Learn to Play Well with Others! Be Popular... Amaze Your Friends

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1 NEWSLETTER May 2009 Learn to Play Well with Others! Be Popular... Amaze Your Friends Andy Goessling will show you how to use your talent and technique to accompany others, becoming a valued presence at Evenings of Music, as well as jams, bands, and other opportunities. Accompaniment Workshop with Andy Goessling Sat., May 9 from 3:30-6:30 pm in Maplewood $20.00 Andy Goessling plays six and 12 string guitar, alto and tenor sax, electric bass, mandolin, banjo, dobro, clarinet, pennywhistle, recorder. A former member of Blue Sparks from Hell, and currently touring internationally with Railroad Earth, Andy has extensive experience as part of an ensemble. He puts in the right touch wherever he plays. You can learn this technique, and make it part of your own playing. As a bonus, Andy will also instruct you how to apply this to a secondary instrument, putting you on the road to becoming a valued multi-instrumentalist. Stay for a pot luck dinner and use your new skills at the Evening of Music that night. Tickets at The Minstrel, or via Paypal. For more information: (908) or concerts@folkproject.org May Evening o Music Sat., 5/9, 8pm Bobbie Rosengarten s At the home of Bobbie Rosengarten, 680 Prospect Street Maplewood. (973) The EoM will follow the Andy Goessling workshop and be preceded by a pot luck dinner. Bring voices, instruments, food and bev to share. If it s a wet night, please leave your shoes at the door. Directions: From the South:Take Garden State Parkway North. Exit at Union tolls, first exit after exit 140. Stay to the right. Immediately after paying toll, take the first right,route 78 east.immediate exit at exit 54. Follow signs to Route 78 west by taking 2 more rights. Follow Route 78 Westbound directions. From the North: Garden State Parkway South to Exit 142, 78 West. Follow Route 78 Westbound directions.from the East: Via Route 78 Westbound, exit 50B, and bear right at the light onto Vauxhall Road. At the second traffic light, right onto Springfield Ave. At the third light, left onto Prospect Street. Go two blocks to blinking light. Just past this intersection, look for parking, 680 is the second house on the right. Via 280 Westbound: Exit 10, left on Northfield Avenue. At third light, left onto Gregory Ave. Follow Gregory Avenue directions. From the West: Via Route 78 and Route 24 Eastbound, Stay in local lanes to exit 49B. Bear right onto Springfield Avenue. Go to the seventh traffic light, Prospect Street. Make a left and go two blocks through the blinking light. Look for parking, 680 is the second house on the right. Via 280 Eastbound: Exit 9, Mt. Pleasant Avenue/West Orange/Montclair. Stay on Brennan Dr. to the end. Make a right onto Northfield Avenue. Go two lights and turn left onto Gregory Avenue. Follow Gregory Avenue directions. From Gregory Avenue: Continue for 2.2 miles (Gregory becomes Wyoming Ave.) to second light. Turn left onto South Orange Ave. Go down the hill, under the railroad trestle and through the South Orange shopping district. Turn right onto Valley Street. (You can only go right, Valley ends at South Orange Avenue) Follow Valley Street through four traffic lights. At the fifth light, turn left onto Tuscan Road. Go one block to next traffic light and make a right onto Prospect Street. Go one block and park just before the blinking light. 680 is on the left, the second house from the corner.

2 The Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series presented by May 1: Amy Speace and Josh Joffen Irish World Magazine said it best about AMY SPEACE: "This cool little lady... has one of those spellbinding voices that just draws you in... soft and seductive, yet witty and street smart, and a little dangerous... Her voice is to die for but the Americana folkie, twangy country arrangements... and the confrontational songwriting come up to the same level. This album is like the summer we never had... she gets two fullhearted thumbs up. Hell, I'll give her a few digits extra. She's that good." Opening for Amy is another superb songwriter. A veteran of the Greenwich Village "Speakeasy" songwriters' scene of the 80's, JOSH JOFFEN offers highly crafted songs well sung and well played with spirit and emotion. His song most familiar to local listeners is "The Girl From The Great Divide" as recorded by Mike Agranoff May 8: Joel Mabus and Sonas JOEL MABUS is the man with everything: Outstanding chops on guitar, fiddle, and banjo. Wonderful sense of humor. Great skill as a songwriter as well an astute tastefulness in the songs he selects to cover. And a subtle theatricality to his stage presence that captivates and engrosses the listener. Opening this evening is SONAS, the foursome of Margie Waldrum (keyboard), Tina Kirk (fiddle), Jim O'Brien (guitar), and Erin Flanagan Lind (vocals) Together they play a variety of music from the Celtic lands, with special emphasis on the exciting dance music of Cape Breton in Canada. (NOTE: Open Stage is next week.) May 15: Open Stage (not our usual 2nd Friday; preceded by an Open Stage Workshop at 7:15) The Minstrel provides this service to our local musical community and passing traveling professionals to be heard by the public and maybe to be booked for a future show. Those who wish to perform at the OPEN STAGE should visit Those who wish to see and hear a wide variety of performers should attend. May 22: Frank & Hank and Tyler, Spirig & Schmidt An eclectic mix of music from bluegrass to jazz to standards comes from the agile musical minds of Folk Project members FRANK Sole AND HANK (Hen3ry) Nerenberg PLUS BILL (Meyers) on bass. Frank is a skilled guitarist both in lead flatpicking styles and in Djangoinspired jazz. Hen3ry (the 3 is silent) has one of the widest ranging musical minds in the Project, and is a genius at innovative and appropriate arrangement. They wowed the crowd at the Spring 08 FP Festival. Another trio of eclectics, Josh TYLER, Robin SCHMIDT, and Bernhard SPIRIG opens the evening. These are three young musicians who glean their material from sources ranging from Leonard Cohen to Commander Cody to Duke Ellington to traditional folk. They process the music with tasty guitar and bass playing, and it comes out great. May 29: Carla Ulbrich and Gerry Wincklhofer A fan favorite on the long-running, nationally syndicated Dr. Demento show, award-winning songwriter and general smarty-pants CARLA ULBRICH has been compared to the likes of Ray Stevens, Christine Lavin, Jerry Seinfeld, Chet Atkins and Jewel. The guy who said Jewel had been drinking heavily. Recently relocated from her native South Carolina to Somerset, NJ, and a member of the Folk Project, Carla brings a mix of humor, poignancy and nifty guitar playing to the stage. Our opener, GERRY WINCKLHOFER likes to call himself a "monologist." That's a fancy word for storyteller, without the implication that his stories are for kids. He tells of fascinating people and happenings true and fictional, but no one, least of all he himself can say for sure which is which. (Gerry will turn 80 years old two days after this concert!) UPCOMING: 6/5: Powerful singer-songwriter JOHN FLYNN; 6/19: THE FOLK BROTHERS David Massengill & Jack Hardy; 6/26: HICKORY TREE CHORUS; 7/3: Guitarist, wordsmith, funny man, and the Minstrel s Program Chairman, MIKE AGRANOFF; 7/24: The Minstrel s BIRTHDAY SHOW; 7/31: Blues guitarist extraordinaire TOBY WALKER The Minstrel is an acoustic music concert series 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 Road, Morristown, NJ. We hold shows almost every Friday, year round, and the second Friday of the month is usually an open stage/audition night. The music we present is folk music in its broadest sense. That is, in addition to traditional American and ethnic folk music (in its purist definition), we welcome music of contemporary, primarily acoustic songwriters, and other types of music more folkie in attitude than in content. Shows start at 8pm; dress is casual. We serve coffee, teas, and baked goods. There is no alcohol or tobacco on the premises. Admission is inexpensive; on our regular Friday concerts we ask $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 supplement what we pay the feature performer. Children under 12 are free. For travel information, or information on shows call or visit our website at To volunteer call Sandie at (908) volunteers@folkproject.org Members Gigs & Friends Mike Agranoff: Mon., 5/18: 8pm, Homegrown Music live radio/concert, Pittston, PA. Jennie Avila: Fri., 5/1: 8pm, The Cellar Stage with Hot Soup, Faith Community United Methodist Church of Hamilton, Baltimore, MD. Christine DeLeon: Fri., 5/1: 7pm, Dolce Cafe, 166 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood. (201) Russ Kelner, with NJ Intergenerational Orchestra: Sun., 5/3: 15th anniversary concert; 3pm, Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway Jim King: Sat., 5/2: 11am 5pm: performing with the Hunterdon Radio Theatre, Spirit of the Jerseys State History Fair, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. or Dave Kleiner, Liz Pagan, Joe & Linda Ribaudo: Sat., 5/16: Beatles Sing-Along NIght Fundraiser at the Hillside Cafe (see Venues) Mara Levine: Sat., 5/9: Second Saturday Music Cafe (see Venues); Fri., 5/15: 7 pm, The Burlington County Public Library with the Spook Handy Trio, 5 Pioneer Boulevard, Westampton. (609) ; Sun., 5/17: 2:30pm, Afternoon Coffee House/Jewelry sale: The Belles Trio (Caroline Cutroneo, Marie Elena, and Mara Levine w/ James Brennan), Congregation Etz Chaim, Monroe Twp. Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Ave. (732) Peter James: Sat., 5/23: 12noon, Warwick (NY) Valley Winery Dylan Fest, YOGA WITH LIZ: Summer sessions in Montclair (Thursdays, 7:30 8:45pm, Beginner/Level I) and Maplewood (Tues/Thurs. and Saturdays 9am, Beginner/Level 1; Saturdays 10:15am Intermediate Level). Call or for more info, lizpagan@verizon.net or (973) Open Stage Workshop We will be presenting a free mini-workshop on dealing with stage fright before the May 15 Open Stage. The workshop will be hosted by Kathy Moser and will run from 7:15 7:35 at MUF. No need to sign up in advance just get to the Minstrel by 7:10....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

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., 5/16: Joe Crookston, Kelly Flint 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 : Borderline Folk Music House Club: New City Ambulance Corps Bldg, 200 Congers Rd., New City, NY. 2pm, Info: (845) , Sun., 5/31: Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass 2pm, house concert in New City call for reservations. Brennen Coffee House: Justice William Brennan Court House, 583 Newark Ave., Jersey City. Show starts 7pm, evening concludes w/ open mike. (800) , Fri., 5/15: Jim Dawson Café Z: Third Saturdays: open mic, 7pm concert. $5 inc. refreshments, Zion Lutheran Church, corner of Elm and Esterbrook Aves., Rahway. (732) ; Call for info Chantey Sing: Seamen s Church Institute, 241 Water St., 2nd fl., NYC 8pm. May 16, June 20, July 18, Coffee With Conscience: 1st United Methodist Church of Westfield, 1 E. Broad St. 8pm info , Concerts4Causes@aol.com; Sat., 5/16: Beaucoup Blue Community Theater at Mayo Center for Performing Arts: 100 South St., Morristown, NJ, for tickets/info call , shows at 8pm Crossroads Coffeehouse: 8pm, Crossroads Community Church, 104 Bartley Rd., Flanders. (973) or (908) ; Sat., 5/9: Peter Biedermann Delaware River Folksong Fellowship: Song circle the 2nd Sunday at the Friends Meeting House in Mount Holly, NJ, Dublin House: Irish Session, 1st & 3rd Sundays, 6-9pm, Dublin House, Monmouth St., RedBank 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 Fri., 5/1: Nick Katzman; Fri., 5/8: James Reams & The Barnstormers; Fri., 5/15: Documentary Greensboro: Closer to the Truth, Angela Lockhart; 5/29: Greta Gertler, Professor Louie Hand Made Music: Open mic 3rd Saturday, The Community Presbyterian Church, 145 Carletondale Road, Ringwood, jim1962@verizon.net; On Hiatus The Hillside Cafe Coffee House: 45 Hillside Crescent, Nutley. Doors open at 7:30, show at 8pm. (973) or jrlds@comcast.net, Sat., 5/16: Beatles Sing-Along Night with Dave Kleiner, Liz Pagan, Joe & Linda Ribaudo et al. a fundraiser Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club: Fair Lawn Community Center, th St., Fair Lawn 8pm. (201) Sat., 5/2: The Kennedys, Vickie Russell 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; Music at the Mission: West Milford Presbyterian Church, 1452 Union Valley Rd., West Milford, (973) , Sat., 5/16: Pat Wictor, Toby Walker Outpost In The Burbs: at the Unitarian Church of Montclair, 67 Church St., Montclair (973) Doors open 8pm, concert at 8:30. Fri., 5/29: Aztec Two Step, Willie Nile People s Voice Cafe: The Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, 40 East 35th St. (bet. Madison & Park), NYC, 8pm, or (212) ; Sat., 5/2: Bev Grant/Dissident Daughters, Angela Lockhart, Friction Farm; 5/9: Tribute to Dave Van Ronck; 5/16: Carolyn Hester, Carla & Amy Blume; Pinewoods Folk Music Club: 444 W. 54th St., #7, New York, NY 10019, (718) , Fri., 5/15: Joe Jencks Organization of Staff Analysts, 220 E. 23rd Street New York., suite 707 (between 2nd and 3rd Ave. The Place: House Concerts, 3pm potluck, 4pm concert. RSVP to jamask8@comcast.net or (973) for info; Princeton Folk Music Society: Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, 8pm, (609) $15/Members $10/$3 kids under Fri., 5/15: Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen 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., 4/4: 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. 5/2: Paula Poundstone, Jerry Vezza; Sat., 5/9: Suzanne Vega, Craig Bickhardt; Sat., 5/16: Jay Unger & Molly Mason, Second Saturday Music Cafe: (formerly Mine Street), First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ, , Starting with an Open Mike, Sign up at 7:30pm. $10 for FP members; Sat., 5/9: Oscar Brand, Mara Levine and Rusty and Jan South Street Seaport Sea Music Concerts: South Street Seaport Gallery, 3pm, NYC. (212) 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 Uptown Coffeehouse: Soc. for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Rd., Bronx, NY, 5pm, $15/$3 kids <12. (718) ; Sun., 5/3: Tom Pacheco, Chuck Brodsky Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse: United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave., White Plains, (914) ,.WalkaboutClearwater.org; Sat., 5/9: Tom Paxton Watchung Arts Center: 18 Sterling Road (on the Watchung Circle) Watchung, NJ, 8pm, (908) ; 5/2: Sally Spring Lotsa Jams listed at 5

4 Gnu Venues 4 U... The Salem Roadhouse Café takes place at the Townley Presbyterian Church, 829 Salem Rd. in Union, NJ. Brian Fitzpatrick & the Band of Brothers are featured on Sat., May 16. Tel: (908) ; Web site: salemroadhouse@gmail.org. New music series in Woodbridge: Music On Main Street, 7:30pm, United Methodist Church, 69 Main St., Woodbridge. All shows $20. May 6: Jeffrey Gaines; May 13: Graham Parker; May 20: Lucy Kaplansky; May 27: Vance Gilbert What s Doing on May Days... The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark will host an outdoor May Day Festival on Fri., May 1 at 7pm. Instrumental and vocal performances of folk and labor music by Anne Feeney, Chris Chandler, George Mann and Julius Margolin, and the New Jersey Solidarity Singers. Also, lyric soprano Annamaria Stefanelli will sing from operas enjoyed by immigrant laborers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Refreshments will be served, tours of the Museum will be offered, the exhibit The Irish in Labor on loan from the American Labor Studies Center (ALSC) will be on view and shopping in the Museum Store will be available. The Museum is located at 83 Norwood Street in Haledon, New Jersey The Museum's office operates Monday through Friday, 9AM - 5PM. Tours are offered Wednesday through Saturday 1-4 PM and by appointment. For further information, please call (973) , labormuseum@aol.com or visit the Museum's web site A new exhibit entitled Irish and Labor also opens on May 1. The exhibit is the newest traveling show on loan from the Irish-American Heritage Museum. Through photographs and documents, Irish and Labor examines the many contributions of the Irish and Irish- Americans during the historic struggles for workers' rights in the United States. The annual GottaGetGon folk festival is Memorial Day Weekend, Fri. May 22 thru Sun., May 24, in Ballston Spa, NY. The GottaGet Gon has been an annual event since You can get a discount on admission by sending in the "Pre-registration form," at Ours is a small, family-friendly, traditional, highly interactive folk festival bring an instrument if you play one and your singing voice. You will find a warm welcome at this our 40th festival.visit and follow the links to performers, etc. All events in covered buildings so rain is never a problem. New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club Weekend of Folk Music at Camp Kislak, Lake Como, PA is also Fri., May 22 Mon., May 25. Concerts and workshops by John Kirk and Trish Miller Appalachian music, Danny Spooner singer of Australian and English roots music; Val Mindel expert singer and musician, and others, plus a camper concert where the applause is for you. Plenty of opportunity for informal jamming and singing, socializing, hiking, swimming in a heated outdoor pool, and relaxing. Info/reservations form at Or reservations may be made directly at Information: (718) Gazing Into the (Electronic) Crystal Ball...The electro-music.com website is a gathering point for people who make music with synthesizers, home-made circuits, computers, found objects, voices, signal processors, wooden flutes, ambient recordings, and virtually anything imaginable that makes sound. It can be slow and spacy, or fast and rhythmic, and crosses many genres. Why am I [Andy Koenig] telling you this? Because the people who run that website put on an annual festival, and this year it's at Star Lake over Halloween weekend, three weeks after our own Fall Festival. Visit electro-music.com/event2009 for more info. 6 Swingin Tern Moving to a New Home Swingin Tern Dances will be leaving its nest in Chatham and migrating north six miles to East Hanover. After 23 years of dancing at Ogden Memorial Church in Chatham, we will be moving to the First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover. The first dance in the new hall will be on June 6. Escalating costs led us to search for a venue that would allow us to maintain the quality of performers and site while preserving our current admission fee. We are sad to leave our familiar home at Ogden but excited by the advantages of the new space. The Parish House of First Church has a wonderful larger wooden floor and large windows flanking each side of the dance hall to give great ventilation. There is plenty of parking in the lot adjacent to the Parish House. We are fortunate to keep things in the family since Folk Project member Margaret Crowl is the current pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Come bid a fond farewell to our Ogden home with dances on May 2nd and May 16th. Then come celebrate our new First Church home on June 6th. Our first dance in the new nest will be called by Folk Project and Swingin Tern family member Bob Isaacs. Lost on the Turnpike will provide the driving music, the band includes Project members Chris Carpenter and Eve Rantzer. Don t let the band name mislead you, the new hall is easy to get to it s just off Route 10. Full directions are on the web at dance.folkproject.org. Please join us at the May dances to collect the twigs of fond memories and on June 6th entwine them into our cozy new nest at First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover. It was a real nice festival. We re mighty glad we came! With a tip of the hat to Rodgers and Hammerstein, it did seem like everyone was mighty glad that they came to the Folk Project Spring Festival. The performances were excellent, the skit was great, the weather cooperated, and a lot of people were walking around with grins on their faces on Sunday afternoon. We had 188 in attendance and it looks like the festival will make a profit I don t know the exact amount yet, so I ll report it next month. All around, I would say, it was a smashing success. Putting on a festival like this is a huge effort and a large number of people worked very hard to make it happen. It was gratifying to see so many of you volunteering to help out by doing workshops, participating in the skit, sweeping the floors, helping park cars you name it. Whatever needed doing, we had willing helpers to get it done. It is not possible to thank everyone personally here, but I would like to thank the following people who went above and beyond to help out: Barbara Moo, Jim King, Bobbie Rosengarten, Bill Cox, Ruth Wolfish, Pam Robinson, Liz Pagan, Elizabeth Lachowicz, Bob Safranek, Sandie Reilly, George Otto, Mike Agranoff, Chris Jacoby, Lois DeRitter, Sandie Reilly, Scott Sheldon, Sam Edelston, Ken Galipeau, Laurie Tupper, Doug Healy and Connor Dugan. It truly was a real nice festival and we all had a real good time. Folk Project Fall Festival Oct. 9 11: Take out your calendar right now and circle the weekend of October 9-11, because you are not going to want to miss the fall festival. Our performer line-up will include Red Molly, Vance Gilbert, Walt Michael, Martin Swinger and Illegal Contraband (aka A. J. Bodnar, Liza DiSavino, Peter Blue and Tom Wetmore). This is going to be a festival to remember. Yours in folk, Lori Falco, Festival Chair 7

5 FP Calendar: May /Fri. Minstrel: Amy Speace and Josh Joffen Christine DeLeon, 7pm, Dolce Cafe, Ridgewood, (201) /Sat. Swingin Tern: Melissa Taggart, The Flying Romanos EVERY Saturday: CD*NY: Contra dances, 8pm. NYC. Watchung Arts Center: Sally Spring, 8pm, Watchung. (908) Jim King:, 11am 5pm: performing with the Hunterdon Radio Theatre, Spirit of the Jerseys State History Fair, Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville, or Hurdy Gurdy: The Kennedys, Vickie Russell, 8pm, Paramus. (201) Sanctuary Concerts: Paula Poundstone, Jerry Vezza, 8pm, Chatham. 3/Sun. EVERY Sun.: Music You Can t Hear On The Radio, 7pm, WPRB 103.3FM; Russ Kelner, with NJ Intergenerational Orchestra, 15th anniversary concert; 3pm, Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway Uptown Coffeehouse: Tom Pacheco, Chuck Brodsky, 5pm, the Bronx. 4/Mon. EVERY Monday: Maplewood International Dancers, 7:30pm. New location: Recreation House, 124 Dunnellen Road. (973) EVERY 1st & 3rd Tuesday: Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music Jam, 7:30pm, Mannion s Somerville. 5/Tues. FP Board Meeting: 8pm, Bobbie s, 80 Prospect St., Maplewood. (973) EVERY Tuesday: Northwest NJ Acoustic Jam, 7pm, Westside United Methodist Church, Hopatcong. (973) /Fri. Outpost in the Burbs: Aztec Two-Step, Willie Nile, 8pm, Montclair. \ Second Saturday Music Cafe: Oscar Brand, Mara Levine, Rusty and Jan. New Brunswick; ; 6/Wed. EVERY Wednesday, Straight Morning Drive, featuring Straight Drive 15 minutes after the 7:30am station break. 6 9am, WDVR-FM and 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 Music on Main Street: Jeffrey Gaines, 7:30pm, Woodbridge. 7/Thurs. Alternate Thursdays: Scandinavian couple dancing, 7:30 pm, Bound Brook. See skandinoje.org for dates/info. 8/Fri. Minstrel: Joel Mabus and Sonas 9/Sat. Andy Goessling Accompaniement workshop, 3:30pm, Maplewood. (908) or concerts@folkproject.org Evening o Music: 6:30pm, potluck, 8pm, music. Bobbie Rosengarten s, 80 Prospect St. Maplewood. (973) Crossroads Coffeehouse: Peter Biedermann, 8pm, Flanders. (973) Sanctuary Concerts: Suzanne Vega,Craig Bickhardt, 8pm, Chatham. 10/Sun. Sacred Harp Singing, 2pm, Brooklyn. (718) North Jersey English Country Dancers, Mary Jones, 2pm, Ridgewood. (201) /Wed. Music on Main Street: Graham Parker 7:30pm, Woodbridge. 14/Thurs. NJ Songwriters Circle, 7pm, Dave Kleiner s. (973) , daveythek@aol.com 15/Fri. Minstrel: Open Stage (not usual 2nd Friday) preceded by a workshop at 7:15 Newsletter deadline. Send stuff to newsletter@folkproject.org Brennen Coffee House: Jim Dawson, 7:30pm, Jersey City. Pinewoods: Joe Jencks, 8pm, NYC. Princeton FMS: Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, 8pm, Princeton. (609) Mara Levine with the Spook Handy Trio, 7pm, Burlington County Public Library, Westampton. (609) /Sat. Swingin Tern: Greg Frock, Fish Family Hillside Café: Beatles Sing-Along Night Fundraiser with Dave Kleiner & Liz Pagan, Joe & Linda Ribaudo, Vicki Chalk, et. al. 8pm, Nutley. (973) Salem Roadhouse Café: Brian Fitzpatrick & the Band of Brothers, Union. (908) Coffee with Conscience: Beaucoup Blue, 8pm, Westfield. (908) Acoustic Café: Joe Crookston, Kelly Flint, 8pm, Park Ridge. (201) Music at the Mission: Pat Wictor, Toby Russell. 8pm, West Milford. (800) Sanctuary Concerts: Jay Unger & Molly Mason, 8pm, Chatham. 17/Sun. Sacred Harp Singing, 2pm, St. Bart s Church, NYC, (212) Afternoon Coffee House at Congregation Etz Chaim Monroe Twp. Jewish Center, The Belles Trio (Caroline Cutroneo, Marie Elena, and Mara Levine w/ James Brennan), 2:30pm, Monroe Twp. (732) /Mon. Mike Agranoff Live Radio Concert out of PIttstown, PA. 20/Wed. Music on Main Street: Lucy Kaplansky, 7:30pm, Woodbridge. 22/Fri. Minstrel: Frank & Hank and Tyler, Spirig & Schmidt 23/Sat. Peter James, noon, Warwick (NY) Valley Winery Dylan Fest, 24/Sun. Sacred Harp Sing, 2pm, Montclair Friends Meeting. (973) North Jersey English Country Dancers, Loretta Holz, 2pm, Ridgewood. (201) /Wed. Music on Main Street:Vance Gilbert, 7:30pm, Woodbridge. 29/Fri. Minstrel: Carla Ulbrich and Gerry Wincklhofer Outpost in the Burbs: Aztec Two-Step, Willie Nile, 8pm, Montclair. 31/Sun. The Borderline: 2pm, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, New City, NY. (845) or 8 9

6 Storytellers Corner The 17th annual NJ Storytelling Festival will return to Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ, October 18, This year we plan to offer two workshops in the morning before the performances begin. Each workshop will run about two hours. Please for a proposal form. If you have any questions please send us an or call Rivka at 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) Calling All Performers, Singers, Callers, Music Teachers, Story-tellers, Folk Artisans and various other Talented Members: As a member of the Folk Project, you, too, can be listed among the very talented community of performers on our website ( The Performer Directory was established to provide the general public with easy access to our talented members. It also provides you with contact information of like-minded people. And hey, who s gonna mind a bit of free advertising for you and/or your group? Please take a look at the link below to get an idea of what information you could submit so that you, too, are listed. Send your contact info, a description of your talents, your website and photo to: e.lachowicz@verizon.net with a copy to: perfect14job@yahoo.com. Please tell your friends to register, too! Join the Folk Project Cut out this handy dandy membership form and mail it, with your membership fee, to Pat Rolston, membership@folkproject.org or 50 Wesley Place Box 120, Mount Tabor, NJ (973) Choose at least one: New Renew Doo be doo Name Address Home Tel. Work Tel. E mail 1: E mail 2: Do you play or sing music: [ ] 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: 10 11

7 Folk Project Board Meeting April 2009: Board Meeting: The Summary At the home of Ed and Robin Roffman. Called to order at 8:00pm by President Mark Schaffer. ATTENDANCE: TRUSTEES: Lois De Ritter, Scooter Ferguson, Jim Gartner, Jim King, Brad Pryor, Jim West. OFFICERS: (Vice President) Evelyn Maurer, (Treasurer) Ed Roffman, (Secretary) Rick Thomas. OTHERS: (Minstrel)Mike Agranoff, (Newsletter)Carl Croce, (Festival)Lori Falco, (Finance) Andy Koenig, (Community Affairs)Elizabeth Lachowicz, (Publicity & Webmaster) George Otto, (Staffing & HSNOI) Sandie Reilly, (Special Concerts) Pam Robinson, (Membership)Pat Rolston, (Sound) Bob Safranek, (Internal Affairs) Jean Scully. GUESTS: Judy Bubar. ABSENT: Allan Kugel, (S'n'T)Connie Crawford, (Storytelling)Rivka Willick, (Merchandise)Bobbie Rosengarten, Ruth Wolfish.The minutes of February were accepted without correction. Treasurer s Report: Eddie reminds us all that the Festival income is a liability until the Festival actually happens and there s no longer a chance that we will have to refund it. Key Dates: The New Jersey Folk Festival, in New Brunswick, is coming April 25. See Elizabeth if you would like to volunteer to staff the Folk Project desk. Ed reports that the Form 1090 (non-profit tax form) will be filed on time. NEW BUSINESS: Borderline: Mark reports that the Borderline Folk Music Concert Series is out of our area and proposed to write a letter explaining that we can not help them. It was moved and passed to do so. Ad hoc Committee on Compensation Policy: Rick reviewed the committee s report and, after a short discussion, last month s motion was passed with the amendment of changing the words the proposal s claimed benefits to the Folk Project to the proposal s expected costs and benefits to the Folk Project. Scooter was appointed to form the Fellowships Committee. ACMA Grant: Pam reported that it s time again to write the yearly proposal. She has done it for the last several years and would like to pass the task along to someone else. So far she s not found any volunteers to take it on. Mike requests that she continue looking, and offers to provide her with some names. Privacy Policy: There was considerable discussion, but no motions made. In the end we agreed to discuss it some more via , and come back to the question next month. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Sound: Bob reports that moving S n T to their new venue will require spending between $200 and $400 to improve the storage space at the new location. Finance: Andy is waiting til the weekend of Festival to use the market value of the endowment fund on that day for his determination of the amount to apply to Festival s budget. Festival: Lori notes that the Spring Festival will probably make a profit this time around and the endowment transfer may actually not be necessary. If that is the case, she requests that the money be applied to Fall Festival s budget instead. Minstrel: Mike reports that attendance was disappointing, but not out of line. We should be able to continue the $7 door price. We have purchased an inexpensive computer and Rick will be writing a program for it to help make filling out the tally sheet and keeping track of attendance statistics easier. Staffing: Sandie has a few new volunteers. Even so, a couple of nights recently she s come close to not having a full staff at show time. She asks that everyone volunteer to help out when they can. Hartmann has taken over the Head Staff duties and is doing well. Mark reports that November 27th, the Friday after Thanksgiving, will be Folk Project Family Day, to celebrate all the great musicians in our extended family. HSNOI: Ralph reports that the March tapings had to be cancelled due to lousy weather, but the April tapings with Marc Ribler and Danielle Miraglia went well, and lots of great stuff coming up. In response to a letter from our Fargo outlet that VHS tape would no longer be accepted, Sandie moved and it was passed that up to $600 be allocated for the purchase of pro-grade DVD copying equipment. Andy will be looking into making HSNOI shows available on Netflix. Swingin Tern: Connie reports by that we have a signed agreement with First Hanover Church of East Hanover to relocate the dance there starting in June (thanks to Margaret Crowl and many others for their support in this effort). Ogden has been notified that we will be moving in June. We have agreed to pay them half the cost to refinish the floor when we leave, $700. At Hanover, we will also do a major campaign to win new dancers, including providing free passes to the church congregation and the Jazzercise classes that take place there during the day. Special Concerts: The Tommy Sands Family concert on March 11 was a wonderful event. Attendance was not as high as we had hoped, so we lost about $600 on the show. The Spring Workshop series got underway with the Randall Williams guitar workshop. The series looks to break even, more-or-less. Thanks to Rick & Cathy for hosting the next one with Siobhan Quinn on April 11. The last workshop will be at Bobbie s house on May 9, with Andy Goessling instructing on how to be a better accompanist. We are moving ahead to get John McCutcheon for November 7. Newsletter: Carl says that they have found a way to use staples at the fold to hold the pages together while still keeping the Post Office happy. Membership: We send out about 115 electronic newsletters and about 400 of the print version. A few people (about 50) have expressed a clear preference for print. Web&Publicity: George will be passing the publicity baton off to Mark Schaffer soon. George has done it for 15 years and it s time for someone else to step up. Joe D Andrea will be taking over the technical post of web guru as part of the Publicity Committee. It was moved and passed unanimously that the Board thanks and appreciates George Otto for his 15 years of service and dedication. Merchandise: The new T-shirts will be here for Festival. We will be selling them at cost. We have ordered a case of the large-print edition of Rise up Singing songbooks, and they will also be available at Festival. They will also be sold at cost. Internal Affairs: Jean reports that the April Evening of Music will be at Rick & Cathy Thomas house following the Quinn workshop. The May EoM will be at Bobbie s following the Andy Goessling workshop. Community Affairs: Elizabeth report that Mark Wolkoff had a heart attack, but is feeling better. He appreciates calls. Good of the Order is elsewhere in the newsletter. Talk to Eddie if you ve had or know about someone who s had a significant event in their lives recently. Adjournment: 10:35 PM. Next meeting: May5 at Bobbie Rosengarten s. GOOD OF THE ORDER/COMMUNITY NEWS This 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 items to Eddie Roffman, eroffman@optonline.net. Longtime NJ folk musician and FP friend Mark Wolkoff recently had a heart attack. He had a stent inserted and is currently feeling much better. Lori Falco strongly recommends that everyone should attend the upcoming Minstrel performance of Amy Speace on May 1. Lori saw Amy perform last year at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and at NERFA, saying I thought she was terrific! Rick Thomas just celebrated his 63rd birthday. He enjoyed sharing his birthday celebration with the April FP Evening of Music at his (and wife Cathy s) home. Rick reports that the tuxedo cat they adopted when their neighbor died last December has finally come out from behind the couch. In another interesting incident, after the wife of Rick s father s best friend looked up Rick s dad s phone number, the friend thought that Rick s dad seemed to be unable to remember important things that he should be able to know. She called Rick, in fear that Rick s dad s memory wasn t functioning well. It turned out that she had gotten the wrong number from information! Rick s father is fine and his memory is (still) fine. This has Rick feeling grateful for his father s continued good health. Jim King has been working out. As part of a conditioning program he has been participating in at a techno gym he goes to, he recently won a prize for burning over 600 calories in a workout! Brad Pryor went to Toledo for a recent remote control model show. He met someone there who is planning to launch a 1,700lb, 36-foot-long rocket in a few weeks. Brad also had a chance, in Toledo, to practice his skill at flirting with attractive young women. Ask him to show you a picture that he had taken to prove this. Way to go, Brad! Elizabeth Lachowicz enjoyed spending time with her son, Thomas, when he was home for spring break. Thomas had a great time at the FP evening of music. Carl Croce performed recently, along with Ken Galipeau, on the Heartlands Hayride radio show. Andy has been beta testing music production software called Ableton Live 8. He gives it a thumbs up. On April 26, the Early Music Players (with FP members John Lamb, Kris Lamb, Ilizabeth Cabrera and Andy) will be performing in Essex Fells to celebrate Shakespeare s birthday. Sandie Reilly s bike broke and the manufacturer was only able to replace it with an upgraded carbon fiber frame from a super duper more expensive model. She loves this new bike. She recently competed in a bicycle time trial competition and was satisfied with the results. Jim Gartner took a trip to visit his brother in North Carolina. They played golf together and Jim reported that he was able to hit the ball surprisingly well. Siobhan Scully got a varsity letter in fencing. She will be spending Passover with Pam Robinson and Pam s sister in Massachusetts. Eddie Roffman started a new Cantorial job at Congregation Knesseth Israel in Bound Brook. He is loving it. Scooter reports that his upcoming festival set has morphed into a return of Scooter, Sherman and Hickey. George Otto celebrated his one-year anniversary of working at Mercedes Benz. He has just been promoted to become the head of his group. Judy Bubar entered the Philadelphia Flower Show this year and earned 3 second places, 6 third places, and 4 honorable mentions

8 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: dances every Saturday, English country dance every Tuesday, at the Church of the Village, 201 West 13th St. and 7th Ave., NYC. Soft soled shoes only. (212) ; Sat., 5/2: Men in Skirts Dan Black/Fish family; 5/16: Dance Parade (afternoon); Rock n Roll Contas (evening) Kathryn Wedderburn/ Eclectic Dance Orchestra; 5/29: Special concert: Nightingale; 5/30: May Mania Rick Mohr/Nightingale Lambertville Country Dancers: Soft soled shoes only! Contra/English country. Info: (609) or Maplewood International Dancers: New location: Recreation House, 124 Dunnellen Rd., Maplewood. Mondays 7:30pm, $5. 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) Sun., 5/10: Mary Jones; 5/24: Loretta Holz 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, 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., 5/2: Melissa Taggart, The Flying Romanos; 5/16: Greg Frock, Fish Family Valley Contra Dance Society: 7pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, UU Church of The Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, PA. $9/$5 students. (610) Order your Swingin' Tern 25th Anniversary Personalized Name Button at dance.folkproject.org Sat., 5/2: Melissa Taggart & The Flying Romanos Robin Russell-piano; Marnen Laibow-Koser-piano, fiddle, viola, flute; Norma Castle-flute Contras Taggart hits the target with concentric contras you can t miss with Melissa. Marnen will rosin up his bow and arrow and join the archery duo to form the Flying Romanos who let fly their flint tipped tunes with a bullseye beat. Aim to be there Folk Projectiles welcome. Sat., 5/16: Greg Frock & Fish Family Tom Phillips-fiddle; Bill Christopherson-fiddle; Robert Mills-piano Contras With a Greg Frock you ll be at the height of contra couture with bomber jackets and parachute pants for his high flying contras. The Fish Family will be wearing tails and shirts stuffed to the gills. Whether you favor becket bonnets and allemande aprons or chains and hip hugger heys, you ll be fashion forward. So grab your do si do duds and Frock and Roll! Please note we will be moving to a new home starting with the June dances see article on page 7. 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) More on dancing at the Country Dance and Song Society TERN ON THE NET! find us at dance.folkproject.org 14 15

9 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: Ed Roffman Trustees: Through 2009: Scooter Ferguson, Ruth Wolfish, Jim West Through 2010: Jim King, Allan Kugel, Mark Schaffer Through 2011: Lois DeRitter, Jim Gartner, Brad Pryor