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July Evening O' Music July 2012 BONUS Evening July 2012 www.folkproject org New Jersey’s Premier Acoustic Music and Dance Organization Spring Festival: A Big Success! Fall Festival — Pre-Registration Open! October 5–7, 2012 170 Festattenders enjoyed our Spring Festival on Memorial Weekend. The survey says… it was a huge hit! So many of you helped to put this together and the entire Folk Project community thanks you. And we are working to make the Fall Festival even more delightful. Speaking of which, pre-registration for fall is under way. Performers include: • The Jeremy Kittel Band — a multitude of traditional and modern styles with a strong dose of technical mastery. • Magpie — beautifully-blending harmonies that cover the gamut of folk styles: historical, traditional, topical, modern and sing-along fun. • Toby Walker — a phenomenal finger-style guitarist playing the blues, ragtime and folk. • Grover Kemble — A consummate entertainer, blending swing, R&B, Latin and jazz. Go to www.folkproject.org/festival to learn more and pre-register (which costs nothing and does not write your name in stone). Any questions? Contact [email protected] Robin and Mark Schaffer, Festival Chaircouple July Evening o’ Music Sat., 7/14 • Callahan/Rogers Please join FP member Kathy Callahan and her partner Tom Rodgers as they host their first- ever EoM at their lovely home in Pines Lake! There’s a terrific great room for a Round Robin, a big deck out back for hanging out and several rooms suitable for smaller music circles. Bring food and beverages to share and instruments and your larynxes to make their first EoM a rousing success. 573 Pines Lake Drive East, Wayne. (201) 213-7862 Directions: Take 287 to Exit 53 for Pompton Lakes. Head east on Paterson Hamburg Turnpike (toward Pompton Lakes). At the intersection with Wanaque Avenue, bear right to stay on Paterson Hamburg Turnpike. Make a left on Terhune Drive (also US 202). Make the first right onto Colfax Road. Make the second left onto Vale Road. Make the first right onto Pines Lake Drive East and continue about 4/10th of a mile to #573 on the right. BONUS Evening o’ Music! Sat., 7/28, 8pm • the Roffmans’ Every month, our 4th Saturday Bonus Evening o’ Music takes place at Eddie and Robin’s place, 11 Butternut Rd., Randolph. (973) 328-7742. Bring song, voice, insruments and food/ bev to share. Note: Eddie and Robin keep Kosher. Non-kosher items can be shared on the kitchen table; bring serving utensils. Directions: >From I287 Southbound: exit 36, Ridgedale Ave. Keep right at fork, follow signs for and turn right at Ridgedale Ave., go 0.7 mi. Follow directions from Ridgedale-Hanover intersection below >From I287 Northbound: exit 36B, W Lafayette Ave. Right at light onto Ridgedale Ave., go 0.9 mi. >From Ridgedale-Hanover Intersection: Left onto E Hanover (westbound), go 4.6 mi. Turn right at Black Birch Dr. (just past traffic light at Shongum Rd.) go 0.8 mi. Turn right at Butternut Rd., second driveway on the right. The Minstrel July 2012 Members’ Gigs & Friends Acoustic Concert Series presented by Mike Agranoff: Fri., 7/20: the Minstrel, split bill with Gathering Time Fri., 7/6: Jack Williams, Naomi Sunshine & Grover Kemble Circle Round the Sun Sun (Marie Trontell, Jay Wilensky, Chris Bukata): Sat., 6/14: Jack Williams comes to us from a rock background. It shows in the drive of his guitar work, which is clean, 10am, Boonton Farmers’ Market, 808 Main Street, Boonton; Wed., 7/18: 7:30pm, Fine exciting, and endlessly full of beautiful and appropriate licks. His songwriting has an unprepossessing Grind Coffee Bar, 101 Newark-PomptonTurnpike, Little Falls understated poetry to it, kind of like a South Carolina version of an acoustic Bruce Springsteen with Jerry Garcia on acoustic lead guitar. And if he holds true to form, catch his astonishing finale of a 15-minute Russ Kelner: Wed., 7/18: with accordionist at Westfield Housing Tenant Association free-association medley of every song from every genre ever written, and never the same as previously. party; once a week, Delaire Nursing Home, Linden; once a month, ManorCare Opener Naomi Sunshine is a phenomenon. In her youth she was a professional singer, singing backup with people like Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Mel Torme, and Nat King Cole, who only worked with the best. Rehab, Mountainside Now at age 87, she’s still a singer who can still belt it out with the best, and a showwoman beyond compare. Accompanied by jazz Tommy Mahony: Wed., 7/18: hosting Darress Theatre Cafe Jam (see Venues) guitar virtuoso Grover Kemble, she still does admirable credit to the repertoire of the great American Songbook. The lady is a pistol!’ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fri., 7/13: Open Stage This is an opportunity for all acoustic musicians to perform a 15-minute set on our stage, and for the audience to be treated to a Unclassifieds diverse collection of acoustic musicians. We’ve often seen previews of our regular scheduled acts for the first time at Open Stage. For information on how to secure a performance slot, call 973-335-9489, or go to www.folkproject.org and visit the Open Stage page. WEST ORANGE ROOM FOR RENT: Private bedroom/bathroom in large house with Friday, 7/20: Mike Agranoff and Gathering Time (Split Bill) all amenities, relaxed atmosphere, privacy respected, shuttle to train, easy access to As the Minstrel’s Program Chairman, Mike Agranoff has been its public face for more than 30 years. But he’s also 280. Call Tom Picard (848) 219-1868 or Shari Korenstein (201) 306-8744 a regularly touring seasoned performer, and a full set from him can be pretty impressive. His prodigious skills on MOONLIGHT CATERING: Catering for many types of events — weddings, gradua- guitar, concertina, and piano are matched to a wide variety of music. Expect anything from irreverent parodies to traditional ballads; from blazing dance tunes to Joplin piano rags; from great chorus songs to his tions, bar/bat mitzvahs, birthdays, special occasions — you name it, Richard can signature spoken-word recitations. Gathering Time is a vocal harmony-based trio from Long Island, cater it. www.MoonlightCatering.net NY that has started to make quite a stir in the Northeast. They put together an exciting program of songs from their own pens, those of their contemporaries in the acoustic singer-songwriter genre, and some classics from the 60’s. Glen Roethal, Stuart Markus, and Hillary Foxsong have voices that blend exquisitely. Mike and GT have become fast musical friends over the past two years. They know each others’ material, and sit in on each others’ sets, supplementing each others’ instrumentation “...Horses Sing None of It!” and harmonies to make the collaboration even stronger than the sum of the already strong parts. A folksy non-commercial public access TV series featuring a surprising variety of guest Friday, 7/27: Broadside Electric, Buzz Turner performers, hosted by Ralph Litwin. All types of mainly acoustic music, storytellers, It’s been four years since Broadside Electric last graced our stage. For almost two decades the band’s mission has been to take dancers, others. Schedule available at www.folkproject.org. Seen on: Cablevision traditional ballads, mostly English and Irish, clothe them in full-bore rock and roll settings, add five-part harmony vocals, and blow us away. The members, Morris area, Sun. 7:300pm ch. 21; Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New Tom Rhoads (guitar, bouzouki, dulcimer), Amy Ksir (whistle, oboe), Jim Speer York City, Thurs. 2:30pm on Time/Warner Cable ch. 34 and on RCN Cable ch. 82; also (Chapman Stick), Helene Zisook (electric violin) and Joe D’Andrea (drums) broadcast via streaming video on the web at www.MNN.org (popup players 34/82 have become old friends and members of the Folk Project They combine a great knowledge of and respect for the old music with a great inventiveness http | mms); Service Electric Cable TV Allentown, PA, Thurs. 9:30pm ch. 50; Staten and musicality in creating the new settings for it. And the result is flat out Island Community TV (SICTV) Thursdays 7:30pm ch. 35; Fargo Access (www.cityoffargo. kick-ass music. Opener Buzz Turner plays solo fingerstyle guitar: no words, just music. His original tunes are gentle, effortless, melodic, and contemplative. com/cable) on Cable One Fri. 6:30pm & Mon. 3:00pm ch. 12 in Fargo, ND; Cablevision You can close your eyes and submerge yourself in his music. A perfect palate- 67; RCN 82; Verizon 42. Also streams via www.bricartsmedia. cleanser to match up with Broadside Electric. org/community-media/bcat-tv-network. Mendham TV: Mon., Wed., Fri.: 8am, 2pm & 8pm; Tues., Thurs., UPCOMING: 8/3: The Minstrel’s 37th Birthday Show; 8/10: Open Stage; 8/17: Bob Malone; 8/24: Cliff Eberhardt, John Schmitt; 9/7: Bill Staines, Roger Deitz; 9/14: Open Stage; 9/21: Christine DeLeon, Luke Liddy; 9/28: The April Sat.: 7am, 1pm & 7pm (same episode all week) on Verch Band, Fiona Tyndall; 10/12: Open Stage; 10/19: Amy Regan; 10/26: Finest Kind; 11/2: Lou & Peter Berryman Comcast ch. 22 or 25 & Verizon ch. 22 or 25; The Minstrel is an acoustic music concert series run by the Folk Project, a non-profit folk music and arts organization. We use the facilities of the Comcast Central NJ 2, 3:30pm Friday, Ch. Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ. We hold shows almost every Friday, year round, and the second 280; simulcast on Comcast Northwest NJ Friday of the month is usually an open stage/audition night. The music we present is “folk” music in its broadest sense.
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