UPDATED as of 1/25/2018 see also Events Calendar, p. 9 Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. Jan vol. 53 No. 1

Transcription

1 UPDATED as of 1/25/2018 see also Events Calendar, p. 9 Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. Jan vol. 53 No. 1 January Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 3 Wed Folk Open Sing 7pm in Brooklyn 7 Sun Andy's Ramble Bluegrass Quartet 4pm, Good CH Zlatne Uste Golden Festival Brooklyn 13 Sat Chantey Blast/Pub Sing 1 5pm Mystic Conn. 14 Sun Upper West Side Song Swap at HI NY 5 8pm 17 Wed Sunnyside Singers Club performer Niamh Ní Bhriain 21 Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2 5 pm 21 Sun In Concert for Puerto Rico, HI NY, 2 5pm 21 Sun FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting 11am see p Tue Newsletter Mailing, 7pm in Jackson Heights, Queens February Mondays: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark, 8pm Wednesdays: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens, 8pm 4 Sun Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session John St. Ch. 4 Sun Piedmont Bluz 4pm, Good Coffee House, Brooklyn 7 Wed Folk Open Sing 7pm in Brooklyn 9 11 Winter Folk Music Weekend at Honor's Haven, Ellenville 11 Sun Upper West Side Song Swap at HI NY, 5 8pm 12 Mon FMSNY Board of Directors Meeting 7:15pm see p Sun Shanty Sing on Staten Island, 2 5 pm 21 Wed Sunnyside Singers Club performers (separate acts) Ernie Mancuso & Pamela Jean Agaloos Details on pages 2 4 Table of Contents Events at a Glance...1 Repeating Events...10 Society Events Details Calendar Location Info...14 Topical Listing of Society Events. 5 Folk Music Society Info...17 Weekend Scholarships...6 Peoples' Voice Cafe Ad...18 Golden Festival Flyer...7 Mark Hamburgh Ad...18 Concert for Puerto Rico flyer...8 Susan Lee Bady Ad...18 From the Editor...6 Pinewoods Hot Line...19 Folk Process...9 Membership Form Join Us!...20 Calendar Listings...9 Winter Weekend Flyer

2 Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 8-11pm Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional music session in the back room of this historic Hell s Kitchen bar/restaurant. Free admission food and drink are available. Musicians, singers, and listeners welcome. At the Landmark Tavern, th Avenue (on 46th St), Manhattan co sponsored with and led by Don Meade for info or Featured Performers: to be announced Sunnyside Singers Club: every Wednesday, 8-11pm Come join us every Wednesday at 8pm for a 3 hour pub style sing around. All songs are welcome, as are acoustic instruments. Co sponsored with, and held at the Aubergine Cafe, Skillman Avenue at the corner of 50th Street in Woodside, Queens. Occasionally there is a featured guest performer for part of the evening. Yummy desserts, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, wine, and beer are available. Free admission a voluntary contribution is requested on guest nights. The nearest subway stop is 52nd Street on the #7 Flushing Local. Info: www. facebook.com/sunnysidesingersclub. Featured Performer: January 17, Niamh Ní Bhriain Feb. 21, Ernie Mancuso & Pamela Jean Agaloos Folk Open Sing: Wednesdays, Jan. 3rd & Feb. 7th; 7-10pm Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for an open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. At the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). (If door is locked, ring the BSEC bell.) Directions: F or Q train to 7th Ave. 2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture Society, Folk Music Society of NY/NYPFMC, Alison Kelley, Frank Woerner, and Tom Weir. Info: Andy s Ramble Bluegrass Quartet: Sunday, January 7th; 4pm Andy Statman is universally recognized as one of the world s foremost mandolin virtuosos. He began initially as a bluegrass performer and played in the iconic group, Breakfast Special, in his early years. A short time later his musical journey took him to the world of Klezmer music and he developed similar virtuosic facility on the clarinet. He has toured extensively all over the world in the past 35 years with his trio, playing Klezmer and Bluegrass music. He has recorded over a dozen albums. (His website is In Andy s Ramble, Andy is teaming up with his friend since childhood: Gene Yellin, guitar, a 40 year veteran of the New York bluegrass scene. Gene has played with Hazel Dickens, Breakfast Special (Kenny Kosek, Andy Statman, etc), Yellin Grass (with his bluegrass banjo playing brother, Bob), Eastbound Freight and American Flyer (with Ben Freed). He has recorded with Hazel Dickens and Gene Lowinger. He is critically recognized as one of the best bluegrass singers to come out of the New York area. Andy and Gene are joined by Ellery Marshall on banjo and Tim Kiah on bass and vocals. Ellery is from Los Angeles and Tim is from Newton, Mass. Both have continued on next page 2

3 Events Details, continued from previous page played extensively in the past ten years in the New York bluegrass scene and both have amassed large resumes of musical accomplishment in bluegrass, classical and jazz. Cosponsored with and at the Good Coffee House at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street in J.J. Byrne Park, between 4th & 5th Avenues, Brooklyn, NY. $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo[at]aol.com Facebook: / Zlatne Uste Golden Festival: Friday - Saturday, Jan. 12th-13th Two nights of Balkan music, dance & border crossing celebration. The Golden Festival is New York s largest Balkan music event, with multiple stages, Balkan & Middle Eastern refreshments, Balkan arts vendors, as well as beautiful Balkan textiles on display. From international stars to local musicians, modern Balkan stylists to folk traditionalists, over 60 bands provide hours of ecstatic listening, dancing and partying. At The Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, NY We are pleased to be supporting this with Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, which is sponsoring this festival. General Info: (718) see flyer on page 7 and Mystic Chantey Blast & Pub Sing: Saturday, Jan. 13th 1-5pm (Snow date, January 14th) Blast away the winter blahs with Mystic Seaport chantey staff and many of the finest chantey singers in the Northeast. Chanties, maritime songs and ballads come join in, lead a song if you wish. Admission is free, but donations are welcome to help support the Mystic Sea Music Festival, June 7 10, At Frohsinn Hall, 54 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT (located across the street from the Seaport Museum s main entrance). There is a cash bar. Rain date Sunday January 14th. FMSNY is a co sponsor of this event and a supporter of the festival. Contact: smf(at)mysticseaport.org blast and pub sing/. For info about Friends of the Festival, contact the Museum at Upper West Side Song Swap: Sunday, January 14th; 5-8pm Our new series on the second Sunday of the month! FMSNY and PMN have joined up to start a new sing around on the Upper West Side. Bring your voices, your acoustic instruments and your ears. It s free! At Hostel International New York (HI NY), 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street. For more information call John Ziv at Shanty Sing: Sunday, January 21st; 2-5pm We are co sponsoring the Shanty Sing on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection (to give the official title) are from 2 to 5 pm at the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. For more information about the Noble Collection, go to noblemaritime.org click on "Visitor Information" for directions. For further information contact Bob Conroy: RConroy421(at)aol.com or In Concert for Puerto Rico: Sunday, January 21st; 2-5pm We are co sponsoring this concert with The Peace Poets, The Real Stormin Norman, The Brooklyn Women s Corus, Bev Grant, Frankie Negron, Vincent continued on next page 3

4 Events Details, continued from previous page Cross, Judy Kass, Mike Glick, Bomba Yo, Sol Miranda, and more. 100% of proceeds will be going to Casa Pueblo in Puerto Rico. Please see the flier on page 9 for more information. At Hostel International New York (HI NY), 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street. Advance tickets at: For more information: or call Mike Glick, mikeglick@earthlink.net. Newsletter Mailing: Tuesday, January 30th; 7pm We need you to help to mail out the next newsletter! Join the important band of volunteers that sticks on the stamps and labels, and seals the pages to mail out this newsletter. At the home of Don Wade and Eileen Pentel, nd Street, Jackson Heights (Queens). Near the 74th St. Station of the #7 line or the Roosevelt Ave Jackson Heights Station of the E, F, M, and R trains. Info: Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session; Sunday, Feb. 4th; 2-4pm A Community Sing & singalong, usually on the first Sunday. Bring voices, instruments, and friends raise the rafters in this historic downtown venue! At John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway, 1 block south of & parallel to Fulton), near Fulton St. subway stop. Info: We respectfully ask for a free will donation of any amount to help support this historic venue that is so generous in donating their space for our use. Please note: venue is an historic landmark and NOT handicapped accessible approx. 13 stairs to reach the downstairs venue (facilities are also located on the same downstairs level). Hosted by The New York Packet & co sponsored by the Folk Music Society of NY. Coming March 4: Pete Seeger Memorial Sing. Piedmont Bluz; Sunday, February 4th, 4 pm The Piedmont Bluz acoustic duo is dedicated to the preservation of Country Blues and the Piedmont style and their mission is to help keep this rural, east coast tradition alive by educating audiences about this unique aspect of African American culture through musical entertainment. The husband and wife duo are much loved wherever they go and feel that "there are stories to tell, people to remember, and things that must be said" so, in addition to tickling your ears with delightful music, they weave a bit of history into the presentation of each song. Cosponsored with and at the Good Coffee House at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street in J.J. Byrne Park, between 4th & 5th Avenues, Brooklyn, NY. $10 contribution. Info: fbanjo[at]aol.com. Facebook: / Winter Weekend of Music; Feb. 9-11, Ellenville, NY In the Bleak Midwinter... when the gloom and cold are getting you down, come join us at our Winter Weekend. Unstructured (except for meal times), we get together to sing, play, relax, and have fun. The Honor's Haven Resort and Spa in Ellenville, NY, is about 2 hours from NYC (barring traffic). Accommodations are comfortable, food is good and plentiful, there is a heated indoor pool, a spa, and hot tub. Mood and weather permitting, there is a walk to a scenic waterfall right on the grounds. See flyer following page 20. Did you Donate in 2017? If you made a donation (either cash or goods for the Silent Auctions) and have not received a donation letter for tax purposes, please contact Heather Wood, The Society's Web Page: facebook: 4

5 Topical Listing of Society Events For details of current events see pages 2 4 Weekends Feb. 9 11: Winter Folk Music Weekend at Honor's Haven Resort & Spa, Ellenville, NY see flyer following p.20. May Spriint Folk Music Weekend at Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY featured staff includes Scott Ainslie, Mike & Carrie Kline, and Russ Chandler. More information later in the Spring see Traditional Music & Dance Camp (TradMaD Camp) Aug , 2018: Plan now for TradMaD camp see Concerts Good Coffee House, usually first or second Sunday, 4 6pm, in Brooklyn Sunday, January 7, Andy's Ramble Bluegrass Quartet Concerts co sponsored with Peoples' Voice Cafe, Saturdays, 8pm: Sat, Mar. 10, Pat Lamanna & Sharleen Leahey & Lydia Adams Davis Sat, Mar. 17, Dian Killian + Alice Farrell + Alison Kelley Sat, Mar. 24, Colleen Kattau + John Ziv & Tom Weir Sun, Jan.21: In Concert for Puerto Rico, HI NY, 2 5pm January 12 13: SpeciaMay 25-2l Events Zlatne Uste Golden Festival Brooklyn, see flier p. 7 Sings and Informal Jams Sun, Feb. 4: Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session John St. Ch, 2pm; March 4 is the Pete Seeger Memorial Sing Sat, Jan.13: Chantey Blast/Pub Sing 1 5pm, Mystic, Conn. Folk Open Sing: First Wednesday of each month, Jan. 3, Feb. 7, etc.), 7 10 pm Ethical Culture Society in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Irish Traditional Music Session: every Monday, 8 11 pm, Landmark Tavern, 11th Ave. & 46th Street free, performers to be announced Upper West Side Song Swap at HI NY Second Sunday of each month, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, etc. Shanty Sing: on the 3rd Sunday, 2 5 pm on Staten Island, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, etc.) Sunnyside Singers Club: Wednesdays, 8 11 pm, Aubergine Cafe, Woodside, Queens. Featured Performers: January 17, Niamh Ní Bhriain Feb. 21, Ernie Mancuso & Pamela Jean Agaloos March 7, Mountain Maidens April 18, Dan & Bonnie Milner May 23, Russ Chandler June 20, Jeremy Aaron July 18, Mike Agranoff Business Meetings, etc. Newsletter Mailing: Tuesday, January 30 7pm in Queens see page 4 Board of Directors Meeting: January 21, 11am at an Upper West Side Location, thereafter the second Monday at 7:15pm at O.S.A. Hall, 220 E. 23 St, rm (Feb. 12, March 12, etc.) Info: Heather at Updated FMSNY events information (online) is available on our website at: 5

6 Weekend Discounts Available There are two weekend discounts available: A $100 discount for anyone who has not attended any of the last 3 weekends and a special "friends" rate ($150 triple, or $190 double, per person) for any group of 3 or more age Information on this rate is on the online registration at Weekend Scholarships Available Applications are now being accepted for scholarships to the Winter Weekend (February 9 11). These provide either full or partial scholarships to individuals who could not otherwise attend and who have a strong interest in folk music, singing, and/or instrumental playing. TO APPLY: Please download an application from the website org or request an application form from the address below. The most important considerations are financial need and interest in folk music. The candidates will be considered and notified by mail. Please send it in before January 6th to: Marilyn Suffet, th Street, Sunnyside, NY Phone: E mail: ssuffet[at]nyc.rr.com The named scholarship funds set up in addition to other subsidies are: George Parker Scholarship provides scholarships for each weekend to a club member otherwise unable to attend. The fund was established in memoriam by George s parents, the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club, and other contributors. George was a young man and a friend of folk music who greatly enjoyed our weekends. Charles & Ilse Mayer Scholarship Fund provides scholarships for each weekend each year. This fund was set up in memoriam by board member Evy Mayer in honor of Evy s father Charles Mayer and her mother, Ilse Mayer. You may make a fully tax deductible contribution in any amount to any of the funds above by sending a check payable to Folk Music Society of New York (noted with the name of the scholarship memorial) to our treasurer, Heather Wood, 444 W. 54th St, #7, NYC, NY To establish a new named fund in honor of or in memoriam of a loved one, please contact any of our current board members (see list Happy New Year to everyone. We hope this will be a good year full of music and hope. We certainly need it. January will be a busy month along with our ongoing events the Folk Open Sing, the Sunnyside Singers Club, the Upper West Side Song Swap, and the Shanty Sing we are involved in a number of other exciting happenings. Check out the Good Coffeehouse with Andy s Ramble Bluegrass Quartet and the Zlatne Uste Golden Festival. There is also the In Concert for Puerto Rico, to help out our citizens recovering from a dual hurricane hit. If you re passing by Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, you might want to check out the Chantey Blast/Pub Sing. (So is it Shanty or Chanty or at any rate the music will be energetic!) Don t forget to register nowfor our Winter Folk Music Weekend at the Honor s Haven Resort and Spa in Ellenville. It is a new/old place. We have been there 6 continued on page 8

7 7

8 Advance Tickets: From The Editor, continued froms page 6 before, and we understand it has been renovated. This is the weekend without planned workshops and the music is YOU. It s great fun. Check it out! By now you have sent in your ballots and voted for the 2018 Board of Directors. Thank you to the board members for the hard work last year and the willingness to continue. Our programs are wonderful and you know it doesn t just happen. We could always use help. You don t even have to be on the board to help out by spreading the word and at the events themselves. One way is to help out at our mailings. Thank you to the volunteers for the December mailing Lynn Cole, Heather Wood, Don Wade and Eileen Pentel. We could always use more people. It s even fun! See page 4 for details. 8

9 by Ruth Lipman Kevin O Connell (Marie Mularczk and Rick O Connell s son) learned to play handball at Holy Cross High School in Flushing, New York. More recently, he helped his New York Handball Team team win first place gold cup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In addition to this exciting news, Kevin was given an award as the Most Valuable Goalie (MVG). Congratulations Kevin! Correction: In last month s column, I wrote that Adam Jankowitz (Joanne Davis son) lives in India. Actually, he spends part of the year in India. He also spends the summer months in Cape Cod. If you have news to share, contact me at 372 Central Park West; #15B, New York, NY 10025; , ruthlipman@msn.com For addresses, times, phone numbers, and other details, see the location informa tion on page 14 following the repeating events. Events with a pound sign (#) are run or co sponsored by the club and more info is on pages 2 4 other events are not run by the Club, and information given is the best available at press time. Events with an asterisk (*) feature members of the club. Send information for listing to: listings(at)folkmusicny.org or Margaret Murray, 1684 W. First Street, #C6, Brooklyn, New York DEADLINE is the 12th of the preceding month. This Calendar is updated online when late breaking information is available. You can view the online pdf newsletter: there is often a link on the club website, If not, members have an ID number printed on the address label use that and your last name to login at: Updated as of 1/25/18. New addtions after the printed copy have the date in red bold. Some earlier listings may have been deleted to make room for the new ones. Eldridge Street NEW YORK CITY January 20 Sa Martin Swinger plus The Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music Raging Grannies: Peoples Session at the Landmark 8pm see p. 2 Voice Cafe Wednesdays#: Sunnyside Singers Club 20 Sa Robinson Treacher and in Woodside, Queens 8pm see p. 2 Kirsten Maxwell: First earlier events deleted to make room for Acoustics Hse Cncrt 7:30pm additional items... complementary supper at 6:30 17 We# Niamh Ní Briain: featured performer at Sunnyside Singers 20 Sa Mike Agranoff Richmond town Tavern 6 & 8 pm Club see p We Roots n. Ruckus Jalopy free 20 Sa Dolly Parton Birthday Celebration Jalopy, 9pm 18 Th Klezmer Anschluss! Jalopy 19 Fr James Maddock: Naked Soul 21 Su# Shanty Sing on Staten Island 2 5pm see pp :30pm 21 Su# In Concert for Puerto Rico: 20 Sa The Klezmatics with Fred HI NY 2 5pm. see p. 3. Hersch, Holly Near and 21 Su Exceedingly Good Song Natalie Merchant: WMI Night; Jalopy; free Town Hall 8pm Q&A 7pm 22 Mo Old Time Open Jam w/ Harry with the artists moderated by Bolick Jalopy free Hanna Griff Stevens, PhD, Dir. 25 Th Uke Night Jalopy, 7pm of Programs, Museum at 9 continued on next page

10 Events Calendar, continued from previous page 26 Fr Katie Linnane, Isaac 5 Fr Alderson, & John Morrow Glucksman Ireland House, 8p 5 Fr 26 Fr Paolo Angeli: Robert Browning Assoc. Zankel Hall 5 Fr at Carnegie Hall 8:30pm 26 Fr Holly Near: Naked Soul 7 8:30pm 6 Fr 28 Su* Vocal Harmony Workshop with Don Friedman & Phyllis 6 Sa Elkind Jalopy, 1:00pm 30 Tu# Newsletter Mailing in Jackson Heights, Queens 7pm see p.4\ 7 Su NEW YORK CITY FEBRUARY Mondays#: Irish Traditional Music Session at the Landmark 8pm see p. 2 Wednesdays#: Sunnyside Singers Club in Woodside, Queens 8pm see p. 2 3 Sa Hasidic New Wave: WMI Littlefield, 638 Sackett St., Brooklyn 7:30pm standing room only 3 Sa Gerry Segal plus Lois Morton: Peoples Voice Cafe 4 Su# Chantey & Folk Song & Music Session: John Street Church 2pm see p. 4 4 Su# Piedmont Bluz: 4pm at the Good Coffeehouse see p. 4 7 We# Folk Open Sing: 7pm in Brooklyn see p Th LONG ISLAND JANUARY 5 Fr Nancy Beaudette: Garden Stage UUCCN 6 Sa The Slambovian Circus of Dreams: 1st Sat. Concert FMSH 18 Th Sophie Buskin plus Joshua Garcia: Hard Luck Café FMSH 19 Fr Bill Staines: Our Times CH 14 Su LONG ISLAND FEBRUARY 2 Fr Heather Pierson Trio: Garden Stage UUCCN 3 Sa Abbie Gardner plus TBA: 1st Sat. Concert FMSH 20 Sa 12 Fr 12 Fr Sa 13 Sa 13 Sa 14 Su Th 19 Fr 20 Sa 20 Sa NEW YORK STATE JANUARY 4 Th Thursday Salon featuring Lydia Adams Davis on Salon 20 Sa Stage free Town Crier 7pm 4 Th Isabella Rose: Turning Point 8pm 21 Su 10 Slambovian Circus of Dreams: Caffe Lena 8pm Buffalo Stack: Town Crier 8:30pm Friday Salon featuring The WhisperingTree free show Towne Crier 7pm Gillette & Mangsen: Caffe Lena 8pm Saturday Salon featuring Lisa Jane Lipkin: Town Crier 6pm free show James Maddock: Turning Point 4pm Bright Series: The Last Revel & Slocan Ramblers: Caffe Lena 7pm Big Jim Wheeler & His Band in Black: Turning Point 8:30pm Peter Yarrow: Town Crier 8:30pm Chris Smither: Caffe Lena 8p John Flynn & Reggie Harris: Walkabout Clearwater CH Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew: Rosendale Café 8pm Loudon Wainwright: Town Crier Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers: Valley Folk Music UM Church, 144 Cedar St., Corning 2pm Daisycutter: River Spirit Music House Concert 5pm potluck dinner at 4pm Deeper Than the Skin Greg Greenway & Reggie Harris Celebrate MLK, jr.: Caffe Lena 7pm Thursday Salon Sharkey & the Sparkss: Towne 6pm free Susan Werner CD Release Concert: Eighth Step 7:30pm John Kirk, Trish Miller & Ed Lowman: Cranberry CH Patty Larkin with special guest Dan Zlotnick: Town Crier 8:30pm Rachel & Vilray with opener The Brother Brothers: Caffe Lena 7pm Winterpills and The Sea The Sea: Common Ground Coffeehouse 7:30pm Roosevelt Dime plus Molly continued on next page

11 Events Calendar, continued from previous page Venture and Goodnight Edelston: Minstrel Moonshine: Turning Point 4p 27 Sa Nicole Atkins: Outpost in the 21 Su Ben Caplan: Caffe Lena 7pm Burbs 21 Su Sun. Salon featuring Pat LaManna: Salon Stage Town NEW JERSEY FEBRUARY Crier 5pm free show 2 Fr Valentines Day 21 Su Leigh Anne Siegel and Miles Extravaganza: the Minstrel Jakob plus Gilbert: Town 3 Sa Lara Herscovitch and The Crier 7:30pm Levins: Hurdy Gurdy 26 Fr Bill Staines: Caffe Lena 8pm 26 Fr Cheryl Wheeler: Town Crier CONNECTICUT JANUARY 8:30pm 6 Sa Banish Misfortune: Northwest 27 Sa Efrat plus Nathans & Park Concert Series Ronstadt: River Spirit Music 6 Sa Foreign Trees: Vanilla Bean Upstream Gallery, 8 Main St., 7 Su Hot Flashes: The Half Door Hastings on Hudson 12 Fr Beppe Gambetta: 27 Sa Kuinka: Caffe Lena 8pm GuitartownCT Productions 27 Sa Old Songs Sampler Concert Best Video, 1842 Whitney Ave., a benefit for the 2018 Hamden 7:30pm Festival many performers: 13 Sa# Chantey Blast /Pub Sing: Old Songs 7:30pm Mystic, CT 1 5pm see p Sa Richie & Rosie: Rosendale 13 Sa Debra Cowan & John Café 8pm Roberts: Branford Folk 28 Su California Dreamin featuring Coffeehouse Gary Adamson: Town Crier 13 Sa Cosy Sheridan: Vanilla Bean 7:30pm 19 Fr Geoff Kaufman and Larry 28 Su Frank Jaklitch Legacy Kaplan: Friday Night at All Benefit for Songwriting With: Souls Soldiers: Caffe Lena 7pm 19 Fr Jacques Lamarre: Meeting House Presents Concert Series NEW YORK STATE FEBRUARY f Hartford 8pm 3 Sa Birds of Chicago: Common 20 Sa Wade Elliot Band: Vanilla Ground Community Concerts Bean Café Irvington Town Theater 20 Sa Ringrose and Freeman: The 3 Sa Golfstrom: Caffe Lena 8pm Buttonwood Tree 20 Sa Bill Staines: Roaring Brook NEW JERSEY JANUARY 20 Sa Nora Jane Struthers & The 5 Fr Light of Day with James Party Line: Northwest Park Maddock, Isabella Rose and Concert Series 7:30pm more: Outpost in the Burbs 20 Sa Susan Werner: Sounding Bd 5 Fr Split Bill Pat Wictor and 21 Su Redwood Hill: The Half Door Reggie Harris: the Minstrel 26 Fr New World Trio: Meeting 6 Sa NERFA Showcase Artists with House Presents Concert Series Michael Braunfield, Honor 27 Sa Howie Bursen and Friends Finegan and Abbie Gardner: Food Bank Benefit: Vanilla Hurdy Gurdy Bean Café 19 Fr The Mari Black World Fiddle Ensemble with An CONNECTICUT FEBRUARY Introduction to Contra 2 Fr The Meadow Brothers: Folk Dancing: the Minstrel Fridays Series 19 Fr Mary Courtney: Princeton 3 Sa Vance Gilbert: Vanilla Bean Folk Music Society 3 Sa Grass Routes: Sounding Board 21 Su 2nd Annual Traditionsfest: 3 Sa Don White: Northwest Park Hurdy Gurdy 2pm Concert Series 26 Fr Mike Agranoff (note changed 4 Su The Feinberg Brothers: The performer) with Sam Half Door 11

12 Repeating Events Listings Items listed in the events calendar are generally not included here. This is an abridged list! See the full list printed in the December issue (we told you to save it). For a complete and constantly updated list, go to: repeating.html. All of these listings change you should always call and check. Additions and corrections are most welcome! Send to: Don Wade, St, Jackson Heights, NY E mail: Don(at)folkmusicny.org. [#=new or changed item. = organization with newsletter] NYC GENERAL REPEATING MUSIC: multi day: An Beal Bocht Cafe, 445 W. 238th St, Riverdale (Bronx) bet. Greystone & Waldo Ave Music most days Sun 4 7pm John Redmond & Friends Sun 8pm singer songwriter session Tue open mic Fri,.Mary Courtney s Ballad Night 6 8pm BB King's Blues Club, 237 W. 42nd St, various live music all week Paddy Reilly's Ave, Manhattan (29 St) nightly music 9:30pm Sun, Bluegrass, Mon, Slow and fast Bluegrass Jams Wed, open mic, 7pm Sat Songwriters open mic, 6pm (see also Irish multi day listings) paddyreillysmusicbar.us/weekly lineup Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Ave A (6 St.) performers nightly open mic Mon s 7p Underground Lounge, 955 West End Ave (West End and 107 St) Mon Open Mic, 8 11: Tuesday Acoustic Mondays: Caffe Vivaldi, 32 Jones Street (Off Bleecker St, near Seventh Ave), Greenwich Village, Manhattan various music every night Mon open mic night one Fri Greenwich Village Showcase hosted by Jeremy Aaron Charles Street Synagogue, 53 Charles St (at W. 4 St, 2 bl. N. of Sheridan Sq) American roots music most Mondays w/ Andy Statman & Friends 8:30pm $ info(at)andystatman.org Iona Bar, 180 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Bklyn, (G train Grand St stop) ionabrooklyn.com Scottish Session Mondays 8.30pm Scottish Session/ Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus, 6 7:30PM, Dorot, Inc, 171 W. 85th St info: Nan Bases, Magic Night Out The Magician, 118 Rivington St, NY :30 10:30pm (sign up from 5pm at bar) magicmikeout (at)gmail.com , Music, comedy, poetry, spoken word Tuesdays: An Beal Bocht Cafe, 445 W. 238th St, Riverdale (Bronx) bet. Greystone & Waldo Ave pm Open mic Church of the Village, 201 W. 13th St. at 7th Ave English dancing to live music 7 10 pm, Sept. through June or Jalopy, 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn; ; some Tuesdays, Open Mic Night, 9pm; Wednesdays: NYPFMC Folk Open Sing, 1st Wed 7pm Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn (aat 2nd St) see p. 2 Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village. The Songwriter's Beat, an acoustic night for songwriters hosted by Valerie Ghent, 3rd Wed. www. corneliastreetcafe.com, or Jalopy, 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn Roots 'n Ruckus old time and blues night Life Cafe Nine Eight Three, 983 Flushing Ave. East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Open Mic Weds, 10pm Shape Note Sing, 7-9:30pm; SeptemberJune..St. John's Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher St. (bet. Bleecker & W. 4th Sts., near 7th Ave. S.), Greenwich Village, Manhattan [NOTE: 10/25 & all Nov. meet at the Church of the Ascensikon, Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street] July & August: Saint Peter's Church, Lexington Ave. and E. 54th St, Music Room, 7 9pm nycsacredharp.org Sunny's, 253 Conover St (between Reed & Beard St) in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 9 or 10 PM in the front or the back: rock, country, honky tonk, misc. bands Sunnyside Singers Club, Aubergine Cafe, 4922 Skillman Avenue (corner 50th Street) Sunnyside, Queens - nearest subway stop: 52nd Street on the #7. Wednesdays at 8pm: donie.carroll%2fposts 12 continued on next page

13 NYC B G & O T Repeating Events, continued from previous page %2F Thursdays: New York Caledonian Club : Pipes & Drums of the NY Scottish, rehearsals every Thurs, Chanters at 6 pipes at 7, info (PO Box 4542, NYC ) Charles Street Synagogue, 53 Charles St (at W. 4 St, 2 bl. N. of Sheridan Sq) music of the Jewish Mystics most Thursdays w/ Andy Statman & Friends 8:30pm $ $15 info(at)andystatman.org Christopher Street Coffeehouse, St. John's Lutheran Church. 81 Christopher St. Manhattan. 6:30pm sign up, 7pm song circle with featured performer. 4th Thursday each month. stjohnslutheranonline.org/ Sunny's, 253 Conover St (between Reed & Beard St) in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 9 or 10 PM in the front or the back: rock, country, honky tonk, misc. bands Fridays: American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, Manhattan Free Music Fridays with various performers, 5:30 7:30pm Camp Friendship, 339 8th Street, Brooklyn 11215: Brooklyn Contra Dances 1st and 3rd Fridays (1st and 3rd Saturdays in summer) New York Caledonian Club : Ceilidh, First Fri, call for info (PO Box 4542, NYC ) Sunny's, 253 Conover St (between Reed & Beard St) in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 9 or 10 PM in the front or the back: rock, country, honky tonk, misc. bands Fri & Sat: Orchard Cafe, st Ave, (SE Corner 58th St.), , 8pm, Postcrypt Coffeehouse St.Paul's Chapel bsmt, Columbia Univ. 116 St & B'way Fri & Sat school year only (closed May Sept. & Dec. Jan.), 8:30pm open stage usually 1st Sat (8pm sign up) free Saturdays: Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and LaGuardia) Greenwich Village com Open mic 1 6 pm Camp Friendship, 339 8th Street, Brooklyn 11215: Brooklyn Contra Dances 1st and 3rd Saturdays in summer only (1st and 3rd Fridays, other seasons) Christian Harmony and Gospel Singing; Saturday before 4th Sunday, 2-5pm. Menno House, 314 E. 19th St. (between 1st & 2nd Aves.), Gramercy, Manhattan; Church of the Village, 201 W. 13th St. at 7th Ave American (mostly contra) dancing most Saturdays, 8:00 11:00 pm (beginners at 7:30). Sept. through June or Sunny's, 253 Conover St (between Reed & Beard St) in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 9 PM in the back: band performance followed by Bluegrass and Misc, jam at 10 PM, 'til LATE Paddy Reilly's Ave, Manhattan (29 St) open mic Jalopy 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn Old Time Open Jam with Harry Bolick first Saturday of each month 3 6pm free; ; Shape Note Sing, 7-9:30pm; Saturday before first Sunday: [Nov. 4: meet at the Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street] otherwise at Jimmy s No. 43, 43 E. 7th St (bet 2nd & 3rd Ave), Manhattan Sundays: John Street Church, 44 John Street, Manhattan: Sea Music Concerts First Sunday, (Oct April) 3 5pm. See newsletter or Shanty Sing at Snug Harbor: see page 3 Shape Note Sing: Joe Beasley Sacred Harp Singing: 2nd Sun. at St.Paul's Church, 199 Carroll St (cr. Clinton), Brooklyn pm including Pot Luck snack break. Info: BJPub(at)Prodigy.net Shape Note Sing Church of the Epiphany, 1393 York Ave (corner of E. 74 St) enter on 74 St singing in the chapel just to the right of the main sanctuary 3rd Sundays 2 5 pm Terra Firma, 119 Ingraham St, Bushwick, Brooklyn, all traditional folk session from all traditions (piano available), First Sunday, 5 8pm info NYC IRISH MUSIC: Open Sessions (free) & repeating music --see also: irish sessions/ Multi day: An Beal Bocht Cafe, 445 W. 238th St, Riverdale (Bronx) bet. Greystone & Waldo Ave Music most 13 continued on next page

14 NYC General Repeating Events, continued from previous page days Various programs nightly Tue open mic Fri,.Mary Courtneys Paddy Reilly's Ave, Manhattan (29 St) nightly music 9:30pm Thurs Session w/ Niall O'Leary 10:30pm paddyreillysmusicbar.us/weekly lineup/ The Catalpa, 119 E. 233rd St, Woodlawn, Bronx Sun session Wed, Eamonn O'Reilly & Matt Mancuso Sundays: Cafe Martin, 5th Ave. bet 4 & 5 Streets in Brooklyn once a month session 4 8pm info: Chris Carpenter, Mandochamp2003(at)yahoo.com Eleventh Street Bar, 510 E. 11th St (between Ave's A & B) session with Tony Demarco. 9:30 pm 12:30am tonydemarcomusic.net/td.gigs.html Flagship Brewery. 40 Minthorne St, Staten Island, New York st Sunday, Staten Island Seisiun, 2-5pm; / Mustang Harry's, Ave. (between 29 & 30 St).) presented by Ull Mor CCE: session 5 8pm info Maureen Donachie, at ceolagusrince(at)gmail.com Jack O'Neill's, 130 Franklin St., Brooklyn, , info(at)jackoneills.com Session, 8 11pm info, Tony Horswill at tony(at) catandfiddlesessions.com New York Irish Center Hall, Jackson Ave Long Island City, Queens, Maureen: 718 / ullmor(at)comhaltas.net Ceili third Sunday, 8 mdnte Doc Watson's, Ave (77 St), :30 12:30am session w/ Aonach Yeats Tavern, Bell Blvd, Bayside, Queens 6pm session Mondays: Theatre 80, 80 St. Marks Place (at 1st Ave), New York pm sean nos dance & footwork 9pm Seisiun with Deirdre Corrigan, & Bernadette Fee Landmark Tavern, th Ave at 46 St, 8 11pm session with Don Meade and often featured guest, free food and drink available see page 2 Paddy Reilly's Pub, 2nd Ave at 29th St. Trad singers circle First Mon's 6:30pm Info Louise Kitt, LWalsh9709(at)aol.com Tuesdays: Swift Hibernian Lounge, 34 E. 4th St (bet Bowery & Lafayette), pm session The above are abridged listings. For the rest of NY, NJ, CT and more LI events see online: (Also see This list gives more detailed information for locations listed in the chronological Events Listings. It does not generally include information about locations in the Repeating Events listings. Corrections to this list are most welcome! Send location info to: Don Wade, nd St, Jackson Hts, NY , DonWade(at)donwade.us #=new information or listing = Folk Society with a newsletter which lists area events. AROUND TOWN (The 5 boroughs of NYC) First Acoustics First Unitarian Society in Brooklyn: Monroe/Pierrepont Sts., 8pm, Folk Open Sing: Ethical Culture Society (Brooklyn), 53 Prospect Park West, B'klyn (at 2nd St) see p. 2 Glucksman Ireland House at New York University, 1 Washington Mews (enter on 5th Ave off Washington Square) 8pm , Good Coffeehouse at the Old Stone House, 336 Third Street, bet. 4th/5th Avenues, Brooklyn, NY :30 6:30pm Good Coffeehouse at The Old Stone House/ HI NY, Hostels International NY, 103rd St. & Amsterdam Ave 5 8pm see page 2 3. Irish Arts Center/An Claidheamh Soluis, 553 W. 51 St, Manhattan Jalopy, 315 Columbia St., Brooklyn continued on next page

15 Calendar Listings Information, continued from previous page John Street Church, 44 John St. (east of Broadway and one block parallel to and south of Fulton). Sea Music Concerts Info: Donation, $5 (child, $2), pay at the door. Landmark Tavern, th Avenue (on 46th St); co-sponsored with and led by Don Meade; for info or Naked Soul see Rubin Museum of Art Peoples' Voice Cafe Sat 8PM at Community Church of NY, 40 E 35 St (between Park & Madison) info: , $15 closed June, July, Aug. Robert Brwoning Associates, concerts at various locations Richmondtown Tavern, 441 Clarke Ave, Staten Island shown at 6 & 8 pm $13 adv, $15 at door Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St. NYC Shanty Sing: The William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection, 2 to 5 PM, see pages 2 3. For further info, Sunnyside Singers Club Aubergine Café, Skillman Ave., Woodside sings Wednesdays sometimes with featured performer. Town Hall, 123 W. 43 St, Manhattan, Ticketmaster Tramps, 51 W. 21 St. or Tramps Cafe, 45 West 21st, (bet 5 & 6 Ave) one Sun a month Cajun Dance/Concerts. 5 6 dance lessons, 7 10:30 music (food avail from 6pm on) $15 adm info: [9-98 flyer] WMI World Music Institute Concerts: (8:00 PM unless indicated) various locations: Town Hall, 123 W. 43 St, Manhattan, info: World Music Inst., 68 Jay St., Ste. 201, Brooklyn, NY Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57 St & 7th Ave, Manhattan LONG ISLAND FMSH=Huntington Folk Music Society (PO Box 290, Huntington Station 11746) 1st Saturday Concerts at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport (north side of Route 25A at Huntington border) also Hard Luck Cafe concerts on the 3rd Thursday at the Sky Room of the Cinema Arts Center, 423 Park Ave., Huntington also monthly (usually the 2nd Sunday) Folk Jams at the Huntington Library from 1 to 5pm. Info: liconcertnotes@optonline.net Garden Stage Concerts, Open Mic Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau ( 223 Stewart Ave at NW Corner Nassau Blvd, Garden City Hard Luck Cafe: 3rd Thursday at the Sky Room of the Cinema Arts Center, 423 Park Ave., Huntington run by Huntington FMS see FMSH. Landmark Community Center, 232 Main St, Port Washington pm performances in their Jeanne Rimsky Theater LITMA (Long Island Traditional Music Assn. c/o Liz Levitt, 133 Clinton Ave, Mastic NY 11950). Smithtown events at Smithtown Historical Society's Brush Barn, 211 Main St (Rte 25 east of Rte 111), Smithtown: Contra dance 2nd Fridays, 8pm ( ) English Country Dances 3rd Sunday 2pm ( ) Orchestra rehearsals ( ). Other Locations: Contradance 1st Saturday, 8pm Oct. June Watermill Community Center ( ). Shape Note Sing 3rd Sunday, 1pm, Bethany Presbyterian Church, 425 Maplewood Rd., Huntington Station. House Song Circle 2nd Saturday at various locations ( ). Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Rd, Garden City (2 mi west of Meadowbrook Pkwy, beside water tower) monthly except July & Aug., 8pm $10 ($8 child/student) UUCCN Coffee House Concerts Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau 223 Stewart Avenue Garden City one Friday of the month (mostly first Friday) $15 Admission [I-net 8-05] UPSTATE NEW YORK also look at: The Hudson Valley Calendar: Borderline Folk Music Club concerts 1 to 4 pm, one Sunday a month at Nanuet Public Library, 149 Church St, Nanuet, NY (Rockland County) and various locations $20 FMSNY at members rates Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs Common Ground Community Concerts in association with River Arts held at South Presbyterian Church, 343 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry 15 continued on next page

16 Calendar Listings Information, continued from previous page Cranberry Coffeehouse, 183 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, New York third Saturday, 7:30pm featured performers plus open mic phone: Chris, Eighth Step Coffeehouse 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady Fiddle & Dance News is a bi monthly dance & music calendar for the Mid Hudson region $6 to 987 Rte. 28A, West Hurley Folk Times is a bi monthly listing of events in the Albany area: $10 to Addie & Olin Boyle, 969 Co.Rt.10, Corinth Folkus concerts at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 East Genesee St, Syracuse, N.Y. Box 197, DeWitt, NY Old Songs, Inc, PO Box 466, 37 South Main St, Voorheesville River Spirit Music house concerts, 5pm in Hastings on Hudson (potluck at 4pm) (347) MUSIC 76 Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale pm cover & min Towne Crier Cafe, 379 Main St, Beacon, www. townecrier.com concerts many nights open mic Tue & Wednesday reservations suggested Turning Point, 468 Piermont Ave., Piermont, Rockland County (off rte 9W south of Nyack) (845) food avail ny.com/turning Valley Folk Music First United Methodost Church, 144 Cedar St., Corning 7:30pm Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse 7:30PM, Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave, White Plains (914) second Sat Oct May NEW JERSEY Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music C'hse: Fairlawn Community Center, Kipp St, Fairlawn info: , adv. tickets st Sat, 8pm, through May. (run by Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club ) <info@hurdygurdyfolk.org> Minstrel Coffeehouse Fri, 7:45pm, $7 (2nd Fri, open stage) Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ. (Run by Folk Project, POB 41, Mendham Sat concert info: Outpost in the "Burbs" Coffeehouse The Unitarian Church of Montclair or the Montclair High School Auditorium twice monthly 8:30pm [1/08] Princeton Folk Music Soc. usually cncrts 3rd Fri. Sept. through May at Christ Congregation Church, 55 Walnut Lane (across from Princeton HS), Princeton $20 ($15 NYPFMC members) info: Justin Kodner, <info@princetonfolk.org> CONNECTICUT Branford Folk Music Society, First Cong. Ch, 1009 Main St, Branford, 8pm , <branfordfolk@yahoo.com>, Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown Folk Fridays Series CT Folk@First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven Friday Night Folk Cfehse, All Souls Universalist Unitarian Congregation, 19 Jay St., New London GuitartownCT Productions The Unitarian Society Hall, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden or Half Door, 270 Sisson Av., Hartford 5 8pm info Meeting House Presents Concert Series Unitarian Society of Hartford 8pm Northwest Park Concert Series, Northwest Park Nature Center,145 Lang Road, Windsor, CT, ; 7:30pm; http//: Peaceable Thursday Coffeehouse, New Haven info, Roaring Brook Concerts Roaring Brook Nature Cent, 70 Gracey Rd, Canton Sat's, 7:30pm Open Mike one Wed, 7:30pm (open thru April) , Vanilla Bean Café, corner of 44, 169 & 97, Pomfret 8pm Sat eve's plus first Fri open mike, $5 15 [1-09/www] 16

17 Folk Music Society of NY Information The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc./NY Pinewoods Folk Music Club was started in 1965 and is a 501(c)(3) non profit, educational corpora tion an affiliate of the Country Dance & Song So ciety of America and a member of the Folk Alliance. A copy of our annual report is available from our office at 444 W. 54 St, #7, NYC, NY or from the Office of Charities Registration, N.Y. Dept. of State, 162 Washington Av, Albany, NY We have approximately 400 members and run concerts, week ends, classes, and get togethers, all with an emphasis on traditional music. The Soci ety is run entirely by volunteers with a Board of Directors elected by the membership. The work ing officers below (members of and elected by the board) welcome your help and suggestions. Memberships are listed on the back page regular memberships help support the society and include one subscription to the newsletter (11 issues yearly) and reduced admissions. Won t you join us? 2017 Board of Directors: Membership: Tom Weir, 340 W. 28th Street, #13J, New York, NY <membership(at)folkmusicny.org>. [coupon on back cover.] Program: Heather Wood, 444 W. 54th St, #7, NYC, NY <program(at)folkmusicny.org> Interim Education: Steve Suffet, <education(at)folkmusicny.org> Social Chair: Rosalie Friend, <social(at)folkmusicny.org> President: Evy Mayer, 3050 Fairfield Avenue #3K, Bronx, NY (after 11 am) <president(at)folkmusicny.org> Vice President: Anne Price, <vicepres(at)folkmusicny.org> Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair: Heather Wood, 444 W. 54th St, #7, New York, NY <treasurer(at)folkmusicny.org> Publicity: Lynn Cole with Nancy Moccaldi Lynn, Av, #2W, Jackson Hts, NY <publicity(at)folkmusicny.org> Newsletter: Eileen Pentel, nd St., Jackson Heights, NY <newsletter(at)folkmusicny.org> Scholarship Coordinator: Marilyn Suffet, <ssuffet(at)nyc.rr.com> Corporate and Recording Secretary: Marilyn Suffet, <ssuffet(at)nyc.rr.com> Other Board Members: Vincent Cross, Alan Friend, Clarice Kjerulff, Frank Moccaldi, Betsy Mayer, Margaret Murray, Don Wade, John Ziv Weekend Coordinator: Joy C. Bennett Reciprocal Arrangements: The Society has a reciprocal members admission agreements with CD*NY, Princeton Folk Music Society, The Folk Project (NJ), and the Borderline Folk Music Club. NEWSLETTER INFORMATION (ISSN ) Publisher: Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc., 444 W. 54 St., #7, NYC, NY DEADLINE: the 12th of the month prior to publication (no Aug. issue). Send address changes to the membership chair: Tom Weir, 340 W. 28 St, #13J, NYC, NY membership(at)folkmusicny.org Editor: Eileen Pentel, nd St, Jackson Hts, NY <newsletter(at) folkmusicny.org> Send all Hotlines & ads (with check made out to FMSNY) and all correspondence & articles ONLY to this address. Send calendar or listings info directly to the appropriate person below (no charge for listing): Events Calendar: Margaret Murray, 1684 W. First Street, #C6, Brooklyn, NY <listings(at)folkmusicny.org> Locations: Don Wade, St, Jcksn Hts, NY <Don(at)folkmusicny.org> Festival Listings: John Mazza, 50 Plum Tree Lane, Trumbull, CT 06611<jmazza(at)snet.net> Calligraphy Headings: Anthony Bloch Front Cover Heading: Patricia Greene Layout Program: Scribus Chief Drudge and Layout: Don Wade <Don(at)folkmusicny.org> Other Staff: Lynn Cole, Ruth Lipman, Judy Polish All members are encouraged to submit articles on folk music & related subjects, and book, concert, and record reviews. Preferably submit articles and ads via E mail to Don(at)folkmusicny.org. (PDF, ASCII,.odt,.doc, or.docx format) or else type them. Please be sure to include your day & evening phone numbers and keep a copy. Newsletters are sent by first class mail or on line to members on or about the first of each month (except August). Views expressed in signed articles and ads represent those of the author and not necessarily those of the society. Newsletter Display Ad Rates (our Federal ID number is ): Full Page $120 Size: 4 5/8 W x 7 3/4 H 1/2 Page $60 Size: 4 5/8 W x 3 3/4 H 1/4 Page $30 Size: 2 1/4 W x 3 3/4 H 1/8 Page $15 Size: 2 1/4 W x 1 3/4 H (less 10% for repeating ads paid in advance) Sizes are actual print size for camera ready copy and will be reduced if oversize. Preferably ads should be supplied via e mail, in PDF, TIF, PCX, BMP, or WMF format or laid out camera ready delivered, and paid before the deadline (textual ads should be in ODT, DOC, or DOCX). The Editor has no facilities for doing art work and ads which are sloppily laid out will be refused! Ads are subject to the approval of the newsletter committee. Page or position placement cannot be guaranteed. website: facebook: facebook.com/groups/ E Mail:<info (at) folkmusicny.org> (but it is best to send to individual officers as listed above). What's up with (at)? To prevent harvesting of e mail addresses, we with (at). 17

18 Peoples Voice Cafe at the Community Church of NY 40 East 35th Street New York City Between Park & Madison Avenues Lower level Accessible site Saturdays at 8:00pm. Doors open 7:30 Jan. 6: Reggie Harris + Pat Wictor Jan. 13: LindseyWilson & Human Hearts + John O Connor Jan. 20: Martin Swinger + Raging Grannies Jan 27: Closed for PMN Winter Gathering Feb. 3: Gerry Segal + Lois Morton Suggested donation: $20 Peoples Voice Cafe subscribers: $12 Students & youth $12 More if you choose, less if you can t. No one turned away for lack of money. Info:

19 Anyone may place Advertisements of 40 words or less RATES: $10 each Hotline per month ($5 for members), 1/2 year for $30 ($15 for members). Members please include mailing label or ID number for discount. (Lost & Found ads are free.) Send all ads to: Eileen Pentel, nd St, Jackson Heights, NY We will be happy to accept ads by E mail with the text as part of the message (coincident with mailing your check) to Don(at)folkmusicny.org. All ads must be prepaid, make checks to: Folk Music Society of NY, Inc. (FMSNY). [Last run date is in brackets.] Sound reinforcement: Your program deserves the best, whether it s a concert or a large festival. Location recording: Direct to stereo or Digital 8 track recording and editing. Acoustic Folk and Classical are specialties. Collegium Sound, Inc Don(at)ccollegiumsound.com. [1 18] Minstrel Records: Bob Coltman, David Jones, Jack Langstaff, Almeda Riddle, Frank Warner, Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis, Jerry Epstein, Dwayne Thorpe, Sonja Savig. On LP, newer releases on CD. or Minstrel Records, St, Jackson Hts, NY 11372, [1 18] Come do English and American country dancing with Country Dance *NY! Al ways live music! All dances taught, beginners and experienced dancers wel come, no partners necessary. English dancing (think Jane Austen!) Tuesdays, 7:00 10:00 pm. American (mostly contra) dancing most Saturdays, 8:00 11:00 pm (beginners at 7:30). Sept. through June. All at the Church of the Village, 201 W. 13th St. at 7th Ave. For current schedule and other information see: or call the Dancephone: [6 20x2] Clogging lessons in NYC! Learn to Flatfoot to traditional old time tunes every Wednesday and Friday evening at Chelsea Studios with Megan Downes and The City Stompers. Find out more at nycitystompers.com, facebook and youtube. Call Megan or Daniela [5 18] Irish country sets, sean nos dance, steps and footwork classes with Megan Downes. 8pm every Monday at Theatre 80 St. Mark's. Traditional music session at 9 led by Deidre Corrigan and Bernadette Fee. East 8th Street near 1st Ave, NYC [5 18] Entertainment/Arts Attorney Making a record? Publishing your book? Collabor ating on a score, play, film? Licensing copyrights? Registering Trademark? Forming LLC or incorporating non profit? I negotiate fair agreements, draft readable contracts, file forms, mediate disputes. Law Office of Leslie Berman, , leslie@lesliebermanlawfirm.com. Attorney Advertising. [3 18] If you are the proud parent of one of the hotlines, please check the ending date. Send in your renewal before the 12th of the preceding month to have it continue in the next month. Help spread the word! Can you help spread the word about our concerts? If you go to jams, sings, concerts, your office, anywhere (even your apartment laundry room) that you could put out flyers, help us by getting a supply of flyers to put out. Contact Don Wade, <donwade(at)donwade.us>, and let us know how many to send you! 19

20 January

21 2018 Winter Weekend Winter Folk Music Weekend Friday dinner 6:00PM to Sunday lunch Days and nights of music making, jamming, singing, good conversation Take a hike to take in the great outdoors. This weekend, we make the music, joined by special guests, Lorraine & Bennett Hammond, no formal programs. Bring your voice. Bring your instrument. You ll have fun too! Honor s Haven Resort & Spa in Ellenville, NY. Lovely hiking trails, a waterfall, swimming, and more. February Find out more folkmusicny.org/faq_weekend or call Folk Music Society of New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club We make music the old fashioned way Strumming & Singing

22 All the important details, logistics and money matters GETTING THERE Bus service is available direct from the Port Authority Bus Terminal to Ellenville, and we will arrange to meet people at the bus. We will send detailed driving directions with your acknowledgement. THE WEEKEND runs from Friday dinner at 6:00PM through Sunday lunch. RESERVATIONS on-line (service fee applies): winterfolkwknd.eventbrite.com Or by mail SCHOLARSHIPS There are some funds for weekend scholarships, download an application: PAYMENT in full required with reservation. All but $15 is refundable until 1/21/18. All but $50 is refundable until 1/28/18. No refunds after that date, unless we fill the space. If you have not been to the past 3 weekends, you may deduct $100 from your registration fee, but please note this on your form. MEMBERSHIP information is on our website: folkmusicny.org REGISTRATION RATES 2 options: full weekend OR per session All prices are per person: member / non-member Full Weekend, includes all meals Day Rate $15 per session (no meals***) Adult double: $285 / $300 _ Friday after dinner until whenever Adult single: $380 / $395 _ Sat. morning: after breakfast until lunch Triple: $255 / $270 _ Sat afternoon: after lunch until dinner Child 6-10 years* $80 _ Sat evening: after dinner until whenever years* $120 _ Sunday: after breakfast until we leave group rate** triple $150 ***Meals are available for an extra fee but group rate**- double $190 we must know ahead of time. Please (children under 6 are free*) coordinate with Heather at *Children sharing with 2 adults at All rooms have private bath dbl rate or 1 adult at single rate Thursday night stay no meals: $94 per room ** Friends rate is a group of 3 or more ages registering together The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational corporation, an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society, run by a volunteer Board of Directors, elected by membership. We run concerts, weekends, classes, singing parties, and get-togethers, all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors. Visit By Mail, please fill out and send, with a self-addressed envelope, to: Heather Wood; 444 W. 54th St, #7; NY, NY 10019; adults, double $ each.; adults, triple $ each. adults, single $ each. Extra nights (no children, age, $ each. $94 per ROOM Day each; 0Fri, 0Sat AM; 0Sat aft; 0Sat eve; 0Sun Thur. night X # room Name Mail-in form Here is my check, made out to FMSNY for $ as full payment for the 2018 Winter Weekend Address Zip Phone day ( ) evening ( ) Emergency contact during weekend Other names included in this registration Requested room or roommate. 0 Vegetarian; 0 Vegetarian eating fish 0 Vegan Not Vegetarian but I 0 don t eat beef; 0 don t eat fish Other special needs 0 I will be driving from at AM/PM and can take additional 0 I need a ride from, if possible 0 I would like scholarship information (see also