PENINSULA FOLK CLUB

BANKSIA BULLETIN OCTOBER 2013

E-mail: Editor..coffeecubby@bigpond.com Ph 9789 3306

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3RD NOV YOUNG TALENT TIME Part of the evening will highlight "Young Talent time". Max has made it perfectly

clear!! Max (or other members of Committee) in a school uniform with shorts a shirt and a tie that is not done up does not constitute "Young". We’re looking for performers Under 18 and we allow keyboards to be used that night. Your children , your Grand-children, friends children anyone's children , we don't care. Folk, classi-cal. and all other types of music Ex-

cept!!! Rap or Duff Duff. There is no expectation that they must do 3 songs1 One or two is fine1. Come along and lets make November a great night. Ring Vince for a booking. There will still be plenty of opportunity for general spot acts, as apart from the Kids, there will be no “Feature Artist” this month. We would love to hear some of our “sometime” or “occasional” performers and maybe some “newbies”!! First timers are always made welcome. So what about it.? Perhaps join up with one of our more seasoned artists to do a duet or trio??

PFC JAM-BOREE NIGHTS THURSDAY 17th OCT 7.30-9.30

@ Frankston Bowling Club For beginners & more experienced players.. Listeners welcome …… $5 Donation

Peninsula Folk Club meets First Sunday each Month 5.30 - 9.30pm

@ Frankston Bowling Clubrooms, Cnr Yuille & William Sts Frankston Informal Jam Session 5.30 – 6.30pm, then “Concert” 6.30– 9.30pm

Members $5.00 Visitors $7.00

PFC’S DECEMBER BASH As is our practice, our regular Club Night is replaced with a break-up End of Year, early Christmas Party on December 1st. Venue will again be the Frankston Bowling Club, and the festivities and fun start from MIDDAY. Your Committee will be arranging a FREE BBQ lunch for Members and their immediate families. Non-Members and friends are invited , but it will cost $10 per head. As this is a licensed premise, we ask that you do NOT BYO. The bar will be available during the day for your conven-ience. There will be much Singing and chatting/ please bring instru-ments as always.

PFC CAMP WEEKEND FEB 14-16 AT NEWHAVEN @ the Big4 Phillip Island Caravan Park Ph 5956 7227

24 Old Bridge Drive (formerly 24 Beach Crescent), Newhaven IN ORDER TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO DE-

CIDE EARLY THAT YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS, AND MAKE YOUR BOOKING!! If you are interested in joining us for a relaxed week-end away enjoying

the sun, sea, food, drink and friendship, (probably with some singing involved at some stage!!) you will need to call the Big 4 Park to

make your own accommodation arrangements. Let them know you are part of the Peninsula Folk Club

group as they are offering us a 10% discount, and hope-fully. we will be reasonably close together.

Accommodation available in various Cabins plus cara-van/camping sites

ON OPEN LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT RE THE FOLK FEST

I would like to take this opportunity of thanking everyone for making last night the great suc-cess that it was. The only "down side" was that the attendance numbers were down . This was due to the fact that several other functions were on the same date and that tended to draw our regular audience to other venues. Had our attendance numbers been up we would have been able to increase the perform-ers return and ,as was always our plan, raise

more money for this years cause that was explained last night. Neverthe-less despite this we were able to contribute nearly $400 to that cause. A big thank you to all of the performers , in particular Yarn Wositzky who had a 2 hour drive to get home after the Concert. Thank you to the committee and the sound guys and to the performers who gave us a night to remember. Max Amos

PIX FROM PFC’s

FOLKFEST 12th

October

Bill Dettmer

Suzette Herft & Patrick Evans

Mama’s Mountain Jug Band

Jan (Yarn) Wosizky

Evan Webb, Jenny Offer, John Armstrong

Barbara Jeffrey

THE SEEKERS RESUME THEIR 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR A MATCH-fit Judith Durham will resume the Seekers' 50th Anniversary tour in Novem-ber. The tour was postponed when Durham suffered a cerebral haemorrhage after the first Melbourne show of the tour on May 14. She has spent three months in the Epworth Hospital and embarked on extensive rehab at home before doctors green lighted her return to the stage. "I'm very very well, I'm raring to get back to the stage," Durham said today. ``It's been such a frustration knowing the incredible support from everyone. All the fans, bless them, instead of asking for their money back which they rightfully should have, none of them did. They've all been in good faith the tour would happen at some point."

Durham, who turned 70 in July, admitted her recovery from the life-threatening health shock was assisted by early treat-ment. "I believe with a cerebral haemorrhage there's a 30 per cent chance you can die, that came as a bit of a bomb-shell. When you have this kind of thing happen you can lose your movement. Because I had attention in the first three hours of something not being quite right it means I have considerable abilities now I could have lost quite easily. We are going to appreciate this reunion on yet another level now. We can't take each other for granted."

The band had a private rehearsal in Melbourne two weeks ago to test Durham's vocals.The re-scheduled Australian tour starts in Perth at Riverside Theatre on November 2 and 3, then re-turns to Melbourne's Hamer Hall on November 7, 8 and an extra show on November 28, Ade-laide's AEC Theatre on November 11 and 12, Sydney's State Theatre November 15, Wollon-gong's Entertainment Centre on November 19, Hobart's Derwent Entertainment Centre on No-vember 23, Launceston's Princess Theatre on November 25, Toowoomba's Empire Theatre on December 2 and Brisbane's Convention Centre on December 4.

PFC have been asked to come

and provide some entertainment

and spread some of our “magic

music” so that’s what we will be

doing. Come along and support your Club

PFC OUT’N’ABOUT

AT THE MAYOR’S

PICNIC

SUNDAY

8th September

Thanks

Russell for

the Pix

FESTIVALS PAGE Girgarre Moosic Muster Jan 10th-12th

Peninsula Folk Club have been involved with Girgarre since it’s inception. The 9th Moosic Muster and promises to be another great weekend. If you’ve never been, your Committee would encourage you to give it a try...You’ll be

with some people you know in a very relaxed, laid-back atmosphere. PFC mem-bers are always involved on stage.

The Girgarre Moosic Muster is a community run festival held in January each year in the small farming community of Girgarre, west of Shepparton in Victo-ria. Have you ever aspired to play a musical instrument but have never been given the opportunity to try? This is your chance.

Been playing for a while and want some additional inspiration? The advanced workshops provide an opportunity for those who can already play and want to improve their skills. There will be a group of talented teachers to run the workshops. If you are able to assist in the running of the workshops, your help would be greatly appreciated.

• Weekend Registration Fee for camp-ers: $50.00 - includes: Friday night sausage sizzle, Saturday night din-ner, Sunday morning breakfast and camping.

• Camping Camp is on the reserve – it is only 50 metres from the Town Hall, and has ample room for tents and caravans.

• The reserve has toilets and the Town Hall’s own shower and toilet block is available free.

Registration is all-inclusive: included in your fee is the Friday night sausage sizzle, Saturday night dinner in hall and Sunday morning breakfast in the park.

If camping is not your “thing” , comfortable motel accommodation is available at Kyabram, which is only a short drive away. Suggest you book early for that though as it is Summer holiday time.

OTHER FESTIVALS COMING UP...

November 1st to 4th Maldon Folk Festival. November 8th to 10th Beechworth Celtic Festival November 22nd to 24th MountainGrass- Harrietville Post Christmas –New Year Nariel Creek Folk Festival

January 24th to 27th. Newstead Live! Music Festival

A JOHN DENVER LIVE MUSIC EVENT that will take you thru a musical journey of the 60s and 70s, the era that touched the hearts of many. JIMMY FONG and the BABY BOOMERS will blow you away with songs like Country Roads, Rocky Mountain High etc

Mountain Pickers Association The Mountain Pickers Association is attracting strong audiences to its monthly bluegrass meetings at Burrina Cultural Centre. The structure of the evening is a blackboard concert with a paid feature band on the night. Entry to the evening costs $15.00/$12.00 and members of the newly formed Mountain Pickers Associa-tion are charged $10.00. For table bookings call Burrinja Cafe on 9754 5707.

Next concert 5th November Appalachian Heaven

BERWICK & DISTRICT FOLK CLUB.. 3rd Friday each month at The Berwick Old Cheese Factory from 7.30pm. . # Edward Nass, 0418 535264 Guests $10/ Members & Spot acts $7.00

18th October Grandsons of the Pioneers Having all come from a

background of playing in bands for a combined total of about 160 years, the "Grandsons" came together initially to have a social pick together on weekends, enjoying playing and singing songs with a lean towards "Country", and in particular, traditional Western Cowboy music. They eventually built up a repertoire of songs which featured four part harmony vocals ac-companied by acoustic guitars. Leo suggested recording the songs in his home studio which resulted in the production of this CD. So sit back, relax, go back in time and enjoy the harmonious singing and picking of " The Grandsons Of The Pioneers " on their debut album " Happy Trails ". The Grandsons of the Pioneers are........... John Tippett, acoustic bass and vocals Bill Jeffrey, acoustic guitar and vocals Con Anag, nylon string guitar and vocals Leo Dal-ton, acoustic guitar and vocals

ON THE WIRELESS 3RPP 98.7FM.. MON 7.30-9pm Australian Smorgasbord with Chris Spencer 3MDR 97.1FM.. WED 7.00-9pm Folk on the Fringe with Phil Young SOUTHERN FM 88.3 WED 11-Noon Get back to the Country with John Kendall 3WBC 94.1FM MOSTLY FOLK, FUN & FRIENDS with Michael Crichton

DID YOU KNOW? The Nike “SWOOSH” was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971. She was paid $35 for it!! I hope the guy responsible for “the Golden Arches” did better!!

Q: How can you tell if it's a folksinger at the door? A: He can't find his key, and

he doesn't know when to come in.

What's the difference between cutting up and onion and cutting up a banjo? No one cries when you cut up a banjo.

SELBY FOLK CLUB “Come, hear, see, experience and enjoy…” Selby Folk meets on the 1st Friday of every month, at the Selby Community House,, Wombalana Road, Selby. (Melway 75 K11) (Doors open 7.30pm, Music @ 8.00pm.. Adults $10, Con.$8

NOVEMBER 1st MATT WALKER 4th ..

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Ringwood Folk: Guest Artist Night is the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8:00 pm at

East Ringwood Community Hall (enter from Knaith Road, off Dublin Road), Melway 50 B8. .Entry is $10.00 (Spot Act performers $5.00). # Maree Buttler 9733-0802

NOVEMBER 12th NICK CHARLES

Ringwood Colonial Bush Dances First Satur-

day of every month (except January), 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm at East Ring-wood Elderly Citizens Club Hall, Laurence Grove,

NOVEMBER 2nd THE BRUMBIES

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Fathers in the Chapel presents a strictly acoustic concert with open stage format at St John's Anglican Church, Childers Street, Cranbourne. Held on a monthly basis, the evening's entertainment is open to all performers and all types of music with each performance allotted ten minutes. Singers, musicians, and poets are all welcome. Admission is $7 for patrons and $2 for performers. 2nd Friday of each month commencing at 7.30 /.Contact MICK TINETTI: 5971 4331

CELTIC MUSIC SESSION Last Sunday of the month at Chelsea Yacht Club 4-7pm..(access via Kelvin Gr from Nepean Hwy) First half hour to be a SLOW Session.. Leader Felix Meagher

Peninsula Country Music Club Meet at the Rye Civic hall Napier St Rye on the SEC-OND Sunday of the Month starting at 1pm Contact Jack Kirby 5983 5922

Verandah Music on the 3rd Sat from 1-4 at Dromana Community Hall Dromana for Coun-try, Bluegrass and Folk Music Contact Jack Kirby 5983 5922

Verandah Music’s New Ukelele Orchestra 2nd and 4th Saturdays 1-3pm

PENINSULA LAIDBACK UNDERGROUND MUSICIANS SOCIETY (PLUMS)

2nd Saturday of each Month 1-6pm @The Annexe Mahogany Centre Mahogany Ave Frankston Nth Open Mic Sessions..Entry $4.00 Tea, coffee and biscuits provided

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DISCOUNT AT THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES Bay City Music..10 Wells St. Frankston. Ph 9781 3022 Disc. to be negotiated Cranbourne Music Centre..130 High St, Cranbourne Ph 5996 6955 10% Disc. Nepean Music Centre...U4/1 Morn-Tyabb Rd. M’ngton. Ph: 5975 0293 10% Disc Guitars & Things 3e 415-417 Nepean Hwy (cnr Ross Smith Av F’ton Ph 9770 1765 15% Disc

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If Undelivered return to: Peninsula Folk Club C/o P.O. Box 1398 Frankston Vic 3199

Dates to Remember Peninsula Folk Club:- CLUB NIGHTS NOV 3rd

First Sunday each Month 5.30 - 9.30pm @ Frankston Bowling Clubrooms, Cnr Yuille & William Sts Frankston Informal Jam Session 5.30 – 6.30pm, then “Concert” 6.30– 9.30pm

Members $5.00 Visitors $7.00 Drinks & Meals available. PFC JAM-BOREE NIGHTS..THURSDAYS October 17th Nov 21st.. @7.30