HURDY GURDY published by South Shore Club We love to share great music with you! th Mar/Apr 2019 – Our 40 Season Kh2/2/19 at First Parish Duxbury

NEW LOCATION, NEW DAY, NEW TIME! NEW MENU ON COFFEEHOUSE NIGHTS!

Folk atmosphere in a beautiful hall! Come on down to the Club! The First Parish Church Café offers gourmet light dinners

and homemade desserts. Yummy!! Free will donations appreciated. (On Concert nights we still offer homemade CONCERT *SATURDAY* March 2 goodies and a wide variety of drinks.)

CONTEST *Saturday* March 16

Traditional Ballad Singing Contest

Grade 4 through age 25

CASH PRIZES! Sign up by March 9

$50 - SOLO, NO INSTRUMENT

$50 – SOLO WITH INSTRUMENT COLD CHOCOLATE $100 – GROUP, NO INSTRUMENTS With tight three-part harmony and skillful musicianship, this groovy Americana “ $100 – GROUP WITH INSTRUMENT(S) band from Boston is impressing audiences!” $18 Members $22 Non-members $50 –POST HIGH SCHOOL THRU AGE 25 https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3618087 Contestants N/C, Members $9, Non-members $10, Kids $4

Gourmet Light Dinner available! Free will donation. CONCERT *SATURDAY* April 6

Coffeehouse *Saturday* Apr 20

SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS Mark T Small Bill Anderson Of DREAMS Open Mic $9 Members/Open Mic $10 Non-M

Called everything from 'hillbilly-Pink Floyd' to 'folk-pop' to 'surreal americana', Gourmet Light Dinner available! Free will donation. New York's Slambovian Circus of Dreams (AKA The Grand Slambovians) "is a

riveting, mesmerizing, crazy, amazing machine of music." – Chronogram Magazine. $26 Members $28 Non-members 40TH Anniversary Celebration ‘ https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3618087 Ellis Paul, Saturday May 4, Childrens’ afternoon Concert, 3 PM

All Events at 7 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM) https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3608282 at First Parish Duxbury, 842 Tremont St, Duxbury (Rte 3A) and 7 pm adult Concert, www.southshorefolkmusicclub.org Like us on Facebook https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3608258

ALASTAIR MOOCK and Friends CONCERT **Saturday, March 4 - $20 M, $22

COLD CHOCOLATE in CONCERT to an international status. Having headlined major **Saturday, March 2 - $18 M, $20 NM music festivals and venues across the US, Canada and Cold Chocolate is a groovy Americana band that fuses UK, this band has a devoted . The band bluegrass, folk, and rock to create a sound all their is led by songwriter Joziah Longo own. With tight three-part harmony and skillful (vocals/guitar/harmonica) "Soothing and bewitching as musicianship, this trio from Boston is impressing a snake oil tonic, the entire root system of Rock Family audiences throughout New England and beyond. Since Trees is embedded in Longo's voice." - The Big Issue, their formation in 2011, Cold Chocolate has quickly Scotland, UK, and joined by Sharkey McEwen (guitar, gained recognition for their original songs and high- mandolin), Tink Lloyd (accordion, cello, etc), and Eric energy shows. The band has shared bills with Leftover Puente (drums, percussion). They create a captivating Salmon and David Grisman, and regularly performs at vibe that feeds the soul. venues and music festivals up and down the East Coast. COFFEEHOUSE – Saturday, April 20 - $9M, $10NM Mark T Small is an internationally recognized musician TRADITIONAL BALLAD SINGING CONTEST and entertainer who’s performed throughout the U.S. & (grade 4 through age 25) Saturday, March 16 Europe. He won Best Acoustic Blues in 2014 $9M, $10NM, $4 Children, (no charge for contestants) and his recordings have reached the top 20 on National Young singers! Sing your traditional ballad, and you Music Charts. Mark is an extraordinary accomplished could win a cash prize! $50 for solo performer without guitarist; his playing has the razor edge and speed instrument, $50 for solo performer with instrument, developed from years of flat-picking. The combination $100 for group of 2 or more without instrument(s), of his lightning fast bluegrass style with soulful blues are $100 for group of 2 or more with instrument(s), special integral to Mark’s style today. He is equally adept at old- category for post High School through age 25, plus time to ragtime to boogie. Mark’s signature singing and participation awards. Your song must be a traditional foot-stomping Delta Blues with a Chicago blues slant ballad. You must sign up ahead so we can make sure and Honkytonk renditions spells a formidable, your song qualifies. Contest Forms will be accepted electrifying artist! until March 9th. For info/Contest Forms, see our post Bill Anderson uses images, stories, and fingerstyle at www.ssfmc.org. guitar to present songs about places and people from Or contact Karen Haffner at 781-878-1683. his life and travels. From Guadalajara to Warsaw he takes those experiences and weaves them into songs SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS filled with characters and feelings. His work is self- Saturday, April 6 - $26M, $28NM concealing, inviting the listener in to discover truths. Called everything from 'hillbilly-Pink Floyd' to 'folk- With a love song about the La Brea Tar Pits or a pop' to 'surreal americana', New York's Slambovian Midwest metaphor, Bill’s clear tenor covers a range of Circus of Dreams (AKA The Grand Slambovians) "is a emotions, making a lasting impression! riveting, mesmerizing, crazy, amazing machine of Open Mic: Some after Bill, some after the break. Sign music." – Chronogram Magazine. A rootsy up when the doors open at 6:30 PM psychedelica that MAVERICK MAGAZINE calls "Mightily impressive and hugely original rock from THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL MEMBERS the cool end of Americana", their melodic avant-folk Golden Patrons of the Club conjures with an exotic instrumental arsenal and a Ann Mackey, Troy Riley, palette of styles ranging from dusty Americana ballads Michael Desmond, Steve Maggio to huge Pink Floydesque cinematic anthems. The New True Blue Member Slambovians charm from the first note with thought Jim Curran provoking lyrics - creating intrigue and attraction for thinking audiences. Formed in Sleepy Hollow, New HOW TO CONTACT US York over a decade ago, they pioneered the alt-folk Please contact us through our PO Box and at shows. circuit, staying on the fringes of the music industry. Visit us at www.southshorefolkmusicclub.org. Winning support from indie radio and press since their Like us on Facebook. (No Club phone) inception, fans fueled their career from the ground up ****************************************************************************************** MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION: MAIL WITH CHECK MADE OUT TO “SSFMC” TO: P.O. Box 156, Kingston, MA 02364-9998 The SSFMC membership year runs from September 1 thru August 31. Members are entitled to reduced rates and other benefits.

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