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July August September July-August, 2002 vol 37, No.7 July 2TueSea Music Concert: Robbie Wedeen + NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery; 6-8pm 3WedFolk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972 (34-35 St), info (718) 575-1906 9TueSea Music Concert: Pat Mangan + NY Packet; South Street 13 Sat Swim & Sing Party in Queens; 2pm (rain date, Sun,July 14) 14 Sun Old Time String Band Get-together; 1:30pm in Bklyn 16 Tue Sea Music Concert: Deirdre & Sean Murtha + NY Packet 23 Tue Sea Music Concert: Spindrift + NY Packet; South Street 30 Tue Sea Music Concert: Paul Friedman & Jim Norman + NY Packet; South Street, 6pm August 6TueSea Music Concert: Jan Christensen + NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery; 6-8pm 7WedFolk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 11 Sun Old Time String Band Get-together; 1:30pm in Bklyn 13 Tue Sea Music Concert; David Jones + NY Packet, South Street Seaport, in the Gallery; 6-8pm 20 Tue Sea Music Concert: Water Sign + NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery, 6-8pm 27 Tue Sea Music Concert: The Compass Rogues + NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery; 6-8pm September 3TueSea Music Concert: tba + NY Packet; South Street 4WedFolk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 5 Thur Newsletter Mailing; at Club office, 450 7 Ave, #972 (be- tween 34-35 St), 7 pm 9 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972 (34-35 St.), info (718) 575-1906 Details Inside - Table of Contents on page 5 The Club’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org Folk Fone: (212) 563-4099 SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Tuesdays, 6-8pm July 2,9,16,23,30; August 26,13,20,27; September 3, etc. Sea Music Concerts at South Street Seaport Museum, Fulton Street and the East River. Members of The New York Packet (including Frank Woerner, Bonnie Milner, Deirdre Murhta, Joy Bennett, Alison Kelley, Maggie Bye, Dan Milner & Bob Conroy) join fea- tured guests. Co-sponsored with the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum Gallery, 209 Wa- ter Street between Fulton & Beekman. Call 212- 691-7610 for directions and to confirm location. Lat- est concert details at http://pages.prodigy.net/folkmusic/thenewyorkpacket.htm Dona- tion is $4, pay at the door. July 2 - Robbie Wedeen - One of Pinewoods' favorite singing members in a program of maritime songs. Robbie's voice is sweet yet knowing and her guitar accompaniment is just perfect. July 9 - Pat Mangan, a brilliant Irish-American fiddler who has won many All-Ireland Championships and played in Riverdance. July 16th - Deirdre & Sean Murtha, banjo breakdowns from Appalachia to Irish immigration ballads by a fine husband/wife team. July 23rd - Spindrift, fun-loving trio from Long Island's East End, sea chanteys, songs and maritime tunes with fiddle & mandolin. July 30th - Paul Friedman & Jim Norman play finely arranged nautical and shore tunes on concertina and fiddle. August 6th - Jan Christensen - a myriad of songs from his native Hudson Valley to the Caribbean with his big 12-string guitar. August 13th - David Jones, a Londoner, David sings maritime ballads and comic songs from the British music hall with aplomb. August 20th - Water Sign, an eclectic quartet from New York City with a program reminiscent of the 1960's Folk Boom August 27th - The Compass Rogues: Frank Woerner, Bob Conroy, Jan Christensen and Greg Bullough with banjo, guitars and accordion. FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, July 3, Aug. 7, & Sept. 4; 7pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, children and a snack to share. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West (basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, Pinewoods Folk Music Club, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. For info: Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341. SWIM & MUSIC PARTY; Saturday, July 13; 2 PM (raindate: July 14) Join us for a sing and swim party at the home of Neil and Kathy Cohen, 80-75 Tryon Place, Jamaica Estates, Queens. Bring food to share. Grill available for cooking. >By train and bus: Take E or F train to Union Turnpike station in Queens. Stay at the rear of the train and exit the station towards the Northeast corner of Queens Boulevard. - 2 - Details Continued on next page Take the Q 46 bus (This is the first stop and it will only go in one direction) to Utopia Parkway. Get off the bus in front of Citibank, walk towards Utopia Parkway. Without crossing any streets at this point, make a left turn onto Utopia Parkway and walk two blocks to 80th Drive. Turn left on 80th Drive, walk one block to Tryon Place, turn right, look for our house on the left side of the street. >From LIE: From Manhattan go to Utopia Parkway exit. Turn right on Utopia Park- way and go about 2 miles to Union Turnpike. Go two blocks past Union Turnpike to 80th Drive; turn left. Go one block; turn right onto Tryon Place. Look for house on left side of street. >From Long Island go to Utopia Parkway exit and turn left onto Utopia Parkway.Follow directions above. Need other directions? Call: (718) 969 -7554. OLD TIME STRING BAND GET-TOGETHER; Sunday, July 14th;& Aug. 11th 1:30 pm Musicians are invited to play music in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Join us on the second Sunday of the month. Call David Stevens, 718-369-3319, for details. TRADITIONAL MUSIC OPEN MIKE; Wednesday, July 17th; & Aug.21st 7-10 pm Third Wednesday of each month is an acoustic open mike and jam circle (if time) night for traditional music. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm. Admission is $5. Hopefully our new location will be ready, call Folk Fone, 212-563-4099 for info. JAMES LEVA; Thursday, Aug 1st; 8 pm Master fiddler, singer, banjo player in the old time Southern mountain tradition. James learned from the great masters of the mountain tradition, including Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham. This is a unique opportunity to hear the real thing. James has per- formed at countless concerts, and festivals, he has taught at a variety of folk music camps, including Pinewoods. He has learned Appalachian traditions the hard way, through apprenticeships with traditional musicians and years of performance in Kentucky, Vir- ginia, North Carolina and other homes of unbroken mountain tradition, and performs the old songs as compellingly as anyone. Presented with the cooperation of Polytechnic University: Admission: $13 (members, $10, Polytech students free). At: Polytechnic University, Wunsch Hall, just over the Brooklyn or Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn; right off the Tillary St. exit from the BQE. (See map, page 10.) By train: A, C, F (Jay St.–Borough Hall) and M, N, R (Lawrence Street) are closest. #2, 3, 4, 5 are five min. walk (Borough Hall). All are 1st or 2nd stop in Brooklyn, 15-20 min.from midtown Manhattan. Go into the open Metrotech Commons—right across from the Marriott. The student center (Wunsch Hall) is at the far end of the Commons, beyond the trees, looks like an old brown church (which it was). Street parking is free after 7 on Jay St., Tillary St., or Flatbush Ave. Flatbush Ave 2 blocks south of Tillary Street has lots of meters which are legal after 7 pm (but tow-away before). If you park on Flatbush, walk into the commons 2 blocks West past the Chase Bank building. The Bank will be on your left, and a gray wooden wall (around a construction site) will be on your immediate right. Turn right at the corner of the wall and continue until it ends. The student center will be right there. Call for info: (718) 549-1344 (after 11 AM). NEWSLETTER MAILING; Thursday, September 5th 7 PM We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volun- teers that sticks the stamps and labels and staples the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the Club office, 450 7th Ave., #972 (between 34 & 35 St.). Info: 718-426-8555. The Club’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org - 3 - The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY Pin- NEWSLETTER INFORMATION (ISSN 1041-4150) ewoods Folk Music Club was started in 1965 and is a DEADLINE: the 12th of the month prior to 501c(3) non-profit, educational corporation; an af- publication (no Aug. issue). Space reservations filiate of the Country Dance & Song Society of should be in by the 10th of the month. America, a member of the Folk Alliance and a mem- ber of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. A copy of our Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 450 annual report is available from our office at 450 7th 7th Ave, #972, NYC, NY 10123; 212-563-4099. Ave, #972, NYC, NY 10123, or from the Office of Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 Wash- NY 11372; 718-426-8555. Send all Hotlines & ads ington Av, Albany, NY 12232. (with check or MO made out to FMSNY) and all We have approximately 700 members and run con- correspondence & articles ONLY to this address. certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with Change of address to Circulation (address at left) an emphasis on traditional music. The Society is run by all volunteers with a Board of Directors, elected Send calendar or listings info directly to the by the membership.
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