The Folk Project February 2019

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Spring Getaway Lineup Includes a theatre matinee, how romantic! WARNING: Skip this paragraph. Go right to the New News. You already know that Getaway registration opens February 14th, 2019, the new weekend is May 17–29, 2019, and the new site is Stony Point Center, near the Tappan Zee. The New News starts here: We’re excited to offer an all-new Getaway “pre-extension.” Arrive Thursday evening, May 16th and avoid weekend traffic. Enjoy dinner and spend a peaceful overnight in the country with some friends. Friday afternoon, take a two-minute walk to the Penguin Rep Theatre for the matinee. The theatre is a 108-seat converted 1880’s hay barn, and The New York Times dubbed Penguin “the gutsiest little theatre in New York.” The Penguin Rep Theatre will announce its program before our registration opens. Team Getaway has negotiated a discounted group rate for this wonderful, optional opportunity to extend and enhance your weekend. And the Spring Lineup includes, but is not limited to, elite, world-famous acoustic jazz guitarists Frank Vignola & Vinnie Raniolo, powerful and sensitive singer/songwriter David Roth, rambunc- tious and persuasive dynamo Irish Mythen, charismatic multi-instrumental bootlegger, entertainer, and singing juggler Zoë Lewis, world-class blues master and master workshop instructor Toby Walker, publisher and Ella Fitzgerald expert Mies Hora, plus two Folk Project Family bands: Two Daves & a Dame and Music Town. We’ll be adding phenomenal performers between now and Getaway. To learn about all the great acts and more, go to getaway.folkproject.org. What’s Love Got To Do With It? Everything. If you’re an active musician who never attended Getaway because it wasn’t a good fit for your partner, it’s time to reconsider. Besides the comfortable, private lodging, farm-to-table food selections, and comfortable, convenient surroundings, we’re offering an expanded “Partner Track” with more non-musical workshops. Now “mixed couples” (i.e., musicians who play all weekend and their lovers who are tired of hearing them play all weekend) can share a little vacation time that is mutually and individually fulfilling. Getaway has changed for the better. Bring your Valentine. Questions? Email [email protected]. Temporary FP Donation Opportunity We’re excited to announce another bonus donation opportunity for The Folk Project. Through January 31, 2019, AmazonSmile will donate 15% of the purchase price of new print magazine subscriptions to the Folk Project. Visit smile.amazon.com/b?node=18541223011 for details.

QUICK GUIDE TO THE INSIDE Evening o’ Music �� 2 Send a Song-Gram to a Loved One! �� 2 Tracy Grammer Concert �� 6 Members’ Gigs (& Friends) �� 7 Board Meeting: The Summary ��10 Good o’ the Order ��11 Songwriters Project ��13

NOTE: web links in the eNewsletter are clickable Evening o’ Music February 2019 Sat., Feb. 9, 8pm • Elly Faden’s The Minstrel presented by 12 5th Street, Hazlet Twp., NJ • 732/639-3593 Acoustic Concert Series There are three spaces for song circles in this lovely house. Join us for some musical fun! Bring Concerts every Friday at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship 7:30 start your instruments, your larynx, your spirit, and snacks, desserts, and beverages to share. Email 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ $10 door [email protected] for more information. www.FolkProject.org • 973/335-9489 • [email protected] Directions from Garden State Parkway: Take Exit 117 toward Keyport; take Hwy 35 toward Hazlet; left onto South Laurel Ave.; right onto 5th St. (just past Henry Hudson Bike Fri., Feb. 1: Valentine’s Day Extravaganza ($12 this show only, includes refreshments) Trail); 12 5th St. is on right. Your hearts will skip some beats at the Valentine’s Day Extravaganza, a wildly popular Folk Project fundraiser event. Folk Project member performers will sing, dance, and/or recite their way into your hearts as they perform their love-themed musical numbers on their own, or backed up by The Valentine’s Day Extravaganza our terrific Lovin’ Hearts Big Boogie Band, or our sophisticated Jazz ensemble. You will be treated Fri. Feb. 1, 2019, 7:30pm • The Minstrel to special Valentine sweets (or other more cardiac-friendly snacks if that’s your desire) included in the $12 admission for this very special folk Project event. Come out and have your hearts throbbed!! One of many great Folk Project events, the Valentine’s Day Extravaganza has grown to become a crowd favorite. Come Fri., Feb. 8: OpenStage (Admission: $10 general, $5 for age 21 & under, OpenStage only) see fellow FP members perform their love-themed songs, many The Minstrel OpenStage is the place where a diverse collection of acoustic musicians performs for a backed up by the nine-piece powerhouse Valentine’s Day Loving welcoming, supportive, and attentive audience. We’re a listening room, not a noisy bar. We’ve often Hearts Club Band, or the sophisticated Jazz duo of Frank Sole seen previews of our regularly scheduled opening acts for the first time at our OpenStage. For infor- and Hen3ry Nerenberg. Since there will be a good dose of heart- mation on how to sign up to perform at our next OpenStage, visit www.OpenStage.FolkProject.org. shaking music, we provide enhanced desserts (and plenty of cardiac-friendly CoQ10!). Fri., Feb. 15: Quentin Callewaert with Russ Rentler So come out Friday, Feb. 1, bring your “Message from the Heart” Those who saw 17-year-old Quentin Callewaert’s opening set for Toby to be read by our experienced MC duo and enjoy the fun! Snow Walker last June were singularly impressed. The young singer-guitarist Date: Friday, Feb. 8. displayed a precocious ability to convincingly play and sing the finger- style guitar classics of such pioneers as Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Tommy Emmanuel. Driven by the love of these guitar heroes of his Send a Song-Gram to a Loved One! parents’ generation, he has continued to grow musically and is now worthy of a night of his own at the Minstrel. And those who catch this As they have been doing for the past several years, The Highland Park Community Chorus is offer- show will long remember the night they saw him when... ing a great Valentine’s gift you can send to your loved ones: song-grams sung over the phone to a sweetheart, child, parent, relative, or friend. They cost $10 each and will be sung to anyone in the Russ Rentler is a talented multi-instrumentalist performing original and traditional songs on ham- continental US on Feb. 13 and 14, from 7–9pm. These have been a big hit in years past. Surprise mer and Appalachian dulcimers, guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, autoharp, and Dobro. His songs your loved ones with the gift of song. have a humorous streak to complement the instrumental virtuosity. For more information or to order a song-gram, go to www.HPChorus.org or send email to Fri., Feb. 22: Todd Dennison with Julie Parker Edelston [email protected]. For the past 4 years, Todd Dennison has been the go-to guy when it came to supporting his fellow musicians’ performing careers. His prodigious guitar and vocal skills and instinctive musicality made him a valuable musical partner to Walt Michael in Concert any number of member performers. But he’s also a skilled songwriter, and it’s Fri., Feb. 15, 8:15pm • Christ Congregation Church time he had a show of his own at the Minstrel. So he and his various musical col- 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ • www.PrincetonFolk.org laborators will make this a brilliant evening of music The youngest member of the Folk Project’s vaunted Edelston clan, Julie Parker Edelston embarks The Princeton Folk Music Society presents an evening with hammered dulcimer virtuoso Walt on her songwriting career. She combines the sounds of musical theater and rock on piano, remi- Michael. In his quietly revolutionary and exploratory music and performance, Michael combines niscent of Sara Bareilles and Queen. She wrote her first song in 6th grade and graduated from an Old World roots advocacy with global and 20th-century influences. His music, like that of Bela Berklee College of Music, majoring in Songwriting and minoring in Musical Theater Writing. She Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Edgar Meyer, and the Punch Brothers, relaxes the boundaries of folk music has been working closely with Livingston Taylor to perfect her songwriting and performance skills. “… allowing in airs of 20th-century Minimalism (for which the hammered dulcimer is delightfully right) and a broad sense of global sourcing.”—John Burdick, Hudson Valley One. Like many folk UPCOMING: 3/1 Mike & Ruthy (of The Mammals) with The Asaran Earth Trio; 3/8 OpenStage; 3/15 The musicians, Michael plays a variety of instruments, including guitar, mandolin, and banjo. Murphy Beds with Tal Naccarato; 3/22 Tom Chapin with Dan Pelletier; 3/29 Phil Ochs Song Night; 4/5 Cheryl Admission at the door: $20 ($15 members, $10 students under 22, $5 children). Doors open at Wheeler; 4/12 OpenStage; 4/19 Del Rey with The Green Planet Band; 4/26 RPR with The Annie Donahue 7:30pm. Show starts at 8:15pm. Ample free parking. For more information: www.princetonfolk.org. Trio; 5/3 The Kennedys with Jaclyn Fraser; 5/10 OpenStage; 5/17 CLOSED for Folk Project Spring Getaway 2 To volunteer, e-mail [email protected] 3 Creamery, 146 South Street, Morristown (on the Green in warm weather). Info: All Venues That Fit We Print www.meetup.com/MorristownUkeJam, Mark 973/978-0751, [email protected] NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song: Eatontown Library, 33 Broad Street (Route 71), Eatontown, Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go NJ, 2–4pm, audience members can also do a number or two, $3–$7, www.IngridMusic.com, 732/869-9276; Sun. 2/3 Rosemarie Wright, storyteller; Sun. 3/3 Rob Lincoln Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk 7:30 every Saturday. GPS address: 131 NJ Songwriters Circle: 32 Williamson Ave, Bloomfield, NJ, 7pm, schmoozing, sharing songs, support- Wells Mills Rd. (Route 532), Waretown, NJ, 609/971-1593 or www.AlbertHall.org ing each other’s creative efforts, [email protected], 973/429-0288; Tue. 2/12 home of Liz and Dave Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 7 North Main St., Lambertville, NJ, 8pm, concerts, open folk jams, NJAMP Acoustic Jams: in Somerville every Thursday, 6pm, Mannion’s,150 West Main St., Somerville, song circles, $15, www.BirdhouseCenter.org, [email protected], 609/397-3964; Sat. in Matawan every other Wednesday, 6pm, Maloney’s, 119 Main Street, Matawan, 908/203-9700, 2/2 Adam Agee & Jon Sousa, Irish music on fiddle, guitar, and tenor banjo; Fri. 3/1 Hoot & Holler www.meetup.com/NJ-Acoustic-Music-in-the-Park Bluegrass & Old Time Music Assoc. (BOTMA): every 3rd Sun. from Sept. thru May, Embury United The Newton Theatre: Skylands Performing Arts Center, 234 Spring Street, Newton, NJ, 8pm, Methodist Church Hall, 49 Church St, Little Silver, NJ. 1–5pm. $4 for BOTMA members, $5 non- www.TheNewtonTheatre.com, [email protected], 973/383-3700 members. Info: www.NewJerseyBlueGrass.org Outpost In The Burbs: First Congregational Church, 40 South Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ, 8pm, $22 Boonton United Methodist Church: open mic every 3rd Friday, 8pm, 626 Lathrop Avenue (corner advance/$25 door, www.OutpostInTheBurbs.org, [email protected], 973/744-6560; Fri. of Vreeland Ave.), Boonton, NJ, free, [email protected], 973/334-8275 2/8 Marcia Ball, $35 advance/$40 door; Fri. 2/22 David Bromberg Quintet, $40 advance/$45 door Borderline Folk Music Club: Nanuet Public Library, 149 Church Street, Nanuet, NY, 1:30pm, People’s Voice Cafe: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th St., New $25/$20 members/$3 online discount, www.BorderlineFolkMusicClub.org, [email protected], York, NY, 8pm, $20 contribution/$12 members, www.PeoplesVoiceCafe.org, 212/787-3903; Sat. 845/510-9630; Sun. 2/24 Mara Levine with Gathering Time, $20/members $15, CD release show 2/2 Pamela Jean Agaloos, Twa Corbies; Sat. 2/9 Rod MacDonald, Joe Jencks; Sat. 2/16 Cole Quest Community Theatre at Mayo Performing Arts Center: 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ, 8pm, & the City Pickers, Piedmont Bluz; Sat. 2/23 Terry Kitchen & Mara Levine, Robin Greenstein; Sat. www.MayoArts.org, [email protected], 973/539-8008; Fri. 2/1 The Havana Cuba All-Stars, 3/2 Women’s Voices—Beth DeSombre, Bev Gran $29–$59 Prallsville Mill: 33 Risler St (Route 29), Stockton, NJ, 5 miles north of New Hope and Lambertville, Earth Room Concerts: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, 1475 W. Front $35 in advance, www.PrallsvilleMills.org, [email protected], 609/397-3586; Sat. 3/2 8pm, St., Lincroft, NJ, 7:30pm, $20 advance/$25 door, www.EarthRoomConcerts.org, 732/542-4127 Tim Grimm Ethical Brew Coffeehouse: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, 687 Larch Avenue, Teaneck, Princeton Folk Music Society: Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ, 8:15pm, NJ, 8pm, $20 online/$25 at door, www.EthicalBrew.org, 201/836-5187; Sat. 2/9 The End of America; $20, members $15, students 12–22 $10, children $5, www.PrincetonFolk.org, [email protected], Fri. 3/1 Ellis Delaney with Katherine Rondeau 609/799-0944; Fri. 2/15 Walt Michael, virtuoso of the hammered dulcimer Evergreen House Concerts: Plainfield, NJ, 3pm potluck, 4pm concert, $23 per person, advance pur- Riverside Rhythm & Rhyme: Roxbury Performing Arts Center, 72 Eyland Ave, Succasunna, NJ, 4pm, chase only, [email protected]; Sun. 2/24 David Roth an activity of the Skylands Songwriters Guild, $20 advance/$15 members/free under 18/$22 door, Fanwood Performance Series: Kuran Cultural Arts Center, 75 North Martine Avenue, Fanwood, SkylandsSongwriters.org/rr-r; Sun. 2/17 E’lissa Jones NJ, 7pm, donation adult $15, seniors/students $10, www.FanwoodPerformanceSeries.org, Roy’s Hall: 30 Main Street, Blairstown, NJ, 8pm, $25, RoysHall.com, 908/362-1399; Fri. 2/22 Driftwood, [email protected], 908/418-1301 $25–$30, folk, old-time, country, punk, and rock Folk Arts Fridays at Ethical Culture: 516 Prospect St., Maplewood, every 2nd Friday (except June– Sacred Bean Coffeehouse: Flanders United Methodist Church, 2 Park Place (corner with Hillside Sep.). Bring instruments and voices for singing, playing, quilting, crafts. Run by Lisa Novemsky Ave), Flanders, NJ, 7pm, raywinch.net/Coffeehouse.html, [email protected], 973/584-5426; and Anja Moen, www.EssexEthical.org, [email protected], 973/763-8293 Sat. 2/16 Mike Herz, Loretta Hagen, George Marinich Folk Music Society of NY: OSA Hall, 220 East 23rd St, Suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Aves), NYC, Sacred Harp Singings: Much info at www.fasola.org, 2nd Sun.: 2pm, St. Paul’s Church, 199 Carroll St., 7:30pm, Folk Project members pay the FMSNY member’s price, $25/members $20, FolkMusicNY.org; Brooklyn. 718/293-2848, 4th Sun., 2pm, Montclair Friends Mtg., Park & Gordonhurst. 973/509-2165, Fri. 3/1 Happy Traum with Kenny Kosek, at St John’s Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher St, Manhattan; Midweek singing Wednesdays, 7–9:30pm, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher St. (bet. Bleecker Sun. 3/3 Pete Seeger Memorial Sing, free-will donation, at John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of & W. 4th Sts., near 7th Ave. S.), Greenwich Village, www.NYCSacredHarp.org/localsingings.html Broadway, 1 block south of & parallel to Fulton), near Fulton St. subway stop Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam: Mannion’s Pub & Restaurant, 140 West Main Street, Godfrey Daniels: 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem, PA, 610/867-2390, www.GodfreyDaniels.org Somerville, 7:30pm every 1st Tuesday., 609/924-5353 or visit www.DiamondCut.com/oldtime Good Coffeehouse: The Good Coffeehouse at The Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY, Voices in the Heights: First Unitarian Congregational Society, 119–121 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, NY, doors open at 7:30pm, music at 8pm, 718/768-3195 or www.theOldStoneHouse.org 7:30pm, coffee, tea, and gourmet desserts available, $15, VoicesInTheHeights.com; Sat. 2/9 Serena Hopewell Theater: 5 South Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ, 8pm, dine-in theater with small plate Jost, Jeff Jacobs, Skye Steele options, HopewellTheater.com, [email protected], 609/466-1964; Sat. 2/16 Hot Club of Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., Philadelphia, acoustic jazz quartet; Sat. 2/23 Willie Nile with Marc Jonson & Company of Dreams White Plains, NY, 7:30pm, Walkabout Chorus “Teachabout” at 6:45pm, $20 advance/$25 door, Unlimited www.WalkaboutClearwater.info, [email protected], 914/949-2146; Sat. 2/9 Christine Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, 10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ, 8pm, Lavin, $25 advance/$30 door $20 advance/$23 door, www.HurdyGurdyFolk.org, [email protected], 201/384-1325; Sat. Watchung Arts Center: 18 Stirling Rd, Watchung, NJ, 8pm, $18 advance/$22 door/$10 students, 2/2 Fink, Marxer & Gleaves, $25 advance/$28 door; Sat. 3/2 Tret Fure www.WatchungArts.org, [email protected], 908/753-0190; Sun. 2/3 3pm, Tracy Grammer, Morristown Uke Jam: Ukulele playalong and jam, 7pm, every 1st Wed at South Street $25, with Jim Henry, dessert reception after the concert; Sat. 2/9 Rio Clemente, a Valentine tribute from The American Songbook; Sat. 2/23 Leonieke Scheuble and Friends, jazz piano 4 5 Tracy Grammer Concert Members’ Gigs (& Friends) Sun., Feb. 3, 2019, 3pm • Watchung Arts Center Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go 18 Stirling Road, Watchung, NJ • 908/753-0190 Mike Agranoff (www.MikeAgranoff.com, [email protected]): Fri. 2/1 8pm, Two Meeps House Concert, a co- Folk Project member Bob Cole will be hosting a concert with the housing residence, North Cambridge, MA, [email protected], 617/491-5496, $15–$20 wonderful Tracy Grammer and her friend Jim Henry, guitarist suggested donation, call or email for reservations and directions; Sat. 2/2 7:30pm, OCC Coffeehouse, par excellence, at the Watchung Arts Center. Tickets and infor- Original Congregational Church of Wrentham, 1 East Street, Wrentham, MA, www.MusicAtOcc.org, mation are available through the Arts Center website or through [email protected], 508/384-8084, $20 advance/$25 door, opening for Don White; Sun. 2/10 8pm, Eventbrite. Suggested donation of $25 per person at the door Music at Maltby’s, a private home, 128 Stone Cliff Road, Princeton, NJ, [email protected], $20 includes a Valentine’s Day Dessert Reception at the conclusion of suggested donation, RSVP is requested by email the performance. Christine DeLeon (www.ChristineDeLeon.com, [email protected]): Fri. 2/8 1pm, Chester Public Tracy has recently released her new album “Low Tide” composed Library, “Song and Dance of the Roaring Twenties,” 250 West Main Street, Chester, NJ, ChesterLib.org, of original music, which is fast on its way to becoming a milestone on the contemporary Folk 908/879-7612, free and Singer-Songwriter scene. Of course, her earlier work with the beloved Dave Carter will also Nancy and Russ Kelner: Sun. 1/27 3pm, Temple Beth O’r/Beth Torah, with PetroGrass band, 111 be showcased in this performance. This concert sold out last year, and Bob would love to share Valley Road, Clark, NJ, 732/381-8403, $5 advance/$7 door Tracy’s warmth and talent and Jim’s legendary musicianship with everyone! For info or questions call The Watchung Arts Center or access their website at www.WatchungArts.org, or contact Bob Mara Levine (www.MaraLevine.com, [email protected], 732/549-9722): Sun. 1/27 noon, South Florida Folk Cole at 908/642-2439. Festival, performing with Jerry Wicentowski and friends and also selling her jewelry, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, 3109 E. Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL, www.SouthFloridaFolkfest.net, 954/564-4521; Mon. 1/28 7pm, Delray Beach House Concert, performing songs from her new CD, split-bill with Jerry Wicentowski and friends, Delray Beach, FL, $15 suggested donation, private home; Sat. 2/23 8pm, Hawaiian Musicians Come to Chatham People’s Voice Cafe, with Terry Kitchen, split bill with Robin Greentein, Community Church of New York Tue., Feb. 12, 7pm • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th St., New York, NY, www.PeoplesVoiceCafe.org, 212/787-3903, $20 suggested contribution; Sun. 2/24 1:30pm, Borderline Folk Music Club, CD release party, split bill with 200 Main Street, Chatham, NJ • $25 advance/$30 door Gathering Time, Germonds Park, 185 Germonds Road, West Nyack, NY, BorderlineFolkMusicClub.org, Long-time Chatham resident Andy Wang is bringing The Masters of Hawaiian Music Tour—featuring [email protected], $20 Grammy award-winning artists George Kahumoku, Jr., Nathan Aweau, and David “Kawika” Kahiapo—to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chatham. Tickets can be purchased at hawaiian.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800/838-3006. The proceeds benefit St. Paul’s programs and outreach. “I’m excited to welcome the return of one of my favor- Minstrel Advance Sales Program ite lineups. I think people will be blown away by Off to a Good Start the musicianship and storytelling,” said Andy Wang, organizer of the show. These three masters, who per- On January 4, the Minstrel ran its first concert for which tickets were available for online advance formed in Chatham two years ago, regularly appear at sales. It was a smashing success, with a sold-out house of 180 paid, including 110 tickets sold in the renowned “Slack Key Show®” on Maui, featuring advance. The fact that the show featured Susan Werner with Zoe Mulford opening probably had Hawai‘i’s unique folk styles with origins in the early something to do with that. (The audience, given the opportunity to vote Zoe into a feature set of 19th-century Hawaiian paniolo (cowboy) culture. her own with at least 25 votes swept her in with a landslide of 50. Her return appearance is set for November 1.) Gary Pratt (the roly-poly guy in a scooter with the Santa Claus beard* you may have Hawaiian slack key guitar is one of the world’s great acoustic guitar traditions. Relatively unknown noticed at the Minstrel lately) was instrumental in helping to design and administer the advance outside of Hawai‘i, slack key guitar is often confused with and actually pre-dates the more well known sale program. Hawaiian lap steel that developed in the late 1880s. Slack key was developed by Hawaiian cowboys who “slacked” the strings of guitars brought by Mexican cowboys hired by King Kamehameha III For a first roll-out, the program went very smoothly. There was one minor glitch, however. After the to teach Hawaiians better ranching methods. Slack key is a fingerpicked style, and the tradition room’s capacity was reached, we closed off sales and turned people away, even though there were continues to evolve from techniques and tunings handed down through the generations. empty seats for advance ticket holders who had not yet arrived. However, the word that we were at capacity did not reach the entire staff, and later on, additional patrons were admitted. For that For additional information, contact Andy Wang at 973/400-9264 or visit slip up, we apologize to those who were turned away. And we have a fix planned for future sold- www.andywangmusic.com/masters. out shows. We will be setting up an overflow room where patrons who arrive after we’ve reached capacity may watch the show broadcast on Concert Window on a large video screen. And after the opening act is finished, we will scan the auditorium for any empty seats and fill them in with Lifetime Achievement Videos people from the overflow room. But, if you want to assure a seat in the auditorium, you’d be safer Each year, Folk Alliance International presents its Elaine Weissman Lifetime buying your tickets in advance. The next show likely to sell out will be Tom Chapin on March 22. Achievement Awards to honor the cultural impact of legendary Living, Legacy, and —Mike Agranoff, Minstrel Program Chairman Organizational/Academic folk music figures. Visit tinyurl.com/FAI-award-videos *This description has been reviewed and approved by Gary himself. to access the full video archive of past honorees. 6 7 FP Calendar: February 2019 Ethical Brew Coffeehouse: 8pm, The End of America, $20 online/$25 at door For venue addresses & contact information, see Venues, Feets, or Gigs People’s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Rod MacDonald, Joe Jencks, $20 contribution/$12 members Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go Voices in the Heights: 7:30pm, Serena Jost, Jeff Jacobs, Skye Steele, $15, coffee, tea, and gourmet desserts available 1/Fri. Minstrel: Valentine’s Day Extravaganza Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: 7:30pm, Christine Lavin, $25 advance/$30 door, Mike Agranoff: 8pm, Two Meeps House Concert, North Cambridge, MA, Walkabout Chorus “Teachabout” at 6:45pm [email protected], 617/491-5496 Watchung Arts Center: 8pm, Rio Clemente, $18 advance/$22 door/$10 students, a Community Theatre at Mayo Performing Arts Center: 8pm, The Havana Cuba All-Stars Valentine tribute from The American Songbook 2/Sat. Swingin’ Tern: Ron Blechner & Raise the Roof 10/Sun. Mike Agranoff: 8pm, Music at Maltby’s, a private home, 128 Stone Cliff Road, Princeton, NJ, EVERY Saturday: CD*NY: 8pm, Contra dances. NYC, www.cdny.org [email protected], $20 suggested donation, RSVP is requested by email Mike Agranoff: 7:30pm, OCC Coffeehouse, Wrentham, MA, www.MusicAtOcc.org, 12/Tues. NJ Songwriters Circle: 7pm, home of Liz and Dave, schmoozing, sharing songs, supporting [email protected], 508/384-8084, $20 advance/$25 door, opening for Don White each other’s creative efforts Birdhouse Center for the Arts: 8pm, Adam Agee & Jon Sousa, $15, Irish music on fiddle, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 7pm, The Masters of Hawaiian Music Tour, Chatham, NJ, $25 guitar, and tenor banjo advance/$30 door (see page 6) Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: 8pm, Fink, Marxer & Gleaves, $25 advance/$28 door 15/Fri. Minstrel: Quentin Callewaert with Russ Rentler People’s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Pamela Jean Agaloos, Twa Corbies, $20 contrib/$12 members Newsletter Deadline: Send stuff to [email protected] 3/Sun. EVERY Sunday: 7pm, Music You Can’t Hear on the Radio. WPRB 103.3FM; www.wprb.com Princeton Folk Music Society: 8:15pm, Walt Michael, $20, members $15, students 12–22 EVERY Sunday: 8–10am, Radio Nowhere. WMSC 90.3FM Montclair or streaming at $10, children $5, virtuoso of the hammered dulcimer www.wmscradio.com 16/Sat. Swingin’ Tern: Paul Morris & Wry Bred NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song: 2–4pm, Rosemarie Wright, $3–$7, storyteller Hopewell Theater: 8pm, Hot Club of Philadelphia, acoustic jazz quartet Watchung Arts Center: 3pm, Tracy Grammer, $25, with Jim Henry, dessert reception after People’s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Cole Quest & the City Pickers, Piedmont Bluz, $20 5/Tues. FP Board Meeting: 8pm, at Mark & Robin Schaffer’s in Rockaway, NJ contribution/$12 members EVERY Tuesday: 7pm, Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam. Westside United Methodist Church, Sacred Bean Coffeehouse: 7pm, Mike Herz, Loretta Hagen, George Marinich Hopatcong. 973/770-0179 17/Sun. Riverside Rhythm & Rhyme: 4pm, E’lissa Jones, $20 advance/$15 members/free under EVERY 1st Tuesday: 7:30pm, Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam, Mannion’s, 18/$22 door, an activity of the Skylands Songwriters Guild Somerville, www.DiamondCut.com/oldtime, 609/924-5353 21/Thur. EVERY 3rd Thursday: 6:30–8pm, Thursday Night Sing Along, Sussex-Wantage Library, Alternate Tuesdays: 7pm, Open Mic, Daddy Matty’s BBQ Restaurant, 6 Elmer St., Madison. Wantage, NJ, www.FriendsOfSWlibrary.org 973/845-8711; www.DaddyMattysBBQ.com 22/Fri. Minstrel: Todd Dennison with Julie Parker Edelston 6/Wed. EVERY Wednesday: 7:30pm, Morristown Int’l Dancers. Mountain Lakes Community Church. Outpost In The Burbs: 8pm, David Bromberg Quintet, $40 advance/$45 door 973/228-5966, NJFolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html Roy’s Hall: 8pm, Driftwood, $25–$30, folk, old-time, country, punk, and rock EVERY Wednesday: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, Contra Dance, $10 ($5 seniors & 23/Sat. ALMOST EVERY 4th Saturday: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, Contra Dance, $11 ($5 students). More info on Dance page. seniors & students). More info on Dance page. EVERY 1st Wednesday: 7pm, Folk Open Sing. Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Mara Levine: 8pm, People’s Voice Cafe, with Terry Kitchen, split bill with Robin Greentein, Brooklyn. 212/636-6341 or 718/788-7563 Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th St., New York, NY, EVERY 1st Wednesday: 7pm, Morristown Uke Jam; meetup.com/MorristownUkeJam; Mark www.PeoplesVoiceCafe.org, 212/787-3903, $20 suggested contribution 973/978-0751, [email protected] Hopewell Theater: 8pm, Willie Nile with Marc Jonson & Company of Dreams Unlimited, Alternate Wednesdays: 6pm, Maloney’s NJAMP Acoustic Jam, Matawan. 908/203-9700; dine-in theater with small plate options meetup.com/NJ-Acoustic-Music-in-the-Park People’s Voice Cafe: 8pm, Terry Kitchen & Mara Levine, Robin Greenstein, $20 7/Thur. EVERY Thursday: 6pm, Mannion’s NJAMP Acoustic Jam. Somerville. 908/203-9700; contribution/$12 members meetup.com/NJ-Acoustic-Music-in-the-Park Watchung Arts Center: 8pm, Leonieke Scheuble and Friends, $18 advance/$22 door/$10 EVERY Thursday: 8pm, Maplewood International Dancers. Maplewood, students, jazz piano njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_maplewood.html 24/Sun. EVERY 4th Sunday (except July and August): 2–5:30pm, Sacred Harp Singing, Montclair 8/Fri. Minstrel: OpenStage Friends Meeting House, 289 Park Street, Upper Montclair, NJ; gssh.hostoi.com Christine DeLeon: 1pm, Chester Public Library, “Song and Dance of the Roaring Twenties,” Mara Levine: 1:30pm, Borderline Folk Music Club, CD release party, split bill with Gathering 250 West Main Street, Chester, NJ, ChesterLib.org, 908/879-7612, free Time, West Nyack, NY, BorderlineFolkMusicClub.org, [email protected], $20 Outpost In The Burbs: 8pm, Marcia Ball, $35 advance/$40 door Borderline Folk Music Club: 1:30pm, Mara Levine with Gathering Time, $20/members $15, 9/Sat. FP Evening o’ Music: 8pm, at Elly Faden’s in Hazlet Twp. CD release show EVERY 2nd Saturday: 8pm, Princeton Country Dancers, English Country Dance, $10 ($5 Evergreen House Concerts: 3pm potluck, 4pm concert, David Roth, $23 per person, seniors & students). More info on Dance page. advance purchase only 8 9 Folk Project Annual Board Meeting • January 8, 2019 NEW BUSINESS New Business: Jean suggested we move meetings to an accessible location rather than members’ Board Meeting: The Summary homes; a motion was carried to try the Long Hill Tavern for the February meeting. [Please note the tavern rejected this—still looking for an ongoing venue.] The meeting was called to order at 8pm at the home of Mark & Robin Schaffer in Rockaway, NJ. Kathi C is getting info out to new board members re e-mail policy, BackOffice, and wiki. Present: Jean Scully, Dave Heistand, Steve Humphreys, Mark & Robin Schaffer (telephonically), Bob The meeting was adjourned at 10:12pm. February meeting will again be at the home of Mark & Robin McNally, Mike Agranoff, Mitch Radler, Gary Pratt, George Otto, Lindsey Meyer, Allan Kugel, Paul Fisher, Schaffer in Rockaway while we search for an ongoing venue. Lois DeRitter, Todd Dennison, Christine Del Vecchio, Joanne Cronin, Pat Brangs, Dara Diamant. Sandie Reilly, Ken Brody, Evelyn McNally, Jay Wilensky. Meeting began with a singalong, Don’t Think Twice, led by Bob McNally. Good o’ the Order A place to share news with your Folk Project Community about memorable events and challenges. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS Please send items to Christine DeLeon, [email protected] President’s Report: Paul stood by his written report. Mike Agranoff highly recommends watching “Bruce Springsteen on Broadway” on Netflix. It’s an COMMITTEE REPORTS all acoustic guitar and piano performance with storytelling and Bruce is brilliant, literate, and poetic Minstrel Booking: Started off the year with a bang with Susan Werner, sellout with $566 profit ... “he’s like a male Susan Werner.” although she had a $2100 flat fee. Demonstrated that we can book acts with a $2000 guarantee Jean Scully made it through her first cardiac rehab session. Twenty minutes on the treadmill and if it’s a full house. Also, our biggest Concert Window due to a $5 CW ticket price. First show with fifteen minutes on the bike were tough, but she made it! advance sales; some glitches with sellout logistics but they’ve been addressed going forward. MUF Lois DeRitter had a wonderful Christmas with her daughter who gave her a lovely Christmas gift repaving of parking lot is coming, and Mike is working logistics. Ken asked that folks make sure ... a key chain with the geographic coordinates of Meadowlark Music Camp and Old Songs, two teardown doesn’t all fall on Bill Henderson. We had a very successful joint holiday concert w/MUF of her happy places. Mom and daughter now have matching keychains and coordinates to share folks, and Bob suggested another joint event with MUF and FP musicians. great memories together. Community Service: Busy month! Pat is working on the database of musician members and sent Cecilia Rowedder had a small mass removed from her lung and is expected to make a complete out a request for more performers for the Memory Café. It appears the existing performer data- recovery. base is too archaic and needs to be completely reworked; it’s in the queue for the Web committee. Steve Humphreys’ brother passed away on January 6th. He’s headed to San Diego for a memo- Newsletter: Paper copy last month was late due to holiday mail delays. George will talk to Webmaster rial service. John Lamb re getting the newsletter venue list and performers’ list on the website as well. Elizabeth Lachowicz spent Christmas with her son the sailor here in NJ along with family and HSNOI: Still some ongoing problems with the software editing, but shooting one or two shows a friends. It was special and lovely. Thomas is in Texas now. month in our beautiful new digs. All are welcome to be a studio audience; Sandie was encouraged Lindsey Meyer’s son Miles received an Assistant Engineer credit on a National Geographic docu- to write an article for the newsletter soon. mentary set in Africa. It’s virtual reality so you can watch it on YouTube, but it’s much better with Minstrel Staffing: Jean met with Gary and Mike A to hammer out a plan for sellout crowds with Oculus Go so you see it in 360-degree format. advance sales. Paul Fisher had planned on taking the end of the year off to catch up on some overdue projects Publicity: Elly has created online files in Google Docs for pictures and documents, and has talked but instead, he had to spend much of his free time fixing a broken down car, replacing a broken to John Lamb about listing venues on the website. Paul noted it would be a great place for people down furnace, air conditioning, water heater, flooded basement… all accompanied by a lot of to upload pictures of Getaway and FP events for future use. It would be good to have a list of job money down the drain. But on the bright side, he led a fun pub crawl in New York. descriptions for FP jobs in the Back Office. Anyone contacting Elly, please put your committee name Mark and Robin Schaffer have a new grandson! Xander is healthy, happy, and the whole family in the subject line as she’s still learning who does what. is thrilled–especially Robin since this is her first grandchild! Also, please attend the Cliff Eberhardt Archives: Lindsey emphasized we do have a permanent home at Rutgers, she’s just hoping for house concert to support the Getaway in our new digs. Reservation info on folkproject.org. Let’s sorting space, which may be at Rutgers. keep it going as the best music party EVER. Getaway: Mark & Robin phoned in from sunny Florida to report that they’re hoping for a Thursday Christine Del Vecchio is currently immersed in a four-week compact and intense college history night extension to help folks avoid Friday night traffic. We have an arrangement with a nearby course which requires about 2–3 hours of reading a day and a weekly exam and research paper. theater to allow us to see a play on Thursday night. Hoping the new venue’s creature comforts will She plans to be able to see the light of day (not to mention all her friends and family) once again encourage non-playing spouses to come. Stony Point will not charge us a fee for Sunday concert around the end of January. attendees, so they will be pure profit. Diane Perry is excited to announce she will be performing at Club Passim Saturday afternoon OpenStage: New things for the new year, including the possible return of performer showcases March 23 from 12–4pm. The concert will be live streamed on concert window from the legendary and a song circle on Sunday nights. The Park School special needs school in Rockaway will be send- Harvard Square listening room as part of a special show featuring performers who, like Diane, were ing audience members for Open Stage. We’ve had up to 30 performers between two rooms. Now juried showcase artists at NERFA 2018. working to improve recordings. Marie Trontell and Jay Wilensky report that Katherine Rondeau and Andrew Dunn were terrific Future Planning: Committee is still drilling down to next level of detail. But, volunteers are the at Katherine’s Godfrey Daniels CD release party. heart of FP, and we must nurture them before anything. Jay Wilensky reports that after neck surgery, his numb hands seem to be waking up, and he looks forward to taking his trusty D16R out of cold storage. 10 Cleo Battle’s brother William J Battle passed away on October 6, 2018. 11 Save a Tree—Sign up for E-Newsletters The Piano Tuner’s Tale David Thomson (no “p”) is a piano technician I have used for decades. Back in December, I had Our monthly newsletter is now available in electronic version. Advantages of receiv- asked MUF to have the piano tuned for the Susan Werner concert, and they said it had been done ing the E-Newsletter? recently and we would have to pay for it, although there had been some reports from people who ☛☛ You will receive it earlier each month ☛☛ You will save the Folk Project almost used it for the Open Stage that tuning was needed. So I agreed for the Folk Project to cover the cost. ☛☛ The web and email links will be clickable $1 per month But then I thought to ask David if he might do that service as a donation to the Folk Project in the ☛☛ It will be in color ☛☛ This will save trees, energy, and reduce future. He agreed, initially assuming it would be a tax-deductible donation. That proved not to be ☛☛ You will be less likely to misplace it greenhouse gases the case, but he agreed anyway and asked if there was some way we could publicize the fact that ☛☛ You will save $5 on your membership he was donating his services to the Project. So I thought perhaps an ongoing ad in the Newsletter, or an endorsement, or other spot on our web page. Sign up at enews.folkproject.org —Mike Agranoff, Minstrel Program Chair

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If membership in the Folk Project is important to you award-winning professional master teachers. and you feel that you cannot afford our membership dues, please contact [email protected] for arrangements. The program honors the legacy of Johnny Mercer by fostering the tradition of mentorship that The Folk Project is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit. Donations to the Folk Project are Tax Deductible. Johnny was committed to throughout his career. Thanks to the generosity of the Johnny Mercer Foundation, the program is free of charge to invited participants, on-campus housing is provided, and a stipend is available to help cover travel & living expenses. “...Horses Sing None of It!” The weeklong program culminates in an intimate concert that features the program’s participants, A folksy non-commercial public access TV series featuring a surprising variety of guest per- providing an opportunity for them to share new songs they’ve worked on throughout the week. formers, hosted by Ralph Litwin. All types of mainly acoustic music, storytellers, dancers, others. Schedule available at www.folkproject.org. Watch archived shows on More information about the project and the application can be found at www.mercersongwriters.com. www.youtube.com/HSNOI. Seen on: Cablevision Morris (Ch.21), Applications will be accepted through Friday, March 1. Bergen (Ch.77), and Oakland (Ch76), NJ, 9pm Sun.; Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New York City 2:30pm Thurs. on Time/Warner Cable Ch.56 & 1996, RCN Cable Ch.83 & FIOS Ch.33; also broadcast via streaming video on the web at Unclassified Ads www.MNN.org; Service Electric Cable TV, Allentown, PA (air- Two tickets to Tom Chapin’s March 22 concert! Purchased but unable to attend, and would love ing in 84 towns) Thurs. 9:30pm, Ch.50; Fargo Community Access for them to be used! They are $10 each. The concert is at 7:30 on March 22nd, at the Morristown 68 www.CityOfFargo.com/CityInfo/AccessTV/Access99schedule Unitarian Fellowship. Please contact [email protected] if interested! on Ch.68 at 6:30pm Fri. & 3pm Mon. in Fargo, North Dakota; Comcast After many years of joy, will be giving up my home workshop Hand tools, woodworking tools, Central NJ 2, 3:30pm Fri., Ch.280, Simulcast on Comcast Northwest NJ (Hunterdon County area) Ch.21; Brattleboro Community TV Mon. at 6:30pm, small power tools, large power tools (incl band saw, scroll saw, bench sander, radial arm saw, wood and Sat. at 7am, Ch.8. , Brattleboro, VT router, wood-turning lathe, table saw); also Hamilton drafting table. Jars of nuts, bolts, nails, and screws. Reasonable prices; many items free. Photos of some items available. Email Russ Kelner at 12 [email protected]. (Located in Cranford, NJ) 13 Feets Don’t Fail Me Now!

Country Dance*New York: Contra every Sat., English Country every Tues., Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. (NW corner of 7th Ave.), except July and Aug., www.cdny.org or 212/459-4080 Lambertville Country Dancers: Contra/English Country,1st Friday of every month, American Legion Hall, 41 Linden Avenue, Newtown, PA,soft soled shoes only! Info 609/882-7733 or www.LambertvilleCountryDancers.org Maplewood International Dancers: Thursdays 8pm, $5, Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Rd., Sat., Feb. 2: Ron Blechner & Raise the Roof Maplewood, NJ. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Call 973/627-4386 or 973/376-7568 or go to NJFolkdance.tripod.com/fd_maplewood.html Mat Clark: fiddle • Bob Pasquarello: bass • Judi Stellar: hammered dulcimer • Kathy Talvitie: guitar Morristown International Dancers: Wednesdays, 8:30pm (beginners 7:30pm), sup- Ron will floor you with his calls as you hit the wall and go through the ceiling with porters $5, others $6 (first timers: free first visit), Mountain Lakes Community Church, the band to Raise the Roof, raising the bar to raise a ruckus. When the sun’s rays raise 48 Briarcliff Rd. , NJFolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html, 973/787-4614 or 973/228-5966 you up, eat your raisin bran to raise your energy to raise Cain. If contras are your rai- North Jersey English Country Dancers: 2nd & 4th Sundays, 2–5pm, Unitarian Society, 113 Cottage son d’être, let Ron raise his voice and Raise the Roof raise the rafters to raise you to Pl., Ridgewood, NJ. $10 members, $15 non-members. More info: 201/657-9956 or 914/476-7102, your feet and raise your spirits. www.NorthJerseyEnglishCountryDancers.org, or [email protected]. Sat., Feb. 16: Paul Morris & Wry Bred Palisades Folk Dancers: Twice a month on Sundays (except June to Aug.), 3pm, Church of the Julie Sorcek: flute, saxophone • Mickey Koth: fiddle • Robert Messore: guitar Atonement, Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly, NJ, $10, [email protected] Any way you slice it, when Paul and his Morris dancers meet Wry Bred, it’s a Wonder we don’t get Caraway and sandwich in as many contra carbs until we become toast. Princeton Folk Dance Group: Tuesdays (except school closings), 7:30pm, YWCA All Purpose Room, As the band jams, it rises to the occasion playing a Panettone on the Crumpet second 59 Paul Robeson Place (at intersection with Rte. 206), Princeton, NJ, www.PrincetonFolkDance.org, to Naan. Challah Paul gives you what you knead with a basket full of no-loaf dances. 732/230-3755, 609/912-1272, [email protected]. Seagulls and Bagels join the Terns as they Zwieback and forth. We won’t Pumpernickel Princeton Folk Dancers: Fridays, 9pm (teaching 8pm), Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St. and and dime you or take your Sourdough: it’s really not a lot of bread. Don’t tortilla Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, NJ, www.PrincetonFolkDance.org, 609/912-1272, yourself by missing this: it would be a pita. Papadum’s got a brand new Baguette! [email protected]. Sat., Mar. 2: Free Double Dance—Donna Hunt & Coracree Princeton Country Dancers: Wed. (and most 4th Saturdays) 8pm (intro/basics 7:30pm), $10 Jane Rothfield: fiddle • Bill Quern: tenor banjo, mandolin, melodeon • Sarah Gowan: guitar Wed., $11 Sat. ($5 seniors & students), Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton, • Allan Carr: bass NJ behind the former Borough Hall/police station, near intersection of Routes 27 & 206, Afternoon Advanced Contras 4–6pm / All-Level Evening Dance 8–11pm 609/844-0459 or 609/275-7275, e-mail [email protected]. Performer listing at FREE Dance sponsored by Doug Heacock and Brian Buckley in celebration of Doug’s www.PrincetonCountryDancers.org, pickup band musicians welcome. birthday and his 35 years with Swingin’ Tern. PCD English Country Dance Series: 2nd Saturday, 8pm (intro/basics at 7:30pm). $10 ($5 seniors & students), www.PrincetonCountryDancers.org, 609/844-0459 Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. Scottish Country Dancing: most Tuesdays except June through Aug., 7:30–10pm, Fanwood Contra and Square Dancing to Live Music. All dances taught. Presbyterian Church, 74 South Martine Avenue (at LaGrande Avenue), Fanwood, NJ, No partner necessary. Beginners’ lesson, 7:30pm; www.rscds-nj.org, 732/356-3923 dance at 8pm. $12, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. Swingin’ Tern: see page opposite Valley Contra Dance Society: 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 7:30pm (lesson at 7pm), Unitarian Church of First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $12 ($5 students). www.ValleyContraDance.org, Parish House • 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ 07936 610/868-7432, [email protected] From I-287 northbound or southbound: Exit 39, travel East on Route 10 for approx. 3.5 miles. Exit by Village Contra: 2nd Fri. , 7:30pm, gender-role free contra dance in NYC., at LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th the Ford dealership (“To River Road/Okner Pkway”) onto Mount Pleasant Ave. Right at the second St., open to all. More info at www.VillageContra.org. light onto Hanover Rd. then immediate left into the parking lot of the Parish 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. 973/295-6864 TERN ON THE NET! Find us at http://dance.folkproject.org Presented by the Folk Project 14 More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society • www.cdss.org 15 TM

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