November 2002 vol 37, No.10 November 3 Sun Sea Music Concert: Cliff Haslam + NY Packet; South Street Seaport Gallery; 3 pm 3 Sun Sunnyside Song Circle: 2pm in Queens 6WedFolk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Fri Jean Ritchie/Oscar Brand concert; 8pm, Advent Church☺ 11 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972 (34-35 St.), info (718) 575-1906 15 Fri Kinloch Nelson; Music at Metrotech, 8pm in Brooklyn 17 Sun Sacred Harp Singing at St.Bartholomew’s; 2:30 pm 21 Thur Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10pm, Riverdale Prsby. Church. 23 Sat Fall Fling Dance/Concert, PS-199, Manhattan, 8pm, see p.12 December 1 Sun Gospel & Sacred Harp Sing, 3pm in Manhattan 1 Sun (no Sea Music Concert at South Street Seaport) 3TueNewsletter Mailing; at Club office, 450 7 Ave, #972, 7 pm 4WedFolk Open Sing; 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Sun Tom Paley & friends; Music at Metrotech, in Brooklyn 9 Mon NYPFMC Exec. Board Meeting, 7:15pm at the club office, 450 7th Ave, #972 (34-35 St), info (718) 575-1906 15 Sun Sacred Harp Singing at St.Bartholomew’s; 2:30 pm 19 Thur Riverdale Sing, 7:30-10pm, Riverdale Prsby. Church. Details Inside Table of Contents Events Details ....................... 2 Concert Flyers ................. 10-12 NYPFMC Club Info ............... 4 Calendar Listings ..................13 Topical Listing of Club Events ... 5 Festivals .............................15 From The Editor ................... 6 Repeating Events ..................16 Folk Process ......................... 6 Calendar Location Info ...........19 Winter Weekend flyer.............. 7 30 Years Ago .......................22 Ideas .................................. 8 Pinewoods Hot Line ..............23 Weekend Jobs & Scholarships .... 9 Membership Application .........24 The Club’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org Folk Fone: (212)563-4099 SUNNYSIDE SONG CIRCLE; Sunday, November 3rd; 2-7 pm At the home of Joel Landy, 41-08 43rd St, apt. 4F, in Sunnyside, Queens. Information or directions, call (718) 937-2240. Bring voices, instruments, and songs to share. Snacks and beverages are also welcome. SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Sunday, November 3rd; 3pm First Sunday Sea Music Concerts at South Street Seaport Museum, Fulton Street and the East River. Members of The New York Packet (Frank Woerner, Bonnie Milner, Deirdre Murtha, Mark Maniak, Joy Bennett, Alison Kelley, Maggie Bye, Frank Hendricks, Al Cuenin, 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 212-691-7610 for directions and to con- firm location. Latest concert details at http://pages.prodigy.net/folkmusic/ thenewyorkpacket.htm Donation is $4, pay at the door. Nov. 3rd: Cliff Haslam, born in Warrington, England, posseses one of the great voices of folk music. An institution in the state of Connecticut, he has sung each Monday night at the ancient Grisworld Inn in Essex for over 25 years. Cliff recorded a classic album of ballads and drinking songs for Folk-Legacy. A frequent guest at the Mystic Sea Music Festival, he accompanies himself on 12-string guitar. December 1st: (no concert). FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, Nov. 6 & Dec.4; 7pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, children and a snack to share. 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 Folk Music Club, Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. For info: Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341. JEAN RITCHIE & OSCAR BRAND; Friday, November 8th; 8 pm☺ See flyer on page 11. At the Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway at 93rd St. FREE to NYPFMC members; $18 general public; $15 CDNY; $10 seniors & full-time students; $6 children under 12. KINLOCH NELSON; Friday, November 15th; 8 PM Kinloch Nelson is a solo guitarist who presents a synthesis of classical, jazz, folk, and popular music. His program ranges from Bach to blues to traditional Celtic to original compositions, and may include musical references to Duke Ellington, Chuck Berry, Woody Guthrie, and even an occasional TV theme song. With 20 year experience as a performer, Kinloch Nelson draws from a repertoire of nearly 300 songs and tunes gath- ered from his travels through the USA, Canada, South America, Ireland, and Great Britain. The New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club is proud to present him in this Folk Off-Broadway concert. Expect him to enhance this performance with some fine singing and story-telling. Presented with the cooperation of Polytechnic University: Adm: $13 (members, $10, Polytech students free). At: Polytechnic University, Wunsch Hall, just over the Brooklyn or Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn; right off the Tillary St. exit from the BQE. By train: A, C, F (Jay St.– Borough Hall) and M, N, R (Lawrence Street) are closest. #2, 3, 4, 5 are five min. walk (Borough Hall). All are 1st or 2nd stop in Brooklyn, 15-20 min.from midtown Manhat- Details Continued on next page - 2 - tan. Go into the open Metrotech Commons—right across from the Marriott. The student center (Wunsch Hall) is at the far end of the Commons, beyond the trees, looks like an old brown church (which it was); next to a new building under construction. Street parking is free after 7 on Jay St., Tillary St., or Flatbush Ave. Flatbush Ave 2 blocks south of Tillary Street has lots of meters which are legal after 7 pm (but tow-away before). If you park on Flatbush, walk into the commons 2 blocks West past the Chase Bank building. The Bank will be on your left, and a new building will be on your immediate right. Turn right at the corner of the new building and continue to the next building. That is the student center. See map, p.10 Info: (718) 549-1344 (after 11 AM). SACRED HARP SINGING AT ST. BART’S; Sunday, November 17th; 2:30pm Co-sponsored and hosted by St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, on the 3rd Sun- day of each month through June, 2:30 to 5:30pm, 109 East 50th St. We continue the colonial American tradition of lively (high-volume, up-tempo) four-part, unaccompa- nied gospel singing. Shaped notes, indicating fa-so-la intervals, make sight-reading easy. Instruction provided; beginners welcome! Sacred Harp hymnals available for loan or purchase. No fee; contributions collected. Free parking (Distinctive Parking, 51st between Lexington and 3rd Avenues; your church ticket is good until midnight)! Ques- tions: Gail Harper 212-750-8977. RIVERDALE SING; Thursday, November21st; 7:30-10 pm A sing in the Bronx the third Thursday each month! 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. Admission is $3. Information: 718-549-1344. FALL FLING; Saturday, November 23 See the flyer on page 12. At PS199, 270 W. 70 St, Manhattan. More information CDNY Dancephone: 212-459-4080 or www.cdny.org. GOSPEL & SACRED HARP SING; Sunday, Dec. 1st; 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 Stu Shapiro, 86-15 Broadway, apt. 14E, Elmhurst, Queens (718-592-8714). Subways: Take the “G” from Brooklyn or the “R” from Manhattan or Brooklyn to Grand Ave., back end of the train. Stu is 1 block north of Queens Blvd. on Broadway. Look for tall building near subway exit. There is often weekend track work in Queens; you may want to call Transit Information or Stu for last minute changes. Other info: Isabel, 212-866-2029. NEWSLETTER MAILING; Tuesday, December 3rd; 7 PM We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volun- teers that sticks the stamps and labels and staples the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the Club office, 450 7th Ave., #972 (between 34 & 35 St.). Info: 718-426-8555. TOM PALEY, KENNY KOSEK, & GUESTS; Sunday, December 8; 12:30 PM Detailed description next month! At Polytechnic University, Wunch Hall, see Nov. 15 concert description. Info: (718) 549-1344 (after 11 AM). The Club’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org Folk Fone: (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 af- publication (no Aug. issue). Space reservations filiate of the Country Dance & Song Society of should be in by the 10th of the month. America, a member of the Folk Alliance and a mem- ber of the NY-NJ Trail Conference. A copy of our Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 450 annual report is available from our office at 450 7th 7th Ave, #972, NYC, NY 10123; 212-563-4099. Ave, #972, NYC, NY 10123, or from the Office of Editor: Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72 St, Jackson Hts, Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 Wash- NY 11372; 718-426-8555. Send all Hotlines & ads ington Av, Albany, NY 12232. (with check or MO made out to FMSNY) and all We have approximately 700 members and run con- correspondence & articles ONLY to this address.