"Not quite sure what a folk club is..." Nick

Last year at age 70, with three others I started a monthly thing that we don't have a label for. In the planning stage we had a lively discussion as to what it would be called, seeing as how we wouldn't have paid artists in the foreseeable future.

We still don't know if we have a folk club, but it is a popular event and we have exposed many performers and audiences to each other. I know a number of performers who now plan to apply for a spot on the Alaska Folk Festival stage; people who never had the nerve before.

Our format consists of 5 sets, each of about 20 minutes. A 15 minute break with coffee and cookies after the third set, and the whole thing is over by 10 o'clock.

Oh- we simply call ourselves 'Gold Street Music- Music of and by the Community'. Our performers range from singer/songwriters, duets, quartets, accordionist, clarinetist with grand piano backing, bluegrass, country band...

This Saturday I have scheduled 1)a guy who sings old timey/folky/country songs along with his guitar and fiddle, 2)a professional musician and music teacher who is best known for his jazz piano talent but is playing acoustic guitar this time, 3)a guy on the grand piano who used to play on cruiseships and who is now the best mail carrier I have ever known and who plans to play bosso nova for us, 4)a guy who sings a lot of Silverstein, Prine, Goodman and Newman, and 5)a lesbian couple who do wonderful harmonies and have introduced a lot of great songs to this community.

It will be a fun night. Whether or not it is a folk club.

:)