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1 NEWSLETTER October 2008 Sign Up for Your E-Newsletter Folk Project Members: Our monthly newsletter is now available in electronic version. Advantages of receiving the E-Newsletter are: You will e-ceive it much earlier each month. You will e less likely to misplace it. This will save trees, energy and e-duce greenhouse gases You will save the Folk Project almost one dollar (1 simole-an) per month (our direct cost to print and mail each paper newsletter). Please sign up to eceive the E-Newsletter at: A new Festival at a new location deserves new clothes! By the time you read this, the Testival will be history, and planning for our first full Festival at Star Lake will have begun. In the early history of the Festival, we created a new FP t-shirt for every Festival. The design was always the same the FP Logo but the color changed. Festival-goers wore history on their backs and had a unique souvenir. We re doing it again (but different). For our first full festival at Star Lake April 17-19, 2009 we plan to have a brand-new T shirt with a specially designed Festival logo, the names of all Spring Festival performers, and the dates. Suggestions for the new Festival Logo and volunteers to work on the project are welcome. The new design, prices, and other details, will be announced in the FP Newsletter sometime in the coming months. I m (Jim King) heading up the T Shirt initiative. To volunteer to help, or to offer suggestions, please contact Festival@FolkProject.org October Evening o Music Sat., Oct. 11, 8pm: Pagan/Kleiner World Headquarters Once again the party s at Newsletter Central. Bring instruments, voices and food/bev to share to 32 Williamson Ave., Bloomfield. (973) Since the house can get a little cramped, there will be a second circle in our spacious garage, and weather permitting a fire pit presided over by someone who is doubly qualified to tend the flames as both a birthright Pagan and Eagle Scout. Directions: GSP northbound to exit 148, continue parallel to Parkway and make right at third light onto Montgomery. Make third left onto Williamson. House is five up on left. GSPsouthbound to exit 149, right onto JFK, right at first light onto Belleville, cross over Parkway and make first right onto Williamson. #32 is 2 1/2 long blocks down on right.

2 The Minstrel Coffeehouse October 2008 presented by Oct. 3: Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers and Hub Hollow SIOBHAN (Shih-vahn) QUINN & MICHAEL BOWERS get another try after having been snowed out in February. You may remember them from their opening act for Vance Gilbert last May. Siobhan has an outstanding voice: expressive, rich, and powerful. The songs are good, the harmonies are good, the guitar work is good, and they are just a lot of fun on stage. And Siobhan might just sneak a traditional Irish song in the set when no one's expecting it. HUB HOLLOW, a local bluegrass band, showed up at our August Open Stage, and just charmed the pants off everyone there. Guitar, bass, mandolin, dobro and 4-part vocal harmonies, all done with class and musicality. These guys are well worth a longer listen. Oct. 10: Open Stage Our almost-monthly opportunity for you to take to our stage. We provide this service to the local acoustic music community, Folk Project members and non-members to perform a 15-minute set of music. The music is diverse and often surprising. Visit for information on how to sign up to perform. (Please note that November s Open Stage will be on the 7th, not the 2nd Friday.) Oct. 17: Straight Drive and Dave Sherman & the Funraisers Anyone who saw this band at the Spring 08 Folk Project Festival will have this show in ink on their calendars. STRAIGHT DRIVE delivers straight-up bluegrass. The components are all there: fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and bass, multiple-part harmony singing, and songs new and old steeped in the tradition of Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, and the other masters. It's hard-driving high energy music played with gusto and verve. DAVE SHERMAN has long been a Folk Project favorite at picking parties and other musical gatherings. His high-energy up-tempo delivery can encompass anything from country blues to folk rock to obscure pop tunes from the 70's and 80's. He and his guitar will be joined by THE FUNRAISERS, Dave Kleiner on guitar and the ubiquitous Bill Meyer on bass. Oct. 24: Saints & Strangers Shows at 8:00pm An unusual and certain to be memorable night at the Minstrel. SAINTS AND STRANGERS is a musical collaboration involving Bill Neely, Bill Bly and Liz Emmert (whom long-timers may remember from the band known as Left Field) as well as Ken and Pat Rolston (perennial Folk Project favorites) and Doug Miles. Their eclectic mix of material, tasty arrangements and powerful vocal harmonies make them a listening treat. Add to that a great deal of wit, wisdom and insight, and you have an evening that's a treat for the brain as well as the ears. Joining them on a number of songs will be the 12-member AD HOC CHORALE. The evening will also include a performance of "Headlong Retreat," an original song cycle that serves as a musical meditation on pilgrimage. Oct. 31: Crowfoot and the Laura Birdsong Project From the borderlands of Canada and New England comes CROWFOOT. Nicholas Williams (flutes & whistles), Jaige Trudel (fiddle, cello), and English born Adam Broome (guitar, cittern) take the driving dance music and songs of their homelands and kick it into overdrive with their own unique and subtle touch. All three sing as well, and they provide wonderful harmonies to the songs. Longtime Folk Project member Laura Bernstein has been playing guitar and singing for as long as she remembers. But recently she has begun to write and perform some very nice songs in the classic country and blues traditions, and has put together THE LAURA BIRDSONG PROJECT. This band features lead guitar, bass, percussion and harmony vocals. UPCOMING: 11/7: OPEN STAGE (Note: Not our usual 2nd Friday); 11/14: Hot Canadian fiddling & step dancing with THE APRIL VERCH BAND; 11/21: A special local night with 4 FAVORITE FOLK PROJECT SONGWRITERS Details TBA; 11/28: SMALL POTA- TOES; 12/5: CHORUS SONG NIGHT; 12/19: CLOSED; 12/26:DAVE KLEINER & LIZ PAGAN The Minstrel Coffeehouse is run by the Folk Project, a non-profit folk music and arts organization, We use the facilities of the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown, NJ. Shows every Friday. 2nd Friday of the month is open stage/audition night. We present folk music in its broadest sense. That is, we welcome music of contemporary, primarily acoustic songwriters, and other types of music more folkie in attitude than in content. Shows start at 8:00pm. We serve coffee, teas, and baked goods. There is no alcohol or tobacco on the premises. Admission is $7.00 on your way in, and, if you feel the show was worth it, an additional amount at your discretion on the way out, which goes to the feature performer. For show info, (973) or visit To volunteer call Sandie at (973) volunteers@folkproject.org

3 Members Gigs & Friends Jenny Avila: Sat., 10/10: Creative Spark Song Writing Workshop, 6pm Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD. 222.wcmfa.org Perry Hamburg and Carol Larson: Sat., 10/4: 6pm, Days Inn Conference Center, Allentown, Pa. Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Watchung Regional Specialty Banquet Ken Galipeau: Sat., Sept. 27, noon:duffield's Farm, Sewell. (856) ; Sun., 9/28: 1pm, NJ Storytelling Festival, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton; Sat., 10/18, 8pm: North Haledon community Campfire Halloween Stories and Songs with Carol Titus. Sat., 10/25: 1pm, Fall Harvest Day, Mall at Voorhees Town Center, Voorhees. (856) Ingrid Heldt: Sat. 10/18: 7:45 pm, Philadelphia Area Songwriters Alliance (PASA) House Concert in Cherry Hill, NJ bring your instrument, if you wish to sign up to do one song call Janet Sclaroff for directions. Free. (856) Russ Kellner: with Cream Cheese Ensemble, Sat., 10/4: Quailbrook Seniors, Somerset Jim King: Sat. 10/25 Grover s Mill 70th Anniv. Fest. War of the Worlds, Hunterdon Radio Theatre and the NJ Antique Radio Club. 2pm ($10advance) 8pm fundraiser ($70/advance). David Sarnoff Library, 201 Washington Rd. Princeton. (609) Thanks! The outpouring of support I have received from many, many Projectiles during my recent health crisis has moved me very deeply. I never dreamed I had so many friends, and so many people who care about me. I thank you for being part of the reason it was worth surviving. I hope to see you all at Testival. Tim Weinrich...Horses Sing None of It! Is a folksy non-commercial public access TV series featuring a surprising variety of guest performers, hosted by Ralph Litwin. All types of (mainly acoustic) music, storytellers, dancers, others. Schedule available at the Folk Project web page. Seen on: Cablevision Morris area, Sundays 7:300pm ch. 21; Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), New York City, Thursdays 2:30pm on Time/Warner Cable ch. 34 and on RCN Cable ch. 82; also broadcast via streaming video on the web at (popup players 34/82 http mms); Comcast (formerly Patriot Media/Somerset, NJ) Fridays 3:30pm, ch. 280; Comcast Cablevision of Northwest NJ, Mondays 3:30pm ch. 21; Service Electric Cable TV Allentown, PA, Thursdays 9:30pm ch. 50; Staten Island Community TV (SICTV) Saturdays 6pm, ch. 34; Fargo Access ( on Cable One Fridays 6:30pm & Mondays 3:00pm Ch. 12 in Fargo, ND; LVTV-3, Adelphia Cable, La Verne, CA at Fridays 6:00pm 3

4 All Venues That s Fit To Print Albert Hall/Sounds of the NJ Pines: Country/bluegrass/folk every Saturday. 125 Wells Mills Rd. (Route 532), Waretown. (609) or Acoustic Café: Our Lady of Mercy Church, 2 Fremont Ave, Park Ridge, NJ, 8pm, (201) , Sat., 10/18: Arlon Bennett/Richard Julian At The Tabernacle: Mt. Tabor, info (973) Borderline Folk Music House Club: House concerts;contact Sol Zeller (845) or solz1@optonline.net. Coming Nov. 23: Christine Lavin Bluegrass & Old Time Music Assoc. (BOTMA): Every 3rd Sun. from Sept. thru May, Embury United Methodist Church Hall, 49 Church St., Little Silver, NJ. 1-5pm. $4 for BOTMA members / $5 for non-members. Info : Café Z: Third Saturdays: open mic, 7pm concert. $5 inc. refreshments, Zion Lutheran Church, corner of Elm and Esterbrook Aves., Rahway. (732) Sat., 10/18: Donnie Hoffman Chantey Sing: Seamen s Church Institute, 241 Water St., 2nd fl., NYC 8pm. Sat., 6/21 Coffee With Conscience: 1st United Methodist Church of Westfield, 1 E. Broad St. 8pm info , Concerts4Causes@aol.com; Coming Dec. 13: Cheryl Wheeler Community Theater at Mayo Center for Performing Arts: 100 South St., Morristown, NJ, for tickets/info call , shows at 8pm; Powerful Women of Song series see Watchung Arts Center Crossroads Coffeehouse: 8pm, Crossroads Community Church, 104 Bartley Rd., Flanders. (973) or (908) Sat., 10/11: Randy Bigness, Glen Zervas Delaware River Folksong Fellowship: Song circle the 2nd Sunday at the Friends Meeting House in Mount Holly, NJ, Folk Friday in Maplewood: Informal 2nd Fri. sing-along session for all ages. Starts 7:30pm, hosted by Lisa Novemsky. Ethical Culture Center, 516 Prospect St., Maplewood. Call (973) to confirm date, for directions Godfrey Daniels: 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem, PA (610) , Good Coffeehouse: 53 Prospect Park W. at 2nd St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, doors open at 7:30, music at 8pm, (718) or events/coffeehouse; Fri. 10/3: Brett Ratliff; Fri. 10/17: Jody Kruskal, Paul Friedman, Anath; 10/24: Paul Geremia; 10/31: Jud Caswell Hand Made Music: Open mic 3rd Saturday, The Community Presbyterian Church, 145 Carletondale Road, Ringwood, jim1962@verizon.net Help! Need volunteers! The Hillside Cafe Coffee House: 45 Hillside Crescent, Nutley. Doors open at 7:30, show at 8pm. (973) or jrlds@comcast.net, Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, th St., Fair Lawn 8pm. (201) Sat., 10/4: Susan Werner, Lindsay Mac MoFiddles/Menzel Violins: 4260 Town Center Way, Livingston, NJ, Bluegrass & Old Time Music Jam 1st Thursdays 7pm, RSVP to (973) or mo@mofiddles.com, $12 4

5 Music at the Mission: West Milford Presbyterian Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd., West Milford, (973) , Sat., 10/18: The Kennedys, Guitar Workshop Our Times Coffeehouse: Long Island Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd., Garden City, NY 8PM, Outpost In The Burbs: at the Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church St., Montclair (973) Doors open 8pm, concert at 8:30. Sat., Oct. 11: Tuck & Patti; Fri., Oct. 17: Maria Muldaur, The Free Radicals People s Voice Cafe: Workmen s Circle Building, 45 E. 33rd St., btwn. Park & Madison, NYC, 8pm, or (212) ; Sat., 10/4: Ebony Hillbillies; Sat., 10/18: Human Condition Reunion; Sat., 10/25: Hook Report with Chris Lange; Emma Graves. Pinewoods Folk Music Club: 444 W. 54th St., #7, New York, NY 10019, (718) , The Place: House Concerts, 7pm pot luck, 8pm concert, RSVP to jamask8@comcast.net or (973) for info. Sun., 10/4: Freebo Princeton Folk Music Society: Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, 8pm, (609) $15/Members $10/$3 kids under Fri., 10/17: Jeff Warner Sacred Harp Singings: Much info at 2nd Sun.: 2pm, St. Paul s Church, 199 Carroll St, Brooklyn. (718) ; 3rd Sun.: 2:30pm, St. Bart s Church, 109 E. 50th St., NYC. (212) ; 4th Sun. (except July & August): 2pm, Montclair Friends Mtg, Park & Gordonhurst. (973) ; 1st Sat. (except July/August): 3pm, Living Room, 154 Ludlow St., NYC Sanctuary Concerts: The Presbyterian Church, 240 Southern Boulevard, Chatham. Most concerts 8pm, Sat., 10/11: Noel Paul Stookey, Thea Hopkins; Sat., 10/25: Chad & Jeremy, Anthony Da Costa Second Saturdays Coffee House/Open Mic: Summit Unitarian Church, 4 Waldron Ave. Sign up at 7:30pm, shows at 8pm. If you are a singer/songwriter & would like to host one, call (908) Concerts4Causes@aol.com; Sat., 10/11: Open Mic Second Saturday Music Cafe: (formerly Mine Street), First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ; ; Sat., 10/11: Spook Handy, Jim Albertson South Street Seaport Sea Music Concerts: South Street Seaport Gallery, 3pm, NYC. (212) Stanhope House: 45 Main St., Stanhope, (973) , Every Tues., Singer-Songwriter Night, 7 9:30pm Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam: Mannion s Pub & Restaurant, 140 West Main Street, Somerville. Starting around 7:30pm. (609) or visit 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month Sunday Night Music Club: The Turning Point Cafe: Piermont, NY, info at The Uptown Coffeehouse: Society for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Rd., Bronx, NY, 5PM (new time), $15/$3 kids under (718) Sun., 10/5: The Folk Brothers (Jack Hardy, David Massengill) Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., White Plains, (914) or Watchung Arts Center: Powerful Women of Song Series, Watchung Arts Center, 18 Sterling Road (on the Watchung Circle) Watchung, NJ, 8pm, (908) Sat.,

6 PRESENTS Tales for a Waning Moon Storyteller Buck P. Creacy Sat., Oct. 25 8:00pm Rockaway, NJ $15.00 in advance, $20.00 at the door I am a weaver of words since 14 years old, telling stories at Slim s Barbershop, while I shined shoes and made folks laugh. This second-annual Folk Project Halloween event features master storyteller Buck P. Creacy from Georgetown, KY. Buck s stories, geared to adult audiences, will light the night with wit and humor. He s razor-sharp, but never malicious. Buck P. Creacy has performed from Maine to California, Canada to Texas, and across the Atlantic. He is president of the Kentucky Storytelling Association, a member of the National Storytelling Network, an honest to God toolmaker with 30 years of shop experience, and a guitar and harmonica player. He has performed on XM 171 Satellite Radio The Trucker s Channel telling stories for three million truck drivers and listeners. He s been compared to Roy Clark, Jerry Clower, and Will Rogers. Come celebrate Halloween with a room full of friends and a houseful of stories and music. Bring your instruments open jam after the storytelling. Tickets are on sale at The Minstrel Coffeehouse, or online at This is a house concert.the location will be provided with tickets. For reservations or further information contact Pam Robinson at (908) or concerts@folkproject.org. 6 Funding for this event has been made possible in part by funds from the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State a Partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

7 Storytellers Corner Interested in hearing stories or learning the art of telling? A great way to begin is by joining one of the many storytelling groups throughout the state. Meetings are open to listeners and storytellers of all levels of experience. Some groups conduct workshops that address aspects of storytelling or hone telling skills. Many meetings have swaps, where individuals share stories with other members. All groups have storytellers who are available for paid engagements. Check the Folk Project calendar for events and links. If you have any general questions about these groups or FP storytelling events, please send an to Storytelling@folkproject.org. Jersey Shore Storytellers Monmouth: Bob Schulman, rschul@comcast.net; (732) Garden State Storytelling League Mercer: Fred Quinn, Fquinn5986@aol.com; (902) New Jersey Storytelling Guild Essex: Ron O Reilly, rorechoes@stories-worthrepeating.com; (908) Princeton Storytelling Circle Greater Princeton Area: Maria LoBiondo, Marialob@msn.com; (609) New Jersey Storytellers Circle Bergen: Julie Della Torre, jdellatorr@aol.com; (201) Story Weavers Morris: Carol Titus, Carol.titus@yahoo.com (973) Voices From the Sand Southern NJ: Laura Kaighn, laurakaighn@comcast.net; (856) The Pelvis Partial Page: Is this the end of Pelvis? Maybe it's just the beginning! I have been offered a position with a major charitable organization, the world-heart-federation. This job will involve very little time and effort, but I will earn so much money I can just sit around figuring out how to spend it. Here is my job offer, printed verbatim (edited for brevity): Dear Pelvis Burlapp: Congratulations on your new job! Once again I want to reinterate that I appreciate your offer to assist us as our representative,you are not require to pay any fee in advance to work with us, my company is responsible for all tax or charges by bank or western union outlet on each transaction,according to how you have been briefed earlier. You are required to receive payment on our behalf. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order & forward the balance payment via western union to any of our regional members that will be gi ven to you later. You will notify us a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue this job. So as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict. Your Job description would be as follows: 1)You would receive payment on our behalf from network of donors which would come in the form of cashiers checks, travellers checks and money orders; 2) Then deposit the payment at your bank account; 3) As soon as the payment is clearing by your bank, you then deduct a commission of 10% of each payment you would be receiving on our behalf which you are entitled to as been our representative You must agree, I'm the guy for this job! Though I may earn a little extra cash as their CPO (Chief Punctuation Officer). October Words of the Weak: Boo! Don't be scared! It's only me behind that Sarah Palin mask. As you prepare to go out Trick-or-Treating, remember those less fortunate than you. The people missing limbs, the people with extra limbs, the headless, the homeless, the heartless, the hobophobes, the photophobes, the fobless, the hairy, the scary, the careless, the humorless, those without monkeys, donkeys, or opposable foreskin, and especially, those who don't know the pleasure of making their own music. Now go scare those neighbors with a clear conscience. 7

8 Octobe 2/Thurs. EVERY Thurs.: Scandinavian Couple Dancing, 7:30pm, Bound Brook. (973) /Fri. Minstrel: Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers and Hub Hollow 4/Sat. Swingin Tern: Don Flaherty and Dancewiz Hurdy Gurdy: Susan Werner, Lindsay Mac, 8pm, Paramus. (201) Russ Kellner with Cream Cheese Ensemble, Quail Brook Seniors, Somerset The Place House Concert: Freebo, 7pm potluck, 8pm concert. RSVP (973) or People s Voice Cafe: Ebony Hillbillies, 8pm, NYC. (212) Watchung Arts Center Powerful Women of Song Series: Melissa Ferrick, 8pm, Watchung. (908) /Sun. EVERY Sun.: Music You Can t Hear On The Radio, 7pm, WPRB 103.3FM; Uptown C house: THE FOLK BROTHERS (Jack Hardy & David Massengill), 5pm, The Bronx. 6/Mon. EVERY Monday: Maplewood International Dancers, 7:30pm. (973) /Tues. FP Board Meeting 8pm, George Otto s EVERY 1st & 3rd Tuesday: Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam, 7:30pm, Mannion s Somerville. EVERY Tuesday: Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam, 7pm, Westside United Methodist Church, Hopatcong. (973) /Wed. EVERY Wed.: Morristown Int l Dancers, 7:30pm, Mountain Lakes. (973) EVERY Wednesday: Princeton Country Dancers, 8pm, Suzanne Patterson center, Princeton. (609) , EVERY Wednesday: Down Jersey with Jim Albertson, 7:30pm, WSNJ am1240, am1440 and 9/Thurs. NJ Songwriters Circle monthly meeting, 7pm, Dave Kleiner s. (973) Alternate Thursdays: Scandinavian couple dancing, 7:30 pm, Bound Brook. See skandinoje.org for info. 10/Fri. Minstrel: Open Stage 11/Sat. Evening o Music: 8pm Pagan/Kleiner World HQ. 32 Williamson Ave., Bloomfield. (973) Sanctuary Concerts: Noel Paul Stookey, Thea Hopkins, 8pm, Chatham. Second Saturday Music Cafe (formerly Mine Street): Spook Handy, Jim Albertson, New Brunswick; ; Crossroads Coffeehouse: Randy Bigness, Glen Zervas. 8pm, Flanders. (973) Second Saturday Coffee House: open mic, 8pm, Summit. (908) Outpost in the Burbs: Tuck & Patti, 8pm, Montclair. 12/Sun. Sacred Harp Singing, 2pm, Brooklyn. (718) North Jersey English Country Dancers, caller Melanie Axel-Lute, 2pm, Ridgewood. (201) /Wed. Newsletter deadline. Send stuff to newsletter@folkproject.org 17/Fri. Minstrel: Straight Drive and Dave Sherman & the Funraisers

9 r 2008 Princeton FMS: Jeff Warner, 8pm, Princeton. (609) NY Pinewoods weekend, Ellenville, NY. Outpost in the Burbs: Maria Muldaur, The Free Radicals, 8pm, Montclair. 18/Sat. Swingin Tern: Dave Rupp and Fingerplay Music at the Mission: The Kennedys, Guitar workshop. 8pm, West Milford. (800) People s Voice Cafe: Human Condition, 8pm, NYC. (212) Ingrid Heldt, 7:45pm, Phila. Area Songwriter Alliance House Concert, Cherry Hill. (856) Café Z: Donnie Hoffman, Open Mic, 7pm, Rahway. (732) Ken Galipeau, Carol Titus: 8pm, North Haledon Community Campfire. Acoustic Café: Arlon Bennet, Richard Julian, 8pm, Park Ridge. (201) /Sun. Sacred Harp Singing, 2pm, St. Bart s Church, NYC, (212) /Fri. Minstrel: Saints & Strangers 25/Sat. Special Storytelling Event: Buck P. Creacy, 8pm, Rockaway. (908) or concert@folkproject.org. Ken Galipeau, 1pm, Fall Harvest Day, The Mall at Voorhees Town Center. (856) Grover s Mill 70th Anniv. Fest. War of the Worlds with Jim King Hunterdon Radio Theatre and the NJ Antique Radio Club. 2pm & 8pm. Princeton. (609) People s Voice Cafe: Hook Report with Chris Lange; Emma Graves, 8pm, NYC. (212) Sanctuary Concerts: Chad Jeremy, Anthony Da Costa, 8pm, Chatham. 26/Sun. Sacred Harp Sing, 2pm, Montclair Friends Meeting. (973) North Jersey English Country Dancers, caller Beverly Francis, 2pm, Ridgewood. (201) /Fri. Minstrel: Crowfoot and the Laura Birdsong Project Festive-All News Did you enjoy the TESTival? We re doing it all again (and MORE) April 17 19, 2009 As I write this, the TESTival is just a few days away, and there is every indication that it will be a smashing success. We have more than 100 people registered and are looking forward to checking out our beautiful new camp and making some wonderful memories. I ll be back next month to remind you of all the highlights. In the meantime, we are starting to plan now for the Spring 09 Festival. We ll return to Star Lake for the entire weekend with our regular roster of outside performers interlaced with our own Folk Project talent. It should be a great time, so don t forget to save the date: Folk Project Spring Festival -- April 17 19, 2009 Till next month, Lori Falco Festival Chair

10 10 A Blending of the Brands Long-time Folk Project members will recall the days when two very popular bands regularly graced our Minstrel and Festival stages. They were Left Field, a thinking person s quartet, and WSAGNBSCALRME, an unclassifiable trio. Bill Nemo Neely was Left Field s primary songwriter, and in April 2007, he recruited a whole passel of folks for a new creative project: assembling a song cycle based on the notion of pilgrimage. These recruits included Left Field veterans Emmert and Bly, long-time collaborator Doug Miles, and Ken and Pat Rolston of WSAG. I was there, too Over a number of months, these Saints and Strangers traded ideas, worked out tunes, wrote new material, developed arrangements, refined those arrangements and gradually hammered the piece into shape. Along the way, we came to call it Headlong Retreat, both for its own thematic content and for the weekend retreats through which it was brought to life. Headlong was first performed in October 2007, in a workshop setting at Little Pond Arts Retreat. Afterward, more hammering ensued. There was a second performance at Saint John s Windish Church, and it was tweaked and tuned some more. Now we re ready to unleash it on a new audience, before it gets a two-night run at the Touchstone Theater of Bethlehem, PA, in January. It s something you ll remember, so we hope you can come out for a listen. Chris Riemer Annual FMSNY Fall Folk Music Weekend Presented by the Folk Music Society of NY the NY Pinewoods Folk Music Club Fri. Sun. Oct Honor s Haven Resort, Ellenville, NY (formerly the Fallsview) Staff: Lorraine & Bennett Hammond Dan Berggren & Peggy Lynn Evy Mayer Lynn Noe Dan Pearl (dance caller) Join us for a relaxing, music-filled weekend. There will be family-friendly workshops led by the professional staff and campers throughout the weekend. Other events include concerts by staff members, a campers concert (similar to an open mic for which all campers are invited to sign up), and lots more. You don t have to be a performer to participate just be ready to enjoy yourself! Plenty of opportunity for the whole family for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, relaxing, and swimming. Nestled amongst the beautiful Shawangunk Mountains, the Honor s Haven Resort is the perfect setting to take you away for the rejuvenation of your body and soul. Folk Project members are invited at members' prices! Double rooms, per person: $269; Single rooms: $333; child with parents: 7-16, $35; under 7 years, free For more info and registration form: or register online (small fee applies) at Coming up: FMSNY s Eisteddfod NY Festival of Traditional Music November 14-16, 2008 Jackson Heights, Queens Featuring Atl-Tlachinolli Tony Barrand Basket Landing Norris Bennett Ralph Boddington Colleen Cleveland Pat Conte DisCanto Craig Edwards Jerry Epstein Alan Friend Howard Glasser Len Graham Jodee James David Jones Donal Maguire Dan Milner Barry O'Neill John Roberts Dave Ruch Steve Suffet George Ward Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman Toby Weinberg Heather Wood Wreck Room String Band & more Info: or

11 Join the Folk Project Cut out this handy dandy membership form and mail it, with your membership fee, to Pat Rolston, or 50 Wesley Place Box 120, Mount Tabor, NJ (973) Choose at least one: New Renew Do be do Name Address Home Tel. Work Tel. E mail 1: E mail 2: Do you play music or sing: [ ] For fun [ ] Occasionally perform in public [ ] Professionally or semi-professionally Basic Individual $20/year $ (You ll receive this personal monthly newsletter.) Supporting $25/year $ (Personal monthly newsletter PLUS our eternal gratitude) Family membership* $ (Additional family $3 each per year) Multiple Year Membership $ number of banjo-tossing years X type of membership. You do the math. DONATION to Folk Project (Tax deductible! We are also eligible for Corporate Matching Donations and banjos.) $ NEW! Please check one: Total amount enclosed: I d like to receive a print newsletter $ I d like to save trees and receive an Enewsletter Make your check payable to: The Folk Project *Family membership is one basic or supporting membership plus $3 for each additional family member/banjo. Please list the names of additional family members: 3rd Annual CCM Storytelling Festival of World Music and Story Outstanding storytellers and musicians will bring to life tales old and new: folk tales, family stories, fables and tall tales from many lands and times. Join us for a day of listening and learning about many cultures. Treat your imagination to the power and elegance of the well-told story accompanied by the authentic instrument for the tale. Sunday, Nov. 2, :30 4:00pm Student Community Center on the campus of County College or Morris Admission $6.00 Questions or

12 12 Folk Project Board Meeting September 2008: Board Meeting: The Summary At Bob&Pam s home on September 2, Attendees: TRUSTEES: Lois De Ritter (08), Scooter(09), Jim Gartner (08), Jim King (10), Ed Roffman (10), Bobbie Rosengarten (08), Mark Schaffer (10), Ruth Wolfish (09). OTHERS: Mike Agranoff, Lori Falco, Andy Koenig, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Brad Pryor, Sandie Reilly, Chris Riemer, Pam Robinson, Pat Rolston, Bob Safranek, Jean Scully, Rick Thomas, Rivka Willick. GUESTS: Allan Kugel, Judy Bubar. ABSENT: Connie Crawford, Ken Galipeau, Evelyn Maurer, George Otto, Liz Pagan, Tom Pylant, Jim West (09). SUMMARY: Acceptance of the Minutes: The August minutes were accepted as corrected to show that Scooter is a Trustee expiring in 09, and by Mike to note that the date of the Minstrel brainstorming meeting had not yet been decided upon at the time of the meeting. Treasurer s Report: Chris reminded us that it s easy to get reports from QuickBooks Online with the extras (e.g. memberships taken at Minstrel) not included in the totals. He defended the default way (e.g. including memberships taken at Minstrel as Minstrel income) because it captures information that would not otherwise be available (e.g. We can answer the question How many memberships were taken at Minstrel between January and June? ) It s also a convenience for the Treasurer to be able to enter the tally sheet for each event as a single transaction. Nominating Committee: Scooter, Mike, and Brad volunteered to serve on the committee, with Evelyn as Chair subject to agreement by Evelyn who was absent. December meeting site: George was absent. Mark will discuss it with him and they will report at next meeting. Testival: Lori is testing a new approach that she hopes will reduce our expenses for scholarships. The idea is to make most jobs small enough as not to need a scholarship. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Newsletter: Elizabeth volunteered to handle the labeling, mailing, stamping, through December. We still need a permanent volunteer or group of volunteers to handle this for future Newsletters. If you are interested, talk to Mark. Storytelling: Rivka distributed flyers for the Storytelling Festival at Grounds for Sculpture. Volunteers are welcome. Talk to Rivka. Special Concerts: Pam reports that the Howard Emerson concert went well and we didn t lose too much money. Upcoming is a houseconcert jam with Barbara Lamb at Mark and Robin s, a Halloween story concert with Buck P Creacy, and a swing dance/concert jointly with S n T. Membership: They sent out about a dozen electronic newsletters. Publicity: The web pages to sign up for the electronic newsletter are almost ready. Internal Affairs: Jean reports that September EoM will be at Leslie Brown s. October is still TBD. Sound: Bob will pick up Jim West s equipment for Testival. Somebody from Festival Ops will have to inventory the stuff in Rick s garage. Minstrel Staffing: Rick is stepping aside as Head Staff. Volunteers are solicited for the job of Minstrel Head Staff no experience necessary mentoring is available for beginners. The muchfeared Tally Sheet (aka Minstrel Form 1040) will be revised and greatly simplified. Minstrel: The creel will be undergoing repair and show up with new leather hinges and strap. Horses Sing None of It: Ralph reports that we have a signed release from the estate of John Jackson. The FP will get credits on whatever Stephen Grossman eventually produces. The Board voted to reimburse Sandie for her expenses to attend NERFA up to $250. GOOD OF THE ORDER: See next page. ADJOURNMENT: at 10:25pm. Next meeting will be at George Otto s house on Oct. 7. Comedy Workshops at Teen Center Kate Lyn Reiter, veteran comedienne and dramatist, brings her popular comedy workshop to the Teen Center in the Roxbury Township Recreation Department in Succasunna for 8 Monday nights, beginning October 6 and running through November 24. Ms. Reiter is offering 2 introductory comedy workshops for those 8 weeks. Sessions for Beginners are Monday evenings 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Sessions for the Comically Curious are Monday evenings from 8:30 to 10PM. The cost for each 8 week workshop is just $195. To register, call New classes are forming all the time! Call now for more information: or check out her web site at

13 Eddie Roffman: the Man to GOTO Good of the Order Community News is a place to share news about memorable events and challenges you have faced in the past month with your Folk Project Community. Please send details for inclusion in this column to Eddie Roffman, eroffman@optonline.net. With hearty congratulations and excitement we welcome our newest Folk Project member, Leander Yitro, born to Helene and Jim Speer-Zisook on August 19th, weighing in at 7 lbs, 9 oz. Both mom and baby are doing well. Photos are available at: Brad Pryor wins our 2008 Bluegrass Festival Attendance Award, having just returned from his 9th festival of the summer! This one was in Maine. He had a great time at all of them, and he says he was really proud to meet and greet Folk Project friends at festivals throughout the summer. Jim King is celebrating a new generational right of passage, as his granddaughter got her driver s license and had her first minor accident. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Sandie Reilly is doing the MS Bike tour for her third time this year, after completing other fundraising rides over the past few months including a 270 mile Tri-State Trek from Boston to New York to raise money to fight ALS. Wow! Jean Scully s daughter, Siobhan, had a great time at summer Band Camp and is starting her sophomore year of High School. Pelvis Burlapp is recovering from a bad case of attenuated uvula, which he developed at the Lower Missouri Warbler Festival in early September. He appreciates all the cards and rotten tomatoes hurled his way during his convalescence Elizabeth Lachowicz s son, Thomas, is attending boarding school in Mexico, MO for the year. He is both excited and apprehensive about the challenges of this opportunity. He would LOVE to receive cards and letters of support from his FP family. Please contact Elizabeth for Thomas address. Mike Agranoff enjoyed his performance at the naked folk festival last month. He is proud to say that he put photos up on his website. Perhaps someone will volunteer to write an article for next month s newsletter describing these photos! Ruth Wolfish took a treetop walk through Britain s Kew Gardens. She said, It was amazing! The 220 yard circular walkway, 60 feet above the ground allowed her a unique and inspirational view of the forest. Rick Thomas and his family will be celebrating his father s 98th Birthday at an upcoming party in Ithaca. Rick was heard to say, If the secret to longevity is good living and good genes, then I must be halfway there. Mark and Robin Schaffer spent a week at the Grand Canyon and a day in Las Vegas with all 6 of their children. Mark injured his knee on the trip, but it is healing. In addition to the wonderful memories of good times and family fun, Mark tells us that all should ask him about an amazing souvenir he brought back. Coming up: OSCAR BRAND will be with Uncle Floyd/John Dull and Friends on Saturday, November 1 at Wilson Proscenium Theater of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, 7:45 pm. Pre-show art gallery exhibit with live music at 6:30 pm 13

14 Feets Don t Fail Me Now! Blue Ribbon Cloggers: Meets in Pluckemin, Tuesdays, 7pm. Call Paula Fromen (908) or Heidi Rusch (908) for info. 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) , (347) , or or AmericanFolkDanceNYC@yahoo.com Country Dance*New York: Contra every Saturday, English country every Tuesday, Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. & 7th Ave., NYC. Soft soled shoes only. (212) Contra: 10/4: Tom Toomey/Heathen Creek; 10/11: Open Mike; 10/18: Gaye Fifer/Fish Family; 10/19 (Sun. 4 7pm) Advanced waltz workshop; 10/25: Tom Arnessé;Contrazz. English Country: 10/7: Phillippe Callens; 10/14: Trevor Monson; 10/21: Danny Walkowitz/Elizabeth Freemdan; 10/28: Paul Ross. Lambertville Country Dancers: Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Info: (609) or Maplewood International Dancers: Columbia High School, Parker & Valley Streets, Maplewood. Mondays 7:30pm, $4.50. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary, refreshments served. Days (908) , eves (973) Morristown International Dancers: Wednesdays, Mountain Lakes Comm. Church, 48 Briarcliff Rd, 8:30pm, 7:30pm beginners. $4 member/$5 non-member (973) or (973) , North Jersey English Country Dancers: 2-5pm, Unitarian Church, Cottage Place, Ridgewood, potluck, $8/members, $10/non-mem. (201) , (201) /12: Melanie Axel-Lute; 10/26: Beverly Francis Palisades Folk Dancers: Twice a month on Sundays, 3pm, Church of the Atonement, Engle St. & Highland Ave., Tenafly. GinnyandHallB@cs.com. Philly Family Folk Dances: Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, 3820 The Oak Rd, East Falls, PA. 2nd Sundays, 2-4:30pm (215) Princeton Folk Dance Group: 7:30pm, Riverside School, Riverside Drive, Princeton. Tuesdays (except school closings) (609) Princeton Folk Dancers: 8pm Fridays, Susan Patterson Center, Stockton St. & Monument Dr. (behind Borough Hall), Princeton, Princeton Country Dancers: Suzanne Patterson Center, Borough Hall, Princeton, Wed. (and some Saturdays) 8pm, beginners 7:40. Pickup band musicians welcome. Usually $6. (609) or (609) , pcdinfo@aol.com. Band info only: (609) or srl@mail.princeton.edu performerlisting at Special Community Dance, groups/pcd/ PCD English Country Dance series: Dance 8-11, intro/basics at 7:30. $8 ($4 seniors & students). Call for info. Scandinavian Folk Dancing: Bound Brook. Alt. Thursdays, See skandinoje.org for info. Swingin Tern: Sat., 10/4: Don Flaherty/Dancewiz; 10/18: Dave Rupp/Fingerplay Valley Contra Dance Society: 7pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, UU Church of The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $9/$5 students. (610) /11: Donna Hunt/Fish Family; 10/25: Diane Hartznell/TBA More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society

15 Sat., Oct. 4: Don Flaherty & Dancewiz Bill Quern-fiddle, concertina, banjo; Steve Epstein-clarinet, sax; Adlai Waksman-accordion; Joanne Rocke-piano Contras Callers Workshop Series with Bob Isaacs First in a series This is an in-depth course for the beginner caller. The workshops will be taught by Bob Isaacs over four afternoon sessions and is by pre-registration only. Contact Bob at isaacsbob@hotmail.com for info. For a limited time only, you can order Dapper Don s Dancewiz for Contras Made Easy! At only $9.99 it slices, dices, twirls and swirls. It makes hey for four; flip the party switch and serve hey for forty. Change those clumsy turns into petronella pirouettes. Look like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers! But wait, that s not all! For just 1 more, we ll throw in the Ipod adapter so you can hear all your favorite tunes: Hey Jude, Hands Four the Memories, Ladies Chain of Fools, Thank God I m a Contra Boy, Wish They All Could Be California Twirls and more! Don t delay be the first on your block to own a Dancewiz. Operators are standing by. Sat., Oct. 18: Dave Rupp & Fingerplay Lisa Bueno-fiddle; Johnathan Brandt-piano; Helen White-flute Contras Our hands down favorite, Fingerplay nails tunes from their manicured favorites. Entering the digital age, Dave no longer thumbs through his index cards, but grabs his palm pilot to call pointers to the ring of four in the middle that s losing touch to keep them in the pinkie. Cuticle women and handsome men will be tendon to knuckle in on the joint. Sat., Nov. 1: Richard Fischer & Village Idiot Amelia Mason-fiddle; Ross Harriss-guitar, saxophone, whistle Contras & Squares Sat., Nov. 15: Harvest Hoot Contra & Swing Folk Project Swingovation Orchestra, The Contra Doodles and The Swingin Tern Harvest Hoot Big Band featuring a multitude of Folk Project all-star musicians and vocalists Contras & Swing Dance Non-dancing children must be supervised at all times. Beginner s workshop, 7:30pm; dance at 8pm. $10, $5 with student I.D. Soft soles only. Presented by the Folk Project. Ogden Memorial Church, Chatham Contra and Square Dancing to live music. All dances taught. No partner necessary. Located on Rte. 124 (Main St.) in downtown Chatham, northern NJ. From NJTP (exit 14) or GSP (exit 142), take Rte. 78 West to exit 48. Take Rte. 24 West to exit 7A (Chatham) onto Rte. 124 which is Main St. Ogden Memorial on right just after 4th light, across from Bean Curd Restaurant. Use Elmwood entrance. From Rte. 287 (exit 35) take Rte. 124 East 6 miles into Chatham. Ogden Memorial on left just before 1st downtown light. By train: Morristown line to Chatham station, go 1 block north. (973) or (973) or Folk Phone, (973) TERN ON THE NET! find us at dance.folkproject.org 15

16 Box 41 Mendham, NJ Newsletter submissions: Liz Pagan 32 Williamson Ave., Bloomfield NJ 07003; deadline is the 15th Address corrections and changes: Pat Rolston 50 Wesley Place Box 120, Mount Tabor, NJ (973) Folk Project Officers: President: Mark Schaffer Vice President: Evelyn Maurer Secretary: Rick Thomas Treasurer: Chris Riemer Trustees: Through 2008: Lois DeRitter, Bobbie Rosengarten, Jim Gartner Through 2009: Scooter Ferguson, Ruth Wolfish, Jim West Through 2010: Jim King, Ed Roffman, Mark Schaffer FIRST CLASS MAIL