New York Pinewoods FMC

Subject: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 21 Jan 01 - 05:23 PM

Greetings:

I am now the publicity chairperson for the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.) and I intend to use this thread to publicize club activities. Your comments and feedback, good, bad or in-between, are most welcome.

Let me begin by saying that Pinewoods is a club in the sense of a membership organization, rather than a night club or similar venue where folk music can be heard. We do sponsor folk music events throughout New York City, and these inc concerts, workshops, open microphones, jam sessions, and so forth. Some of these are one-time events, but others are parts of a series or else are events which repeat monthly. We also sponsor three weekend retreats each year at a camp out of the city.

For more information, please do any or all of the following:

Check our website by clicking HERE!

Or call our FOLK FONE at 212-563-4099

Or request a free sample copy of our monthly newsletter by writing to:

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
450 Seventh Avenue, Room 972
New York, NY 10123 [USA]

Full general membership is $27/year for an individual or $37/year for an entire family. A low income idividual membership is available for $16/year for full time students, retirees on fixed income, people on SSI, etc. Members get to go to a series of six top-notch concerts per year without paying any additional admission. They also get discounts on admission to many other Pinewoods events.

If you are interested in joining, please get in touch with our membership chairperson:

Anne Price
80 Knolls Crescent, #2M
Bronx, NY 10463 [USA]
Phone: [phone]

--- Stephen L. Suffet [Phone: [phone]]

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: InOBU
Date: 21 Jan 01 - 05:54 PM

Hi Stephen: I hope you and all the NYC members of Pinewoods will come to here us at the People's Voice Cafe this Feb 10. Sorcha Dorcha does traditional Celtic music - mostly Irish and Scottish, some Geordie and Breton music, as well as modern human rights ballads, written by one of our two Uilleann Pipers, me... 8pm 45 East 33rd Street between park and Mad. We are playing on the bill with Ray Collins. We need to see more mudcatters at our gigs, as there are so few in New York. So come by and introduce yourself. I know the rest of the band would love to do things for Pinewoods.
Larry

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: InOBU
Date: 22 Jan 01 - 08:02 AM

Hi Steve... See the problem? Almost no NYC mudcatters! Try and get the Pinewoods crowd into Mudcat... so we can also get some people to come to our gigs!!!!! Larry

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Jan 01 - 08:36 AM

Stephen,
I am about to become a member. I have a few of your mailings and noticed that many of your members come from Jackson Heights, my home. I look forward to meeting you.
Mary

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: folk1234
Date: 22 Jan 01 - 09:35 AM

Well as strange as it may seem, I'm a NY Pinewoods FMC member and I have been for about 4 years. I don't go to the meetings and events because it is about 1623 miles from my front door here in Ada, OK. I keep my membership current as my small way of helping their organization. I'm also a member of the Houston FMS for the same reason.
I met a number of NYPFMC members when I went to Folk Music Week at Pinewoods Camp (no relation to NYCPFMC). When we lived in CT we went to a Bok, Muir, Trickett Concert in NYC sponsored by NYCPFMC. They, both the club and BMT, did a great job.

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 22 Jan 01 - 08:40 PM

Salutations from Peru (Illinois) to Don Wade and Jerry Epstein and Maddy Deleon and EVERYONE. I had some fine times listening to and picking for all of you who were there in those olden times. It's great to see you movin' on.

Love to y'all,

Art Thieme

Subject: March 2, 2001: Bob Webb
From: Suffet
Date: 23 Jan 01 - 06:26 PM

Bob Webb to Appear in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, March 2nd.

Multitalented Folksinger at Polytech in Pinewoods "Folk Off-Broadway" Series.

Traditional folksinger Bob Webb will appear at Wunsch Hall, Polytechnic University in Brooklyn on Friday evening, March 2, 2001, as part of the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club's "Folk Off-Broadway" concert series produced in cooperation with the school. The show starts at 8 PM sharp. General admission is $10. Club members pay only $9, and Polytech students will be admitted free.

A typical Bob Webb concert includes ballads, shanties, songs from the West Coast lumber camps and tugboat docks, and a music hall song or two. Some of the songs he learned from relatives and older acquaintances who taught him songs from their own youth. Other songs came from contemporaries and friends, and a few he wrote himself. When not singing a capella, Bob will accompany himself on the guitar, the five-string banjo, the duet-concertina, or one of the other instruments that happen along with him. You can always expect some delights and wonders, a little amazement, and lots of fun when Bob Webb is on stage.

Wunsch Hall, the Polytechnic University student center, is located in Metrotech Center in downtown Brooklyn, easily accessible by public transportation. Ample parking is available after 7 PM.

For information please contact Steve Suffet, phone [phone].

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: InOBU
Date: 23 Jan 01 - 07:09 PM

Hey ART!
Maddy Deleon! I sat next to Maddy all through law school, Maddy, Dr. Bobby Cohan's wife? Small world!
Larry

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 31 Jan 01 - 07:44 PM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972 € New York, NY 10123
[phone]

in cooperation with Polytechnic University presents...

BOB WEBB
Multitalented Traditional Folksinger

Friday € March 2, 2001 € 8 PM Sharp
Wunsch Hall Student Center € Polytechnic University
Metrotech Center € Brooklyn, NY

A typical Bob Webb concert includes ballads, shanties, songs from the West Coast lumber camps and tugboat docks, and a music hall song or two. Some of the songs he learned from relatives and older acquaintances who taught him songs from their own youth. Other songs came from contemporaries and friends, and a few he wrote himself. When not singing a capella, Bob will accompany himself on the guitar, the five-string banjo, the duet-concertina, or one of the other instruments that happen along with him. You can always expect some delights and wonders, a little amazement, and lots of fun when Bob is on stage.

Wunsch Hall, the Polytechnic University student center, is in downtown Brooklyn, easily accessible by public transportation. Ample parking is available after 7 PM. General admission $10. Pinewoods members $9. Polytech students will be admitted free. For information or directions please call [phone].

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: InOBU
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 07:12 PM

Turns out, called Maddy, there are two Maddy Deloans, and she often is mistaken for the other (one the singer Maddy, and one the Lawyer Maddy...) Hey Steve, why don't you come to hear us at the People's Voice Cafe on the 10th, and then book us for pinewoods concerts? Have a listen to us, this Saturday on WBAI at 3:30...
All the best
Larry

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 08:49 PM

I don't do the bookings for the Pinewoods concerts. That is handled by the program committee, although as a board member I do have some input in prioritizing the list of people who will eventually get invited to do membership series concerts. For most other events, such as our Folk Off Broadway series at Polytechnic, the program committee selects the performers on their own initiative. If you wish to be considered, I suggest you cintact our program committee chaairperson, Evy Mayer. Her e-mail address is
I was recently at People's Voice to hear the Disabled In Action Singers and Eric Levine. That was Jan. 20th. If you were there that night you heard me, as Eric called me up to do one song. I sang "Ten Thousand Years," my trinute to the late Hilary Kelley.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 06:33 AM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Upcoming Events in New York City

Sunday, Feb.4, 2001: Sea Music Concert. Jan Christensen + New York Packet. Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport, Manhattan. 3 PM.

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001: Traditional Folk Music Open Microphone. Sun Music Company. 340 East 71st Street, Manhattan. 7:30 PM.

Friday, March 2, 2001: Folk Off Broadway Concert. Bob Webb. Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn. 8 PM.

Sunday, March 4, 2001: Sea Music Concert. Dan Milner and Bob Conroy + New York Packet. Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport, Manhattan. 3 PM.

Friday, March 16, 2001: Pinewoods Series Concert. Jeff and Gerret Warner. Advent Lutheran Church. Broadway & West 93rd Street, Manhattan. 8 PM. All Pinewoods Series Concerts are free to members!

Wednesday, March 21, 2001: Traditional Folk Music Open Microphone. Sun Music Company. 340 East 71st Street, Manhattan. 7:30 PM.

Subject: Gerret & Jeff Warner
From: Suffet
Date: 03 Feb 01 - 03:21 PM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972 € New York, NY 10123 € [phone]

PRESS RELEASE

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer
Phone [phone] after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after February 3, 2001:

*** Traditional Folk Musicians Gerret and Jeff Warner to Appear in New York City on Friday, March 16, at 8 PM. ***

*** Special Guest Tim Eriksen to Join Sons of Anne and Frank Warner in Pinewoods Series Concert at Advent Lutheran Church. ***

*** Concert to Feature Songs from the Warner Collection. ***


The New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club will present traditional folk musicians Gerret and Jeff Warner in concert at the Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway and West 93rd Street in New York City, on Friday evening, March 16, 2001. The show begins at 8 PM. This concert is one in a series of six per year presented by Pinewoods and is free to club members. General public admission is $13.

Gerret and Jeff Warner grew up listening to the songs and stories of their father, Frank Warner, and those of the traditional singers that both their parents, Anne and Frank, met during their numerous folksong collecting trips throughout rural America. The brothers accompanied their parents on their later field trips, and they are the editors of their mother's book, "Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne and Frank Warner Collection." In addition, Gerret and Jeff are producers of two Warner Collection CDs. This concert will feature many songs from that book and from those CDs.

Gerret and Jeff performed together during their college days, before Gerret began a career as an award winning filmmaker. Jeff Warner has toured in thirty-six states for the Smithsonian Institution, and he has been an artist for the Utah Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, and Young Audiences of Massachusetts. In addition, Jeff has been designated a Folklorist and Community Scholar by the New Hampshire Council on the Arts.

The Warners' program includes many songs from rural North Carolina. It was there that Anne and Frank Warner collected the ballad "Tom Dooley" from the singing of Frank Proffitt. Frank Warner later taught the song to the Kingston Trio, whose recording of it became a popular hit.

Gerret and Jeff Warner will be joined in concert by musicologist, balladeer, and rock artist Tim Eriksen of the group Cordelia's Dad. Eriksen, who will play a variety of acoustic instruments, has been a friend and musical collaborator of the Warners for more than a decade.

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Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 15 Feb 01 - 09:33 PM

Coming to New York City on Friday, April 13, 2001:

Old time fiddler extraordinaire Bruce Molsky.

Bruce is also a really fine guitarist, banjo picker, and vocalist.

Show will start at 8 PM. Location: Public School 41 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Concert is free to Pinewoods Folk Music Club members. Others pay $13. Details will follow in a week or so. Watch this thread.

---Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 22 Feb 01 - 05:39 PM

Just a reminder to keep this thread fresh...

Friday, March 2, 2001, 8 PM. Bob Webb at Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY.

Sunday, March 4, 2001, 3 PM. Dan Milner & Bob Conroy, also New York Packet. Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport, New York City (Lower Manhattan).

Friday, March 16, 2001, 8 PM. Gerret & Jeff Warner with special guest Tim Eriksen. Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway & West 93rd Street, New York City (Manhattan, Upper West Side).

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: GUEST,Jerry Epstein
Date: 23 Feb 01 - 12:15 AM

Well I am one of the NYPFMC members in Jackson Heights, so nice to meet you Mary. Get in touch [e-mail] If you come to a concert, I can probably give you a ride home. There certainly are a bunch of us in Jackson Heights. Used to be a couple more, two have passed on in recent years.

NYPFMC has no official, legal connection with Pinewoods Camp, but it was founded by people who had been to the camp (including myself) in 1965 and takes its name from the Camp. We were part of the headquarters operation of COuntry Dance & Song Society (which runs the week at Pinewoods Camp) until CDSS moved out of NYC in the early 1980's. We remain a Center of CDSS.

Subject: South Street revised schedule
From: Suffet
Date: 23 Feb 01 - 06:12 PM

South Street Sea Music Concert changes:

Sunday, March 4, 2001, 3 PM. The Fulton Ferry Amblers, also New York Packet. Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport, New York City (Lower Manhattan).

Sunday, April 1, 2001, 3 PM. Dan Milner & Bob Conroy, also New York Packet. Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport, New York City (Lower Manhattan).

Admission is just $3 per person.

Sea Music Concerts take place the first Sunday of the month and are jointly sponsored by the South Street Seaport Museum and the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 23 Feb 01 - 08:58 PM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972
New York, NY 10123
[phone]

PRESS RELEASE

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer, [phone] after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after February 23, 2001:

Bruce Molsky, old-time fiddler plus, to appear in New York City, Friday, April 13, at 8 PM, in Pinewoods Series Concert.

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club will present traditional musician Bruce Molsky in concert at Public School 41, 116 West 11th Street near 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village, New York City, on Friday evening, April 13, 2001. The show begins at 8 PM. This concert is one in a series of six per year presented by Pinewoods and is free to club members. General public admission is $13. Seniors citizens and students pay only $9 each. Children1s admission is just $6. For further information the public can call Evy Mayer at [phone] after 11 AM.

One of the most influential old-time fiddlers around today, Bruce Molsky is also a remarkable guitarist, banjoist and singer. His high-spirited music melds the haunting mountain sounds of Appalachia with the power of the blues and the rhythmic intricacies of traditional African music. The Washington Post says Bruce's music "set into motion melodies that radiate enormous spirit and momentum," and Sing Out! says his fiddling "combines precision and abandon so perfectly that it raises the hairs on the back of your neck."

Bruce has performed extensively at festivals and concert venues throughout the United States, including at Lincoln Center in New York City and at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC. He toured the United Kingdom with internationally acclaimed fiddler Kevin Burke and others in the historic Fiddles on Fire tour, and he has been a featured performer at Fiddles of the World in Nova Scotia, Canada. Bruce has also toured extensively in Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Finland.

In addition to winning numerous awards at fiddle and banjo contests throughout the American South, Bruce has been featured on the Minnesota Public Radio program A Prairie Home Companion. His new solo CD recording, Poor Man's Troubles, has received great praise by the Washington Post, the Washington Times, Bluegrass Unlimited, and others.

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Subject: March 2 and 4, 2001
From: Suffet
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 06:57 AM

Just a reminder...

Friday, March 2, 2001, 8 PM: Bob Webb at Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY. General admission: $10. Pinewoods members: $9. Polytechnic students: free.

Sunday, March 4, 2001, 3 PM: The Fulton Ferry Amblers + New York Packet at the Melville Gallery, South Street Seaport, New York City. Admisiion: $3.

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: SINSULL
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 08:46 AM

Suffet, Will you be there? How will I know you?
Mary

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Naemanson
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 11:28 AM

Sinsull and Suffet. Make sure to arrange a way to meet. Jeri and I tried to hook up at a little festival in Portsmouth but didn't make any real effort to arrange something. We never met there.

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 06:49 PM

I have a dentist appointment late Friday afternoon and I am busy on Sunday, so the odds are I will not be at either. I will, however, be at the Pinewoods Traditional Folk Music OPen Mike on Wednesday, March 21, 2001, unless some unforeseen circumstances befall me. It will take place from 7:30 to about 10:30 PM at Sun Music Company, 340 East 71st Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues, New York City. I'm hard to miss. I weigh about 300 pouunds and have grey hair and a gret beard.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: SINSULL
Date: 01 Mar 01 - 07:20 PM

So all I do is look for the sexiest guy in the place. Easy enough.
Naemanson - come down and join us. Jeri too.

Subject: Bill Staines 5/10/01
From: Suffet
Date: 05 Mar 01 - 09:33 PM

Here are the particulars on the Bill Staines concert in New York City:

Thursday, May 10, 2001
8 PM
Advent Lutheran Church
Broadway & West 93rd Street
Upper West Side of Manhattan

Sponsored by New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club

General admission: $13
Students or senior citizens: $9
Children: $6
Pinewoods members: free


--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 07 Mar 01 - 09:24 PM

Hi to everyone out there -- I was elected President of NY Pinewoods this year -- I am honored to follow in the footsteps of many wonderful, hard-working past presidents. No chads, dimpled, pregnant or otherwise.

If you haven't made it to a Pinewoods event, now is the time. We have some great concert events and weekends of music. check out our website for more stuff

www.folkmusicny.org

drop me a note -- we'd love to hear from you!!

Subject: Pinewoods series concerts
From: Suffet
Date: 10 Mar 01 - 09:30 AM

Reminder: upcoming Pinewoods series concerts:

Friday, March 16, 2001, 8 PM. Gerret & Jeff Warner with special guest Tim Eriksen. Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway & West 93rd Street, Upper West Side, New York City.

Friday, April 13, 2001, 8 PM. Bruce Molsky. PS 41, 116 West 11th Street near 6th Avenue, Greenwich Village, New York City.

Thursday, May 10, 2001, 8 PM. Bill Staines. Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway & West 93rd Street, Upper West Side, New York City.

General admission: $13.
Senior citizens or students: $9.
Children: $6.
Pinewoods members: FREE!

Subject: 3/21/01 open mike canceled
From: Suffet
Date: 14 Mar 01 - 07:47 PM

Notice!

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club's traditional folk music open microphone scheduled for Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at Sun Music Company in New York City has been canceled. We will hold future traditional folk music open mikes at another location, soon to be announced.

Other Pinewoods events are NOT affected.

Sorry for this late notice.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 19 Mar 01 - 06:08 PM

Just confirmed. New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club proudly presents two more concerts in our Folk Off-Broadway series.

Friday, April 6, 2001 at 8 PM: The Next Tradition (Ken Schatz & Alison Kelley).

Friday, May 4, 2001 at 8 PM: Geoff Kaufman.

Wunsch Hall Student Center
Polytechnic University
Metrotech Center, Downtown Brooklyn, New York

General admission: $10
Pinewoods members: $9
Polytechnic students: free

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 20 Mar 01 - 08:27 AM

just another of the wonderful events brought to you by the Folk Music Society of New York (aka Pinewoods.)

if you haven't heard The NexTradition -- you must-- if says on their new CD "Deep Roots, Dangerous Harmonies" -- if you like goosebumps, you hair standing on end, and an sound that will knock your socks off, don't miss this concert on April 6 at Wunsch Hall of Polytechnic University in Brooklyn.

And this is just one of the many concerts and events we hold each year. discounts abound -- become a member today

For your $27 per year individual, $37 per year dual/family, you get a monthly newsletter with a listing of lots of around town happenings, Pinewoods news and interesting trivia, 6, count them, 6 free member series concerts per year --- discounts to house concerts and our Folk off Broadway series where you can hear some truly talented musicians up close and personal, and $25 discounts on our weekends away -- Spring & Fall (workshops, concerts and jams) and winter (all jamming, all the time.) So why wait?

post to this thread or contact us at [e-mail]

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 21 Mar 01 - 10:28 AM

me again refreshing this thread --

Hi Mary -- hope to meet you at one or more of our events -- do introduce yourself.

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 04:33 PM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club now has a new home for our monthly Open Microphone. We will continue this event on the third Wednesday of each month at:

The Lounge / TRIAD Theater
158 West 72nd Street
between Broadway and Columbus Avenue
New York City
Sessions run from 7:00 to 10:00 pm and will begin PROMPTLY!

Admission is $5 at the door. Drinks are available, but there is no minimum purchase required.

The new space includes a real stage, a sound system, wait-staff, and a bar-tender.

The next session will take place April 18, 2001.

See you there!

--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 09:42 PM

Correction - the April open mike has been moved to April 25 same time same place -- there was a double booking,

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 22 Mar 01 - 09:58 PM

Joy, thanks for letting everyone know. For April only, the Open Mike will be held on the fourth Wednesday (i.e, April 25, 2001). Beginning in May, the Open Mike will take place on the third Wednesday of each month.

--- Steve

Subject: Bill Staines 5/10/01
From: Suffet
Date: 23 Mar 01 - 06:50 AM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972
New York, NY 10123
[phone]

PRESS RELEASE

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer, [phone] after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after March 23, 2001:

Folksinger-songwriter Bill Staines to appear in New York City, Thursday, May 10, 2001, at 8 PM.

Pinewoods Series Concert to be held at Advent Lutheran Church.

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club proudly presents legendary folksinger-songwriter Bill Staines in concert at the Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway and West 93rd Street in New York City, on Thursday evening, May 10, 2001. The show begins at 8 PM. This concert is one in a series of six per year presented by Pinewoods and is free to club members. General public admission is $13. Seniors citizens and students pay only $9 each. Children¹s admission is just $6. The nearest subway stop is 96th Street on the 1, 2, 3, and 9 lines. For further information the public can call Evy Mayer at [phone] after 11 AM.

For more than 30 years Bill Staines has traveled back and forth across North America, singing his songs and delighting audiences at festivals, folksong societies, colleges, concert halls, clubs, and coffee houses.

Bill has become one of the most popular singers on the folk circuit today and averages around 200 concert dates a year. Bill weaves a gentle blend of wit and humor into his performances. Bill sings mostly his own songs, and his music is a slice of Americana, reflecting with the same ease his feelings about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon. Among his best known compositions are A Place In the Choir, River, and Roseville Fair.

Between his own creations, Bill intersperses songs ranging from traditional folk ballads to contemporary country, and he enjoys having the audience participate in many of the numbers. Bill is also acclaimed for his yodeling.

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Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 25 Mar 01 - 08:05 PM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club invites you to our annual Spring Folk Music Weekend:
May 25-28, 2001
Camp Isabella Freedman
Falls Village Connecticut, USA
Featuring:

Wild Goose Nation (Craig Edwards, Mike Fischman, Dirck Westervelt), a string band which plays an eclectic mix of Appalachian, blues, Cajun, Celtic, and swing.

Robin Paton singing and playing the music of Appalachia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Hear him on the fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, mandola, and octave mandolin.

Mary Devlin, our dance caller, leading contras, English country dance, triplets, and squares.

Also: other performers to be announced, campers' concert, song swaps, workshops, informal jams, boating, swimming, hiking, good food, and nice people. What more could you ask for?

Rates for the full Friday to Monday weekend run from $285 to $310 per person double occupancy for non-members. Lower rates are available for Friday to Sunday only and/or for Pinewoods members.

For information please contact Millicent Browne:
E-mail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Postal address:
9902 Third Avenue, apt. 6W
Brooklyn, NY 11209

Special deal: Join New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club right now and qualify for the special members-only rates. Just tell Millicent "Steve sent me" and she'll tell you what you have to do to make it official!

Pinewoods website: http://www.folkmusicny.org

Or else CLICK HERE!

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 27 Mar 01 - 08:58 AM

ok, keeping the thread refreshed!!!

hope this comes out right -- it's my first time!!!

check out our website:

Click here for th Folk Music Society of New York website

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 27 Mar 01 - 08:59 AM

ok, so i have a typo or two -- at least the link works!!!

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 31 Mar 01 - 01:28 AM

Just confirmed!

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club and Polytechnic University present...

Geoff Kaufman

Friday, May 4, 2001 at 8 PM.
Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University
Metrotech Center, Downtown Brooklyn, New York
Close to many subway lines.
Ample on-street parking is available after 7 PM.

Geoff Kaufman is most widely known for his music of the sea, a specialty he has honed over the last seventeen years at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut as chanteyman, foreman of Interpretive Music Programs, and Director of the annual Sea Music Festival. His first solo recording, "Fair Stood the Wind," is an exemplary selection of traditional and contemporary maritime music.

General admission: $10
Pinewoods members: $9
Polytechnic students: free

http://www.folkmusicny.org

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 08:56 AM

tonight's the night -- The NexTradition at Brooklyn Polytech -- Wunsch Hall 8pm

be there!! April 6, 2001

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Liam's Brother
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 11:23 AM

Hi Joy!

Congratulations again on your selection as President of The New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club. May your reign be long and the good you do be great.

Because you are fairly new to the Mudcat, I wanted to point out that bert has set up the perfect place to annouce upcoming concerts. Take a look at the "Threads" main page and you'll see that the first 2 threads (called Perma Threads) are in a different color. The second of those is called "What's On." "What's On" is where you can and should post information about upcoming Pinewoods and other gigs. "What's On" is permanent and at the top of the page... the very best place to be! bert does a great job of keeping it current.

"What's On" is good for for us because it eliminates searching for gig threads and saves space at the Mudcat server. The other side of the coin is that Mudcatters live all over the World and no single gig could ever be at a venue more than 1% of us could ever attend.

All the best,
Dan

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 09 Apr 01 - 10:59 AM

thanks Dan -- yep we do know about that. there are however, many mudcatters in NYC and the surrounding area -- some who may be attracted by a name or some other thing -- and some mudcatters have responded through the individual threads - where we may not have been in touch through the permathreads.

we will take advantage of the permathreads though.

thanks again,

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 15 Apr 01 - 07:57 AM

Upcoming New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club events:

Wednesday, 4/25/01. 7 PM. Traditional Music Open Mike. Triad Lounge, 158 West 72nd Street, New York City. $5.

Friday, 5/4/01. 8 PM. Geoff Kaufman, maritime musician from Mystic Seaport. Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY. $10. NYPFMC members: $9. Polytechnic students: free.

Thursday, 5/10/01. 8 PM. Bill Staines, singer-songwriter, folksinger, story teller, yodeler. Advent Lutheran Church. Broadway & West 93rd Street, New York City. $13. Seniors & students: $9. Children: $6. NYPFMC members: free.

Friday-Monday, 5/25/01-5/28/01. Folk music weekend at camp Isabella Freedman, Falls Village, CT. See earlier message for details.

NYPFMC website: http://www.folkmusicny.org

See earlier message for clickable link.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Liam's Brother
Date: 28 Apr 01 - 05:56 PM

Steve, I'm sure you also wanted to mention this event presented by South Street Seaport Museum and co-sponsored by PFMC...

Sunday, May 6th, 3 - 5pm at the Whitman Gallery of South Street Seaport Museum, Water Street near Fulton Street, Manhattan.

THE NEW YORK PACKET and HOWIE LEIFER'S HOMESICK SAILOR PUPPET THEATRE.

Come and enjoy deepwater and inland waterways songs, immigration ballads, and songs of New York City sung by the 12-member official maritime music group of South Street Seaport Museum. Special Guests: the nationally known scallywags of Howie Leifer's 'Homesick Sailor' Puppet Theatre.

Bring the kids; we'll keep the shanties clean!

Apologies to those of you who live in Bombay, Blackpool, Boise, Bremen, Blenheim Palace, and Ulan Bator. We'll be appearing in your neighbourhood soon.

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 29 Apr 01 - 08:38 AM

Dan,

You are right. I did want to mention it. Thanks for reminding me. Let me put it up on the rec.music.folk newsgroup while I am at it.

Sorry the NYPFMC open mike at the Triad Lounge conflicted with the Traditional Singers Session you led at Paddy O'Reilly's last Wednesday. It was a one-time fluke. In the future, our open mike will be on the third Wednesday as they had been for seven years.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 06:48 AM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972
New York, NY 10123
[phone]

PRESS RELEASE

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer.
Phone [phone] after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after June 17, 2001:

David Jones to appear in New York City on July 19, 2001, at 8 PM.

Noted traditional singer in New York Pinewoods "Folk Off-Broadway" summer concert at Seamen's Church Institute.

Concert to feature songs of the British Isles and North America.

Traditional folksinger David Jones will appear in concert at the Seamen's Church Institute, 241 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, on Thursday evening, July 19, 2001, as part of the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club's "Folk Off-Broadway" concert series. This specially added summer show will take place in the Seafarers' Club on the 2nd floor and will begin at 8 PM sharp. General admission is $10. New York Pinewoods members pay only $9. Light refreshments will be available.

David Jones has an enormous repertoire of songs from both sides of the Atlantic. He has performed throughout his native Great Britain and throughout North America at festivals, clubs, and colleges, singing songs from the era of the tall sailing ships, English music hall favorites, traditional ballads, and the works of contemporary composers who write in traditional style. He sings both a capella and with guitar or concertina accompaniment, and he involves his audience in refrains and choruses ranging from boisterous to sentimental.

The Seamen's Church Institute is located just a short walk north of the South Street Seaport Museum. The nearest subway stops are Broadway-Nassau on the A and C lines, and Fulton Street on the 2 and 3 lines.

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Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 22 Jul 01 - 09:41 PM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972
New York, NY 10123
Phone: [phone]
Website: http://www.folkmusicny.org

PRESS RELEASE

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer, [phone] after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after July 23, 2001.

€ Bermuda Quadrangle to Appear in Brooklyn, NY, on Monday, August 20, 2001, at 8 PM.

€ Traditional Folk Quartet¹s Concert at Polytechnic Will Be Their First Appearance Together in 7 Years.

Traditional folk quartet Bermuda Quadrangle will appear together for the first time in seven years on Monday evening, August 20, 2001. This concert of traditional American and British music begins at 8:00 PM sharp and will take place in the Dibner Hall Auditorium of Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York. General adult admission is $13. NY Pinewoods members pay only $10. Children will be admitted for just $6.

Produced in cooperation with Polytechnic University, this concert is part of the Music at Metrotech program.

Bermuda Quadrangle consists of Jeff Davis, Jerry Epstein, David Jones, and Jeff Warner. Each is a highly skilled traditional musician in his own right. Together they produce powerful vocal harmonies while accompanying themselves on a wide variety of instruments.

Dibner Hall, the Polytechnic University library, is located at 5 Metrotech Center in downtown Brooklyn, easily accessible by public transportation and close to the Marriott Hotel. The nearest subway stops are Lawrence Street on the M, N, and R lines, and Jay Street ­ Borough Hall on the A, C, and F lines. Ample free on-street parking is available after 7:00 PM.

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Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 11:21 AM

There's plenty of stuff on the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club plate in and around New York City. Here are just a few to whet your appetite.

Wednesday, 9/5/01. 7 PM. Folk open sing at the Ethical Culture Society. 53 Prospect Park West. Brooklyn. Free.

Friday, 9/14/01. 8 PM. Debra Cowan in concert. Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center. Brooklyn. $10. NYPFMC members $9. Polytech students free.

Wednesday, 9/19/01. 7 PM. Traditional music open microphone at the Triad Lounge. 158 West 72nd Street. Manhattan. $5 + 2 drinks.

Sunday, 9/30/01. 2 PM. Song circle (round robin style open sing) in Sunnyside, Queens. Call for address and directions: [phone]. Free.

Tuesday, 10/2/01. 8 PM. Songwriters' in the Tradition concert with Rebecca Hall, Alison Kelley, Erica Smith, and Ellen Weiss. Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center. Brooklyn. $10. NYPFMC members $9. Polytech students free.

Friday, 10/5/01. 8 PM. Mustard's Retreat in concert. Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University, Metrotech Center. Brooklyn. $10. NYPFMC members $9. Polytech students free.

Friday-Sunday, 10/19/01-10/21/01. Folk music weekend retreat at Camp Isabella Freedman near Falls Village, Connecticut. Call for information: [phone].

Friday, 11/2/01. 8 PM. Water Sign in concert. Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway & West 93rd Street. Manhattan. $13. NYPFMC members free.

And there's lots more to come. Please visit our website for additional information: http://www.folkmusicny.org

CLICK HERE!


--- Steve

Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 08 Oct 01 - 03:36 PM

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972
New York, NY 10123
Phone: [phone]
Website: http://www.folkmusicny.org

Two press releases follow.


PRESS RELEASE #1

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer, [phone] after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after October 8, 2001.

*** Joe Elias to Appear in Brooklyn, NY, on Friday, December 14, 2001, at 8 PM.

*** Traditional Ladino Musician at Polytechnic in NY Pinewoods Folk Off-Broadway Concert.


Traditional Ladino musician Joe Elias will appear in a New York Pinewoods Club Folk Off-Broadway concert at Wunsch Hall, PolytechnicUniversity, in Brooklyn, NY, on Friday evening, December 14, 2001. The show starts at 8:00 PM sharp. General admission is $10. New York Pinewoods members pay only $9, and Polytechnic students will be admitted free.

Produced in cooperation with Polytechnic University, the Folk Off-Broadway series is part of a larger Music at Metrotech program.

The Ladino language evolved from ancient Castilian among Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. Ladino music evolved with the language. Vocalist and guitarist Joe Elias is one of the very few contemporary performers of Ladino music who has learned his material through oral and instrumental traditions transmitted from generation to generation.

Wunsch Hall, the Polytechnic University student center, is located in Metrotech Center in downtown Brooklyn, easily accessible by public transportation and close to the Marriott Hotel. The nearest subway stops are Lawrence Street on the M, N, and R lines, and Jay Street -- Borough Hall on the A, C, and F lines. Ample free on-street parking is available after 7:00 PM.

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PRESS RELEASE #2

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer, [phone] after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after October 8, 2001.

*** Atwater-Donnelly to Appear in Brooklyn, NY, on Friday, January 4, 2002, at 8 PM.

*** Folk Duo at Polytechnic in NY Pinewoods Folk Off-Broadway Concert.


Folk duo Atwater-Donnelly will appear in a New York Pinewoods Club Folk Off-Broadway concert at Wunsch Hall, Polytechnic University, in Brooklyn, NY, on Friday evening, January 4, 2002. The show starts at 8:00 PM sharp. General admission is $10. New York Pinewoods members pay only $9, and Polytechnic students will be admitted free.

Produced in cooperation with Polytechnic University, the Folk Off-Broadway series is part of a larger Music at Metrotech program.

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly are Atwater-Donnelly. Together they present an enthralling concert of traditional American and Celtic American folk songs, a cappella pieces, hymns, dance tunes, and original works. Elwood and Aubrey blend unusual harmonies and play guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, Irish tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjack, Australian monkey pods, toy xylophone, and other surprises. Their performance is appealing to all ages, and with humor, audience participation, and a highly relaxed stage presence, Aubrey and Elwood explain song origins to give more relevance to the material.

Aubrey and Elwood met as volunteers at the Stone Soup Coffeehouse in Providence in March 1987. They are self-taught musicians from Rhode Island and formed a duo in the fall of 1987. Since 1981, Aubrey has been performing original songs of social commentary, as well as contemporary American folk songs and traditional ballads. Elwood has been performing professionally since the age of fifteen, first in a rock band, then as a solo performer, and later in a Cambodian band. He writes songs for voice, guitar, and harmonica.

Wunsch Hall, the Polytechnic University student center, is located in Metrotech Center in downtown Brooklyn, easily accessible by public transportation and close to the Marriott Hotel. The nearest subway stops are Lawrence Street on the M, N, and R lines, and Jay Street -- Borough Hall on the A, C, and F lines. Ample free on-street parking is available after 7:00 PM.


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Subject: RE: New York Pinewoods FMC
From: Suffet
Date: 28 Feb 02 - 06:49 AM

Let me bring this old thread back to life to announce a wonderful concert coming up soon here in New York.

VOCAL TRADITIONS NIGHT
Featuring two wonderful vocal ensembles that both hail from New England.

From Connecticut we present Nzinga's Daughters performing songs of the African diaspora. They will take you on a musical voyage with traditional African songs, plantation slave songs and stories,songs of the Underground Railroad, Freedom Songs of the civil rights movement, R&B, nostalgic tunes, and contemprary rap.

From Massachusetts we present Stämbandet performing songs from the rich choral heritage of Scandinavia. Hear vocal music from the Middles Ages to the present time in the native languages of Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish, and Finnish. Stämbandet often breaks into six- or seven-part harmonies. They also perform trall, where singers imitate fiddlers playing dance music.


Friday, March 15, 2002
8 PM sharp
Advent Lutheran Church
Broadway & West 93rd Street
New York City

General admission: $18.
Seniors/students: $10.
Children: $6.
NY Pinewoods members: free!

NY Pinewoods website!


--- Steve

Subject: Sing in NYC
From: Suffet
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 06:31 PM

Greetings:

Here are three chances to get out of Manhattan and visit New York City's outer boroughs!


THE RIVERDALE SING in the Bronx
Thursday, October 17, 2002
7:30 - 10:00 PM

The Riverdale Sing takes place at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway in the Bronx. It is a monthly opportunity for friends and neighbors to share some good music and good company. All musical styles are welcome, traditional and contemporary. People should bring voices, instruments, and songs to share. A donation of two dollars per person is requested.

This season we anticipate it will continue the third Thursday of each month through June. The church is located on the west side of the parkway between West 246th and 249th Streets. Go down the driveway to the double red doors off the parking area. The sing is in the auditorium. Parking is available for the first 18 cars.

For information, please call Evy Mayer at [phone] after 11:00 AM.



THE SUNNYSIDE SONG CIRCLE in Queens
Sunday, November 3, 2002
2:00 - 7:00 PM

We are friends and neighbors who come together to share music in western Queens. Bring instruments, voices, and songs to share. All styles welcome, traditional and contemporary. Munchies and libations also welcome. This upcoming session will take place at the home Joel Landy, 41-08 43rd Street, apt. 4F, in Sunnyside. That's close to Skillman Avenue and just two blocks north of Queens Boulevard.

For information, please call Joel Landy at [phone].

A post-session pig-out at a local eatery should be expected. We will pick a place that's friendly to both the most primordial carnivores and the most finicky vegans among us.



FOLK OPEN SING in Brooklyn
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
7:00 - 10:00 PM

Join our family-friendly gathering the first Wednesday of every month at the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, near 2nd Street, in Park Slope. Bring your voices, instruments, friends, neighbors, and snacks. Children are especially welcome.

For information, please call Alison Kelley at [phone].



The Riverdale Sing, the Sunnyide Song Circle, and the Brooklyn Open Sing are all sponsored by the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club.

NY Pinewoods website!


Be there!

--- Steve