YUIN FOLK CLUB Inc NEWSLETTER May 2008 Chloe Comes To

YUIN FOLK CLUB Inc NEWSLETTER
May 2008
Dear Members
We have a great concert with Melbournian
songstress and songwriter Chloe Hall. Chloe’s
CD ‘White Street’, has received rave reviews
in the SMH.
Chloe Hall (Melbourne), accomplished
songwriter with a beautiful voice has toured
widely, here and North America and will be
a guest performer at the next Yuin Folk Club
concert.
Chloe has been playing music all her life,
she won her first songwriting award at 14.
An early love of Irish folk music led her on a
fruitful journey as a teenage troubadour, from
open mic nights in Melbourne to countless
stages on the Australian folk circuit through
the mid to late ‘90’s. After studying voice
and composition at Melbourne University’s
Conservatorium, she left to build a career
as a contemporary singer/songwriter. Chloe
has also written for four Saddle Club albums
(three goldsellers) and various other TV and
film projects.
“....As a singer she is radiant, being on of
those people who draw the audience into the
mood she creates....”John Warner
Chloe Comes To Cobargo!
Coming Events
10th May - Nadya and her 101 Candles
Orchestra the sounds of Eastern European
chanson. Tanja Hall 7pm
16th May - Chloe Hall, Valley Edge Cafe
Cobargo, 7.30 (concert), 6.00pm (dinner)
22nd June - Nick Charles. House Concert
2.00pm Lyrebird Ridge Rd Coolagolite.
Dates not finalised as yet,
An evening with Martin Pearson TBA
A Singing Workshop - presented by
Michelle Tyrrell TBA
The Wild Martins TBA
Friday 16th May
Valley Edge Cafe
Princes Highway, Cobargo
Dinner from 6.00pm - (BYO)
bookings essential. 6493 6007
7.30 pm (concert)
Entry: $7 members
$10 non members,
Club Aim: The Yuin Folk Club‛s objectives are to promote and present folk music, lore and dance to and for the South
Coast Community; our emphasis is on the mix
of
the indigenous and multicultural in Australia‛s music today.
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Yuin Folk Club Inc Newsletter - May 2008
President’s Message
The Cobargo Folk Festival organisers have just about recovered
from this years Festival which
was an outstanding success.
The weather was perfect, the
increase in numbers was welcome
but unexpected and caused some
logistical problems which are being addressed for future festivals.
Award for Reg Dew
Members will be delighted to know that Reg Dew was awarded a Bega Valley
Shire Community Medallion by the Mayor, Tony Allen, at a special ceremony in the Bega Regional Art Gallery for his services to the community,
including the Cobargo Folk Festival, The Four Winds Festival, Rock N Roll
Festival in Pambula and the Cobargo Show Society.
Good On You Reg!!!!!!
Reg Dew and Mayor Tony Allan
Thank you for your feedback this
was really helpful
Thanks to all our members who
volunteered, billeted, helped in so
many ways - without your help
we could not have done it.
The 3rd Great Debrief and review
of the 2008 Festival was held on
the 20th April. This was productive and improvements and new
ideas suggested are being developed for our festival planning
meeting in September.
Reg needs some volunteers to
sand down and paint the dance
stage timber. If you have some
time ring me and we will make
a date to help Reg. Ring me on
6493 6758.
Graeme Fryer
Singing Workshop
Peter and The Wolf
We have had several requests
from our members for a singing
workshop.
The Bega Chamber Orchestra and Theatre Onset perform this classic favourite
by Prokofiev, conducted by Geoffrey
Badger and directed by Lyzzy Wild. Well
known to many adults as a favourite
orchestral piece which introduces the
listener to the various instruments of the
orchestra through the tale about a boy’s
determination and bravery. Delightful for
adults and children alike in a fun performance celebrating the works by Mozart
and Vivaldi. Twyford Hall in Merimbula - Thurs. 8 May at 7pm, Bega High
School - Sat. 10 May at 11am, Candelo
Hall - 10 May at 3pm. Tickets at the door
$10/$8 (concession, cas members), under
12 free.
You will be pleased to know that
such a workshop is planned for
later in the year and Michelle
Tyrell who is a local professionally trained singer has agreed to
run this for us.
The workshop will be open to
members and their families and
any other interested.
So stay tuned for further details
SOON.
◄Carpet cleaning!
◄upholstery!
◄windows!
◄hard floor maintenance!
David and Lyn Ph: 6493 8119
or mob 0413 043 983
Proudly supports The Cobargo Folk Festival
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Yuin Folk Club Inc Newsletter - May 2008
Cobargo Folk Festival 2008
Ray Gardaya, Donal Baylor, Sam Martin, John Taylor,
Peggy Seeger
Please note, photographs
from the Cobargo Folk
Festival 2008 will be on our
website SOON! Check them
out on www.cobargofolkfestival.com
Tim Willis
Vardos
Frankie J goes folk!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE YUIN FOLK CLUB
CLUB!!!
!!!
While standing in the morning coffee queue, with my specially
crafted Cobargo Folk Festival ceramic mug, I heard organisers of the
Crossing Youth Expo encourage a young lass to bring her instrument
along to perform on the stage. Over the past years, Jim Macquarrie
has built up the talent quest for young performers. Although not sure
if it is just local folklore that there is no fluoride in the water around
Candelo, I can believe that something else has been added to ensure
all the young people have an exceptional musical talent. In fact, the
winner of this years Folk Alliance Youth Award, 16 year old Tim Willis plays the fiddle with the passion and expertise of a genius double
his age. His playing of ‘The Hungarian Rapsody’ brought to mind descriptions I’d read of Chopin’s performances. It was thrilling to listen,
so don’t miss him when he plays at the National over Easter.
There were so many young folk performing with so much enthusiasm and talent one felt the future was in good hands. From Vardos to
Sam Martin, his sensational sisters Sarah and amazing Anna on drums
trumpet, vocals and bass and Wild friends the brilliance sparkled over
the rapt audiences.
The Poets Breakfasts started the morning with vigour, vim and
Vic. The various choral groups sang more harmoniously than ever and
evening sessions led by Miguel, Don Brian, Jenny O’Reilly and others
enjoyed singing under the silvery Southern Cross along with Margaret Walters who sang over thirty different songs at various themed
concerts. From an extended area near the bar, traditional tunes flowed
throughout the whole festival.
Political satire was enjoyed by the audience, who seemed to
enjoy the sedition of Canberra Union Voices, Glover and Sorenson,
SONiA, Judy Small and John Dengate, who has had to Farewell a
number of songs and rapidly write new sets of words for the changing
political scene. While the Shiny Bums’ satire gets funnier. It was good
to see Bob Hart and some of the locals in the Apple Pleasant String
band playing the Appalachian music made popular by the Carter Family.
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I would like to acknowledge the contribution of people
who helped me present ‘Family fun, fears and frivolity’. They
are not often heard, but they bring some of the authentic folk
to the stage: Chris Woodland who played an interview he’d
collected of family life in the bush, Thalia, who with Alan
Musgrove, has written of the struggle of families living in inner
cities and Seamus Gill in unaccompanied songs.
As laughter echoed around the steep hillsides of the Cobargo Showground basking under bright blue skies, I thought
this has to be one of the best locations for a festival. Down on
the flats I could see Margaret Bradford and Alan Dean keeping
large numbers of little folkies craftily busy. A little further on
energetic dancers tirelessly moved to Tango, tap, traditional
Egyptian, Irish, Contra and Bush dance rhythms while I sat
listening to old favourites Alan Musgrove and his Watsaname
band, John Broomhall, Dave De Santi and Johnnie Spillane.
And Bernard Bolan in good health and voice.
Congratulations to Graeme Fryer and all the organisers
- once again your efforts have achieved a delightful festival.
As Judy Small said, the big festivals are fine, but it is the
community festivals that are truly the most enjoyable.
R. Dale Dengate
Bega Chamber Orchestra
Yuin Folk Club Inc Newsletter - May 2008
‘Andology Vol 1: Tunes of the Andys’ Andy
Rigby and friends
Well pardon the double pun in the title,
but this is Andy Rigby we’re talking about.
And if that makes you think this must be a
cd of harp tunes, then think again (I’ve heard
a rumour that may be volume 2). Volume 1,
however, is whistle tunes - of, by or about
Andy. As anyone who went to the National
Folk Festival this year or last year (where
Andy organised a massed kwela band to play
at the closing concert) might expect, there is a
good representation of kwela tunes, including the opening track ‘Tongala Kwela’. This
cheerful track, named after Tongala Primary
School in northern Victoria for which Andy
composed it, sounds a bit like an excuse
for the Great Southern Band to get together
– replete with horns section and the big band
sound, it has a real get up and dance feel to
it. (The GSB, as it is fondly known, a massed
gathering of half a dozen or so Victorian
bands, musical friends and extended musical
families, has graced the streets and stages of
many a festival as well as the world-famous
Speigletent.)
One of the amazing things about our
musical maestro Andy, besides the sheer
number of instruments he plays – and owns,
and makes – is the musical styles he has
delved into, deep enough to do them justice
and to write a piece of his own here and there.
That was the motivation for this album and
its forthcoming sequel, and the first three
original tracks were potent reminders for me
of his musical diversity. Track 2 ‘Waiting for
Marilyn’ is a slow reel in Irish style, featuring
Andy’s self-made low D whistle, while track
3 ‘Los Enamoramos’ (oh not another pun) is
a tango, played by Andy and the couple for
whose wedding it was composed.
Your Committee
Yuin Folk Club Inc
Committee 2007 - 2008
President: Graeme Fryer
Vice-President - Michael Hourihan
Jnr Vice-President - Bob Hart
Administrator - Coral Vorbach
Assistant - Christine Quelch
Reg Dew
Will Hughes
Joan Morgan
Rob Wilson
Richard Depledge
Lynne Handran-Smith
David Handran-Smith
Norma Allen
Life Members
Beryl Schaeffer
Elizabeth Andalis
Does he have a problem distinguishing
between these genres? No I don’t think so, he
only wants them to get to know each other a
little better – witness track 10, ‘Kwela 21’,
which begins as a ‘kweltic reel’ (no comment
– this time) before it goes into full-on kwela.
Kwela is the music of South African townships, popular in the 1950s and 60s, where
the only instruments residents could reliably
afford were tin whistles. A better explanation,
along with playing style, is included in the
sleeve notes. Kwela music typically features
several tin whistles playing together – as in
tracks 13-15 on this album.
Andy is probably best-known for his
harp making, playing and teaching. His
most recent associations are with the band
Blackwood, Moving Harps, Bob Ballantine,
Martin Tucker, Riley Lee and Gillian Alcock.
Andy plays a variety of other instruments and
conducts school and community workshops
in making and playing marimbas and flutes.
He is a ubiquitous and well-respected presence at many Australian festivals for his often
ingenious contributions to festival life.
You can tell this is a home recording, but
in this case it’s a compliment. Every track
has a ‘down home’ feel to it, with slippers on.
While Andy plays across many genres, he is
true to the meaning of ‘folk’ - this is people’s
music, featuring lovingly hand-made instruments with exquisite, light-bodied sounds. A
delight.
Christine Wheeler
‘Andology Vol 1’ MM005 is available from
Andy arharp2002@yahoo.com.au
Festival Session Bar!
Mal at Cobargo
Public School
Cool kid!
Enjoying the festival!
High Fidelity!
photographs courtesy Prem Samira
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