**Updated as of 8/12/16 -incl full festival listings-- see also calendar listings. p.6** Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. July/Aug. 2016 vol. 51, No. 7 July Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 1 Fri Dave van Ronk 80th Birthday Tribute, 7pm, Brooklyn 6 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 8 Fri Ice Cream Social, 7:30pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St. 17 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 20 Wed Ron Duncan & Alan Short, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club August Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 3 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 6 Sat Rod MacDonald house concert in East Setauket, LI; 8pm; 15 Mon Ivan Goff at the Landmark Session 17 Wed David Rovics, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club, Woodside 21 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 22 Mon John Dillon at the Landmark Session 25 Thur Newsletter Mailing, 7pm in Jackson Heights, Queens 27 - 9/2 TradMaD Camp at Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA September Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 7 Wed Folk Open Sing, 7pm in Brooklyn 12 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting, 7:15pm; see p. 5 14 Wed Dan & Bonnie Milner, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club 18 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2-5 pm 21 Wed Terry Silver, 8pm, Sunnyside Singers Club,. Woodside Details on pages 2-3 Table of Contents Events at a Glance .................. 1 Calendar Location Info ........... 11 Society Events Details ...........2-3 Survey of Festivals .................13 From the Editor ..................... 3 Folk Music Society Info ..........19 Weekend Scholarships & Jobs .... 4 Mark Hamburgh ad ...............20 Topical Listing of Society Events 5 Pinewoods Hot Line ...............21 The Folk Process ................... 6 Membership Form - Join Us! ....22 Calendar Listings ................... 6 Fall Weekend flyer .................23 Repeating Events .................... 9 The Society’s web page: www.folkmusicny.org - 1 - Irish Traditional Music Session: Every Monday, 8-11pm Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional music session in the back room of this historic Hell’s Kitchen bar/restaurant. Free admission; food and drink are available. Musicians, singers, and listeners welcome. At the Landmark Tavern, 626 11th Avenue (on 46th St), Manhattan; co-sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info 212-247-2562 or www.blarneystar.com/ Featured performers: Mon, July 18 Bruce Foley; Mon, July 25, Peter Maguire: Mon, Aug 15, Ivan Goff; Mon, Aug 22, John Dillon Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm Come join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a 3-hour pub style sing-around. All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Co-sponsored with and held at the Auber- gine Cafe, 49-22 Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured guest performer for part of the evening. Yummy des- serts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. Free admission; a voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local. Information: 718-899-1735. Featured performers: July 20, Ron Duncan & Alan Short; Aug. 17, David Rovics Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, July 6th, Aug. 3rd, & Sept. 7th; 7-10pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month 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, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions: F or Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture Society, Folk Music Society of NY/NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, Frank Woerner, and Tom Weir. Info: 212-695-5924. Dave van Ronk 80th Birthday Tribute: Friday, July 1st, 7pm This celebration of Dave’s music brings together performers.... [Balance deleted on- line to make room for late addtions]. Ice Cream Social and Song Swap; Friday, July 8th; 7:30pm Ice cream and music, what could be better? ... [Balance deleted on-line to make room for late addtions] Shanty Sing: Sundays, July 17th,& Aug. 21st; 2-5pm We are co-sponsoring the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5 pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY. Refreshments are available, including beer and wine for sale. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more information about the Noble Collection, go to http://www.noblemaritime. org -- click on "Visitor Information" for directions and a printable map. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or 347-267-9394. Rod MacDonald: Saturday, August 6th, 8pm Rod MacDonald rose to prominence in NYC's Greenwich Village in the 1980s, where he was a frequent headlining artist in clubs like Folk City and Speakeasy, and co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. With 11 CDs and 100 performances Continued on next page - 2 - FMSNY Events Details- Continued annually throughout North America and in Europe, he continues to dazzle audiences with his passionate singing and thought-provoking writing. Rod's songs have been recorded by Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Edwards, the late Dave Van Ronk, Happy Traum, Bok-Trickett-Muir, Four Bitchin' Babes (featuring Christine Lavin), Garnet Rogers, and numerous others. His most recent CD, Later That Night, reached #3 on the Roots Music National Folk chart in February 2015, and the song "Raven" reached #1. In addition to performing his own literate self-penned songs, Rod performs the music of popular 1960s and 1970s artists with his band The Humdingers and the songs of Bob Dylan project, Big Brass Bed. You can check out Rod MacDonald's music on youtube.com and read more about him at www.rodmacdonald.net. At Passing Through: A Series of House Concerts in East Setauket, LI. Reserve your seat at 516-492-5116 [email protected]. $20 contribution. Co- sponsored by LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Association and the FMSNY.. TradMaD Camp: August 27th - September 2nd TradMaD Camp (Traditional Music and Dance Camp): we'll be singing, pick- ing, dancing, jamming, swimming, relaxing -- all the things we love about Pine- woods Camp in Plymouth, Mass. See the complete list of staff at www.tradmad- camp.org. At press time the camp was full but you can get on the waiting list. www.tradmadcamp.org Newsletter Mailing: Thursday, August 25th; 7pm We need your help to mail out the next Newsletter. Join the important band of volunteers that sticks the stamps and labels, and seals the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the home of Don Wade and Eileen Pentel, 35-41 72nd Street, Jackson Heights (Queens). Right near the “74th St” Station of the #7 line or the “Roosevelt Ave-Jackson Heights” Station of the E, F and R trains. (Cat in residence.) Info: 718-672-6399 Eileen Pentel Summer is really here. This is our July/August issue, so hold onto it. We have many events happening, happily!! What better way to spend a summer evening at our Ice Cream Social. Yum!. In addition, the Irish Traditonal Music Sessions, the Sunnyside Singers club, the Shanty Sing, and the Folk Open Sing continue throughout the sum- mer. TradMaD Camp continues at Pinewoods, during the last week of the summer. As many of you know, Gert Gershowitz passed away in May. We weren’t able to get the word out to everyone in time for the funeral, but a number of people were able to attend the funeral. Gert’s daughter and son sent the following message. Dear Pinewoods Friends, Thank you so much for being with us at our mom's, Gert Gershowitz, funeral last month. I know many of you who were there were not able to sign the book. We want to thank you for being with us. It gave us great comfort to know that mom and dad's Pinewood's friends were with us! Thank you for your kindness and for your friendship to mom and dad through the years! They loved it! Thanks again,, Lynne and Marc Thank you to the volunteers Marilyn Suffet, Eileen Pentel, Don Wade, and Will Wade- Pentel. We hope to see you at the next Newsletter Mailing. We really could use your help You can join us on Thursday, August 25, see above. - 3 - Weekend Help Wanted Full and Partial stipends are available in exchange for administrative work done on our folk music weekends. Contact the Club President, Evy Mayer, <president(at) folkmusicny.org>, 718-549-1344 (after 11 am) if you are inter ested in any of the jobs for the coming Fall Weekend. Weekend Chair: A management job with responsibility for the per formance of all of the other jobs. On the weekend is the club’s contact between participants and the manager of the facility we are using. (half scholarship) Transportation: Tries to find rides to and from camp for all who need them. Gets and gives out info on pub lic transportation if needed. (full scholarship) Weekend Scholarships Available Applications are now being accepted to the Fall weekend for the George Parker Scholar- ship and the Mayer Scholarship. These funds provide either full or partial scholarships to individuals who could not otherwise attend and who have a strong interest in folk music, singing, and/or instrumental playing.