The Folk Project February 2019 www.FolkProject.org TM Spring Getaway Lineup Includes a theatre matinee, how romantic! WARNING: Skip this paragraph. Go right to the New News. You already know that Getaway regis- tration opens February 14th, 2019, the new weekend is May 17–29, 2019, and the new site is Stony Point Center, near the Tappan Zee. The New News starts here: We’re excited to offer an all-new Getaway “pre-extension.” Arrive Thursday evening, May 16th and avoid weekend traffic. Enjoy dinner and spend a peaceful overnight in the country with some friends. Friday afternoon, take a two-minute walk to the Penguin Rep Theatre for the matinee. The theatre is a 108-seat converted 1880’s hay barn, and The New York Times dubbed Penguin “the gutsiest little theatre in New York.” The Penguin Rep Theatre will announce its pro- gram before our registration opens. Team Getaway has negotiated a discounted group rate for this wonderful, optional opportunity to extend and enhance your weekend. And the Spring Lineup includes, but is not limited to, elite, world-famous acoustic jazz guitarists Frank Vignola & Vinnie Raniolo, powerful and sensitive singer/songwriter David Roth, rambunc- tious and persuasive dynamo Irish Mythen, charismatic multi-instrumental bootlegger, entertainer, and singing juggler Zoë Lewis, world-class blues master and master workshop instructor Toby Walker, publisher and Ella Fitzgerald expert Mies Hora, plus two Folk Project Family bands: Two Daves & a Dame and Music Town. We’ll be adding phenomenal performers between now and Getaway. To learn about all the great acts and more, go to getaway.folkproject.org. What’s Love Got To Do With It? Everything. If you’re an active musician who never attended Getaway because it wasn’t a good fit for your partner, it’s time to reconsider. Besides the comfort- able, private lodging, farm-to-table food selections, and comfortable, convenient surroundings, we’re offering an expanded “Partner Track” with more non-musical workshops. Now “mixed couples” (i.e., musicians who play all weekend and their lovers who are tired of hearing them play all weekend) can share a little vacation time that is mutually and individually fulfilling. Getaway has changed for the better. Bring your Valentine. Questions? Email [email protected]. Temporary FP Donation Opportunity We’re excited to announce another bonus donation opportunity for The Folk Project. Through January 31, 2019, AmazonSmile will donate 15% of the purchase price of new print magazine subscriptions to the Folk Project. Visit smile.amazon.com/b?node=18541223011 for details. QUICK GUIDE TO THE INSIDE Evening o’ Music ............................................................................. 2 Send a Song-Gram to a Loved One! .............................................. 2 Tracy Grammer Concert ................................................................. 6 Members’ Gigs (& Friends) ............................................................. 7 Board Meeting: The Summary .....................................................10 Good o’ the Order .........................................................................11 Songwriters Project ......................................................................13 NOTE: web links in the eNewsletter are clickable Evening o’ Music February 2019 Sat., Feb. 9, 8pm • Elly Faden’s The Minstrel presented by 12 5th Street, Hazlet Twp., NJ • 732/639-3593 Acoustic Concert Series There are three spaces for song circles in this lovely house. Join us for some musical fun! Bring Concerts every Friday at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship 7:30 start your instruments, your larynx, your spirit, and snacks, desserts, and beverages to share. Email 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ $10 door [email protected] for more information. www.FolkProject.org • 973/335-9489 • [email protected] Directions from Garden State Parkway: Take Exit 117 toward Keyport; take Hwy 35 toward Hazlet; left onto South Laurel Ave.; right onto 5th St. (just past Henry Hudson Bike Fri., Feb. 1: Valentine’s Day Extravaganza ($12 this show only, includes refreshments) Trail); 12 5th St. is on right. Your hearts will skip some beats at the Valentine’s Day Extravaganza, a wildly popular Folk Project fundraiser event. Folk Project member performers will sing, dance, and/or recite their way into your hearts as they perform their love-themed musical numbers on their own, or backed up by The Valentine’s Day Extravaganza our terrific Lovin’ Hearts Big Boogie Band, or our sophisticated Jazz ensemble. You will be treated Fri. Feb. 1, 2019, 7:30pm • The Minstrel to special Valentine sweets (or other more cardiac-friendly snacks if that’s your desire) included in the $12 admission for this very special folk Project event. Come out and have your hearts throbbed!! One of many great Folk Project events, the Valentine’s Day Extravaganza has grown to become a crowd favorite. Come Fri., Feb. 8: OpenStage (Admission: $10 general, $5 for age 21 & under, OpenStage only) see fellow FP members perform their love-themed songs, many The Minstrel OpenStage is the place where a diverse collection of acoustic musicians performs for a backed up by the nine-piece powerhouse Valentine’s Day Loving welcoming, supportive, and attentive audience. We’re a listening room, not a noisy bar. We’ve often Hearts Club Band, or the sophisticated Jazz duo of Frank Sole seen previews of our regularly scheduled opening acts for the first time at our OpenStage. For infor- and Hen3ry Nerenberg. Since there will be a good dose of heart- mation on how to sign up to perform at our next OpenStage, visit www.OpenStage.FolkProject.org. shaking music, we provide enhanced desserts (and plenty of cardiac-friendly CoQ10!). Fri., Feb. 15: Quentin Callewaert with Russ Rentler So come out Friday, Feb. 1, bring your “Message from the Heart” Those who saw 17-year-old Quentin Callewaert’s opening set for Toby to be read by our experienced MC duo and enjoy the fun! Snow Walker last June were singularly impressed. The young singer-guitarist Date: Friday, Feb. 8. displayed a precocious ability to convincingly play and sing the finger- style guitar classics of such pioneers as Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Tommy Emmanuel. Driven by the love of these guitar heroes of his Send a Song-Gram to a Loved One! parents’ generation, he has continued to grow musically and is now worthy of a night of his own at the Minstrel. And those who catch this As they have been doing for the past several years, The Highland Park Community Chorus is offer- show will long remember the night they saw him when... ing a great Valentine’s gift you can send to your loved ones: song-grams sung over the phone to a sweetheart, child, parent, relative, or friend. They cost $10 each and will be sung to anyone in the Russ Rentler is a talented multi-instrumentalist performing original and traditional songs on ham- continental US on Feb. 13 and 14, from 7–9pm. These have been a big hit in years past. Surprise mer and Appalachian dulcimers, guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, autoharp, and Dobro. His songs your loved ones with the gift of song. have a humorous streak to complement the instrumental virtuosity. For more information or to order a song-gram, go to www.HPChorus.org or send email to Fri., Feb. 22: Todd Dennison with Julie Parker Edelston [email protected]. For the past 4 years, Todd Dennison has been the go-to guy when it came to supporting his fellow musicians’ performing careers. His prodigious guitar and vocal skills and instinctive musicality made him a valuable musical partner to Walt Michael in Concert any number of member performers. But he’s also a skilled songwriter, and it’s Fri., Feb. 15, 8:15pm • Christ Congregation Church time he had a show of his own at the Minstrel. So he and his various musical col- 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ • www.PrincetonFolk.org laborators will make this a brilliant evening of music The youngest member of the Folk Project’s vaunted Edelston clan, Julie Parker Edelston embarks The Princeton Folk Music Society presents an evening with hammered dulcimer virtuoso Walt on her songwriting career. She combines the sounds of musical theater and rock on piano, remi- Michael. In his quietly revolutionary and exploratory music and performance, Michael combines niscent of Sara Bareilles and Queen. She wrote her first song in 6th grade and graduated from an Old World roots advocacy with global and 20th-century influences. His music, like that of Bela Berklee College of Music, majoring in Songwriting and minoring in Musical Theater Writing. She Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Edgar Meyer, and the Punch Brothers, relaxes the boundaries of folk music has been working closely with Livingston Taylor to perfect her songwriting and performance skills. “… allowing in airs of 20th-century Minimalism (for which the hammered dulcimer is delightfully right) and a broad sense of global sourcing.”—John Burdick, Hudson Valley One. Like many folk UPCOMING: 3/1 Mike & Ruthy (of The Mammals) with The Asaran Earth Trio; 3/8 OpenStage; 3/15 The musicians, Michael plays a variety of instruments, including guitar, mandolin, and banjo. Murphy Beds with Tal Naccarato; 3/22 Tom Chapin with Dan Pelletier; 3/29 Phil Ochs Song Night; 4/5 Cheryl Admission at the door: $20 ($15 members, $10 students under 22, $5 children). Doors open at Wheeler; 4/12 OpenStage; 4/19 Del Rey with The Green Planet Band; 4/26 RPR with The Annie Donahue 7:30pm. Show starts at 8:15pm. Ample free parking. For more information: www.princetonfolk.org. Trio; 5/3 The Kennedys with Jaclyn Fraser; 5/10 OpenStage; 5/17 CLOSED for Folk Project Spring Getaway 2 To volunteer, e-mail [email protected] 3 Creamery, 146 South Street, Morristown (on the Green in warm weather). Info: All Venues That Fit We Print www.meetup.com/MorristownUkeJam, Mark 973/978-0751, [email protected] NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song: Eatontown Library, 33 Broad Street (Route 71), Eatontown, Please use contact information to verify dates and times of shows before you go NJ, 2–4pm, audience members can also do a number or two, $3–$7, www.IngridMusic.com, 732/869-9276; Sun.