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. That is, in addition to traditional American and ethnic “folk” music (in its purist definition), we welcome music of contemporary, primarily acoustic songwriters, and (Hunterdon County area) ch. 21. other types of music more folkie in attitude than in content. Shows start at 8pm; dress is casual. We serve coffee, teas, and baked goods. There is no alcohol or tobacco on the premises. Admission is inexpensive; on our regular Friday concerts we ask $7.00 on your way in, and, if you feel the show was worth it, an additional amount at your discretion on the way out, which goes to supplement what we pay the feature performer. More “... Horses...” Children under 12 are free. For travel information or information on shows, call (973) 335-9489 or visit our website at www.folkproject.org. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. news on page 6 To volunteer email [email protected] 3 All Venues That’s Fit To Print Music at the Mission: West Milford Presbyterian Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd., West Milford, (973) 728-3081, www.musicatthemission.org; Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk every Saturday. 125 Wells Mills Music on Main: 7:30pm, Woodbridge. www.woodbridgeartsnj.com, (732) 634-4500 x6497 Rd. (Route 532), Waretown. (609) 971-1593 or www.alberthall.org; NJ Clearwater Circle of Song: Turnstile Coffee Bar, 1607 Route 71, Belmar (2 blocks from Acoustic Café: Our Lady of Mercy Church, 2 Fremont Ave, Park Ridge, NJ, 8pm, Rte. 35, 7 from Belmar Train Station), 6:30pm; Thurs., 7/19 (201) 573-0718, www.cafeacoustic.org; Outpost In The Burbs: at the Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church St., Montclair Arts off Main Open Mike: every third Thursday, The Lab, 128 Willow Grove St., (973) 744-6560. Doors open 7:30pm, concert at 8pm. www.outpostintheburbs.org; Hackettstown. [email protected]; www.artsoffmain.com; (908) 684-4728 People’s Voice Cafe: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th Bluegrass & Old Time Music Assoc. (BOTMA): Every 3rd Sun. from Sept. thru May, Embury St., NYC, www.peoplesvoicecafe.org or (212) 787-3903; United Methodist Church Hall, 49 Church St., Little Silver, NJ. 1-5pm. $4 for BOTMA Pinewoods Folk Music Club: 444 W. 54th St., #7, New York, NY 10019, (718) 651-1115, members $5 non-members. Info: www.newjerseybluegrass.org www.folkmusicny.org; Mondays — Irish Session at Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue Borderline Folk Music Club: usually at New City Ambulance Corps Bldg, 200 Congers Rd., at 46th Street, Manhattan; New City, NY. 2pm, Info: (845) 354-4586 http://borderlinefolkmusicclub.org; The Place: House Concerts, 3pm pot luck, 4pm concert in Livingston; RSVP to jamask8@ Brennan Coffee House: Justice William Brennan Court House, 583 Newark Ave., Jersey City. comcast.net or (973) 992-7491; Show starts 7pm, open mike at end. (800) 542-7894, www.brennancoffeehouse.com; Princeton Folk Music Society: Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, Café Zed: Open mic 7:30pm, sign-up 7pm, feature 9pm NEW LOCATION: Oskar Schindler 8pm, (609) 799-0944 $15/Members $10/$3 kids under 12. www.PrincetonFolk.org; Sat., Performing Arts Center, 4 Boland Dr. (Prospect Ave. bet. Eagle Rock & Mt. Pleasant) West 7/14: Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash (his 100th Birthday): Hillel Arnold, Don Friedman, Orange (848) 219-1868 or [email protected]. Good weather – Bring lawn chair/blan- Beth Kotkin, Joel Landy, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, Gina Tlamsa 7pm, Bowery Poetry ket and picnic for the hill Sat., 7/21: Ken Galipeau Club, 308 Bowery, Manhattan Celebration House Concert & Workshop Series: In Clifton; address given with reservation, Riverside Rhythm and Rhyme: Skylands Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,1811 State Route (973) 879-8568 or [email protected]. Workshops usually 3:30– 57, Hackettstown. 6:30pm, open mic sign-up, 7pm open mic. www.skylandsuu.org. 5:30pm; concert usually 6:30pm. Concert only $15; workshop only $20; concert and Sacred Harp Singings: Much info at http://www.fasola.org/; 2nd Sun.: 2pm, St. Paul’s workshop combo $30; Church, 199 Carroll St, Brooklyn. (718) 293-2848; 2pm, Montclair Friends Mtg, Park Coffee With Conscience: 1st United Methodist Church of Westfield, 1 E. Broad St. 8pm info & Gordonhurst. (973) 509-2165; Midweek singing Wednesdays, 7-9:30pm, St. Peter’s 908-412-9105, [email protected]; www.coffeewithconscience.org; Episcopal Church, |346 W. 20th St. http://nycsacredharp.org/localsingings.html Community Theater at Mayo Center for Performing Arts: 100 South St., Morristown, NJ, for Salem Roadhouse Café: Townley Presbyterian Church, 829 Salem Rd., Union. tickets/info call 973-539-8008, www.mayoarts.org, shows at 8pm (908) 686-1028, www.townleychurch.org; Crossroads Coffeehouse: 8pm, Crossroads Community Church, 104 Bartley Rd., Flanders. Sanctuary Concerts: The Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham. (973) 786-7940 or (908) 879-7739; Most concerts 8pm, www.sanctuaryconcerts.org; Dublin House: Irish Session, 1st & 3rd Sundays, 6-9pm, Monmouth St., Red Bank Skylands Native American Flute Circle meets at a home in Panther Valley. Info: Allan Dull Music: 7pm, Rutherford Congregational Church, Union and Rutherford Avenues, Johnson 908-850-5772 or [email protected] Rutherford. www.dullmusic.com; Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam: Mannion’s Pub & Restaurant, 140 West Main Folk Arts Fridays at Ethical Culture: 516 Prospect St., Maplewood. 2nd Friday Street, Somerville. Starting around 7:30pm. (609) 924-5353 or visit www.diamondcut. (except June-Aug.). Bring instruments and voices for singing, playing, quilting, com/oldtime/; 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month and other crafts. run by Lisa Novemsky and Anja Moen. www.essexethical.org or (973) The Uptown Coffeehouse: www.uptowncoffeehouse.org New Location: City Island 763-8293. No events June-August Community Center, 190 Fordham S. lower level, City Island, NY. 5pm,$15, under 12, $5; Godfrey Daniels: 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem, PA (610) 867-2390, www.godfreydaniels.org. Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., White Good Coffeehouse: 53 Prospect Park W. at 2nd St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, doors open at 7:30, Plains, (914) 949-2146, www.WalkaboutClearwater.org; music at 8pm, (718) 768-2972 or www.bsec.org; The Hillside Cafe Coffee House: 45 Hillside Cres., Nutley. Doors open 7:30, show at 8pm. RANDOM FESTIVALS IN JULY: (973) 667-7055 or [email protected], www.hillsidecafe.com; Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival: July 19–21 — www.greyfoxbluegrass.com Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th St., Fair Lawn 8pm. Falcon Ridge: July 27–29 — www.falconridgefolk.com (201) 384-1325. www.hurdygurdyfolk.org; McLynn’s Restaurant: Open mic Wed., 9pm. 250 Morris Ave, Springfield. (973)258-1600 Morris County Center for the Arts: Darress Theatre, 615 Main St, Boonton. (973) 334-9292, www.darresstheater.com. Wed., 7/18: Café Jam hosted by Tommy Mahoney 5 4 Horses for Everyone! ------Now you can enjoy “ ...Horses Sing None of It!” on your computer! If you don’t have cable, you probably have long longed to view our long-running musical TV show, The Folk Project’s hosted and produced by our own Ralph Litwin. Full episodes are now available on youtube. New episodes are being added daily. Our channel is HSNOI. The plan is to work backwards in time, so the songs ANNUAL from 2009 to the present are all available now. You can subscribe at www.youtube.com/HSNOI, or search youtube for Horses Sing None Of It. Feel FOURTH o’ JULY free to share these videos with your friends on facebook. Spread the word about our excellent archive of traditional and original music! ------, A Minstrel Opener to Remember PIC-A-NIC On Fri., July 6, the Minstrel will present one of my favorite guitarist/songwriters, Jack Williams, as its headline act. But I wanted to shed a little light on the openers that night, Naomi Sunshine and Grover Kemble. MUSIC JAM Naomi no longer sings publicly. She’s 87 years old and hasn’t actually gigged in years, maybe decades. But in her day, she worked as a studio backup singer for Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, and other great singers of the era. She has always been a great fan of Grover Kemble’s. & POOL PARTY Grover, for those unfamiliar with him, is a local legend; a great acoustic jazz guitarist IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! who toured nationally with Za Zu Zazz and others throughout the 70s and beyond. Last year, the story goes, for her birthday, someone introduced the two of them. They hit it off instantly, and began playing together for fun. Then last October, as a lark they Wed., July 4 • 2pm • Roffmans’ took their music to our Open Stage. We didn’t expect much when this little old lady 11 Butternut Road, Randolph • (973) 997-1162 took the stage. But she opened her mouth, and blew us all away. It was obvious that she from 2pm to whenever Eddie and Robin drain the pool and throw us all out still had the chops; her voice was strong and accurate, her interpretations of American Standards were brilliant, imaginative, and wonderfully musical. And she and Grover Please join your fellow Projectiles at the FP Presidential Mansion for a lovely were obviously in perfect synch. We were watching a master performance. afternoon of music, swimming, grilling and chilling, as well as the drawing of When the applause finally died down Naomi said, “OK. Now I’ll answer the three names for performers who want to take part in the Birthday Party Show in questions obviously on all of your minds before you ask. 1: Eighty-six. 2: Clairol. 3: No, August. The drawing will take place around 3:30; write your name and contact Grover and I are not an item.” The woman was not only a singer, but a consummate info on an index card and Mike Agranoff will pull names in twos and threes to entertainer as well. The pair continued to charm the pants off us for the rest of their form groups to perform at next month’s show. Please contact Mike Agranoff all-too-short set. at (973)335-9489 and/or see article in last month’s newsletter for more details. So I had to give her a call and ask if she’d do a show for us. She said she would be in Florida for the winter, but she would be really delighted to do an opener when she FP will supply grillables (burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, etc); you bring side returned. Jack Williams seemed the perfect match. July 6 is going to be a brilliant dishes, salads, beverages, desserts, etc. Please bring your own serving utensils. evening from beginning to end. Mike Agranoff, Minstrel Program Chair Eddie and Robin have a lovely in-ground pool, so bring your swimsuit, towel and inflatable Shamu for extra fun. PS: Grover will be doing a headline set at the Minstrel on August 31. Questions?------Contact------Mark - - - - or - - Robin - - - - - Schaffe: [email protected] ------or- - 201-207-8696.------6 7 FP Calendar: July 2012

1/Sun. EVERY Sun.: Music You Can’t Hear On The Radio, 7pm, WPRB 103.3FM; 6/Fri. Minstrel: Jack Williams with Naomi Sunshine & Grover Kemble www.wprb.com 7/Sat. Swingin’ Tern: David Rupp, Kruskal-Phillips-Harriss EVERY first & third Sunday: Open Irish session, 6pm, Dublin House, Red Bank. EVERY Saturday: CD*NY: Contra dances, 8pm. NYC. www.cdny.org EVERY Sunday: Tom Picard and Carl Croce, Tapastry Restaurant, Montclair 8/Sun. North Jersey English Country Dance: Paul Ross, 2pm, Ridgewood. www. EVERY Sunday: Radio Nowhere, 7–10pm, WMSC 90.3FM Montclair or maxellute.net/njecd.html streaming at www.wmscradio.com or www.live365.com/wmsc. 12/Thurs. NJ Songwriters Circle, 7pm, 32 Williamson Ave., Bloomfield. (973) 429-0288 2/Mon. EVERY Monday: Maplewood International Dancers, 7:30pm, Maplewood. or [email protected] (973) 376-7568 13/Fri. Minstrel: Open Stage 3/Tues. FP Board meeting, 8pm, Joe and Laura Graziano’s 14/Sat. FP Evening o’ Music: 8pm, Kathy Callahan/Tom Rodgers’, 573 Pines Lake Drive EVERY 1st & 3rd Tuesday: Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam, East, Wayne. (201) 213-7862 7:30pm, Mannion’s Somerville. www.diamondcut.com/oldtime/ EVERY Tuesday: Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam, 7pm, Westside United Circle Round the Sun (Marie Trontell, Jay Wilensky, Chris Bukata), 10am, Boonton Methodist Church, Hopatcong. (973) 770-0179 Farmers’ Market 4/Wed. FP 4th o’ July Pic-a-Nic: 2pm, Roffmans’, 1 Butternut Road, Randolph, NY Pinewoods: Woody Guthrie Centennial Birthday Bash, 7pm, Bowery Poetry NJ, (973) 997-1162 (see Bonus E o M on cover for directions) Club, NYC EVERY Wednesday, Straight Morning Drive, featuring Straight Drive 15/Sun. Newsletter Deadline Send stuff to [email protected] 15 minutes after the 7:30am station break. 6–9am, WDVR-FM and www. 18/Wed. Morris County Center for the Arts Cafe Jam hosted by Tommy Mahoney. 7:30 wdvrfm.org p.m., Darress Theatre, Boonton. (973) 334-9292, www.darresstheatre.com EVERY Wed.: Morristown Int’l Dancers, 7:30pm, Mountain Lakes. (973) 539-7020 Circle Round the Sun (Marie Trontell, Jay Wilensky, Chris Bukata), 7:30pm, EVERY Wednesday: Princeton Country Dancers, 8pm, Suzanne Patterson Fine Grind Coffee Bar, Little Falls center, Princeton. (609) 799-2073, http://www.princetoncountrydancers. 19/Thurs. NJ Clearwater Circle of Song: Tony DeSantis, Turnstile Coffee Bar, Belmar, org/ 6:30pm. EVERY Wednesday: “Down Jersey” with Jim Albertson, 7:30pm, WSNJ 20/Fri. Minstrel: Mike Agranoff, Gathering Time (Split bill) am1240, am1440 and www.wsnjam.com; http://members.aol.com/ 21/Sat. Swingin’ Tern: Melanie Axel-Lute, Laura Winslow & Fingerpyx downjerseyjim/ Café Zed: Ken Galipeau — NEW LOCATION: Oskar Schindler Performing Arts EVERY 1st Wednesday: Folk Open Sing; 7pm, Ethical Culture Society, 53 Center, 4 Boland Drive, West Orange. Open Stage 7:30pm, feature 9pm Prospect Park West, Brooklyn. (212) 636-6341 or (718) 788-7563 22/Sun. North Jersey English Country Dance: Melissa Running, 2pm, Ridgewood. EVERY Wednesday: 9pm, Open Mike, McLynn’s Restaurant, Springfield. www.maxellute.net/njecd.html (973) 258-1600 27/Fri. Minstrel: Broadside Electric, Buzz Turner 5/Thurs. Alternate Thursdays: Scandinavian couple dancing, 7:30 pm, Bound Brook. 28/Sat. Bonus EoM at the Roffmans’ See skandinoje.org for dates/info

8 9 FP Summer Weekend August 24–26 • The Silos, Wallkill, NY Join the Folk Project Cut out this handy dandy membership form and mail it, with your Leave the city behind and head for the hills (the Shawangunks, that is)! Mark your calendars membership fee, to Scott Ross, 36 Hilltop Circle, Whippany, NJ 07981. for our traditional weekend-long evening o’ music held at a private home in upstate New Info: [email protected] York. We all pitch in (and some pitch tents) bringing food and beverages, helping out with meals and cleanup, but otherwise spending the entire time making music and schmoozic. Choose at least one: ___ New ___ Renew ___ Skip to my Lou Contact Bob to sign up or to find out more details, [email protected]. Name ______------Address______

______NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival Home Tel. ______Work Tel. ______Sat., August 11 • Sunset Park, Asbury Park E mail 1: ______E mail 2: ______The 37th Annual New Jersey Friends of Clearwater Festival is free and includes Do you play or sing music: performances and opportunities for everyone to play and sing, so bring your instruments. [ ] For fun [ ] Occasionally perform in public [ ] Professionally or semi-professionally Also featuring the 5th Annual NJ ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE at 2pm. You can also help the Friends of Clearwater by going to the website and clicking on the ______Basic Individual membership @ $20/year $ ______(You’ll receive this personal monthly newsletter.) “donate” link on the bottom of the page. ______Supporting membership @ $25/year $ ______http://www.mcclearwater.org/festival.php (Personal monthly newsletter PLUS our eternal gratitude) ------______Family membership* $ ______(Additional family members @ $3 each per year) Be the Best Dressed Folkie in Town! ______Multiple Year Membership $ ______

number of banjo-tossing years _____ X type of membership. You do the math. Shirts, Bags, Hats… you name it! Dreaming of an entire wardrobe adorned with the DONATION to Folk Project beloved Folk Project logo? It’s now possible! Just see George at EmbroidMe, 16 Pine St., (Tax deductible! We are also eligible for Corporate Matching Donations and banjos.) $ ______Morristown, (973) 267-3000 or e-mail [email protected]. Total amount enclosed: $ ______Visit the store or peruse the online catalog for practically unlimited item choices. The Folk Project logo can be embroidered in any color that makes you happy. Place your NEW! Please I’d like to receive a print newsletter order with George and pay him directly. Questions? E-mail [email protected]. check one: I’d like to save trees and receive an Enewsletter ------Make your check payable to: The Folk Project The Big Boogie Band, Michael Mitsch’s *Family membership is one basic or supporting membership plus $3 for each additional family member/banjo. Laganslove and Carl Croce and Friends Please list the names of additional family members: rock the tent at Wayne Day! You, too could have the power to use photos of you and your friends as filler... we’re always looking for new talent to take over editorship of this august publication. Seriously. Contact [email protected]

10 11 Folk Project Board Meeting • June 2012 Good o’ the Order/ Board Meeting: The Summary Community News The monthly meeting of the Folk Project Board was called to order at 8:09 pm on June 5, 2012 This is a place to share news about memorable events and challenges at the home of Eddie & Robin Roffman in Randolph. you have faced in the past month with your Folk Project Community. Present were Pat Brangs, Lois DeRitter, Jim Gartner, Allan Kugel, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Bob Please send items to Presideddie Roffman, [email protected]. McNally, Eddie Roffman, Bobbie Rosengarten (Trustees); Mike Agranoff, Carl Croce, Scooter Liz Pagan and Dave Kleiner’s 2007 Prius performed admirably on impact with a deer on Route 15 Ferguson, Howie Goldman, Sandie Reilly, Pam Robinson, Scott Ross, Mark Schaffer, Robin in Sparta. No one was injured; the car was not totaled. It was difficult find transport on Sunday of Schaffer, Jean Scully, and Rachel Streich (Other Board Members). Absent were Nancy Dugan, Memorial Day Weekend. No taxi service was answering in Sussex county, but an FP member was Gloria Friedman, Joe Graziano, Nancy Kelner, Lindsey Meyer, Kevin Redden, and Leigh Walker. poised to come to their rescue, it ended up being unecessary as the tow truck driver’s brother Approval of May minutes was postponed due to the absence of the secretary. Treasurer Rachel was able to drive Liz and her parents to Hackensack and the tow truck took Dave and the car to Streich reported that, minus some expenses, Festival should break even. Bloomfield. Liz and Dave are appreciative of the FP community. Please send prayers and messages of healing to Evelyn Maurer who recently was diagnosed with In administration reports: Lymphoma. She will be getting chemotherapy in hospital and rehab before she gets to go home. • V.P. Pam Robinson spearheaded the search to replace Scooter as Volunteer Coordinator and Evelyn says she knows it will be long and difficult fight, but she has a good attitude and is hopeful for found Jean Scully willing to fill in until the end of 2012. Thankful cheers to both Pam and a full recovery. Send email to [email protected] for Evelyn’s contact information. Jean. And BIG thanks to Scooter for his excellent service. Although Sandie Reilly’s daughter Shannon ended up with poison ivy after the FP festival, she’s now In committee reports: on the mend. They finally got a new car for son Matt, which is now running well after needing new injectors. Sandie is currently looking for a reliable, reasonably priced van, after her car was recently • Festival Co-chairs Mark & Robin Schaffer said the surveys from 63 people (so far) are rear-ended. quite positive, with high scores from newcomers. They thanked the many volunteers for Mike Agranoff has completed building the platform for his replacement generator. He reports that all their work. To keep folks coming back for future festivals, they will bring in local talent when viewed from a certain angle, its profile resembles a gallows. who instruct and inspire, offer different styles to attract new people, and provide quality Leslie Ross, wife of FP Membership Chairman, Scott, finished a great harmony choral performance workshops. Mark & Robin were commended on their collective spirit, Mark’s good humor, season during the same weekend that their daughter Zoey had a great viola recital at Mo Fiddles in and Robin’s exceptional organizational skills. The Board voted to acclaim, commend and Livingston. That’s a musical family! Not to be outdone, Scott rode his bicycle 80 miles on Memorial acknowledge the “Core Four” and all their cohorts for a resoundingly successful festival. Day weekend. • Minstrel Chair Mike Agranoff reported 50 – 60 people on Movie Night and a very successful Siobhan and Jean Scully are planning to enter a 5K running race next year on Mother’s Day weekend. Phil Ochs Night. Mike has booked RUNA for January 25 using the AIS Fund, and feels it will Howie Goldman’s daughter, Felice and a friend, while back from their first year at college, are be well worth it. A special Past Presidents Concert is being planned for Thanksgiving Friday organizing a benefit concert for the sick wife of their High School orchestra teacher. They are strong and will feature many former FP Presidents. All are invited to post-show gatherings on 7/6 musicians themselves, but seeking extra talent to round out the show, Howie put them in touch with and 8/3 at the Fellowship for sandwiches & schmoozin’ & making music. This opportunity FP members: Carolyn Messina, Karen Kamenetsky, and Joe Petraitis who will add their talents to the mix. will give new-comers and old-timers a chance to experience the FP spirit by participating in our community and not just hearing about it from the stage. Rachel Streich is glad to report that her mother is doing well, after recovering from encephalopathy. Her mom is settling in well in an assisted living facility in Redding CA, near to her brother’s home. • Newsletter Chair Carl Croce is making a procedural change to ensure members receive Rachel is planning a visit in mid-July. paper newsletters in a more timely fashion. E-Newsletters are available to all. Bob and Evelyn McNally’s daughter, Heather, recently climbed 14,505 foot high Mount Whitney, the • In Community Service news, we had a very successful Wayne Day with a FP star studded highest summit in the lower 48 states! cast. The Morristown Unitarian Fellowship is hosting “A Mix of Music” on 6/9 to benefit the Rick and Cathy Thomas report that Eastern Jefferson County, WA, where they live, gets 20-30 inches Aktion Club, a group of young adults living with disabilities. of rain per year, approximately the same amount as Seattle. This is thanks to the so-called “Olympic • “Horses Sing None of It” Co-Chair Sandie Reilly acknowledged Dave Kleiner for uploading Rain Shadow.” (NJ gets, on average 42 inches per year.) Check out Cathy’s belated holiday letter at www.rcthomas.org/familynews/ complete HSNOI shows to YouTube. Mark Schaffer had a wonderful birthday, going on adventures with FP friends. Mark also says that • Special Concerts Chair Howie Goldman reported that he booked Trout Fishing in America his mother, Ruth, had a great time at the FP Festival. Mark thanks everyone for helping his mom and for a Dec. 28 show. making her feel welcome in our community. ADJOURNMENT The next meeting will be on July 3 at Joe and Laura Graziano’s home in Wayne. Elizabeth Lachowicz says, “Gardening is hell on the manicure, but it’s worthwhile to be eating fresh Board meetings are open to all Folk Project members. If you’d like to sit in, send a note to homegrown strawberries!” [email protected] to get directions to the meeting. As of press time, Liz Pagan’s mom, Julia, is recovering from having her football-sized infected left kidney removed.

12 13 SteveFeets Holland & RootDon’t Mean Square Fail Me Now! Blue Ribbon Cloggers: Meets in Pluckemin, Tuesdays, 7pm. Call Paula Fromen (908) 735-9133 or Heidi Rusch (908) 453-2750 for info. Center Contra: Gender-role free contra dance in NYC. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to all. (971) 991-0597, (347) 275-7983, or www.lcfd.org/nyc or email [email protected] Country Dance*New York: Contra every Sat. at Chinatown Y, Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery (bet. East Houston and Stanton); English Country every Tues. at Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. (NW corner of 7th Ave.). cdny.org or (212) 459-4080 Lambertville Country Dancers: Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Info: (609) 882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org Sat., 7/7: David Rupp, Kruskal-Phillips-Harriss Maplewood International Dancers: Recreation House, 124 Dunellen Rd., Maplewood. Jody Kruskal – Anglo concertina; Thomas Phillips – fiddle; Ross Harriss – piano Contras Mondays 7:30pm, $5. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments Once there was a caller who claimed his band and he could spin random notes served. Days (908) 273-6468, eves (973) 376-7568. http://njfolkdance.tripod.com/ into contras of gold. Night after night this happened but no one could guess fd_maplewood.html his name. Was it Kruskal, was it Phillips, was it Harriss, was it Rumpelstiltskin? No, Morristown International Dancers: Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Comm. Church, it was the caller singing: 48 Briarcliff Rd, 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. $4 member/$5 non-member Today I call, tomorrow I dance, (973) 539-7020 or (973) 228-5966, http://njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html The Terns will spin around and prance, North Jersey English Country Dancers: 2nd & 4th Sundays, 2–5 pm, Unitarian Society, For no one knows my little game, 113 Cottage Pl., Ridgewood. $8 members, $10 non. (201) 445-4497 or (201) 447-1136. That David Rupp is my name! www.maxellute.net/njecd.html; Ice Cream Sundays: 7/8: Paul Ross; 7/22: Melissa Running Sat., 7/21: Melanie Axel-Lute, Palisades Folk Dancers: Twice a month on Sundays, 3pm, Church of the Atonement, Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly. [email protected]. Laura Winslow & Fingerpyx Philly Family Folk Dances: Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, 3820 The Oak Rd, Wes Steenson - guitar, banjo, percussion; JoAnn Rocke - piano; Jason Wendell - fiddle, East Falls, PA. 2nd Sundays, 2–4:30pm (215) 844-2474 mandolin, octave mandolin; Enid Diamante – fiddle Contras and Squares Princeton Folk Dance Group: 7:30pm, Riverside School, Riverside Drive, Princeton. Our hands down favorite in this digital age get a thumbs-up as Fingerpyx nails Tuesdays (except school closings) www.princetonfolkdance.org (609) 924-6930; down touching tunes. Melanie has us in the palm of her hand while Laura points out dances to tickle our fancy. Cuticle women and handsome men will Princeton Folk Dancers: 8pm Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St.and be tendon to knuckle into the joint. Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, www.princetonfolkdance.org

Princeton Country Dancers: Suzanne Patterson Center, Borough Hall, Princeton, Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. Wed. (and some Saturdays) 8pm, beginners 7:40. Pickup band musicians welcome. Usually $6. (609) 683-7956 or (609) 924-8813, email [email protected]. Contra and Square Dancing to Live Music. All dances taught. Band info only: (609) 252-0248 or [email protected] performerlisting at No partner necessary. Beginner’s workshop, 7:30pm; www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Community Dance; dance at 8pm. $10, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. PCD English Country Dance series: Second Saturday of the month, 8pm; intro/basics at First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover 7:30. $10 ($5 seniors & students). Info: (908) 359-2642 Parish House • 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ 07936 Scandinavian Folk Dancing: Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See skandinoje.org for info. From I-287 northbound or southbound: Exit 39, travel East on Route 10 for approx. 3.5 miles. Exit by the Ford dealership (“To River Road/ Swingin’ Tern: Sat., 7/7: David Rupp & Kruskal-Phillips-Harriss ; 7/21: Melanie Axel-Lute Okner Pkway”) onto Mount Pleasant Ave. Tight at the second light onto Hanover Rd. then immediate left into the parking lot of the Parish With Laura Winslow & Fingerpyx House. From I-78: Exit 48 (Route 24 West) to Exit 2B, Route 510 East/Florham Park. Go 1.9 miles and turn left onto Hanover Rd. Turn right into the parking lot of the Parish House just before the road ends at Mount Pleasant Ave. Additional directions are on our website. Valley Contra Dance Society: 7pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, UU Church of The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $9/$5 students. www.valleycontradance. (973) 295-6864 org, (610) 868-7432; TERN ON THE NET! find us at dance.folkproject.org Presented by the Folk Project 14 More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society • www.cdss.org Box 41 Mendham, NJ 07945 www.folkproject.org Newsletter submissions: Liz Pagan Email: [email protected] 32 Williamson Ave., Bloomfield NJ 07003; deadline is the 15th Membership, corrections/changes: Scott Ross Email: [email protected] c/o Scott Ross 36 Hilltop Circle Whippany, NJ 07981 Folk Project Officers: President: Ed Roffman Vice President: Pam Robinson Secretary: Lindsey Meyer Treasurer: Rachel Streich Trustees: Trustees thru 2012: Bob McNally, Nancy Dugan, Pat Brangs Trustees thru 2013: Allan Kugel, Ed Roffman, Bobbie Rosengarten Trustees thru 2014: Lois DeRitter, Jim Gartner, Elizabeth Lachowicz Funding has been made possible in part by funds from the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.