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February 2005 vol 40, No.2

January 28 Fri Many Voices Concert (co-sponsored with PMN); 7:30 pm in Brooklyn 29-30: Peoples’ Music Network Winter Gathering (co-spon- sored with PMN) in Queens February 2WedFolk Open Sing; Ethical Culture Soc., Brooklyn, 7pm 4 - 6 Winter Weekend in Warwick, NY -- see flyer! 6 Sun Sea Music Concert: NexTradition + NY Packet; 3pm South Street Seaport Gallery 14 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972 (34-35 St), info 1-718-575-1906 17 Thur Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10pm, Riverdale Prsby. Church 19 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 20 Sun Sacred Harp at St. Bart’s, ; 2:30 pm 22 Tue Ed Miller house concert; upper West Side Manhattan; 7:30 27 Sun Gospel & Sacred Harp Sing, 3pm: in Manhattan March 1TueNewsletter Mailing; at Club office, 450 7th Ave, #972, 7 pm 2WedFolk Open Sing; Ethical Culture Soc., Brooklyn, 7pm 6 Sun Sea Music Concert: Stout + NY Packet; 3pm South Street Seaport Gallery 12 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 14 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972 (34-35 St), info 1-718-575-1906 17 Thur Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10pm, Riverdale Prsby. Church 20 Sun Sacred Harp Singing at St. Bart’s, Manhattan; 2:30 pm Table of Contents Club Events Details ...... 2-3 The Folk Process...... 9 NYPFMC Club Info ...... 4 Calendar Listings ...... 10 Topical Listing of Club Events .... 5 Ritchie PArty Prictures ...... 12 Office Space needed ...... 5 Repeating Events ...... 14 From The Editor ...... 6 Calendar Location Info ...... 19 30 Years Ago ...... 6 Pinewoods Hot Line & ads ... 22-23 Winter Weekend sign-up ...... 7 Membership Application ...... 24 PMN flyer ...... 8 MANY VOICES CONCERT; Friday, January 28th, 7:30 PM Featuring Pete with the Brooklyn Women’s Chorus, Harmonic Insurgence, and other choral groups. Co-sponsored with People’s Music Network, Brooklyn Women’s Chorus, and Peoples’ Voice Cafe as part of the PMN Winter Gathering. Brooklyn HS for the Arts, 345 Dean Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, Downtown Brooklyn. Subway to Atlantic Avenue or Pacific Street. B65 bus stops near school. Tickets $20 at the door. For tickets or information, contact Bev Grant at 1-718-230-4999. E-mail:

PEOPLE’S MUSIC NETWORK WINTER GATHERING Saturday-Sunday, January 29th-30th Two full days of music, friendship, delicious food, and more. Participatory workshops, performances, presentations, discussions, song swaps, jam sessions, and an open Round Robin concert. Also, a Saturday morning (10:45 AM) children’s concert featuring and others. Co-sponsored with People’s Music Network and others. Saturday 8:00 AM to 11:30 PM, Sunday 8:15 AM to 2:00 PM. Meals included. Childcare available. At The Renaissance Charter School, 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights, Queens. No. 7 train to 82nd Street; Q32 bus stops in front of school. Registration fees on sliding scale; scholarships available. Three-day registration available, including Friday night concert ticket. TRCS students, staff, and parents admitted free Saturday and Sunday. For infor- mation, schedules, directions, and registration forms, visit the PMN website: or call Marilyn or Steve Suffet at 1-718-786-1533. E-mail:

FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, Feb. 2nd, Mar. 2nd; 7pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West (basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, Pinewoods Club, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. For info: Alison Kelley, 1- 718-636-6341. WINTER FOLK MUSIC WEEKEND; February 4-6 Join us for a great weekend of music making in nearby Warwick, NY. Continous informal music with lots of different places to make all types of music. See the flyer in last month’s newsletter or on our web site, www.folkmusicny.org.There may still be places available, call the registrar Alice Baker at (914) 366-0037.

SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Sunday, Feb. 6; 3-5 pm On the First Sunday of each month (except January) members of The Packet (Frank Woerner, Bonnie Milner, Deirdre Murtha, Mark Maniak, Joy Bennett, Alison Kelley, Maggie Bye, Frank Hendricks, David Jones, Jan Christensen, Dan Milner & Bob Conroy) join featured guests. Co-sponsored with the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum Gallery, 209 Water Street between Fulton & Beekman. Call 1-212-691-7610 for directions. Latest details at http://pages.prodigy.net/folkmusic/thenewyorkpacket.htm Donation is $5 (children, $2), pay at the door. February. 6 - The NexTradition. Ken Schatz of The Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and Alison Kelley-Kraan of the Johnson Girls make great music together, a panorama of American history from plantations, railroad gangs and clipper ships. March 6 - Stout Fiddle, , , bass and . Their wide-ranging repertoire includes deepwater shanties, Stephen Foster pieces and songs from 19th century New York’s waterfront pubs.. - 2 - Continued on next page NYPFMC Events Details - Continued from previous page RIVERDALE SING; Thursday, February 17th; 7:30-10 pm Bring instruments, voices, and songs to share. At the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway (between 246-249 Streets, west side of parkway). Go down the driveway to the double red doors off the parking area. The sing is in the auditorium. On site parking for the first 18 cars. Donation is $3. Info: 1-718-549-1344 after 11 AM..

CHANTEY SING; Saturday, February 19, 8 PM Come to the Chantey Sing at South St Seaport. Bring instruments, voices and songs. Co- sponsored and hosted by the Seamen’s Church Institute at 241 Water St NYC. Directions A,C trains Broadway/Nassau St., and J.M.Z, 2,3,4,5, Fulton St. Walk down Fulton St and make a left on Water St. A small donation is requested. For Information call 1-718-788- 7563. SACRED HARP SINGING AT ST. BART’S; Sunday, February 20th ; 2:30pm Co-sponsored and hosted by St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, on the 3rd Sun- day of each month Sept. thru June, 2:30 to 5pm, 109 East 50th St. We continue the colonial American tradition of four-part, unaccompanied gospel singing. Beginners welcome! Books available for loan or purchase. Contributions collected; free parking available. Food and fellowship following. Info: Gail Harper 1-212-750-8977.

ED MILLER HOUSE CONCERT; Tuesday, February 22nd; 7:30pm The next in Pinewoods’ series of house concerts will be held on Manhattan’s Upper Westside featuring Ed Miller, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, now living in Austin, Texas. Ed, a product of the folk revival in Scotland, moved to the in 1968 to complete his graduate work in Geography, and later Folklore, at the University of Texas at Austin. He recently released his sixth CD, Generations of Change, and actively performs in festivals, workshops and clubs throughout the world. In addition to his singing career, Ed is the host of a folk music program on Austin’s NPR station, KUT-FM. According to reviewer Steve Winick, “Ed Miller is one of the best singers to emerge from the Scottish folk revival, a guitar-wielding folkie who wins his audiences over with a sweet but powerful voice, a great ear for material, and equal doses of populist politics and wry humor. Miller is also a scholar with a deep curiosity about history and culture, and his multiple roles and approaches to music and song make his performances and record- ings that much more rewarding.” Please call 1-212-721-9382 for reservations and location details. GOSPEL & SACRED HARP SING; Sunday, February 27th; 3pm Join us for singing gospel, plus songs from the Sacred Harp book. This is 4-part harmony sung from written music, so you should be able to carry a tune; sight-singing helpful but not required. Bring food for a potluck supper (host is supplying drinks). At the home of Charlotte Ehrman, 225 W 70 St., Manhattan (between B’way/Amsterdam intersection and West End Ave.), apt. 4-C, ring intercom 21 (1-212-724-9316). Subway: IRT 1,2, or 3 train to 72 St. or IND “C” train to 72 St, (longer walk). Other info: Isabel, 1-212-866-2029

NEWSLETTER MAILING; Tuesday February 1st; 7 PM We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volunteers that sticks the stamps and labels and staples the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the Club office, 450 7th Ave. (between 34 & 35 St.), rm 972. Info: 1-718-426-8555 The Club’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org Folk Fone: 1-212-563-4099 - 3 - The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY Pin- NEWSLETTER INFORMATION (ISSN 1041-4150) ewoods Folk Music Club was started in 1965 and is a DEADLINE: the 12th of the month prior to 501c(3) non-profit, educational corporation; an affili- publication (no Dec. or Aug. issue). Space ate of the Country Dance & Song Society of America, reservations should be in by the 10th of the month. a member of the Folk Alliance and a member of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. A copy of our annual re- Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 450 port is available from our office at 450 7th Ave, #972, 7th Ave, #972D, NYC, NY 10123; 212-563-4099. NYC, NY 10123, or from the Office of Charities Reg- Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, istration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 Washington Av, NY 11372; 1-718-426-8555. Send all Hotlines & Albany, NY 12232. ads (with check made out to FMSNY) and all We have approximately 600 members and run con- correspondence & articles ONLY to this address. certs, week-ends, classes, and get-togethers, all with Change of address to Circulation (address at left) an emphasis on traditional music. The Society is run by all volunteers with a Board of Directors, elected Send calendar or listings info directly to the by the membership. The working officers below appropriate person below (no charge for listing): (members of and elected by the board) welcome your Events Calendar: Lenore Greenberg 120 Boerum help and suggestions. Place, #1J, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 1-718-403-0347; Membership fees are listed on the back of this news- letter. Regular memberships include one subscrip- Radio & Location Listings:Don Wade, 35-41 72 tion to the newsletter (10 issues yearly), free admis- St, Jcksn Hts, NY 11372; sion to our approximately 5 series events, and re- duced admission to many events. Won’t you join us? Festival Listings: John Mazza, 50 Plum Tree Lane, Trumbull, CT 06611 2005 Board of Directors: Calligraphy/Logo Design: Anthony Bloch Membership: Anne Price, 80 Knolls Cresc, #2M, Front Cover heading: Patricia Greene Bronx, NY 10463; 1-718-543-4971 Flyers: Evy Mayer, Steve Suffet, Heather Wood . [Membership coupon on the back cover.] Computer-aided Layout: Don Wade Circulation-(all address changes): Other Staff: Harvey Binder, Isabel Goldstein, Mailing List, Folk Music Society of NY, 450 7th Ruth Lipman, Judy Polish, Sol Weber. Ave, #972, NYC, NY 10123 All members are encouraged to submit articles on Program: David Kleiman, 245 W. 75 St, #1G, folk music & related subjects, and book, concert, and NY, NY 10023; 1-212-721-9382; record reviews. Preferably submit articles and ads on disk, CD ROM or via E-mail to WadeD @ncc.edu. (Pagemaker 6, ASCII or MS-Word for- Education: Alan Friend, 1-718-965-4074 mat; MAC ASCII format) or else type them. Send articles to the editor; be sure to include your day & Social Chair: [vacant] evening phone numbers and keep a copy. President:Joy C. Bennett, 111-39 76 Road, Forest Newsletters are sent by first class mail to members Hills, NY 11375; 1-718-575-1906. on or about the first of each month (except August & December). Views expressed in signed articles rep- Vice-President: Evy Mayer 1 718549-1344 resent those of the author and not necessarily those of the club. Finance Comm Chair: Jerry Epstein, 34-13 87th St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372; 1-718-429-3437 Newsletter Display Ad Rates (our Federal ID number is 13-346848): Treasurer: Heather Wood, 444 W. 54 St, #7, New Full Page $100; Size: 4-5/8 W x 7-3/4 H York, NY 10019; 1-212-957-8386, 1/2 Page $50; Size: 4-5/8 W x 3-3/4 H 1/4 Page $25; Size: 2-1/4 W x 3-3/4 H Publicity: Kate Myslinski, 245 W. 75 St, #1G, 1/8 Page $13; Size: 2-1/4 W x 1-3/4 H NY, NY 10023; 1-212-600-1096, FAX: 1-212-706- (less 10% for repeating ads paid in advance) 1065 . Sizes are actual print size for camera-ready copy and Newsletter: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd St., will be reduced if oversize. Photographs print poorly Jackson Heights, NY 11372; 1-718-672-6399 unless supplied as a velox to the same size. Prefer- Volunteer Coordinator: ably ads should be supplied on disk, in MS Word, Pagemaker 6, TIF, PCX, BMP, or WMF format or Corporate Secretary: Eileen Pentel laid out camera-ready; delivered, and paid before the Weekend Coordinator: Joy C. Bennett deadline. The Editor has no facilities for setting type or doing art work and ads which are sloppily laid out Other Board Members: David Jones, Don Wade will be refused! Ads are subject to the approval of FOLK FONE, 1-212-563-4099 the Advertising Committee. Page or position place- A recording of folk events in NYC (changed ment cannot be guaranteed. weekly). Send last minute listings to: Folk Fone, www.folkmusicny.org Folk Music Society, 450 7th Ave, #972, NYC, NY E-Mail: [email protected] (but it is best to 10123 (Don Wade plus your name here) send to individual officers as listed on the left). - 4 - Topical Listing of Club Events South Street Seaport Sea Music Concerts First Sunday, 3-5 pm in the Museum Gallery, 209 Water Street Sun, Feb. 6: The NexTradition + NY Packet Sun, Mar.6: Stout Extra Strength + NY Packet Sun, April 3: The Johnson Girls + NY Packet Special Events Jan. 28-30: Peoples’ Music Network Winter Gathering (co-sponsored with PMN) Sat, Apr. 30: Songs and Letters of the , with co- sponsored with and at the Peoples’ Voice Cafe Series Concerts - Free to Members ☺ tba Fri Performers to be announced, 8pm at Advent Church. House Concerts and Special Programs Feb. 22 Tue Ed Miller on upper West Side Manhattan Upcoming Concerts May 20 Fri Bill Staines at Advent Church Weekends Feb. 4-6: Winter Folk Music Weekend at Warwick Conference Center May 27-30: Spring Folk Music Weekend at Camp Kislak, Lake Como, PA with Bob Bovee & Gail Heil, Danny Spooner, and others Oct. 21-23: Fall Folk Music Weekend at Kutz Camp, Warwick, NY Informal Jams and Sings Folk Open Sing; First Wednesday of each month: (Feb.2, Mar. 2, April 6, etc); 7-10:30 pm at the Ethical Culture Society in Brooklyn. Gospel & Sacred Harp Sing: Sunday, February to be announced Riverdale Sing; in Riverdale, :Thursdays: Feb. 17, Mar. 17. Sunnyside Song Circle: 2-6pm Sunday: resumes in the Spring! Sacred Harp Singing at St. Bartholomew’s, 3rd Sun., 2:30pm, (Feb.20, Mar 20, etc) Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, South Street Seaport; usually 2nd or 3rd Saturday, 8pm: Feb. 19, Mar 12. Business, Meetings, etc. Newsletter Mailing, Tuesday, March 1, 7pm, at the Club office, 450 7th Ave. (between 34 and 35 St.), room #972. Information: 1-718-426-8555 Executive Board Meeting: 7:15 pm, 2nd Monday at the Club office, 450 7th Ave., room 972. (Feb. 14, Mar.14, April 11, etc.). Info 1-718-575-1906 Office Space Needed The Club continues to look for more appropriate office space. We need space for a desk (with our computer and phone), file cabinet and 2 storage cabinets in a place that is accessible evenings, nights and weekends so our volunteers can get there after their “day” jobs. We also need access to an area that we can use 2 evenings a month for our board meetings (20 people) and our newsletter mailings. We’re looking for a Manhattan location with no cats; something shared with another nonprofit might be ideal. This is a continuing search; if you have any ideas, contact Don Wade, 1-718-426-8555 or e-mail . The Club’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org Folk Fone: 1-212-563-4099 - 5 - As I write this column, winter has finally arrived—it is 15 degrees outside and cold!! At least I have some things to look forward to. The Winter Weekend for one, and there is still space as I write this. Don’t hesitate! The music will keep you warm! February also brings us the Sea Music Concert and an Ed Miller house concert. We also have our “Sings”—Riverdale, Chantey, Sacred Harp, and the Gospel & Sacred Harp Sing. With all this music, February will be a joyful month. Please note that we have a new board—many old faces, (in terms of service only), and some new ones. Thank you to Alice Backer and Maggie Bye and Mark Maniak for serving on the board last year and for the years before. Welcome to Kate Myslinski, our newest board member. We still have some openings, and we could use your help. Even if you cannot serve on the board, contact us and let us know that you would like to help. There are committees and activities where your services would be very valuable. We depend on volunteers and we need you!! (Isn’t it nice to be wanted and needed?) Thank you to the volunteers who help to put out the newsletter each month and ensure that you get the word about what’s going on in the club and at events throughout the city. They could always use more help. For the January Newsletter thank you to: Isabel Goldstein, Brenda Pena, Anne Price, Marcus Tieman, Heather Wood, and Don Wade who also delivered the pages from the printer. Won’t you join us on Tuesday, March 1st, and help mail out the next newsletter? (See page 3). Ballot Count A total of 130 ballots were received. Of these, 110 endorsed everyone on the slate; 20 voted “no” to some candidate or candidates. The slate of candidates for the 2005 Board of Directors is therefore accepted. Remember, if you voted against a particular candidate, you can always apply to join the board yourself and have your voice heard at meetings. 30 Years Ago This Month compiled by Harvey Binder •A ballad session was held at the home of Don Wade. Topic: honesty and dishonesty. •The club presented, in concert, Tony and Irene Saletan at Our Lady Of Peace church. •The club presented Wayne Hollingsworth and Bob Rodriquez in a house concert at Wayne’s home. Jo Jankowitz performed at the home of Marc and Linda Blackman •Donna DeChristopher performed in a house concert at the home of Jerry Epstein. •The newly elected Board Of Directors consisted of Alan Friend (President), Suzanne Szasz Shorr (VP), Maddy DeLeon (Program Chair), Ron Schwartz (Social Chair), Giuliano Chicco (Education Chair), Alice Backer (Membership Chair), Don Wade (Newsletter Edi- tor), Jim Lucas (Treasurer), Bob Rodriquez (Recording Secretary), Isabel Goldstein (Cor- respondence Secretary, Meg and Giuliano Chicco (Publicity Chair), Jerry Epstein, Jeff Warner, Mark Gilston, Estelle Wade, Sonja Savig, Lew Hollander, Adele Harris, Lynne Carter •Folk music around town lncluded: Bottom Line>David Bromberg; Cooper Union>WNYC Folksong Festival; Barnard Coffee House>Abe & Malka; Focus>Peter Janovsky/Sharon Delaney, Eric and Marty Nagler, Jim Zimmerman, Margaret MacArthur, Cellonga, Gary Rosen-Bill Shontz, The Morgans, Red Clay Ramblers; Rainbow Sign> Bill Horowitz, Rod MacDonald ,Peter Janovsky; Pit>Abe & Malka, Pearl Murray, Mary Grace/Caren Leonard/ Susy Kaufman/Susan Fowler/Mary Beth & Lenora; Rosebud>Priscilla Herdman, Monica Fischback,Jay Kantor; NYU>Bill Keith and Jim Rooney, ; WAM (?) Roadside Ramblers/Zenith/Tom Gamble; 92nd Street Y>Ruth Rubin; CTU?>Abe & Malka; Museum of Science>Bergerfolk - 6 - WINTER FOLK MUSIC WEEKEND February 4-6, 2005 at Warwick Conference Center, Warwick, NY “A” rooms “B” rooms: Adult Single $321 $261 Adult Double $222 $182 Adult Triple/Quad $190 $167 4-12 years* $115 $ 90 *Children sharing with 2 adults (under 4 years old are free) “A” rooms have private bath; “B” rooms have separate toilets and showers on the same floor or may share bathrooms between two rooms. There are a limited number of single rooms available. They are available on a first come, first-served basis. We return to the Center in the rural hills northwest of New York’s Greenwood Lake area, just 50 miles northwest of . Set on 465 acres with 7 miles of hiking trails, the conference center is a cluster of 3 buildings joined by indoor and covered outdoor walkways. There is a central gathering room with fireplace and several other smaller gathering areas suitable for a plethora of informal music making. (Which is what this weekend is all about!) The weekend meals will start after Friday dinner and go through Sunday lunch. More information? Call (914) 366-0037 Send this with a Stamped, Self-Addressed Envelope and check payable to FMSNY to: Alice Backer, 16 Trailhead Lane, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Note: payment in full is required with registration. Sorry, at this late date there are no refunds unless we fill the space Here is my full payment for the 2005 Winter Weekend for [ ]A, [ ]B room: ___adults, double at $_____ each ; ___children, age_____, at $______ea. ___adults, triple at $______each; ___adults, single at $______each [ ] prefer double but willing to triple if it would prevent turning someone away. Name______Phone day ( )______Address______eve ( )______City______State _____ ZIP ______E-Mail: ______Emergency contact during week- end:______Other Names in Party:______Requested room or roommate?______[ ] I am willing to be in a room near a late night singing area. [ ] I don’t eat beef. [ ] I don’t eat any meat. [ ] I don’t eat fish. [ ] I will be driving from ______at _____AM/PM and can take ___ additional passengers. [ ] I need a ride, from ______, if possible.

- 7 - People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom & Struggle Winter Gathering - New York City

Friday-Sunday January 28-30, 2005 Concert : Friday, January 28, 7:30pm, Brooklyn High School for the Arts 345 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY Logo by Felicity Frisbie ©2004. Saturday & Sunday events at the Renaissance Charter School 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY - January 29-30. Cosponsors Renaissance Charter School - Brooklyn High School for the Arts Brooklyn Women's Chorus - Peoples' Voice Café New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (Folk Music Society of NY, Inc.) The Friday night MANY VOICES concert features the Brooklyn Women's Chorus, the Disabled In Action Singers, the Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble, Harmonic Insurgence, the Brooklyn HS for the Arts Chorus, the PMN Cho- rus, Pete Seeger, and others. Concert begins 7:30 PM. Tickets: $15 for mem- bers of PMN or cosponsors if purchased in advance. All others, and at the door, $20. For ticket information and sales, please contact Bev Grant. Phone: 718-230-4999. E-mail: Saturday and Sunday events include workshops such as song swaps, dis- cussions, teaching sessions, and presentations of political and musical topics. There will also be a Saturday open Round Robin concert (one song per per- son), and a Sunday Songs of the Spirit a cappella singing session. In addition, there will be plenty of opportunities for informal singing, jamming, and net- working. Meals are included, childcare will be available, and there will be a Saturday morning children's concert featuring Pete Seeger and others.. For more information please e-mail Steve & Marilyn Suffet at or call them at 718-786-1533. You can also call Joel Landy at 718-937-2240 or Eric Levine at 212-865-6469. PMN website: http://www.peoplesmusic.org/

E-Mail? Dear members: E mail is a great way for us to get in touch with you, and for you to get in touch with us. Many of you have given us your e-mail addresses, but many have not. If you would like to be on the club’s e-mail address list, please send a message to [email protected]. Also, if you think you gave us your e mail address but you haven’t gotten any messages, maybe it was illegible or we got it wrong for some reason. If so, send it to us again on line. E-mail addresses of board members are also listed in this newsletter. Let us hear from you. - 8 - by Ruth Lipman Congratulations to TOBY FAGENSON and JANE BABITS who tied the knot on June 26, 1983. This year they celebrated twenty-one years of marital bliss with a trip to Paris, Nice, Provence and Avignon. ROSALIE FRIEND writes, "At the end of October, ALAN and I went to Oberlin College to visit our daughter, JULIA, who is now a senior. Last winter she agreed to serve on a committee to put on an Alumni Folk Conference. In June, the other committee members graduated and Julia wound up setting up the conference. The conference was suggested by and Fred Starner, two enthusiastic Oberlin alumni and featured them along with other alumni/performers such as Judy Cook, Mary LaMarca and George Stevens, Brad Lefwich and Eli Smith. Also participating was Peter Blood, editor of "Rise Up Singing." We enjoyed the good music and seeing friends (including Michael and Sharon Wildemuth, who drove three hours from Lima). SHEILA EWALL enjoyed a trip to New England with Bliss Tours. Although it was not a folk music tour, the soundtrack of one of the videotapes viewed (about local botany) included and dulcimers. That's Pinewoods style botany. Can you picture ANN GREEN with a southern accent? She assumed one, as Maggie the cat, in a monologue from "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" in a performance of scenes from well- known plays that took place at a senior center on Dec. 19th. If you have news to share, contact me at 372 Central Park West, #15B, New York, NY 10025; 212-663-6309.

Folk Fone Help Wanted Because some of our fathful Folk-Fone recorders are moving, we need additional people to record folk fone. You need to be comfortable using a computer and able to get into the Club office at your convenience. We work on a rotating schedule and each person records about once every 3 weeks. Contact Don Wade, , 1-718-426- 8555.

Special Offer for Club Members Lone Star Love! Through February 6: The Club is pleased to offer members special discount prices to Lone Star Love, or, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas! With a cast of 23, Lone Star Love transports ’s beloved rogue, Sir John Falstaff, to post-Civil War Texas. The Red Clay Ramblers lend their special brand of bluegrass, country blues, traditional folk and cowboy ballads. To take advantage of our Special Discount Offer now through February 6th: Call Telecharge at 212 947-8844 and mention the code: LSLFL35 to receive $35 tickets (Reg. $50). Or bring the code LSLFL35 to the box office of The John Houseman Theater on 450 West 42nd Street in New York City (between 9 and 10 Ave). Lone Star Love is playing at The John Houseman Theater: Tuesday-Friday at 8 pm; Saturdays. at 7 pm; Matinee shows Sat. at 2 pm and Sun. at 3 pm. For more informa- tion visit their web site: www.LoneStarLoveTheMusical.com.

- 9 - For addresses, times, phone numbers, and other details, see the location information following this and the repeating events. A listing of repeating events, by day, are found on the pages following these chronological listings. The events with an asterisk (*) are run by the club and more information is on pages 2-3; other events in the listings below are not run by the Club, and the information given is the best available at press time. Everyone is encouraged to send complete information for listing to: Lenore Greenberg, 120 Boerum Place, #1J, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-403-0347; E-mail: [email protected]. DEADLINE: the 12th of the preceding month. Around NYC — February Symphony Space, 8pm 2 We* Folk Open Sing: Ethical Culture 18 Fr Son Como Son: Park Slope Food Soc. in Bklyn, 7pm. See p2-3 Coop, Good CH 4Fr South African Choral Tradi- 19 Sa* Chanty Sing - see p.3 tion; Soweto Gospel Choir: 19 Sa Music of Central Asia: WMI; WMI. Zankel Hall; 8:30pm Symphony Space, 8pm 4Fr Traveling Troubadour Series: 19 Sa Triple Play Richmondtown Bob Brozman: Good CH 19 Sa Jackie Washington (aka Jack 4Fr Damien Connolly w Matt & Landron): Peoples’ Voice Pete Mancuso: Blarney Star 20 Su* Sacred Harp Singing: St. Bart’s 5Sa Tribute to Johnny Cunningham: Church; 2:30pm. See p.3 WMI. Town Hall, 8pm 22 Tu* Ed Miller house concert -see p 3 5Sa Elise Witt & Ben Silver: 25 Fr Qi Shu Fang Peking Peoples’ Voice Company: WMI, Skirball Ctr; 5Sa Tom Chapin: Symphony Space, NYU. 8pm 11am 25 Fr Concert w 5Sa Songs of Sea and Taverns: Imaginary Homeland + Richmondtown Bernard Woma Trio: Good CH 6 Su* Sea Music Concert: 26 Sa Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera NexTradition + NY Packet: Company: WMI, Skirball Ctr; 3pm South St. Seaport . See p.2 NYU. 8pm 6Su David Roth: Uptown CH, 7pm 26 Sa Music of Afghanistan: WMI; 10-11 Flamenco: WMI; Zankel Hall, Queens Theatre in the Park, 8pm 8:30pm 26 Sa The Chelsea String Band: 11Fr Bill Dillof + Wild Bill Jones: Richmondtown. 7:30 & 9pm Good CH 26 Sa Rod MacDonald: Peoples’ Voice 12 Sa Tom Chapin: Queens Theatre in 26 Sa MacDougal Street Rent Party: the Park, 11am & 1pm. 718 760- Aubergine Café; 49-22 Skillman 0064 Ave. Woodside, Queens. 8-10pm. 12 Sa Lou & Peter Berryman: 718 899-1735 Peoples’ Voice 27 Su NYPFMC Gospel & Sacred 12 Sa Linda Russell & Companie: Harp Sing in Manhattan -see p.3 Richmondtown 12-13 Flamenco: WMI; , Around NYC — March 13 Su Joe Beasley Sacred Harp Sing 1Tu*NYPFMC Newsletter Mailing - 15-17 & Film see p.3 Festival: Makor. 212 413-8889 1Tu Bluegrass w , 17 Th Kruger Brothers; Bluegrass Laurie Lewis, Tony Trischka, from Switzerland: Makor Barry Mitterhoff, Dudley 17 Th* Riverdale Sing: Riverdale Prsby. Connell & Marshall Wilbern: Church; 7:30-10pm. See p2-3 Merkin 17 Th Chelsea String Band (Alan 2 We* Folk Open Sing: Ethical Culture Friend, Dotty Moore, Michaela Soc. in Bklyn, 7pm. See p.2 Hamilton); Freddy’s BackRoom; 4Fr The Poteen Runners + Billy 9:15 pm Stephens family: Good CH 18 Fr Roswell Rudd’s MALIcool w 5Sa Afro-Peruvian Music & Dance: Mamadou Diabate: WMI, WMI; at Lincoln Center, - 10 - Continued on next page Events Calendar Continued from previous page 5Sa Marc Blitzstein Centennial: 19 Sa Bruce Sconzo: The Inn at Peoples’ Voice Woodland Valley, Phoenicia 5Sa Dirty Birdies Jug Band: 26 Sa Ethan Campbell: The Inn at Richmondtown Woodland Valley, Phoenicia 6 Su* Sea Music Concert: Stout + 26 Sa : Towne Crier NY Packet: 3pm South St. 27 Su Treada: Towne Crier Seaport . See p.2 New York State — March Masters of Persian Music 6Su : 4Fr The Strawbs: Towne Crier WMI; Jazz at Lincoln Center, 5 Sa Bruce Wolfeil: The Inn at 7pm Woodland Valley, Phoenicia 6Su Tom Pacheco: Uptown CH, 7pm New Jersey — February Long Island- February 4Fr Bill Staines: Minstrel CH 5Sa Bob Brozman: FMSOH Hot Soup Youth Fiddle Workshop 5Sa : Hurdy Gurdy 5Sa : LITMA; 12 Sa Catie Curtis: Sanctuary Cncerts 10am-12. Smithtown 18 Fr David Massengill: Minstrel CH 11Fr Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks-The Leo Kottke Hot Club of Cowtown & The 18 Fr : Outpost CH 18 Fr Atwater-Donnelly: Princeton Avett Bros.: IMAC, 9PM The Polyjesters Sacred Harp Sing 19 Sa : Sanctuart Cnrts 13 Su : LITMA, 25 Fr Walt Michael: Minstrel CH Huntington Station. 1-5pm 18 Fr Hank and My Honky Tonk New Jersey — March Heroes: IMAC, 9PM 2We The Johnson Girls: Old Bar- 18 Fr Little Toby Walker: Our Times racks Museum, Trenton. 7:30pm. 19 Sa Steve Chizmadia & Inishowen: Old Barracks Rd. 609 396-1776 FMSOH; Hard Luck Café 4Fr The McDades: Minstrel CH 26 Sa The Joe Bonamassa Trio: IMAC, 5Sa Cheryl Wheeler: Hurdy Gurdy 27 Su Sacred Harp Sing: LITMA, 5Sa Wood’s Tea Company: Sanctu- Wading River, 1-5pm ary Concerts David Grier: Long Island 6Su workshop 11AM; — March concert 2pm; home of Dan 4Fr Buckwheat Zydeco: IMAC, 9pm The McDades Marcus, 367 McKinley Blvd, 5Sa : FMSOH Paramus, 07652, 201-262-7286, New York State — February [email protected]. Professor Louie & the 4Fr Connecticut — February Crowmatix: Bodles, 9pm The Roadbirds Winter Weekend 4Fr : U. of Hartford. 4-6* : Warwick . 7:30pm See p.7 Gideon Freudmann: Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart 5Sa Sounding 4Fr : 5Sa Stan Sullivan/Dave Fry: Roaring Rosendale Café Brook 5Sa Modern Man: Towne Crier Sally Rogers John Hammond 5Sa : Vanilla Bean Café 5Sa : Turning Point, 5Sa Mark Erelli: Donald Oat Th. 7:30 & 10:15pm Brian Madden Norwich, 8pm. 860 887-2789 5Sa : The Inn at 5Sa Judy Handler & Mark Woodland Valley, Phoenicia Levesque: Audubon CH 10 Th Danu: Towne Crier Lucy Kaplansky Charity Valk 11Fr : U. of Hart- 12 Sa : The Inn at ford, 7:30pm Woodland Valley, Phoenicia Mike Agranoff Mary Fahl 12 Sa : BFMS 12 Sa : Towne Crier 12 Sa : Sounding Board 14 Mo Amy Fradon: Rosendale Café Mad Agnes & Linda Genya Ravan 12 Sa 15 Tu : Turning Point, Moscatiello: Vanilla Bean Café 18 Fr Susan Werner: Towne Crier Ed Gerhard The Brothers & King 12 Sa : Roaring Brook 18 Fr 18 Fr Mark Erelli & Kris Delmhorst: Wilkie: Emelin Luther “Guitar Junior” U. of Hartford, 7:30pm 19 Sa 19 Sa The Roadbirds: Vanilla Bean Johnson & The Magic Rockers: Towne Crier - 11 - Continued on page 14 Singing Party at Jean R Pictures from last Summer’s informal a Pickow home in Port Washington. 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- 13 - Events Calendar Continued from page 11 19 Sa Molasses Creek: Sounding Board 5Sa Barefoot Boys: Sounding Board 19 Sa Atwater-Donnelly: Roaring Brk 5Sa Peter Spink: Donald Oat 25 Fr Vance Gilbert: U. of Hartford, Theater, Norwich, 860 887-2789 7:30pm 26 Sa Blackstone Valley Bluegrass: Pennsylvania- February Vanilla Bean Café 4-6 WinterFest w/ Dan Paisley & 26 Sa Priscilla Herdman: Sounding Southern Grass, Hickory Project, Board others: East Stroudsburg Elks 26 Sa Dervish: U of Hartford (M) Lodge, 260 Washington St; 570- 26 Sa Julee Glaub & Pete 421-0997, 570-992-2259, 973-691- Sutherland: Roaring Brook 8082, www.poconobluegrass.org 19 Sa Ginny Hawker & Tracy Connecticut — March Schwarz workshop, 2pm: Home 4Sa Buskin & Batteau: U of of Pete Peterson & Kellie Allen, Hartford Riegelsville; 267-879-7967| 5Sa Tara’s Thistle: Vanilla Bean email: [email protected] 5Sa Garnet Rogers: Roaring Brook Repeating Events Note: all are subject to change; it is wise to call and check. (Locations listed in the Events Calendar are usually not included below.). Save this list as space limitations may force us to cut out some listings in other months Additions and Corrections to this list are most welcome! Send all location information to: Don Wade, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372; Phone: 1-718-426-8555; E-Mail: [email protected] #=new or changed item. Thursdays: Freddys, Dean St & Sixth Ave, Brooklyn, NYC BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIME 718-622-7035; Old-Time Jam, 8-11pm (also try http://www.banjoben.com) first Thursday; http://members.aol.com/ Sundays: freddysbrooklyn Jack’s Pub, 519 5 Ave (bet. 13 & 14 St.), Old Devil Moon Resturant (Southern cuisine), Brooklyn, Bluegrass Picking Party 5-8pm; 511 E.12th St at Ave A; 1212-475-4357; http://www.ponkiesburg .com/home.php 8 pm; The Parkside Lounge, 317 Houston Paddy Reilly’s. 519 2 Ave, Manhattan (29 St) St (bet Ave’s B & C); 212-673-6270; 3rd 212-686-1210; bluegrass jam 4-7pm; old Thurs; Big Apple’achia. time music jam, Sunday after the bluegrass Fridays: jam, 9 12; Yellowbarber@ aol.com (see Sonny’s in Red Hook, Bklyn, see next item also Irish multi-day listings); 212-686- Saturdays: 1210; http://www.bigapplebluegrass.com Sunny’s. 253 Conover St (between Reed & #Puck Fair, Lafayette, just below Houston Beard St) Red Hook, Brooklyn, Second Street; 9:30-12:30; www.puckfair.com Sat. Kate & Lou Band; 8:30pm; Mondays: Sat - school year only (closed May-Sept. Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus, 6- & Dec.-Jan.), 9pm, free; 212-854-1953; 7:30PM, Dorot, Inc, 171 W. 85th St; http:// info: Nan Bases, 212-807-1568 www.cc.columbia.edu/~crypt/ The Lounge at TRIAD, 158 W. 72 St, 212- Fri & Sat: 362-2590; open mic 7-9pm Two Boots, 514 Second St (at 7 Ave) Park Open House Coffee House; Advent Lutheran Slope, Brooklyn; shows Fri & Sat 10pm; Church, 93 St. & B’way; 212-874-3423; 718-499-3253 7:30-9:30PM Saturdays: Wednesdays: Living Room, 154 Ludlow St (bet. Stanton NYPFMC Folk Open Sing, 1st Wed; 6:30pm; and Rivington); 1st Sat. Shape note Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park Singing from the Sacred Harp, 3-6pm, West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St)— see page free; [email protected] 212 777- 2 or 3 9837 www.livingroomny.com Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, Postcrypt Coffeehouse—see Friday . The Songwriter’s Twenty-two Below “The Non-smoking Beat, an acoustic night for songwriters Cabaret”; Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran hosted by Valerie Ghent, 3rd Wed. Ch, 155 E.22 St, 212-228-0750 or 212- www.songwritersbeat.com, www. 674-0739; 9pm corneliastreetcafe.com, or 212-989-9319 Sundays: Thursdays: Centerfold Coffeehouse; Church of St’s Paul New York Caledonian Club §: Pipes & Drums & Andrew, 263 W. 86 St, Manhattan of the NY Scottish, rehearsals every (West End Av); Open mic/poetry reading Thurs, Chanters at 6; pipes at 7, info at 5:45pm; info: Mary Grace, 212-866- 212-724-4978; (PO Box 4542, NYC 4454. 10163-4542; 212-662-1083) Klezmer Sundays at Tonic: 1:30 & 3 pm; Freddys, Dean St & Sixth Ave, Brooklyn, Tonic, 107 Norfolk St; 212-358-7503; 718-622-7035; Open Mic Third Thurs- $10; food & drink available; day; http://freddysbackroom.com Charles Street Synagogue, 53 Charles St (at Joe Beasley Sacred Harp Singing: 2nd Sun at W. 4 St, 2 bl. N. of Sheridan Sq); music St.Paul’s Church, 199 Carroll St (cr. of the Jewish Mystics most Thursdays w/ Clinton), Brooklyn; 718-793-2848; 2pm Andy Statman & Friends; 8:30pm; followed by Pot-Luck supper. 212-242-6425 Shape Note Sing; St. Bartholomew’s Church Langston Hughes Community Library & in Manhattan, enter 109 East 50th, Cultural Center, Queens Public Library; between Lexingon and Park Avenues, 102-09 Northern Blvd, Corona; 718-651- Room 33 (3rd fl); 3rd Sundays through 1100; monthly open mic nights, 7:30pm; June, 2:30-6 pm.; 212-750-8977 5 min. each for poets, singers, dancers, NYC IRISH MUSIC: Open Sessions (free) writers, playwrights, storytellers (any & repeating music: (see also bands must be acoustic); free Old Stone Coffeehouse, 336 3rd St. between www.inx.net/~mardidom/rcnycal.htm) 4th & 5th Ave., in J.J. Byrne Park, Park Multi-day: Slope, Brooklyn. Third Thursdays, 8pm; An Beal Bocht Cafe, 445 W. 238th St, $5; 917-541-7076 Riverdale (Bronx) bet. Greystone & Waldo Ave); Fri & Sat trad Irish music; Unknown Pub, 355 Prospect Av, Park Slope, 718-884-7127 Bklyn; Open Mic 8pm; 718-788-9140 Kate Kearney’s, 251 E. 50 St (2 & 3 Ave), Workmen’s Circle Chorus, 45 E 33 St.; 6- 212-935-2045 ; Sat Irish Music 8:30pm 8pm; (Yiddish music) Info: 212-889- w/Andy McGann, Donie Caroll+; Thur 6800. session w/ Don Meade, 8:30pm; Fridays: Paddy Reilly’s. 519 2 Ave, Manhattan (29 St) Hungarian House, 213 E. 82 St, betw 2 & 3 212-686-1210; nightly music 9:30pm; Ave; Bulgarian Singing Classes w/ Pepa Mon, Joanie Madden & Carl Corcoran; Koutcheva; 6:30-7:30pm; free. info: 212- Tues, 10pm Session w/Patrick Ourceau & 289-8203 - 15 - Continued on next page Repeating Events Continued from previous page Demarc; & Eamonn O’Leary, 10:30pm- Saturdays: 1am; Sunday bluegrass jam 3-7pm, old O’Neills Irish Bar, 729 3rd Ave (nr. 46 St); time music jam, Sunday after the 9pm session; 212-661-3530 bluegrass jam, 9 - 12; Yellowbarber@ LONG ISLAND REPEATING EVENTS aol.com; 212-686-1210 Rocky Sullivan’s, 129 Lexington Av(bet 28 & Multi-day: 29 St), 212-725-3871; Fri, 6pm session Brokerage Club, 2797 Merrick Rd (off w/ MatMancusc; & Annmarie Acosta; Wantagh Pkwy, exit 6N W), Bellmore; Sat, 7pm Joe “Banjo” Burke & Tom some folk/Acoustic/Blues; 8 or 8:30pm; Dunne; Mon 9-12pm session 21 & over; 516-785-8655 or -9349 The Catalpa, 119 E. 233rd St, Woodlawn, Monthly: Bronx; 718-324-1781 Sun session; Wed, Irish American Hall, 297 Willis Ave, Eamonn O’Reilly & Matt Mancuso Mineola; 516-746-9392 (9:30am-1pm), 1 block North of Jericho Tpke (route 25). Sundays: Irish-American Society Ceilidh once a Cannons, 106 St; session with Linda month. Hickman & Patrick Ourceau American Legion Hall, 115 Southern Pkwy, Trinity Pub, 229 E. 84 St bet 2 & 3 Av, 212- Plainview; 516-938-1519a. Mid-Island 327-4450, 6:30pm session Irish-American Club Ceili 1st Sat. Thady Con’s Bar & Rest., 915 2nd Ave (bet Our Times Coffeehouse, First United 48 & 49 St); Session 5-8pm w/John Methodist Ch, 25 Broadway/Rt.110, Redmond & Chris Layer; 212-688-9700 Amityville (nr. Merrick Rd/Montauk Yeats Tavern, 42-24 Blvd, Bayside, Hwy); first Friday Oct. thru June, 8PM; Queens; 6pm session; 718-225-0652 $6 ($3 child/student); 631-798-0778. ’s, 1490 2 Ave (77 St), 212-988- 5300; 8:30pm session w/Niall O’Leary Tuesdays: Maggie Mae’s, 41-15 Queens Blvd, Chowder House, 19 Bellport Rd, Bellport; Sunnyside, Queens, 718-433-3067; 6pm 516-286-2343. Mostly acoustic, w/ sing- The Tain alongs & open mike N’awlins Grill, The Wall, 55 St & Roosevelt Ave, Woodside, www.nawlinsgrille.com, 44 Willis Ave, Queens, 718-429-9426 Mineola ,(516) 747-8488 Featured Artist + host performers Dave Isaacs & Mondays: Jackalope Junction; Open Mke 8:30p & Baggot Inn, 82 West Third St bet Sullivan & 10:30p for songwriters Jackalope Junction Thompson, 8:30-11pm 8p; Featured Artist 10p Kitchen open all Mona’s, 224 Ave B bet 13 & 14 St, Session night. Info: Dave Isaacs w/ Patrick Ourceau & Eamon O’Leary, [email protected] (516) 877- 212-353-3780 1083] Swift’s, 34 E. 4 St; performance 8:15pm; Field of Dreams, Old Country Road, The Coach House, 59-21 Roosevelt Ave, Bethpage; 516-937-7603. Blues Jam Woodside, Queens, 718-424-5640 ?? Wednesdays: Tuesdays: Broadway Beanery, 2 B’way, Lynbrook; open Jack Dempsey’s Pub, 61 2nd Ave (bet 3 & 4 mike 9pm Wed; 516-596-0028 St); session: 8pm; 212-388-0662 The Cup, 3268 Railroad Ave, Wantagh; open Swifts Hibernian Lounge, 34 E. 4th St (bet mike 8:30pm Wed; 516-826-9533 Bowery & Lafayette), 212-260-3600; 9pm Dunhills, Mineloa, 516-248-1281: Buddy session w/ Marie Reilly, John Redmond, Merriam & Back Roads (Bluegrass) every Eamon O’Leary, Chris Layer other Wednesday ?? Northport Library, O’Reilly’s, 56 W.31 St bet 6th & B’way, 9pm 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport: 2nd Wed session; 212-684-4244 Northport Arts Coalition Sparky’s Ale House, 481 Court St, Brooklyn, www.northportarts.org, 631-261-6930 in 718-624-5516; every other Tue, 9pm community room free! session w/ Matt Darriau Starbucks Cafe, 101 W. Park Ave, Long Wednesdays: Beach; acoustic & poets open mike; 516- The Scratcher, 209 E. 5th St (bet 2 Ave & 670-9181 Bowery), 212-477-0030; session 11pm w/ Thursdays: Fiona Dougherty & Eamon O’Leary Hunni’s, 530 N. Broadway, Amityville; open Fiddlesticks Pub, 54-58 Greenwich Ave (bet 6 mike jam; 631-841-1800 & 7 Av), 212-463-0516; perf by Morning Java Coffee Company, 135 Merrick Rd, Star Merrick; open mike; 516-771-8386 The Gate, 321 5th Ave at 3rd St, Brooklyn, Zen Den Cafe, 14A Railroad Ace, Babylon; 718-768-4329; 8pm session w/Arbro open mike; 631-321-1565 Doughty+ - 16 - Continued on next page Repeating Events Continued from previous page Fridays: Gasp (Labor Day) weekends; 518-961- East Enders Coffee Shop, 40 East Main 6708 Street, Riverhead; 631-727-2656 Michele Borderline Coffeehouse, PO Box 167, Monté http://www .michelemonte. com Tallman 10982, monthly cncrts at Green followed by Open Mike 8-11p Meadow Sch, rt.45 & Hungry Hollow Paradise Fellowship Coffee House United Rd, Spring Valley; 8:30PM; 845-422- Church of Christ, Rte. 112 North to 25 9176 East, 631-384-1102 Cadillac Ranch Steakhouse, next to the Super Peacesmiths House Cfehse; 1st United 8 Motel in New Paltz; open mic on last Methodist Ch, 25 B’way/Rt.110, Sunday; Contact Jeff Anzevino, Hudson Amityville; music/poetry first Fri (Oct- Valley Bluegrass Association (845) 691- June); 516-798-0778 6784. Saturdays: St Lukes Church, RT 100 and 202, Somers, Java Cafe, 660 Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst; N.Y.; Bluegrass jam first Friday at 8pm; live acoustic music; 631-2253-1600 Mike Burns, 845-276-2239 Hard Luck Cafe: 3rd Saturday of each month at The Congregational Church of Lorien Coffeehouse; Grafton Inn, Grafton, Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, NY; (starts 3/31/2001); 518-658-3422 Centerport (north side of Route 25A at Pirate Canoe Club, Poughkeepsie NY.; Third Huntington border; 8pm; refreshments Wed bluegrass jam: The available; run by Huntington FMS—see Bluegrass Association, FMSOH in Calendar locations list. 845-276-2239 Sundays: Westchester Sing: once a month meeting in Diamonds, Lindenhurst, 516-957-0001: homes. Info: Joan L Goldstein, 914-633- Sunday afternoon jam sessions sponsored 7110 by Bluegrass Club of L.I., 516-289-0330 Tuesday: Pajaso’s, Greenwood Lake (845)477-8595; UPSTATE NY REPEATING EVENTS open mike every Tues, 9pm-1am Multi-day: Wednesday: The Art Gallery, 14 Route 212, Mt. Tremper; Dunne’s Pub, 15 Shapham Pl (nr Music & Poetry presented by Woodstock Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, 914-421- Acoustic Music and Poetry Society. Open 1451; Wed session 7pm w/ Brian Conway mike nights Fri and Sat. Singer/ #Weekly Fiddle N’ Folk Jam; noon-1pm songwriter Brother Hood host/featured Senate House, Kingston NY for the artist at all shows. Adm free. 845-679- winter In the summer, or when the 4362 weather is good on the lawn of the Senate Cafe Lena; 45 Phila St, Saratoga Springs House in Kingston, NY, free, info, 518-583-0022; open nightly; Thurs open (845) 338-2786, mic; www.cafelena.com Cliffhanger Cafe: Main Street, Keene Valley; Friday: Fridays, 518-576-2009 Golding Park Cafe: North Grand Street, Eighth Step Coffeehouse; Cohoes Music Hall; Cobleskill; www.goldingparkcafe.com; Wed’s, concerts some Fri; 518-434-1703 518-296-8122 Mother’s Wine Emporium, RPI, Rensellaer Ireland’s 32:Route 59, Suffern, 7pm Irish Union, 15th & Sage Ave, Troy; session. 518-276-8585 Lil’s Song Circle: 8pm on 2nd Fri at various Old Songs, Inc, PO Box 197, Guilderland locations in NY & northern NJ. General 12084; 518-765-2815; one Cncrt a month, info: Jerry Epstein, 201-384-8465. dance 1st & 3rd Sat, at St. Marks Comm. North Salem Folk Circle: St. James Parish Center, Guilderland Hall, rt 116 & June Rd; hoot 1st Fri, 8 Rumours, 641 McLean Av, Yonkers; 914-969- pm; 845-279-2504, or 845-855-1020 7436; live Irish music wknd’s + session WESPAC Coffee House, Westchester People’s some Sun’s Action Coalition, 255 Martin Luther King Spencertown Academy, rt 203,between Taconic Blvd (near E. Post Rd), White Plains; & Rte 22, Spencertown; “Folk Jam” 2nd 914-682-0488; 7:30pm; one Fri/month; Friday; 518-392-3693 $7 Monthly: Fri & Sat: Pickin’ & Singn’ Gathern’, Inc %, 2137 Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale; Pangburn Rd, Duanesburg, NY 12056 845-658-9048; 9pm; cover & min; ; Singaround www.rosendalecafe.com meetings on 2nd Sun, Sept.-May, at location tba in Albany area; also Saturday: Gottagetgon (Memorial Day) and Last Burnt Hills Coffeehouse; bi-weekly; 518-882- - 17 - 6427 Continued on next page Repeating Events Continued from previous page Halfmoon Coffeehouse, Old Dutch Reformed 1-203-739-0313; Ch, 42 North B’way, Tarrytown; 4th Sat Saturday: Sat & Sun: Dulcimer Folk Assn of Central CT (%): Warwick Valley Winery, 114, Little York Road, informal gathering of varied musicians 1st Warwick, 2-5pm plus special concerts. Sat, 7 pm April thru Sept and 1pm Oct. http://www.wvwinery.com/ thru March. at Old Avon Village, 39 E. unplugged_01.html; (845) 258-4858 Main St, Avon; Don Moore, 1-860-242- Sunday: 3003, ; Ireland’s 32, Rte 59, Suffern, 845-368-3232; www.dulcimerfolkct.org Sun 4pm session w/ Jim Coogan Greater New Haven Acoustic Music Society; The Wild Geese Inn, 665 Commerce St House Concerts, 203-421-0021 16 Sperry (rte.141) Thornwood, 914-747-526; 2nd Rd. Madison, CT 06443; First Saturday & 4th Sun session w/ members of each month ; , Hal Wylie & Friends; Folk, NEW JERSEY REPEATING EVENTS Irish, B-G, Trad., 1st Sat. at United (also: www.newjerseybluegrass.com) Methodist Coffee House, Newton (exit 10 Bluegrass & Old Time Music Assn; cncrts I-84); dinner 5-7:30pm, music 8-10:30pm 3rd Sun Sept-May, 11-7, M & M Hall, Sunday: Texas Rd, Old Bridge; 201-583-1602 Conn. Valley Harmony; free Sacred Harp Coffee & Jam, Grace Church, 2nd & Erie sings 2nd Sun, 7-9pm at various loca- Sts, Jersey City; $5, 1st Fri (?) open mic tions, info: Susan Garber, 203-583-0841 7-8, music & poetry 8PM; 201-659-2211 Interlaken Inn, Lakeville; Brunch w/ Paton Coffee With Conscience, Springfield Emanuel Family or others, 11am-2pm; 203-435- United Methodist Church, 40 Church 9878. Mall, Springfield, NJ; Sat, every other Monday: month; $10; 973-376-1695 Griswold Inn, 36 Main St, Essex; Cliff Ground Coffeehouse; First Method- Haslam; 860-767-1776, ist Ch, 111 Ryerson Ave, Newton (just www.griswoldinn.com down past Newton H.S.); 8pm 3rd Sat ea. Tuesday: mo, $8; 973-383-2823 Griswold Inn, (see Monday); Don Sineti & East Brunswick Folk Music Club, sings 3rd “Finest Kind,” 8-11pm Tue; 7:45pm East Brunswick Library; Wednesday: info Ryders Lane (201) 257-5035. The Lighthouse Cafe, 63 Whitfield St, Guil- Grasshopper Also, 645 Washington Av, ford. Acoustic open mic Wed 7-11:30pm; Carlstadt, 201-460-7771; Irish Session 203-458-3555, www.lighthousecafe.info Sun 9 or 10pm Thursday: Montclair Friends Meetinghouse, 289 Park St, New Haven Gaelic Club; Venice Place, East Upper Montclair: Sacred Harp singing 4th Haven. Jams Thurs at 8; info: John Sun ea month 2-5:30pm; free; 973-746- O’; 1-203-281-3563. 0940 Friday: Nassau Inn tap room, Palmer Square, Performance Coffeehouse, Milford Fine Arts Princeton; Open Stage; Tue;609-921-3857 Council, Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Stony Brook Friends of Old-Time Music; Ave South (in former RR station) Mannion’s Pub & Restaurant, 150 West Milford; Last Friday, 8pm; 203-878-6647; Main Street, Somerville, NJ. Open jam www.milfordarts.org. 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7:45pm ; www.donegone.net/ Thomaston; open mic once a month, sbfotm 7pm, 1-203-729-3080, , Munzer, 504 Broadway, Passaic, NJ www.thomastonoperahouse.orgMichael 07055; 973-773-9606; Bryan’s Irish Pub at Wake Robin Inn 106 [email protected]); monthly Sharon Rd (Rte. 41) Lakeville, CT meetings in private homes 06039; Friday night concerts; 860-435- Tommy Fox’s Public House, 32 So. Washing- 2000; http://www. wakerobininn.com/ ton Ave, Bergenfield, 201-384-0900; Sun irish_pub.html 7:30-10:30, Dominick Rooney & Linda Hickman PENNSYLVANIA REPEATING EVENTS Sunday: CONNECTICUT REPEATING EVENTS Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society; first Sunday Multi-Day: jam at Elks Lodge in East Stroudsburg; Molten Java Music, 102 Greenwood Ave, $3 adm, prizes, food; 570-421-8760 or Bethel, CT; Thursday 7:30-9:30; Friday 670-992-2259 opem mic 8pm; Saturday 7:15-11pm; Sunday jazz, b-g, blues, gospel, 1-5pm;- 18 - This list gives more detailed information for locations listed in the chronological Events Listings. It does not generally include information about locations in the Repeating Events listings % = Folk Society with a newsletter which lists area events Space requirements force this info to be AN ABRIDGED LIST. For a complete listing of locations not in the calendar and out of town repeating events, see the November/ December issue. For a listing of Dance events, see the September 2002 issue. Most of the events in the listings are not run by the Club, and the information given is the best available at press time. Additions and Corrections to this list are most welcome! Send all location information to: Don Wade, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372; Phone: 1- 718-426-8555; E-Mail: [email protected] AROUND TOWN (The 5 boroughs of NYC); FOLKFONE: 1-212-563-4099 Advent Lutheran Church, 2504 Broadway (at 93 St); 8 pm; NYPFMC concerts, see p.2 Blarney Star Productions at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University, 1 Washington Mews (enter on 5th Ave off Washington Square); 9pm 1-212-998-3950, www.blarneystar.com Carnegie Hall, 57 St & 7th Ave, Manhattan; 1-212-247-7800 Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16 St., NY 10011; 917- 606-8200 Freddys, 485 Dean St & Sixth Ave, Brooklyn, 1-718-622-7035; various programs plus Old- Time Jam, 8-11pm first Thursday, open mic 3rd Thurs.; http:// www.freddysbackroom.com; http://members.aol.com/freddysbrooklyn Glucksman Ireland House – see Blarney Star Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor; Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, B’klyn 11215 (at 2nd St); 1-718-768-2972; Fridays, 8pm; $10+. http://www.bsec.org/events/ coffeehouse/ Hungarian House, 213 E. 82nd St (bet 2 & 3 Ave); Zydeco dance/concerts 7:30-8:30pm wkshps, 8:30-mdnte music; $15; 1-212-685-7597 or Irish Arts Center/An Claidheamh Soluis, 553 W. 51 St, Manhattan; 1-212-757-3318; classes, wrkshps, concerts, dances, ceilis with dance, music & song. Info: 1-718-441-9416 (for theatre & classes, call IAC directly); www.inx.net/~mardidom/rchome.htm Joe Beasley Sacred Harp Singing: 2nd Sun at St.Paul’s Church, 199 Carroll St (cr. Clinton), Brooklyn; 1-718-793-2848; 2pm followed by Pot-Luck supper. The Lion’s Den, 214 Sullivan St (Bleeker and W 3rd), NYC . (212) 477-2782 Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St (bet Church & B’way); 1-212-219-3006; www.knittingfactory.com. Makor, 35 W. 67 St; 1-212-601-1000, www.makor.org; food & beverage minimum Merkin Hall, 129 W. 67th St just west of B’way, Manhattan (see also WMI) 92nd St Y: Ninety Second Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave (at 92nd Street); 1-212-996-1100; $25 Parkside Lounge, 317 E Houston (at Attorney); bluegrass Hosted by the Orrin Star Duo + guests; 9pm-mindnight; workshops, 1:30pm Sat/Sun, info: ; 1-212-673-6270 www.parksidelounge.com Peoples’ Voice Cafe; Sat 8PM at Workman’s Circle, 45 E. 33 St (between Park & Madison); info: 1-212-787-3903, www.peoplesvoicecafe.org; $10 (reduced rates for seniors) QTIP: Queens Theatre in the Park; Flushing Meadows Corona Park; 1-718-760-0064 Richmondtown Restoration (at the tavern), Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Ave, Staten Island; 7:30 & 9 Pm; $12; ($10 SIHS members); Free parking. 15-minute drive from all bridges to Staten Island. Take bus S 74 from the Staten Island Ferry.; Beer, wine and hot apple cider are available. Info: www.historicrichmondtown.org or call 718 351-1611 x 280 for information or to make reservations. (Dinner available next door at M. Bennett Refreshments, 1-718-983-6715) Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway (between 246-249 Streets, west side of parkway) NYPFMC open sing — see listing on p.2-3. Renaissance School, 35-59 81st Street, Queens. Take the Number 7 Flushing line to 82nd Street, or the E,F,G, or R to Roosevelt Ave and change to the Main Street Flushing-bound 7. Enter the red door close to 37th Ave. St. Bartholomew’s Church, 109 East 50th St, Manhattan; NYPFMC Sacred Harp singing on the 3rd Sunday of each month through June, 2:30 to 5:30pm — see pages 2-3 - 19 - Continued on next page Calendar Listings information Continued from previous page Seamen’s Church Institute, 241 Water St (north of Fulton St), 2nd floor, Manhattan; Monthly Chantey Sing 8-11pm; (donation asked). http://www.woodenshipsmusic.com/nychanty/ nychanty.html. South Street Seaport Museum, foot of Fulton St. at the East River in the Beekman Annex, 219 Water Street, at Beekman, 1 block north of Fulton St and the East River. Sea Music, First Sunday; 3pm 1-212-691-7243, see page 2 Symphony Space; 95 St & Bway, Manhattan; 1-212-864-5400; various groups. www.symphonyspace.org Town Hall, 123 W. 43 St, Manhattan, 1-212-840-2824; Ticketmaster 1-212-307-7171; used by various groups 22 Below: Twenty-two Below “The Non-smoking Cabaret”; Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Ch, 155 E.22 St, Manhattan, 1-212-228-0750 or 1-212-674-0739; Sat,9pm Uptown coffeehouse, Ethical Culture Soc, 4450 Fieldston Rd, Riverdale (Manhattan College Pkwy); Sun 7PM, Sun 7PM, $15 adult ($13.50 seniors, students; $3 children); 1-718- 885-2955; http://www.uptowncoffeehouse.org.. [email protected] 03/03] WMI-World Music Institute Concerts: (8:00 PM unless indicated) various locations: Merkin Hall, 129 W. 67th St, Manhattan just west of B’way, 1-212-501-3330; Skirball Ctr. NYU, 566 LaGuardia Place (Washington Square South); Symphony Space; 2537 Bway (at 95th St), Manhattan; 1-212-864-5400; Town Hall, 123 W. 43 St, Manhattan, 1- 212-840-2824; Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57 St & 7th Ave, Manhattan; 1-212-247- 7800 ;info: World Music Inst., 49 W.27 St 10001, 1-212-545-7536; http:// www.heartheworld.org Irish Seisiuns, and repeating Music: separate listings precede the location info. Dance information follows the location information pages. NYPFMC FOLKFONE: 1-212-563-4099. Call for a recording of events in the 5 boroughs of NYC; changes updated weekly LONG ISLAND Note: New Suffolk County area code is (631) which may affect some of the below FMSOH=Huntington Folk Music Society % (PO Box 290, Huntington Station 11746) Hard Luck Cafe 1st Sat and concerts 3rd Sat each month at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport (north side of Route 25A at Huntington border). An open mike at 7:30PM precedes each concert at 8:30Pm; 1631-425-2925 or 1631-661-1278; www.exxtra.com/fmsh Hard Luck Cafe: 3rd Saturday of each month at The Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport (north side of Route 25A at Huntington border; 8pm; refreshments available; run by Huntington FMS—see FMSOH. IMAC: Inter-Media Art Center, 370 New York Ave, Huntington 11743; Sat’s at 9PM, some folk; 1-516-549-9666; www.imactheater.org LITMA % (LI Traditional Music Assn., P.O. Box 991, Smithtown, N.Y. 11787). Smithtown events at Smithtown Historical Society Brush Barn, 211 Main St (Rte 25 east of Rte 111), Smithtown: Community contra dances 8pm 2nd and 4th Fridays (631-369-7854); English Country Dance Beginner Workshop usually 1st Sunday 2pm (631- 673-5177); English Country Dance usually 3rd Sunday 2pm (631-757-3627); Orchestra rehearsals (516-433- 4192); Music workshops and slow jams (631-427-7542); Concerts occasional 3rd Saturday 8pm (preceded by 6pm pot-luck) (631-757-5980); Annual Fiddle, Dance and Song Festival in August (631-864-4601). Other locations: Contra dances 8pm 1st Friday Christ Church, 61 East Main St., Oyster Bay (631-864-4601); Contradances 8pm 1st Saturday Watermill Community Center (631-725-9321); Sacred Harp Sing 1pm 2nd Sunday Huntington Station and 4th Sunday in Wading River (631-325-8272); House Song Circle 2nd Saturday (631-581- 5063). Info about events or LITMA: www.LITMA.org Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd, Garden City (2 mi west of Meadowbrook Pkwy, beside water tower); monthly except July & Aug., 8Pm; $10 ($8 child/student); 1516-541-1006; http://www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org/. Long Island Repeating Events are in the repeating events section. UPSTATE NEW YORK (note: 845 is the new area code for all 914 but Westchester. also look at: The Hudson Valley Calendar: http://www.HVmusic.com/cgi-bin/ getevent.pl?bydate=yes&fordays=12 Bodles Opera House, 39 Main St, Chester; 845-469-4595; Wednesday is Open Mic, Thursday is Blues Directions: From NYS Thruway-Exit 16 ont; Rte 17West to exit 126; go through - 20 - Continued on next page light to “T”; make left; go to split in road (by fire house on right) and bear right ont; Main St. Bodles is two blocks up on right. Emelin Theater; Library La, Mamaroneck, 10543; 8:30Pm; 914-698-0098; $16-32 Fiddle & Dance News is a bi-monthly dance & music calendar for the Mid-Hudson region; $6 to 987 Rte. 28A, West Hurley 12491; 845-338-2996. Folk Times is a bi-monthly listing of events in the Albany area: $10 to Addie & Olin Boyle, 969 Co.Rt.10, Corinth 12822; 518-696-2221 Folk Notes is a quarterly listing of events in the Central New York Area: CNY Friends of Folk, 113 Trinity Place, Syracuse, NY 13270; 475-1853; web.syr.edu/~dgmuro/ fofhome.htm Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale 12472; 845-658-9048; 9pm cover & min; www.rosendalecafe.com Towne Crier Cafe, 62 route 22, Pawling 12564; 845-855-1300; www. townecrier.com; reservations suggested; Fri & Sat, 9Pm; Sun-Thur, 8Pm; open mic,$4, 7:30PM (5-7PM sign up); $15-25 Turning Point, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, Rockland County (off rte 9W south of Nyack); (845) 359-1089; food avail; www.piermont-ny.com/turning Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse; 8PM, Harvey School , Katonah, rte 22, 1 mi S of rte 35 (adv. tickets c/o 30E Hillside Terrace, White Plains, NY 10601; 914-242-0374); usually 2nd Sat. 8 PM$10-15; refreshments NEW JERSEY (Folk Project/FMSNNJ/Hurdy Gurdy Folk Phone: 973-822-1313) Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft 07738; concerts 8PM in the Performing Arts Center ($10-15); 732-224-2880 Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music C’hse; Central Unitarian Church, 156 Forest Ave, Paramus 07652 (Forest Av exit on Rt.4); info: 201-447-2716, adv. tickets 201-791-2225; 1st Sat, 8pm, through May. (run by Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club %; 201-871-7949; ; www.hurdygurdyfolk.org.) Lil’s Song Circle: 8pm on 2nd Fri at various locations in NY & northern NJ. General info: Jerry Epstein, 201-384-8465. Minstrel Coffeehouse; Fri, 8:30pm, $5 (2nd Fri, open stage); Morris Parks County Parks Cultural Ctr., 300 Mendham Rd (Rte 24), Morristown, NJ. (Run by Folk Project %, POB 41, Mendham 07945; 973-335-9489; http://www.folkproject.org; Sat concert info: 973- 335-9489 Outpost in the “Burbs” Coffeehouse (singles & couples over 20) First Congregational Church, 40 S. Fullerton Ave, Montclair 07042 (enter rear of building); twice monthly; 9pm; Steve or Rich, 973-744-6560; www.outpostintheburbs.org Princeton Folk Music Soc. %(POB 427, Princeton 08540); usually cncrts 3rd Fri. at Christ Congregation Church, 55 Walnut Lane (across from Princeton HS), Princeton; $15 ($10 NYPFMC memb); info: Justin Kodner,1-609-799-0944; www.princetonfolk.org Sanctuary Concerts, Some Sat’s, 8pm at Union Village Methodist Church, 1130 Mountain Avenue Berkeley Heights, 1-973-376-4946; www.sanctuaryconcerts.org Traditional Musicline, a monthly listing of events in this area; PO Box 10598, New Brunswick, NJ 08906; 908-699-0665. CONNECTICUT (Southern New England-WWUH FOLKFONE: 860-768-5000) Audubon Society, 1361 Main St.(rt.17), Glastonbury: on Fri, 7:30Pm; 860-633-8402, www.ctaudubon.org/centers/glastonbury/glastonbury.htm. BFMS Coffeehouse, Branford Folk Music Society, FIrst Cong. Ch, 1009 Main St, Branford, 8pm; 1-203-488-7715, , http://folknotes.org/branfordfolk/ Roaring Brook Concerts; Roaring Brook Nature Cent, 70 Gracey Rd, Canton; Sat’s, 7:30pm; Open Mike one Wed, 7:30pm (open thru April); 1-860-693-0263, www.roaringbrook.org Sounding Board C.H., Universalist Church of West Hartford, 433 Fern St., West Hartford CT; Sat’s, 8pm, $10, (closed July & August) info: Brent Hall, 460 Wallingford Rd, Cheshire, CT 06410; 203-272-8404; http://folknotes.org. Univ. of Hartford - (W)Wilde Auditorium or (M)Millard Auditorium, 200 Bloomfield Ave. (Rt. 189), W. Hartford; Fridays 7:30;1-860-768-4228 or 1-800-274-8587 Vanilla Bean Café, corner of 44, 169 & 97, Pomfret; 8pm Sat eve’s plus first Fri open mike, 860-928-1562; www.thevanillabeancafe.com; $5-15 Additions and Corrections to this list are most welcome! Send all location info to: Don Wade, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Heights 11372; 1-718-426-8555, . - 21 - Special Offer for ANNE PRICE Club Members in concert Camsco Music (Dick Greenhaus): celebrating her new CD If any members buy recordings from Remember Me Camsco Music via the internet or the toll-free line, 800-548-FOLK, and identify themselves as Pin- Sat. March 12 ewoods Club members, Camsco will donate 3% of the gross sales 9 pm $10 price of recording(s) to the Pin- ewoods Club. 22 Below Camsco carries many traditional Gustavus Adolphus and hard-to-find CDs, etc. and can Lutheran Church supply recordings that are not in 155 E. 22 St NYC their catalog. Camsco Music, 28 Powell St, Greenwich, CT 06831; (between Lex & 3rd) http://www.camsco.com Doors open 8:30pm 212-228-0750 The Club’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org Folk Alliance Seeks Director Phyllis Barney will step down as Executive Director of the North & Dance Alliance in mid 2005. Ms. Barney is one of the founding members of the organiza- tion and for nine years as Executive Director, she has presided over the Alliance’s growth. The board of directorswill begun its search for a new Executive Director at the end of this year. Information will be available shortly on the Folk Alliance website at www.folk.org. . Did you Donate? Our treasurer, Heather Wood, suffered a computer crash in August. If you made a contri- bution in cash or kind to the Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. in 2004 but have not yet received a thank-you letter for your tax-deductible contribution, please contact Heather: [email protected], (212) 957-8386, or 444 W 54 St. #7, NYC 10019. NOMAD Volunteers The NOMAD Festival (in New Haven) is looking for volunteers for their 2005 festival. If you are interested, please reply by e-mail to [email protected] (If you do not have e- mail, please call Henry Farkas at 203-468-7912.) Please include the positions you are interested in, by order of preference. http://www.nomadfest.org/ We Need Your Help! The spaces we have been using for our Folk Off Broadway concerts will no longer be available to us on any regular basis. Now we are coming to you, our members, for help. Do you work or live somewhere where there is an inexpensive room that we can use for small concerts? (Manhattan location preferred.) We would need access on Friday or Saturday evenings, or alternately Sunday afternoons. In a pinch, we would even consider Thursday evenings. We would need seating for 15-45 people. Ideally, we would have 6- 7 small concerts per year. Ccontact David Kleiman, 1-212-721-9382; - 22 - Anyone may place Advertisements of 40 words or less (because we use proportional spaced type, please avoid all-caps). RATES: $10 each Hotline per month ($5 for members), 1/2 year for $30 ($15 for members). Members please include mailing label for discount. (Lost & Found ads are free.) Send all materials to: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. We will be happy to accept ads on disk (MS-DOS ASCII format is best but we can deal with others) or by E-mail with the text as part of the message (coincident with mailing your check) to [email protected]. All ads must be prepaid make checks payable to: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc. (FMSNY). [Last run date is in brackets.] Sound reinforcement: Your program deserves the best, whether it’s a concert or a large festival. Location recording: Direct to stereo or Digital 8-track recording and editing. Acoustic Folk and Classical are specialties. Collegium Sound, Inc.; Don Wade or Jerry Epstein, 1-718-426-8555 or 1800-356-1779; [email protected] [2-05] Guitar Lessons. If you would like to play better... Taught by excellent, patient teacher. Jane Babits, (212) 861-7019 [1-07] Everybody can Sing—and I can prove it! For private or group lessons, “...a wonderful, patient, sensitive teacher who makes everyone feel more confident in their abilities.” Elissa Weiss, 1-212-874-6447. http://www.everybodycansing.com [1-07] Minstrel Records: Bob Coltman, David Jones, Jack Langstaff, Almeda Riddle, Frank Warner, Jeff Davis, Jerry Epstein, Dwayne Thorpe, Sonja Savig. On LP, newer releases on CD & cassette. Visit our website at www.minstrelrecords.com or write for a listing: Minstrel Records, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372 [2-05] Singing Books/Albums: Popular Rounds Galore, recommended by Pete Seeger and others, plus the great Rounds Galore...and More CD/cassette (vol 1 & 2), recommended by Christine Lavin, Peter Schickele, Bob Sherman, , ,... Book, $15 + $2.50 shipping; CD/cassette, $15/10 + $1.50 shipping. Also, rounds book Sequel ($6 + $1.50); Sight Singing Guide ($2 + $1.25); Rise Up Singing (good price); new Joanne Hammil rounds albums and books, Bob Blue Songbook/albums/video; John Krumm books/tape (rounds, songs); gospel books and more. Sol Weber, 25-14 37th St, Astoria, NY 11103. Send check, or SASE for info. [x2] Country Dance*New York, Inc. Sponsoring English and American Country Dancing in New York City for over 50 years. Live music. All dances taught. Beginners & Experienced dancers welcome. No partners necessary. September to June. ENGLISH dancing, Tuesdays, 7:00-10:15 p.m. AMERICAN dancing Saturdays, 8:00 -10:45p.m. (beginner basics at 7:45 p.m.) Metropolitan-Duane Hall, 201 W. 13th St (NW corner of 7th Ave, side entrance). For current information, visit our website: www.cdny.org or call the Dancephone: 1-212-459-4080. [11-05x2] Chelsea String Band (Alan Friend, Dotty Moore, Michaela Hamilton) will give a concert of old-time tunes and songs Thurs., Feb 17, 9:15 PM at Freddy’s BackRoom (Prospect Heights, Brooklyn at 485 Dean Street & 6th Ave.); Info. 1-718-965-4074 or (718) 622- 7035. Also, two shows Sat. Feb.26, 7:30 & 9:00 PM at Historic Richmond Town (Richmond Rd. & St. Patrick’s Place, Staten Island); Info. & reservations (718) 351-1611 or www.historicrichmondtown.org. Visit the Chelsea String Band website at www.geocities.com/chelseastringband or contact us at [email protected] or (718) 965-4074 or (646) 354-0133. [2-05] If you are the proud parent of one of the hotlines above, please check the ending date. If you want it renewed, send in your renewal before the 12th of that month to have it continue in the next month—we do not send out renewal notices. [] Sending us a check? Please be sure to make it out to our official corporate name: Folk Music Society of New York, Inc, or just FMSNY. 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