Dates For Your Diary Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc Folk News Issue 480 October - November 2016 $3.00 Dance News CD Reviews Eleanor McEvoy one of Ireland’s most accomplished contemporary female singer/songwriters folk music dance festivals reviews profiles diary dates sessions opportunities ADVERTISING SIZES Size mm Members Not Mem October-November 2016 Full page 210 x 297 $80 $120 In this issue Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc 1/2 page 210 x 146 $40 $70 Presidents Report p3 Post Office Box A182 or Dates for your diary p4 102 x 146 Sydney South NSW 1235 Festival News p9 ISSN 0818 7339 ABN9411575922 1/4 page 102 x 146 $25 $50 Folk News p10 jam.org.au 1/8 page 102 x 70 $15 $35 The Anti-Conscription Centenary p10 The Folk Federation of NSW Inc, Advertising artwork required by 5th Dance News p11 formed in 1970, is a Statewide body of each month. Advertisements can Vale: Jim Macquarrie p11 which aims to present, support, encour- be produced by Cornstalk if required. Steeleye Span Guitarist in Aust. p11 age and collect folk music, folk dance, Please contact the editor for enquiries Ewan MacColl, A Retrospective p12 folklore and folk activities as they about advertising (02) 6493 6758 exist in Australia in all their forms. It Folk Contacts p17 provides a link for people interested All cheques for advertisements and December 2016-January 2017 in the folk arts through its affiliations inserts to be made payable to the Folk with folk clubs throughout NSW and its Federation of NSW Inc Deadline date: 12th Dec 2016. counterparts in other States. It bridges Cornstalk Editor - Coral Vorbach If your event misses Cornstalk, Julie all styles & interests to present the folk Bishop 02 9524 0247, julie@folkfedn- arts to the widest possible audience. PO Box 5195. Cobargo NSW 2550 sw.org.au can include it in Folkmail, 6493 6758 [email protected] the weekly email to members. And Committee Cornstalk is the official pub. of the Folk don’t forget that as a member you can President: Andy Busuttil Federation of NSW. Contributions, put information on jam.org.au, where helpful tutorials will guide you. Vice President: Anthony Woolcott news, reviews, poems, photos welcome! Secretary: Pam Davis 9955 3677 Photos - high res JPG or TIFF files. 300 [email protected] dpi images cropped at correct size. Treasurer: Bruce Cameron 6331 1129 We use Adobe InDesign, Photoshop 6, [email protected] Microsoft Word. PLEASE do not send photographs as part of a Word doc. General Members: Dallas & James Baxter, Terry Clinton, Sandra Nixon, No part of Cornstalk may be reproduced Max Gregory, Kate Maclurcan, Chris- without permission of the publishers. tine Wheeler All care but no responsibility taken for omissions or errors. Membership/Listser/JAM: Mary Doumany (harpist & singer) will be Wayne Richmond 9939 8802 Wrap Co-ordinator James Baxter presenting a workshop at 1pm & a concert [email protected] 9810 4131 - [email protected] at 4pm at Humph Hall, Sun 16th October. The Folk Federation of NSW - Membership Application Form Name/s: Eve phone: Day phone: Address: Mobile: Email: Membership Type (Tick one) Individual - $25 Family (more than one in same household) - $30 Other name/s: _________________________________ Affiliate (organisation) - $35 Contact Name: _____________________________________ Please find enclosed $ ____ being my subscription for ___ years. 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It won’t be a it launched by the end terribly long one this time, just a quick run down on the ‘virtual of November, you will communications’ that we have attempted to get up and run- all be sent a link to it to ning and an indication of things to come. check it out and add it to your ‘bookmarks’ for It’s been an interesting first term. We held a great planning you to easily refer to it day earlier this year to attempt to define and articulate who when needed. Cornstalk we are, what we do and what we believe we need to do to will also be included in advance the ‘cause’ of the FFNSW. the download sections The foundation of our planning was seated in the need to and we’re hoping it will communicate in the virtual world in a far more effective way be able to reach a much than we have been. Two initiatives for the Federation came wider readership than it out of this: the first was a discussion group which has been currently does. successful in providing an avenue for members to discuss I’d like to thank the committee for all their efforts over the past various points and to promote concerts or causes that they 12 months and especially Pam Davis the Secretary and Bruce were involved in. I think those members who have contributed Cameron the Treasurer for their contributions and ongoing to the forum and received responses will acknowledge that, support to me in my role and to the Federation as a whole. while not being overly demanding of time and bandwidth, the Others who deserve special recognition include Wayne Rich- forum has been of some use. There is always a danger that mond for all of his terrific online help, Dallas and Jim Baxter a forum of this nature will fill our in-boxes with mail. However, for their ongoing assistance with Cornstalk mail-outs and this one has been used judiciously and rather sparingly but Coral Vorbach for her great editorial work on Cornstalk. Also effectively. Well done the contributors. Julie Bishop for her great Folkmails and Margaret Walters for The second important initiative was the website that has her continuing contributions. It’s always terribly risking naming currently reached the first draft stage and is very exciting. It people in case some are inadvertently left off the list so please will contain a tremendous amount of good information and forgive me if I’ve been remiss folks, my congrats to all of you. promotional space for our members. It will be principally for That’s all from me for now. Best wishes to you all until next the benefit of members so please get your subs in so you can time. take advantage of the space it offers you to not only promote what you do but to find information that will benefit your at- Andy Busuttil Folk Federation of New South Wales Annual General Meeting 4pm, Sunday 9th October 2016 Tritton Hall (Hut 44, Addison Road Community Centre) 142 Addison Road, Marrickville Afternoon tea from 3.30pm. AGM: 4-5pm. Nominations are invited for the positions of President, Vice-Presi- dent, Treasurer and Secretary and for members of the Committee. Nomination forms can be downloaded from JAM (jam.org.au), to- gether with information about the AGM including agenda, minutes of last year's AGM and a proxy form for those unable to attend. If you have any items that you wish to discuss at the AGM, please let Folk Fed Secretary Pam Davis know in advance of the meeting (0412 730 754 or [email protected]). If you do not have access to the Internet, please ring Pam (0412 730 754) and she will post AGM info to you. The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette The CORNSTALK Gazette OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2016 3 Dates for your diary October - November 2016 Australia in the early 1960s. Working Django Bar. An Evening with Metropolitan on the South Australian sheep station GEORGE DOUKAS: Greek Music October Emu Springs, he gained first hand ex- with a Classical Twist. Trad. instru- perience of life as a bush worker, and ments are replaced by piano & a Saturday 1st October fell in love with Australia and its mu- string quartet for a sound as unique in Beecroft Bush Dance, with Bad Wal- sic. His participation in the Four concept as in performance. George laby. All dances taught and called. Capitals Tour in August 1964 led to Doukas (guitar, baglama, vocals), Beecroft Community Centre, Beec- his meeting Duke Tritton. Bush Music Peter Psarakis (piano), string quartet roft Rd (opp. Fire Station). 7.30-11.30 Club, Tritton Hall (Hut 44), Commu- featuring Carl St Jazques and Dimitri pm. $19, $17, $14 BMC Members, nity Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Calligeros, special guest Helene $39 Family. Sigrid 9980 7077 Marrickville. Concert 8pm (doors Doukas. 19 Marrickville Rd, Marrick- 7.30), followed by singing session ville. 7.30pm (doors 6pm). Booked Thursday 6th October 10-11.30pm (gates close midnight). (stickytickets.com.au/40216), $22.90; James Craig Shanties - with the $10, bring songs, drinks, a $25 at door. Delicious food available theme Animals. 8pm (ship opens contribution for supper. Sandra 9358 Under-18s must be with an adult. 7.30pm). Supper break around 9, fol- 4886, bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au lowed by a shanty circle where all can Wednesday 12th October contribute.