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At the Turning Wave Festival from Ireland Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh Eithne Ni Cháthain Enda O’Cathain Dates For Your Diary Folk News Folk Federation of New South Wales Dance News Inc CD Reviews Issue 401 NOVEMBER 2008 $3 At the Turning Wave Festival from Ireland Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh Eithne Ni Cháthain Enda O’Cathain ♫ folk music ♫ dance ♫ festivals ♫ reviews ♫ profiles ♫ diary dates ♫ sessions ♫The Folkteachers Federation ONLINE ♫ - jam.org.au opportunitiesThe CORNSTALK Gazette NOVEMBER 2008 1 AdvErTISINg Rates Size mm Members Non-mem November 2008 Full page 180x250 $80 $120 In this issue Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc Post Office Box A182 1/2 page 180x125 $40 $70 Dates for your diary p4 Sydney South NSW 1235 1/4 page 90x60 $25 $50 Festivals, workshops, schools p6 ISSN 0818 7339 ABN9411575922 jam.org.au 1/8 page 45 x 30 $15 $35 Folk news p7 Cornstalk Editor - Coral Vorbach Back cover 180x250 $100 $150 Dance news p7 Post Office Box 5195. Cobargo NSW 2550 2 + issues per mth $90 $130 Folk contacts p8 Tel/Fax: 02 6493 6758 Advertising artwork required by 5th Friday of month. Industry Insights (Nick Charles) p11 Email: [email protected] Advertisements can be produced by Cornstalk if re- Cornstalk is the official publication of the Folk quired. Please contact the editor for enquiries about Inside Acoustic Music - Recording a live Federation of NSW. Contributions, news, reviews, advertising Tel: 6493 6758 CD by Sue Barratt (Part 4 (final) ) p12 poems, photographs most welcome. Inserts for Cornstalk Front cover photograph courtesy Jane Photographs and Artwork [email protected] Harding Photographs - high resolution JPG or TIFF files. Insert rates: DEADLINE December/Jan Adverts - 5th 300 dpi images cropped at correct size. Single-sheet DL size or A5. Members $70 Non- We use Adobe In-Design, Photoshop 6, Microsoft Word. Members $130 December/January Copy - 10th November PLEASE do not send photographs as part of a Word A4, folded to DL size or A5. Members $90 Non- Don’t forget there is no January issue of Document . Members $160 Cornstalk. A4 should be folded. The number of inserts per issue No part of Cornstalk may be reproduced without permis- is limited. Omission October issue. Report on FolkBiz in sion of the publishers. All care but no responsibility taken Please contact Dallas and Jim Baxter, 9810 4131. October issue was by Bill Quinn. for omissions or errors. Offers of help for the wrap are appreciated. Wrap Co-ordinator James Baxter 02 9810 4131 All cheques for advertisements and inserts to be - [email protected] made payable to the Folk Federation of NSW Inc Whistle March, Turning Wave 08 If your important item misses Cornstalk, COMMITTEE 2008 President, Anthony Woolcott please remember there are also:folkmail Email: [email protected] (members’ email list) contact Julie Bishop vice President: Kate delaney (02 9524 0247) Secretary: Pam Davis 02 9955 3677 Email: [email protected] FFNSW Folkmail Treasurer: Bruce Cameron 02 6331 1129 Julie Bishop/02 9524 0247 Email: [email protected] email [email protected] Committee: Dallas Baxter, James Baxter, Terry Clinton, Mary-Jane Field, Wayne Richmond, Peter Miller Robinson Membership Secretary Wayne Richmond Listserv/ Jam/Membership 9939 8802 (not after 8.00pm please.) 2 The CORNSTALK Gazette NOVEMBER 2008 mpd printing the news everyday Ph 02 8898 1200 Fax 02 8898 1220 Presidents Report The Festival Season is well under way again and by all reports, some great times are to be had already. Personally Bruce and Pam have “happily” taken on the task I’m looking forward to “Music at the Creek” in November of reviewing our current constitution with a view to as my first jaunt back to the “magical land of the Folkie”. modernising and simplifying the “old girl” and bringing us I’ve already had a couple of generous people get in touch into the 21st century. with ideas and suggestions and I’m keen for more to do We have had a good look at our membership fees likewise. The machinations of the Folk World are still to make sure what we are charging covers the costs relatively new to me and all help is greatly appreciated. associated with the production and mailing of Cornstalk. So if you’re going to “the Creek” please feel free to say The good news is we are OK for now with our balance hello and have a lend of my ear. Anyone interested can sheet. The better news is the more advertising we entice also email me. you wonderful people to place the better our ongoing A quick update on our last committee meeting balance will be, so please keep your “Folk Fed” in mind. As you may be aware, our financial situation is a The other option to think about is getting your little tighter this year than normal. The great news is we Cornstalk electronically- it looks particularly snazzy in have plenty of copies of “The Songs Of Henry Lawson colour, saves us money and I think most importantly, is the Songbook” to sell and fatten our bank balance. We have a best option environmentally. distribution deal with Gary Allen Book Distribution and To those who have submitted articles and the like to Publishing, but are on the lookout for more opportunities Coral for Cornstalk, a HUGE thankyou. Your input and to share this exceptional work with as many people as involvement is most appreciated and wonderfully valuable. possible- so if anyone wants copies, more copies or thinks Having said that, Coral is always on the lookout for more. they know a market for them- please let your committee They can be informative, thought provoking or just plain know. Terry Clinton has put together a press release, good fun- perhaps a collection of terrible “Folkie” jokes? which we can make available to any interested parties. Whatever “turns you on” so to speak. The “Songbook Committee” Chris Wheeler, Alison Jones, That’s all for now. Wayne Richmond and Dallas Baxter (Ian Hamilton- Cheers, apologies), met in September and came up with some great Anthony Woolcott ideas and suggestions, which we are following up. Songs of Henry Lawson Hornsby Folk Club presents Songs of Henry Lawson Friday 21st November Beatrice Taylor Hall, Rear Willow Park Community Centre Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby Interested in Henry Lawson’s poetry? Like doing floor spots at folk clubs? Hornsby Folk Club’s November concert may allow you to combine the two, given a bit of preparation. ‘The Songs of Henry Lawson’ is a songbook available both through Barry Parks for Hornsby Folk Club, or via the Folk Federation’s website jam.org.au. (From November, it will also be available through your favourite local bookstore; just ask them to check their catalogues if they haven’t yet ordered a copy.) The songbook gives you literally hundreds of settings of Lawson poems to choose from, all conveniently set with a melody line for the singer to work from and chords for either guitar or piano. Do your preparation early and join the line up of performers for the Henry Lawson night at Hornsby Folk Club Songs of Henry Lawson from 8pm Award-winning celtic roots band Wheelers and dealers from 9.30pm Tickets $10 at the door. For further details contact Barry Parks on 02 9807 9497 Email: [email protected] The Folk Federation ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette NOVEMBER 2008 3 dates for your diary Club, 61-67 Hall St, Bondi. 3.30pm. Metropolitan $30; $25 conc, Bookings 9130 3344 Saturday 1st Monday 3rd Kids Club (in conjunction with New Pennant Hills Dance Workshop. Theatre). Live theatre for kids 4-10, New Vogue, with live music by with music (from Loosely Woven), callers Richard Shaw, David drama, storytelling and games. Crawford. Community Centre, Special Halloween edition! New Yarrara Rd. 7.30-9.30pm. $7. Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown Felicity 9456 2860, 0434 437 522 (halfway betw. Newtown & St Friday 7th Peters stations). 1pm. $12. Bookings ►Illawarra Folk Club. The Hottentots 9519 3403. looselywoven.org (Byron Bay) - Flemish born world ►Beecroft Bush Dance. Currawong, traveller Carl Cleves & Greek- caller Don Richmond. All dances Australian songbird Parissa Bouas New Vogue dancers taught. Beecroft Community Centre, (www.thehottentots.com/). +Owen Beecroft Rd. 8pm-12. $17, $14, $12. Campbell (Canberra), talented roots Helen 9626 7816, www.bushmusic. singer songwriter & slide blues org.au player; winner of Declan Affley ►The Shack. Guest Artists are:Cliona award for ‘Up & Coming Musician’, & Iván – magical harpist Cliona 2007 NFF. +Satch Campbell, his Molins and Iván Vivas, Venezuelan Dad, with the political working cuatro maestro combine brilliant class songs of Scottish industrial talents to play Llaneros music from cities. City Diggers Wollongong, Iván’s native Venezuela. Cliona, cnr Church and Burelli Sts. 7.30pm. Karise Higgins classically trained in Dublin, has a $12, $8. Theresa, 4285 7417, 0413 wide repertoire and many musical 219 112, illawarrafolkclub.org.au// styles. Also Lattitude, a Hawkesbury ►Beer and Cheese Night. ‘Squatters trio, playing original and traditional and Selectors’ - the divided halves folk songs and tunes. ‘Rootsy’ of what formed our Australian contemporary songwriting. Patrick society of today. Songs about the Smith (vocals, guitar, mandolin, gulf between them, etc. Bring food, whistles, harmonicas) brings the Irish drink, songs, yarns, poems. Bush sounds and tries to sneak in his prog- Music Club, Hut 44, Addison Rd rock covers, Richard Galluzzi (vocals, Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd, clawhammer banjo, bottleneck guitar) Marrickville. 8-10pm. $5, $4. 9569 loves old-time fiddle tunes with 7244, [email protected] nonsensical lyrics hollered over the Saturday 8th top, and Selina Rowe (vocals, guitar, ►Fairlight Folk Club. Ami Williamson, mandolin, bodhran) likes adding One Woman Show.
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