Trustees thru 2016: Lindsey Meyer, Grover Kemble, Allan Kugel Trustees thru 2015: Joanne Cronin, Steve Humphreys, Bob McNally Trustees thru 2014: Jim Gartner, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Lois DeRitter Trustees: Treasurer: Bill Henderson Secretary: Rachel Streich Vice President: Barrett Wilson President: Elizabeth Lachowicz Folk Project Officers: Randolph, NJ. 07869 11 Butternut Road c/o Eddie Roffman E-mail: [email protected] Membership, corrections/changes: Eddie Roffman Deadline is the 15th 582 Long Hill Road, Gillette, NJ 07933 E-mail: [email protected] Newsletter submissions: George Otto www.folkproject.org Box 41 Mendham, NJ 07945 August 2014 www.folkproject org Uke New Jersey Too! On Friday and Saturday, August 29-30, we will return to the Mansion in Morristown, NJ Following the same basic format as last year, we'll start on Friday night with a movie and a con- cert, followed by workshops, open mics, vendors, jams, camaraderie all day Saturday and finish up with another concert on Saturday night. As an added bonus this year, we plan on extending the festivities into Sunday with a Jam In The Park, hosted by the Morristown Uke Jam, a local ukulele Meetup group! This year’s lineup will feature the following: Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer The Stringbusters (Pete and Maura Kennedy) Jim and Liz Beloff Stuart Fuchs Honor Finnegan Uncle Zac We will once again have ukulele vendors, jams, an open mic, on-site food vendors, and much more. Workshop descriptions and schedule will be posted as soon as we get submissions from all of the performers and make our choices. We are working out a deal with a nearby hotel for a special rate, with info coming shortly. It will likely be around $80 per night. Special early-bird pricing until June 15, $65 for the entire event! After June 15, Friday Night $15, Saturday all day and night $65, Full Event $75. If there are any spots left, Saturday concert-only tickets will be made available in early August. Children 12 and under are free, and all attendees 16 and under must be accompanied by a paid parent or guardian. Special situations and circumstances will always be given the utmost consideration. Our aim is to have a fun, stress-free festival for everyone and our main focus is the Joy Of Uke! When in doubt about absolutely anything, no matter what, please call 908/229-1214 and we’ll work it out. More info at folkproject.org or email [email protected]. Lost & Found Department Tambourine and a folding guitar stand were left at the 4th of July party. Call Eddie 973/997-1162. QUICK GUIDE TO THE INSIDE Fall Acoustic Getaway Lineup ....................................................... 2 Special Concert at The Minstrel .....................................................2 August Home-Made Music Party .................................................. 6 NERFA Nuggets ............................................................................... 6 Folk Trivia ........................................................................................ 9 Board Meeting: The Summary .....................................................10 Good o’ the Order .........................................................................11 Members’ Gigs & Friends .............................................................13 NOTE: web links in the eNewsletter are now clickable Fall Acoustic Getaway Lineup The Fall Acoustic Getaway is officially open for business. Go to the Project webpage (www.folkproject.org/festival) and register for three days of musical magic. The Fall Getaway hap- pens October 10-12. We now present our thrilling and talented lineup. TOBY WALKER—Internationally renowned blues and ragtime raconteur, and Project favorite. THE NO FUSS AND FEATHERS ROADSHOW— Acoustic supergroup collaboration featuring award- winning and audience-winning duo The Yayas, mountain chanteuse and Red Molly co-founder Carolann Solebello, and golden-voiced, Nashville Sat. 8/2: DIANE HARTZELL and FINGERPLAY songwriter favorite Karen Oliver. Lisa Bueno: fiddle • Helen White: flute; • Jonathan Brandt: piano—Contras It’s never a hard sell when Hartzell takes the stage—she has us in the palm of her hand. Once in her grip, let your fingers play as Fingerplay strings us along, LIL’REV—the quintessential storyteller, ace uke-ster, and joy-inspiring song- catching tunes in a cat’s cradle of entwined chords to rope us in and band us ster. together. Sat. 8/16: TED CRANE and OFF'N ENSEMBLE Heidi Hammel: concertina, hammer dulcimer • Bob Yarbrough: banjo, bodhran, penny JIM HURST—Southern style guitarist supreme, singer, songwriter and whistle, wooden flute • Elliott Schmuckler: upright bass • Steve Smith: guitar, saxo- extraordinary gentleman and performer. phones—Contras You’ll be whooping it up as Crane macaws high flying contras to make you screech owl night and leave you puffin. As the Terns flock together where they often assemble, Off’n Ensemble feathers the nest with tunes to get CHRIS BUKATA & FRIENDS—This excellent guitar picker and Folk Project down with. After using your spoonbill to swallow some kiwi and magpie at member was selected by you to perform at this fall’s Getaway. He will be the break, cormorant and raven from heron in or you’ll egret it. If you don’t joined by golden-voiced Projectiles Jay Wilensky and Marie Trontell. budgie, you’ll be bittern. THE SUNDAY SUNDAE—On Getaway Sunday we finish up your weekend with an extra special Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. treat, the final finale, the big magilla. Stay tuned to these pages next month, and be amazed. Questions? Call Mark at 201/207-8696. Contra and Square Dancing to Live Music. All dances taught. No partner necessary. Beginners’ workshop, 7:30pm; Special Concert at The Minstrel dance at 8pm. $10, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. Friday, November 21 at 8:00pm First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover Parish House • 14 Hanover Road, East Hanover, NJ 07936 From I-287 northbound or southbound: Exit 39, travel East on Route 10 for approx. 3.5 miles. Exit by the Ford dealership (“To River Road/ Okner Pkway”) onto Mount Pleasant Ave. Right at the second light onto Hanover Rd. then immediate left into the parking lot of the Parish House. From I-78: Exit 48 (Route 24 West) to Exit 2B, Route 510 East/Florham Park. Go 1.9 miles and turn left onto Hanover Rd. Turn right into the parking lot of the Parish House just before the road ends at Mount Pleasant Ave. Additional directions are on our website. 973/295-6864 Jonathan Edwards with opener Lucy Kaplansky TERN ON THE NET! find us at dance.folkproject.org $30 advance, $35 at the door Presented by the Folk Project Tickets available at folkproject.org or at The Minstrel 2 Call or email with questions, [email protected], 908/229-1214 15 Steve Holland & Root Mean Square Feets Don’t Fail Me Now! The Minstrel August 2014 Acoustic Concert Series presented by Center Contra: Gender-role free contra dance in NYC. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St., Room 301, 7:30pm. Usually 2nd Fri. Open to all. 971/991-0597, 347/275-7983, or Fri. 8/1: Reeds, Rhythm and All That Brass with The Bon Temps Brass Band www.lcfd.org/nyc or e-mail [email protected] Launched in 1973, Reeds, Rhythm and All That Brass is an 18-piece band playing the classic American Songbook repertoire of the Big Band era and beyond. Comprised of professional and semi-professional Country Dance*New York: Contra every Sat., English Country every Tues., Church of players, they perform the music made famous by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Frank the Village, 201 West 13th St. (NW corner of 7th Ave.). Sept.–June. cdny.org or 212/459-4080 Sinatra, and the like. The band includes Folk Project members Jeff Rantzer and Hen3ry Nerenberg on trombone, Darrell Courtley on sax, and Jay Wilensky on vocals. Lambertville Country Dancers: Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Our opener is another flavor of Big Band. While RRB plays carefully arranged and charted American Info: 609/882-7733 or www.lambertvillecountrydancers.org Songbook material, The Bon Temps Brass Band plays a less structured, more freewheeling New Orleans- Maplewood International Dancers: Recreation House, 124 Dunellen Rd., Maplewood. style jazz, with lots of improvised solos. Adding their 8 members to RRB’s 18, we will surely break the record for the most musicians on our stage in one night (not counting our Valentines and Birthday Mondays 7:30pm, $5. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Days shows). 908/273-6468, eves 973/376-7568. njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_maplewood.html Morristown International Dancers: Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Community Church, Fri. 8/8: Open Stage 48 Briarcliff Rd., 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. $4 member/$5 non-member This is an opportunity for all acoustic musicians to perform a 15-minute set on our stage, and for the audience to be treated to a diverse collection of acoustic musicians. We’ve often seen previews of our 973/539-7020 or 973/228-5966, njfolkdance.tripod.com/fd_morristown.html regular scheduled acts for the first time at Open Stage. For information on how to secure a performance North Jersey English Country Dancers: 2nd & 4th Sundays, 2–5pm, Unitarian Society, 113 slot, call 973-335-9489, or visit the Open Stage page. Cottage Pl., Ridgewood. $8 members, $10 non. 201/445-4497 or 201/447-1136. Fri. 8/15: Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche with Josh Joffen northjerseyenglishcountrydancers.yolasite.com Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche spring from a well respected pedi- Palisades Folk Dancers: Twice a month on Sundays, 3pm, Church of the Atonement, Engle St. gree in the NYC Folk scene. Suzzy is one of the Roches, three sisters whose & Highland Ave., Tenafly. [email protected]. songs and harmonies dominated the Greenwich Village milieu in the 70’s and 80’s. And Lucy’s dad is the legendary Louden Wainwright III. Together Philly Family Folk Dances: Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd., 3820 The Oak Rd., East the mother and daughter’s harmonies are absolutely gorgeous, and their Falls, PA.