at the emotional precipice looking down at chaos and ruin, then cracks a sardonic joke or admits to a moment of grace and tenderness.” This time through, the Fighting Cocks will include Graham’s longtime Folk Music in Summer: The Festival Scene ince the May 22th Harpeth Rising shops, crafts and dance throughout and Monday. Great food, jam sessions, Swas the final MadFolk concert of the day Saturday and Sunday. If your and a CD sales tent fill the island. the spring season, and Wild Hog in tastes tend to Celtic music, check out So by all means, check out the sum- the Woods is on break (except for the the impressive line-up at the Milwau- mer offerings at the Café Carpe, Brink, June 18th afternoon Hootenanny and kee Irish Fest, August 18-21, including High Noon Café, and other venues, but July 4th picnic and sing – see calendar Altan. Even closer to home, the 19th don’t be afraid to sample the outdoor for details), what is a folkie to do for annual Cornish Festival will be held in music festivals. Just remember to bring the summer? The answer, my friend, Mineral Point August 10-14, a chance a folding chair or blanket, sunscreen, is blowing in the wind at outdoor Sing- to hear great music, while nibbling on water bottle, and bug repellent if both- alongs (see accompanying article) and figgyhobbin and saffron buns. ered by mosquitoes. The admission summer festivals (see listing). Loudon Wainwright III will open fees are modest for the diverse offer- Sing-alongs and festivals not only the 36th annual Great River Folk Music ings, but remember to bring extra cash have the advantage of being out of and Crafts Festival with an indoor con- for food and recordings not readily doors in the summer air, but they are cert on Friday night, August 26 on the available locally. You’ll be glad you did! more interactive, allowing opportuni- campus of U.W. La Crosse. Weather ties to be up close and personal with permitting, Saturday and Sunday music your favorite folk musicians in work- and dance workshops and evening con- Meg Skinner, shops under the shade of trees or tents, certs are held under trees outdoors, as Festival groupie or on your toes dancing to live music. is the impressive array of juried folk art Some workshops allow you to hone and crafters’ booths. Delicious, healthy your vocal or instrumental skills; others food from the People’s Coop and other MadFolk Concert Tickets introduce you to entirely new genres vendors, and daytime workshops for When you see this symbol – ee – of folk music or dance. Some festi- kids make this a very family-friendly you’ll know that you’re reading about vals have juried folk artists and crafters event. a Mad Folk sponsored event. Advance displaying their wares, and children’s Perhaps the biggest Midwestern tickets for Mad Folk shows are avail- activities enabling the whole family to folk music festival is the Fox Valley able online at www.madfolk.org and participate. Folk Music and Storytelling Festival Wisconsin and northern Illinois of- held over Labor Day weekend, Sunday at these outlets: fer a wide range of summer festivals, Sept 4 and Labor Day Monday. It is beginning in late July with the 8th an- held in an impressive setting: Island • Orange Tree Imports, 1721 Mon- nual Sugar Maple Traditional Music Park in the Fox River in Geneva, Il- roe Street Festival July 29 and 30th at Lake Farm linois. The main access is via a pedes- County Park on the shores of Lake trian bridge under the Metra RR bridge • Spruce Tree Music, 851 East Waubesa. This year’s headliner is Greg 3 blocks from the parking lot at the Johnson Brown, but there will a dance Friday Kane County Government Building night with music by Bruce Molsky and on Highway 31. The walk in the dark Purchase tickets ONLINE for Mad the Big Hoedown, and performances back to the car after the [generator] Folk concerts via Brown Paper by [Irish] Chulra, Madison’s own Stella- lights have been turned off on the is- Tickets: novas, Joe Mullins and the Radio Ram- land after the Sunday night ghost story blers, Shotgun Party, and Charlie Parr. telling session is indeed atmospheric, https://www.brownpapertickets. The tent is promised to be bigger than with the river rushing below, and the com/producer/10879 ever this year, and there will be work- Metra rumbling above! Though the You can also purchase advance shops throughout the day Saturday. line-up for this September had not tickets by mail. Send a stamped self- The 33rd annual Shawano Old been finalized by deadline time, there addressed envelope with your check Time Music and Crafts Festival will be is always a marvelous mixture of tradi- payable to Mad Folk, PO Box 665, held August 12-14 at the Mielke The- tional musicians and singer- Madison, WI 53701. If all else fails, atre in Shawano, with Friday and Satur- filling a main stage, three tent locations, call 608-846-9214 for information. day night concerts at 7 p.m., and work- and a dance floor throughout Sunday Continued from cover pg National Women’s Music Festival bass player Andrew Duplantis. Du- 2011 to take place in Middleton plantis also currently plays with Jay Farrar’s , and in the past has The National Women’s Music Festival important, bring your spirit and be pre- played with Escovedo and the Meat returns to the Madison Marriott West pared to soar. Wahru and friends will Puppets. He has released two records June 30th through July 3rd. Zrazy, Nan- teach and lead open drum chorus prac- under his own name that demonstrate cy Beaudette, Deidre Mccalla, Wishing tice throughout the weekend and the his songwriting talents, and he will Chair, Karen Williams, Anna Vogel- chorus will join her on stage Sunday. open the show with a set these songs. zang, C.C. Carter, Chris Pureka, Marga The drumming finale is a plea for 1,000 It’s an honor to welcome Duplantis to Gomez, Wahru and the NWMF Drum hands drumming at the National Wom- the House of Righteous Music for the Chorus, Martine Locke, Ruth Barrett, en’s Music Festival. Drum masters will first time for what will be another mem- Nurudafina Pile Abena, Shelley Graff, lead a special event inviting not just fes- orable show in Graham’s catalog of ap- Jessi Lynn, and Ann Reed will pack the ti-goers but all who will come and drum pearances. stages with talent throughout the week- to share in the power of that incredible end. energy. This will be an outdoor event Along with the incredible music, com- (send good vibes to Mother Nature) as edy, presenters, workshops, and crafts- long as weather permits. Make your women in the marketplace, an amazing plans now to attend the 36th National lineup of drum mothers and teachers Women’s Music Festival and take ad- are featured this year. Whatever your vantage of the early pricing discount skill level, from beginner to seasoned on tickets. It’s going to be an awesome and even those who have always se- four days! cretly just wanted to try, this is your For more information and to purchase chance to watch and learn from the tickets go to www.WIAonline.org masters. Workshops on Friday and Saturday will feature hand drumming, djembe, ashiko, dunun, bells, conga, sabar, shakeree, clave’ and bell just to name a few. On Thursday drum circles will open with the invitation to “come drum, dance or both.” No experience, no problem! Bring a coffee can, paint For more information or to make a res- bucket, or a pill bottle filled with rice, ervation, contact me at righteousmusic- anything to shake, rattle or drum. Most [email protected].

Danielle “Ate the Sandwich” June 4th Danielle Ate the Sandwich June 4th, 2011 at 8:00pm Danielle “Ate the Sandwich” Anderson is a solid young , gifted with an ethereal voice and the talent for writing honest Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse observations of an ordinary world. Her melancholy and often times $6 All Ages vulnerable songs are nicely contrasted by her humorous and engaging stage presence. Dubbed “Joni Mitchell meets Sarah Silverman,” Danielle tours nationally and significantly understands and works new media on a generational level. Denver’s Westword described Danielle as, “cripplingly enchanting with lyrics telling the story of a generation coming of age in an age of uncertainty.” And as the postings of 29,000 loyal subscribers to Danielle’s You Tube channel attest, she has rapidly developed an active fanbase who feel Danielle has something to say about what it means to be young in 2011. Summer Sing-alongs Resume 8 pm Third Friday Evenings Blue Mounds State Park

eginning June 17 at 8 pm, Madison’s Mac Robertson will, for the fifth Byear, lead the Summer Sing-alongs at Blue Mounds State Park, in Blue Mounds, WI. The Sing-alongs are an opportunity to share your vocal and in- strumental skills in a family friendly environment. Banjo-strumming and guitar playing Mac Robertson is very responsive to group requests for songs ranging from silly (In Came That Rooster) to serious, including environmental songs he honed while a singing crew member of the Clearwater Sloop. The June 17th and August 19th Sing-alongs will be in the main shelter at the top of the hill in Blue Mounds State Park. The July 15 Sing-alongs will be MadFolkNews is published monthly held in the amphitheater, to the left of the circle at the top of the hill, as you by the Madison Folk Music Society, a enter the park. Copies of books of song lyrics (Rise Up Singing) will be pro- non-profit, volunteer-led society dedi- vided. Although participation in the Sing-alongs is free and open to the public, cated to fostering folk music in the a state park sticker is required for entry to the park. Madison area. Contact us at madfolk@ To get to Blue Mounds State Park from Madison, take Highway 18-151 charter.net. Learn about concerts, mem- west past Mount Horeb, and take the exit marked highway F. Turn left on ID, bership, scholarships,and volunteer then follow signs for the park, turning right by the Citgo station and continuing opportunities at www.madfolk.org. past the trailer park on your left. On entering the park, you can purchase either a day pass, or an annual sticker which will get you into all three sing-alongs and Madison Folk Music Society Board all state parks for the year. The Sing-alongs are held rain or shine under a sheltering roof June and August. Come early and bring a picnic supper, and observe the spectacular Darlene Buhler...... President,Concerts, sunsets visible from the highest point in southern Wisconsin. July’s sing-along Advertising will be open to the elements in a wooded setting, so be guided by the weather 846-9214 ~ [email protected] (though dramatic double rainbows have rewarded singers in past years who Peg Michel….…...... Treasurer weathered storms in the shelter). 831-1876 ~ [email protected] The Summer Sing-alongs are sponsored by the Madison Folk Music Soci- Tracy Comer ...... Membership & Web ety and Friends of Blue Mounds State Park. Site 276-8192 ~ [email protected] Norbert Wodke…...... …Secretary 836-8422 ~ [email protected] Dede Goldberg...... Newsletter istribution 246-4332 ~ [email protected] Neil Morris...... Newsletter editor 358-5855 ~ [email protected] Martin Potter...... Newsletter editing assistant (414) 241-0615 ~ [email protected] Meg Skinner.………...... Scholarship 238-6950 ~ [email protected] Ron Dennis …...... …...... ………. 226-9472 ~ [email protected] Vicky Jones .…...... …..………….…. 215-7621 ~ [email protected] Gas Station Roses Natalia Zukerman ~ 2011 Weasel Records

these standout musicians. younger daughter of violinist/conductor Brooklyn opens the CD and will not Pinchas Zukerman and flutist/writer Eu- disappoint Zukerman fans who enjoy her genia Zukerman. In addition to her par- jazz-influenced work and it features a great ents, her sister Arianna is an opera sing- tenor sax. The title cut of the CD, Gas er, and her grandfather played clarinet in Station Roses, is a gritty blues lament that Klezmer bands in Poland and later in Is- underscores the disappointment in being rael. She grew up in New York immersed underappreciated when receiving gas sta- in classical music. It is said that from the tion roses, “wrapped up in plastic…like a entrance of her home, there was a grand leftover meal.” Peppered throughout Gas piano from whence music was played all Station Roses is some great work on the day long and into the night. From the drums by Dave Schoepke. Notably present richness of this background came an ap- on As You Are, his work adds good tex- preciation for the discipline that informs ture to the mix and brings depth adding to virtuosity. And although guitar dexterity, the fullness of the band on this collection. intricate sense of rhythm and meter evi- Review by Darcy Greder Indiana is an atmospheric song with a rich dent in her musicianship came naturally, it description of a middle of nowhere es- was supported by attention to detail and lthough Natalia Zukerman’s Gas Sta- cape—the sax and harmonica work makes a respect for the instrument and for the Ation Roses dropped in March, it is ap- this cut especially noteworthy. Come Un- music. This ethic is evident in Zukerman’s propriate to encourage those not yet familiar done, a song heard frequently in perfor- performance and in the work represented with the work to give it a listen—working mance, is no less satisfying in recording. throughout Gas Station Roses. Whether a again with Willy Porter as a co-producer and Zukerman’s voice is warm, insightful and devotee or new to her music, Gas Station contributor on the CD, it is easy to hear ironic as the song’s four verses reveal Roses is a soulful must-have addition to the confluence of these two artists, both intimate truths of four stages in a rela- your Natalia Zukerman collection. known as genre straddlers. This is not to tionship. Devotees of Zukerman’s more imply ‘a master of none’ for these Jacks- acoustic CDs and solo shows will especial- of-all-trades as the tracks on Gas Station ly enjoy Little Bird. Zukerman closes the Roses deftly move from folk, blues, coun- CD with this beautiful endnote try swing, rock and jazz-influenced riffs. that showcases her voice, guitar Zukerman’s alto voice, often described as and just enough bass to under- smoky, is compelling and intimate wheth- score both. er pulling the listener into a ballad (Al- It has been said that we ways) or strutting through a rock-tinged are, in part, our past and it offering (As You Are). And no review of seems that no review of Zukerman’s work can escape extolling her Natalia Zukerman’s mu- mastery of all things stringed—electric, sic can escape a men- acoustic and lap steel guitar, Zukerman tion of the richness plays it all with the confidence that only of her musical the discipline of practice and the honing pedigree— the experience that only shows and miles she is the on the road develops. Gas Station Roses features guest ap- pearances by performers from many walks of independent music – guest appear- ances by performers from many walks of independent music – including Patty Larkin, Garrison Starr, Meghan Toohey (The Weepies), Adrianne Gonzalez (The Rescues), Todd Sickafoose (Ani Difranco), and Ray Bonneville. All give great support to this collection of songs but never over- powering Zukerman who remains in con- trol of the music and the collaboration of Natalia Zukerman performed at the Brink Lounge on March 20 of this year Greetings and down with the man and about my country is the fact that we welcome to the lungfish hour of did lick McCarthyism back in the © May 2011 by power. -- Lynda Barry fifties. -- Pete Seeger Peter Berryman Archived at louandpeter.com That's the only way I can love human- Something was still there, that some- Soup is a Popular Meal ity: by listening to old records and thing that distinguishes an artist from Quotations du jour primitive music. -- R. Crumb a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. -- If people have paid to listen, it’s not I don't like sidewalks, I don't like Studs Terkel folk music. It’s show business. -- doorknobs, big boys, little boys, girls, Michael Cooney people, cats, elephants, pants, ties, I've learned that you shouldn't go flowers, toes, cats, underwear, tooth- through life with a catcher's mitt on A little bit of stage fright, then I'm brushes, sand, cookies, cats, marbles, both hands; you need to be able to ready. -- Faith Hill trees... I don't like ANYTHING! -- throw something back. -- Maya Alvin Jones (Little Lulu's pal) Angelou There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. -- Oh, wistfully, blissly / Blithely I bless So keep fightin' for freedom and Oscar Levant / The sanguinely songing / Of my justice, beloveds, but don't you forget sister Bess / For longingly lightly / to have fun doin' it. -- Molly Ivins The outward appearance can deceive. And lissomely low / The sowing of Sometimes there is a 36-piece orches- soda is ever so...so. -- Churchill As long as power corrupts, I'll abso- tra going off in my stomach. -- Willie "Churcy" LaFemme lutely have a career. -- Roy Zimmerman, Nelson political songwriter & humorist Existence was not only absurd, it was I've never suffered stage fright. That plain hard work. Think of how many I like weird things, ludicrous things. I fascinates people. -- Ethel Merman times you put on your underwear in a have a notebook full of eerie facts. -- lifetime. -- Charles Bukowski Tom Waits When I'm traveling around, I don't go anywhere. I just eat in the room. -- I don't sing any love songs. I'm never Bill Gates is a very rich man today... Elvis Presley in love. No Jane Russell type jokes. No and do you want to know why? The violence. There are no gestures, answer is one word: versions. -- Dave When life hands you lemons, write alluding to the derriere or other parts Barry about lemonade. -- Rob Lopresti of the anatomy. Words like 'lousy' or 'stinker' are absolutely verboten... It's a I'd like to start a chain of Snooper- Beer and beer and beer and sizzling happy, wholesome show -- Pinky Lee markets. -- Snoop Dog grease in a pan with a pat of steak and sizzling and sizzling and grease and People are willing to say all sorts of Basically, if I were rich, I’d probably beer and now and then, liquor. -- Jack things they don't believe in order to not play at all. -- Spider John Koerner Kerouac appear consistent with whatever they said before. -- Rick Burkhardt Pause for a moment and think about Outside of a dog, a book is man's best the royalties would collect friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to There is a great song that's coming out for the rest of his life without ever read. -- Groucho Marx on this new record and as we were getting out of bed. -- Matt Watroba looking for something cutting, some- I am an obsessive rewriter... I have thing just to mark the back beat, we If you have a burning, restless urge to nothing to say, but a great deal to add. added scissors. It just add this won- write or paint, simply eat something -- Gore Vidal derful, snappy, cutting sound -- Sims sweet and the feeling will pass. -- Fran Delaney-Potthoff, Harmonious Wail Lebowitz Seventy is old enough--after that, there is too much risk -- Mark Twain I think that promoting insecurity in My whole trick is to keep the tune the form of plastic surgery is infinitely well out in front. If I play I learn something new every time I fall more harmful than an artistic expres- Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and down -- Arno Seifert, age 95 sion related to body modification. -- skip his spiritual struggle. -- Liberace Lady Gaga The long memory is the most radical Soup is a popular meal that is eaten idea in America. That long memory I would be happy singing nothing but with a spoon. -- Unknown, via Mother has been taken away from us... You're Leonard Cohen. -- Judy Collins Fools Coffeehouse being leapfrogged from one crisis to the next. -- Utah Phillips One of the things I'm most proud of WZ, June 2011 June 2011

Summer Festivals Continued: House Concert: • September 4-5 Fox Valley Folk Music Festival -- Geneva, IL www.foxvalleyfolk.com Tue, 7/05 -- Kiki’s House of Righteous Music • November 4-6 Venue Address: 1326 Mac Arthur Rd Stringalong Weekend -- Olympia Resort, WI For more information or to make a reservation, www.uwm.edu/Dept/Folk email Kiki at [email protected]

The Brink Lounge

Wed. June 1 -- Josh Harty -- 8 pm Jim Schwall • Sunday June 5 – Saturday June 11, Sturgeon Bay WI – Steel Bridge Songfest – go to Wed. June 22 -- Madison Songwriter’s Group -- 7pm 701 E. Washington steelbridgesongfest.orgfor particulars. thebrinklounge.com • Monday, June 13, Crystal Corner, 9:30 – SoDangYang, no cover. 608-661-8599 • Friday, June 24, UW Baraboo (WI) 6:30 – Cajun Strangers – see cajunstrangers.com for details. • Saturday, June 25, Harmony Bar & Grill, 9:30 – Bar Time Lovers. Mad Toast Live! at The Brink Lounge • Sunday, June 26, Baraboo – Cajun Strangers - cajunstrangers.com for details. Tuesdays -- Music, talk and variety show hosted by • Monday, June 27, Crystal Corner, 9:30 – Jim solo, no cover. Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines -- 6:00pm -- $5 • June 15 Groove Session Danielle “Ate the Sandwich” Anderson • Saturday, June 4, Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse -- 8pm - - $6 all ages. High Noon Saloon • Tues. June 7 – The Dirty Shirts – 6:30pm -- $4 • Sun. June 12 – The Atomic Duo, The Oak Street Ramblers – 8pm -- $7 • Wed. June 15 – Dale Watson, North Country Drifters 701A E. Washington – 8pm -- $12 www.high-noon.com 608-268-1122 • Mon. June 20 – John Statz, Josh Harty, Dietrich Simply Folk on Wisconsin Public Radio w/ Stephanie Elkins,- Gosser, Paul Otteson – 7pm--$6 Interim Host Sun 5:00-8:00pm Concerts recorded in Wisconsin, music and dance of people wpr.org the world over. For playlists, calendars, station listings, and more, visit www.wpr.org/simplyfolk. Madison Ukulele Club -- Singalongs 1st and 3rd Weds 7:00-9:00pm -- call for location -- 246-8205 (Andrew) WORT 89.9 FM community radio Sun -- 3:00-5:00pm Summer Music Festivals wort-fm.org • June 10-12 • On the Horizon (world music) w/Ford Blackwell, Paul Nor-East'r Music & Art Festival -- Mio, MI Novak & Dan Talmo www.noreastr.net Weekdays 9:00am-noon • June 11-12 • Mon - Global Revolutions (folk from the world over) Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival -- Morris, IL w/ David & Martin Alvarado & Eugenia Highland www.gwdf.org • Tue -- For the Sake of the Song (traditional American • June 30- July 3 folk) w/Jim Schwall National Women’s Music Festival -- Middleton, WI • Wed -- Back to the Country (country music on a www.wiaonline.org theme) w/Bill Malone • July 9 • Thur -- Diaspora (folk and international) w/Terry O’ Blackhawk Folk Festival -- Mount Morris, WI • Fri -- Mud Acres (bluegrass and acoustic) w/Chris www.blackhawkfolk.org Powers • July 22-24 Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival -- Marquette, MI www.hiawathamusic.org • July 17 Woodstock Folk Festival -- Woodstock, IL • classes with live drumming -- Sun, 7:00-9:00pm -- www.woodstockfolkmusic.com African/African-American Dance Metro Dance, 3009 University Ave. -- 255-3677 / 251-4311 • August 4-7 Greatful Garcia Gathering -- Black river Falls, WI • English Country Dance taught -- 1st and 3rd Mon, 7:30-9:30pm -- Wil-Mar Center, www.gratefulgarciagathering.com 953 Jenifer St. -- 238-9951 or 238-9951 • July 29-30 • International Dancing -- Wed and Sun; classes 7:30-8:30pm, request dancing Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival -- Madison, WI 8:30-11:00pm -- The Crossing, 1127 University Ave. -- 241-3655 www.fourlakesmusic.org • Irish Dancing -- Monthly Ceili and set dance events are posted at • August 12-14 celticmadison.org/dance Shawano Folk Music Festival -- Shawano, WI • -- Tue, 7:00-9:00pm, no experience or partner necessary -- Wil-Mar www.shawanofestival.com Italian Dancing Center, 953 Jenifer St. -- 838-9403 (Philana) • August 18-21 Irish Fest -- Milwaukee, WI • Madison Contra Dance Cooperative -- Tue; 7:30 jam band practice, intermedi-ate www.irishfest.com level dancing 7:45-9:40pm -- $5 for non-members -- Gates of Heaven, 302 E. Gorham -- • August 19-20 238-3394 (Steve) Larryfest (Bluegrass) -- Rockton, WI • Morris Dancing -- Wed, 7:00pm -- call for location -- 238-9951 www.kvama.org/larryfest.php • Ecstatic Dance -- Sat, 8:00pm -- The Center for Conscious Living -- 843-7740 • August 20 • Scottish Country Dancing -- Sun, 7:00pm -- Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St. -- 835-0914 Gandy Dancer Festival -- Mazomanie, WI www.midcontinent.org • August 26-28 Great River Folk Festival -- La Crosse, WI www.greatriverfolkfest.org Madison Folk Music Society Nonpro t Org P.O. Box 665, Madison, WI 53701 U.S. Postage Address Service Requested PAID ……………………………………………. Madison, WI Renew your membership today at

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