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The Folk Federation of NSW Inc,
formed in 1970, is a Statewide body
which aims to present, support, encourage and collect folk music, folk dance,
folklore and folk activities as they
exist in Australia in all their forms. It
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A word from the Folk Federation President
Dear Folk Fed Friends,
Each issue of Cornstalk opens with a paragraph that states the aims of the Folk
Federation. It’s just inside the front cover of the newsletter. Like me, I’m sure
you’ve seen it so often that you stopped noticing it years ago. I would like to
draw it to your attention. It begins :
The Folk Federation of NSW, formed in 1970, is a Statewide body which aims
to present, support, encourage and collect folk music, folk dance, folklore and
folk activities as they exist in Australia in all their forms.
At the end of the 2013/14 Folk Fed year, it is worth considering how well we
are meeting these aims. In the past year, we presented the Pete Seeger concert
and a brief showcase of NSW folk talent at the National, we supported members’
initiatives through our auspicing program and we encouraged new and emerging folk artists by mentoring the MoFo (Modern Folkie) concerts. Collected? Not
that I can recall. And does our reach currently extend across folk activities in all their
forms? We certainly support these activities by reporting and advertising activities in
Cornstalk and Folk mail, but is there more we could be doing in this regard?
The statement continues :
It provides a link for people interested in the folk arts through its affiliations with folk clubs throughout NSW & its
counterparts in other States. It bridges all styles & interests to present the folk arts to the widest possible audience.
Here is a challenge for the incoming Committee – and the Folk Federation membership – to consider. What can
we do to provide an effective link between people interested in the folk arts in all their various forms, how can we
extend our affiliations with folk clubs throughout NSW and our counterparts in other States and, perhaps most importantly of all, how can we present the folk arts to the widest possible audience? I look forward to an exciting year
ahead as we develop a program to meet these challenges.
Thank you to all those who have supported the Folk Federation – and me - over the past year. In a previous column,
I paid tribute to Coral, Julie and Wayne who keep members well informed via Cornstalk, Folk mail and JAM. But
equally important are the Committee members who work so hard behind the scenes to keep the Folk Fed afloat.
How would I have survived as a newbie President without the wise counsel of immediate past President – and current Vice-President – Anthony? How could the Folk Fed continue without our Treasurer (Bruce),Secretary (Dallas)
and Membership Secretary (Wayne)? And of course Jim, Margaret, Terry & Sandra– always ready to give advice
and roll up their sleeves when needed. Thanks, one and all.
Pam Davis
You are invited to experience an intimate evening with
Rachel Collis &
Band
with Michael Galeazzi (bass)
& Michael Quigley (drums)
7pm, Friday 8th August
Humph Hall
“sheer genius!”
“refreshingly funny!”
“consummate
entertainer!”
“beautiful piano!”
85 Allambie Road, Allambie Heights
Formerly the Allambie Heights Uniting Church, Humph Hall is now the private home
of Gial & Wayne. Bookings: 9939 8802 wayne@humphhall.org - humphhall.org
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“the sort of voice that would stop a show!”
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Metropolitan
Friday 1st
Illawarra Folk Club. Vincent Cross
(USA). “His songs are rooted in bluegrass and country tradition both thematically and stylistically, yet he is also
willing to push at the edges a little bit,
introducing a subtle sensitivity” (Matt
Winters, WKCR, NYC). “A crystal clear
voice that took me back to when I was
being introduced to mountain music
groups and families of Appalachia. It
was a pleasure to hear such beauty" (The
legendary Odetta, NYC). www.vincentcross.com. + Support acts. Owen
Room, City Diggers Wollongong, cnr
Church & Burelli Sts. 7.30-10.30pm.
$15. Tickets at the door from 7pm. 1300
887 034, www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au
Humph Hall - Creedence Clearwater Revival 'The ulitmate
Review' - free DVD screening. This
insightful 2012 doco features complete
live performances of classic tracks such
as Travelin' Band, Green River, Midnight
Special, Bad Moon Rising and Proud
Mary. Incorporating rare concert footage
and television performances. Humph
Hall, 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Hts.
7pm. Enq, bookings: Wayne Richmond
9939 8802, wayne@humphhall.org
humphhall.org. This screening is a taster
for The Creedence Clearwater Revival
Choir - an 8 wk course starting at the
Tramshed in Narrabeen on Thursday
31st July. Enq: Kate (0412) 771 394.
Saturday 2nd
Beecroft Bush Dance, with Snake
Gully. All dances taught. Community
Centre, Beecroft Rd, opp. Fire Station.
7.30-11.30pm. $19, $17, $14 BMC
Members, $39 Family. Sigrid 9980 7077,
Wilma 9489 5594
The Shack. Vincent Cross.
Roots-oriented songwriter, musician,
and composer born in Dublin, raised in
Australia, now based in NY City. His
new album, A Town Called Normal, has
jazz infused old-time ballads, downhome
country blues, traditional bluegrass, and
indie-folk rock. vincentcross.com/live.
+ Dave Calandra and The Min
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Min Lights. Rugged vocals, fluid guitar style, haunting songwriting, drawing
inspiration from great folk, blues, country
artists of 1970s. Backed by sublime voice
and ethereal violin of Susie Bishop,
and smooth upright bass of Johan Delin. davecalandra.com. + Rabin Davies
and Green. Beautiful vocal harmonies,
excellent instrumental support, a real sensitivity for words & music. Leon Rabin,
Toni Davies, Arnie Green are seasoned
performers. Strong vocals, well chosen
songs, straight from the heart. Mona Vale
Bowling Club, 1598 Pittwater Rd, Mona
Vale - with its own bar. Can BYO snacks,
nibblies. Open fire. 7.30-11pm. $25, $20.
0413 635 856. shackfolk.com
Wednesday 6th
Wongawilli Dance. 27th Anniversary
Bush Dance. Sheet music provided. Novice dancers and musicians are invited to
participate. Wongawilli Community Hall,
Lot 422 Wongawilli Road. 8-9.45pm.
Light supper provided, with tea & coffee.
$3, children free. David De Santi, 0409
57 1788, info@wongawillicolonialdance.
org.au. wongawillicolonialdance.org.au
Friday 8th
Duke's Place. Australian songs in concert and session with guest performers
Coolfinn Mac - Pam & Norm
Merrigan & friends. Bush Music
Club, Tritton Hall, Hut 44, Addison Road
Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville.
7.30 for 8pm. Concert till 10.30, followed by singing session (gates close at
midnight). $10, bring supper, and songs.
Sandra 9358 4886. bushmusic.org.au
Humph Hall - Rachel Collis &
Band Rachel Collis is coming back to
Humph Hall with her band to perform
songs from her upcoming album, Nightlight Delightfully, Rachel’s live performances are infused with humour, irony,
and unexpected turns. Whether she's
banging on the piano like Ben Folds,
or recounting urban folk story like Joni
Mitchell, it’s the same spell: deep, tender,
bursting with energy. Humph Hall, 85
Allambie Rd, Allambie Hts. 7pm. Enq,
bookings: Wayne Richmond 9939 8802,
wayne@humphhall.org
Saturday 9th
Central Coast Bush Dance, with Currawong. Dances taught and called.
East Gosford Progress Hall, cnr Henry
Parry Drive & Wells St. 7.30-11.30pm.
$18, $12. Supper provided. Robyn 4344
6484. ccbdma.org/schedule.htm
Sunday 10th
Sapling Master Class. Giving young
musicians the experience and enjoyment
of playing Australian collected music in
August 2014
a relaxed atmosphere with expert Bush
Music Club members as tutors. Suitable
for musicians of all levels, incl. including
those who do not play (yet), aged 8-16
years. Full day, Marrickville. Bookings
essential. For a prospectus, venue, times,
cost, and enquiries: Helen 4297 5128,
Kerry 0409 600 949, or Bush Music Club
bushmusicclubsaplings@gmail.com
Friday 15th
Petersham Bowling Club, 8PM
77 Brighton St, Petersham. Ph. 9569
4639. http://thepbc.org.au/
Back for One Night Only! Blues, Soul &
Very Funky Grooves with The Mighty
Reapers - featuring “Continental” Robert
Susz: Vocals, Harmonica; Dave Brewer:
Guitar, Vocals; Vito Portolesi: Bass;
Antero Ceschin: Drums; Lachlan Doley:
Hammond Organ. $25; $20 conc. All
tickets at the door.
Saturday 16th
Illawarra Folk Club. ANZAC Show with
Jim Haynes, Grant Luhrs. City
Diggers Wollongong, cnr Church & Burelli Sts. 7.30pm. 1300 887 034, illawarrafolkclub.org.au
Sunday 17th
Good Tunes and Songs Session, 1.30pm.
Acoustic musicians welcome: sheet music provided. Bring music stand, instruments, and voice. David De Santi, ad@
illawarrafolkfestival.com.au. Followed
by The Curious Rendition Orchestra and
The Con Artists 3-5pm. Figgy Bowlo,
The Avenue, Figtree. Free entry. illawarrafolkclub.org.au/page/MusicSessions
Saturday 23rd
Loaded Dog. Martin Pearson.
A seasoned trouper of the folk festival
circuit, who reveres few sacred cows,
neither Prime Minister nor Pope. All are
grist to his musical mill and get the treatment from his creative pen. He is a good
yarn-spinner, and time passes quickly, as
it does when you're having fun. + Barbara Sanders. In the late '90s and
early noughties she focussed on acappella
singing in groups such as Vox Humana
and Echolalia until a busy life intervened.
She recently found herself back at the
folk hearth trying desperately to remember the words. Annandale Neighbourhood
Centre, upstairs, 79 Johnston St. 7.40 for
8pm. $20, $18. BYO, supper available.
Sandra (02) 9358 4886. theloadeddog.
org.au
The Troubadour. Vincent Cross
(USA). "I first became interested in being
a roots-oriented singer and songwriter
when a high school friend of mine gave
me a faded Bob Dylan cassette. Some-
thing about a mythical place called
Greenwich Village captured my imagination and took me far away from the
damp and dreary wetlands of Ireland. ...
My new album, 'A Town Called Normal',
is now available in cyberspace." CWA
Hall, The Boulevarde, Woy Woy (opp.
Fisherman’s Wharf). 7pm. $12, $10, $8.
Children free with paying adult. 4341
4060, 0419 231 319. troubadour.org.au
Sunday 24th
John Dengate Memorial Get Together,
organised by Max Elbourne and his
daughter Leyne. Leyne has recently
posted videos from John's Wake and the
Loaded Dog Memorial Concert on her
youtube site. She is currently editing
video of the Bush Music Club Memorial
concert - links at www.johndengatecollection.wordpress.com. The Gaelic Club
(upstairs), Level 1, 64 Devonshire St,
Surry Hills. 2pm. More information:
Leyne, ccmotions@gmail.com, or facebook.com/events/313181258806592
Humph Hall - Martin Pearson
Martin returns to Humph Hall with
another year's worth of song & story.
Hear more about travel & travail, Moroccan riads & Cornish pasties. It's even
possible he might be a bit grumpy with
the government! Come and watch him
age gracelessly before your very eyes.
Humph Hall, 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie
Hts. 7pm. Bookings: Wayne Richmond
9939 8802, wayne@humphhall.org
Regional and ACT
Saturday 2nd
Downside Bush Dance, with Tin
Shed Rattlers. Open fire. Tea &
coffee always available. Maybe fresh
scones, maybe mutton stew. North
from Wagga Wagga, over Gobbagumbalin Bridge towards Junee, to a large
roundabout: take left turn to Coolamon.
About 9km further, turn right to Downside Hall (just past Houlighans Creek
Bridge). After about 200m turn right,
to large tin shed in paddock! 8pm (hall
opens 7pm). 1971 prices - $4; gold coin
for kids. Noel 6928 5541 (ah), 6925
4800 (bh). www.facebook.com/pages/
The-Tin-Shed-Rattlers
festivals and events
1st-3rd August
Folk Alliance Australia Conference,
Melbourne.
8th - 10th August
20th Redlands Bluegrass
www.redlandscountry.asn.au
30th - 31st August
Hobart Regency Festival.
Enq. 0362732127
folkdancetas@gmail.com
19th - 21st September, 2014
Turning Wave Festival
info@turningwave.org.au
26th -28th September 2014
Folk By The Sea
www.folkbythesea.com.au
3rd - 6th October 2014
Uranquinty Folk Festival
uranquinty@hotmail.com
17th - 19th October, 2014
Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
info@kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.org.au
24th, 25th, 26th October, 2014
Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival
www.dorrigofolkblues.com.au
21-23 November. 2014
Majors Creek Festival
Update to come
27th - December, 2014 - 1st January
2015
Woodford Folk Festival
ticketing@woodfordfolkfestival.com
9th - 11th January, 2015
1st HONK! OZ. Free 3-day street music
festival in Wollongong. www.honkfest.
org.au
15th - 18th January, 2015
30th Illawarra Folk Festival
info@illawarrafolkclub.org.au
27th February - 1st March, 2015
Cobargo Folk Festival 2015
Applications close 31st August, 2014.
info@cobargofolkfestival.com.au
Nowra Bush Dance, with No
Such Thing. School of Arts Annex,
Collins Way. 8-10pm, Tune practice
session 6.30pm. Acoustic musos of all
standards welcome. Dancers $5. Bring
a plate of supper to share if you like.
Andrew or Alison 4447 5663. Musos,
Stuart 0412 288 923
The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au
Kangaroo Valley Folk
Festival
In Australia’s most beautiful valley
17-19 Oct 2014
Super Earlybird Tickets on sale now!
Until 31 August, grab your weekend
ticket for just $75. That’s a saving of
$20 on the gate price. Check out ticket
prices at our website or go straight to
Ticketebo, for secure on line booking
with no booking fee!
Who’s at KVFF 2014?
Some of the fantastic acts booked so
far: Fred Smith, Enda Kenny Band,
Martin Pearson, Bajaly Suso from
Gambia, The Borderers, Liz Frencham,
Nick Rheinberger, Glenn Cardier &
Christian Marsh, The Wheeze and Suck
Band, Michael Waugh, Paul Greene and
the Other Colours, Sparrow Folk, Penny
Larkins and Carl Pannuzzo , Salvation
Jane, Sal Kimber and the Rollin’ Wheel
Danny Spooner , Crystal Barreca and
lot’s more, including plenty of dancing,
poetry, music sessions and workshops
We’ll be adding artist bios & pics to our
website so stay tuned.
Volunteers and Stallholders Wanted
info@kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.org.au
Planet Dungog Postponed
Planet Dungog Music Festival is
POSTPONED until 29-31 MAY
2015. "Expressions of Interest are
now closed and will re-open in November 2014. Please check website
closer to November for re-opening
dates. If you have already sent us
an EOI you will be contacted about
the change, and asked if you would
like your EOI held over until the
new May date. We apologise for
any inconvenience that you might
experience as a result of the change.
We wanted to give the festival the
best chance to grow and develop and
we felt that a move to Autumn would
help that process. A good deal of
work has taken place already and we
are on track to deliver a great event
in 2015." planetdungog.com
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Newcastle Hunter Valley Folk Club
Folk clubs are made up of many individuals, all of whom
work for nothing for the common good. Without the excellent music our guests are able to produce, it can be a shallow
experience. Mostly however, performers rise to the occasion
and excite the audience.
The folk club night on 5th July was like that. Springtide,
Greg and Jackie Wilson, with Rita Woolhouse on cello, exceeded any ideas I had of them, and I have known them many
years.
old. Instruments played include fiddle, mandolin, tenor banjo,
whistle, melodeon, accordion, concertina, bodhran, spoons,
guitar and bouzouki.
Although we concentrate on playing traditional Irish music,
we also play Scottish, English, old time American and Aussie
bush tunes. Between sets of tunes, singers have an opportunity to perform a song or two, whom we normally accompany.
The fusion of sound between the three instruments, the many
layers between instinct, technique, scholarship and pure hard
work, have given rise to a group that you could place in front
of anyone, anywhere. I should mention 'good taste' - they
have it in spades. They will be taking their new CD 'The Wisdom of Trees' around in many future performances. I wholeheartedly recommend them, either live or recorded. Another
night when the audience just wouldn't go home. Springtide
were 'thronged.'
Thank you also to D.O.U.G.the Ukulele group with lots of
really nice songs, a few fancy flowers, and some pretty smart
brains behind them.
Carole Garland
(Bookings & Publicity for Newcastle Hunter Valley Folk Club)
Traditional Irish Music Sessions in
Newcastle
A short history of monthly sessions hosted by Shayne & Roz Kerr
We held our first session on Sunday 25th August 1991 at the
General Roberts Hotel, New Lambton. Other local sessions
had faded away after some musicians moved from Newcastle.
So we decided to start our own. Roz rode her bike around
New Lambton and Lambton one Sunday afternoon to check
out possible venues for a music session and found the General Roberts was willing to give us a go. Shayne produced a
poster and distributed it to likely participants. Many musicians turned up and we enjoyed a great musical and social
afternoon. So we had another one the following month and
just kept on going.
We moved to the Duke of Wellington Hotel in New Lambton on Sunday 9th July 1995 because the General Roberts
decided to establish an Italian restaurant in our session space.
They must have thought there was more money in Italian
food than Irish music punters.
On 16th July 2000 we had to move the session again as the
Duke was closing for major renovations. Chris Cady suggested the Bennett Hotel in Hamilton. Fortunately we are still
playing at the Bennett in 2012, a friendly pub for acoustic
music, thanks to the great support of the proprietors John and
Betty McCoy. We have survived about three renovations here.
The Musicians and the Music
There is a pool of about 30 musicians who attend our regular
monthly session. At any one time we have 10 or more turning
up. Most live in the Newcastle-Lake Macquarie area. Occasionally Irish musicians from the Central Coast come and join
us. Musicians range in age from pre-teens to over 70 years
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Many people come to listen to the session, socialise and have
a few drinks. They come from the Newcastle-Lake Macquarie area and even from Maitland and Singleton. At the Bennett
we used to have a suitable floor space for dancing and
members of the Newcastle Irish Set Dancers came to dance
some sets to our music.
We play unamplified and do not receive any remuneration,
which is how we like it.
[Our session will be 23 years old this August! It is still at the
Bennett.]
Roz Kerr
(Reprinted, with permission, from Coaldust, October 2012;
and from Carole's blog http://folkonovo.blogspot.com.au)
A Song for Supper
Quite recently, I have had some health concerns which have
led me down many an unkenned highway. For once it was
not, the extravagances of my teenage years, or the ungodly
state of my soul. My tormentor appeared as ravaged red
eyes, a swollen blotchy face, and gosh! did it itch! On seeking medical help I ended up with a diagnosis of Salicylates
Intolerance.
Er! What? Indeed it’s hard enough to say let alone know what
it means. Briefly, say goodbye to the diet of the twenty-first
century. Or the twentieth come to that!
Formerly a healthy diet consisted of tomatoes, eggplant,
capsicums, grainy things, lots of seeds and nuts. There were
delicious curries and meals with herbs and spices, and with
multi-grain bread. Pizzas, with mushrooms (no) tomatoes
(no) onions (no) and pepperoni (no). No more berries, dried
fruit or olives, no fruit juice, not even a grape, crushed or
otherwise - all forbidden.
Overnight I was pitched into a food world more akin to that
of our Colonial ancestors. In fact, growing up in post-war
British household, with all its aching austerities (to which I
fear we may all have to get reacquainted, in an Abbott led
world), the food was plain beyond belief.
apparently responding to the need Napoleon found, trying
to get foods to his troops over long supply lines. The early
adoption of canneries led to milk, meat, fish, jam and treacle
widening food choice.
So what has all that got to do with Folk you might ask? The
songs of those periods detail the diet in various ways. The
obvious one for Australians is the ‘Old Bark Hut’, listing '10
lbs of flour, 10lbs of beef, some sugar and some tea.' That’s
all they give a hungry man, until the seventh day.’
Ron Edwards notes, in the Overlander Songbook, an interesting swag of dishes for the Bullockies’ Ball.
A kilo is close to 2 lbs which puts a modern handle on it.
Curiously, no mention of fat, which would provide energy,
flavour and the ability to turn all that flour into baked goods.
(My mother used to render down, or melt, lumps of beef fat
and drain it into a pot, kept by the stove. Beef fat was dripping, pork fat was lard, and no oil in sight, unless it was on
the end of a cotton bud for cleaning out ears.)
Then come encounters with damper, leg of mutton, and Irish
stew. More interestingly is the seizing of a roly-poly as a
weapon. That is an actual dish with a recipe, unlike soups and
stews which use whatever comes to hand. A roly-poly, either
the jam or the savoury mince version, is boiled in a pudding
cloth, probably made with suet pastry. It is very filling and
probably made an excellent shillelagh.
A lovely Scottish song, ‘McGinty’s Meal and Ale’ has a pig,
obviously tempted by all the cooking smells prior to a party,
breaking into a pantry where he opened, shived the pantry
door, and cam upon the Toddy, (a whisky drink)
And he took kindly tae the stuff, like any human body.’
The now sozzled swine crashed into the larder shelves, upsetting the dripping pan. To add to this slithery mess, comes the
soft soap, pease meal, cornflour and, finally, treacle.
A humble sort of fare is proffered as part of a wedding proposal in another Scottish song, ‘At the Kirk at Birnie Bouzle’
and yet it is very diverse, and probably illegal.
‘I’ll hunt the otter and the brock (badger)
The hart, the hare and heathercock.
I’ll pu’ ye limpets frae the rock,
Tae mak’ ye dishes dainty.’
Rabbits are thought of as food for the poor, on both sides
of the world. Curiously they did not do so well in Scotland.
They are not waterproof like Hares, and living in that cold
wet climate, they did not do so well. Australians may have
cursed their import many times, but the meat and fur are fully
usable, and rabbit cooked in beer is superb. I still remember
Len Neary singing ‘The Rabbiter’.
Other humble meats, offal particularly, went into many dishes, proving you ‘could eat everything but the squeak’. The art
of meat puddings goes from Haggis in Scotland, to Haslet*,
sausages of all kinds, black puddings, brawn and dozens of
variations. As well as oatmeal, there would be onions, herbs
and sometimes dried fruit. The song ‘Stanley Market’ from
County Durham goes;
‘There’s black puddings, nearly white,
They’re made to suit yer appetite,
One’ll serve from six to eight,
Up at Stanley Market.’
Sometimes these mixes went into pastry instead, and a whole
raft of pies, pasties and sausage rolls evolved. Cyril Tawney
wrote ‘The Oggie Man’ An oggie was a sort of pasty. The
Oggie man sold his wares by the Dockyard gates, as hungry
workers and sailors left for home. The supermarkets try to
carry on the traditions of the old pork butchers, but inevitably
the flavours are supermarket-bland. I still smile when I see a
Harry’s Café de Wheels’ knowing the great traditions behind
them.
‘Sal…….down to a dish of Hash did stoop,
She’d got a smack in the eye with a doughboy,
Put her sitting in a bucket of soup.’
In all of the above you will notice there is not a vegetable in
sight. I suppose Barcoo Rot, or scurvy, was fairly widespread.
We know that vegetables were grown quite widely. Windsor
in NSW was called after its namesake in Britain, because the
water in the river stopped being salty, becoming clear enough
for agriculture. Potatoes have lots of vitamin C directly under
the skin. This was the major source for the Brits during World
War 2, and, together with cabbage, kept the country healthy.
Still they seem to remain a low status food, so no odes to a
cabbage leaf.
Perhaps I will finish with a song with vegetables in it, though
not one I would enjoy singing. From ‘Depression They gave
me a big bowl of soup.
‘I went out to fight for my country,
I went out to fight and to die,
I went out to fight for my country.
And this was my Country’s reply.
Sou-oup, sou-oup,
They gave me a big bowl of sou-ou-oup,
Sou-oup, sou-oup.
They gave me a big bowl of soup.
As a footnote: This curious condition of salicylates intolerance is greatly undiagnosed, but is a lot more common in ‘Allergy’ families. It comes and goes, bringing asthma, urticaria,
and can involve the gastro-intestinal tract. Talk it over with
your doctor if you suspect you too may have the condition.
Carole Garland
(Reprinted, with Carole's permission, from her very interesting blog, http://folkonovo.blogspot.com.au)
*From wikipedia:In British English, Haslet (also spelled
'Acelet'), refers to a pork meatloaf with herbs, originally
from Lincolnshire. The word is derived from the Old French
hastilles meaning entrails.
Carrot Clarinet
Make your own carrot clarinet. – Linsey Pollak.
Colonial diets were greatly improved after the invention of
canning in 1845 by Louis Appert, a French chemist. He was
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Songs from Henry Lawson
Vale Yuri the Storyteller
‘Rain in the Mountains: Songs from Henry Lawson’, a
production by Christine Wheeler and Friends, is heading for
north Queensland this August and September. The show is a
musical celebration of Henry Lawson’s evocative and vivid
poetry.
In the dying decades of the last century, the shadowy and
iconoclastic HuldreFolk appeared out of nowhere with
their unique combination of stories and songs, and then
almost as suddenly, disappeared into the mists of memory.
About a hundred years ago Lawson’s poems were appearing
regularly in The Bulletin magazine. His idiomatic and casual
writing style reflected the people he wrote about, whose real
lives with all their joys and hardships shine through in his
poems, unadorned and authentic.
It’s for this reason that ‘Rain in the Mountains’ holds particular appeal in regional Australia, where people identify
strongly with stories of rural hardship, a wry sense of humour
and a well-honed sense of fairness, as well as Lawson’s honest and often painful self-reflection. Christine Wheeler with
wonderful musicians Leigh Birkett and Lindsay Martin will
tour north Queensland with the support of ArTour and Playing
Queensland, initiatives of the Queensland Government.
Christine is co-editor of the songbook regularly promoted
in Cornstalk, ‘The Songs of Henry Lawson’, published by
the Folk Federation of NSW. The CD and show ‘Rain in the
Mountains’ developed from her interest in showcasing the
songbook to a wider audience. With a compelling union of
timeless lyrics with stunning musical settings, Christine and
friends have been warmly received over the past two years
touring regional NSW and Victoria. From country waltzes to
introspective airs and lively comic turns, jazz-tinged ballads
and upbeat anthems, the music in the show was composed by
diverse writers including country music icon Slim Dusty, John
Schumann of Redgum fame, jazz composer Ade Monsbourgh
and folk musician Chris Kempster, as well as several originals.
The tour will take Christine, Leigh and Lindsay over a threeweek period from Gladstone west to Winton, north to Normanton then east again to Atherton – an adventure in itself for
a bunch of southerners.
Christine Wheeler
I was playing at the famous Three Weeds Folk Club in
Rozelle in the spring of 1983, performing a cover of
Meniscus Diabetes' song 'Roman Holiday', when I heard
a cackling in the front row. There was Yuri, laughing his
head off. After my set, we got together and swapped notes
on life, the universe and everything. Fate would have it
that celebrated bandurist Victor Mishalow was also on
the bill that night. And Yuri and I were enthralled by the
magic of the Carlingford Cossack's grand instrument.
Yuri told us he was a Russian Storyteller, and that he was
performing at the Humanist Society the following Tuesday. Come along and play some songs and tunes, he said.
We did, and so it was that in Shepherd Street, Surry Hills,
HuldreFolk were born. Over the next two years, HuldreFolk, named for the mythical and mystical 'hidden people'
of Icelandic legend, played throughout Australia.
Although they then pursued their own paths and projects, during the following decades, they would pop up in
unexpected places, like their namesakes, in ones, twos,
threes, and on occasions with guest HuldreFolkies. Their
last outing as a trio was in October 2007 at the North By
Northwest Poetry and Folk Club.
Whenever they worked together, their collaborations were
creative and at times, crazy. Listen to Victor's haunting
bandura arrangements behind many of Yuri's stories, the
bravado of 'The Ballad of Boreslav' and the wackiness of
'The Song of The Volga Shearers'.
We would always introduce George as "The One & Only
Yuri The Storyteller". Watch him on You Tube reciting the
epical 'McArthur's Fart' or the poignant 'Claudy', and telling the magical story of 'The Algonquin Cinderella' or the
faerie 'Green Lady', and you will see that he really was.
Goodbye, old friend.
Paul Hemphill
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HuldreFolk Live at The Murray Bridge Folk Festival (South
Australia), October 1985. Story: Carl Foreman, Yuri The
Storyteller, Paul Hemphill Song: Dimitri Ti.
still going on. More importantly, I believe - no, I know - that
his music was one of the factors that brought an end to the
Vietnam war.
[Yuri (George Hofsteters) died at home, in his sleep, on 8th
July 2014. Our sympathy to Melanie, his family and friends.]
I loved the way he brought “Guantanamera” into a wider
audience as well as songs such as “Somos el Barco,” connections with my South American folk singing background.
Influencing Mary-Jane
There will be many of us writing about Pete Seeger & his influence on our music, but I’d like to add a very personal note.
Of the years I spent living in the U. S. A., many of them were,
off and on, between l956 and 1975. What a great time to be
there for a folk singer just starting out!
It was the heyday of modern folk music, and I was there on
the spot and swept up in the music that was being sung and
produced at that time, by Pete Seeger and others. During
those years I attended live concerts by the Weavers (with Pete
Seeger), performances by Joan Baez and Carolyn Hester in
Boston coffee houses and sessions in New York with Jean
Ritchie and Bill Monroe. What wonderful opportunities!
Those experiences changed my life as a singer in two ways:
They were my first introduction to this kind of music, which I
found because Pete disseminated it at every chance, on the radio, TV & in print. I still have an old “Sing Out” full of songs
from Pete. Many of those songs eventually became a big part
of my repertoire, especially in my work with children.
This folk song movement also helped change my thinking. I came from a very conservative family background
(“Why, Janie, that man singing up there is a communist!”)
but I learned through Pete Seeger’s music and influence that
human rights and peace are issues that go beyond politics. It
took a while, but I came to stand up for my convictions, in
spite of my family’s concerns. I became active in supporting
the Lynchburg sit-ins - just down the road from my university
- and in denouncing nuclear bombs and nuclear energy, and
here in Australia supporting the Chilean community and others denouncing dictatorship.
Pete’s songs were seminal to this process for me, which is
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So thank you, Pete Seeger, for touching my life. I hope I have
given back some of your ideals through my own music.
Mary-Jane Field
Kate's Choir(s)
An open letter from Kate Maclurcan to the people who participated in her Kris Kristofferson Choir:
"What a great job you did! Everyone loved the concert - one
of our best yet! Three people commented they thought we
were even better than Kris Kristofferson! Congratulations to
our brave soloists - you were all marvellous. To Wendy for
the fine guitar accompaniment and BIG THANKS to Rob
who makes us sound ten times better with his excellent bass
playing.
Thank you Brian, for two lovely photos!
With the market stall, raffle and wine auction, we raised a
total of $1305 for the Aphasiacs Choir (for stroke survivors
with aphasia-loss of speech). Thank you so much. John will
be thrilled. This will go a long way to seeing us through next
term on the Central Coast. Thank you all for your generosity
in so many ways.
I do look forward to seeing you next term for Creedence
Clearwater Revival - we are going to have some fun! Please
tell your friends & invite them to join us - more voices would
be very welcome. [The choir would have started late July]
My thanks to you all for your support, hard work and appreciation - and for the fun we've had!"
Best regards
Kate
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My Grandpa's Song
When I was a kid, I sometimes went fishing with my dad and
grandpa at Port Stephens, north of Newcastle. Now, I hate to
fish - always have, always will - but I never let on because I
loved the long drive home in the dark, when Dad and I would
sing our hearts out. Grandpa was an enthusiastic audience but
he never sang, except for one curious ditty:
"How well I do remember the fifteenth of Octember
When I nearly went and broke me mother's heart
For I signed on with the skipper of a fine four-masted clipper
Bound around the world to see some foreign parts..."
It's taken me about 50 years to track down that song. Turns
out it's called Captain Nipper (recorded by the Foc'sle Singers
in 1959).
The curious thing is that while my grandpa hardly ever sang,
my mum's father (I called him Papa) was a gifted singer; a
fine lyric tenor, formerly a boy soprano in Malmo Cathedral
(Sweden). When he was 15 he nearly went and broke his
mother's heart, for he signed on with the skipper of a fine
four-masted clipper, bound around the world to see some foreign parts. After many adventures he ended up in Fremantle
and never saw Sweden - or his mother - again.
My grandfathers lived on opposite coasts of Australia and
never met, but my non-singing grandpa's only song told the
story of how my singing papa came to Australia.
Pam Davis
they said which led Frank to surmise that life was cheap in
those wartime years. At first disowning Frank his mum would
go on to be a great support and have a lot to do with Frank’s
love for all the women of the world.
The family rented a house in Woollahra and he went to a normal public school with no assistance at Bellevue Hill. When
he was 9, his Dad brought a house 300 yards up the street in
Bondi Junction which his nephew lives in today.
Frank had a bit of trouble walking but soon overcame it.
By the age of 6 he had had 6 operations to correct his cross
eyes – 5 successful and 1 botched which left him with double
vision to this day. Frank writes with a tight grip: most of the
movement comes from his wrist which he has found a bit
embarrassing and makes writing difficult. It is a marvel to me
to see all over his table writing upon writing and know that in
writing Frank has found himself and we have found Frank.
Frank’s childhood was in two parts for when he was 9 he
entered the Collaroy Convalescent Home for Children to treat
Perthes Disease. Children were tied to a wooden frame unable
to move for 12 months. Afterwards he wore a calliper which
couldn’t bend at the knee. Fifty years later Dr Molnar who
replaced his hip described it as like chalk and Swiss cheese.
This didn’t stop him playing cricket till he was 51 and rugby
league till he was 26!
On leaving school Frank got numerous jobs in the public
service but ended in Dept of Agriculture Quarantine where
he stayed till retirement. He is not sure how he met his wife
Helen but believes it was at a dance. Frank didn’t like dancing
much but went there to meet the ladies. He married Helen in
June 1970 with whom he had a beloved daughter Kylie. His
first poem 'O Love' was written to impress Helen which succeeded and started him on a life journey into poetry.
At Clyde Mail Exchange in 1995 his job was to inspect the
contents of the parcels. Never allowed to open the parcels he
made use of the spare time to put words together to occupy
his mind and keep it off the recent passing of his mother.
He was inspired by Banjo Paterson, Henry Lawson and on the
local scene Denis Kevans. He knew Denis through the antiVietnam rallies a long time before he appreciated his poetry.
On holiday in Katoomba Denis came out of a supermarket
and said “I know you” and Frank said “I know you too you’re
Denis Kevans” and so started a friendship of sorts. Frank also
admires Denis’ musical partner Sonia Bennett, and adored
Faith Petric.
Frank Bulgin Celebrates 70
Amazing Years
While I was interviewing Frank for this article he showed me
a 1953 record of ‘Reedy River’, a collector’s item, proving
that Frank was a folkie from the start!
He was born at Paddington Hospital in 1944 to Joan and Ben.
Ben was a boilermaker at Bunnerong, Botany Bay, at the big
power station once there. He had a sister Virginia, 3½ years
older. Frank’s mum had German measles while pregnant and
he was born Rh negative which left Frank in such a state that
various doctors said cheerily that he wouldn’t live and if so
would be a vegetable and never walk! ‘You can have another’
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Frank has been a regular at the Gosford Bush Poets under the
auspices of Vic Jeffries and Peter Mace for 5 years making
the 6 hour return trip on the train. He was happy to do it because of the great poetry scene there in the Gosford Hotel. He
was able to contribute many interesting poems and limericks
one of which won the limerick competition at Illawarra Folk
Festival. Unfortunately he is not able to attend now due to the
recent changes in train timetables (thanks very much Minister
Berejiklian!). Frank is also a regular and devoted member of
Sutherland Acoustic Music Club.
Now Frank is retired and acts as a carer for his wife and
daughter both stroke survivors, but still he continues to write
poems on the vagaries of the day and also the absurd and ridiculous places his adventures in poetry take him, in the hope
that he will bring pleasure to the people who hear it. Frank
Happy Birthday you are a legend and we salute you! We hope
you have many more.
Jenny Watson
dance news
Hobart Regency Festival
30th-31st August
Narryna historic home and costume tour, 11.30am-1pm, Saturday, Narryna Heritage Museum, 103 Hampden Rd, Battery
Point. Bookings essential. $11.
Dance workshop (optional) for the ball, 2.30-4.30pm, Saturday, Wesley Hall, 58 Melville St, Hobart. Learn some dances
and steps before the ball if you wish. Among other dances,
learn the recently rediscovered Mundy's Quadrille and if
you desire, be part of demonstrating it at the ball. It won't be
taught at the ball. This suite of quadrille music was composed
by colonial artist Henry Mundy and only came to light last
year. Live music. $8.
Grand Regency Ball and Harp Concert. Tasmanian Harp Ensemble, 7.30pm-12, Saturday, in historic Hobart Town Hall,
50 Macquarie St. The ball will feature music by 19th Century
Tasmanian/ Scottish convict, fiddler and composer Alexander
Laing. All dances taught. No dancing experience or partner
required. All ages welcome. Please bring a plate of supper
befitting a ball. Period attire admired but not required. Sash
prizes for the best dressed. Dancing Master: David Wanless.
Lively dancing to lovely music. Come to dance or listen and
watch. Bookings advised. $25, $22, $20.
Colonial Subscription Ball
The Bush Music Club holds a Colonial Subscription Ball each
year at Maitland Town Hall – chosen because it has one of
the best sprung floors in the country. This is the 34th annual
Maitland Ball.
The program will feature a wide range of dances, including
Colonial, traditional, Celtic, Regency, European, and bush, reflecting the diverse nature of social dancing in Australia. The
dress style preferred is formal and Australian Colonial.
The Ball will be held Sat 23rd August, 6.30pm for 7pm start.
There will be various practice sessions. Attendance at practices is highly recommended!
On the Central Coast: Saturday 2nd August. 10.30am-4.30pm.
East Gosford Progress Hall, Wells St and Henry Parry Dr.
Arthur or Julia, 4955 5701
In Newcastle: Sunday 10th August. 10am-5pm. Masonic Hall,
Metcalfe St, Wallsend (near intersection with Cowper St).
Arthur or Julia, 4955 5701
In Sydney: Sunday 10th August. 10am-4pm. Scout Hall, Park
Ave, Concord. Wendy, 0412 145 262.
Tasmanian Museum special tour, 11am-12.30, Sunday,
TMAG, Dunn Pl, Hobart. Bookings essential. $6.
Dancers interested in a practice session in Canberra should
contact Daryl, 6295 8280, daryl_powell@netspeed.com.au.
Afternoon Tea Dance Party, 2.30-4.30pm. Sunday, Wesley
Hall, 58 Melville St, Hobart. Please bring a contribution to
afternoon tea. Live music. $8.
Practice sessions cost $8 for the day - tea & coffee provided.
'Loveless in Hobart', 5-6pm, Sunday, Wesley Hall. Folk opera
set in 1830s Hobart about Tolpuddle Martyr George Loveless.
Tasmanian Grassroots Union Choir. $5.
Group tour of Port Arthur, Monday 1st September. Bookings
essential. $10+site entry.
“Instances have been known of young people passing many,
many months successively, without being at any ball ... but
when a beginning is made - when the felicities of rapid motion have once been, though slightly, felt - it must be a very
heavy set that does not ask for more.” - Jane Austen.
Tickets for all events: trybooking.com/FHUL or at the door if
available.
Event page: facebook.com/events/1434671186806500
Enq, David Wanless 03 6273 2127, folkdancetas@gmail.com.
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There'll also be practice nights at Pennant Hills Dance Workshop.
And then, on the day after the Ball, there will be the Recovery
Picnic: Sunday 24th August from 11 am at Speers Point Park.
The BBQ/picnic is a time to recover, relax and socialise, with
the opportunity for more dancing if desired. The site boasts
views over the beautiful Lake Macquarie and the Heritage
Hall provides plenty of undercover space for dancing and for
shelter in inclement weather. To partake of the BBQ lunch
provided, please book and prepay ($10); or BYO. Please
BYO chairs and drinks. Musicians, bring your instruments.
For BMC members, a Ball ticket is $50, non-members $60,
full-time students (aged 13 and over) $40. (Children 12 and
under are free.) Groups of 8, booked together by the 14th, pay
$3 less per person. After 10th August, all tickets are $70. No
tickets will be sold after 18th August.
See payment details at www.bushmusic.org.au/bmc_dance_
ball.html#subscription. If paying online, please email details
of payment and dancer/s to Wendy Richmond.
Enquiries to Wendy, (02) 9642 7950 or 0412 145 262, or
wendy_richmond(at)yahoo.com.
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folk contacts
C ho i rs
Monday
■A Choired Taste, Glebe, led by David Westmore, 9716
7016
■Bright Star Singers Ashfield, led by Mary-Jane Field,
9090 2362
■Ecopella. Blue Mountains, contact Miguel Heatwole,
9810 4601 mheatwole@bigpond.com
■Glory Bound Groove Train. Petersham, led by Linda
Calgaro, 9518 4135
■Inner West Chamber Choir, Leichhardt, led by Rachelle
Elliott. 9797 1917. info@innerwestchoir.com.
■Intonations. Manly, led by Karen Smith, 0415 221 113,
karensmith@artsconnect.com.au
■Martenitsa. Ultimo, led by Mara & Llew Kiek, 47514910
■People’s Chorus. Newcastle, led by Rod Noble, 49
623432
■Unaccompanied Baggage. North Sydney, led by Stuart
Davis, singup@optusnet.com.au
■Voiceworks, Katoomba, ledby Rachel Hore 4759 2456,
rachelhore@ozemail.com
Tuesday
■Cantorion, Neutral Bay, led by David Westmore, 9716
7016
■Ecopella. Illawarra area (alternate Tuesdays), led by
Miguel Heatwole 9810 4601, mheatwole@bigpond.com
■Roc Lawson, led by Rachel Hore, 47592456,
rachelhore@ozemail.com
■The Honeybees. East Sydney, led by Dynes Austin.
Contact Jenny Jackson, 9816 4577 lindsayandjenny@
hotmail.com
■Sydney Trade Union Choir Sydney City, contact Nola
Cooper 9587 1165 - Nola.Cooper3@three.com.au
■Songs Next Door, Seaview Street, Dulwich Hill, meets
weekly at Sea View Hall, Seaview St, Dulwich Hill.
12.30pm. (Seniors mostly) Contact Allan 9520 6180
Wednesday
■Choralation. Abbotsford (school terms), contact
Margaret Grove mggrove@optusnet.com.au
■Ecopella. Erskineville, led by Miguel Heatwole, 9810
4601 mheatwole@bigpond.com
■The Heathens. Blackheath, day time 2pm- 4pm. Led by
Chris Wheeler 4787 5725 chriswheelersanddealers.com.au
■NoteTonight, Josephine. Glebe, led by David
Westmore, 9716 7016
■The Spots. Christina Mimmocchi, Randwick 0410 682
061
The Sydney Welsh Choir, men and women. Meet on
Wednesday evenings at Concord Baptist Church hall.
7pm - 9pm. 20 plus performances per year. Contact MD
Viv 4739 0384, taffy@pnc.com.au. President Clive 9997
2019.
Thursday
■Bouddi Voice. Kincumber (school terms), led by C & C
Sainsbury, contact 43 683270
■Chorella Community Choir. Richmond, contact Ellen
4578 2975
■Cleftomaniacs. Waterloo, led by Gary Smith, garys7@
optushome.com.au Mal Webb
■Solidarity Choir. Erskineville, contact Cathy Rytmeister,
0438 683 867, crytmeister@bigpond.com
■Friday
■The Sydney Street Choir. CBD, led by Peter Lehner
0425 268 771
■Mudlarks, women’s a cappella choir. Woodford. Led by
Alison Jones 4759 2880
■Pacopezants. - Balkan Choir. Meets Fridays
4pm, Katoomba. Enquiries: June (02) 4782 1554.
junerose12@gmail.com
Sunday
■Blue Mountains Trade Union Choir. Upper Mts., contact
Kate 47 82 5529
Ann & Charlie
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DANCE
Monday
Bush Music Club Dance Workshop
Beginners, experienced, 7.30pm, Pennant Hills
Community Centre, downstairs. Except Jan. and public
holidays. Felicity 9456 2860
International Folk Dancing
School term, Earlwood Senior Citizens Centre, 362
Homer St 10am-noon. Debbie 4294 1363. 0427 315 245
Scottish Country Dancing for beginners, with ‘Scots
on the Rocks’, Fort St Public School, Observatory Hill,
Sydney, 6.30-7.30pm. Nea 9994 7110, Lynn 9268 1246,
SC Dancers@netspace.net.au, http://www.rscds.org.au
Belly Dance, basic/beginners 7pm, choreography 8pm,
Girraween Hall, 17 Tungarra Rd. Vera Myronenko 9665
9713
Tuesday
Blue Mountains Scottish Country Dancers
Catholic Church Hall, 7-9pm, Wentworth St, $3 Verley
Kelliher, 4787 5968, kelliher@lisp.com.au Carol
Gardner 4751 6073/a.c.gardner@bigpond.com
Greek Folk Dance
Pontian House, 15 Riverview Rd, Earlwood. Adult class
7.30pm - 9.00pm (Senior Diogenes Grooup - 15 yrs
to adult. Cost involved.Vas Aligiannis, 0407 081 875,
greekdancer@aapt.net.au. www.greekdancing.com.au
Hungarian Dance Class
Ultimo, 8-10pm. Gary Dawson 9559 4485.
garydawson@ozemail.com.au
English Country Dancing, Sydney
Playford Dance Group. Occasionally at Lidcombe.
TBA. Patricia 9649 6978 or Mike or Ros on 9929 8193
Scottish Country Dancing
St John’s Uniting Church Hall, Coonanbarra Rd,
Wahroonga, 7.30-10.30pm. All welcome. Catherine
Bonner 9489 5027
Scottish Country Dancing
Fort Street School, Observatory Hill, City. 6pm to 8pm
Nea MacCulloch 9904 1358(a/h) or Lynn 8244 9618(w)
Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group
International Dancing, Gymea Bay Scout Hall, June
Place, 7.30-9pm. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813
Turkish Dance Class
Lidcombe Community Centre, 8-10pm. Yusuf Nidai
9646 1166
Ukrainian (Cossack) Dancing Class
for fit and energetic young people (16-23yrs), 7.30
pm to 10.00 pm. Ukrainian Hall 59 Joseph Street,
Lidcombe. Jaros Iwanec 9817 7991, jarosiwanec@
optusnet.com.au /www.veselka.com.au
International Folk Dance class - Open Door, Georges
Hall Senior Citizens, Birdwood Rd, 11.30am-12.30pm.
Gabrielle 9728 7466, gabybaby@optusnet.com.au
“The Dance Buffet”, wide variety taught, Liverpool
City Pipe Band Hall, Woodward Park (next to Whitlam
Centre), Memorial Ave, 7.30-9.30pm. $8 ($5 conc).
Nicholai 9822 7524, mob 0407 178 228
Wednesday
Albion Fair, North-West Morris Dancing
Lilyfield Community Centre, Cecily and O’Neill Sts,
7.45pm. Angie Milce 9817 3529
Australian Heritage Dancers
Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, 8
-10pm. Jim Young 9412 3721 jayoung3@bigpond.net.
au - australianheritagedancers.org.au
Balmoral Scottish Country Dance Group
7.00-9.15pm, Seniors’ Centre, Mosman Square,
Mosman. Nell Morgan 9981 4769.
Epping Scottish Country Dance Club
St Aidan’s Church Hall, Downing St, 7.30-10pm. All
levels welcome. Clare Haack 9484 5947 clare_kirton@
hotmail.com
Gosford Scottish Country Dance Society
7-10pm, Church of Christ, Henry Parry Drive, Wyoming.
Cecily Cork 4384 3527, Jan McCudden 4329 5537
Greek Folk Dance. Pan Macedonian Assoc Building,
Heymann
Railway Pde, Sydenham from 7pm onwards. Adult
classes from 7.15 pm, Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708
1875 greekdancer@excite.com
International Folk Dancing for older women
School terms only, 9-10am beginners, 10-11am
advanced. Bankstown Older Women’s Wellness
Centre, Police and Community Youth Club, cnr
Meredith St and French Ave. Gabrielle 9728 7466, Alita
9798 9269
Irish Set Dance class, Irish Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire
St, Surry Hills. 8-9.30pm. Alarna 0401 167 910.
Sutherland Shire Bush Dance Group. Uniting Church,
4 Gosport St, Cronulla, 7.30-10pm. $3. Beginners most
welcome. Partners not necessary.Mike 9520 2859
Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group
International dancing, Como Guides Hall, cnr Warraba
& Mulyan Sts, Como West 9.30a, - 11am & 11.30am 12.30pm. Kaye 9528 4813, okaye@optusnet.com.au
Thursday
English Country Dancing for the over 55’s. American
Contra + Beginners English, 11.30am - 1pm. Advanced
English 2-4pm. School for Seniors, Wesley Mission,
220 Pitt St. Sydney. (Opposite back of Hilton Hotel.)
Roslyn 9263 5416
English Country Dancing. 1st & 3rd Thurs. Church
by the Bridge hall (St John’s Anglican), Broughton St
(cnr Bligh St), Kirribilli. Enter courtyard gate - hall is on
right. 7.15-9.15pm. Donations (optional), for the church
or expenses. Please email Margaret Swait, so that you
can be advised of schedule changes: MargaretTalbot@
me.com
Blue Labyrinth International Folk Dance from 7pm,
Baptist Church Hall, King St Glenbrook. Jo Barrett 4739
6498
Greek Folk Dance
Mytelinean House. 225 Canterbury Rd, Canterbury.
Adult classes from 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Clio Group - 21
years and up Greek dances). Cost involved. Vasilios
Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 1875 greekdancer@excite.com
Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group
International dancing. Scout Hall, June Place, Gymea
Bay. 10am. Kaye 9528 4813 okaye@optusnet.com.au
Sydney Irish Ceili Dancers
Kingsgrove Uniting Church Hall, 289A Kingsgrove
Rd (cnr Moreton Avenue, Kingsgrove. Beginners to
intermediate step dancing 6pm, advanced step dancing
7pm Set and ceili dancing 8-10.30pm. Margaret and Bill
Winnett 9150 6765. email: wnntt@optusnet.com.au
Friday
Australian Colonial and Folk Dancers Every Friday,
Scouts/Guides Hall, Plympton Road, Carlingford,
(opposite Nth Carlingford shops). Anthony and Lisa
9873 4805.
Greek Dancing. St Therapon Greek Orthodox Parish
(Church Hall) 323 Cumberland Highway, Thornleigh.
Time: Juniors 6.30pm - 7.30pm (Callipe Group)
Pontian House. 15 Riverview Rd, Earlwood. Junior
Class - 6.30pm - 7.30pm (Thalia junior group - 3yrs to
12 yrs. Class is free, Pontian only)
International Dancing. Sedenka Folk Dancers,
Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre, 665A Darling St
Rozelle. 8-llpm, $3. Chris Wild 9560 2910.
Scottish Country Dancing
Adult classes, beginners welcome, children 6.30
-7.30pm, adults 8-10.30pm, Beecroft Primary School,
$2. Sheena Caswell 9868 2075, Heather Dryburgh
9980 7978
Scottish Country Dancing
■Caringbah Seniors Hall, 386 Port Hacking Rd, Caringbah (rear Library), 8pm. Beginners/other levels. G.
Milton 9524 4943, Erica Nimmo 9520 4781
Saturday
Bush Music Club Bush Dances
■Feb-Dec (not Easter), 8-12pm, $17/$14/$12 incl.
supper, children to 12 free. Beecroft Community Ctr 1st
Sat, Helen 9626 7816; Balmain High School hall, Terry
St, Rozelle, 3rd Sat, Don 9642 7949
■Central Coast Bush Dance2nd Sat, 7.30 - 11.30pm,
East Gosford Progress Hall, Henry Parry Dr and Wells
St, $15/$12. Beate 4323 3356. Robyn 4344 6484.
Scottish and Old Time Dance
■2nd Sat, 8pm, Uniting Church, 9-11 Bay St, Rockdale.
$3 incl. supper. Chris Thom 9587 9966
■Scottish and Old Time DancingOrkney and Shetland
Assoc. 3rd Sat, 8-11 pm. St David’s Hall, Dalhousie St,
Haberfield. $3 inc. supper. Visitors most welcome. Jean
Cooney 9874 5570.
■Macedonian Dance Class Rockdale. 6.30-8.30pm, $5.
Y Kaporis 0412 861 187
■Mortdale Scottish DancersLearners night (for learners
and experienced), 7.30- 9.30pm. Pensioners Welfare
Club Hall, 76 Pitt Street, Mortdale. Pam Jehan 9580
8564.
■Linnéa Swedish FolkdancersEstonian House, 141
Campbell St, Surry Hills. New members welcome. For
times contact Graeme Traves 9874 4194, linneafolk@
hotmail.com
■Medieval Miscellany (Medieval Dancing). All Saints
Parish House, cnr Oxford and Cromwell Sts, New
Lambton. Saturdays, 3.30-5.30pm. $10. Dianne 4936
6220
MUSIC IN CONCERT
Tuesday
The Screw Soapers Guild - Writers Presenters &
Listeners Group 4th Tues, 7.30pm, stories, poems,
songs and conversation. Albert 9600 7153, email:
DermottRyder@bigpond.com, website: www.folkclub.
com/folkodyssey/
Wednesday
Wisefolk Club Last Wed in month, 11am-2.30pm,
Toongabbie Bowling Club, 12 Station Rd, lunch at club
bistro. Sonia 9621 2394 Allen 9639 7494,
Thursday
Sutherland Folk Club
2nd Thurs concert night. All ages. Members are
welcome to join us at any of our concerts, do a floor
spot. Enjoy a friendly , sociable night’s entertainment,
support local talent. Contact Jenny 9576 2301.
Friday
Hornsby Kuring-Gai Folk Club
■3rd Fri, 8pm, Each month Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear
Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave,
Guest artist and floor spots, light supper provided BYO
grog. Barry Parks 9807 9497 bpparks@tpg.com.au
lllawarra Folk Club
■1st Friday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli
& Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.
org.au
Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic Club, or
SNC Acoustic Club.
Regular folk nights on the 4th Friday of each month
(Feb - Nov), 8pm $7/$5 Springwood Neighbourhood
Centre, Macquarie Rd, Springwood. (next to Civic
Centre). Visitors and floor performers welcome.
Enquiries, Mark Hand 02 4721 4230 or eternitynow@
tadaust.org.au
Toongabbie Music Club
2nd and 4th Fri 8pm, Northmead Scout Hall,
Whitehaven Road, Northmead. A session always
happens so bring instruments. Allen Davis 9639 7494
allendavis@iprimus.com.au. or Ray Pulis 9899 2102.
Saturday
■Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Society of
Aust. 1st Sat, March-December Sydney get-together.
Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St,
Annandale. Band workshop 7pm, concert 8.15pm,
jamming all night. All welcome: $5/7. (02) 9456 1090
www.bluegrass.org.au
Tuesday
The Screw Soapers Guild - Writers Presenters &
Listeners Group 4th Tues, 7.30pm, stories, poems,
songs and conversation. Albert 9600 7153, email:
DermottRyder@bigpond.com, website: www.folkclub.
com/folkodyssey/
Wednesday
Wisefolk Club Last Wed in month, 11am-2.30pm,
Toongabbie Bowling Club, 12 Station Rd, lunch at club
bistro. Sonia 9621 2394 Allen 9639 7494,
Thursday
Sutherland Folk Club
2nd Thurs concert night. All ages. Members are
welcome to join us at any of our concerts, do a floor
spot. Enjoy a friendly , sociable night’s entertainment,
support local talent. Contact Jenny 9576 2301.
Friday
Hornsby Kuring-Gai Folk Club
■3rd Fri, 8pm, Each month Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear
Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave,
Guest artist and floor spots, light supper provided BYO
grog. Barry Parks 9807 9497 bpparks@tpg.com.au
lllawarra Folk Club
■1st Friday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli
& Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.
org.au
Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic Club, or
SNC Acoustic Club.
Regular folk nights on the 4th Friday of each month
(Feb - Nov), 8pm $7/$5 Springwood Neighbourhood
Centre, Macquarie Rd, Springwood. (next to Civic
Centre). Visitors and floor performers welcome.
sessions & free workshops
Monday
Bush Music Club
Community Centre, 44/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville,
7.30pm. Music workshop. All singers and musicians
welcome. Bob 9569 7244, bobbolton@netspace.net.au
Tuesday
Irish Music Session: Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
of the month from 7.30 – 10.30pm @ The Shamrock
Inn, Asquith Leagues Club, Alexandra Pd. Waitara
(short walk from station). It’s an open session and all
musicians are welcome with focus on tunes rather than
songs. Phone Norm 9489 5786/normanmerrigan@
optusnet.com.au
Irish music lessons, beginners and advanced,
instruments including fiddle, flue, whistle, guitar, banjo.
Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St. Surry Hills, 9212 1587
info@gaelicclub.com.au
Wednesday
Jolly Frog Hotel. Jam Night. Cnr Bridge & Macquarie
Sts, Windsor. 7.30pm to late. Mark 0419 466 004
Gosford Bush Poets
Last Wednesday night of every month 7pm. The
Gosford Hotel, cnr of Mann & Erina Sts Gosford.
Everyone welcome to share in night of fun, friendship
and great poetry. Contact Vic Jefferies, 02 96394911 or
jeffries@tech2u.com.au
Bush Bash. Weekly gathering celebrating
Australian bush songs, ballads, city ditties, yarns,
recitations, bush dance tunes. Imperial Hotel, 252
Oxford St, Paddington. 830pm-1030pm. (Lounge opens
7.30pm). Free. Warren Fahey wfahey@bigpond.net.au
Thursday
■Sutherland Acoustic
4th Thursday of each. month from 7.30pm Gymea
Tradies Club, Kingsway, Gymea. Friendly jam. All
welcome to sing, play an instrument, recite poetry or just
listen. Enq. Jenny 95762301
■Blackheath Folk Club
1st Thurs, 7.30pm, Ivanhoe Hotel, cnr Gt Wstn Hwy and
Govetts Leap Rd. Christine Davies, Peter Duggan 4787
7246
■Gaelic Club.Irish music session, 8pm. Plus Irish music
lessons, instruments including fiddle, flute, whistle,
guitar, banjo. Gaelic Club, Surry Hills 9212 1587 info@
The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au
gaelicclub.com.au
Friday
■Sutherland Acoustic
4th Thursday of each. month from 7.30pm Gymea
Tradies Club, Kingsway, Gymea. Friendly jam. Enq.
Jenny 95762301
■BMC Beer & Cheese Night
Themed music nights, 1st Fri (except holidays), 8-10pm.
Bring something to sing, eat, drink. Bush Music Club, Hut
44, Addison Rd Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd,
Marrickville. 9569 7244, bobbolton@netspace.net.au
■Eastern Suburbs Poetry Group
1st Friday, Church in the Market Place, Bondi Junction.
6.30-8.30pm. Gina 9349 6958
■Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic Club 4th
Fri, (Feb - Nov) 8pm, $7/$5, Springwood Neighbourhood
Centre, Macquarie Rd (next to library and Oriental
Hotel.) Visitors and floor performers welcome, Theresa
47518157, Jeannette 4754 4893
■Open Mic Dalor Cafe. 7.30pm 1st & 3rd Friday. 237
Wardell Rd Dulwich Hill. Enq. Roger Fyfe 0425 261 953
Free
Sunday
■Hotel Illawarra Wollongong, 3rd Sunday, 3pm, spoken
word, 5pm acoustic music
■Irish Music Session ellys, King Street, Newtown, 6pm.
Enq. 9559 6300
■Irish Music Session. 3rd Sunday. Bennet Hotel,
Hamilton, 4-7.30pm Roz and Shane Kerr 44967 3167
■Irish Music Sessions - Dicey Riley’s, Wollongong 2pm.
■Music lessons for kids. 12 noon - 3pm. Focus on tin
whistle. Gaelic Club. Surry Hills 9212 1587.
■Music Session Hero of Waterloo, cnr Lower Fort St
and Windmill Street, The Rocks. 6-10pm. Brendan 9818
4864
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REGIONAL EVENTS
BATEMANS BAY: Scottish Country Dancing, Batemans Bay Caledonian Society -Tuesday 7.30pm at Batemans Bay Bowling Club
- visitors welcome. Warren 4457 2065.
BATHURST:
Irish Ceili. Mon. 7.30 - 8.30pm. Irish Step dancing, 6.30
- 7.30pm. Bathurst CWA Hall, Russell Street.
BELLINGEN: Celtic Australian Session. Saturday
from about 1pm. Northern end of Church Street cafe
strip. John 6655 5898 Carole 6655 1225
BLUE MOUNTAINS: Blue Mountains Heritage
Dancers, Wednesday in term time, 730pm-930pm.
Wentworth Falls SOA. 217 Great Westn Hwy. Caroline
0439 314 948, dba23266@bigpond.net.au or Patrick
0412 786 988
Blue Mountains Folk. Mid Mountains Commuinity
Centre. Joy Anderson Room, 7 New St, Lawson. 3rd
Sunday, 3.30pm - 6pm. $7, $5, under 12 free. Nick
Szentkuti 4758 7953, szentkuti@exemail.com.au
Irish Session at the Carrington, Katoomba. 4th
Sunday, 3pm.
BRAIDWOOD:
Braidwood Folk Music Club meets every 3rd Thursday
now at the Anglican Church Hall, BYO everything. Info
Sue 4842 8142
Tallaganda Dance Troupe. Folk dance, Mon.
9.30am (Noela 4842 8004) 35 Coronation Ave, Braidwood.
BROKEN HILL: Occasional acoustic jam nights at Bell’s
Milk Bar. Contact Broken Hill Art Exchange, (08) 8008 83171
CANOWINDRA
Canowindra Folk Club. 4th Sun, 4pm. Feature act plus open mic. Taste Canowindra.
Central Coast, Troubadour 4th Sat. in month
7pm CWA Hall, Woy Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf),
The Boulevard, Woy Woy. Admission: $11/$9/$8. Floor
spots available.. includes light supper. Marilyn or Frank
4341 4060 or 0419 231 319
COBARGO: Yuin Folk Club, Occasional Folk Nights.
Enq. Richard Depledge 6493 6199. yuinfolkclub@
bigpond.com, website: www.cobargofolkfestival.com
COOMA, International Folk Dancing, Uniting Church
Hall, Soho St, Thurs, 6pm. Fran 6453 3282 (h)
DUBBO FOLK CLUB, Usually 2nd Sunday, 2.30pm,
Western Star Hotel All welcome. Di Clifford 6882 0498 0458 032 150
Gosford Bush Poets - last Wednesday night
of every month 7pm. The Gosford Hotel, cnr of Mann
& Erina Sts Gosford. Everyone welcome to share in
night of fun, friendship and great poetry. Contact Vic
Jefferies, 02 96394911 or jeffries@tech2u.com.au
GOULBURN.
Bush traditions sessions at the Old Goulburn
Brewery. 1st Fri (except Jan & April), 7.30pm. Bradley
Grange, Bungonia Rd, Goulburn. David Johnson 4884
4214 bushtraditions.org/sessions/goulburnsession.htm
Irish and Celtic music sessions at the Old Goulburn
Brewery. 3rd Fri. Bradley Grange, Bungonia Rd. 4821 6071.
GULGONG
Gulgong Folk Club, 3rd Friday, Waratah Hotel,
Mudgee 5pm. PO Box 340, Gulgong NSW 2852, Bob
Campbell 02 6373 4600, gulgongfolkfestival.com
Gulgong Music Session. 2nd & 4th Thurs,
5-8pm. Centennial Hotel. 63722068
KIAMA “No Such Thing”. Yvonne O’Grady
hosts an Australian tune session suitable for
beginners every Monday in Kiama. Yvonne
02 4233 1073, iffaj@shoal.net.au.
LITHGOW - Folk Club session. 1st Sun,
3pm. Courthouse Hotel. 6372 2068
MUDGEE
Music Session. 1st & 3rd Thurs, 5-8pm.
Courthouse Hotel. 63722068
NEWCASTLE:
Acoustic Folk Lounge, 1st Wednesdays,
7-10pm. Downstairs, Grand Hotel, cnr Church and Bolton
Sts, Newcastle. Circle session. All welcome. 4967 3146,
catherine.laudine@uon.edu.au, Tracy 0402 761 520
Bush and Colonial Dancing, 3rd Sund each month
2-4pm. Beginners and visitors always welcome. All
Saints Anglican Hall, New Lambton. Enq. Margaret Kenning 02 4952 1327 email: westwick@wix.com.au or Bill
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Propert 02 4946 5602 email propert@netspace.net.au
Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club, 1st Sat.
7.30pm (not Jan) Wesley Centre, Beaumont St, Hamilton. (Dances held 4 times a year, March, June, Sept,
Nov) Lainey 4943 4552, 0421 412 358 laineyv@bigpond.com. www.newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.au
Traditional Irish/Folk Session, 1st Sunday,
3-6pm. Lake Macquarie Hotel, opp. Morissett
Railway Station. Gabriele 0418 146 555, Sharyn
0418 146 554, gcalcagno2008@hotmail.com
Lakeside Folk Circle, 4th Sunday, every month.
Teralba Community Hall, Anzac Pade, Lake Macquarie.
4-7pm. $2.50. Paul 4959 6030. nager99@hotmail.com
People’s Chorus Practice, 6pm, Trades Hall
Council Meeting Rooms (opp. Panthers’ Club,
main entrance), Newcastle. Rod Noble 4962
3432 email: Frances.Munt@newcastle.edu.au
Newcastle Irish Set Dancers, Tuesdays, 7.309.00pm, Scots Kirk, Hamilton, Newcastle. Julia
or Arthur, 4955 5701 juliasmith@tpg.com.au, or
<http://users.tpg.com.au/juliasm/Irish-Dance/
Hunter Bush Poets, 2nd Tuesday 7pm, Tarro Hotel;
Ron Brown 4951 6186.
Hunter Folk Dancers, Enquiries: Julia or Arthur on 02
4955 5701,
Irish Music Session, Bennett Hotel, Hamilton, 3rd
Sun, 4pm. Roz and Shane Kerr 4967 3167
Newcastle Poetry in the Pub, 3rd Monday, 7.30pm,
Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton. Glenn 4967 1460.
Newcastle Strath Hunter Dancers, Mondays
Adults 7.30pm, Wallsend Uniting Church. Thursdays Juniors 4.15pm, Youth 5.30pm, All Saints
Hall, New Lambton. Elma: 4943 3436.
Welsh & Cornish Folk Dancing, Mon, 7.30-9.30pm,
All Saints Anglican Hall, Cromwell St, New Lambton.
Beginners and visitors always welcome. Enq. Margaret
Kenning 4952 1327. Email: westwick@wix.com.au
The Beehive, as requested. 8 Lewis St, Islington. Neville Cunningham 4969 4246.
NOWRA:
Balkan and International Folk Dance, Mon, 7.30pm,
Cambewarra Hall. Suzi Krawczyk 4446 0569, plotki@
shoal.net.au
International Folk Dance, Progress Hall, Boorawine
Tce, Callala Bay. Tuesday (school term), 7.15-9pm.
Maureen 446 6550, mep@pnc.com.au
Celtic Craic – 9 piece acoustic traditional band.
Tuesday 7.30 John’s place. Chris Langdon 4446 1185,
chrislangdon@optusnet.com.au or Mark Nangle 4454
5028, nangle@shoalhaven.net.au.
Scottish Country Dance Group, Presbyterian Church
Hall, Kinghome St (next to Woollies), Wed, 8pm, all
welcome. Jill 4421 3570
Shoalhaven Bush and Folk Dancing Club, Friday
(school term, 8-10pm, Cambewarra Hall. Margaret
4421 0557.
Shoalhaven Acoustic Music Assoc, Bomaderry
Bowling Club, formal concerts, not always folk, approx
quarterly. George Royter 4421 3470.
ORANGE
Orange Dirt Music (new club) meets 3rd Saturday
of the month from 3pm. These are jam sessions of
acoustic folk, jazz, blues etc. rotating around each others’ houses and all are welcome. For more information
and registration contact Cilla Kinross ckinross@csu.
edu.au tel 02 6365 8221 (ah) or Nick King 6362 .
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
Bowral Folk Club. 3rd Thurs, 8-10.30pm. Fentons
Cocktail Bar, upstairs at the Grand Bar, 295 Bong Bong
St, Bowral. Traditional music from around the world.
Brian Hayden 4861 6076.
Burrawang Folk, 4887 7271
Southern Highlands Recreational lnternational Folk
Dance Group, Bowral Presb Church Hall, Bendooley
St, Thurs (school term), 9-llam. Margaret 4861 2294
Southern Highlands Scottish Country Dance Group,
Moss Vale Uniting Church, Cnr Argyll and Spring
Streets, Wednesday, 7.30pm. All welcome. Enq. 4861
6471.
TAREE
Lazarka International Folk Dance Group, Manning River
Steiner School Hall, Wed. 5.30-8.30pm, Thurs 9am 11am. Sandra 6552 5142.
Wagga Wagga
Downside Bush Dance & Open Mic, Tin Shed Rattlers, 1st Sat, Noel Raynes 6928 5541.
WAUCHOPE, 1st Saturday Concert with invited artists 7.30 pm 3rd Saturday Open performance session 7.30 at Café Blue Frog, High St.
Enq,John 6585 1488 email Uniting@tsn.cc
WOLLONGONG
Bluegrass Jam Session, 3rd Sat each month. 7.3011pm. Thirroul Neighbouhood Centre next to post office.
lllawarra Folk Club, 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday,
Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church
Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au
Jamberoo: Session, Jamberoo Pub, Thurs, 7.30pm.
claire@kissevents.com.au
Poet’s Breakfast, Wed. 7,.15am. Wollongong Writers’ Centre, Town Hall, Corrimal St.
Tony Stoddart, immune@exemail.com.au
UOW Folk Club, 12.30pm, Mondays, Fridays.
Old timey, bluegrass, Celtic session. Duck Pond
(in front of library), University of Wollongong.
David Harman, dharman@uow.edu.au
Wollongong White Heather Scottish Country
Dance Group, Mon, 7.30 -10pm, St Andrew’s
Church Hall, Kembla St. All welcome. Arnold Thurling 4228 1986 or Grace Halliday 4229 3480
Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club, Bush Dance,
Wed, 8pm, musos and dancers all welcome, Community Hall, West Dapto Rd, Wongawilli. David 0409
57 1788. www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au:
across the border
ACT
Monaro Folk Society Inc, Post Office Box 482 Civic
Square, ACT 2608. 0409 817 623 dance@mfs.org.au
http://mfs.org.au/wiki/index.php/Calendar.
NORTHERN TERRITORY:
Top End Folk Club, PO Box 41551, Casuarina, NT
0811. :Di Howard, 08 8945 0436 (ah), www.members.
ozemail.com.au/
Queensland
Brisbane Folk Club, Larrie Cook 07 3345 1718.
Cairns Folk Club, Ray Elias 07 4039 2493The Folk
Rag (Mag), PO Box 517, Everton Park 4053, Tel. 0437
736 799 or 07 3855 1091, nimda@FolkRag.org; www.
FolkRag.org
Qld Colonial and Heritage Dancers. PO Box 3011,
Yeronga 4104. Jan Orloff ph/fax 07 3848 7706,
colonialdance@optusnet.com.au
Woodford Folk Festival. PO Box 1134, Woodford
4514. qff@woodfordfolkfestival.com; www.
woodfordfolkfestival.com.
TASMANIA
Celtic Southern Cross Folk Music Catalogue. Beth
Sowter, music@celt.com.au; www.celt.com.au; PO Box
100, Legana, as 7277.
Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc. PO Box 1638 Hobart
7001. Peter Hicks 0409 216 752
VICTORIA
Ballarat Folk Club, John Ruyg 03 5332 7872
Boite World Music Cafe, Fitzroy, 03 9417 3550 (w),
http:// www.boite.asn.au
Geelong Folk Club, 2nd. Fri - Coffee House Folksinging and session - at Cafe Go! Bellerine St. Geelong,
from 7.30pm. Last Fri - Upstairs at The Pancake
Kitchen, Moorabool St. for songs and session. Contact:
Marie Goldsworthy 03 5221 1813 or Jamie McKinnon
03 5261 3443
Traditional Social Dance Assoc. of Victoria.
Marion Stabb (03) 9439 7100
Victorian Folk Music Club Inc. GPO Box 2025S,
Melbourne 3001. Brian Venten 03 9884 9476, gillespie.
jeanette.f@edumail.vic.gov.au
Bill Butler 03 9876 4366, billb@bigpond.net.au
Western Australia
WA Folk Federation. PO Box 328, Inglewood, WA,
6932. Rob Oats 08 9375 9958.www.wafolk.iinet.net.au
Email: all@wafolk.iinet.net.au
Focus on Folk
6-7pm 1st & 3rd Saturdays
2 August
16 August
Local performer John Milce will bring us
new/latest releases from USA, UK & Oz
Occasional performer Gerry Myerson will
select from his extensive & varied collection
Anyone with a CD they would like to add to the library
collection for consideration for airplay please forward to:
Focus on Folk, Post Office Box A182,
Sydney South 1235.
Martin Pearson, without doubt one of the funniest & most
popular folk artists in Australia today, will be in Sydney this
month with appearances at The Loaded Dog on Saturday 23rd
and Humph Hall at 3pm on Sunday 24th.
"You will love Martin for his quick wit in his political and social
satire, some of which is a vehicle for his easy folk singing, selfaccompanied on guitar."
"Pearson is a seasoned trouper of the folk festival circuit and he
reveres few sacred cows, neither Prime Minister nor Pope all
are grist to Pearson's musical mill and get the treatment from
his creative pen."
"He is a good yarn-spinner, and time passes quickly, as it does
when you're having fun."
NSW - state of play
Songs of Henry Lawson
Songs of Chris Kempster
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2014