Good people:

If you are visiting to New York City or its environs, we invite you to contact the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.).

New York Pinewoods is a club in the sense of a membership organization rather than in the sense of a venue. What we do is sponsor and folk music events throughout the New York metropolitan area. Among these are concerts, folk music weekends, workshops, jam sessions, community sings, and a monthly open microphone.

We also maintain Folk-Fone, which provides a recorded listing of folk and traditional music events throughout the region, updated weekly. In addition, our monthly newsletter contains an even more extensive listing of folk events and venues, including clubs, concerts, coffee houses, sessions, open microphones, festivals, and gatherings.

We especially welcome you to participate in our traditional music open microphone, held the third Wednesday of each month from 7:00 to 9:45 PM at the Triad Lounge, 158 West 72nd Street in Manhattan. You get to perform 8 minutes or 2 songs, whichever come first. Sign-up begins at 6:45 PM. Ask for David Kleiman. Next session: December 19, 2001. (We are skipping November this year, because it falls the night before Thanksgiving).

Other upcoming NYPFMC events include:

November 18, 2001: Sunnyside Song Circle. 2 PM. At home of Marilyn & Stephen Suffet, 41-05 47th Street. Queens.

November 18, 2001: Sacred Harp Singing. 2:30 PM. Saint Bartholomew's Church. 109 East 50th Street. Manhattan.

November 30, 2001: Nowell Sing We Clear (Yuletide show with John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Andy Davis, & Fred Breuning). 8 PM. Advent Lutheran Church. West 93rd Street & Broadway. Manhattan.

December 2, 2001: Sea Music Concert with Chris Haslam & New York Packet. 3 PM. South Street Seaport Museum Gallery. Water Street between Fulton & Beekman. Manhattan.

December 5, 2001: Folk Open Sing. 7 PM. Ethical Culture Society. 53 Prospect Park West. Brooklyn.

December 14, 2001: Joe Elias in concert. 8 PM. Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University. Metrotech Center. Brooklyn.

December 15, 2001: Ice Cream Social & Holiday Sing, 8 PM. Community room at 303 West 66th Street. Manhattan.

December 16, 2001: Sacred Harp Singing. 2:30 PM. Saint Bartholomew's Church. 109 East 50th Street. Manhattan.

December 20, 2002: Riverdale Sing. 7:30 PM. Riverdale Prebyterian Church. 4765 Henry Hudson Parkway. Bronx.

December 30, 2001: Sunnyside Song Circle. 2 PM. At home of Marilyn & Stephen Suffet, 41-05 47th Street. Queens.

January 2, 2002: Folk Open Sing. 7 PM. Ethical Culture Society. 53 Prospect Park West. Brooklyn.

January 4, 2002: Atwater-Donnelly in concert. 8 PM. Wunsch Hall Student Center, Polytechnic University. Metrotech Center. Brooklyn.

There are several ways you can find the details of these events and more. You can contact us by writing to:

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
450 7th Avenue, Room 972
New York, NY 10123
[USA]

Or telephone us at (212) 563-4099. If you leave a message we will send you a free sample copy of our newsletter. Folk-Fone is also at this number. Follow recorded instructions.

Or visit our website: http://www.folkmusicny.org

And if you live or work or play in or around New York (or anywhere else for that matter), you are welcome to join NYPFMC. The benefits are many, including free admission to six NYPFMC Series Concerts a year as well as discounted admission to numerous other events. (Nowell Sing We Clear is one of the Series Concerts free to members).

For information on becoming a member, please e-mail our Membership Chairperson, Anne Price: Aeprice@aol.com


---- Steve