I'm a member of the NY Pinewoods board of directors, so I won't comment on Larry's concern regarding cliquishness. However, I did speak to Evy Mayer last night and not only had she received the Sorcha Dorcha CD, she reminded me that the program committee presented Sorcha Dorcha along with dozens of other performers to be considered by the board. Without revealing specifics, which would certainly be unethical, let me point out that what the board of directors does is PRIORITIZE the performers who are presented to us. We then leave it up to the program committee to book the acts with the highest priority for our series concerts, of which there are 6 per year free to members. These are decent paying and widely publicized gigs, and the competition is fierce. The same goes for the performers at our weekend retreats, i.e. lots of artists are considered for relatively few slots.

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club also sponsors and cosponsors smaller events, for which the booking is entirely up to the program committee. These include our Folk Off Broadway concerts currently being held at Polytechnic Univerity in Brooklyn. Once again, Evy Mayer (Ukelady) is the person to contact.

Finally, we conduct many workshops which either pay relatively little or are strictly volunteer. For example, we will have quite a few workshops at our annual Ed Fest on November 17, 2001. If anyone is interested, he/she/they should contact our education committee through its chairman, David Kleiman. His e-mail address is: dmkleiman@worldnet.att.net
--- Steve