Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. July-August 2007 vol 42, No.7 July 9 Mon FMSNY Exec. Board Meeting; 7:15pm location tba 10 Tue Sea Music: Robbie O'Connell+ NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 14 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm 15 Sun Singing Party on Staten Island at Helen Levin’s; 2 pm 17 Tue Sea Music: Anne Price + NY Packet; 6pm, South Street Seaport 29 Sun John Roberts House Concert, 1:30pm in Sparrowbush, NY August 1WedFolk Open Sing 7 pm in Brooklyn 4 Sat Sing and Swim Party at the Cohens’; Queens 11 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm. 26 Sun Picnic/Sing, noon at Ritchie-Pickow home, Port Washington 29 Wed Newsletter Mailing, 7pm in Jackson Heights ( Queens) September 5WedFolk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 10 Mon FMSNY Exec. Board Meeting 7:15pm location tba. 14 Fri Sacred Harp Workshop; Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Hts. 15 Sat All Day Singing (Sacred Harp); 9:30am-3:30pm; Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Hts 15 Sat Chantey Sing at Seamen’s Church Institute, 8pm. 16 Sun Sacred Harp Sing at St. Barts: 2:30pm. 23 Sun Tommy Sands concert, location to be announced. 30 Sun Woody Rediscovered, 4 pm, Upper West Side Details next pages; Table of Contents Society Events details ...........2-4 Repeating Events ..................12 From the Editor, ................... 4 Calendar Location Info ...........13 Topical Listing of Events ......... 5 Festival Listings ...................15 Folk Music Society Info .......... 6 Falcon Ridge Ad ..................21 Fall Weekend Reservation ........ 7 Round Robin Songfest Ad .......22 Weekend Help Wanted ............ 8 30 Years Ago ......................22 John Roberts flyer.................. 9 Pinewoods Hot Line ..............23 Calendar Listings................... 9 Membership Form ................24 Tommy Sands Sunday, September 23; tba - 1 - SEA MUSIC CONCERTS; Tuesdays July 10 and 17, 6pm Members of The New York Packet (Frank Woerner, Bonnie Milner, Deirdre Murtha, Joy Bennett, Alison Kelley, Frank Hendricks, David Jones, Jan Christensen, Dan Milner & Bob Conroy) join featured guests. Co-sponsored with the South Street Seaport Museum. At the Museum’s Melville Gallery, 209 Water Street, between Fulton & Beekman. Call 212-691-7610 for directions. Donation is $5 (children, $2), pay at the door. Tuesday , July 10 -Robbie O'Connell - Nephew of the Clancy Brothers, long-time bandmate of Mick Moloney, and Liam Clancy, Robbie has become America's best loved Irish balladeer Tuesday, July 17 -Anne Price - Anne has a fine repertoire of songs pertaining to the sea, sailors and their lady loves. FOLK OPEN SING; Wednesdays, Aug. 1st and Sept. 5th ; 7-10 pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month (except July 4) for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. 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. Info: Alison Kelley, 718-636-6341 CHANTEY SING; Saturdays, July 14th and Aug. 11th; 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 requested. Info: 718- 788-7563 or www.woodenshipsmusic.com/nychanty/nychanty.html. SINGING PARTY, Sunday, July 15th, 2 to 6 PM At the home of Helen Levin, 393 Ashland Avenue in the Prince's Bay section of Staten Island. It's a white house, with two big pine trees in front. There are two cats in resi- dence. Bring voices, instruments, and songs to share. Also bring a dish or beverage suitable for genteel picnicking. As part of the singing, Helen will do a half hour set of French folk songs. RSVP by e-mail to [email protected] or by phone to 718-356- 5314.. Directions by car: From the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, take the Staten Island Ex- pressway (I-278) to Route 440 south toward Outerbridge Crossing. Take Exit 4, Arthur Kill Road, off Route 440. Proceed to STOP sign and pass sign, going straight ahead to the next STOP sign at Rossville Avenue. Proceed left on Rossville Avenue to Woodrow Road. Turn left onto Woodrow Road, then make a quick right onto Foster Road. Pro- ceed to Ashland Avenue. Make a right onto Ashland Avenue and proceed to #393 on the right side of street. Directions by public transportation: From the ferry terminal, take the Staten Island Rapid Transit train to the Prince's Bay station. Walk right onto Seguine Avenue to Amboy Road. Turn right and then make a left onto Foster Road. Walk about 5 blocks on Foster to Ashland Avenue. Turn left and walk to #393. Continued on next page The Society’s web page: http://www.folkmusicny.org - 2 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued JOHN ROBERTS HOUSE CONCERT, Sunday, July 29; 1:30pm One-half of the well known Roberts & Barrand singing duo, John is from Kidderminster, England on the River Stour. Accompanying himself on banjo, guitar and squeezeboxes, he is a great solo performer of traditional English ballads, sea songs, songs of love, lust and laughter, and about every aspect of the rich English tradition. At the home of Deborah Rubin and John Ziv, 594 Rte. 97 Sparrowbush, NY. Phone: 212-662-6575 (NYC); 845-858-7890 (Sparrowbush); e-mail: rte97music@ earthlink.net. Admission is Free, beverages provided; if driving, please bring chairs or blanket to sit on. If the weather is nice, concert will be outdoors with unlimited seating. If weather is poor, concert will be indoors with maximum about 30 seats so make reservations. Driving Directions: From NYC or Long Island: George Washington Bridge to Palisades Parkway (first exit over the bridge) to exit 9W (NYS Thruway/Interstate 87) to exit 16 (Rte 17/ Harriman). Rte 17 to exit 121 (Interstate 84 towards Port Jervis) to exit 1 (Port Jervis). At end of exit ramp, turn left and then bear right at light. You are on Rte 6. Take Rte 6 about 1 mile until it turns left at traffic light. Homer's Restaurant is on the right. Go straight on Rtes 42/97. After 3 miles, Rte 42 veers off to right. Stay straight on Rte 97 about 1 more miles, through winding road. We are the second driveway on the right after the winding road. Park across the street. From New Jersey: Interstate 80 to exit 34B (Rte 15 N). Take Rte 15 N about 16 miles north to Rte 206. Continue going straight onto Rte 206. Go another 15 miles to Rte 521 split on right. Take Rte 521 to end, about 6 miles. At light turn left onto Rte 6 and follow directions as above. By Bus or Train: Please check departure schedules. Take Shortline/Coach USA bus to Pt. Jervis. Take New Jersey Transit train to Pt. Jervis. Call or e-mail to arrange pickup. SWIM & MUSIC PARTY; Saturday, August 4th; noon-on Join us for a sing and swim party at the home of Neil and Kathy Cohen, 80-75 Tryon Place, Jamaica Estates, Queens. Bring food to share. Grill available for cooking. We are negotiating for good weather. Questions or need other directions? Call:718-969- 7554 By train and bus: Take E or F train to Union Turnpike station in Queens. Stay at the rear of the train and exit the station towards the Northeast corner of Queens Boulevard. Take the Q 46 bus (This is the first stop and it will only go in one direction) to Utopia Parkway. Get off the bus in front of Citibank, walk towards Utopia Parkway. Without crossing any streets at this point, make a left turn onto Utopia Parkway and walk two blocks to 80th Drive. Turn left on 80th Drive, walk one block to Tryon Place, turn right, look for our house on the left side of the street. By car via LIE: From Manhattan go to Utopia Parkway exit. Turn right on Utopia Parkway and go about 2 miles to Union Turnpike. Go two blocks past Union Turnpike to 80th Drive; turn left. Go one block; turn right onto Tryon Place. House is on left. From Long Island go to Utopia Parkway exit and turn left onto Utopia Parkway.Follow directions above. SINGING PARTY; Sunday, August 26th; noon Pot luck picnic on the front lawn of Jean Ritchie & George Pickow in Port Washington, Long Island. Party starts at noon, goes to whenever we get tired of singing or Jean & George throw us out. Bring songs, instruments, voices, and a dish to share for at least six people. The club will supply paper goods. If anyone would like to contribute drinks, or needs other information, please e-mail Barbara Mehlman at: [email protected]. (If you do not have access to e-mail, you can call Barbara at 1-516-829-5833, but she really prefers e-mail.) - 3 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued Directions to the Ritchie-Pickow house, 7A Locust Avenue, Port Washington, NY. (If you get lost, the phone number that day is: 917-697-5712.) By Train: The LIRR goes to Port Washington (last stop on the line). Library Drive is about one mile west on Main Street. Library Drive is one short block and forms a T with Locust Avenue.