Dates For Your Diary Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc Folk News Issue 454 SEPTEMBER 2013 $3.00 Dance News John Dengate (1/10/38 - 1/8/13) folk music dance festivals reviews profiles diary dates sessions opportunities ADVERTISING SIZES Size mm Members Not Mem SEPTEMBER 2013 Full page 210 x 297 $80 $120 In this issue 1/2 page 210 x 146 $40 $70 Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc Dates for your diary p4 Post Office Box A182 or Festivals and Other events p6 Sydney South NSW 1235 102 x 146 ISSN 0818 7339 ABN9411575922 1/4 page 102 x 146 $25 $50 Dance News p7 Folk News p8 jam.org.au 1/8 page 102 x 70 $15 $35 John Dengate Tribute p10 The Folk Federation of NSW Inc, Advertising artwork required by 5th Folk Contacts p17 formed in 1970, is a Statewide body of each month. Advertisements can be produced by Cornstalk if required. which aims to present, support, encour- Please contact the editor for enquiries If your event misses Cornstalk, Julie age and collect folk music, folk dance, about advertising (02) 6493 6758 Bishop 02 9524 0247, julie@folkfedn- folklore and folk activities as they sw.org.au can include it in Folkmail, exist in Australia in all their forms. It All cheques for advertisements and the weekly email to members. And provides a link for people interested inserts to be made payable to the Folk don’t forget that as a member you can in the folk arts through its affiliations Federation of NSW Inc put information on jam.org.au, where with folk clubs throughout NSW and its Cornstalk Editor - Coral Vorbach helpful tutorials will guide you. counterparts in other States. It bridges all styles and interests to present the PO Box 5195. Cobargo NSW 2550 folk arts to the widest possible audi- 6493 6758 [email protected] Deadline for October 2013: ence. Cornstalk is the official publication of the Folk Federation of NSW. Contribu- 12th September 2013 Committee tions, news, reviews, poems, photos President: Pam Davis 9955 3677 welcome! [email protected] Photos - high res JPG or TIFF files. 300 Secretary: Dallas Baxter. secretary@ dpi images cropped at correct size. folkfednsw.org.au We use Adobe InDesign, Photoshop 6, Treasurer: Bruce Cameron 6331 1129 Microsoft Word. PLEASE do not send [email protected] photographs as part of a Word doc. Committee: James Baxter, Terry No part of Cornstalk may be reproduced Clinton, Patrick Kelso, Sandra Nixon, without permission of the publishers. Margaret Walters All care but no responsibility taken for omissions or errors. Membership/Listser/JAM: Wrap Co-ordinators Dallas & James See the fabulous singer/songwriter Enda Wayne Richmond 9939 8802 Baxter 9810 4131 Kenny from Melbourne at this month's New- [email protected] [email protected] castle & Hunter Valley Folk Club - Sat. 7th 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. I enclose my cheque/money order payable to: Folk Federation of NSW; or Please charge my credit card: (Tick one) Card number: ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ ___ ___ ___ Expiry Date: ____ / ____ Name on card: ________________________________________________________________ Signature: The membership year runs from 1st May to 30th April or from 1st November to 31st October. Allowances are made in your favour for people joining at other times. Send to: PO Box A182, Sydney South NSW 1235. 2 - The CORNSTALK Gazette SEPTEMBER 2013 President's Report It’s election time and I don’t just mean for the Folk Federation of NSW. Thankfully there are no coups or blood letting this year unlike our struggling counterparts in federal politics. I look forward to seeing the results of both elections, though I have to say, I feel a whole lot more confident in what we will get with the Folk Fed than I do with the other “Fed”. This will be my last President report and though I am happy to be stepping aside and tak- ing on a new role with St Albans Folk Festival, at the same time I want to thank, whole heartedly, the committee, Coral, Julie, Wayne and the membership in general for making the last four years or so some of the most rewarding time of my life. People have been more than generous and I feel privileged to have been able to give my all to the role. I hope to stay involved and continue on the committee in a lesser role. I often peruse the last couple of reports when compiling the new report for the AGM. Normally I wouldn’t cut and paste whole slabs from one to the other but this time I am happy too as the people involved are still doing the wonderful job on their volunteer basis and I think what I have said previ- ously captures the amazing effort they put in to keep the Folk Fed running. ‘We are all volunteers who give what we can, when we can, but perhaps the ones that give the most on an ongoing basis are the people who keep us all up to date via Cornstalk and Folkmail and look after membership and the Jam website. Wayne your work with the website and membership is more than generous and we quite simply would struggle to function as an organization without your continued support. Julie spends an average of at least one full day a week keeping us all up to date via Folkmail and we all appreciate you good nature, humour and eye for detail that makes Folkmail such a wonderful resource. The third spoke in this particular wheel is the Cornstalk Gazette, Coral spends many hours compiling and editing to get the “papers out on time” every month, as do Dallas and Jim with the wrapping and mailing and we thank you - very much. I guess we can all take some things for granted, particularly when they continue to run smoothly and are always there, it is often only when things change and all of a sudden they are not there or not there in the same way that we remember and realise their inherent value. I wish to say thankyou now and acknowledge the wonderful job you all do while things are still running smoothly.” On a similar note, a big thank you to the Committee for all you has given over the past year/s. To Bruce, Dallas, Jim, Margaret, Pam, Patrick, Sandra and Terry, your good company and many skills have made for another enjoyable and productive year. We have still been able to support various projects by auspicing on behalf of our members and now that we have tax deductible status, hope to be able to do more for our members. I had hoped that we would have a new website up and running by now but am happy to say we are still pursuing such and I’m sure the new committee will be able to deliver something wonderful in the coming year. The Mofo – Modern Folkie team have gone from strength to strength over the last twelve months. Congratulations to Alice, Bec, Charlotte, Delphina, Joel, Mikaela, Peter and all the rest of the helpers. We had our first fundraising event and recreated the speakeasy feel of the 1920’s and 30’s. The music was great, the Gaelic Club looked amazing and everyone did their part in getting “frocked up” in style for the night. I believe they kicked on into the wee hours and we managed to raise over $600.00, which goes towards running future events and supporting our amazing young talent. We will be having another themed night with the Bearded Gypsy Band and The Tiger And Me, in December, so be sure to join us as we celebrate another excellent year in Mofo style. A big thankyou to the performers who have been a part of Mofo, we love being able to provide a space to celebrate your talents and look forward to the next years events. Also huge thanks to Aisling, Dylan, Alex and all at the Gaelic Club. We are very lucky to have such a wonderful venue and people supporting us in running our monthly gigs . It was a pleasure to present Dave DeSanti with life time achievement award and Mark Gregory and Brian Dunnett their Highly Commended Award as contributors to the Trains of Treasure project, at this years National. All have given greatly to the folk world and was a wonderful to see a good turnout for the presentation and the generous applause for the recipients. Thanks also to Pam Merrigan and the National Folk Festival for providing the venue and note in the programme. Well I suppose that’s all for now, at least in my current role, again it has been a privilege and a pleasure and I would never have guessed when Christina Mimmocchi approached me a number of years ago to ask if I might be interested in putting up my hand for the position of President, that the 30 second conversation would have led to such a wonderful couple of years, spent in the company of people who have become in many ways my second family. Thankyou and here’s to the next 12 months and beyond, whatever they may bring.