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The String Contingent

The String Contingent play new acoustic music for violin, double bass and guitar. Their compositions and performance combine the clarity and precision of baroque chamber music with the raw excitement and intensity of Scottish fiddle and Bluegrass. The String Contingent redefine the possibilities of a string trio in their own articulate and fluent style. They aim to broaden the traditional role of each instrument within the ensemble, with arrangements involving both structured and improvised elements.

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Humph Hall7pm, Tuesday 12th April, 2011

85 Allambie Road, Allambie Heights

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dates for your diaryMetropolitan

Friday 1st►BMC Beer & Cheese Night. Tritton Hall (Hut 44), Addison Rd Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville. 8-10pm. ‘Who’s Fooling Who?’ (Well, maybe just fooling around.) Humour and good-natured foolery were important social lubricants in a tough and unforgiving land. Bring songs on the theme, and something to share for supper. $5. Bob 9569 7244, [email protected]

►Illawarra Folk Club. The Cottars (Canada). + The Con Artists. City Diggers Wollongong, cnr Church & Burelli Sts. 7.30pm. 1300 887 034. illawarrafolkclub.org.au

Saturday 2nd►Beecroft Bush Dance. Beecroft Community Centre, Beecroft Rd (opp Fire Station). 8pm-12. All dances taught. $17, $14, $12, incl. supper. Helen 9626 7816. bushmusic.org.au

►Adrian Barker & Ruairi McGorman, fiddle & bouzouki, CD Launch ‘Between Up and Down’. Gaelic Club, upstairs, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills. 7.30pm. Free. 9212 1587, 0413 941 459. gaelicclub.com.au►The Shack. Fred Smith (see article p6) + Tully, singer songwriter musician extraordinaire. Entrancing, sensitive, unpredictable songs, many genres and emotions, impressive guitar. + Behiye Suren, with a rich, soothing voice. Soulful, thought-provoking music, drawing on her Turkish-Australian heritage, with songwriting style reminiscent of Joan Baez, Lior, etc. Tramshed Community Arts Centre, 1395a Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen (betw. car park & Ambulance Station in Narrabeen shopping centre). 7.30-11pm. $15. 0413 635 856, [email protected]

►Martenitsa Choir Special 20th anniversary concert series. Featuring Bulgarian soloist Silvia Entcheva and the Mara! Ensemble, and premiering a work written by Laura Bishop. This evening’s performance will be recorded by ABC Radio National for Music Deli. maramusic.com.au/Article.aspx?ID=78 The

April 2011Italian Forum Performance Hall, 23 Norton St, Leichhardt. 7.30pm. $30, conc. $20, family (2 adults & 2 children) $70. Book at stickytickets.com (For group bookings of 8 or more, $20pp, please call Mara Music, 4751 4910.)

Sunday 3rdMartenitsa Choir, special 20th anniversary concert. 3pm. Other details as above.Andy Irvine (Ireland) andyirvine.com + Rens van der Zalm (Holland). Cat & Fiddle, 452 Darling St, Balmain. 5pm. $25, $20. 9810 7931Monday 4thBMC Dance Workshop. ‘Old Time and Newer.’ Leader John Short. Pennant Hills Community Centre, Yarrara Rd. 7.30-9.30pm. $7. Felicity 9456 2860

Wednesday 6th►‘Peter, Paul & Mary’s 1964 Sydney Concert’. A free film screening of the trio’s 1964 Sydney Stadium concert, aired by Channel 9 at the time but not screened since. To be followed by a ‘sing-along’. Humph Hall, 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Heights. 7pm. Wayne Richmond 9939 8802, [email protected]►Doc Jones and the Lechery Orchestra. A quirky and original style of music, part gypsy, part film score, part vaudeville.The acerbic Doc Jones walks coat and tails straight out of another era and his vibrant young band is a treat for eyes and ears. + The Sluggs. This trio could be the best banjo, trombone, bass combo you ever see. The Vanguard, 42 King St, Newtown. Doors open 6.30pm. $15 +bf (Main & Show $44 +bf), at door $15. 9550 3666, thevanguard.com.au►Bush Dance, music by No Such Thing. Wongawilli Hall. 8pm. $3, children free. Gwen 4296 1855. illawarrafolkclub.org.au Saturday 9th‘On the Road with Loosely Woven.’ Over 30 instrumentalists and singers present a show they are taking on tour out west later in the month. looselywoven.org Humph Hall, 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Heights. 7pm. Free. Bookings advised: Wayne 9939 8802, [email protected]►‘Jane Austen’ Theme Dance (including some contra, etc), with Regency Ryebuck, callers Julie Bishop and Margaret Bolliger. All dances taught. East Gosford Progress Hall, cnr Wells St & Henry Parry Drive. 7.30-11.30pm. $18, $15, students 13-16 $8, under-12 $5. Includes supper. Robyn or Richard 4344 6484. ccbdma.orgSunday 10th‘On the Road with Loosely Woven.’ Frenchs Forest Baptist Church. 2pm. $15 (students $8). All proceeds towards children’s education in Sri Lanka. Enq, bookings: Winsome (02) 9451 6097. looselywoven.org

Tuesday 12thKeith Donnelly (UK) Concert for Kids. Stand-up comedian and musician Keith Donnelly presents a special show for kids. Humph Hall, 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Heights. 2pm. Free (donations of $10 invited). Enq, bookings: Wayne Richmond 9939 8802, [email protected] humphhall.orgDark Horses (UK) - Keith Donnelly & Flossie Malavialle. Humph Hall, 85 Allambie Rd, Allambie Heights. 7pm. Free (donations of $25, $15 invited). Enq, bookings: Wayne Richmond 9939 8802, [email protected] humphhall.org

Thursday 14th►Sutherland Acoustic. ‘Fred Smith, (See article p6). Floor spots, raffles. Gymea Trade Union Club, Kingsway, Gymea (short walk from station). 7.30pm. $15, $10, FF $12, kids free. Maeve 9520 5628

►‘On the Road with Loosely Woven.’ Over 30 instrumentalists and singers present an eclectic cabaret show. 7pm, Blackheath Uniting Church. Enq, bookings: Chris Wheeler 4787 5725. looselywoven.org

►Martha Tilston (UK). Cat & Fiddle, 452 Darling St, Balmain. 8pm. $25, $20. 9810 7931

Friday 15thHornsby Ku-ring-gai Folk Club. The String Contingent. Fabulous string trio playing new acoustic music for violin, double bass and guitar. Their compositions and performance combine the clarity and precision of baroque chamber music with the raw excitement of Scottish fiddle and bluegrass. Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. 8pm. $15. BYO drinks and nibbles; tea, coffee provided. Candle lit venue, tables can be booked. Barry Parks 9807 9497, [email protected] 16th►The Loaded Dog. George Papavgeris (UK) www.folk4all.net and his Los Marbles - Vicky Swan and Jonny Dyer (UK) homepage.mac.com/smallpiper (Equal billing, no support, floor spots only.) Upstairs, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St. 8pm. $25, $20. BYO, supper available. Bookings: 9358 4886, [email protected] theloadeddog.org.au►Balmain Bush Dance. Rozelle Campus, Sydney College, 25 Terry St. 8pm-12. All dances taught. $17, $14, $12, incl. supper. Don or Wendy 9642 7950. bushmusic.org.au►Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band (USA). Peter is a true legend of American Bluegrass, dating from 1964, as lead singer guitarist with father of Bluegrass, the late Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys. He has performed and recorded with Jerry Garcia, Alison Krauss, and many more. Peter Rowan, Jody Stecher, Keith Little, Paul Knight - guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass;


regional and aCtall sing. peter-rowan.com Notes, 75 Enmore Rd, Newtown. 9557 5111. noteslive.net.auIllawarra Folk Club. Dark Horses - Keith Donnelly (UK) and Flossie Malavialle (France). keithdonnelly.com. + Nick Charles (Vic.) City Diggers Wollongong, cnr Church & Burelli Sts. 7.30pm. 1300 887 034. illawarrafolkclub.org.au►The String Contingent, virtuosic instrumental trio, compose music of sparkling beauty and originality. Chris Stone (violin) and Holly Downes (double bass) with Scotsman Graham McLeod (guitar) integrate disparate musical styles, including celtic, classical, jazz and bluegrass, through the clarity and precision of a meticulous chamber music ethos. Floor spots available. Supper provided. The Troubadour, CWA hall, The Boulevard (opp. Fisherman’s Wharf), Woy Woy. 7pm. $11, $9, $8. Children free with paying adult. 4341 4060 (AH), 0419 231 319. troubadour.org.au

Sunday 17thNick Charles. Cat & Fiddle, 452 Darling St, Balmain. 3pm. $20, $15. 9810 7931House Concert, Lawson. Dark Horses - Keith Donnelly (UK) and Flossie Malavialle (France). 4759 1916

Wednesday 20thEnglish Folk Dance for St George’s Day. Wongawilli Hall. 8pm. $3, children free. Gwen 4296 1855. illawarrafolkclub.org.au

Tuesday 26 April“Alternative Anzac” Peace Festival. Free Films, & Forum 9am-3pm. Timor Benefit Concert 6-10pm, with acoustic quartet RAPT, Pat Drummond, Sonia Bennett, Snez, Dennis Aubrey, Margaret Walters, Dan Marjason, Jenni Nixon, Greg North, speeches Jack Mundey, Jamie Parker. The 3rd Denis Kevans Peace Concert in memory of Aussie “Poet-Lorikeet”. Leichhardt Town Hall. Fund-raiser for Leichhardt Council’s East Timor Project “Friends of Maliana”. $25, $20, $10, kids free. Drinks & food available. 9569 6070, [email protected]

Wednesday 27thDark Horses - Keith Donnelly (UK) & Flossie Malavialle (France). keithdonnelly.com, flossie-malavialle.co.uk/index1.html Cat & Fiddle, 452 Darling St, Balmain. 8pm. $25, $20. 9810 7931

Thursday 31st MarchThe Cottars (Canada)Yuin Folk Club CobargoEnq. [email protected] 2ndThe Jugbusters. Blues, jazz, old timey. +Natalie, slide guitarist. Wesley Church Hall, 150 Beaumont St, Hamilton. 7.30pm. $14, $12, $10; 16 & under free. newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.auThursday 14thChris Stout (chrisstout.co.uk) fiddle workshop. 36 Fitzhardinge Cres, Evatt, ACT. 7-9.30pm. Harp workshop with Catriona McKay planned. Lachlan Green 6258 5221. scottishfiddlers.com/CanberraLoosely Woven. Over 30 instrumentalists and singers present an eclectic cabaret show. Blackheath Uniting Church 7pm. 4760 8064. looselywoven.orgFriday 15th►Nick Charles. River Music, Nowra Golf Club, Scenic Drive, North Nowra. 7.30pm. $15, $10, 12-20 $5. Andrew, Alison, 4447 5663. kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com.au/page13.htm►Dubbo Folk Club (Di, 6882 0498) and Dubbo Artz present Martyn Wyndham-Read and Iris Bishop. Dubbo RSL Club (Jacaranda Room), Brisbane St. 7.30pm. Tickets $20, $15 from RSL Club, 6882 4411►Loosely Woven. Over 30 instrumentalists and singers present an eclectic cabaret show. St Joseph’s Mount Chapel, Busby St, Bathurst. 7pm. 0407 329 902. looselywoven.orgSaturday 16thLoosely Woven. Orange Regional Library. 1.30pm. 6365 0716. looselywoven.orgSunday 17thLoosely Woven. Dubbo Christian School Auditorium, Sheraton Rd. 1pm. $10 (proceeds to vision and hearing impaired children.) 6804 6714, 0419 534 447. looselywoven.org

The Merry Muse (presented by the Monaro Folk Society)Saturday 2ndThe Cottars (Canada) + HoddleFriday 8thNew York Public Library + Fred PilcherFriday 15thChris Stout and Catriona McKay (Scotland) + Creswell and GreenCanberra Southern Cross Club, 54 McCaughey St, Turner. 7.30pm. 0412 127 882. merrymuse.org.au

THE COTTARS - Cape Breton, Canada March, 2011 “The Cottars from Cape Breton are so good and so young that they seem both a miracle and a pure jubilation!” The Boston Herald. The Cottars are by many accounts, the hottest Celtic band to arise out of the rich musical landscape of Cape Breton in many years. They play fiddle, keyboards, whistles, Irish flute, bouzouki, guitar and bodhrans, and they stepdance-all with an authority beyond their years. They also sing haunting Gaelic ballads, and harmonize with a sweetness that brings a tear to the eye. This quartet, Ciarán and Fiona, Claire and Bruce, has become the evolutionary culmination that is now The Cottars.This dynamic Celtic band is comprised of four musicians who have been playing traditional music since childhood. Each is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and stepdancer. They have entertained national and regional political figures and, in various combinations, have shared the stage with stars such as The Chieftains, Danú, Bruce Cockburn, The Barra MacNeils, Natalie MacMaster, Altan, and many, many others.

In the fall of 2001, during The Celtic Colours Festival, The Cottars were presented with “The Tic Butler Music Award” for the preservation of Cape Breton culture. “The material ranges from traditional balladry to Tom Waits songs, with performances that combine youthful exuberance and a mature virtuosity. Though the instrumental numbers keep the dance floor filled, the lush, supple vocals of Fiona MacGillivray give the music its emotional depth and resonance.”

Thursday 21st AprilAustralian National Folklore Conference 2011. The 9th annual conference facilitated by the Australian Folklore Network, the National Library of Australia, the National Folk Festival and the Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, Curtin University. National Library of Australia, Canberra. 9am-4.30pm. The confer-ence is free to attend but it is important to pre-register by email to [email protected]


Flossie Malavialle - Flossie is a French singer who became involved with the English folk music scene in 2001, while she was on a teacher exchange at a high school in the North East of England.

In the last eight years, her profile has gone from strength to strength, playing at folk clubs and festivals all over the UK and Europe. Her collection of nine albums is a reminder of how much work and dedication she has put into her musical career. From well established folk songs to jazz standards, blues numbers to Edith Piaf and

Jacques Brel classics, her wide repertoire always seems to suit every taste.She was chosen by BBC award winning folk duo, Show of Hands, to guest on

their 2009 County Town Autumn Tour of major UK concert hall venues. She has been acknowledged as an upcoming talent by a BBC National Radio 2 presenter, when her rendition of Jacques Brel’s ‘Amsterdam’ was described as the best version he had ever heard.

Keith Donnelly - Geordie bloke Keith is probably best known for his shiny head and unique off-the–wall comedy of the Ros Noble stable. He has written stand up comedy for everyone from Jasper Carrot and Phil Cool to the Telytubbies, but confesses he has kept the best material for his own live shows! In the last ten years Keith has played live at literally thousands of festivals, universities, arts centres and theatres, comedy and folk clubs in the UK, the USA and Australia, as well as being in great demand for After Dinner Speaking and Corporate Events. Whatever the gig, Keith always still plays his trusty old beaten–up acoustic guitar and sings his own compositions.

Flossie and Keith met in 2001 at the Spring Thing Festival in N England and they became firm friends. She really liked his songs, he loved her voice! So a couple of years ago, they decided to team up, quite simply stunning people in the process and started doing festivals together (Warwick, Fairport’s Cropredy,Chippenham . . .) In their concert you will be treated to Keith’s compositions from the duo followed by individual performances with Flossie doing classic covers, which includes some contemporary French songs. The concert concludes with Keith’s comedy act.

The release of their first eponymous album, Dark Horses in January 2010, was timed to coincide with their first major UK tour as support act for the iconic English folk rock band, Fairport Convention.

They begin their Australian tour with the huge Port Fairy Festival in Victoria in early March, then 20 gigs, 17,000km and 3 festivals later they conclude their trip playing in Western Australia.

Tues 12th - Humph Hall, Allambie Hts, 7pm (+ Kids Conc at 2pm!),Thursday 14th – Palm Beach Golf ClubFriday 15th – Gallipoli Legion Club, NewcastleSaturday 16th – Illawarra Folk ClubSunday 17th – House Concert, Lawson (02) 4759 1916Easter Weekend – National Folk FestivalWednesday 27th – Cat & Fiddle

Dark Horses - Flossie Malavialle and Keith Donnelly (UK)

Singer songwriter Fred Smith has emerged over the last ten years as one of Australia’s most remarkable performing artists. He has toured three continents, and released six acclaimed albums, in-terspersed with stints as a diplomat with Australian military missions in Bougain-ville, Solomon Islands and Afghanistan. He is currently on leave from an assign-ment in Oruzgan province in Southern Afghanistan where he was working with Townsville’s 1 RAR Battalion.

Smith’s songs reflect his experiences in the some of the world’s more difficult places - most recently, a number of songs including Dust of Uruzgan, based on the experiences of two 1 RAR soldiers work-ing there. He also popped out a comic tune called ‘Niet Swaffelen op de dixie’ warning the Dutch soldiers co-located with the ADF in Oruzgan province not to do unspeakable things in the portaloo. The song is apparently a hit on the mili-tary base in Tarin Kowt.

It was his ability to mix imagination with real world experience that caught the attention of critics. His 2002 CD Bagarap Empires, which draws on his experi-ences in war torn Bougainville Island, was described in the Melbourne Age as ‘a stunning marriage of ethereal poetry and hard-nosed realism’. Fred became famous on Bougainville after working with local musicians and the Australian Army to release a ‘Songs of Peace’ cassette, 20,000 copies of which were released around the island. ‘Smith is a superb songwriter with a wry sense of humour and a wonderful eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life’ (Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 2007).

He also lived in the United States for three years touring on the North Ameri-can circuit.

He teamed up with the Spooky Men’s Chorale to release a collection of thinking man’s drinking songs called ‘Urban Sea Shanties’.

Fred will be appearing at The Shack on Friday 2nd April and at Sutherland Acoustic on Thursday 14th. The show will include songs inspired by his experiences in Afghanistan.

Fred Smith


Dance for Charity?The weekly Wongawilli dance is offering an opportunity for a Wednesday Night Charity Bush Dance. “If you know of a worthy charity then let us know. We will organise one of our Wednesday night dances to be given to the charity. The charity’s role is to get people there and we will donate all the entry money for that night to the cause, including providing the supper. Raffles are also welcome.” Some of the past recipients of funds have included the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal, Daffodil Day, and the Coeliac Association. Enq, David De Santi, 0409 57 1788

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dance newsSydney Trade Union Choir’s

20th AnniversarySaturday 21st May, 2011Balmain Town Hall, 7pm

370 Darling St, Balmain, $15/$10. Supporting artists include: Newcastle

Peoples Chorus, Brisbane Combined Trade Union Singers

& Solidarity ChoirCome join the choir and its friends as we

celebrate 20 years of singing songs of protest, peace and solidarity

Admission: $15/$10 concession Food and drinks on sale

Supporting artists include:Newcastle Peoples Chorus /

Brisbane Combined Trade Union Singers Solidarity Choir

Concert proceeds will be used to make a donation to APHEDA - Union Aid Abroard

A non-profit association established in Australia and the UK after the untimely death in 2010 of singer, songwriter, political activist and social justice advocate, Alistair Hulett. The purpose of the Fund, in addition to preserving Alistair Hulett’s musical lega-cy, is: to promote traditions of social justice, tolerance and multiculturalism in music and song; and to support events and initiatives in music and song consistent with Alistair’s legacy. All donations and income from the sale of merchandise associated with Alistair Hulett and the AHMF, including CDs, goes to the Fund. Donations can be made online.

A significant proportion of all funds raised by the AHMF will go to grants, prizes and scholarships awarded to musi-cians whose focus is on social justice issues and whose music champions those aims for which the Fund was established.

For only $5 a year, you can become a Friend of the Alistair Hulett Memorial Fund Inc. and help promote the aims for which Alistair campaigned so passionately throughout his life. You can also volunteer to play a more active role in the Fund, accord-ing to your interests and skills. For details, [email protected]

Peggy Seeger is the Patron of the Alistair Hulett Memorial Fund (Australia) and the Alistair Hulett Memorial Trust (UK).

For further information: [email protected], www.alistairhulett.com or Alistair Hulett Memorial Fund, Level 3, 2 Glen St, Milsons Point 2061.

Traditions of Resistance

Monthly Traditional Music SessionsThe regular Bush Dance at Wongawilli Hall on Wednesday nights will become a tradi-tional music session for the last Wednesday of coming months. It will be a chance for musicians to play traditional tunes and songs in a free and relaxed situation. Sheet music will still be provided to encourage new musicians to join in.

Dancers are still welcome but there will be no calling or walking through of dances. BYO drinks, with a supper still provided.The cost will be $3 per adult, children free. Enq, David De Santi, 0409 57 1788

WA Folklore Archive Goes Digital

On December 1, the WA Folklore Archive’s digital presence was launched at Curtin University, Perth. The archive was established by Graham Seal in conjunction with folklore teaching and research at the university in 1985 and contains materials including student fieldwork projects, various donated col-lections and the results of past and on-going projects such as the WA Folklife Project (since 2006).

Go to john.curtin.edu.au/folklore and explore the extensive collections so far made available.

Loosely Woven goes ‘On The Road’ Again!

In 2007, 2008 & 2009, Loosely Woven, a group of instrumentalists and singers based in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, took shows ‘on the road’ up north performing in conjunction with local musicians in places like Tamworth, Armidale, Grafton, Yamba, Dorrigo, Dungog & Bowraville.

In April 2011 they are doing it again but this time heading west with concerts in Blackheath, Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo. On this occasion Chris Wheeler (Wheelers & Dealers and Pastance) will be performing with them as will members of the Blue Mountains choir ‘The Mudlarks’ and the Blackheath based choir ‘The Heathens’ - all up between 40-60 performers!.

The program will include three original songs as well as the usual eclectic Loosely Woven mix ranging from Holly Near’s powerful ‘Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida’ to Tom Bridge’s harmonic arrangement of Graham Moore’s ‘Tolpuddle Man’ to The Seeker’s hit song ‘I’ll never find another you’ to ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ as performed by the Topp Twins and from Rogers & Hart’s classic ‘Blue Moon’ to Buddy Holly’s ‘Rave On’!

Instruments this time include: violins, cello, harps, flutes, whistles, saxophones, clarinet, guitars, mandolin, accordion,

glockenspiel, piano, keyboard and percussion.As usual, Loosely Woven will be performing acoustically - no PA system!For more info contact Wayne (02) 9939 8802 [email protected] looselywoven.org

Loosely Woven concerts including dancing!


APRIL8th - 10th April St Albans Folk [email protected] (02) 9873337814th - 17th AprilJane Austen FestivalCanberra ACTjaneaustenfestival.com.au/21st - 25th AprilNational Folk Festival Canberra ACTwww.folkfestival.asn.au21st - 25th April22nd Annual East Coast Blues & Rootswww.bluesfest.com.au28th April - 1st MayMt Beauty Music Festivalwww.musicmuster.org.au 03 6764 106028th April - 1st MayAustralian Celtic Festivalwww.australiancelticfestival.com28th April - 1st MayWintermoon Festivalwww.wintermoonfestival.com28th April - 1st MayMiddle Eastern Dance Festivalwww.sydmedfest.comMAY6th - 15thCamden Haven Music FestivalPort Macquarie www.camdenhavenmusicfestival.org.au13th - 15th MayKaruah River of Music Festivalwww.krmf.org.au14th - 15th MayIronfestLithgow, NSWwww.ironfest.com.auJUNE10th - 13th JuneThe Dreaming, Woodfordwww.thedreamingfestival.com10th June - 13th JuneTop Half Folk FestivalAlice Springs [email protected] - 13th JuneSnowy Mountains of Music www.snowymountainsofmusic.com.au

festivals and events 45th National Folk Festival Launched On A Stolen Horse!

Australia’s longest-running festival event, The National Folk Festival, which won the Qantas National Tourism Award for Best Festival Event in 2009, will launch its 45th event to date in April 2011, with a unique program co-presentation alongside the paintings of Sidney Nolan.

The festival, which takes place every Easter (Thursday 21st – Monday 25th April 2011) will be launched on Wednesday 6th April from 11am – 12.30pm – at the Canberra Museum and Gallery in Civic, in a joint presentation with the CMAG’s colourful collection of Sidney Nolan’s Kelly paintings.

The presentation reveals how the iconic paintings of Sidney Nolan’s Kelly Collection are, to quote Nolan, a combination of ‘Kelly’s own words, and Rousseau, and sunlight’ – presented alongside vibrant live music from leading National Folk Festival musicians – adding luster to gallery director Peter Haynes’ experienced insight into the collection.

The Nolan Collection Gallery at CMAG is the permanent home for the Foundation Collection of iconic works by Sidney Nolan and was donated to the people of Australia. It includes fifteen works from the Kelly series and the first of the artist’s Burke and Wills paintings.

The significant collection is explored through a range of visual arts education and community programs available in the classroom. Other works from the Nolan Collection will be shown as part of CMAG’s temporary exhibition program.

The 45th National Folk Festival (NFF) as always, is shaping up to be an Easter Feast of Folk, with another memorable program of events at EPIC in April 2011.

In addition to dedicated music and spoken word performances around the legend of Ned Kelly and Australia’s most infamous Bush Rangers, the kaleidoscopic program of Australian and international musicians is headlined by the legendary Bushwackers Band in an exclusive 40th Birthday Bash.

Other acoustic alumni include Australian singers Shane Howard of Goanna fame and Eric Bogle, renowned Irish singer Andy Irvine, American Old-time music virtuoso Bruce Molsky, Aussie Roots Music stalwarts the Baylor Brothers, wild women of song – Women In Docs, and a whole host of Australia’s and the world’s leading acoustic musicians.

The 2011 festival, which coincides with ANZAC Day on Easter Monday, also features the launch of the NFF’s new annual ANZAC Day commemorative concert – ‘For The Fallen’ – a special concert of music, spoken word and film, kindly sponsored by the ACT Government Festival Fund, tio commemorate those who have fallen in the service of their country.

As a result of its highly successful ‘Rolling The Ball’ fundraising campaign during 2010, the National Folk Festival will be creating one of the biggest dance floors in the country, to house the National’s leading program of dance in many styles from around the world – topped off by a massive exclusive 40th Birthday Bush Dance with the legendary Bushwackers!

For all information concerning the National Folk Festival 2011 go to www.folkfestival.asn.au or phone 1300 235 849.

NOTICEA Special General Meeting of the Folk Federation of NSW is called on 12pm on Friday 22 April in the session bar at the National Folk Festival, Canberra. The reason for the meeting is to approve minor changes to the Constitution to bring it in line with Dept of Fair Trading’s requirements for the setting up and mainte-nance of a Public Fund (to receive tax deductible donations from individuals and Foundations).A copy of the draft Constitution is available on www.jam.org.au or by calling FFNSW Secretary Pam Davis on 0412 730 754. Comments and feedback on the draft are welcome.


Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music Festival The Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music Festival is back on the June long weekend - 10-13 June 2011 - for its third year. Perisher

cranked out an unforgettable festival in 2010 with blistering bands, 43cm of snow and record audiences rocking out till late into the night so make sure you make The Snowies the must-see festival this winter. The 2011 festival will once again be one of the most unique festivals in the country with a stellar line-up set to wow Perisher with over 100 concerts at over 8 venues across the resort.

Get set to go wild for muddy punk blues chanteuse Dallas Frasca (pictured centre) - if you haven’t seen Dallas, the Queen of Australian Roots live, you aint seen nothing. Fresh from winning the Telstra Horizon Award at Tamworth The Sunny Cowgirls (right) are the next hot thing in country, and with their tongue-in-cheek melodies and 70,000 albums sold, have shared the stage with the likes of Jimmy Barnes.

Curl up and watch the snow fall to the chilled uplifting harmonies of The Stiff Gins who are on the verge of their much anticipated 3rd album release ‘Wind and Water’. ‘Burn it up fast build it up steady’ with the dark captivating sound of Heath Cullen; and don’t miss iconic Scottish-born folk singer/songwriter Eric Bogle who is best known as the writer of ‘And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda’. Bogle’s lyrical protest songs have earned him the Order of Australia and the UN Peace Medal and they have been recorded by none less than Donovan, Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, The Pogues and The Furies.

Get the mountain jumping with the rip-roaring potent blues pulsing roots of Marshall and the Fro (pictured left); the Middle-East party grooves of Azadoota; floor-packing frenetic gypsy of The Woohoo Revue and The Go Set with its punk-infused folk inspired by The Clash and Radio Birdman.

Children are always welcome at the festival with under 15s free with a paying adult, and a dazzling program to shake their socks off. This year the festival has a special Family Fun Day Ticket and for $39 on Saturday or Sunday a parent can get entry to all venues and to the kids stage, entry to all music workshops, a free ride on the Perisher Quad Express and a 10% Family Discount at the new Smiggins Skating Rink.

Poetry is always one of the highlights, with early-risers enjoying the sun rising over the mountains at poetry breakfasts as well as a na-tional poetry competition and a live poetry slam.

With over 40 bands shaking up a storm from Friday 10th to Monday 13th June, and early bird tickets only $99 and bed and breakfast accommodation and festival packages from $299, this is one very affordable festival. More artist announcements to come, so for all the latest news keep an eye on the website or on Facebook or Twitter. Make sure you don’t miss the 2011 Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music – the only music festival in Australia in the snow.Tickets –■3 Day Earlybird Weekend Festival Pass only $99 Adult/ Child Free with Paying Adult■ 3 night B&B/ Festival Pass packages start from $299■ Earlybird Perisher 3 Day Lift Pass $120 Adult/ $66 Children■Family Fun Day Ticket $49 per person adult on Saturday or Sunday 9am-5pmEarlybird packages close 30 April. Festival Bookings - 1300 655 811 www.snowymountainsofmusic.com.au

St Albans Folk Festival will be held two weeks earlier than normal because Anzac Day falls on Easter Monday! Earlybird tickets are on sale on the new website, www.stalbansfolkfestival.com.au. If you have trouble finding it while the search engines catch up, there are links from the old one at www.snalbansiwarp.com.

Again there will be a stellar line-up including international star Dana Lyons, interstaters Enda Kenny & Lindsay Martin, The April Maze, Quarry Mountain Dead Rats, Daniel Champagne and Mandy Connell and host of others lead by Ami Williamson, the String Contingent, RAPT and the irrepressible Famous Wheeze & Suck Band.

All ‘folk’ genres will be represented from the traditional (Chloe and Jason), bluegrass (Hunter and Suzy Owens), choirs (Ecopella, Bright Star Singers), instrumental (Badja River Quartet, Shiny Top Strings), Irish (Riogh), country (Buck and Deanne) and of course the poets (Peter Mace and the Rhymer from Ryde).

Please see the web-site for a full list of performers and the program. In addition there are details pertaining to accommodation and camping.

As usual, performances will be complemented by a multitude of workshops, a Kids Festival, themed events and Market Stalls catering to festival goers’ culinary tastes and sartorial fashions. Don’t miss it!www.stalbnansfolkfestival.com.au

St Albans Folk Festival 8th to 10th April 2011

Riogh

Daniel Champagne

Dana Lyons


folk contactsGosford Scottish Country Dance Society7-10pm, Church of Christ, Henry Parry Drive, Wyoming. Cecily Cork 4384 3527, Jan McCudden 4329 5537Greek Folk DancePan Macedonian Assoc Building, Railway Pde, Sydenham from 7pm onwards. Adult classes from 7.15 pm, Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 1875 [email protected] 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 9269Irish 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 2859Sutherland Shire Folk Dance GroupGymea Bay Scout Hall, June Place, 10am. Kaye Laurendet - 9528 4813ThursdayEnglish Country Dancing (Advanced) for the over 50’s 2-4pm. School for Seniors, Wesley Mission, Pitt St. Sydney. (Oppositive back of Hilton Hotel.)Blue Labyrinth International Folk Dancefrom 7pm, Baptist Church Hall, King St Glenbrook. Jo Barrett 4739 6498Greek Folk DanceSt Gerassimos Church Hall, 21 Henry St Leichhardt. 6 pm onwards. Adult classes from 7.15 Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 1875 [email protected] Irish Ceili Dancers Kingsgrove Uniting Church Hall, 289A Kingsgrove Rd (cnr Moreton Avenue, Children’s step dancing 6pm, adults step dancing 7pm. Set and ceili dancing 8-10.30pm. Margaret and Bill Winnett 9150 6765. email: [email protected] Colonial and Folk Dancers Every Friday, Scouts/Guides Hall, Plympton Road, Carlingford, (opposite Nth Carlingford shops). Anthony and Lisa 9873 4805. International DancingSedenka Folk Dancers, Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre, 665A Darling St Rozelle. 8-llpm, $3. Chris Wild 9560 2910.Scottish Country DancingAdult classes, beginners welcome, children 6.30 -7.30pm, adults 8-10.30pm, Beecroft Primary School, $2. Sheena Caswell 9868 2075, Heather Dryburgh 9980 7978Scottish Country DancingCaringbah Seniors Hall, 386 Port Hacking Rd, Car-ingbah (rear Library), 8pm. Beginners/other levels. G. Milton 9524 4943, Erica Nimmo 9520 4781SaturdayBush Folk Dances, by Bush Dance Assoc.2nd Sat. Feb-Dec 6.30 - 10pm. New Year’s Eve 8pm-midnight. $20/$15/$10. $5 disc for early bookings. Pennant Hills Community Centre, 60 Yarrara Rd. John 9873 3138/ 0416 212 136, [email protected] Music Club Bush DancesFeb-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 7949Central 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.International Folk DanceChildren’s classes, 6-18 years, Pennant Hills Com. Centre, morning. Carol Maddocks, 9905 1563

DANCEMondayBush Music Club Dance WorkshopBeginners, experienced, 7.30pm, Pennant Hills Community Centre, downstairs. Except Jan. and public holidays. Felicity 9456 2860International Folk DancingSchool term, Earlwood Senior Citizens Centre, 362 Homer St 10am-noon. Gwynne 9558 4753Scottish 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 [email protected], http://www.rscds.org.auBelly Dance, basic/beginners 7pm, choreography 8pm, Girraween Hall, 17 Tungarra Rd. Vera Myronenko 9665 9713TuesdayBlue Mountains Scottish Country Dancers Catholic Church Hall, 7-9pm, Wentworth St, $3 Verley Kelliher, 4787 5968, [email protected] Carol Gardner 4751 6073/[email protected] Folk DancePan-Korintian House, Level 1, 11 Anglo Rd, Campsie, 6.30pm - 9.20pm. Adult class and performance group. Vas Aligiannis, 0407 081 875, [email protected]. www.greekdancing.com.auHungarian Dance ClassUltimo, 8-10pm. Gary Dawson 9559 4485. [email protected] Country Dancing, SydneyPlayford Dance Group 3rd Tues, 7.30-10.00pm, Uniting Church Hall, The Cres, Berala. Ring Patricia 9649 6978 or Mike or Ros on 9929 8193 for further details.Scottish Country DancingSt John’s Uniting Church Hall, Coonanbarra Rd, Wahroonga, 7.30-10.30pm. All welcome. Catherine Bonner 9489 5027Scottish Country DancingFort Street School, Observatory Hill, City. 6pm to 8pm Nea MacCulloch 9904 1358(a/h) or Lynn 8244 9618(w)Sutherland Shire Folk Dance GroupInternational Dancing, Gymea Bay Scout Hall, June Place, 7.30-9pm. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813Turkish Dance ClassLidcombe Community Centre, 8-10pm. Yusuf Nidai 9646 1166Ukrainian (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, [email protected] /www.veselka.com.auInternational Folk Dance class - Open Door, Georges Hall Senior Citizens, Birdwood Rd, 11.30am-12.30pm. Gabrielle 9728 7466, [email protected]“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 228WednesdayAlbion Fair, North-West Morris DancingLilyfield Community Centre, Cecily and O’Neill Sts, 7.45pm. Angie Milce 9817 3529Australian Heritage DancersAnnandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, 8 -10pm. Jim Young 9412 3721 [email protected] - australianheritagedancers.org.auBalmoral Scottish Country Dance Group7.00-9.15pm, Seniors’ Centre, Mosman Square, Mosman. Nell Morgan 9981 4769.Epping Scottish Country Dance ClubSt Aidan’s Church Hall, Downing St, 7.30-10pm. All levels welcome. Clare Haack 9484 5947 [email protected]

CHOIRSMondayA Choired Taste, Glebe, led by David Westmore, 9716 7016Bright Star Singers Ashfield, led by Mary-Jane Field, 9090 2362Ecopella. Erskineville, led by Miguel Heatwole, 9810 4601 [email protected] Bound Groove Train. Petersham, led by Linda Calgaro, 9518 4135Inner West Chamber Choir, Leichhardt, led by Rachelle Elliott. 9797 1917. [email protected]. Manly, led by Karen Smith, 0415 221 113, [email protected]. Ultimo, led by Mara & Llew Kiek, 47514910 People’s Chorus Newcastle, led by Rod Noble, 49 623432Unaccompanied Baggage. North Sydney, led by Stuart Davis, [email protected], Katoomba, ledby Rachel Hore 4759 2456, [email protected], Neutral Bay, led by David Westmore, 9716 7016Ecopella. Illawarra area (alternate Tuesdays), led by Miguel Heatwole 9810 4601, [email protected] Roc Lawson, led by Rachel Hore, 47592456, [email protected] Honeybees. East Sydney, led by Dynes Austin. Contact Jenny Jackson, 9816 4577 [email protected] Sydney Trade Union ChoirSydney City, contact Nola Cooper 9587 1165 - [email protected] Next Door, Seaview Street, Dulwich Hill, meets weekly at Sea View Hall, Seaview St, Dulwich Hill. 12.30pm. (Seniors mostly) Contact Allan 9520 6180WednesdayChoralation. Abbosford (school terms), contact Marga-ret Grove [email protected] Ecopella. Upper Mts., contact Kate 47 825529The Heathens. Blackheath, day time 12-pm. Led by Chris Wheeler 4787 5725 [email protected], Josephine. Glebe, led by David Westmore, 9716 7016The Spots. Christina Mimmocchi, Randwick 0410 682 061ThursdayBouddi Voice. Kincumber (school terms), led by C & C Sainsbury, contact 43 683270Chorella Community Choir. Richmond, contact Ellen 4578 2975 Cleftomaniacs. Waterloo, led by Gary Smith, [email protected] Solidarity Choir. Newtown, led by Miguel Heatwole, 9810 4601, [email protected] FridayThe Sydney Street Choir. CBD, led by Peter Lehner 0425 268 771The Sydney Welsh Choir (Men and Women) meet on Wednesday Evenings at Concord Baptist Church Hall. Reh. 7pm to 9pm. 20 to 30 performances a year. Viv 47 39 0384, Warwick 9451 7806,[email protected], women’s a cappella choir. Woodford. Led by Alison Jones 4759 2880Sunday Blue Mountains Trade Union Choir. Upper Mts., contact Kate 47 82 5529

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MUSIC IN CONCERTTuesdayThe Screw Soapers Guild - Writers Presenters & Listeners Group 4th Tues, 7.30pm, stories, poems, songs and conversation. Albert 9600 7153, email: [email protected], website: www.folkclub.com/folkodyssey/WednesdayWisefolk 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‘Posers & Composers’ performance session, every Thursday, Newtown RSL (1st floor), 52 Enmore Rd, 7.30pm - 11pm. Free. To book a spot & enq Dennis Aubrey 0408 452 464 [email protected] Folk Club2nd 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.FridayHornsby Kuring-Gai Folk Club3rd 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Music Club2nd and 4th Fri 8pm, Northmead Scout Hall, Whitehaven Road, Northmead. A session always happens so bring instruments. Allen Davis 9639 7494 [email protected]. or Ray Pulis 9899 2102.

SaturdayBluegrass & 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.aulllawarra Folk Club, 3rd Saturday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au Loaded Dog Folk Club4th Sat, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, 8pm. Sandra Nixon, 9358 4886, [email protected]. www.theloadeddog.org.auMacquarie Towns Music Club3rd Sat,7.30pm Alternates between concert and round robin jam session format with concerts featuring a guest artist supported by a ‘blackboard concert’ Richmond Neighbourhood Centre, West Market St, .Contact Dez Williams at 4578 5215 [email protected] Shack. 1st Sat, presents 21st century original,contemporary and traditional folk music at the Tramshed, 1395a Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen at 7:30. BYO drinks and nibblies. Contact Rhonda on 0416 635 856 or email Kathleen at [email protected] Folk ClubCentral Coast, 4th Sat. in month 7pm CWA Hall, Woy Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), The Boulevard, Woy Woy. Admission: $7 members/$8 conc. & other folk club mems/$10 non members. Everyone welcome Tel. Frank or Marilyn 4341 4060, Email: [email protected] www.troubadour.org.au

SESSIONS & FREE WORKSHOPSMondayBush Music ClubCommunity Centre, 44/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, 7.30pm. Music workshop. All singers and musicians welcome. Bob 9569 7244, [email protected] 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/[email protected] music lessons, beginners and advanced, flute, fiddle, whistle, guitar, concertina. Irish Gaelic Club, Surry Hills, 0413 941 459, [email protected] Out at The Gaelic Club(2nd Friday of the month) singing sessions. Follows Politics in the Pub. Upstairs, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills near Central Station. 8pm approx. All welcome. Free. [email protected] Frog Hotel. Jam Night. Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Sts, Windsor. 7.30pm to late. Mark 0419 466 004Gosford Bush PoetsLast 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 [email protected] AcousticTune Session Night 4th Friday of the monthfrom 7.30pm Gymea Tradies Club,Kingsway, Gymea (Kaimea room) Stringed and other instruments welcome Ability to play with others and have basic chord knowledge Welcome to listen Ph Ian Knight MOB 0438830374Blackheath Folk Club, 1st Thurs, 7.30pm, Ivanhoe Hotel, cnr Gt Wstn Hwy and Govetts Leap Rd. Christine Davies, Peter Duggan 4787

7246Gaelic Club. Irish music lessons. Beginners and advanced, flute, fiddle, whistle, guitar, concertina, tenor banjo, bodhran.Irish Gaelic Club, Surry Hills, 0413 941 459, [email protected] Beer & Cheese NightThemed 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, Mar-rickville. 9569 7244, [email protected] Suburbs Poetry Group1st Friday, Church in the Market Place, Bondi Junction. 6.30-8.30pm. Gina 9349 6958Springwood 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 4893SaturdayFairlight Folk Acoustic LoungeHeld 4 times a year, Feb, May, Aug. Nov (usually 1st Sat) 7.45pm. A comfortably enticing, relaxed environment in which to see quality live acoustic music. Ajfjter show - jam. BYO drinks and nibbles. Light refreshments available. William St Studios, Fairlight (The Baptist Church down from Sydney Rd. Contact Rosie 9948 7993. [email protected]

SundaySydney Scottish Fiddlers1st and 3rd Sun, 2-5pm, New Church, 4 Shirley Rd Roseville. All ages welcome. Trish 9416 2402.Irish Music SessionKellys, King Street, Newtown, 6pm. Enq. 9559 6300Music Session Hero of Waterloo, cnr Lower Fort St and Windmill Street, The Rocks. 6-10pm. Brendan 9818 4864Irish Music Session. 3rd Sunday. Bennet Hotel, Hamilton, 4-7.30pm Roz and Shane Kerr 44967 3167Irish Music Sessions - Dicey Riley’s, Wollongong 2pm.Hotel Illawarra Wollongong, 3rd Sunday, 3pm, spoken word, 5pm acoustic music

Irish Ceili Dances, live Ceili bands, 4th Sats, 7.30 - 11.30pm. Irish Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills. $10. Aisling 0413 941 459, [email protected] and Old Time Dance2nd Sat, 8pm, Uniting Church, 9-11 Bay St, Rockdale. $3 incl. supper. Chris Thom 9587 9966Scottish 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 ClassRockdale. 6.30-8.30pm, $5. Y Kaporis 0412 861 187Mortdale Scottish DancersLearners night (for learners and experienced), 7.30- 9.30pm. Pensioners Welfare Club Hall, 76 Pitt Street, Mortdale. Pam Jehan 9580 8564.Sutherland Shire Folk Dance GroupInternational Dancing Como Girl Guides Hall, 10-11.30am. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813Linnéa Swedish FolkdancersEstonian House, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills. New members welcome. For times contact Graeme Traves 9874 4194, [email protected]

focus on folk 2MBS-FM 102.5MHz 6PM Saturday

In co-operation with 2MBS-FM, Sydney’s first FM community radio station operating on 102.5 MHz, Folk Federation brings you an hour of folk music at 6PM on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month.

Anyone with a CD that you would like to add to the library collection for consideration for airway please forward to Focus on Folk, Post Office Box A182, Sydney South 1235.

Sat. 9th April John Milce presents a special program dedicated to Sandy Denny, who tragically died in April 1978. most of the material is from the recently released and elaborately packaged 19 CD box set, with some additional material from Fairport Convention. The program has been put to-gether with the invaluable assistance of John Penhallow.Sat. 23 April Paul Jackson will mainly bring us songs related to the sea.


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ACTMonaro Folk Society Inc, Post Office Box 482 Civic Square, ACT 2608. 0409 817 623 [email protected] 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, [email protected]; www.FolkRag.orgQld Colonial and Heritage Dancers. PO Box 3011, Yeronga 4104. Jan Orloff ph/fax 07 3848 7706, [email protected] Folk Festival. PO Box 1134, Woodford 4514. [email protected]; www.woodfordfolkfestival.com.TASMANIACeltic Southern Cross Folk Music Catalogue. Beth Sowter, [email protected]; www.celt.com.au; PO Box 100, Legana, as 7277.Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc. PO Box 1638 Hobart 7001. Peter Hicks 0409 216 752VICTORIABallarat Folk Club, John Ruyg 03 5332 7872Boite World Music Cafe, Fitzroy, 03 9417 3550 (w), http:// www.boite.asn.auGeelong Folk Club, 2nd. Fri - Coffee House Folk- singing 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 3443Traditional Social Dance Assoc. of Victoria. Marion Stabb (03) 9439 7100Victorian Folk Music Club Inc. GPO Box 2025S, Melbourne 3001. Brian Venten 03 9884 9476, [email protected] Butler 03 9876 4366, [email protected] AUSTRALIAWA Folk Federation. PO Box 328, Inglewood, WA, 6932. Rob Oats 08 9375 9958.www.wafolk.iinet.net.au Email: [email protected]

main entrance), Newcastle. Rod Noble 4962 3432 email: [email protected] Irish Set Dancers, Tuesdays, 7.30-9.00pm, Scots Kirk, Hamilton, Newcastle. Julia or Arthur, 4955 5701 [email protected], 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 3167Newcastle 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. Thurs-days Juniors 4.15pm, Youth 5.30pm, All Saints Hall, New Lambton. Elma: 4943 3436.Tradewinds Acoustic/Folk Session, 2nd Sunday (Feb-Nov). 25 Queen St, Cooks Hill. 4-7pm. Carole Garland 4929 3912, [email protected] & 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: [email protected] Beehive, as requested. 8 Lewis St, Is-lington. Neville Cunningham 4969 4246. NOWRA:Balkan and International Folk Dance, Mon, 7.30pm, Cambewarra Hall. Suzi Krawczyk 4446 0569, [email protected] Folk Dance, Progress Hall, Boorawine Tce, Callala Bay. Tuesday (school term), 7.15-9pm. Maureen 446 6550, [email protected] Craic – 9 piece acoustic traditional Band. Tuesday 7.30-10 pm, John’s place. Chris Langdon 4446 1185, [email protected] or Mark Nangle 4454 5028, [email protected] Country Dance Group, Presbyterian Church Hall, Kinghome St (next to Woollies), Wed, 8pm, all welcome. Jill 4421 3570Shoalhaven 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 3470OBERON Music Club, fortnightly, Thurs, 8pm, Oberon Leagues Club. Neil Higgins 6337 5707.SOUTHERN HIGHLANDSBowral 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. 4861 4333, Brian Hayden 4861 6076.Burrawang Folk, 4887 7271Southern 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, Tues. 5.30-8.30pm, Sandra 6552 5142.WAGGA WAGGA Downside Bush Dance & Open Mic, Tin Shed Rat-tlers, 1st Sat, Noel Raynes 6928 5541.WAUCHOPE, 1st Saturday Concert with in-vited artists 7.30 pm 3rd Saturday Open perfor-mance session 7.30 at Café Blue Frog, High St. Enq,John 6585 1488 email [email protected] (near Griffith) Bidgee Folk Club3rd Sun. Whitton Hotel, Whiton 1pm - 5pm. 02 6954 4019WOLLONGONGBluegrass Jam Session, 3rd Sat each month. 7.30-11pm. Thirroul Neighbour-hood Centre next to post office.lllawarra Folk Club, 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church

BATEMANS BAY: Scottish Country Dancing, Batemans Bay Caledonian Society -Tuesday 7.30pm at Batemans Bay Bowling Club - visitors welcome. Warren 4457 2065, Max 4472 5184BATHURST: Bathurst Folk Club, occasional concerts, touring and local artists. Different venues. Bruce Cam-eron 02 6331 1129, www.bathurstfolkclub.org.auBELLINGEN: Celtic Australian Session.. Saturday from midday, Church Street tables. John 66555898, Carole 66551225BLUE MOUNTAINS: Blue Mountains Heritage Dancers, Wednesday in term time, 7-9pm. Wentworth Falls SOA. 217 Great Westn Hwy. Caroline 0439 314 948, [email protected] or Patrick 0412 786 988BRAIDWOOD: Braidwood Folk Music Club meets every 3rd Thurs-day now at the Anglican Church Hall, BYO everything. Info Erika 4842 2505; performers Sue 4842 8142Tallaganda Dance Troupe. Folk dance, Mon. 9.30am (Noela 4842 8004. Belly dance. 11.30am. (Erika 4842 2505) 35 Coronation Ave, Braidwood.BROKEN HILL: Occasional acoustic jam nights at Bell’s Milk Bar. Contact Broken Hill Art Exchange, (08) 80088 3171CENTRAL COAST: Troubadour Folk ClubCentral Coast, 2nd Sun, 1.30pm, CWA Hall, Woy Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), The Boulevard, Woy Woy. Admission: $7 members/$8 conc. & other folk club mems/$10 non members. Includes afternoon tea. Tel. Frank or Marilyn 4342 9099, Fax 4325 7362. Email: [email protected] www.troubadour.org.au/folk/index.htm..COBARGO: Yuin Folk Club, Occasional Folk Nights. Enq. Coral Vorbach or Graeme Fryer 6493 6758. [email protected], website: www.cobargofolkfestival.com COOMA, International Folk Dancing, Uniting Church Hall, Soho St, Thurs, 6pm. Fran 6453 3282 (h)DUBBO FOLK CLUB, 2nd Sun, 2.30pm, The Monkey Bar. Wingewarra St. All welcome. Di Clifford 6882 0498GOSFORD 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 [email protected]. 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.htmIrish and Celtic music sessions at the Old Goulburn Brewery. 3rd Fri. Bradley Grange, Bungonia Rd. 4821 6071.GULGONG FOLK CLUB, PO Box 340, Gulgong NSW 2852, Bob Campbell 02 6373 4600, gulgongfolkfestival.comKIAMA “No Such Thing”. Yvonne O’Grady and Alan Musgrove host an Australian tune session suitable for beginners every Monday in Kiama. Yvonne 02 4233 1073, [email protected] BUSH DANCE, Wed nights, Ray Flynn Hall. Glenys Ritchie 6622 4258NEWCASTLE: Bush and Colonial Dancing, 3rd Sund each month 2-4pm. Beginners and visitors always welcome. All Saints Anglican Hall, New Lambton. Enq. Margaret Ken-ning 02 4952 1327 email: [email protected] or Bill Propert 02 4946 5602 email [email protected] and Hunter Valley Folk Club, 1st Sat. 7.30pm (not Jan) Wesley Centre, Beaumont St, Ham-ilton. (Dances held 4 times a year, March, June, Sept, Nov) Lainey 4943 4552, 0421 412 358 [email protected]. www.newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.auLakeside Folk Cirle, 4th Sunday, every month. Teralba Community Hall, Anzac Pade, Lake Macquarie. 4-7pm. $2.50. Paul 4959 6030. [email protected]’s Chorus Practice, 6pm, Trades Hall Council Meeting Rooms (opp. Panthers’ Club,

REGIONAL EVENTS Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au Jamberoo: Session, Jamberoo Pub, Thurs, 7.30pm. [email protected]’s Breakfast, Wed. 7,.15am. Wollon-gong Writers’ Centre, Town Hall, Corrimal St. Tony Stoddart, [email protected] Folk Club, 12.30pm, Mondays, Fridays. Old timey, bluegrass, Celtic session. Duck Pond (in front of library), University of Wollongong. David Harman, [email protected] White Heather Scottish Country Dance Group, Mon, 7.30 -10pm, St Andrew’s Church Hall, Kembla St. All welcome. Arnold Thurl-ing 4228 1986 or Grace Halliday 4229 3480Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club, Bush Dance, Wed, 8pm, musos and dancers all welcome, Com-munity Hall, West Dapto Rd, Wongawilli. David 0409 57 1788. www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au:


The Australian Folk Revival: An Historical Chronology. Part 1.1st edition, December 2010. By Brian Samuels

This chronology began life as an appendix to ‘The Folk Revival in South Australia: An Historical Chronology’, a work of about 24 pages which I hope to complete and have published on the Folk Federation of South Australia’s website in the near future. It was simply intended to provide the broader Australian context for what happened in South Australia.However, as can be the way with historical research, I kept tinkering with it and it became more detailed than I had originally planned. Specifically, I have often inserted precise sources and concise contextual statements in the entries and have also tried to record some foundation events for each State and Territory. The text below is close to the final version that will appear in the main work, except that I have inserted two South Australian items (for 1966 and 1971) from the body of that chronology.Naturally I’d appreciate any corrections or suggestions for additions, which should be sent to me at [email protected] chronology is designed to provide an outline of some of the key events in the development of the appreciation and study of Australia’s folk culture as defined by what is generally termed the ‘folk revival’ that began in the 1950s. It does not pretend to be comprehensive. At the State level it focuses on early groups and umbrella organizations and largely excludes folk festivals. With publications it focuses on key early ones and those that provide an overview of the field. It has been compiled principally from published (print and on-line) sources, supplemented by a few email enquiries to try and fill some gaps. I have not so far discovered the foundation dates for the Western Australian, Queensland and Top Half Folk Federations.Chronology1905 - AB Paterson (ed) The Old Bush Songs: Composed and sung in the Bushranging, Digging and Overlanding Days (Angus and Robertson, Sydney), the first published collection of bush songs [55 of them], appeared. It did not contain any music. [The cover title was Old Bush Songs and the ‘The’ was dropped from the title page in the 4th edition. The final (8th) edition over Paterson’s name appeared in 1932.] There have been some expanded editions since, most notably D Stewart and N Keesing (eds) Old Bush Songs (1957; several reprints) and a centenary edition by W Fahey and G Seal (eds) Old Bush Songs (ABC Books, Sydney, 2005). The latter (p6) notes that ‘Banjo’ Paterson started advertising for songs in the Sydney Bulletin in 1895 and outlines the publishing history of the book on pp31-32. [See also H Anderson ‘Some Literary Sources for Old Bush Songs’, Australian Folklore no 12 (1997), pp1-39]1950 - Old Australian Bush Ballads, ‘collected by Vance Palmer’ with ‘music restored by Margaret Sutherland’, was published by Allan & Co. It contained 13 songs, and is notable for being the first booklet of Australian folk songs to include music. Palmer’s Preface records: ‘Versions of many of the ballads included have already appeared in “Old Bush Songs”; others I have gathered gradually from various quarters; and Margaret Sutherland has arranged music for them, calling upon her own instinct for appropriate melody when there was no one who remembered the original tunes’.1951 - John Manifold and Ron Edwards published the Bandicoot Ballads, four broadsides of both words and music in a folder. Ron Edwards later wrote: ‘They created quite a bit of interest at the time, and were I feel, an important factor in the revival that followed. Ballads 5-8 were published in 1953, when I had returned to Victoria and was operating the Ram’s Skull Press, Numbers 9-16 came out in 1955’. [‘Bandicoot Ballads and Other Folk Songs’, Australian Tradition vol 3, no 3 (October 1966), p5]

1952 - John Meredith and some friends formed The Bushwhackers (not to be confused with the later band The Bushwackers). [Chris Kempster ‘The Bushwhackers: Some recollections’ (2002) on Mark Gregory’s Australian Folk Songs web site]1953 - Burl Ives’ Folio of Australian Folk Songs ‘collected and arranged by Dr Percy Jones’ was published by Southern Music Publishing Company, Sydney, and contained 10 songs. Jones had begun collecting in the 1940s, assisted by journalist CS Waight’s daily column in the Melbourne Sun-News Pictorial, but unlike ‘Banjo’ Paterson, had transcribed some of the tunes. When the American Ives toured Australia for the Australian Broadcasting Commission and expressed an interest in Australian folk songs, he was directed to Jones. [See K McKenry ‘Percy Jones: Australia’s Reluctant Folklorist’, Overland no 186 (2007), pp25-33 and ‘The Minstrel Boy’, an anonymous article in the weekly magazine People, 3 December 1952, pp15-17]1953 - Dick Diamond’s Reedy River, a musical drama that included Australian folk songs, was produced by the New Theatre, Melbourne, and subsequently interstate. The Companion to Theatre in Australia (Currency Press, Paddington, 1995) says it ‘dominated New Theatre’s repertoire for four years from 1953, playing to an estimated 450 000 people …’ (p401). [The New Theatre, Sydney, produced two editions of the Reedy River Song Book (cover title) in 1954 and 1960.]1954 -The Australian Folklore Society held its inaugural meeting at John Meredith’s house at Heathcote, near Sydney, on 16 January following an initial meeting in December, but its journal Speewa only lasted two years (1954-55) and the Society itself ceased in about 1958. [See Speewa vol 1 no 1 (April 1954), John Meredith’s ‘Introduction’ in John Meredith & Hugh Anderson Folk Songs of Australia and the Men and Women Who Sang Them (Ure Smith, Sydney, 1967) and ‘Hunting Down the Wild Colonial Boy’ in People, 11 January 1956, pp23-6]1954 - The Bush Music Club was founded in Sydney as a way of managing the large number of people who wanted to join the Bushwhackers. [See John Meredith’s ‘Introduction’ in John Meredith & Hugh Anderson Folk Songs of Australia and the Men and Women Who Sang Them (Ure Smith, Sydney, 1967)]1955 - The Wattle Recording Company was formed in Sydney by architect Peter Hamilton. [Some sources say 1954] For details of its recordings see Mark Gregory’s ‘Australian Folk Songs’ web site http://folkstream.com/reviews/revival/wattle.html1955 - The Folk Lore Society of Victoria was formed in early August at a meeting of about 40 enthusiasts. [Hon. President Alan Marshall, Vice-President Norm O’Connor and Secretary Wendy Lowenstein]SOURCES: The two principal sources used to compile this chronology were Keith McKenry’s ‘Origins of the Australian Folk Revival’, a tribute to the pioneer field collectors of the 1950s from a concert at National Folk Festival, Canberra, Friday 10 April 1997 (available on-line at folkstream.com/reviews/revival/origin.html and GB Davey & G Seal (eds) The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore (OUP, Melbourne, 1993). GB Davey & G Seal A Guide to Australian Folklore: from Ned Kelly to Aeroplane Jelly (Kangaroo Press, NSW, 2003) was also useful, as were some items in the ‘Articles’ section of Mark Gregory’s ‘Australian Folk Songs’ web site folkstream.com/ and Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘The History of the Australian Folk Revival’ on Warren Fahey’s Australian Folklore Unit website. warrenfahey.com/revival.htm I am also grateful to those individuals who responded to my emails regarding elusive foundation dates and other queries.[This Chronology, Part 1, has been reprinted by kind permission of the author. Parts 2 and 3 will appear in future issues of Cornstalk.]

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