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Dates For Your Diary Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc Folk News Issue 485 August - September 2017 Dance News

Shellie Morris

folk music dance festivals reviews profiles diary dates sessions opportunities ADVERTISING SIZES Size mm Members Not Mem AUG - SEPT 2017 Full page 210 x 297 $80 $120 Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc 1/2 page 210 x 146 $40 $70 In this issue Post Office Box A182 1/4 page 100 x 146 $25 $50 President's Report p3 Sydney South NSW 1235 1/8 page 100 x 75 $15 $35 Dates for your diary p4 ISSN 0818 7339 ABN 94 115 759 221 Festivals p8 Advertising artwork required by 5th Folk News p9 The Folk Federation of NSW Inc, of each month. Advertisements can Dance News p9 formed in 1970, is a Statewide body be produced by Cornstalk if required. A Brief Dissertation on Italian Folk which aims to present, support, encour- Please contact the editor for enquiries Music p10 about advertising (02) 6493 6758 age and collect folk music, folk dance, Penny Davies & Roger Ilott p12 folklore and folk activities as they All cheques for advertisements and Judy Pinder - a Folk 'Treasure' p13 exist in Australia in all their forms. It inserts to be made payable to the Folk Kieran Halpin p13 Federation of NSW Inc provides a link for people interested 'Hullo Far & Wide' (Peggy Seeger) p14 in the folk arts through its affiliations Cornstalk Editor - Coral Vorbach Tribune article p14 with folk clubs throughout NSW and its PO Box 5195. Cobargo NSW 2550 Folk Contacts p17 counterparts in other States. It bridges 6493 6758 [email protected] all styles and interests to present the Cornstalk is the official publication of If your event misses Cornstalk, Julie folk arts to the widest possible audience. the Folk Federation of NSW. Contribu- Bishop 02 9524 0247, julie@folkfedn- Committee tions, news, reviews, poems, photos sw.org.au can include it in Folkmail, welcome! the weekly email to members. And President: Andy Busuttil don’t forget that as a member you can Vice President: Max Gregory Artwork Specifications. Cornstalk is put information on jam.org.au, where Secretary: Pam Davis 9955 3677 produced using Adobe InDesign. Art- helpful tutorials will guide you. [email protected] work should be supplied in one of the Treasurer: Bruce Cameron 6331 1129 following formats: JPEG, TIFF, EPS, deadline date for October-November [email protected] PNG or PDF. Fonts should be outlined. 2017 12th SEPTEMBER 2017 General Members: Dallas and James Baxter, Artwork MUST be high resolution (at THE next edition of the Folk Fed- Terry Clinton, Sandra Nixon, Brian Gutkin, least 300dpi). eration’s member magazine, Corn- Malcolm Menzies, Kate Maclurcan, No part of Cornstalk may be reproduced stalk, is the October - November Membership/Listser/JAM: without permission of the publishers. edition due out in October. The Wayne Richmond 9939 8802 All care but no responsibility taken for deadline for contributions is 12th [email protected] omissions or errors. September, 2017. Please send in your contributions (articles, re- Others Wrap Co-ordinator James Baxter views, event announcements, 9810 4131 - [email protected] Events – Margaret Walters photos, tunes, opinions, questions Cornstalk Editor – Coral Vorbach etc.), to [email protected] Folkmail – Julie Bishop The Editor The Folk Federation of NSW - Membership Application Form Name/s: Eve phone: Day phone: Address: Mobile: Email:

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2 - The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017 PRESIDENT'S REPORT The Future of The Folk Federation of NSW. This year sees one of the greatest challenges placed in front of the NSW Folk Federation for many years. At the AGM this year the incumbent office-bearers won’t be seeking re- election so replacements will need to be found. All members of the existing committee are hoping that there is sufficient interest amongst the membership to facilitate this. The new Folk Federation of NSW website is going to be launched at the AGM this year. The website will include: • A calendar of events for members to put up their coming events • A page for each member to put up their bios and contact details • A place for information to be shared broadly with the membership • An online training and development facility for members where links can be placed that show any of the multitude of training videos that members may be interested in. • Space for every member who wants to do so to log in and add details. This information will be available for anyone to see but only members will be able to log on and add information. This resource will be available to the new committee and office-bearers and is an exciting advance for the members and one that could revolutionise the role of the incoming committee. It is an exciting innovation and we are hoping that many members come to the AGM to see it. It will be presented on screen so that all attending will be able to see it and see what it contains and what is available for them as members to use. It is especially hoped that some ‘next-generation’ members may be interested in taking up the baton and moving both the Fed- eration and its functions forwards. Notice of meeting including a nomination form will be included in the next edition of Cornstalk following this one. The music industry in Australia, and globally, has seen significant changes over the past two decades essentially driven by media developments. The industry has moved from a time when producing an album was virtually a financial impossibility to this time when so many have home-based studios. It’s moved from the analogue days of vinyl (not to speak of shellac), through tape to CD and now on to digital streaming and mp3’s on flash drives and other portable media. The changes have been rather bewildering. This is the time, more than ever before, for people to network and form association in the interest of getting information, men- toring, advice and getting their product ‘out there’ in the global market. This, more than any other time in history, is when ‘success’ needs to be re-evaluated and where the music industry needs to re-engineer its own future. Artists in the field can either try to do this in isolation in a highly competitive spirit or in the interest of mutuality and collaboration. It is within this overall context that the future of the Federation needs to be considered. The current concept, I believe, needs to be deeply and fundamentally revised. The committees that have taken it to this point have done what they can. It is time for a new generation to come forward and take it into a future that is so much less ‘certain’ and more ‘chaotic’ than that of days gone by. I’ll have the opportunity to put forward some further ideas in the next Cornstalk, which will be my final contribution as President. Talk to you then, enjoy your music and dance in the meantime and look after yourselves and each other. Andy Busuttil

Madison Violet is the multi award-winning Juno- nominated Canadian music duo composed of singer- songwriters Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac. The group has been notable for various folk and pop award nominations and wins.

Their recent single ‘These Ships’ was released on one of the largest dance labels in the U.S., Ultra Records, and has garnered over 1,000,000 plays on Spotify already.

Madison Violet are appearing at the Petersham Madison Violet (Canada) Bowling Club at 8pm on Saturday 23rd September & unplugged at Humph Hall at 3pm on Sunday 24h.

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song or tune for others to join in on. A influenced strongly by the folk rock music Metropolitan few copies of the words would be helpful. of their own musical history. Songwriters You’re welcome to bring a few nibbles; as well as interpreters of Australian folk, August and any of your friends. 2pm. Margaret more than 20 albums, favourites at folk [email protected]. Thursday 3rd August festivals nation wide. + NIQ REEFMAN, Winter Dream Ball Practice. See irrepressible - with songs of beauty, mirth, Avalon Baptist Peace Church. list of dances, and booking link, at camaraderie, inspiration, action, in a world LOOSELY WOVEN, with their brand englishcountrydancesydney.com. The that, in his words, 'craves the social zest of new concert 'Going Home' for Amnesty Church By The Bridge, Kirribilli. 7-9pm. an Irish pub and the hopeful melodies of International. 2 George St. Avalon. 4pm Enq, Margaret Swait margaretswait@ nature'. The Music Lounge, upstairs from Friday 11th August gmail.com 0434 552 532 Mimmo's Pizza, 642 Pittwater Rd, Duke's Place. Australian Songs in Friday 4th August Brookvale. 7.30pm. $25. Tickets at trybooking.com. Jen jenfromtheshack@ concert and session. Lola's Keg Night - a Illawarra Folk Club. PENNY DAVIES yahoo.com.au, Rhonda 0413 635 856. read-through of the play. Presented by and ROGER ILOTT (Qld). + Support the show's creators PP CRANNEY and TBC. City Diggers Wollongong, 82 Eastwood Uniting Church. LOOSELY CHRISTINA MIMMOCCHI. Including Church St. 7.30-10.30 (doors 7pm). $25, WOVEN, with 'Going Home' (named songs that didn't make it into the show. $20. 1300 887 034; illawarrafolkclub.org.au after the beautiful opening song based Bush Music Club, Tritton Hall (Hut 44), on a theme from Dvorak's New World Saturday 5th August Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Symphony) - the first brand new concert Marrickville. 8pm (doors 7.30), followed Beecroft Bush Dance, with BMC for 2017, with 22 instrumentalists by singing session 10-11.30pm (gates close Concert Party. Dances taught and called. and singers. Program will include the midnight). $10, bring contribution for Beecroft Community Centre, Beecroft usual wide variety of items including a supper. Sandra 9358 4886 Rd, cnr Copeland Rd (opp. Fire Stn). number of well known songs. (See list at 7.30-11.30pm. $19, $17, Bush Music Club looselywoven.org.) A free, light-hearted Saturday 12th August members $14 - includes supper. Sigrid folky, acoustic concert/ cabaret. 16 Gaelic Club. INA Irish Ceili with Coast 9980 7077, Wilma 9489 5594 Lakeside Rd. Eastwood. 2pm. Ceili Band, in the evening. 1st Floor, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills. Irish National Winter Dream Ball. Dance list, and Sunday 6th August booking link, at englishcountrydancesyd- Association [email protected]. ney.com. Festive formal attire requested; Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club. period costume admired but not required. Their 30th Birthday! Celebrating with A sprung dance floor; free parking. St an Afternoon Dance, with No Such Thomas’s Anglican church hall, cnr Thing, at Wongawilli Hall; with soup to Church and McLaren Sts, North Sydney. finish the day at 6pm. $10. Enq, Sylvia 7-10.30pm. $35. Enq, Margaret marga- [email protected] 4261 3263, [email protected]. Brian 4296 7780 , with Keith Australian Technology Park. 1917 Central Coast Social Dance Strike! 100 years on. The stories and songs Wood, dance caller and award winning from one of Australia's greatest class Petersham Bowling Club. 'Dead Men dance composer; with a theme of Playford conflicts - with Christina Mimmocchi, Talking' - MAX CULLEN as Henry Dances. East Gosford Progress Hall, cnr Chloe & Jason Roweth, Catherine Golden, Lawson, WARREN FAHEY as Banjo Henry Parry Drive and Wells St, East PP Cranney. Eveleigh Open Day. Daytime. Paterson. The brain child of actor Max Gosford. 7.30-11pm. $12. Enq, Anne Free show! Enq, Christina 0410 682 061, Cullen, and writer, historian and musician Maree [email protected]. [email protected] Warren Fahey, pays homage to the legacies Friday 18th August of Lawson and Paterson, in 90-minutes of Macquarie Towns Music Club. LAURA song, verse and story. The bards meet up in and SUSIE (from Chaika) are sisters, the Leviticus Bar & Grill, Heaven’s Gate, whose songs draw from Celtic and to yarn about old times, changed Americana folk music of their childhood. circumstance, literary legacies, and their Laura’s complex piano compositions, infamous ‘war of words’ in The Bulletin ranging from the epic to light-hearted, Magazine. But first, a set of good old bush complemented by the spellbinding songs and yarns from The Larrikins simplicity of Susie’s gentle folk melodies. (WARREN FAHEY, MARCUS Accordion, piano, violin create a backdrop HOLDEN, GARRY STEEL). 77 for beautiful harmonies. + JAMES Brighton St, Petersham. 6pm. $31. The Shack. NARROWNECKS. Old time O’KEEFFE - country boy at heart, from Bookings, trybooking.com/294148. Enq, string band down under. Traditional 19th Ireland, now living here. His inspiration 9569 4639; thepbc.org.au century fiddle tunes, three-part vocal comes from love, loss, Australian history. harmonies - you will want more. + Engadine Singing Session. The July Jimmy plays with Irish artists and many PENNY DAVIES and ROGER ILOTT session was very pleasant, with 11 people Sydney bands. A variety of music incl. (Qld). Music steeped in tradition yet contributing songs. We all bring a favourite old Irish songs, bush ballads, folk songs,

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trybooking.com/289046. 9569 4639 originals. Neighbourhood Centre, 20 West (to accompany)'. Join us for a night of Market St, Richmond. 7.30-10.30pm. $15, unaccompanied singing in Dave's memory. St Davids Uniting Church. LOOSELY members $10, incl. light supper. 4567 7990 No support. Back Hall, Annandale WOVEN, with their brand new concert Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston 'Going Home'. St David Ave, DY (next to St. 8pm (doors 7.40). $20, $18. BYO, police). 2pm supper available. Sandra 9358 4886, Friday 25th August theloadeddog.org.au Humph Hall. LOOSELY WOVEN, with Humph Hall. SANCHA AND THE 'Going Home' (named after the beautiful BLUE GYPSIES. Doris Day meets opening song based on a theme from Django Reinhardt in this sweet swinging Dvorak's New World Symphony) - the outfit - with a refreshing take on traditional first brand new concert for 2017, with 22 folk, bluegrass, jazz and gospel tunes instrumentalists and singers. Program will and a lifetime of performance experience include the usual wide variety of items between them, a joyous collaboration including a number of well known songs. Illawarra Folk Club. SHELLIE of some of Sydney's most respected (See list at looselywoven.org.) A free, light- MORRIS, multi-award-winning singer musicians. SANCHA PROWSE (vocals, hearted folky, acoustic concert/ cabaret. songwriter, creating songs and singing in mandolin), MARCUS HOLDEN 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Heights. 7pm. around 17 Australian Aboriginal languages. (violin, mandolin, guitar, vocals), GARRY Limited seating, booking recommended. + TROY JUNGAJI BRADY - keeps STEEL (accordion), STAN VALANCES Wayne 9939 8802, [email protected] cultural fires burning through his lyrics and (double bass, guitar). From Leonard Cohen Saturday 26th August music, sharing them around the world. The to Alison Krauss with a hint of Chick Western GuGuYalanji and Birri Gubba Corea: you'll be enthralled! 85 Allambie Humph Hall. LOOSELY WOVEN, songman shares his stories of country, love Rd, Allambie Heights. 7pm. Entry by with 'Going Home'. 85 Allambie Rd, and law in language and through donation. Seating ltd, booking rec. Wayne Allambie Heights. 3pm. Limited seating, contemporary folk/roots music. City 9939 8802, [email protected] booking recommended. Wayne 9939 8802, Diggers Wollongong, 82 Church St. [email protected] Concord Presbyterian Church. 7.30-10.30 (doors 7pm). $25, $20. Enq, New Sydney Ball (newsydneyball.com). LOOSELY WOVEN, with their brand 1300 887 034 Dances will include: Duval’s Lancers, new concert 'Going Home'. Cnr Correys & Queen of Sheba, Australian Ladies, Django Bar. Musica Linda Album Concord Road. 1.30pm Launch, 'City Lights'. Energetic mix of Newcastle. Other fun and challenging original acoustic Cuban dance music with Sunday 20th August dances. Dress: Settlement to Federation. a twist of Mediterranean spice. Beautiful Dances will be recapped or partially songs in Arabic & French, original songs walked though and called. Berowra in Spanish & English, Cuban classics. Community and Cultural Facility, The Violin, flute, guitar with a tight Latin Gully Road, Berowra. Light supper rhythm section & rich vocal harmonies. provided. 7.30-11.30pm. $25 booked, $30 19 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville. 9pm at the door. David 0413 210 789, david@ (doors 6pm). Tickets at stickytickets.com. the-pottery.org au (incl. a copy of the new album, with Troubadour Folk Club. PHIL AND every ticket). Delicious food available. TRUDY EDGELEY (Aust.) Slide guitar, Fully licensed - NO BYO. Under-18s must folk blues and harmonies to die for. Local be with an adult. Enq, Linda Marr linda. and visiting performers welcome. CWA [email protected] 0417 426 684 Petersham Bowling Club. THE Hall, The Boulevard, Woy Woy (opp. DAVIDSON BROTHERS St Andrews Uniting Church. LOOSELY Fisherman’s Wharf). 7-10.30pm. $15, $13, (davidsonbrothersband.com). Sydney WOVEN, with their brand new concert $10. Michael & Ina Fine 4342 6716, mail. launch of new album, ‘All You Need Is 'Going Home'. Chisholm & Vernon Sts, [email protected] Music’ - recorded in Nashville and Sth Turramurra. 7pm featuring 12 new original Bluegrass and Sunday 27th August Saturday 19th August Country tracks. Two of Australia’s most Friend in Hand Hotel. 4th John Dengate The Loaded Dog. (3rd Sat.) 20th successful Bluegrass and Country Memorial Get Together. Join us for an Anniversary of death of Dave Alexander: musicians, with a uniquely Australian afternoon of reminiscing, poetry, songs & with JUDY PINDER and ROARING light-hearted outlook on life. Hamish stories of John. Upstairs, 58 Cowper St, Glebe. FORTIES. Dave was born in Sydney on (fiddle, banjo, guitar, dobro, vocals) and 2-5.30pm. Enq, [email protected]. 28 December 1942. He began singing at Lachie (mandolin, fiddle, guitar, vocals), the age of seven in the Great Synagogue raised in rural Victorian town Yinnar, Choir. He had his own rock band in the began performing and recording in 1998. September early '60s, and (in his own words) did They’ve since toured the US, Europe, Saturday 2nd September 'some jazz, blues and a lot of folk'. He appeared in Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Beecroft Bush Dance, with Sydney sang 'unaccompanied, basically because toured their band across Australia. 77 Coves. Dances taught and called. Beecroft I couldn't find an instrument I wanted Brighton St. 6pm. $21. Bookings, Community Centre, Beecroft Rd, cnr

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUS - SEPTEMBER 2017 5 Copeland Rd (opp. Fire Stn). 7.30- Saturday 9th September Bridie Burke and Cory Clarke (Irish and 11.30pm. $19, $17, Bush Music Club Central Coast Social Dance, with Newfoundland tunes), Margaret and Bob members $14 - includes supper. Sigrid JOHN SHORT, popular caller and award Fagan, Margaret Walters, Séamus Gill. 9980 7077, Wilma 9489 5594 winning dance composer. Program will 1st Floor (there is a lift), 64 Devonshire Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, include some of John's favourite dances. St, Surry Hills (just near Central). 2.30 Bluegrass Workshops. TOMMY All welcome! East Gosford Progress for 3pm. Enq 9557 3248, czburke43@ CHANDLER (USA) - Guitar; and Hall, cnr Henry Parry Drive & Wells optusnet.com.au Dave Hellens - Bluegrass Banjo. Both St. 7.30-11pm. $12. Enq, Anne Maree Sunday 17th September workshops 1-5pm, in upstairs hall. From [email protected]. 7.45pm, Sydney Bluegrass and Old-Time Dance Workshop - Jim Hemphill's Music Get-together concert (in back Gaelic Club. INA Irish Ceili with JIMMY Contras, with caller Keith Wood. Main hall) will feature special guest, Rachel MULLARKEY CEILI BAND, in Hall, Pennant Hills Community Centre, 70 Eddy (fiddler and singer from West the evening. Gaelic Club, 1st Floor, 64 Yarrara Rd. 2-5pm. $5. Water, tea, coffee Virginia; US guest at this year's Kelly Devonshire St, Surry Hills. Irish National available. Dinner together afterwards at Country Pick), along with Peter Hisco Association [email protected]. Hotel Pennant Hills. Keith 0420 913 934 and other friends; also Tommy and Dave. Sunday 10th September Saturday 23rd September Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 The Loaded Dog. ECOPELLA Johnston St. $8, $6 BTCMSA members. (ecopella.org), an environmental choir Enq, Mark [email protected]; that sings about the beauty of our world bluegrassoldtimeaustralia.org.au and the struggle to protect it from Friday 8th September exploitation and degradation. Their strong environmental message encourages positive change in people's thoughts and actions. + BOD - singer of shanties & other folk songs (support). Back Hall, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St. 8pm (doors 7.40). $20, $18. BYO, supper available. Sandra 9358 4886, theloadeddog.org.au Troubadour Folk Club. Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club in a Special Performance at the Troubadour. Return of a great tradition. Local and visiting performers welcome. CWA Hall, The Boulevard, Woy Woy (opp. Fisherman’s Humph Hall. MARIA LINDSAY and DANIEL ROJAS. Maria - chamber Wharf). 7-10.30pm. $15, $13, $10. musician, tertiary teacher - frequently Michael & Ina Fine 4342 6716, mail. Duke's Place. Australian Songs in concert appears as soloist, and guest concertmaster, [email protected] and session. STEVE WILSON with Sydney orchestras, incl. many Petersham Bowling Club. MADISON (concertinaman.net), one of the finest performances of stunning Violin Concerto VIOLET (Canada). When Brenley exponents in Australia of song dedicated to her by Tommy Tycho. Daniel MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac join their accompanied by concertina, a hugely has an interest in the music of Latin voices together, they sound like celestial popular instrument in its heyday. Steve is America; first prizes as composer; sisters, blending symbiotically in a kind of on a personal quest to restore appreciation commissions from MSO, SYO, Prima heavenly harmony. This highly-acclaimed of this wonderful little instrument. Eclectic Musica Philharmonic Orchestra of Ghent, Canadian Folk/Pop/Americana duo mix of trad & contemporary folk, pop, Belgium, many more. They first worked are skilled singer songwriters, brilliant country, jazzy, bluesy & original material. together when he performed his Piano multi-instrumentalists, sublime vocal Bush Music Club, Tritton Hall (Hut 44), Concerto no. 1 with North Sydney harmonisers. In 17 years together they Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Symphony, Maria as Concertmaster. Here, have won many awards, released 8 albums, Marrickville. 8pm (doors 7.30), followed the most enduring music for violin and and toured constantly, delighting audiences by singing session 10-11.30pm (gates close piano - incl. Elgar, Khachaturian; tangos and critics worldwide with engaging midnight). $10, bring contribution for etc. by Daniel. 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie performances and brilliant musicianship. supper. Sandra 9358 4886 Heights. 3pm. Limited seating, booking 77 Brighton St, Petersham. 8pm. $26. Troubadour Café! Join in, or just sit back recommended. Wayne 9939 8802, Bookings, trybooking.com. 9569 4639 and enjoy some amazing local performers. [email protected] Humph Hall. MADISON VIOLET A great night promised. Singers, musicians Gaelic Club. Colleen Z Burke’s memoir, (CANADA). This highly-acclaimed, and music lovers from beginners to 'The Human Heart is a Bold Traveller', multi award-winning Canadian Folk/ advanced welcome. CWA Hall, Woy Woy, will be launched by Maree Delofski. Pop/Americana duo are skilled 2-4.30pm. Enq, Hugh 0402 529 474, mail. You are invited! Entertainment includes: singer songwriters, brilliant multi- [email protected] instrumentalists, sublime vocal

6 - The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017 harmonisers. They delight audiences Sunday 20th August CHRISTINA MIMMOCCHI, CHLOE & critics worldwide with engaging Music at Sacred Spaces. Sydney Balalaika & JASON ROWETH, CATHERINE performances and brilliant musicianship. Orchestra, directed by Victor Serghie, GOLDEN, PP CRANNEY. 1 McKell 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Hts. 3pm. will perform a 'Siberian Adventure' - Place. Enq, Christina 0410 682 061, Limited seating, booking recommended. with Russian vocalists and a dazzling [email protected] Wayne 9939 8802, [email protected] instrumental performance on original Contra Dance, with CANBERRA instruments. Sisters of Mercy Convent CONTRA CLUB. Canberra Baptist Chapel, Queen St, Singleton. 2pm. $30 Church hall, Currie Cres, Kingston. 8pm. Regional and ACT ($5, school student), incl. afternoon tea. $14 members, $18 others. Linda 0437 350 Booking, sacredspaces.org.au/events. Enq, 254, [email protected] AUGUST 2017 6572 2398, [email protected] Saturday 5th August Yuin Folk Club. Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Kieran Halpin (Ireland) 2pm September Club. Interclub concert party from Cobargo Hotel (Back Room) Troubadour Central Coast Folk Club. Saturday 2nd September Saturday 26th August Wesley Centre Hall, 150 Beaumont St, Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club. Hamilton (opp. Exchange Hotel). $15, Stringloaded. Wesley Centre Hall, 150 $12, Members $10, under-17s free. Beaumont St, Hamilton (opp. Exchange newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.au Hotel). $15, $12, Members $10, under-17s free. Saturday 12th August Canberra Colonial Ball. Enq, Linda 0437 North Arm Cove. LOOSELY WOVEN, 350 254, [email protected] with their brand new concert 'Going Saturday 30th September Home'. North Arm Cove Hall. 3pm. Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Sunday 13th August Club. Bush Dance with Kent Daniels Tea Gardens. LOOSELY WOVEN, with and Bushfire Band. Wesley Centre Hall, Goulburn Tradies. 1917 Strike! 100 years their brand new concert 'Going Home'. 150 Beaumont St, Hamilton. $15, $12, on. The stories and songs from one of Palm Lake Resort. 1pm. Members $10, under-17s free. Australia's greatest class conflicts - with

Wentworth Falls Regency Weekend & Ball September 16-17 2017

Dance workshop & costumed Ball, includes Regency period hot & cold supper, $50. All dances taught & called. Visit historic properties Sat & Sun am

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The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUS - SEPTEMBER 2017 7 Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival Holly Downes (double bass) plus more, Some great performers already booked covering a range of stringed instruments festivals and events for 20th-22nd October: see website. and styles. People are welcome to at- There will also be a Koori Camp, with tend on any stringed instrument, includ- 2017 local Indigenous performers, a Kids' ing keyboard, in addition to vocals and Festival, with continuous craft and dance. The focus is on learning by ear 15th - 17th September 2017 performers just for kids, plus a new and sharing approaches to traditional The Turning Wave Dedicated Youth Venue. music from a diverse range of genres. www.turningwave.org.au Super Earlybird Tickets are on sale Scottish fiddle great Alasdair Fraser is 22nd - 24th September 2017 now! Until 31st August, buy a week- the Artistic Director along with Aus- Folk By The Sea end ticket for just $90 - a saving of tralian chamber folk trio, The String www.folkbythesea.com.au $20 on the gate price. Ticket prices at Contingent's Chris Stone. People of all 1300 887 034 kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com.au, and ages, playing levels and musical experi- secure online booking through South ences welcome. 29th September - 2nd October 2017 Coast Tickets, with no booking fee! 47th Uranquinty Folk Festival A number of partial scholarships are available & applications are open until http://www.uranquintyfolk.com/ Gulgong Folk Festival 31st Aug. See stringmaniacamp.com/ 20th - 22nd October The Gulgong Folk Festival is definitely scholarships for details. Stringmania Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival happening, 29th to 31st December, runs from Oct 1-8 at Arrabri Lodge, www.kangaroovalleyfolkfestival. 2017! The Bushwackers are the head- Warburton, Vic. Enq, Melody O’Meara, com.au/ line act. Celebrating their 46th year, The Stringmania Committee Chair, 0419 Bushwackers are Australia’s best known 617 782, [email protected]; 10th - 12th November, 2017 bush band. They play proudly Austral- or Chris Stone 0434 993 973, thestring- Majors Creek Festival ian music, much of which is based on [email protected]. majorscreekfestival.org traditional folk and working songs from 29th - 31st December the early 20th Century. They will give Gulgong Folk Festival a concert on 30th December followed www.gulgongfolkfestival.net.au/ by the ever popular bush dance on New Year’s Eve. 18th - 21st January, 2018 Also booked so far are Gleny Rae Vi- Illawarra Folk Festival rus, Whiskey Dram, Henk Groot - and, www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au/ for the third year in a row playing at the 27th Dec 2017 - 2nd January 2018 Festival, Josh Maynard - former Aus- Woodford Folk Festival tralian under-18s busking champion and winner of the GFF guitar competition. woodfordfolkfestival.com There will also be sessions and more: 2nd - 4th March 2018 the poet’s breakfast, a range of tradi- Cobargo Folk Festival tional workshops, a guitar competition www.cobargofolkfestival.com and blackboard concerts for up and (note change of date) coming performers. There is also the popular John Dengate Political Satire Songwriting Competition, where aspir- Festivals ing satirists tip their hat to the late great Folk By The Sea Australian Son John Dengate and his There are lots of performers booked for sharp witted approach to song writing. the festival at Kiama, 22-24th Septem- Days and nights filled with music and ber. On Friday & Saturday, they include fun culminate in a great New Year's Bruce Watson, Fred Smith Band with Eve celebration! (Please note that the Liz Frencham & Carl Pannuzzo, Jane illustration next to the GFF item in June Thompson & James Rigby, Joe & Har- July Cornstalk was a poster for last mony's Trippy Hippy Band, No Such year's Festival.) Thing, Reedy River Show, Ryebuck Bush Band, Senor Cabrales, Redfern Enq, 0404 396 153, macqent@gmail. Shanty Club, + many, many more. com; gulgongfolkfestival.net.au. Sunday performances, in Hindmarsh Stringmania Park, & the Bowling Club, & featuring Stringmania is a traditional music camp good local folk music artists, are free. featuring high profile and up and com- Early Bird two-day (Friday, Saturday) ing tutors including Alasdair Fraser (fid- are on sale until midnight on 19th dle), Natalie Haas (cello), Adam Suther- September: eg adult tickets $60; $75 at land (fiddle), Kavisha Mazzella (song), the gate. Program, performers, tickets Michael Bryan (accompaniment), Greg & other details at folkbythesea.com.au. Sheehan (rhythm), Paddy Montgomery Bookings also avail. on 1300 887 034. (fiddle, kemençe) with George Vardakis,

8 - The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017 the entrance. Sunday afternoon our unofficial wind down is enjoying folk news drinks and a roaring fire at the historic Carrington hotel in the afternoon, in a grand Victorian ambience. There is also a Folk Alliance Australia splendid dining room available for lunch. Membership Drive. In July, August and September FAA offers extra benefits to members who join or renew over For further information please visit regencyweekendandball- this period: folkalliance.org.au/order-membership. Through wentworthfalls31.yolasite.com. On Facebook - Wentworth partnership with AON you get 3 months free Public Li- Falls Regency Weekends. Or contact Caroline 0439 314 948, ability Insurance! 15 months membership for the price of 12 where you can leave a message. months! Other benefits are listed on the website. 'A Star in Our Midst' The FAA Conference will be held in Australian Music Week Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club committee would (australianmusicweek.com), 1-3 November, in Cronulla like to congratulate Margaret Kenning, who received a very (southern Sydney). There will be panels, Q&A sessions, prestigious award at this year's Celtic Festival at Glen Innes, showcasing, workshops. for her many years of service as a volunteer and organiser Applications have opened for the Folk Alliance Small of dance activity to the community. Margaret has been Grants Scheme - for projects taking place between Septem- involved with multiple dance disciplines and for a very long ber 2017 and April 2018. There are grants of $2,500 each, time. Congratulations Margaret - a very well deserved award for up to 4 projects. Applicants must be FAA members. Full and thank you for your efforts. – NHVFC's Folk E News. details, including application form, are on the FAA website, (In Newcastle, for Welsh, Cornish and Manx Dancing on folkalliance.org.au, from the end of July. Mondays (7.30-9.30pm), English Country Dancing on 3rd or 4th Saturdays (2-3.30pm), or Bush Dancing on 3rd Sundays Music Australia Roundtable (3-5pm), contact Margaret, 4952 1327, westwick1@dodo. From Ruth Hazelton, re Hands Off Radio National Music: com.au!) "We are thrilled to announce that we have been invited to represent Australia’s niche music industries and this Dancing in Newcastle campaign at the upcoming Music Australia Roundtable " It While we're on the subject: there is also Irish Set Danc- will be held at Customs House, Circular Quay, 1-3 August. ing, with regular classes every Tuesday (Feb to mid-Dec), Tickets at musicaustralia.org.au. 7.15-9.15pm, at The Place - Charlestown Community Centre, cnr Frederick and Ferris Sts. Beginners learn the steps and movements from 7.15pm. Contact Arthur Kingsland or Julia Smith, 4955 5701, [email protected], web users.tpg. dance news com.au/juliasm/Irish-Dance. There is Medieval Dancing on Saturdays, 3.30-5.30pm, at All Saints Parish Hall, Cromwell Regency Weekend and Jane Austen Ball St, New Lambton. Contact Diane 0418 118 758, dianer- Warm up with Spring in the Blue Mountains,16-17 Septem- [email protected]. And there is Greek Dancing - with ber. This year we explore dances over the period of Jane lessons on Wednesdays 6.30-8.30pm, at Hippocrates Hall, 30 Austen’s lifetime 1775-1817, with a couple of earlier and Crebert St, Mayfield. Contact Irini Kassas 0411 795 766, hip- Playford dances for good measure. All dances will be taught [email protected]. And for Scottish Dancing - it's at the workshop - Saturday, 2-5pm, with Caroline Barrell - or everywhere! -rscds.org.au/_mgxroot/page_10848.html gives the basics learnt, and called at the Ball that evening (7 for details. It's in Adamstown on Fridays, 7.30pm; contact Ros 7.30pm), while you dance to the music of Mr Wentworth’s McKie 4926 1840 or Allyn Douglas 4023 1356. Fancy, at Wentworth Falls School of Arts. Canberra Colonial Ball Once again Naomi Doherty will be presiding over the prepa- The 36th annual Colonial Ball, presented by The Monaro ration of a sumptuous hot and cold supper, with Gluten Free, Folk Society, will be held on Saturday 2nd September at Lactose Free, Soy Free and Vegan options. So at that table the the Albert Hall in Canberra. Music will be by The Heritage scones are made with gluten free flour and coconut cream, Ensemble Band, led by David Johnson, with Heather Clarke and the cream is whipped Nuttelex and coconut cream. calling. The Heritage Ensemble Band has made regular ap- On Saturday morning the historic 1830s Woodford Academy pearances at MFS dances over recent years; while Heather is open for visitors- details available on the Regency Week- Clarke, an accomplished dance historian, is widely regarded end website; $8 will cover adult entry, and tour. Refreshments as one of Australia’s leading dance callers. are available there including a light lunch. This year we celebrate the Centenary of the Trans-Australian Sunday morning we can have hot chocolate made to an Railway. Dance back in time and wear something sumptuous, historic recipe at The Gingerbread House, Katoomba. This funny, elegant, unconventional, inspired by the many people, venue is the creation of Leura’s famous Jodie of Josophan’s including federal politicians, theatrical performers and mem- chocolates who is a world class chocolatier, and is in an bers of the royal family who travelled on the line. historic church. The cost is $10 for Hot Chocolate plus a Bel- Welcome drinks from 7.30pm with dancing from 8pm to gian chocolate brownie or chocolate date and ginger scone midnight. with jam and cream. Tickets include a fully catered supper (so NO tickets at the Sunday activities are suggested, at your own discretion: visit door). There are Early Bird tickets until 8th August. See web- Leuralla house (1914, Frank Lloyd Wright) and toy museum, site, mfs.org.au/wiki/index.php/Colonial_Ball. Mt Victoria museum, or the Blackheath Antique Emporium housed in the 1915 Victory theatre, which features a café at For billeting, contact Antonella, [email protected].

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUS - SEPTEMBER 2017 9 A Brief Dissertation on Italian Folk Music by Danilo Sidari Each Nation, each Region I would say, owns its specific ly represents the opposite of the so called “musica colta” (the music heritage and Italy does not make an exception to the educated music), the music fixed on a pentagram, the music rule. As in other countries, in Italy, “musica popolare” (Folk of the nobles, of the Church, of the wealthy class. music) is the final outcome of a stratification, over centuries, From the moment it is created, it becomes the property of of the personality, of the spirit, of the customs of the lower the entire community and has a style that doesn’t reflect the classes. “Popolare” is an adjective which has two meanings: personality of a single composer but marked by general char- it refers to “popolo” (people, folk, low class) but it also refers acteristics of the time and place where it originated. As it was to someone or something “popolare” (popular, well known). usually transmitted orally, different versions of the same song Italian folk music can have the structure of a song or can can be found due to the transmission from one generation to be purely instrumental. In both cases it is closely related to the next, in different areas, in different historical situations, specific occurrences of the life of the community expressing with different dialects or simply due to different performers. feelings, celebrations, birth, engagements, marriages, funer- Italian folk songs can be sorted by two main criteria. The als, work, struggles and so on. first one is geographical. There are three main geographical Being a spontaneous expression, Italian folk music is usually groups: North Italy, Centre-South Italy, Sardinia. In the fol- anonymous, does not have an identified author and historical- lowing table I have listed the main differences:

North Italy Centre-South Italy Sardinia Influenced by Northern Europe folk Influenced by Arab and Middle East Archaic reminiscences music folk music One note per syllable Many notes per syllable Choral execution Single execution Single or choral execution. Rhythm is fixed Rhythm is mainly free Divided in strophes Mainly absence of strophes Only two types of singing, mutu e mutettu Voice is deep, low Voice is high, loud, almost yelled Choral voices deep, single voice is very high, so called “falsetto” Instruments: mouth harmonica, concer- Bagpipe, ocarina, accordion, fife, Concertina, guitar, launeddas (pipes- tina, guitar, violin, fife, mandolin mandolin, tambourine, rhythmic guitar, flute), ciaramella marranzano

The second criteria is related to themes and recurrences. Ritual songs: are usually songs related to the agricultural world, the seasons, the cycle of Nature from which the farm- We have songs related to childhood, er’s life is influenced. They are sung at ritual celebrations and love songs, ritual songs, songs re- are often intertwined with religious festivities but can also lated to various annual celebrations, have very ancient pagan origins and recurrences such as the work songs, social and political beginning of Spring, the harvest, the end of the hard working songs. Generally, all of these songs day and also to avoid the malevolent spirits. have the aim to unify whoever is singing them, to make them feel part of a community. Works songs: very popular songs related to the lives of peas- Work and religious songs are the most evident and frequent ants, shepherds, fishermen, textile and rice pickers, coach- examples but also childhood and love songs that passed from men. These songs expressed the discomfort and fatigue of generation to generation contributing to the handed down vi- heavy working conditions and can also be a relief of those sions of the World and its values. hard conditions. Some help to coordinate the moves of par- ticular activities and as such are very rhythmic. Childhood songs (ninna nanna; filastrocca) Social and political songs: these are a specific type of song Ninna nanna: used to put a child to sleep but often also a tool containing different characteristics from the traditional folk for women to express their feelings and problems. songs. As they are an expression of protest against poverty Filastrocca: used to teach and hard working conditions they do have analogies with the children numbers, days of work songs. They were born on the wave of the struggles of the week, names and char- the 19th Century against hard working conditions as well as acteristics of animals and at compulsory army service, marginalisation, wars, jail and are times what they are allowed seen as an instrument of the power against the poor people. to do or not to do. Filastroc- Trench warfare songs: written by soldiers of World War I as ca is usually very rhythmic an instrument to fight the inhuman conditions of the trenches, and include movements to to enhance solidarity as well as re-affirm one’s own identity. help the child develop coor- dination. A separate chapter is represented by Italian folk instrumen- Marranzano tal music. In the majority of cases it is tied up with dance in

10 - The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017 welcomed influences by Celtic atmosphere with recorded songs such as Mary Hamilton & The trees they do grow high. I will spend a few extra words for Angelo Branduardi and Fabrizio De Andrè (’80), Tazenda and Modena City Ram- blers (’90), Vinicio Capossela (’00). Angelo Branduardi: a classically trained musician, began with progressive rock but soon diverted into re-interpreted medieval, Renaissance and Celtic music and songs. His top peak of contamination is reached in 1985 with the album Branduardi sings Yeats. He utilised violin, harps, sitar, banjo, lute along with electric bass guitar and drums. Launeddas Fabrizio De Andrè: published the album Creuza de mä in festivities such as marriages, religious celebrations, village 1984, completely sung in the Ligurian dialect (more accu- celebrations. The dance channels physical and psychic relief rately an ancient Genoese colloquial richness of words no and represents an opportunity of socialisation and at times longer used, imported from the Arab-Turk languages). Before courtship. recording, De Andrè went on a sailing cruise for several * * * * * * * * months with Mauro Pagani, searching sonorities and instru- It is complicated today, in Italy and generally in the Western ments of the Mediterranean shores. In the album one can hear civilisation to speak about the “musica popolare”, the folk the Turkish shannaj and the Neapolitan mandolin, the Greek music as the music of the lower class separated by the “mu- bouzuki and the Sardinian flute, the Arab lute and the Mac- sica colta”, the music of the dominant class. edonian gaida. The album, despite being out of any marketing expectation, was internationally successful. De Andrè gained Diffusion of mass media contributed heavily to the contami- respect from artists such as Leonard Cohen and Wim Wenders nation if not disappearance of folk traditions. Industrialisa- and opened the Italian doors to ethno-folk music. tion, urbanisation and the huge migration from the rural areas to the cities also contributed to the disappearance of rural and Tazenda: in 1988 Gigi Camedda, Gino Marielli and Andrea local traditions which had basically formed the repertoire of Parodi formed the Tazenda, one of the first Italian ethno-rock folk music. bands, representative of Sardinia in the World. Their unique style blends the sound of Launeddas (considered the oldest However, starting from the ‘60ies a huge effort has been made reed instrument in the Mediterranean area) with the tenor to collect, catalogue, write and record Italian folk music by style of singing blended with the “falsetto” voices accompa- specific groups of intellectuals and musicians. nied by electric guitars, bass and drums. In 1964 with the Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano (Ivan Della Modena City Ramblers: in 1991 a group of friends from Mea, Gualtiero Bertelli, Paolo Pietrangeli, Giovanna Marini, Emilia-Romagna founded the Modena Giovanna Daffini) based in Torino, the work of research, writ- City Ramblers, a band that signifi- ing and interpretation/recording of North Italy traditional folk cantly influenced the folk-rock Italian music began. scene of the latest years. Their first In the same period in Napoli the Nuova Compagnia di album Combat folk is a kind of Memo- Canto Popolare randum of Understanding of their future musical project and a fusion (Eugenio Bennato, Giovanni Mauriello, Peppe Barra, Roberto between the Combat Rock from the De Simone, Fausta Vetere, Patrizio Trampetti) was formed British band The Clash and interna- and began to carry out similar research. tional folk music. Their repertoire Meanwhile, regionally, a number of musicians endorsed the spans from Irish traditional songs to research and recording of local folk music: Roberto Balocco Italian political hymns, Partisan chants (Piemonte), Nanni Svampa (Lombardia), Lino Toffolo (Vene- like Bella ciao re-arranged in an Irish to), Roberto Murolo (Campania), Matteo Salvatore (Puglia), flair. Combat folk will become a social Otello Profazio (Calabria), the band Kunsertu (Sicilia) and and political style. Later MCR will Maria Carta (Sardegna). welcome sounds from South America, Morocco, Palestine and South Africa Ciaramella In addition, there were several examples of “imports” of and will become the inspiration for foreign folk music with accurately translated and recordings several new Italian folk-ethnic-rock bands. of covers such as Dove andranno i nostri fiori cover of Where have all the flowers gone by P. Seeger, Ma sto pagando cover Vinico Capossela is a songwriter and singer who made clear of There but for fortune by Phil Ochs and Stewball by Lead from the beginning of his wish to write or re-interpreting Belly interpreted by the band Pooh not to mention several international popular folk dance. As such his repertoire spans songs by Bob Dylan interpreted by the band The Kings (from Tango to Fandango, Gigo Occitaine to Mazurka, Mornas (Isle Milano), just to name a few. of Capo Verde) to Puglia’s Taranta, Mexican Zapateado to Mambo (central America). In 2012 he released his album Later in the 70s, 80s & 90s several Italian songwriters & sing- inspired by the Greek folklore Rebetiko Gymnastas. ers were influenced by North American authors. In the ‘70ies for example Francesco Guccini produced his first album Folk (edited by Charmaine Belfanti) Beat n. 1, Edoardo Bennato blended Country music, tarantella Born in Italy, Danilo Sidari is 60. In 1995 he moved to and rock, Fabrizio De Andrè translated French George Bras- Australia. Author & singer, he now lives in Sydney where he sens, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, Angelo Branduardi, works in the promotion of Italian culture. Penny Davies & Roger Ilott Penny & Roger have been writing and singing songs that are truly Australian. Millions of Aus- tralians hear and love their songs every week on Ian McNamara's “Australia All Over” ABC Radio show. They have released 16 albums since their debut album, Restless, in 1983 - all feature “trademark clean tight vocals, excellent musicianship & high production values.” (Lonnie Martin, Folk Rag) They have been featured artists at numerous festivals around Australia, most recently the Woodford Folk Festival, the National Folk Festi- val, the Illawarra Folk Festival & the Jondaryan Heritage Festival.

Reviews "Imagine if the Byrds had managed to persuade Linda Ronstadt to be their lead singer - or imagine if Sandy Denny had gone to California and formed a band with Clarence White.... Imagine a voice that combines elements of Linda (passion and warmth) and Sandy (folk credibility and depth) and you have the voice of PENNY DAVIES. Yet she sounds very much like herself - her voice is uniiquely her own - with no false notes, no "bunged on" Texas twang or finger- in-the-ear earnestness. Combined this with the brilliant musicianship and arranging/production skills of the Byrdsian ROGER ILOTT - and the songwriting and perfect song selection they both bring to all their work - you can't IMAGINE anything more powerful, yet sensitive. It's folk and rock - with elements of country. It's poetry with power. It's humour and it's very Australian - yet with universal appeal..... Imagine...... !" - says a long-term fan "I could listen to them sing the telephone book" - noted folklorist, Alan Scott "Two of Australias great folk artists" - ABC radio presenter David Mulhallen “You are great performers and I can give you the greatest compliment - you are as Australian as you can get.” - Dick Smith, Australian entrepreneur & adventurer “When Macca plays you the country listens. This Stanthorpe duo has really set up a cottage industry with their prolific series of folk albums…wonderfully authentic and descriptive songs of Australia .” - Rick Jenner, Capitol News "In concert the duo enthral audiences of all ages with their natural warmth and humour and sparkling acoustic arrangements, using guitars, banjo and mandolin. Their wide repertoire contrasts powerful and moving songs of the Australian landscape and its people with light-hearted glimpses of the Australian character. They provide an amazing view of Australia and Austral- ians, with no hint of a lesson in geography, people or social issues. And yet their material is almost entirely based on those subjects theres no hype or showbiz airs and graces about the couple, theyre calm and competent performers who deliver a provocative and thoroughly entertaining show." - Bauxite Bulletin

Colleen Z Burke’s memoir Focus on Folk 6-7pm 1st Saturday The Human Heart is a Bold Traveller

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on Sunday 10 September 2017 – 2.30 for 3 pm 5 August John celebrates 50 yrs of the magic of Fairport Convention at the Gaelic Club, 1st Floor, (there is a lift) 2 September Paul Jackson's choices 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills (just near Central) Anyone with a CD they would like to add to the library Enq: [email protected] collection for consideration for airplay please forward to: 02 9557 3248, Focus on Folk, Post Office Box A182, Sydney South 1235 [email protected] N.B. Focus on Folk is also streamed on FineMusicFM.com

Entertainment incl: Bridie Burke & Cory Clarke, Irish & New- foundland tunes, Margaret & Bob Fagan + Margaret Walters.

12 - The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017 Judy Pinder - A Folk 'Treasure' Judy Pinder was born with performance in her blood. Her father’s family migrated to Australia in 1939, from the Pinder Circus family, famous in Europe, and indeed her grand- father was a trapeze artist – part of a family act, known as the Flying Pinders. Tightrope walkers and acrobats abound in the family – although Judy prefers to keep her feet firmly on the ground. Her mother’s family came from the counties of Wexford and Meath. Her father, mother and grandparents were all accomplished singers, and she began singing in concerts at the age of fourteen. After time out to raise a family, Judy returned to the stage in 1982 and her first love – traditional music. She worked with the award-winning folk band, Loaded Dog, on the South coast of NSW over a period of ten years. She moved to Sydney in 1987, becoming part of the folk scene there, working both solo and in various configura- tions with other folk artists. She formed Triantán in 1993 which came out of both a deep involvement in the Sydney folk sessions and a fortuitous coming together of people with similar interests. Her interest in the Irish language and the sean-nós style of singing and a desire to make people aware that in these lie the origins of many of Australia’s folk songs (many of which are directly derived from Irish, Scottish and English songs of the era) inspired their material. Triantan have recorded two well-received CDs – “Triantan” and “Turn Again”. She released her first album – “Foreign Shore”, in 1996. The title, she says, was inspired by an odd dichotomy that exists in her family – the realization that, just as her families had come to a foreign country – Australia, so their home countries were equally foreign to her when she returned. Judy completed an BVA (Hons) degree in printmaking at the National Art School in 2004 and in 2009 took an exhibition of prints to Ireland as part of Gaelic Week where she also recorded the final tracks of her second CD, “No More Songs”, released in 2012 and which is a mix of traditional and more contemporary pieces. She now lives on the far south coast of NSW.

Kieran Halpin In the last 38 years Kieran Halpin has recorded 20 albums, two live DVD’s and published three songbooks with 50 songs per book. He is rightly regarded as one of the hardest working musicians with upwards of 160 shows per year. Halpin is a successful songwriter with many of his songs covered by other artist including Dolores Keane, The Battlefield,Vin Garbutt, Niamh Parsons, Ilse De Lange, Geraldine McGowan, Chris Jones, The John Wright Band and countless others. Halpin’s songs are performed in clubs, pubs and concert halls throughout the world. His albums are eagerly awaited by fans and media alike and never fail to generate superlatives. Never one to stand still, Halpin has always looked for new and innovative ways to present his songs. It is this fresh approach which has seen him record albums of varying styles all around the world – from a tiny studio in London, to Nashville, Tennes- see, from Dublin to Sydney and even in his own garage! 2017 sees the release of Halpin’s latest CD – Doll. It contains 11 new songs and was recorded and produced by legendary German producer Manfred Leuchter. Also featured are Manfred on accordion and piano, Yogi Jockusch on percussion, Antoine Puetz on bass and Ian Melrose on guitar and dobro. Whilst his albums are always something to look forward to, it is live on stage where Halpin makes his mark. Powerful, passionate, intimate and intense – he is impossible to ignore. His voice has such an edge to it that he sounds like he’s living every song. He manages to marry his intelligent and often thought provoking lyrics with great melodies and his now trademark acoustic guitar sound. All of this is underscored by an incisive wit and surprising humour, - very sardonic and dry – which helps an audience understand where the songs come from and hint at where they might be going. A unique writer and performer, his work is as individual as Billy Joel, Neil Finn, Joni Mitchell, Paul Brady or John Martyn. Kieran will be appearing at the Yuin Folk Club at 2pm on Sunday 20th August (Cobargo Hotel).

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUS - SEPTEMBER 2017 13 Hello far and wide I’m not superstitious but I always travel with my Pendant. I’ve had it for thirty years. It’s not valuable in de- sign (folk) or in composition (cheap silver). It warms my heart when I clutch it as the plane takes off and lands, when I’m on long motor- way trips or in stressful situations. It holds some of the ashes of my mother, father and husband. On Monday 3rd July (my mother’s birthday) I left it in a tray at Aberdeen airport security. I’m bereft. I’m crying. I’m un- safe. On Monday I night I phone Lost and Found at Aberdeen airport. No pendant, but they’ll phone if it’s found. Same again on Tuesday and Wednesday. Overcome with imprecations against a supposed thief-at- large, I send out to Facebook and Friends with a drawing of the little object. Friday, friend of a friend has a friend who has a friend who works in Aberdeen airport, who does a deep detective job at Lost and Found. Mother, father, husband have been sitting there for a day or two. It’s back and around my neck. A storm in a teacup, I know - but it’s my teacup. And it couldn’t have been found without you. Mother, father, husband and I are grateful to those who passed the message on to, apparently, over 19,000 Facebookers. Especially grateful to the new friend who went out to the airport, picked it up and sent it to me. Glad to have been in contact with all of you. Faith in humanity restored. By the way - I'm going out on tour between October and De- cember. It would be lovely to see some of you along the way. Thanks again. Peggy Seegar (From Danny Watson)

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16 - The CORNSTALK Gazette AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017 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. 12 Wilshire Ave, ■Inner West Chamber Choir, Leichhardt, led by Homer St 10am-noon. Debbie 4294 1363. 0427 315 245 Cronulla South. 7.30 - 10pm 7.30-10 pm. $4 (1st night Rachelle Elliott. 9797 1917. [email protected]. Scottish Country Dancing for beginners, with ‘Scots free). Beginners most welcome. Partners not necessary. ■Intonations. Manly, led by Karen Smith, 0415 221 113, on the Rocks’, Fort St Public School, Observatory Hill, 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 AUGUS - SEPTEMBER 2017 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 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2017 COOMA, International Folk Dancing, Uniting Church Kenning 4952 1327. Email: [email protected] ACROSS THE BORDER Hall, Soho St, Thurs, 6pm. Fran 6453 3282 (h) The Beehive, as requested. 8 Lewis St, Is- ACT DUBBO FOLK CLUB, Usually 2nd Sunday, 2.30pm, lington. Neville Cunningham 4969 4246. Monaro Folk Society Inc, Post Office Box 482 Civic Western Star Hotel All welcome. Di Clifford 6882 0498 0458 032 150 NOWRA: Square, ACT 2608. 0409 817 623 [email protected] GOSFORD BUSH POETS - last Wednesday Balkan and International Folk Dance, Mon, 7.30pm, http://mfs.org.au/wiki/index.php/Calendar. night of every month 7pm. The Gosford Hotel, cnr of Cambewarra Hall. Suzi Krawczyk 4446 0569, plotki@ Jammalong at Up-Opping. 1st Sat, 10am-2pm. Mann & Erina Sts Gosford. Everyone welcome to share shoal.net.au Church of Christ, 82-88 Limestone Ave, Ainslie. Free in night of fun, friendship and great poetry. Contact Vic International Folk Dance, Progress Hall, Boorawine parking. Refreshments for sale. Jefferies, 02 96394911 or [email protected] Tce, Callala Bay. Tuesday (school term), 7.15-9pm. Shape Note Singing. 1st & 3rd Weds, 7-9pm. The GOULBURN. Maureen 446 6550, [email protected] Friends Meeting House, cnr Bent & Condamine Sts, Bush traditions sessions at the Old Goulburn Brewery. Celtic Craic – 9 piece acoustic traditional band. Turner. Books provided; a desire to sing is all you need. 1st Fri (except Jan & April), 7.30pm. Bradley Grange, Tuesday 7.30 John’s place. Chris Langdon 4446 1185, Jammalong in Canberra. 2nd Sat, 12 noon till we Bungonia Rd, Goulburn. David Johnson 4884 4214 [email protected] or Mark Nangle 4454 have had enough. Under pergola beside Enid Lyons St, bushtraditions.org/sessions/goulburnsession.htm 5028, [email protected]. lake side of Questacon Building. Bring a song to share Irish and Celtic music sessions at the Old Goulburn Scottish Country Dance Group, Presbyterian Church and a portable chair. Brewery. 3rd Fri. Bradley Grange, Bungonia Rd. 4821 6071. Hall, Kinghome St (next to Woollies), Wed, 8pm, all Murrumbateman Acoustic Music Club. Last Sun of GULGONG welcome. Jill 4421 3570 month, 6-9.15pm. Blackboard concert: 3 songs or 15  Gulgong Folk Club, 3rd Friday, Waratah Hotel, Shoalhaven Bush and Folk Dancing Club, Friday minutes per set. Country Inn, Barton Hwy. Eric 6254 4305 Mudgee 5pm. PO Box 340, Gulgong NSW 2852, Bob (school term, 8-10pm, Cambewarra Hall. Margaret 4421 0557. Campbell 02 6373 4600, gulgongfolkfestival.com NORTHERN TERRITORY: Shoalhaven Acoustic Music Assoc, Bomaderry Gulgong Music Session. 2nd & 4th Thurs, Top End Folk Club, PO Box 41551, Casuarina, NT Bowling Club, formal concerts, not always folk, approx 5-8pm. Centennial Hotel. 6374 1241 0811. :Di Howard, 08 8945 0436 (ah), www.members. quarterly. George Royter 4421 3470. KIAMA “No Such Thing”. Yvonne O’Grady ozemail.com.au/ hosts an Australian tune session suitable for ORANGE Orange Dirt Music (new club) meets 3rd Saturday QUEENSLAND beginners every Monday in Kiama. Yvonne  of the month from 3pm. These are jam sessions of Brisbane Folk Club, Larrie Cook 07 3345 1718. 02 4233 1073, [email protected]. Cairns Folk Club, Ray Elias 07 4039 2493The Folk LITHGOW - Folk Club session. 1st Sun, acoustic folk, jazz, blues etc. rotating around each others’ houses and all are welcome. For more information Rag (Mag), PO Box 517, Everton Park 4053, Tel. 0437 from 3.30pm. Lithgow Workies. 6372 2068 736 799 or 07 3855 1091, [email protected]; www. MUDGEE and registration contact Cilla Kinross ckinross@csu. edu.au tel 02 6365 8221 (ah) or Nick King 6362 . FolkRag.org Music Session. 1st & 3rd Thurs, 5-8pm. Qld Colonial and Heritage Dancers. PO Box 3011, Courthouse Hotel. 63722068 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS Bowral Folk Club. 3rd Thurs, 8-10.30pm. Fentons Yeronga 4104. Jan Orloff ph/fax 07 3848 7706, NEWCASTLE: Cocktail Bar, upstairs at the Grand Bar, 295 Bong Bong [email protected] Acoustic Folk Lounge, 1st Wednesdays, 7-10pm.  St, Bowral. Traditional music from around the world. Woodford Folk Festival. PO Box 1134, Woodford Downstairs, Grand Hotel, cnr Church and Bolton Sts, New- 4514. [email protected]; www. castle. Circle session. All welcome. 4967 3146, catherine. Brian Hayden 4861 6076.  woodfordfolkfestival.com. [email protected], Tracy 0402 761 520 Burrawang Folk, 4887 7271 Southern Highlands Recreational lnternational Folk TASMANIA Bush and Colonial Dancing, 3rd Sund each month Dance Group, Bowral Presb Church Hall, Bendooley Celtic Southern Cross Folk Music Catalogue. Beth 2-4pm. Beginners and visitors always welcome. All St, Thurs (school term), 9-llam. Margaret 4861 2294 Sowter, [email protected]; www.celt.com.au; PO Box Saints Anglican Hall, New Lambton. Enq. Margaret Ken- Southern Highlands Scottish Country Dance Group, 100, Legana, as 7277. ning 02 4952 1327 email: [email protected] or Bill Moss Vale Uniting Church, Cnr Argyll and Spring Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc. PO Box 1638 Hobart Propert 02 4946 5602 email [email protected] Streets, Wednesday, 7.30pm. All welcome. Enq. 4861 7001. Peter Hicks 0409 216 752 Greek Folk Dance Lessons. Fridays, 6-8pm. Hip- 6471. VICTORIA pocrates Hall, 30 Crebert St, Mayfield. Irini Kassas TAREE Ballarat Folk Club, John Ruyg 03 5332 7872 0411 795 766, [email protected] Lazarka International Folk Dance Group, Manning River Boite World Music Cafe, Fitzroy, 03 9417 3550 (w), Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club, 1st Sat. Steiner School Hall, Wed. 5.30-8.30pm, Thurs 9am - http:// www.boite.asn.au 7.30pm (not Jan) Wesley Centre, Beaumont St, Ham- 11am. Sandra 6552 5142. Geelong Folk Club, 2nd. Fri - Coffee House Folk- ilton. (Dances held 4 times a year, March, June, Sept, singing and session - at Cafe Go! Bellerine St. Geelong, WAGGA WAGGA Nov) Lainey 4943 4552, 0421 412 358 laineyv@big- from 7.30pm. Last Fri - Upstairs at The Pancake Downside Bush Dance & Open Mic, Tin Shed Rat- pond.com. www.newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.au Kitchen, Moorabool St. for songs and session. Contact: tlers, 1st Sat, Noel Raynes 6928 5541. Traditional Irish/Folk Session, 1st Sunday, Marie Goldsworthy 03 5221 1813 or Jamie McKinnon WAUCHOPE, 1st Saturday Concert with in- 03 5261 3443 3-6pm. Lake Macquarie Hotel, opp. Morissett vited artists 7.30 pm 3rd Saturday Open perfor- Railway Station. Gabriele 0418 146 555, Sharyn Traditional Social Dance Assoc. of Victoria. mance session 7.30 at Café Blue Frog, High St. Marion Stabb (03) 9439 7100 0418 146 554, [email protected] Enq,John 6585 1488 email [email protected] Lakeside Folk Circle, 4th Sunday, every month. Victorian Folk Music Club Inc. GPO Box 2025S, Teralba Community Hall, Anzac Pade, Lake Macquarie. WOLLONGONG Melbourne 3001. Brian Venten 03 9884 9476, gillespie. Bluegrass Jam Session, 3rd Sat each month. 7.30- 4-7pm. $2.50. Paul 4959 6030. [email protected] [email protected] 11pm. Thirroul Neighbouhood Centre next to post office. People’s Chorus Practice, 6pm, Trades Hall Bill Butler 03 9876 4366, [email protected] lllawarra Folk Club, 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday, Council Meeting Rooms (opp. Panthers’ Club, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church main entrance), Newcastle. Rod Noble 4962 WA Folk Federation. PO Box 328, Inglewood, WA, Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au 3432 email: [email protected] 6932. Rob Oats 08 9375 9958.www.wafolk.iinet.net.au Jamberoo: Session, Jamberoo Pub, Thurs, 7.30pm. Newcastle Irish Set Dancers, Tuesdays, 7.30- Email: [email protected] [email protected] 9.00pm, Scots Kirk, Hamilton, Newcastle. Julia Poet’s Breakfast, Wed. 7,.15am. Wollon- or Arthur, 4955 5701 [email protected], or gong Writers’ Centre, Town Hall, Corrimal St.

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