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Eleanor McEvoy one of Ireland’s most accomplished contemporary female singer/songwriters

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2 - The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 tempts to get your music PRESIDENT'S REPORT and other folk services ‘out there’. Hi Folks, Once the site is up, With the AGM due to take place on the 9th of October, this is and I’m hoping to see my final report for this ‘season of my presidency’. It won’t be a it launched by the end terribly long one this time, just a quick run down on the ‘virtual of November, you will communications’ that we have attempted to get up and run- all be sent a link to it to ning and an indication of things to come. check it out and add it to your ‘bookmarks’ for It’s been an interesting first term. We held a great planning you to easily refer to it day earlier this year to attempt to define and articulate who when needed. Cornstalk we are, what we do and what we believe we need to do to will also be included in advance the ‘cause’ of the FFNSW. the download sections The foundation of our planning was seated in the need to and we’re hoping it will communicate in the virtual world in a far more effective way be able to reach a much than we have been. Two initiatives for the Federation came wider readership than it out of this: the first was a discussion group which has been currently does. successful in providing an avenue for members to discuss I’d like to thank the committee for all their efforts over the past various points and to promote concerts or causes that they 12 months and especially Pam Davis the Secretary and Bruce were involved in. I think those members who have contributed Cameron the Treasurer for their contributions and ongoing to the forum and received responses will acknowledge that, support to me in my role and to the Federation as a whole. while not being overly demanding of time and bandwidth, the Others who deserve special recognition include Wayne Rich- forum has been of some use. There is always a danger that mond for all of his terrific online help, Dallas and Jim Baxter a forum of this nature will fill our in-boxes with mail. However, for their ongoing assistance with Cornstalk mail-outs and this one has been used judiciously and rather sparingly but Coral Vorbach for her great editorial work on Cornstalk. Also effectively. Well done the contributors. Julie Bishop for her great Folkmails and Margaret Walters for The second important initiative was the website that has her continuing contributions. It’s always terribly risking naming currently reached the first draft stage and is very exciting. It people in case some are inadvertently left off the list so please will contain a tremendous amount of good information and forgive me if I’ve been remiss folks, my congrats to all of you. promotional space for our members. It will be principally for That’s all from me for now. Best wishes to you all until next the benefit of members so please get your subs in so you can time. take advantage of the space it offers you to not only promote what you do but to find information that will benefit your at- Andy Busuttil Folk Federation of New South Wales Annual General Meeting 4pm, Sunday 9th October 2016 Tritton Hall (Hut 44, Addison Road Community Centre) 142 Addison Road, Marrickville Afternoon tea from 3.30pm. AGM: 4-5pm. Nominations are invited for the positions of President, Vice-Presi- dent, Treasurer and Secretary and for members of the Committee. Nomination forms can be downloaded from JAM (jam.org.au), together with information about the AGM including agenda, minutes of last year's AGM and a proxy form for those unable to attend. If you have any items that you wish to discuss at the AGM, please let Folk Fed Secretary Pam Davis know in advance of the meeting (0412 730 754 or [email protected]). If you do not have access to the Internet, please ring Pam (0412 730 754) and she will post AGM info to you.

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Australia in the early 1960s. Working Django Bar. An Evening with Metropolitan on the South Australian sheep station GEORGE DOUKAS: Greek Music October Emu Springs, he gained first hand ex- with a Classical Twist. Trad. instru- perience of life as a bush worker, and ments are replaced by piano & a Saturday 1st October fell in love with Australia and its mu- string quartet for a sound as unique in Beecroft Bush Dance, with Bad Wal- sic. His participation in the Four concept as in performance. George laby. All dances taught and called. Capitals Tour in August 1964 led to Doukas (guitar, baglama, vocals), Beecroft Community Centre, Beec- his meeting Duke Tritton. Bush Music Peter Psarakis (piano), string quartet roft Rd (opp. Fire Station). 7.30-11.30 Club, Tritton Hall (Hut 44), Commu- featuring Carl St Jazques and Dimitri pm. $19, $17, $14 BMC Members, nity Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Calligeros, special guest Helene $39 Family. Sigrid 9980 7077 Marrickville. Concert 8pm (doors Doukas. 19 Marrickville Rd, Marrick- 7.30), followed by singing session ville. 7.30pm (doors 6pm). Booked Thursday 6th October 10-11.30pm (gates close midnight). (stickytickets.com.au/40216), $22.90; James Craig Shanties - with the $10, bring songs, drinks, a $25 at door. Delicious food available theme Animals. 8pm (ship opens contribution for supper. Sandra 9358 Under-18s must be with an adult. 7.30pm). Supper break around 9, fol- 4886, bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au lowed by a shanty circle where all can Wednesday 12th October contribute. Ship is tied up; NO AL- The Troubadour. JEZ LOWE (UK). The Gaelic Club. JEZ LOWE (UK). COHOL may be consumed on board. (See bio p8). CWA Hall, The Boulevard (See bio p8) 1st Flr, 64 Devonshire St, Wharf 7 Maritime Museum, Darling (opp. Fisherman's Wharf), Woy Woy. Surry Hills. (Access by lift or stairs.) Harbour. $7. Ask for directions: Mike 7pm. 4342 6716 troubadour.org.au 8pm. $25 in advance, trybooking. jamescraigshanty@gmail dot com, Central Coast Bush Dance with com/219518, or at door. 9212 1587 Margaret 0427 958 788, 9698 2206 SNAKE GULLY. All dances taught Thursday 13th October Camelot Lounge. IT TAKES TWO and called. East Gosford Progress Sutherland Acoustic. JEZ LOWE, TO TANGO. An evening of world Hall, cnr Henry Parry Drive & Wells (See bio p8). Gymea Tradies, cnr class tango, music with bandoneo- St, East Gosford. 7.30-11.30pm. $15, Kingsway & Manchester Rd. Short nist NESTOR VAZ (Uruguay), and CCBDMA members $12, student (13- walk from station. 7.30pm. $10; pianist, bandoneonist, singer EMILY- 18) $8, under-12s $5; incl supper. Ann raffles. Jenny 9576 2301 ROSE SARKOVA. A rare opportu- Maree 4369 5053, [email protected] Sunday 16th October nity to see a true bandoneon master! Sunday 9th October Emily-Rose, Artistic Director of ever Humph Hall. MARY DOUMANY. Humph Hall. JEZ LOWE (UK). popular tango ensemble Tángalo, has One of the most original voices in (See bio p8). 85 Allambie Road, Al- put together a delightful program of the Australian arts community, Mary lambie Heights. 3pm. Seating limited, duo repertoire. Works by Piazzolla Doumany is a cross-arts practitioner bookings advised: Wayne 9939 8802, specially arranged, double bandoneon renown as a composer, harpist & sing- [email protected] pieces, some beautiful songs, haunt- er, and is rapidly earning a reputation ing solo pieces. Special guests to be Folk Fed AGM. (See p3) The Bush as a creator of unique & innovative announced! 19 Marrickville Rd, Mar- Music Club’s Hut 44, Addison Road works that encompass music, text and rickville. 8pm (doors 7pm). $22.90 Centre, 132 Addison Rd, Marrick- visuals. At Humph Hall Mary will at stickytickets.com.au/42932, $25 ville. Afternoon tea 3.30pm, AGM perform a concert of gorgeous original atdoor. Delicious food (incl. pizza!) 4pm. Pam 9955 3677 music from her suite 'The Elements'. 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Heights. available. Fully licensed - NO BYO! Bald Faced Stag Hotel. Blues and Under-18s must be with adult. 1pm: workshop. 4pm: Concert. Seat- Boogie: MAL EASTICK AND HIS ing limited, bookings advised: Wayne Friday 7th October BLUES BAND, and JAN PRES- 9939 8802, [email protected] Hut 44. ADDISON ROAD SES- TON AND HER BOOGIE CIR- SIONS - with theme of spring, and CUS. First, an hour set from Jan and Thursday 20th October the seasons. Songs with choruses are Boogie Circus, with Mal joining her Django Bar. OLIVER DOWNES, popular. Poets and instrumentalists wel- band for several songs; then Mal’s singer songwriter, launching debut come. Hut 44, Community Centre, 142 hour and a half with his band. At the album 'Ultraviolet' with an intimate Addison Rd, Marrickville. The 428 bus end, Jan joins Mal for a fabulous all- evening of acoustic song. Created stops outside Centre. 7-11pm. Gold coin star jam! Mal is widely considered following a hugely successful Pozible donation. BYO food and drink. Glenys to be Australia's finest electric blues campaign, it is a lush cut of 4758 7851, [email protected] guitarist. Jan, engaging and dynamic, richly orchestrated indie finesse. With has won 5 Music Awards, plays here his sister, HOLLY DOWNES (double Saturday 8th October and overseas, writes music for films bass) and CHRIS STONE (violin), Duke’s Place. (NOT Friday.) Austra- and television, eg the theme to ABC both of The String Contingent, as well lian Songs in concert and session with TV’s ‘Australian Story’. 345 Par- as metal stalwart (and Chris' brother) MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ ramatta Rd, Leichhardt (cnr Balmain Robin Stone on drums, who also (UK). English by birth, Martyn first Rd). 5.45-9pm (doors 5pm). $25 in provide the musical bedrock of the developed his great interest in folk- advance, trybooking.com/229222; $30 album. + Hollie Matthew. Her debut songs of the outback when he went to at door. 9560 7188 EP was back in '09. Banjo, harmonica,

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guitar and an inclination toward Ro- (1 hour each). An unaccompanied he has been called Australia’s Andre mantic poetry and Modern novels. 19 singer who grew up in the Sydney Rieu. In 2012 Vov brought together in Marrickville Rd, Marrickville. 8pm folk world: he is the son of Doreen Humph Hall the finest string musi- doors 6pm). Booked, stickytickets. Bridges who wrote the music for cians he has worked with,for a show com.au/42245, $17.90; $20 at door. The Ballad of 1891. Tom has been a featuring Viennese orchestral classics Delicious food. Fully licensed – NO choir director incl. for Sydney Trade from Strauss, Lehar, Brahms plus a BYO. Under-18s must be with adult. Union Choir, & arranged many songs few Gypsy favourites. Now the Quin- Petersham Bowling Club. URBAN for choirs; is also a member of The tet returns each Oct! 85 Allambie Rd, GUERILLAS, with their energetic Spooky Men's Chorale. Back Hall Allambie Hts. 2pm. Seating limited, brand of rebel rock pop. + THE (disability access), Annandale Neigh- bookings adv: Wayne 9939 8802, SMART FOLK, their very cool mod bourhood Ctr, 79 Johnston St. 8pm [email protected] (doors 7.40). $20, $18. BYO, supper. mates. + STEPH MILLER. The Tuesday 25th October Bookings, enq, Sandra 9358 4886 Smart Folk have just recorded their Royal Oak Hotel. CAHALEN debut album while the superb Steph Camelot Lounge. HARRY MANX MORRISON and ELI WEST, Miller has just released his stunning (Canada). He has spent decades fus- cahalenandeli.com (USA), a multi- new song 'Colours of a Clown'. The ing eastern musical traditions with instrumental modern Old-Time Urban Guerillas' EP 'My Kind' will the blues, switching between conven- Bluegrass duo, who have been invited be available at the door. 77 Brighton tional acoustic and electric guitars, to headline this year's Dorrigo Folk & St. 7.30pm. 9569 4639, thepbc.org.au banjo and the Mohan Veena, created Bluegrass Festival. This is their only Friday 21st October by Harry’s Indian mentor Vishwa Mo- Sydney show. This duo was made to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Folk Club. han Bhatt. His original music blends sing together. Upstairs, 36 College RAGGEDER BAND - keeping alive East and West ‘creating musical short St (cnr Curtis Rd), Balmain. 8pm. the 30 year tradition of the late Carrl stories that wed the Blues with the Tickets $25 in advance, trybooking. Myriad's original Ragged Band, and depth of classical Indian ragas’. 19 com/219069, or at door. 9810 2311 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville. 9pm his love of Australian, Cornish and Thursday 27th October other Celtic music both traditional (doors 7.30). Tickets $58.50, stickytickets.com.au/39102. Gaelic Club. ELEANOR MCEVOY, and modern. Three of them were (See bio p) 64 Devonshire St, Surry lucky to have played with the original Petersham Bowling Club. THE Hills. 8pm. Tickets $30 in advance, Ragged Band. Beatrice Taylor Hall, BUSHWACKERS are celebrating trybooking.com/213160, or at the door. rear Willow Park Community Centre, their 45th Anniversary with festival Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. 8pm and concert performances. Their Friday 28th October (doors 7.30). $15. BYO drinks & 1973 recording of ‘And The Band Gumbramurra Hall. Concert to nibbles; tea, coffee provided. Tables Played Waltzing Matilda’ was the mark the 100th anniversary of defeat can be booked: Barry Parks 9807 first made of the Eric Bogle classic. of the conscription referendum on 9497, [email protected] Since then they havewon many ac- 28th October 1916. Solidarity Choir, colades, recorded 23 studio albums, Dennis Aubrey, Joe and Harmony's Django Bar. PSYCHO ZYDECO Trippy Hippy Band (with Rosie have established themselves as the and performed all over Australia and the world. In the '70s and '80s McDonald and Anthony Woolcott) country’s premier roots act special- with peace songs from the 1960s, ising in the high-energy, uplifting they toured relentlessly, playing the thriving pub rock circuit, as well as Clarence Ormsby (NZ Viet Vet who style of music known as zydeco. performed at Welcome Home Pa- This music was originally born in staging their Giant Bush Dances in Melbourne, and at Sydney's Birken- rade 1987), Mark Gregory (doing the swamplands and bayou area of 'Boonaro' on Seamen's Union ban Louisiana’s Deep South. Driving head Point, for 2,500 to 3,000 people. 77 Brighton St. 8pm. $25 in advance, on supply ship to Vietnam War), washboard, drums, guitar, saxophone, Jason and Chloe Roweth; various organ, piano & the odd triangle, with trybooking.com/229227, or at the door. 9569 4639, thepbc.org.au poets and a surprise act. Community some amazing accordion. 19 Marrick- Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville ville Rd, Marrickville. 9pm (doors English Country Dance workshop, (Bus 428 from the city). The 7.30pm 6pm). $20 booked, stickytickets.com. with Keith Wood. Main Hall, Pennant concert will be preceded by a whole au/37804, & at door. Delicious food. Hills Community Centre, 70 Yarrara day of events: films, forum, speak- Under-18s must be with an adult. Rd. 2-5pm. $5. Join dancers for ers, reunion. Jefferson, 0408 162 Saturday 22nd October dinner afterwards at Pennant Hills 013, [email protected] Hotel. Keith 0420 913 934 The Loaded Dog. SYDNEY TRADE Illawarra Folk Club. ELEANOR UNION CHOIR (Vic.). Socialist a Sunday 23rd October MCEVOY, + Support act and mys- cappella music. Aims: Keeping alive Humph Hall. VOV DYLAN tery performer. City Diggers Wol- the spirit of the workers struggle; giv- STRING QUINTET. Vov has been longong, cnr Church & Burelli Sts. ing support to Unions everywhere in touring Australia for over 10 years 7.30pm (doors 7pm). $25, Members their campaigns for better pay and with his brand of light entertain- $20, Youth (12-16) $5, under-12s conditions for workers; the defeat ment. Nominated for awards, heard free. 1300 887 034 of oppression. + TOM BRIDGES on radio, recorded for TV & movies, Thirroul Railway Institute. 10

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 5 STRING SYMPHONY - RACHEL November around Brisbane for many years, BAIMAN and Christian Sedelmyer, solo and in various line-ups; plus two 5-string fiddle players and veteran numerous festivals around Qld and sidemen of Nashville’s music scene. interstate. Music Lounge, upstairs 'Old-time, folk and bluegrass, all from Mimmo's Pizza, 642 Pittwater delivered with a dash of rock and roll Rd, Brookvale. 7.30-late. $25. No spunk.' Railway Parade, Thirroul (the BYO. Bar and food available. Rhonda hall backs onto platform 1 of Thir- 0413 635 856, Jen Jenfromtheshack@ roul Railway station). $25 at the door. yahoo.com.au, shackfolk.com Some advance tickets will be available. For tickets, workshop bookings Sunday 6th November or more info, Mark Ballesi, 0413 373 Petersham Bowling Club. Eleanor 596, [email protected] McEvoy, (See bio p) 77 Brighton St. 7pm. $30 in advance, trybooking. Saturday 29th October com/213164, or at the door. 9569 The Troubadour. NEW YORK 4639, thepbc.org.au PUBLIC LIBRARY - JOHN FLA- NAGAN (mandolin, guitar), WAR- Thursday 10th November REN BOYD (5 string banjo, guitar, Sutherland Acoustic. Our own WALLY BYRNE, singer songwriter, double bass), ISABELLE FOG- Friday 4th November ARTY (double bass, ukulele). Sydney launching his first CD 'The Simple Humph Hall. RENNY M. Renny based band with over 30 years of hard Life'. His idea for it came when he M grew up playing classical piano read that sales of new Mercedes in driving bluegrass rhythms, closely and clarinet, yet was drawn to the 2015 had outsold new Fords in Aus- blended 3-part harmony and madcap acoustic guitar as a young adult. She tralia. This idea has resounded with humour: bluegrass to folk, contem- combines her unique vocals with audiences as they consider their own porary country or a samba that went painstakingly honest lyrics and unfor- lives. With gentle, laid back, easy very wrong. A bluegrass, Irish and gettable melody lines. With heart felt listening style, Wally is a performer country music band, with lots of com- worth taking time out from your busy lyrics akin to the music by Australia's edy thrown in. Quality floor spots lives to simply enjoy. Help celebrate own Missy Higgins and Angus & Ju- welcome. CWA Hall, The Boulevard, Wally's CD launch. We're very ex- lia Stone, her universal songs reflect Woy Woy (opp. Fisherman's Wharf). cited! Gymea Tradies, cnr Kingsway her big heart, and what can happen 7pm. $12. Michael 4342 6716 & Manchester Rd. Short walk from following the occasional break up. station. 7.30pm. $10. Floor spots, Sunday 30th October Hers are songs of love, longing and raffles. Jenny 9576 2301 Petersham Bowling Club. 10 loss, sung with a voice the flavour of Friday 11th November STRING SYMPHONY, contempo- bittersweet. 7pm. Wayne 9939 8802, Duke's Place. Australian Songs in rary old-time US duo, with leading [email protected] concert and session with DON AND Australian bluegrass band, THE Saturday 5th November SUE BRIAN - presenting the tradi- COMPANY, featuring George Jack- Beecroft Bush Dance, with Paddy's tional craft of cabbage tree hat making son (fiddle, banjo). Double-bill & River. All dances taught and called. along with a visual presentation of its CD Launch. Nashville duo, Rachel Beecroft Community Centre, Beecroft history and a surprising number Baiman & Christian Sedelmyer, two Rd (opp. Fire Station). 7.30-11.30 of songs that relate to this fashionable 5-string fiddle players, previously pm. $19, $17, $14 BMC Members, attire from the 1790s up until toured here in 2012 as part of The $39 Family. Sigrid 9980 7077 the depression of the 1930s. Some New Worlds. Rachel, a former Illinois hands on involvement for those who fiddle champion in the old time tradi- The Shack. DADDY LONGLEGS wish to learn what is involved in tion. Two fiddles. Two Voices. Epic AND THE SWAMP DONKEYS. this historic folk craft. In the second music. + The Company - high-energy Slamming 'swamp blues', part of the program Don will pres- original and traditional bluegrass, led by magnetic, unpredictable Aaron ent some songs from his research wry humour, engaging camaraderie. 'Daddy Longlegs' Houston. The on Norfolk Island including newly They’ve appeared at major festivals 4-piece have had residencies and discovered convict songs recorded in here (Port Fairy, Woodford, Blue Mts, festival appearances around the diaries at the time. Tritton Hall (Hut Tamworth, National Folk Festival, country. Delta blues, roots, rock, lots 44), Community Centre, 142 Addison etc) and the UK (Hebridean Celtic of improv brilliance. + BEAUTIFUL Rd, Marrickville. Concert 8pm (doors Music Festival, Belladrum Music CHAOS - Nick Twose and Debbie 7.30), followed by singing session 10- Festival). The Sydney launch of their Tennant, song writers, joined 11.30pm (gates close midnight). $10, third studio album, 'Six And Five'. 77 later by bass player Nick Watkin - all bring songs, drinks, a contribution for Brighton St, Petersham. 7pm. $25 in with a passion for soul and funk supper. Sandra 9358 4886 advance, trybooking.com/229234, or to rock and blues. Swirling vocals, at the door. 9569 4639, thepbc.org.au rich guitar figures, muscular Friday 11th November ______rhythms. + MARK DAVIDSON - Humph Hall. KEN NICOL (UK). singer songwriter, has performed Former guitarist with the hugely suc-

6 - The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 cessful Steeleye Span, Ken Nicol is ‘Saturday Dance’, many of which Saturday 26th November an exceptional musician in his own have been recorded by other artists, The Loaded Dog. DANNY SPOON- right. As a guitarist, he is one of the here and overseas. His latest album, ER (Vic.). Traditional and contempo- most skilled and exciting players any- ‘Dancing In The Rain’ has been rary folk songs of Britain and Austra- where today; as a singer he is capable hailed as the best thing he has done lia. For 50 years he's sung in Europe, of evoking wide range of emotions since his huge successes in the '70s & England, Scotland, Canada, USA. In in his audience; and as a songwriter '80s. 77 Brighton St, Petersham. 7pm. 2007 and 2011 he was invited to work he demonstrates these abilities in his $30 in adv, trybooking.com/229239, with Richard Tognetti and the Austra- clever and well-crafted material. His or at door. thepbc.org.au lian Chamber Orchestra. We enjoy his music covers blues to rock, effort- Friday 18th November deep multi-disciplinary understanding lessly taking in folk, jazz, ragtime, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Folk Club. of social history, personal warmth, ballads and more along the way. He immense repertoire. + THE FOS- has also played with The Albion Band IRISH UPRISING OF 1916, with Johnny Spillane. (In December, be- SICKERS - Ruby, Daisy, Halcy, and Fairport Convention. 7pm. Wayne Ruth & Sophie, lasses who bring a 9939 8802, [email protected] sides the usual third Friday concert, there will be a Bruce Watson History sassy voice to the folk scene. A mix Saturday 12th November Special, on Friday 2nd.) Beatrice Tay- of Australian and traditional folk, Central Coast Bush Dance with lor Hall, rear Willow Park Com. Cen- shanties, gospel, women’s songs. Sydney Coves. All dances taught and tre, Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. They’re involved with Redfern called. East Gosford Progress Hall, 8pm (doors 7.30). $15. BYO drinks & Shanty Club, Bush Music Club, cnr Henry Parry Drive & Wells St, nibbles; tea, coffee provided. Tables Shape Note Singing, Black Joak East Gosford. 7.30-11.30pm. $15, can be booked: Barry Parks 9807 Morris Back Hall (disability access), CCBDMA members $12, stud (13-18) 9497, [email protected] Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 $8, <12s $5; incl supper. Ann Maree Johnston St. 8pm (doors 7.40).$20, 4369 5053, [email protected] $18. BYO, supper available. Book- ings, enq, Sandra 9358 4886 Thirroul Railway Institute. MIKE COMPTON, with decades of touring and recording with luminaries like Regional and ACT Sting, Greg Allman, Elvis Costello, to October acoustic legends like John Hartford, Doc Watson, Peter Rowan, Ralph Friday 7th October Stanley, David Grisman, is a true JEZ LOW (UK). Tradewinds Folk, master of modern American mando- The Dungeon, Adamstown Uniting lins. Befriended and mentored by Bill Church, 228 Brunker Rd, Adam- Monroe, he is one of today's foremost stown. 7.30pm. $20, $18. BYO; tea, interpreters of Monroe's genre-creat- coffee, supper at the cafe. Carole ing mandolin style. Equally skilled 4929 3912, Michael 0432 597 886, in bluegrass, old-time string band The Troubadour. House Concert tradewindsfolk.com music, country blues, rootsy with MARTYN WYNDHAM- Saturday 15th October Americana styles and much more. READ. Martyn has been Floriade Frolic: Spring dance party, Railway Pde, Thirroul (the hall backs involved with folk music for over 40 with great live music. Wear onto platform 1 of Thirroul station). years. In his late teens he took something colourful! Fun dances $25 at the door. Some advance his guitar to Australia, and worked on from all periods. Pot luck supper. tickets will be available. Mike will a sheep station in South Baptist Church Hall, Currie Cres., also run a 3-hour Mandolin Workshop Australia. There he heard the old Kingston, ACT. 7-11pm. $25 at door; in the afternoon: a great chance to songs sung by some of the station discounts at earthlydelights.com.au. learn up close. Aimed at hands. He became captivated, and John, Aylwen 0409 817 623 intermediate level, all levels are wel- the need to know more of them and come. Tickets, workshop bookings, where they came from grew. Back Sunday 16th October more info: Mark Ballesi 0413 373 to England in 1967, he met up with Bush Dancing Workshop, led this 596, [email protected] renowned singer and song collector month by Bill. For beginners & Sunday 13th November Bert Lloyd, who himself had spent experienced. All Saints Anglican Hall, cnr Oxford & Cromwell Sts, Petersham Bowling Club. MIKE time in Australia. Martyn is currently New Lambton (Newcastle). 2-4pm. MCCLELLAN makes a welcome re- working with Shirley Collins on a $5. Margaret 4952 1327, westwick1@ turn! One of the most influential Aus- production, ‘Down the Lawson dodo.com.au, Ken 4946 5026 tralian singer songwriter guitarists of Track’. Michael 4342 6716 his generation, he is best known for Sunday 20th November Thursday 20th October his classic hit ‘Song & Danceman’, Contra - Rerun. Dance workshop, ELEANOR MCEVOY . Star Court but his catalogue of great songs is with Keith Wood. Main Hall, Pennant Theatre, Lismore. starcourttheatre. extensive, among them ‘The One I Hills Community Centre, 70 Yarrara com.au/events/eleanor Love’, ‘Rock’n Roll Lady’ and Rd. 2-5pm. $5. Keith 0420 913 934

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 7 Wednesday 26th October Eleanor McEvoy Lizottes Newcastle. ELEANOR MCEVOY. Tickets, newcastle. Eleanor McEvoy is one of Ireland’s most accomplished contemporary female lizottes.com.au singer/songwriters. Respected as a fine multi-instrumentalist in both traditional and contemporary music, she is best known for writing “Only A Woman’s Heart”, the Saturday 29th October title track of an anthology album that has gone on to be the best-selling recording Hotel Gearin. 10 String Symphony in Irish History. Eleanor’s sometimes quirky, perceptive songs range from love bal- (US), bluegrass. + The Company. 273 lads and story-telling to left-of-centre takes on the vagaries of life. Great Western Hwy, Katoomba. (02) Eleanor McEvoy wrote and sang the song “A Woman’s Heart’. The album went 4782 4395 on to sell over three-quarters of a million copies in Ireland alone and was (and re- mains) the biggest selling Irish album of all time. She is currently touring her new The Irish Club Canberra. EL- album “Naked Music” released in Australia in July 2016. EANOR MCEVOY. Weston ACT. Tickets, trybooking.com/213510. “Her voice is clear and potently charged, one hundred percent believable, when her songs are bitter the acid burns your eyes, when they are sad you can taste the tears” Sunday 30th October …. Sean Laffey – Irish Music Magazine Nowra House Concert with NIGEL Eleanor begins an extensive tour in Australia – WEARNE. With personally hand- crafted guitars, Nigel melds finger- Thursday 27th October 8pm Gaelic Club, 1st Floor, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills style guitar, banjo, country twang, Enquiries: John Gallagher: [email protected] - Bookings: https://www. folk & honest storytelling. Stories of trybooking.com/213160 forgotten rebels, mischievous bank Friday 28th October Wollongong Folk ClubSunday 30th October, Yuin Folk Club. robbers, wandering poets and his love SOA Hall. 2.45pm for 3pm. $20 members $25 non members. of eggs. 3-5pm. $20, BYOG, tea and cake supplied. Space limited, please Sunday 30th October, Yuin Folk Club, SOA Hal - 2.45pm for 3pm book: Stuart 0412 288 923, stuart@ Sunday 6th November Petersham Bowling Club lesliethompson.com.au Yuin Folk Club. ELEANOR MCE- Jez Lowe VOY. Cobargo. 2.45pm for 3pm. With last year’s announcement of a double 6493 6758, cobargofolkfestival.com nomination in the 2015 BBC Folk Awards ______(Folksinger of the Year and Best New Song), November Jez Lowe has leapt into his third decade as a song-writing troubadour, on the back of a new Saturday 5th November and much acclaimed album – his nineteenth – Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk entitled THE BALLAD BEYOND. Club. Wheeze & Suck Band. Wesley It took the release of the compilation CD Centre, 150 Beaumont St, Hamilton. entitled “HEADS UP – 18 Essential Jez Lowe 7.30pm. $15, $12, $10. 4926 1313, Songs”, in 2012 for the acoustic/folk world newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.au to be jolted into realising that this North East of England-based singer-songwriter is rapidly Wednesday 16th November gaining ground as the most “covered” song- Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk writer on the UK circuit. Club. Extra-Ordinary Concert with It’s been a few years since Jez Lowe worked the UK's Martyn Wyndham-Read, his his magic on Australian audiences. Check out last farewell, at the Teralba Hall. Ron dates for his September/October tour in NSW, 4926 1313, newcastlehuntervalley- SA and Victoria at his website: jezlowe.com folkclub.org.au Recent CDs to watch out for are Heads Up – 18 Essential Jez Lowe Songs, and Sunday 20th November The Ballad Beyond. This CD includes some of the compositions Jez wrote for the Bush Dancing Workshop, led by all BBC Radio Two series of The Radio Ballads (he’s written over 60 songs between the year's leaders. For beginners & 2006-14 for the wide-ranging topics in this series, eg the Olympics, Aids, WWI, experienced. All Saints Anglican Austerity). Some songs have been reworked for the different context. As ever, Jez Hall, cnr Oxford & Cromwell Sts, has a way of writing about serious topics where the poignancy is leavened with his New Lambton. 2-4pm. $5. Margaret Northern wit. Stick-out songs for me – The Wrong Bus, The Morpeth Olympics, The Pitman Poets, and The Lass of Hexamshire (a tribute to Judy Dinning – a [email protected], 4946 5026 former member of the Bad Pennies who died a couple of years ago). There’s some Saturday 26th November wonderful instrumentation on the album with several other musicians joining Jez Shoalhaven Entertainment Cen- and the Bad Pennies – giving a enhanced quality to the well-loved Jez Lowe sound. tre. FRED SMITH AND A FEW Fri 7 October, Tradewinds, 8pm Newcastle GOOD SPOOKY MEN present Ur- Sat 8 October, Troubadour, 8pm Woy Woy ban Sea Shanties. Bridge Rd, Nowra. Sun 9 October, Humph Hall, 3pm Allambie Heights 7.30pm. Tickets shoalhavenentertain- Wed 12 October, Gaelic Club, 8pm Surry Hills ment.com.au $25-$73. 1300 788 503 Thurs 13 October, Sutherland Acoustic Club, 8pm Gymea Fri-Sun 14-16 October, Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival

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16th - 18th October Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival Enq. 0412 288 923 21st - 23rd October Northern Beaches Music Festival northernbeachesmusicfestival.org 21st - 23rd October Newkulele Festival, Newcastle newkulelefestival.com.au 21st - 23rd October Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival dorrigofolkbluegrass.com. 28th October - 31st October, 2016 Maldon Folk Festival Enq. [email protected] 11th - 13th November, 2016 Majors Creek Festival Email – [email protected] Phone – 0431 832 932 31st Dec 2016 - 2 Jan 2017 Gulgong Folk Festival' gulgongfolkfestival.net.au 27th Dec 2016 - 1st Jan 2017 Woodford Folk Festival woodfordfolkfestival.com 12th - 15th January, 2017 Illawarra Folk Festival www.illawarrafolkfestival.com 24th - 26th February, 2017 Cobargo Folk Festival cobargofolkfestival.com

Sydney's Free Northern Beaches Festival Focus on Folk Entry to this month's Northern Beaches Music Festival is 6-7pm 1st Saturday free for all! Details at: northernbeachesmusicfestival.org

1 October Paul Jackson 5 November Kate Delaney Anyone with a CD they would like to add to the library collection for consideration for airplay please forward to: Focus on Folk, Post Office Box A182, Sydney South 1235 N.B. Focus on Folk is also streamed on FineMusicFM.com

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The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 9 7.30-10pm: Denis Kevans Memorial Benefit Con- folk news cert for the Agent Orange Justice Campaign, with The Anti-Conscription Centenary proceeds going to aid vic- A referendum held on 28th October 1916 seeking public sup- tims of Agent Orange/Di- port to conscript young Australian men for overseas service oxin poisoning in Vietnam during World War I was defeated then and also in December today (over 3 million suf- 1917. To mark the 100th anniversary of the defeat of the first ferers) - see agentorange- referendum there will be a series of events in Sydney cel- justice.org.au. Performers: ebrating peace, the anti-war movement and the anti-conscrip- Solidarity Choir, Sonia tion cause – including a major concert Bennett, Dennis Aubrey, on Friday 28th October, 2016. Simon Lenthen, Jason & Chloe Roweth, Greg The venue for most of the North, Margaret Walters, Joe & Harmony's Hippy Trippy events is Gumbramurra Hall, Band (peace songs from the 1960s); & more. Community Centre, 142 Ad- dison Rd, Marrickville (Bus As part of the week-long events commemorating the Anti- 428 from the city). Ironi- Conscription Centenary, there will be a anti-war 'Hell No! cally, this venue is near the We Won't Go!' documentary film festival on Wednesday 26th old recruiting hut used for October, 4-9pm, at the Tap Gallery, Riley and Reservoir Sts, conscription induction during Surry Hills. Entry by donation to Agent Orange Justice. the Vietnam War. Documentaries include a couple of retrospective films: the 10am-1pm: films on anti-war themes full length 1969 anti-Vietnam War doco "F... The Army" with incl. Frontline Films’ 'The Crater' about an Australian Viet- Jane Fonda & Donald Sutherland (90m) & the 1992 retro- nam Veterans return to Vietnam in 2014. spective 'AIDEX Arms Exhibition Protest' with raw footage from the famous Canberra blockade on war machines! (40m). 12 noon-2.30pm: Forum with two separate panels, the first about World War I, the second about the Vietnam War. Mark And there are several short contemporary documentaries: Gregory and Colleen Burke will be doing WW1 anti-con- David Bradbury's Frontline Films 'Agent Orange Agent Blue' scription songs and poems. (7 min.); a Vietnam Vet return to the scene of war 'The Crater' (50 min.) and Larry Zetlin's Vietnam Draft Resisters 'Hell 1-3pm: The Defeat of the 1916 and 1917 Conscription Ref- No! We Won't Go!' excerpts promo only (10 min.); IPAN erendums in World War I with historian Drew Cottle, Hall 'Talisman Sabre' campaign footage from Qld from recent Greenland Frontline feature (40 min.); and footage from the National (on press and WWI), Dr Mark Gregory (on WWI anti-con- IPAN peace protest gathering in Alice Springs/Pine Gap scription songs and poems) and Colleen Burke (on Women October 2016 (30 min.) Details, tapgallery.org.au. and Irish involvement in WWI). 2.30-3pm: Afternoon tea. 3-5.30pm: The Anti-Conscription issue, the Moratorium and Vietnam Veterans in Australia's Vietnam War History. Mark Gregory will perform the song 'Boonaroo' (unionsong.com/ u260.html), concerning the Seaman's Union ban during the Vietnam War. Meredith Burgmann and Graeme Dunstan will speak on the peace campaign. Draft resisters Michael Matte- son and others will speak on the anti-Conscription campaign. Vietnam veteran Mike Scase, former President of NSW Vietnam Veterans Associaton of Australlia, will speak on 'Fit men die young, poisoned by a War Crime' and the legacy of Agent Orange chemical spraying during the Vietnam War. At 5.30pm in the foyer of the hall during a Moratorium Reunion, Denis Aubrey and others will perform a tribute song session to the late Sydney folk singer (and draft resister) Crispin Dye who was on the Sydney circuit in the early 1970s before go- NB: An exhibition of peace and anti-conscription posters & ing overseas to be international band manager for AC/DC for photos will be on display in the foyer of Gumbramurra Hall two decades. He released his first folk CD at French's Tavern from Monday 24th to Sunday 30th October 2016. Anyone in 1993 (under a pseudonym) and was bashed to death walk- with relevant items of interest are urged to contact the Addi- ing home in Darlinghurst later that night. son Rd Community Centre via [email protected] with offers of support. You are also urged to contact the office with sug- 5-7pm: Moratorium and peace activists’ reunion and unveil- gestions and personal commitments of people to be honoured ing of War Resisters Honour Wall For Peace, with anti- on the War Resisters Honour Wall For Peace. Individual tiled Nuclear veteran campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott unveiling a plaques can be arranged for $30.Event co-ordinator is Jeffer- people's memorial for peace activists past and present. After son Lee (Order of Timor-Leste 2015) on behalf of the AOJC that, there will be impromptu songs and poems to commemo- and ARCCO and other sponsors of these Anti-Conscription rate peace, before the 7.30pm concert. Centenary events. Contact him, 0408 162 013, jeffersonlee. [email protected], PO Box 703, Leichhardt 2040.

10 - The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 BMC Goes Bush Steeleye Span Guitarist in Australia The Bush Music Club goes to So- Ken Nicol, former fala from Friday 18th to Sunday guitarist with 20th November, for an unstruc- Steeleye Span has tured weekend with Bathurst area also played with musicians and singers. They'll be The Albion Band camping in the showground, and and Fairport Con- having sessions in camp and in the vention. Town Hall. Meet local members and But Ken Nicol explore the goldfields! Enq, 0412 145 262, is an exceptional [email protected]. musician in his own right. Vale Jim MacQuarrie As a guitarist, he It is with heavy hearts that we share is one of the most the sad news that Jim MacQuarrie skilled & exciting passed away last week after ongo- players anywhere ing health challenges. today; as a singer Jim has made an amazing contribu- he is capable of evoking wide range of emotions in his audi- tion to the folk scene for decades, ence; & as a songwriter he demonstrates these abilities in his as a Performer on the American and clever & well-crafted material. Canadian circuit, as an Internation- His music covers the spectrum from blues to rock, effortlessly al Touring Agent, and as manager taking in folk, jazz, ragtime, ballads and more along the way. of his agency, Newsouthfolk. Ken's only Sydney gig is at the fabulous Humph Hall on Jim spent eight years with Warner/ Friday 11th November - humphhall.org Chapell Music, in operations and development. After leaving his home in the province of New Brunswick in Canada, Jim made his mark in the Australian Folk Scene con- tributing to the sustainability and development of the industry here and helping make connections with the Canadian and American Folk Industry. Jim’s drive and passion for encouraging and supporting artists as they make their way in the scene, has made a signifi- cant difference to too many young artists to mention. The endless time spent sharing his knowledge with others in areas such as touring/agency work, house concerts, and festivals, was a testament Ken Nicol with Steeleye Span to his generosity and passion for supporting the business of Folk. Folk Alliance Australia, dancenews now in its 20th year, has seen many changes, and Jim has been a consistent driving force behind many aspects Contra Spreading of the organisation for 18 of those years. Melbourne has had regular evening contra dances, with live He has been unstoppable in the energy and time he has music, for some time. They are held on the secondSunday, devoted to the organisation over these years, and up until 3 most months, at Malvern; and on the last Sunday, most weeks ago, he was still making valuable contributions. months, at Northcote. On Facebook, Over these 18 years, Jim has been in contact with hundreds of facebook.com/Contradition; enq, 0422 932 532. our members – imparted knowledge and set folks straight. And now Perth has monthly afternoon contras in Nedlands We are very grateful for his roles with FAA, for the persever- , on second Sundays, with 'a great lineup of live musicians'. ance, diligence and commitment – he was one in a million These monthly contra dances are co-sponsored by the Perth and will be missed by friends, colleagues, our membership, International Dance group, which our committee and the Folk Industry at large. also dances at St Margaret's Hall on Saturday mornings and Rest in Peace Jim MacQuarrie Monday nights (perthinternationaldance.org.au). For more details, facebook.com/groups/perthcontra, or Steven 0422 Courtesy, Folk Alliance Australia. 718 220, [email protected]

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 11 Ewan MacColl, A Retrospective - by Danny Spooner (Pt. 2) Communism and trades unionism worked hard to educate radio. The audience grew to 14 million. From this MacColl the working classes; as a kid I can remember people like and Lloyd formed the Ballad and Blues Club in London Jimmy Fisk sitting around a fire in the cabin of a barge, tell- which, while proving to be a popular venue, caused a rift ing me about Marx and Lenin and suggesting that “kids like between MacColl and the fledgling folk scene when MacColl you should be reading this stuff.” During the eighteenth and issued a dictum that singers who worked at this club had to nineteenth centuries through organisations like the London be professional in their approach. He also insisted that they Corresponding Society, and the Mechanics Institutes, labour should sing songs from their own native land, indeed from had tried to encourage and improve its lot by reading. Many their own local area. This was a bit of a double standard, be- workers knew the works of Tom Paine, Lenin, Marx and cause he sang a vast variety of material. The outcome was an Engels and would engage in serious dispute and discussion immediate drop in membership and instead of having to turn about the merits and failing of their heroes. As a boy in the audience away MacColl had to start touting for audience and twentieth century, MacColl was often privy to such discus- singers. However, the outcome had some good results in that sions and they stuck. He became concerned for the worker, it saw a distinct rise in the standard and professionalism of especially the worker with a conscience, who was often the singers. He insisted the audience be silent at the club as a sacrificed to capital, albeit voluntarily. singer was working, and that became the norm in British folk clubs. There is an apocryphal story told that he once admon- In the 1930s MacColl had got himself involved with the bur- ished a noisy audience with, you don’t just come here to be geoning British Workers Theatre Movement. With his (then) entertained, you come here to be educated. Throughout these wife, the actress Joan Littlewood, he started the Theatre years MacColl continued to write, and collected and popular- Workshop. He was writing, acting and singing to encourage ised songs from the Industrial Muse, which had been largely workers, unionists and young people to make their public ignored by earlier collectors of folksongs. statement through theatre. During these years he wrote many skits and plays, the most famous being Uranium 325. Most In 1956, MacColl met Peggy Seeger and was smitten. In performances were in the streets, outside factory or dockyard 1957 he wrote for her 'The first time ever I saw your face' gates and occasionally in workers' canteens and clubs, and and sang it to her over the trans-Atlantic telephone. The song the troupe were often hassled. When he was 14 his family quickly gained wide acceptance on the British folk scene and had moved to Salford, an industrial town in northern Eng- won MacColl an Ivor Novello Award after being recorded land, and he recalled those days in the song 'Dirty Old Town' by Roberta Flack in1969. While MacColl might rail against which he wrote in 1946 as a scene-change filler for a theatre commercialism he enjoyed the royalties he gained from his piece called Landscape with chimneys. songs. The song was featured in Clint Eastwood’s film Play Misty for Me. He once did a cigarette commercial for Players Dirty Old Town Cigarettes which he vehemently denied he ever did. I met my love by the gasworks croft, Here’s his song for Peggy. Dreamed a dream by the old canal. Kissed my girl, by the factory gate. Dirty old town, dirty old town. The First Time Ever The first time ever I saw your face Heard a siren scream in the night, I thought the sun rose in your eyes; Saw a train set the night on fire, And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave Smelled the spring on the smoky wind. To the dark and the empty skies my love, to the dark and the empty skies. Dirty old town, dirty old town. The first time ever I kissed your mouth Cats are prowling on their beat I felt the earth move in my hand Clouds are drifting across the moon, Like the trembling heart of a captive bird Springs a girl in the streets at night. That was there at my command my love, that was there at my command. Dirty old town, dirty old town. The first time ever I lay with you I’m going to take a big sharp axe, And felt your heart beat close to mine, Shining steel, tempered in the fire, I thought our love would fill the earth Gonna cut you down, like an old dead tree. And would last till the end of time my love, & would last till the end of time. Dirty old town, dirty old town. This was a match made by the muses. Irwin Silber said “love In 1949 Alan Lomax from the American Library of Congress visited is the word that comes back to me again and again in thinking England and was introduced to MacColl. He was in the country to of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger”. Many people found do some work for the BBC on his field recording in the States and MacColl and Seeger cold and distant, but Silber summed it England. The meeting would enhance MacColl’s career by giving up nicely: him access to the BBC. Close friendships probably did not come easily; the creative In that year he wrote the song 'Champion at Keeping 'em and intellectual drive which characterises both their art and Rolling' for a documentary on truck drivers called Lorry their personalities does not encourage easy familiarity … Harbour. This was to be the beginning of a long association their love for folk music and the people who made the music with the national broadcaster. comes through in every song they sing; their love for human- In 1951, Lomax introduced MacColl to A.L. (Bert) Lloyd, a ity is deeply etched in the lyrics and melodies that they have folklorist, historian, singer and card-carrying member of the created; their love for a good fight is illuminated in the flam- Communist Party. The result was a series of radio programs ing passion which they bring to the causes they espouse; and called Ballads and Blues which brought together a variety of their love for each other has overcome incredible obstacles of talent from differing backgrounds. The public response to the circumstance and background to find its expression in music programs was unprecedented for a music program on BBC which will enrich our world.

12 - The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 All very 1960s American shmaltz, but Peggy, who had few delusions about her man, wrote in the introductory biography to The essential Ewan MacColl, 60 years of song-making: I lived with Ewan MacColl for thirty years, I love, like and respect him. Ewan was not the guardian of my solitude, nor was I the guardian of his …Ewan and I were life partners, workmates, friends and lovers … I love Ewan MacColl and I miss him daily, even though it is twelve years since he died and I now have a new partner … He filled my life and our house with ideas and singing. I’ve had a few long talks with Peggy and I know she means every word of that as I’m sure Ewan did when he wrote for her in 1977:

You and I You and I have feasted on The golden apples of the Sun, And sailed on wild uncharted seas When day was done. Between two heartbeats we have known The long eternity of joy, And soared above the fields of space The stars our toys. ballads. Central to their work was what they called “actual- I give my heart and gain my soul, ity”, real life conversations, trade sayings and jargon. In The I’m only free when I am bound. Ballad of John Axon, for example you hear bits like Within the safety of your love I’m lost and found. “… the old railwayman - it was a tradition. It was part of your life, it went through you - railways went through the back of You and I have drunk the moon your spine like Blackpool went through rock.” And time nor death cannot subdue That part of you that lives in me The radio ballad told the story of John Axon, a steam loco- Or me in you. motive driver, who was killed when the steam brake failed That part of me in you shall see on the engine he was driving. Axon, realising his problem, The kestrel quartering the sky, told his fireman to jump and try to pin some of the freight The endless play of night and day wagon brakes as the train neared the crest of the hill. When Caught in your eye. that failed, Axon rode the engine down with the whistle open The part of you in me will serve wide and loud, warning signal boxes that it was a runaway. At To ease the breaking of my heart; about 11.21am on Saturday 9th February 1957 John Axon’s And guide me safely through the night speeding, runaway freight-train ploughed into the back of When we must part. the Rowsley freight that was passing through Chapel-en-le- Frith at about 20 miles per hour. Axon’s courageous action In 1957, Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl were introduced certainly saved lives but he lost his own. The guard of the to Charles Parker of the BBC, and here began what I believe Rowsley freight was also killed. were the most brilliant and creative years of their partnership. Between 1957 and 1964 this trio collected material, wrote for MacColl and Seeger’s experience with folk songs allowed and performed with others, directed and recorded eight Radio them to realise that the vernacular of working people was Ballads. They were programs combining song, recorded ver- akin to the language of the traditional ballads, and so made nacular of working people, and a dramatic thread that pulled good use of the ‘actuality’ in the programs, for example, Ron in together on a theme. The Ballad of John Axon (1957), is Scanlon, the fireman with Axon on that fateful day, later said about a train disaster, Song of the Road (1958-9) about build- in a taped interview: ing motorways, Singing the Fishing (1959-60) which won the It was still dark when I got to the shed that Saturday morning. Prix d’ Italia in 1961, The Big Hewer (1960) about coalmin- Jack was waiting there -“Come on Ron,” he said, “We want ing, The Body Blow (1961) about polio, one about teenagers to get finished.” You see, you’re never early at that time in the called On the Edge (1962), a look at the boxing profession morning, it’s bad enough having to get there at that time. called The Fight Game (1963), and finally, The Travelling People (1964) which looked at the history and marginalisa- Danny Spooner. tion of gypsies. (Continued next issue.) These were a vast undertaking and they were brilliant pieces of radio. Unfortunately they were costly to produce so after some seven years they were dropped. The Radio Ballads were a great influence on us and why we like to do workshops and theme concerts. A ballad in the folk song tradition tells a story in song, it focuses on the action and does not moralise. It assumes that its hearer knows and understands the situation from experience or from general knowledge. It was this that MacColl, Seeger and Parker tried to achieve in their radio

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The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 15 16 - The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 folk contacts CHOIRS DANCE Cecily Cork 4384 3527, Jan McCudden 4329 5537 Monday Monday Greek Folk Dance. Pan Macedonian Assoc Building, ■AshCappella Ashfield, led by Mary-Jane Field, 9090 Bush Music Club Dance Workshop Railway Pde, Sydenham from 7pm onwards. Adult 2362 Beginners, experienced, 7.30pm, Pennant Hills classes from 7.15 pm, Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 ■Ecopella. Blue Mountains, contact Miguel Heatwole, Community Centre, downstairs. Except Jan. and public 1875 [email protected] 9810 4601 [email protected] holidays. Felicity 9456 2860 Irish Set Dance class, Irish Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire ■Glory Bound Groove Train. Petersham, led by Linda International Folk Dancing St, Surry Hills. 8-9.30pm. Alarna 0401 167 910. Calgaro, 9518 4135 School term, Earlwood Senior Citizens Centre, 362 Sutherland Shire Bush Dance Group. Uniting Church ■Inner West Chamber Choir, Leichhardt, led by Homer St 10am-noon. Debbie 4294 1363. 0427 315 245 Hall, 12 Wilshire Ave, Cronulla South. 7.30-10pm. $4 Rachelle Elliott. 9797 1917. [email protected]. Scottish Country Dancing for beginners, with ‘Scots (1st night free) Beginners most welcome. Partners not ■Intonations. Manly, led by Karen Smith, 0415 221 113, on the Rocks’, Fort St Public School, Observatory Hill, necessary. Mike 9520 2859 [email protected] Sydney, 6.30-7.30pm. Nea 9994 7110, Lynn 9268 1246, Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group ■Martenitsa. Ultimo, led by Mara & Llew Kiek, SC [email protected], http://www.rscds.org.au International dancing, Como Guides Hall, cnr Warraba 47514910 Belly Dance, basic/beginners 7pm, choreography 8pm, & Mulyan Sts, Como West 9.30a, - 11am & 11.30am - ■People’s Chorus. Newcastle, led by Rod Noble, 49 Girraween Hall, 17 Tungarra Rd. Vera Myronenko 9665 12.30pm. Kaye 9528 4813, [email protected] 623432 9713 Thursday ■Unaccompanied Baggage. North Sydney, led by English Country Dancing for the over 55’s. Playford Tuesday (old English dances) 11.30am-1pm. English Country, Stuart Davis, [email protected] Blue Mountains Scottish Country Dancers beginners 1-2pm, intermediate 2-4pm. Wesly School ■Voiceworks, Katoomba, ledby Rachel Hore 4759 Catholic Church Hall, 7-9pm, Wentworth St, $3 Verley for Seniors, Level 3, 220 Pitt Street, Sydney. $55 for 2456, [email protected] Kelliher, 4787 5968, [email protected] Carol 5 subjects per term. 9263 5416, schoolforseniors@ Tuesday Gardner 4751 6073/[email protected] wesleymission.org.au ■Ecopella. Illawarra area (alternate Tuesdays), led by Greek Folk Dance  Miguel Heatwole 9810 4601, [email protected] Pontian House, 15 Riverview Rd, Earlwood. Adult class English Country Dancing. 1st & 3rd Thurs. Church ■Roc Lawson, led by Rachel Hore, 47592456, 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Senior Diogenes Grooup - 15 yrs by the Bridge hall (St John’s Anglican), Broughton St [email protected] to adult. Cost involved.Vas Aligiannis, 0407 081 875, (cnr Bligh St), Kirribilli. Enter courtyard gate - hall is on ■The Honeybees. East Sydney, led by Dynes Austin. [email protected]. www.greekdancing.com.au right. 7.15-9.15pm. Donations (optional), for the church Contact Jenny Jackson, 9816 4577 lindsayandjenny@ Hungarian Dance Class or expenses. Please email Margaret Swait, so that you hotmail.com St Peters Public School, 8-10pm. Gary Dawson 0425 can be advised of schedule changes: MargaretTalbot@ ■Sydney Trade Union Choir Sydney City, contact Nola 268 505. [email protected]Scottish Country me.com Cooper 9587 1165 - [email protected] Dancing Blue Labyrinth International Folk Dance from 7pm, ■Songs Next Door, Seaview Street, Dulwich Hill, meets St John’s Uniting Church Hall, Coonanbarra Rd, Baptist Church Hall, King St Glenbrook. Jo Barrett 4739 weekly at Sea View Hall, Seaview St, Dulwich Hill. Wahroonga, 7.30-10.30pm. All welcome. Catherine 6498 12.30pm. (Seniors mostly) Contact Allan 9520 6180 Bonner 9489 5027 Greek Folk Dance Wednesday Scottish Country Dancing Mytelinean House. 225 Canterbury Rd, Canterbury. ■Choralation. Abbotsford (school terms), contact Fort Street School, Observatory Hill, City. 6pm to 8pm Adult classes from 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Clio Group - 21 Margaret Grove [email protected] Nea MacCulloch 9904 1358(a/h) or Lynn 8244 9618(w) years and up Greek dances). Cost involved. Vasilios ■Ecopella. Erskineville, led by Miguel Heatwole, 9810 Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 1875 [email protected] 4601 [email protected] International Dancing, Gymea Bay Scout Hall, June Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group ■The Heathens. Blackheath, day time 2pm- 4pm. Led by Place, 7.30-9pm. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813 International dancing. Scout Hall, June Place, Gymea Chris Wheeler 4787 5725 [email protected] Sydney Playford Dance Group (English country Bay. 10am. Kaye 9528 4813 [email protected] ■The Spots. Christina Mimmocchi, Randwick 0410 dancing from 1650 onwards). 1st Tuesday (except Sydney Irish Ceili Dancers 682 061 January), Bush Music Club, Hut 4, Addison Rd Centre, Kingsgrove Uniting Church Hall, 289A Kingsgrove The Sydney Welsh Choir, men and women. Meet on 142 Addison Road, Marrickville. 7.30pm - 9.30pm. $5, Rd (cnr Moreton Avenue, Kingsgrove. Beginners to Wednesday evenings at Concord Baptist Church hall. Julie 9524 0247. intermediate step dancing 6pm, advanced step dancing 7pm - 9pm. 20 plus performances per year. Contact Turkish Dance Class 7pm Set and ceili dancing 8-10.30pm. Margaret and Bill MD Viv 4739 0384, [email protected]. President Rob Lidcombe Community Centre, 8-10pm. Yusuf Nidai Winnett 9150 6765. email: [email protected] Horlin 9617 0401. 9646 1166 Friday Thursday Ukrainian (Cossack) Dancing Class Australian Colonial and Folk Dancers Every Friday, ■Bouddi Voice. Kincumber (school terms), led by C & for fit and energetic young people (16-23yrs), 7.30 Scouts/Guides Hall, Plympton Road, Carlingford, C Sainsbury, contact 43 683270 pm to 10.00 pm. Ukrainian Hall 59 Joseph Street, (opposite Nth Carlingford shops). Anthony and Lisa 9873 ■Chorella Community Choir. Richmond, contact Ellen Lidcombe. Jaros Iwanec 9817 7991, jarosiwanec@ 4805. 4578 2975 optusnet.com.au /www.veselka.com.au Greek Dancing. St Therapon Greek Orthodox Parish ■Cleftomaniacs. Waterloo, led by Gary Smith, garys7@ International Folk Dance class - Open Door, Georges (Church Hall) 323 Cumberland Highway, Thornleigh. optushome.com.au Hall Senior Citizens, Birdwood Rd, 11.30am-12.30pm. Time: Juniors 6.30pm - 7.30pm (Callipe Group) ■Solidarity Choir. Erskineville, contact Cathy Rytmeister, Gabrielle 9728 7466, [email protected] Pontian House. 15 Riverview Rd, Earlwood. Junior Class 0438 683 867, [email protected] “The Dance Buffet”, wide variety taught, Liverpool - 6.30pm - 7.30pm (Thalia junior group - 3yrs to 12 yrs. ■Friday City Pipe Band Hall, Woodward Park (next to Whitlam Class is free, Pontian only) ■The Sydney Street Choir. CBD, led by Peter Lehner Centre), Memorial Ave, 7.30-9.30pm. $8 ($5 conc). International Dancing. Sedenka Folk Dancers, Rozelle Nicholai 9822 7524, mob 0407 178 228 0425 268 771 Mal Webb Neighbourhood Centre, 665A Darling St Rozelle. 8-llpm, ■Mudlarks, women’s a cappella choir. Woodford. Led International Folk Dance for older women. School $3. Chris Wild 9560 2910. by Alison Jones 4759 2880 terms only. 11.45am - 12.45. Bankstown Older Scottish Country Dancing ■Pacopezants. - Balkan Choir. Meets Fridays Women's Wellness Centre, Police and Community Adult classes, beginners welcome, children 6.30 4pm, Katoomba. Enquiries: June (02) 4782 1554. Youth Club, cnr Meredith st and French Ave, Wendy -7.30pm, adults 8-10.30pm, Beecroft Primary School, [email protected] Walsh 0432 399 056. $2. Sheena Caswell 9868 2075, Heather Dryburgh 9980 Sunday Wednesday 7978 ■Blue Mountains Trade Union Choir. Upper Mts., Albion Fair, North-West Morris Dancing Scottish Country Dancing contact Kate 47 82 5529 Lilyfield Community Centre, Cecily and O’Neill Sts, ■Caringbah Seniors Hall, 386 Port Hacking Rd, Car- 7.45pm. Angie Milce 9817 3529 ingbah (rear Library), 8pm. Beginners/other levels. G. Balmoral Scottish Country Dance Group Milton 9524 4943, Erica Nimmo 9520 4781 7.00-9.15pm, Seniors’ Centre, Mosman Square, ■ Mosman. Nell Morgan 9981 4769. Epping Scottish Country Dance Club St Aidan’s Church Hall, Downing St, 7.30-10pm. All levels welcome. Clare Haack 9484 5947 clare_kirton@ hotmail.com Gosford Scottish Country Dance Society 7-10pm, Church of Christ, Henry Parry Drive, Wyoming.

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 17 Saturday lllawarra Folk Club, ■Eastern Suburbs Poetry Group Bush Music Club Bush Dances ■Irregular Saturdays, Wollongong City Diggers Club, 1st Friday, Church in the Market Place, Bondi Junction. Beecroft Dance, 1st Sat (except Jan), Beecroft cnr Burelli & Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www. 6.30-8.30pm. Gina 9349 6958 Community Centre, Beecroft Road, 7.30 - 11.30pm. illawarrafolkclub.org.au Macquarie Towns Music Club. 3rd Friday every Sigrid 9980 7077, Wilma 9489 5594. Ermington Dance, Loaded Dog Folk Club month, from 7.30pm. Bring along instruments, June and Dec, Ermington Community Centre, 10 ■4th Sat, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 songs, poems etc, for fun, friendly night. Richmond River Road, 7-11pm. Don 9642 7949. $19, $17, Johnston St, 8pm. Sandra Nixon, 9358 4886, kxbears@ Neighbourhood Centre, 20 West Market St, Richmond. members $14. bushmusic.org.au ozemail.com.au. www.theloadeddog.org.au $5, guests $7. Taia 4567 7990 ■ The Shack. 1st Sat, presents 21st century Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic ■Central Coast Bush Dance2nd Sat, 7.30 - 11.30pm, original,contemporary and traditional folk music at the Club 4th Fri, (Feb - Nov) 8pm, $7/$5, Springwood East Gosford Progress Hall, Henry Parry Dr and Wells Tramshed, 1395a Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen at 7:30. Neighbourhood Centre, Macquarie Rd (next to library St, $15/$12. Robyn 4344 6484. BYO drinks and nibblies. Rhonda 0416 635 856 . www. and Oriental Hotel.) Visitors and floor performers Scottish and Old Time Dance nd theshacknarraabeen.com welcome, Theresa 47518157, Jeannette 4754 4893 ■2 Sat, 8pm, Uniting Church, 9-11 Bay St, Rockdale. ■Troubadour Folk Club Sunday $3 incl. supper. Chris Thom 9587 9966 Central Coast, 4th Sat. in month 7pm CWA Hall, Woy ■Hotel Illawarra Wollongong, 3rd Sunday, 3pm, ■Scottish and Old Time DancingOrkney and Shetland Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), The Boulevard, spoken word, 5pm acoustic music Assoc. 3rd Sat, 8-11 pm. St David’s Hall, Dalhousie St, Woy Woy. Admission: $11/$9/$8. Floor spots available.. ■Irish Music Session ellys, King Street, Newtown, Haberfield. $3 inc. supper. Visitors most welcome. Jean includes light supper. 4342 6716 www.troubadour.org.au 6pm. Enq. 9559 6300 Cooney 9874 5570. Fairlight Folk Acoustic Lounge ■Irish Music Session. 3rd Sunday. Bennet Hotel, ■Macedonian Dance Class Rockdale. 6.30-8.30pm, $5. Held four times a year, Feb, May, Aug. Nov (usually Hamilton, 4-7.30pm Roz and Shane Kerr 44967 3167 Y Kaporis 0412 861 187 1st Sat) 7.30pm. Comfortable, relaxed environment ■Irish Music Sessions - Dicey Riley’s, Wollongong ■Mortdale Scottish DancersLearners night (for learners for quality live acoustic music. After show - jam. BYO 2pm. and experienced), 7.30- 9.30pm. Pensioners Welfare drinks and nibbles. Light refreshments available. ■Music lessons for kids. 12 noon - 3pm. Focus on tin Club Hall, 76 Pitt Street, Mortdale. Pam Jehan 9580 William St Studios, Fairlight (The Baptist Church down whistle. Gaelic Club. Surry Hills 9212 1587. 8564. from Sydney Rd. Contact Rosie 9948 7993. www. ■Music Session Hero of Waterloo, cnr Lower Fort St ■Linnéa Swedish FolkdancersEstonian House, 141 fairlightfolk.com and Windmill Street, The Rocks. 6-10pm. Brendan Campbell St, Surry Hills. New members welcome. For 9818 4864 times contact Graeme Traves 9874 4194, linneafolk@ Monday Traditional Irish Music 'Slow Session' for begin- hotmail.com Bush Music Club ners/ intermediate players of Irish Traditional Music ■Medieval Miscellany (Medieval Dancing). All Saints Parish Community Centre, 44/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, (melody instruments only). 6 30pm. Tritton Hall, Hut House, cnr Oxford and Cromwell Sts, New Lambton. 7.30pm. Music workshop. All singers and musicians 44, Addison Rd Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Saturdays, 3.30-5.30pm. $10. Dianne 4936 6220 welcome. Allen 9639 7494 Marrickville. $10, conc. $5, includes tea & bikkies. MUSIC IN CONCERT Tuesday Brian 0414 565 805 Irish Music Session: Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday Tuesday of the month from 7.30 – 10.30pm @ The Shamrock The Screw Soapers Guild - Writers Presenters & Inn, Asquith Leagues Club, Alexandra Pd. Waitara Listeners Group 4th Tues, 7.30pm, stories, poems, (short walk from station). It’s an open session and all songs and conversation. Albert 9600 7153, website: musicians are welcome with focus on tunes rather than www.folkclub.com/folkodyssey/ songs. Phone Norm 9489 5786/normanmerrigan@ REGIONAL EVENTS Wednesday optusnet.com.au Wisefolk Club Last Wed in month, 11am-2.30pm, Irish music lessons, beginners and advanced, BATEMANS BAY: Scottish Country Danc- Toongabbie Bowling Club, 12 Station Rd, lunch at club instruments including fiddle, flue, whistle, guitar, banjo. ing, Batemans Bay Caledonian Society -Tues- bistro. Sonia 9621 2394 Allen 9639 7494, Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St. Surry Hills, 9212 1587 day 7.30pm at Batemans Bay Bowling Club Thursday [email protected] - visitors welcome. Warren 4457 2065. Sutherland Folk Club Wednesday BATHURST: 2nd Thurs concert night. All ages. Members are Jolly Frog Hotel. Jam Night. Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Irish Ceili. Mon. 7.30 - 8.30pm. Irish Step dancing, 6.30 welcome to join us at any of our concerts, do a floor Sts, Windsor. 7.30pm to late. Mark 0419 466 004 - 7.30pm. Bathurst CWA Hall, Russell Street. spot. Enjoy a friendly , sociable night’s entertainment, Gosford Bush Poets BELLINGEN: Celtic Australian Session. Saturday support local talent. Contact Jenny 9576 2301. Last Wednesday night of every month 7pm. The from about 1pm. Northern end of Church Street cafe strip. John 6655 5898 Carole 6655 1225 Blackheath Folk At The Ivanhoe Gosford Hotel, cnr of Mann & Erina Sts Gosford. : Blue Mountains Heritage 1st Thurs, 7.30pm. Ivanhoe Hotel Blackheath. Free Everyone welcome to share in night of fun, friendship BLUE MOUNTAINS Dancers, Wednesday in term time, 730pm-930pm. entry, all ages. Floor spots available on first come, first and great poetry. Contact Vic Jefferies, 02 96394911 or Wentworth Falls SOA. 217 Great Westn Hwy. Caroline served basis. Enjoy a meal at the Ivanhoe and friendly, [email protected] 0439 314 948, [email protected] or Patrick sociable entertainment. Christine [email protected]. The Cronulla Music Club 1st Wednesday. Cronulla 0412 786 988 au 02 4787 7246 RSL 2pm - 5pm. Contact Brian Dunnett 02 9668 9051/Jenny 02 9576 2301 Blue Mountains Folk. Mid Mountains Commuinity Friday Centre. Joy Anderson Room, 7 New St, Lawson. 3rd Hornsby Kuring-Gai Folk Club Bush Bash. Weekly gathering celebrating Australian Sunday, 3.30pm - 6pm. $7, $5, under 12 free. Nick ■3rd Fri, 8pm, Each month Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear bush songs, ballads, city ditties, yarns, recitations, Szentkuti 4758 7953, [email protected] Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave, bush dance tunes. Imperial Hotel, 252 Oxford St, Irish Session at the Carrington, Katoomba. 4th Guest artist and floor spots, light supper provided BYO Paddington. 830pm-1030pm. (Lounge opens 7.30pm). Sunday, 3pm. grog. Barry Parks 9807 9497 [email protected] Free. Warren Fahey [email protected] BRAIDWOOD: lllawarra Folk Club Thursday Braidwood Folk Music Club meets every 3rd Thursday ■Irregular Fridays, Wollongong City Diggers Club, ■Sutherland Acoustic now at the Anglican Church Hall, BYO everything. Info cnr Burelli & Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www. 4th Thursday of each. month from 7.30pm Gymea Sue 4842 8142 illawarrafolkclub.org.au Tradies Club, Kingsway, Gymea. Friendly jam. All Tallaganda Dance Troupe. Folk dance, Mon. Springwood Acoustic Music Club, or SNC Acoustic welcome to sing, play an instrument, recite poetry or 9.30am (Noela 4842 8004) 35 Coronation Ave, Braidwood. Club. www.sncc.org.au/events/springwood-acoustic- just listen. Enq. Jenny 95762301 BROKEN HILL: Occasional acoustic jam nights at Bell’s club. Phone 02 4751 3033 ■Gaelic Club.Irish music session, 8pm. Plus Irish music Milk Bar. Contact Broken Hill Art Exchange, (08) 8008 83171 Toongabbie Music Club lessons, instruments including fiddle, flute, whistle, CANOWINDRA 2nd and 4th Fri 8pm, Northmead Scout Hall, guitar, banjo. Gaelic Club, Surry Hills 9212 1587 info@ Canowindra Folk Club. 4th Sun, 4pm. Feature act plus Whitehaven Road, Northmead. A session always gaelicclub.com.au open mic. Taste Canowindra. happens so bring instruments. Allen Davis 9639 7494 CENTRAL COAST, Troubadour 4th Sat. in month [email protected]. or Ray Pulis 9899 2102. Friday 7pm CWA Hall, Woy Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), ■Duke's Place. 2nd Friday (Feb-Dec), 7.30-11.30pm. The Boulevard, Woy Woy. Admission: $11/$9/$8. Floor Saturday Addison Road Centre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville. ■Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Society of Aust. spots available.. includes light supper. Marilyn or Frank $10, bring a plate. Sandra 9358 4886. 4341 4060 or 0419 231 319 1st Sat, March-December Sydney get-together. Annandale  Singing Session - formerly held at the Gaelic Club, 1st : Yuin Folk Club, Occasional concerts. Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, Annandale. Band Fri, 7-11pm. Hut 44, Addison Road Centre 142 Addison COBARGO workshop 7pm, concert 8.15pm, jamming all night. All Rd, Marrickville. Cost - gold coin, BYO, plus a contribu- Enq. Richard Depledge 6493 6199. yuinfolkclub@ welcome: $5/7. (02) 9456 1090 www.bluegrass.org.au tion to supper if wanted. Glenys 4758 7851, geddy_by@ bigpond.com, website: www.cobargofolkfestival.com internode.on.net

18 - The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 COOMA, International Folk Dancing, Uniting Church NOWRA: ACROSS THE BORDER Hall, Soho St, Thurs, 6pm. Fran 6453 3282 (h) Balkan and International Folk Dance, Mon, 7.30pm, ACT DUBBO FOLK CLUB, Usually 2nd Sunday, 2.30pm, Cambewarra Hall. Suzi Krawczyk 4446 0569, plotki@ Monaro Folk Society Inc, Post Office Box 482 Civic Western Star Hotel All welcome. Di Clifford 6882 0498 0458 032 150 shoal.net.au Square, ACT 2608. 0409 817 623 [email protected] GOSFORD BUSH POETS - last Wednesday International Folk Dance, Progress Hall, Boorawine http://mfs.org.au/wiki/index.php/Calendar. night of every month 7pm. The Gosford Hotel, cnr of Tce, Callala Bay. Tuesday (school term), 7.15-9pm. Jammalong at Up-Opping. 1st Sat, 10am-2pm. Mann & Erina Sts Gosford. Everyone welcome to share Maureen 446 6550, [email protected] Church of Christ, 82-88 Limestone Ave, Ainslie. Free in night of fun, friendship and great poetry. Contact Vic Celtic Craic – 9 piece acoustic traditional band. parking. Refreshments for sale. Jefferies, 02 96394911 or [email protected] Tuesday 7.30 John’s place. Chris Langdon 4446 1185, Shape Note Singing. 1st & 3rd Weds, 7-9pm. The GOULBURN. [email protected] or Mark Nangle 4454 Friends Meeting House, cnr Bent & Condamine Sts, Bush traditions sessions at the Old Goulburn Brewery. 5028, [email protected]. Turner. Books provided; a desire to sing is all you need. 1st Fri (except Jan & April), 7.30pm. Bradley Grange, Scottish Country Dance Group, Presbyterian Church Jammalong in Canberra. 2nd Sat, 12 noon till we Bungonia Rd, Goulburn. David Johnson 4884 4214 Hall, Kinghome St (next to Woollies), Wed, 8pm, all have had enough. Under pergola beside Enid Lyons St, bushtraditions.org/sessions/goulburnsession.htm welcome. Jill 4421 3570 lake side of Questacon Building. Bring a song to share Irish and Celtic music sessions at the Old Goulburn Shoalhaven Bush and Folk Dancing Club, Friday and a portable chair. Brewery. 3rd Fri. Bradley Grange, Bungonia Rd. 4821 6071. (school term, 8-10pm, Cambewarra Hall. Margaret Murrumbateman Acoustic Music Club. Last Sun of GULGONG 4421 0557. month, 6-9.15pm. Blackboard concert: 3 songs or 15  Gulgong Folk Club, 3rd Friday, Waratah Hotel, Shoalhaven Acoustic Music Assoc, Bomaderry minutes per set. Country Inn, Barton Hwy. Eric 6254 4305 Mudgee 5pm. PO Box 340, Gulgong NSW 2852, Bob Bowling Club, formal concerts, not always folk, approx quarterly. George Royter 4421 3470. Campbell 02 6373 4600, gulgongfolkfestival.com NORTHERN TERRITORY: ORANGE Gulgong Music Session. 2nd & 4th Thurs, Top End Folk Club, PO Box 41551, Casuarina, NT Orange Dirt Music (new club) meets 3rd Saturday 5-8pm. Centennial Hotel. 63722068 0811. :Di Howard, 08 8945 0436 (ah), www.members. of the month from 3pm. These are jam sessions of KIAMA “No Such Thing”. Yvonne O’Grady ozemail.com.au/ hosts an Australian tune session suitable for acoustic folk, jazz, blues etc. rotating around each others’ houses and all are welcome. For more information QUEENSLAND beginners every Monday in Kiama. Yvonne  and registration contact Cilla Kinross ckinross@csu. Brisbane Folk Club, Larrie Cook 07 3345 1718. 02 4233 1073, [email protected].  edu.au tel 02 6365 8221 (ah) or Nick King 6362 . Cairns Folk Club, Ray Elias 07 4039 2493The Folk LITHGOW - Folk Club session. 1st Sun, Rag (Mag), PO Box 517, Everton Park 4053, Tel. 0437 from 3.30pm. Lithgow Workies. 6372 2068 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS  736 799 or 07 3855 1091, [email protected]; www. MUDGEE Bowral Folk Club. 3rd Thurs, 8-10.30pm. Fentons Cocktail Bar, upstairs at the Grand Bar, 295 Bong Bong FolkRag.org Music Session. 1st & 3rd Thurs, 5-8pm. Qld Colonial and Heritage Dancers. PO Box 3011, Courthouse Hotel. 63722068 St, Bowral. Traditional music from around the world. Brian Hayden 4861 6076. Yeronga 4104. Jan Orloff ph/fax 07 3848 7706, NEWCASTLE: Burrawang Folk, 4887 7271 [email protected] Acoustic Folk Lounge, 1st Wednesdays, 7-10pm.   Woodford Folk Festival. PO Box 1134, Woodford Downstairs, Grand Hotel, cnr Church and Bolton Sts, New- Southern Highlands Recreational lnternational Folk Dance Group, Bowral Presb Church Hall, Bendooley 4514. [email protected]; www. castle. Circle session. All welcome. 4967 3146, catherine. woodfordfolkfestival.com. [email protected], Tracy 0402 761 520 St, Thurs (school term), 9-llam. Margaret 4861 2294 Southern Highlands Scottish Country Dance Group, TASMANIA Bush and Colonial Dancing, 3rd Sund each month Moss Vale Uniting Church, Cnr Argyll and Spring Celtic Southern Cross Folk Music Catalogue. Beth 2-4pm. Beginners and visitors always welcome. All Streets, Wednesday, 7.30pm. All welcome. Enq. 4861 Sowter, [email protected]; www.celt.com.au; PO Box Saints Anglican Hall, New Lambton. Enq. Margaret Ken- 6471. 100, Legana, as 7277.  ning 02 4952 1327 email: [email protected] or Bill TAREE Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc. PO Box 1638 Hobart Propert 02 4946 5602 email [email protected] Lazarka International Folk Dance Group, Manning River 7001. Peter Hicks 0409 216 752 Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club, 1st Sat. Steiner School Hall, Wed. 5.30-8.30pm, Thurs 9am - VICTORIA 7.30pm (not Jan) Wesley Centre, Beaumont St, Ham- 11am. Sandra 6552 5142. Ballarat Folk Club, John Ruyg 03 5332 7872 ilton. (Dances held 4 times a year, March, June, Sept, Boite World Music Cafe, Fitzroy, 03 9417 3550 (w), WAGGA WAGGA Nov) Lainey 4943 4552, 0421 412 358 laineyv@big- http:// www.boite.asn.au Downside Bush Dance & Open Mic, Tin Shed Rat- pond.com. www.newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.au Geelong Folk Club, 2nd. Fri - Coffee House Folk- tlers, 1st Sat, Noel Raynes 6928 5541. Traditional Irish/Folk Session, 1st Sunday, singing and session - at Cafe Go! Bellerine St. Geelong, WAUCHOPE, 1st Saturday Concert with in- from 7.30pm. Last Fri - Upstairs at The Pancake 3-6pm. Lake Macquarie Hotel, opp. Morissett vited artists 7.30 pm 3rd Saturday Open perfor- Railway Station. Gabriele 0418 146 555, Sharyn Kitchen, Moorabool St. for songs and session. Contact: mance session 7.30 at Café Blue Frog, High St. Marie Goldsworthy 03 5221 1813 or Jamie McKinnon 0418 146 554, [email protected] Enq,John 6585 1488 email [email protected] Lakeside Folk Circle, 4th Sunday, every month. 03 5261 3443 Teralba Community Hall, Anzac Pade, Lake Macquarie. WOLLONGONG Traditional Social Dance Assoc. of Victoria. Bluegrass Jam Session, 3rd Sat each month. 7.30- 4-7pm. $2.50. Paul 4959 6030. [email protected] Marion Stabb (03) 9439 7100 11pm. Thirroul Neighbouhood Centre next to post office. People’s Chorus Practice, 6pm, Trades Hall Victorian Folk Music Club Inc. GPO Box 2025S, lllawarra Folk Club, 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday, Council Meeting Rooms (opp. Panthers’ Club, Melbourne 3001. Brian Venten 03 9884 9476, gillespie. Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church main entrance), Newcastle. Rod Noble 4962 [email protected] Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au 3432 email: [email protected] Bill Butler 03 9876 4366, [email protected] Jamberoo: Session, Jamberoo Pub, Thurs, 7.30pm. Newcastle Irish Set Dancers, Tuesdays, 7.30- WESTERN AUSTRALIA [email protected] 9.00pm, Scots Kirk, Hamilton, Newcastle. Julia WA Folk Federation. PO Box 328, Inglewood, WA, Poet’s Breakfast, Wed. 7,.15am. Wollon- or Arthur, 4955 5701 [email protected], or 6932. Rob Oats 08 9375 9958.www.wafolk.iinet.net.au gong Writers’ Centre, Town Hall, Corrimal St.

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