June - Illawarra Folk Club Inc.

COMING SOON.... 

FILM & MUSIC YE OLD FOLK CLUB 

FRIDAY 1 JUNE 7.30pm 

Jan Preston presents 

Kid Stakes 

CITY DIGGERS WOLLONGONG 

SATURDAY 16 JUNE 7.30pm 

EIGHT ACTS 

CITY DIGGERS WOLLONGONG 

ILLAWARRA 

FOLK CLUB 

JUNE 2012 NEWSLETTER 

TOUR 

CONCERT CELTIC NIGHT FOLK in the FOOTHILLS 

SUNDAY 24 JUNE 2pm 

Afternoon tea with 

Martin Pearson 

WONGAWILLI 

COMMUNITY HALL 

SATURDAY 30 JUNE 7.30pm 

The Popes (Ireland) 

and Dubliners 50th 

Anniversary Tribute 

ILLAWARRA MASTERBUIDLERS CLUB 

1 7 - 2 0 J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3 

Artist application open now. Closing 30 June 2012 

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8-11 JUNE 2012 

ILLAWARRA FOLK 

CLUB TOUR TO 4TH 

PERISHER SNOWY 

MOUNTAINS OF MUSIC. 

SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER 

Le Vent du Nord (Quebec), 

Gregory Page (USA), Danny 

Spooner, The Stetsons, Bruce 

Watson and lots more, 5 venues, 

1 day folk festival 

JAMBEROO VALLEY LODGE 

PO Box 5289, Wollongong 

New South Wales, 2500 

tel: 1300 887 034 

info@illawarrafolkclub.org.au

In this Issue 

FOLK CLUB CONCERTS 

FOLK NOTES & NOTICES 

EVENT CALENDARS 

PERFORMERS LISTING 

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your last newsletter if 

you haven't renewed 

your membership! 

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28th Illawarra Folk Festival 

at Bulli Showground 

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2012 and close 30 June 2012 

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The Australian silent comedy, The Kid 

Stakes, is a live action silent comedy based 

on the Fatty Finn cartoon characters. 

This highly entertaining 1927 film is 

a happy irreverent piece of suburban 

Australiana with a series of lunatic subplots 

woven around the schoolboy, Fatty Finn, 

his friends and enemies, and Hector the 

Goat. 

2 J U N E 2 0 1 2 I L L A W A R R A F O L K C L U B N E W S L E T T E R 

FILM, MUSIC, CONCERT 

JAN PRESTION presents music to a silent film 

KIDS STAKES plus Rapunzel's Party & mystery act 

7.30pm Friday 1 JUNE | CITY DIGGERS WOLLONGONG 

Members $15 | Non-Members $20 | Youth (12-16) $5 | Child (U12) free 

Tal Ordell’s movie was hugely popular 

when it was released, and it is an iconic 

part of early Australian Cinema. 

It was shot entirely on location in New 

South Wales, except the final Billy Cart race 

(illegal in NSW so filmed in Queensland), 

a climactic race which leaves audiences 

gasping with excitement.

Jan Preston’s original score for piano and 

percussion (kazoo, tin drum, snare and 

plastic bags) reinforces the story, characters 

and comedy of the film. 

Recent performances at Woodford Folk 

Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, NZ’s 

Art Deco Festival and Kiama Pics and 

Flicks, have had a sensational response 

from contemporary film going audiences. 

After travelling overseas for most of 2010 

RAPUNZEL’S PARTY are Helen 

Archer, Louise Bell, Margaret Bradley, 

Geralyn Cheers and Olive Hodgson. These 

versatile women play guitar, flute, harp, 

recorder, tin whistle and percussion with 

passion and sensitivity. 

CONCERT 

Always warmly received, the talented 

group of five women offers heartfelt 

and dynamic songs, irresistible rhythms 

and soaring vocal harmonies. With an 

enchanting blend of styles including 

A Cappella, Celtic, soul, folk rock and 

world music, they entertain with unique 

interpretations of songs from many sources 

as well as creative original compositions. 

Over the past twenty years each of these 

women has performed in an array of 

musical genres. A number of them are 

8 PACK - No Such Thing - Pete Thomas - Stewart Holt 

Arietta - Alan Blackshaw - Rebecca Moore 

The Butcher Boys - The Berkeley Songbirds 

7.30pm Saturday 16 June | CITY DIGGERS WOLLONGONG 

Members $5 | Non-Members $7 | Youth (12-16) $2 | Child (U12) free 

THE FUTURE IS THE PAST! 

The Illawarra Folk Club will go back to 

its roots when it presents eight of the 

regions seasoned and up and coming folk 

performers. It will be a night of enormous 

variety with each group or performer 

taking to the stage for 20 minutes. 

Not only that but admission will be the 

same as it was 20 years ago, just $5 for 

members and $7 for others. 

NO SUCH THING is a group of music 

enthusiasts who come together weekly 

with the aim of preserving , learning and 

performing Australia’s rich traditional dance 

music heritage. They have gone from strength 

to strength from humble beginnings in 2000 to 

the release of their internationally successful 

CD Going To The Barndance in 2008. They 

have played for dances, concerts and led 

sessions at folk clubs and festivals including 

Illawarra Folk Festival The National Folk 

Festival. as well as providing the music once 

professional music teachers and several 

members of the group are successful 

recording artists in their own right. 

Formed in 2006, Rapunzel's Party have 

performed at events across the Southern 

Highlands including the Tulip Time Food 

and Wine Fair, Carols by the Lake, and 

for several years at the “Where My Heart 

Lies” exhibition for International Womens' 

Day. In November 2009 the band wowed 

an enthusiastic sold out crowd at their 

performance at The Mittagong Playhouse. 

a month for the Wongawilli Bush Dance. 

Apart from these events they performed at 

the opening of the film Australia with Nicole 

Kidman and Hugh Jackman. 

ARIETTA dissolves the boundaries 

of musical genres, driven by a belief that 

great music is timeless. Kaye Osborn on 

vocals and David Curtis on guitar perform 

romantic songs from the eleventh century 

to the present, including hauntingly 

beautiful Iberian kharja and Italian aria. 

I L L A W A R R A F O L K C L U B N E W S L E T T E R J U N E 2 0 1 2 3

PETE THOMAS performs music that is 

earthly, melodic…….. music of the world. 

Acoustic groove, blues, jazz, funk, gospel, roots 

and world. Pete’s musical influences are wide… 

and his music embraces it all. His songwriting is 

as varied as his music and has resulted in two 

of his songs recently being included in the folk 

story performance of “Songs from the Scaffold”. 

A founding member of the acoustic folk style 

band, Mendala, in recent years Pete has been 

playing solo and in small ensembles, delving 

into many different musical worlds. 

STEWART HOLT is a gifted songwriter 

and musician who began performing in the 

pub and club scene in the early eighties. After 

a sojourn into pop-rock and establishing a 

career in law, he returned to his acoustic roots. 

He began performing again in 2009 and has 

now recorded an EP titled 'No Time Like The 

Present', which contains 5 songs he co-produced 

with fiddle and mandolin legend, Lindsay 

Martin His well-crafted songs combine versatile 

guitar work and clever lyrics, using storytelling, 

humour and social commentary, to engage both 

heart and mind. 

ALAN BLACKSHAW is a singer/ 

songwriter grounded in the folk tradition. 

He is a storyteller and a balladeer who writes 

about life as he sees it. His songs have a strong 

lyrical base. Alan has been on the fringes of the 

folk scene for a number of years, performing 

at selected festivals and venues. He has now 

produced two acclaimed CDs Alan come from 

the southern part of the Illawarra at Nowra. 

REBECCA MOORE has just moved into the 

region and lives at Otford. She was nominated 

for the Best Female Vocalist Award at the 2008 

ABC Newcastle Music Awards. She won an 

APRA Professional Development Award in 

2001. In the past year she has performed at 

the Falls Festival Tasmania, the Cobargo Folk 

Festival, the Illawarra Folk festival, the Kilmore 

Celtic Festival and the Newcastle Blues Festival. 

She is currently Artistic Director of the ongoing 

Burmese Orphans Concert Series which is 

Pete Thomas 

Ariette 


No Such Thing 

Stewart Holt 

Illawarra Pub 

Acoustic Music 

Venues 

• Jamberoo Pub, generally 2pm- 

5pm, Sundays ph 4236 0270 

• Mount Kembla, generally 2pm- 

5pm, Sundays ph 4271 1119 

Sydney 

Folk Events 

• 2nd Thu Sutherland Folk 

Club Concerts, Sutherland Trade 

Union Club, Gymea. Come early 

and enjoy a cheap meal at the 

bistro. Contact: Jenny 02 9576 

2301. 

• 4th Tues - Sutherland Folk Club 

Session, same details as above. 

• 4th Sat - Loaded Dog Folk Club, 

Annandale Neighbourhood 

Centre, Sandra Nixon, 02 9358 

4886, kxbears@ozemail.com.au 

Wongawilli 

Colonial Dance 

Club Events at 

Wongawilli Hall 

• 8pm 6 June 

Bush Dance music 

by No Such Thing 


Bush Dance 


Song and Tune 

Session with John 

Broomhall 


French Canadian 

Night 

• Adults $3, children 

free. Acoustic 

musciians and 

dancers welcome.

Dancing Folk 

• Every Wed. Wongawilli 

Bush Dance, ph. Gwen 

02 4296 1855 from 

8pm, all dances called, 

musicians welcome. 

Adults $2.50 includes 

light supper! 

• Every 2nd Sat. Marshall 

Mount Old Time Dance 

GREAT 

PRESENTS 

22nd Festival CD (2007) - Bulli 

Bakontrak, 24 Artists, $25 plus 

postage 

21st Festival CD (2006) - Bulli 

- The Tradition Continues, 23 

Artists, $25 plus postage 

FOLK CLUB COOK BOOK, 

Vol. 1 and 2 - A wonderful 

collection of recipes from all sorts 

of places and people! A must for 

any half cultured cook. Copies 

available for $10 each including 

postage. 

20th Festival JAMBEROO 

CELEBRATION, 20 years On, 

Double CD - 41 Artists, $30 plus 

postage 

JAMBEROO - A DISCOVERY, 

19th Festival - 22 Artists, $25 

plus postage 

JAMBEROO - A CHANGE OF 

SEASON - 17th ILLAWARRA 

FOLK FESTIVAL 

COMPILATION CD - 19 

performers from the Festival - $25 

plus postage. 

ORDER OVER THE PHONE: 

1300 887 034 with Credit Card 

CDs are also available 

through Trad&Now, with 

secure online credit card 

facilities. Go to: 

www.tradandnow.com/ 

shopping 

Alan Blackshaw 

Rebecca Moore 

The Butcher Boys 

The Berkeley Songbirds 

helping over 7000 orphans and homeless 

children. Her music is a weaving of ancient 

folk music traditions with modern day insight 

and inspiration. 

THE BUTCHER BOYS were formed in 

the year of our Lord 2010 with the purpose of 

singing the words and melodies of a time since 

past but relevant to the present nd future. These 

melodies are delivered in the old time way 

using only string band instruments, voices and 

no electricity. Songs of Redemption, Trains, Lost 

Love, Driftin’, Broken Hearts and Life’s daily 

trials make up the songbook of the Butcher 

Boys whose major influences are Old Time and 

Bluegrass tunes from the turn of the century to 

the present day. The Butcher Boys are Mark 

Ballesi, Grant Oyston and Padraic Skehan 

BERKELEY SONGBIRDS was formed 

in February 2011 as the Berkley Womens’ Choir 

at the Berkley Neighbourhood Centre under 

the musical direction of Sarah Lambert. From 

their first performance at the Neighbourhood 

Centre where they performed 3 songs, they have 

widened their repertoire to include folk songs 

from many countries as well as contempary 

songs and rounds. They have performed at 

the Cobargo Festival, International Women’s 

Day and many other community events in the 

Wollongong area. They recently changed their 

name to the Berkley Songbirds 

A MUSICAL ESCAPE 

2012 Folk in the 

Foothills, 14 October 

Situated amid rainforest at the base of the 

Illawarra escarpment sits the Jamberoo 

Valley Lodge. The lodge is a favourite haunt 

for weddings, get away from the ‘rat-race 

weekends and marriages. 

It is also fast gaining a reputation as the 

ambient site for the annual one day music 

festival, ‘Folk in the Foothills’ conducted by 

the Illawarra Folk Club. 

This year’s festival will be held on Sunday 

14th October and gives promise of being the 

best one ever. 

Bookings are well under way and already 

confirmed are Bruce Watson, satirist from 

Melbourne, French Canadian Band, Le Vent 

Du Nord, Sydney’s Serbian dancers, Claire 

Roberts with the Joan Baez Show, The Con 

Artists, iconic shanty singer, Danny Spooner 

from Melbourne, Mr Gregory Page from the 

USA, local Band No such Thing, The ever 

popular Bowral House, The Stetson Family 

from Melbourne and poet Zondrae King. 


CONCERT 

Afternoon tea with 

MARTIN 

PEARSON 

plus Rusty Hinges 

& mystery act 

2pm Sunday 24 June 

WONGAWILLI 

COMMUNITY HALL 

Members $15, Non-Members $20, 

Youth (12-16) $5, Child (U12) free 

includes afternoon tea! 

The Illawarra Folk Club has a history of 

inviting funny men to the Illawarra and 

there’s none funnier or more talented 

than Martin Pearson. He has the added 

advantage of being at the Wongawilli Hall 

(that’s funny enough in itself). Martin will 

be supported by local Gerringong Band 

Rusty Hinges led by Michael Fox the son 

of the Folk Club’s first life member, the late 

Anne Fox. 

MARTIN PEARSON is the world’s 

funniest male, long-haired, Victorian, 

piscean folk singer. Formerly of the act 

“Martin Pearson”, Martin has risen to fame 

like a dead pigeon in a water tank. Martin 

plays the fool in B sharp, 

Martin is a very funny satirical performer. 

He has been amusing, even thrilling 

audiences around the globe for ages now, 

and if you haven't seen him live - you're 

missing out. 

Martin tickles the funny bone. The act is 

full of scintillating satire and all round 

gutbusting hoots. In common with great 

comedians like Connolly, Jerry Seinfield and 

Bill Cosby, he has an ability to take current 

events and observations of everyday life, 

and turn them into side splitting comedy 

routines. 

Variety and wit and effortlessly polished 

vocal performances. Martin has the 

outstanding ability to engage the audience, 

swapping banter and taking them on a 

wonderfully varied trip. One moment there 

are members of the audience rolling in their 

chairs and the next, you could hear a pin 

drop while they're spellbound by a simply 

sublime performance. 

Martin Pearson is a multiple choice 

performer: stand up comedian /satirist / 

parody writer / folksinger / poet / debater 

/ storyteller - with a keen eye for making 

everyday events so mundane that they are 

laughable. A performer of renown and a 

singer of some notes. Martin longs for 

serious recognition in much the same way 

as a flatworm longs for Reeboks. He can on 


occasion, and in the true folk tradition, sing 

songs so maudlin that audience members 

may attempt to end it all by throwing 

themselves into a pint of Coopers. 

The Rusty Hinges started in 2007 and 

have been playing pubs, clubs and 

community gigs in Gerringong and the 

South Coast. They play a variety of styles 

from traditional blues of the 1920s, rock ‘n 

roll from the ’50 to ‘70s, bluegrass, folk and 

contemporary ballads.

INTERNATIONAL 

CONCERT 

CELTIC NIGHT 

THE 

POPES (Ire) 

plus a tribute to 

The Dubliners 

to celebrate their 50th anniversary 

7.30pm Saturday 30 June 

ILLAWARRA MASTER 

BUILDERS CLUB 

Members $20, Non-Members $25, 

Youth (12-16) $10, Child (U12) free 

If you missed out on the Pogues when they 

were here for a very limited tour recently 

then all is not lost. The Illawarra Folk Club 

will host ‘THE POPES’ who many regard 

as musically a better band than the Pogues. 

Not only that, but some of the best musicians 

in the Illawarra will be joining forces 

to do a special tribute to the legendary 

DUBLINERS who celebrate their 50th 

anniversary this year. They'll sing a swag 

full of the good old songs. 

Formed originally by Shane McGowan they 

have long outgrown their creator to become 

their own monster and one that takes no 

prisoners giving the audience a polished 

and bravura performance of old favourites 

such as Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You 

Down along with material from their new 

album, New Church. 

They play the sort of music that makes 

people, even clumsy and uncoordinated 

people, want to get up and dance. Songs 

like, ‘Rock & Roll Paddy’, ‘Bastards’ and 

the almost ballad like ‘Outlaw Heaven’ 

(Title track from the new album) are exactly 

how you think Irish folk would sound with 

a little bit of punk angst thrown in. 

Shane MacGowan formed The Popes 

to record his album 'The Snake' in 1994 

after leaving The Pogues. From that 

original line up are Paul (Mad Dog) 

McGuinness, on vocals and guitars (Paul 

originally played with The Pogues, 

his first performance being live on the 

David Letterman show, plucked from the 

technical team at a moment's notice!). 

After releasing 2 sell out singles - 'Are 

You Looking At Me' and 'Holloway 

Boulevard' on Scarlet Records - The 

Popes signed to Snapper Records and 

released their debut album 'HOLLOWAY 

BOULEVARD' with a 'never been done 

before' - (and I should imagine never 

again!!) one day - 6 venues - musical pub 

crawl along the Holloway Road in North 

London! 'Holloway Boulevard' received 

great reviews and the record-buying 

public took the band to their hearts - and 

their parties! After recording another live 

album with Shane in New York on St 

Patrick's Day (Across the Broad Atlantic), 

and extensive touring, Paul began 

writing material for the new album. 

Following the sad death of Popes banjo 

god Tommy McManamon at the end of 

2006, Paul reformed THE POPES with a 

new line up of fantastic and experienced 

musicians; drummer WILL MORRISON 

(Here be Dragons, Lisa Knapp), 

guitarist/producer CHARLIE HOSKYNS 

(Lisa Knapp, Badly Mixed Bastards), JIM 

McALLISTER on Bass, DAVE ALLEN on 

fiddle, and WHISKEY MICK ROWAN on 

Mandolin. 

The Popes Are:- 

Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness - Guitar 

and Vocals 

Charlie Hoskyns - Guitars and Backing 

Vocals 

Will Morrison - Drums and Backing 

Vocals 

Jim McAllister - Bass and Backing Vocals 

Dave Allen - Fiddle, Mandolin and 

Backing Vocals 

Whiskey Mick Rowan - Mandolin, guitar 

and Backing Vocals 


Coming Illawarra 

Folk Club Concerts 

FRIDAY 1 JUNE - Jan Preston presents 

the film KID'S STAKES, Rapunzel's Party 

8-11 JUNE - Illawarra Folk Club tour to 

4th Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music 

SATURDAY 16 JUNE - No Such Thing, 

Ariette, Alan Blackshaw, Rebecca Moore, 

Peter Thomas, The Butcher Boys, The 

Berkeley Songbirds 

SUNDAY 25 JUNE - Martin Pearson, Rusty 

Hinges 

SATURDAY 30 JUNE - The Popes (Ireland) 

and Dubliners 50th Anniversary Tribute 

FRIDAY 6 JULY - The Hannafords, Pukara 

SATURDAY 21 JULY - Woody Guthrie 

Tribute with Peter Hicks 

FRIDAY 3 AUGUST - Wongawilli 25th 

Anniversary Concert including past band 

members and Wongawilli Colonial Dancers 

Other Folk & Arts Events 

A noticeboard for Music and Arts events. 

For inclusion contact bigruss43@bigpond. 

com 

June 2nd Saturday Thirroul Community 

Centre 7pm Film and Soup Night in aid of 

APHEDA. 

June 3rd Sunday Jamberoo Pub BRUCE 

GREENFELD from Damn Fine Gentlemen 

www.damnfinegentlemen.com.au 

June 3rd house concert Engadine Earlwood 

Greg and Jim Jarvis.. (from the band “Three 

Left Feet” Contact: Margaret 9520 6180 or 

0403 936 785 for invite) 

June 10th Sunday Jamberoo Pub JASMINE 

BETH, EP Launch www.jasminebeth.com 

June 15th Friday - River Music, Nowra Golf 

Club - Alan Blackshaw, The Con Artists, 

Lindsay Martin and Mike Martin, Fairway 

Drive (off Illaroo Rd) Nowra 

June 17th Sunday Jamberoo Pub 

MARIANNE PATTON & SIMON DYOS 

TRIO 

June 24th Sunday JAMBEROO PUB OPEN 

MIC & JAM Contact Joanne on jo1666@ 

iprimus.com.au or 0411 402 700 

August 4th Saturday - Wongawilli 25th 

Anniversary Bush Ball, Albion Park 

Centenary Hall, $10 for adults, includes 

suppers 

August 5 Sunday - Wongawilli 25th 

Anniversary Picnic and Session, Wongawilli 

Community Hall 

FIRST FRIDAY - (except January and April) 

BUSH TRADITIONS SESSIONS at the 

Old Goulburn Brewery, Bradley Grange, 

Bungonia Rd, Goulburn. Contact David 

Johnson, 4884 4214 or dave@davidjohnson. 

id.au 

WEDNESDAYS - Bush Dance at Wongawilli 

Community Hall from 8pm - open for 

dancers and musicians to play. 

4th FRIDAYS - Sutherland Acoustic at 

Gymea Tradies Bluegrass Jam at the Tradies 

Contact Ian on 0438 830374. 

3rd SATURDAYS - Bluegrass Jam 7.30pm 

Thirroul Railway Institute Hall,Railway 

Parade Thirroul contact MARK BALLESI on 

02 42675786 or markballesi@hotmail.com 

(Jam is on every month except November 

and January) 

Wee Willi Fest – 

Wongawilli 

turns Silver 

The name Wongawilli has certainly turned 

heads over the past 25 years, especially in 

Scotland! But in the main it has become 

synonymous with a bunch of people in 

the Illawarra region of New South Wales, 

performing, preserving and promoting 

Australian folk music and dance. 

The Wongawilli (Bush) Band and 

Wongawilli Colonial Dancers are part of the 

non-profit association Wongawilli Colonial 

Dance Club Inc. and this coming August 

will celebrate 25 years of doing so with a 

Concert, Bush Ball and Recovery Picnic over 

the weekend of 3-5 August 2012. 

The concert will be held on Friday 3 August 

at City Diggers Wollongong as part of the 

Illawarra Folk Club series and will feature 

a number of past members of the band. 

The relationship between the Illawarra 


Folk Club (Folk Festival) and Wongawilli 

Colonial Dance Club has been a very close 

one over the years. 

A Bush Ball will be held on Saturday 4 

August at Albion Park Centenary Hall. The 

evening will feature a number of dances 

that have been introduced by the band and 

dancers to the Australian folk dance scene. 

And in the spirit of inclusiveness the cost 

is only $10 per adult! 

A recovery picnic is then planned on 

Sunday 5 August at the spiritual home 

of the Club, the Wongawilli Community 

Hall. The Club still presents a weekly bush 

dance at the hall. This dance was initially 

established in Dapto in 1985 and has been 

led musically by David De Santi since that 

time. 

The band, dancers and Club can easily 

claim to have revived the popularity of 

Australian folk songs, tunes and dances 

over its history in a major way. The work 

begun by the collectors of Australian folk 

songs in the 1950s has been continued 

with over 15 publications and recordings 

produced by the Club. In addition the Club 

has presented many events to further the 

awareness and enjoyment of this heritage. 

Such events as Collected Music Weekends, 

Bush Music by the Seaside, Colonial Balls 

and 7 Australian Folk Festivals paved 

the way for the resurgence of traditional 

Australian music and dance. 

The Wongawilli Band has made its mark 

with 7 recordings, with over 20 appearances 

at the National Folk Festival and travelling 

around the world presenting its authentic 

take on traditional Australian folk music. 

And now back to the beginning. The 

1st August 1987 marked the first formal 

outing of the Wongawilli Bush Band at 

a bush dance at the Kiama Showground 

Pavilion. There were hundreds there! The 

band formed part of the newly created 

Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club along 

with the Wongawilli Colonial Dancers. 

The basic aim of the Club was to promote, 

preserve and perform the rich tradition 

of Australian folk music, song and dance 

developed from the European settlers. 

The name Wongawilli had been selected 

due to its Aboriginal origins, a link to the 

Illawarra region and the fact that the Club 

was basing its activities at the Wongawilli 

(village) Community Hall, west of Dapto. 

Band members on that occasion included 

David De Santi, Tania Brownlee, Jane 

Brownlee, John Harpley, Tom McMahon, 

Charlie Cugaly, Harry Bronneburg, John 

Poulton and Dave Gill. The band had been 

formed from a collective of musicians who

had been playing at sessions and a regular 

bush dance at the old Heinenger Hall in 

Dapto led by a very young David De Santi. 

The Wongawilli Colonial Dancers had 

also been formed from regulars at that 

bush dance to present Australian folk 

dances in costume. A WEA course in early 

1987 provided a whole bunch of new and 

enthusiastic dancers. 

The year 1988 became very busy for the 

band and dancers with over 60 engagements 

celebrating Australia's bicentenary 

including its first appearance at National 

Folk Festival (Sutherland). Other members 

during that early period included Neil 

McCann, John Spillane and Tony McGloin. 

In 1990 Graeme Murray joined the band and 

a short time later Reg Murray, his father 

also joined. 

The band of David and Tania De Santi, 

Graeme and Reg Murray, John Harpley 

and Neil McCann settled into producing 

recordings, the first being After the Tradition 

in 1991 and travelling around Australia 

performing. John Spillane appeared with 

the band on a number of occasions as well. 

During that early period the band was 

fortunate enough to have contact with 

folklore collectors such as John Meredith, 

Rob Willis, Alan Scott, Brad Tate, Shirley 

Andrews, Alan Scott and Peter Ellis and 

realised that there were many more tunes, 

songs and dances out there to perform and 

give new life to. These collectors were more 

than happy to share their findings and to see 

them performed. 

So the band embarked on a mission to 

revive these old songs, poems, tunes and 

to actually get involved in the transcription 

and dissemination of the music and dances. 

It seemed a bit surprising that there weren’t 

that many other musicians interested in 

finding new / old material to perform 

apart from organisations such as the Bush 

Music Club. 

This gave the band a great opportunity to 

be musically creative and to be distinctive 

in the material presented. 

Rob Willis, a folklore collector and close 

supporter of the band and its aims said 

in his review of the band's first recording, 

After the Tradition: 

"The Celtic influence was still strong in 

the 1980’s and formative bush bands (mine 

included) still used the tunes and songs of the 

second generation (1970’s) Bushwackers. By 

this stage I had been travelling and collecting 

with John Meredith and we were playing some 

traditional tunes in our band ‘Blackridge’ which 

was based in Forbes so we did not have much 

influence. Besides this we put the band to bed 

in 1990 to concentrate on my collecting. 

This left the ‘Bush Bands’ of the day still playing 

the Waves of Tory and singing the Ryebuck 

Shearer, both at the speed of light. Merro and 

I just waited and started making these very 

rough demo tapes of tunes we had collected and 

handing them out to our mates. 

The salvation came in the form of one of these 

people a young bloke by the name of De Santi 

and his friends who had formed a musical 

group in the Illawarra and who had a passion 

for the traditional material. John Harpley had 

knowledge of the old songs, being raised in the 

bush at Eugowra and the others who had formed 

the core of the band Wongawilli shared this 

interest. The Murrays, Graeme with his great 

singing voice and the knowledgeable and talented 

Reg bought an aspect of traditional country 

music and musical experience. Neil McCann 

a brilliant songwriter and instrumentalist in 

his own right and of course (to me) the sound 

of Wongawilli was the subtle piano playing of 

Tania De Santi (or was it Brownlee then?). 

To me this recording changed the course of 

Australia’s concept of traditional music and 

song just as the original Bushwhackers had in 

the 1950’s. It brought to a wide audience the 

collected tunes and songs played in a manner 

that was representative of the era. This was 

complimented by the musicianship and vocal 

talents of these early Wongas." 

The Tunes of Bert Jamieson was released 

in 1992 and included the band playing to 

an original recording of Bert Jamieson on 

harmonica. Bert had been recorded by John 

Meredith and Rob Willis. Rob and Olya 

Willis also were part of the recording. 

The formula for reviving the old bush 

music received national recognition with 

16 awards at the 1990, 1991, 1993 and 

1994 Australian Bush Music Festival and 

Bush Band Championships. The band was 

awarded the following: Best Traditional 

Bush Band, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 & 1994, 

Best Instrumental, 1990, Best Contemporary 

Bush Band, 1991 & 1994. In the live section of 

the Australian Bush Band Championships 

the band was awarded the following: Best 

Traditional Bush Band, 1990 & 1992 and 

Best Bush Dance Band, 1990 & 1992. 

Graeme Murray received the 1991 

Australian Bush Music Awards Best Male 

Vocalist ahead of John Williamson and Alan 

Scott. He repeated the award in 1993 and 

1994. He shared the award in 1993 with 

Pat Drummond. David De Santi, along 

with Rob Willis of Forbes received the 1992 

Australian Bush Music Heritage Award for 

their work in promoting and preserving 

Australian dance and music with the 

Pioneer Performers Series, a compilation 

of books and cassettes. 


In 1994 the band produced its second 

recording Australia Selection. The 

recording included a number of composed 

songs by Neil McCann and the ever 

popular And When They Dance. 

In 1998 a compilation recording of After 

the Tradition and Australian Selection 

was released in North America by Musica 

Pangaea called Australian Tradition. 

The year 1998 saw a major change for the 

band. Two of its long standing members 

John Harpley and Neil McCann decided 

to move on. The new youthful additions 

to the band were Jason and Chloe Roweth 

from Bathurst and the return of fiddler 

Jane Brownlee, Tania’s sister, from Sydney. 

A new recording was released in 1999 – 

Live at the Local, recorded at the Jamberoo 

Pub. Another highlight during that period 

was the presentation of a series of songs 

and tunes around Australian migration 

with BHP Youth Orchestra and SBS Youth 

Choir. The band also produced a double 

CD recording of music for Bush Dancing 

called Australian Traditional Dance Tunes. 

In 2006 the band changed once more with 

Jason and Chloe leaving for the 'bush' 

and Jane for London! The current band 

is Graeme and Reg Murray, David, Tania 

and Samuel De Santi, Miffy Ryan, Johnny 

Spillane and Tim Kendell. 

In 2009 the new version of the band 

released the recording Australia Street - a 

mix of collected tunes and songs and new; 

songs from songwriters such as Michael 

O'Rourke, John Broomhall and John 

Dengate exemplifying the aim to keep the 

music fresh! 

The band, in various forms, has played 

in New Zealand, Denmark (4 occasions), 

Finland, Scotland, China (3 occasions), 

Sweden and Germany. 

During this whole period the Wongawilli 

Colonial Dancers have continued to 

perform to the live music of the band 

providing a unique performance. The 

routines are sequences of dances based 

on the various mainstream social dances 

from the bush and towns since the 1800s 

and dances introduced in the Folk Revival 

of the 1950s. 

So what has been the formula for the 

longevity of the Club, band and dancers? 

Maybe it's the fact that we've had fun and 

enjoyed the social aspect of music and 

dancing while contributing to our heritage. 

David De Santi, May 2012 

Secretary Wongawilli Colonial Dance 

Club, member of Wongawilli Band, Artistic 

Director Illawarra Folk Festival www. 

wongawillicolonialdance.org.au 

Items published by Wongawilli Colonial 

Dance Club (books unless otherwise 

noted): 

The Tunes of Bert Jamieson (book and 

recording), Songs of the Baulch Brothers 

(book and video), Tunes of Ma Seal, A 

Queensland Selection (tunes and dance 

instructions), A Collectors Songbook (Alan 

Scott), Mister Joe - Songs, Tunes and Poems 

of Joe Cashmere, Music Makes Me Smile - 

Tunes Of The Nariel Valley (tunes, songs, 

dance instructions), The Tunes of Harry 

Schaefer, The Tunes of John McKinnon, 

Pioneer Performer Magazines – 4 issues, 

Australian Dance Tunes Volume 1 (book 

with 180 tunes and double CD), Australian 

Dance Tunes Volume 2 (book with 150 

tunes and CD), Australian Dance Tunes 

for Fiddle (CD & Tune Book) 

1 0 J U N E 2 0 1 2 I L L A W A R R A F O L K C L U B N E W S L E T T E R 

Illawarra Folk Club 

Online Store 

CDs, Books 

The Club operates an online store for Club 

members to sell products. A number of new 

products have been added: 

FOLK REPUBLIC of BULLI - 2011 Illawarra 

Folk Festival compilation with 20 artists - 

Eric Bogle, Ami Williamson , Riogh, Ted 

Egan, Orange Blossom, Neil Murray, Rough 

Red, The Handsome Young Strangers, 

Roger Montgomery, Tracey Bunn, Replay, 

Junior, No Such Thing, Martin Pearson, 

Wongawilli, A.J. Leonard, The Pigs, George 

Mann, The Good Ship, Zumpa 

TUNES of JOHN McKINNON -A collection 

of Australian dance tunes, by Alan 

Musgrove and David De Santi, $20. 

SILVER FOLK - 2010 Illawarra Folk 

Festival compilation CD, $25 

ALAN MUSGROVE - Behind the Times, 

The Bagman's Gazette, Songs They Used 

to Sing, Australian Old Time Fiddle, $25 

JOHN BROOMHALL - Free as the Breeze, 

Broken Hill Miner, Driftin Down the 

Darling, In The Days When the Anzacs 

Were New , My Spirit Country $25 

I VIAGGIATORI - Suitcase Serenata, music 

from the film Dall' Italia All' Australia, $25 

How do you sell your CDs here?: 

1. You need to be a financial member of the 


2. There is a minimum commission of $3. 

Part of this pays for the credit card charge 

and the transaction cost and admin - 

website. 

3. You are forwarded the online orders you 

arrange for the postage and packaging as 

soon as possible. Hopefully within 1 day 

of receiving the order.. 

4. You need to advise Dsvid De Santi (info@ 

illawarrafolklcub.org.au) that this has been 

done with an email confirmation. This 

should also be emailed to the buyer to let 

them know it's coming. Remember you 

are also acting on behalf of the Illawarra 

Folk Club. 

5. You will be paid the sale value plus the 

standard postage and packaging (usually 

$4 or so - depends on the quantity and 

weight of the product) by direct deposit 

less the $3 commission. This would usually 

happen once a month - depending on the 

frequency of sales.

6. You need to provide Account Name, BSB, 

Account Number 

What you need to do 

o Advise the sale price for CD / product 

(most CDs are $20/25/30) 

o Weight of the product (standard CDs 

are 120 grams) 

o Digital image of the CD cover as a JPG 

file - minimum 150dpi, 6cm wide - usually 

about 0.5MB is good. 

o 100 words or so for the description 

Send this information to David De Santi, 


e FOLK NOTES e 

The old master of parody, John Dengate is 

in despair. I thought it was (As I reported 

previously) because a Kiwi Doctor had put 

him off the booze. But no! it’s not that at 

all- I didn’t think anything could be worse 

but apparently it is. He’s been moved to 

despairing parody by the thought of a 

rampant Tony Abbot. 

ANGRY STORMS 

YOU’LL SEE HIGH 

ABOVE THE BEACH 

AT DEE WHY 

TUNE: There’ll be Blue Birds over the 

White Cliffs of Dover. 

Angry storms you’ll see high 

Above the beach at Dee Why, 

Tomorrow, just you wait, and see. 

CHORUS A. 

There’ll be groans and grieving 

And desperate people leaving 

Or putting poison in their tea. 

The mad monk is coming soon 

So tremble and weep with dread. 

Through an ominous afternoon, 

I hear his approaching tread. 

There’ll be Tony Abbot, 

If the chance comes grab it; 

Run like blazes while you can. 

Chorus B 

I suggest migration 

To some distant nation… 

Spain or Greece or Turkistan. 

There’s nothing that can be done, 

There’s nothing for you to say. 

Perhaps you should buy a gun 

And blow all your brains away. 

CHORUS A. 

© John Dengate 2012 

 

Just returned from NZ . If you’re planning 

to visit the 19th-22nd October might 

be a good time. That’s the time of the 

2013 Wellington Folk Festival. They 

are announcing their bookings at the 

moment. Some would be familiar. There’s 

the Whitetop Mountaineers, The Wheeze 

& Suck Band, Martin Pearson, Women 

in Docs, Lil' Ian Goodsman, La Petite 

Manouche among many. 

The venue is just outside Wainuiomata 

(special discount if you pronounce it 

right I reckon.) Registrations will open 

in August – watch the web site www. 

wellingtonfolkfestival.org.nz 

 

Pam Merrigan writes from the Turning 

Wave Festival Now in Yass in September) 

She Says: “Hello everyone and welcome 

to TWF e-News Bulletin. Click on the link 

to see what's going on and don't forget to 

visit our Facebook page and like us if you 

haven't already done so. http://www. 

turningwave.org.au/e-News_11May.htm 

See you in YASS” 

 

Warren Fahey has started a new folk 

club in the old 60s tradition. If you are in 

Sydney on a Wednesday Night it might be 

a worthwhile place to go. (The music is free 

but I think you still have to pay for your 

beer). "Sydney has a new weekly gathering 

for folk music BUSH BASH, 7.30pm 

onwards. 1st Floor lounge, Imperial Hotel, 

252 Oxford Street, Paddington Sydney, 

FREE. Musicians and singers welcome to 

join in with the music (an understanding 

of musical etiquette expected! so it does not 

become a bunfight). Started Wednesday 

May 23rd. 

 

The old rapscallion has just had a hip 

replacement and by all reports is making 

good progress. When I rang him up in 

hospital he was down spending a couple 

of hours in the gym which given his 

predilection for the sedentary life was a 

bit scary. Anyway I think hospital might 

be mellowing him as he seems to be a bit 

kinder to his pet hate (banking CEOs) in 

this verse. 

Spare a thought for those struggling CEOs 

FEES AND 

INTEREST RATES 

I think that I shall never see, a 

poem as lovely as a fee, 

And we should all give grateful thanks, to 

the keepers of the fee, ‘THE BANKS’. 

Without those fees, there’d be no profit. 

Cynics are inclined to scoff at 

Bankers who increase their rates, but 

they’re non-believers, fools, ingrates. 

The machinery that runs our Nation, 

starts with banking innovation, 

And if you wonder how I know, a 

retired banker told me so. 

Fees are the bankers’ bricks and mortar, 

take no prisoners, give no quarter. 

Hard decisions must be made, so 

CEOs are properly paid. 

From CBA to ANZ, I have often heard it said, 

“To make our businesses secure, fees 

must go up more and more. 

Our shareholders must be content, and 

they have given their consent 

To us hardworking CEOs, to do what 

we must, so profit grows.” 

Now, there are those expressing doubt, 

who find it hard to work it out, 

And believe, in some old fashioned way, 

that customers should have some say. 

Poppycock, and balderdash. You 

speak as if your bit of cash 

Entitles you. Do you suppose, you 

know as much as CEOs? 

They’ve worked out, that the banking 

fee, is good for our economy. 

That shareholders (the ones to please) 

like seeing jobs go overseas. 

Like seeing interest rates increase. This 

type of whingeing has to cease. 

Customers must realise, their place 

-- a tiny, weeny, size. 

Don’t say a critic could be right, a 

CEO might die of fright. 

And that would never, never do, 

such criticism, I eschew. 

Customers who feel the pain, should 

understand, it’s for the gain. 

Someone has to pay the piper. 

Your CEO is not a viper. 

And now we come to interest rates. 

The borrowers await their fates. 

Reserve Bank cut by fifty points. Will 

the big banks disappoint? 

You can bet your life they’ll use, 

any possible excuse, 

Like the cost of borrowing, high 

dollar rate, that sort of thing, 

Beating chests, wailing, weeping, just 

I L L A W A R R A F O L K C L U B N E W S L E T T E R J U N E 2 0 1 2 1 1

so they can keep on keeping 

Interest on a higher plane, to 

justify their profit gain. 

So I don’t think you’ll get the full fifty 

points. ‘Twould be beautiful, 

If the banks did pass it on, as wished 

for by our Treasurer Swan, 

But if that ever came to pass, and 

you had all that extra brass, 

And thought the fall in interest rate, 

was cause enough to celebrate, 

Beware, you borrowers, beware. The big 

banks would take special care, 

While you were having joyful knees up, to 

compensate, they’d put their fees up. 

BLUE -- the shearer (copyright col wilson) 

 

It seems I’m always having to report on 

some sad news in this column. The Folk 

Club has lost an esteemed member in Bob 

Bell. Bob was our treasurer for a period of 

time in the nineties and a regular at our 

Festival. Bob taught Mining Engineering at 

TAFE up until he retired. It was only a few 

weeks back that he came to a club concert 

with his wife Sue. 

Bob passed away on 9th May aged a young 

65 & a thanksgiving service for his great 

life was held in Wollongong on Monday 

14th May. 

Our thoughts and condolences go to his 

wife Sue and family. 

 

On the sick list are our membership 

secretary Judy Cork who has a nasty 

dose of Shingles. Peter (Pearl) McLeod is 

also having a stint in hospital suffering 

from what maybe heart problems and 

Viv Sawyer is back in her hostel with her 

oxygen bottle after another stint in hospital. 

We wish them all well for a good recovery. 

 

Cheers! Russell Hannah, bigruss43@ 

bigpond.com 02) 4297 1777

Radio News 

Illawarra Folk Club Programme 2-VOX 

FM Wollongong 106.9 Saturdays 3pm 

to 5pm Presenters are: Denis McKay, 

Yvonne O'Grady, John Broomhall, Russell 

Hannah. CD's and MP3s for review and 

airplay encouraged - contact Denis McKay 

- dl@mckayassociates.com.au or post 

to: 17 Doncaster Street, Corrimal 2518, 

NSWAustralia 

Programme 5 May 

produced Denis McKay 

Artist;Title;Album;Label 

• Tom Walsh/Passing Shadows/That Old 

Time Feeling/Independent 

• Eric Bogle/Plastic Paddy/Mirrors/Larrikan 

• Cloudstreet/Gartan Mother's Lullaby/The 

land of Bright Gold/Independent 

• Wheeze and Suck Band/Horses Bransle/ 

Vincent Street/Fire and Thorn 

• Colum Sands/The Wake Song/The Noe that 

Lingers on /Elm Grove Music 

• Red Inglis/Cigareets and Whusky/Hillbilly 

masterpeieces/Axis 

• Battlefield Band/Mo Ghleannan Taobh 

Loch/Liobhainn/Line up/Temple records 

• John Dengate/Thanks to the Yanks/The 

Follies of Pollies/Larrikan 

• Eileen McCoy/Bonny Prince Charles/Apple 

Island Fiddler/National Library of Australia 

• Rod Paterson/The D-day Dodgers/Hamish 

Henderson tribute Album/Greentrax 

• Faerd/Da Auld Restin' Chair/Logbok/Tutl 

• Alan Musgrove/A Starry Night for 

a Ramble/Songs they used to sing/ 

Independent 

• Alasdair White/The Amorous Lover set/An 

lar Geal/Temple Records 

• Karen Lynn/Blue Mountain Rain/ Changes/ 

Shoestring 

• Martyn Wyndham Read/The Gift of Years/ 

Sunlit Plains/Fellside 

• Sula/Last Trip Home/Overseas/Tutl 

• Margaret Walters/Joe Hill/Power in a 

Song/Feathers and Wedge 

• Emma Nixon-Chris Stone/Reel set/Roots 

and All/National Library of Australia 

• Kate Delaney/The Dimming of the Day/A 

Moment in time/Independent 

• Bruce Daigrepont/Acadia to Louisiana/ 

Various Artists/Rounder 

• Green Fields of America/Kilkelly/Live in 

Concert/Green Linnet 

• Martin Hayes/The Kerfunken Jig/The 

Lonesome Touch/Green Linnet 

• Alistair Brown/You Can't take that on the 

Train/No Idle Jest/Prospect Records 

• Priscilla Herdman/Reedy River/The Songs 

of Chris Kempster/N.S.W Folk Fed. 

• Kevin Burke/Open House set/Open House/ 

Green Linnet 

Programme 12 May 

produced Yvonne O'Grady 

Artist;Title;Album;Label 

• Riogh/Red Dust/Bold Doherty/Of Kings/ 

Independent 

• Battlefield Band/A'Bhrioghais Uallach/Line 

up/ Temple records 

• Riogh/Exile/Of Kings/Indpendent 

• London Klezmer Quartet/Firn de 

Mekhutontin Aheym/LKQ/INdependent 

• Riogh/The House in Rose Valley/Of Kings/ 

Idependent 

• Anne Infante/The Lass from the Low 

Country/Women Do/Independent 

• Riogh/Paddy's Lamentation/Of Kings/ 

Independent 

• Alan Musgrove/Jack Heagney's 1st 

Schottische/That Old Time Feeling/ 

Independent 

• Riogh/On the Wing Tune/Of Kings/ 

Independent 

• Cloudstreet/Do You Think that I do not 

Know/The land of Bright Gold/Indepenent 

• Riogh/ Boat on the River/Of Kings/ 

Independent 

• Nixon- Stone/Duet on Scottish Airs/Roots 

and All/National Library of Australia 

• Riogh/Grace/Of Kings/Independent 

• Alistair Brown/Bonny Labouring Boy/No 

Idle Jest/Prospect Records 

• Riogh/Banks of the Roses/Of Kings/ 

Independent 

• Nixon-Vandemeer/Left Handed Fiddler set/ 

Crossing the Sunset/Independent 

• Riogh/She Moved Through the Fair/Of 

Kings/Independent/ 

• Bruce Watson/I Wish I Could Write Songs 

Like Eric/Out My Window/Independent 

• Riogh/Ready for the Storm/Of Kings/ 

Independent 

• Leslie- Miller/Mary Mild/In Bleeze/ 

Greentrax 

• Les Barker/Have you got any news of the 

Iceberg?/Up the Creek Without a Poodle/ 

Mrs.Ackroyd Records 

• Janet Russell/The Hills of Ardmorn/ 

Gathering the Fragments/Harbourtown 

Records 

• Balfa Toujours/Pa Janvier/.La Pointe/ 

Rounder Records 

• Ted Egan/A Bunch of Damned Whores/The 

Land Downunder/Evergreen Media 

• Burach/The Weird Set/TheWeird Set/ 

Greentrax 


Performers List 

Service for Illawarra Folk Club members. 

Area Code is 02 uno 

Alan Blackshaw singer/songwriter . 

0244218848 alan@alanblackshaw.net. www. 

alanblackshaw.net 

Ann Lehmann - singer, guitarist, 

mandolin, bouzouki, children's performer 

annlehmann72@gmail.com 

Barry (Blue) Lake - Bonza Bush Poet/Yarn 

Spinner/MC Phone 02 4476 4124 

Blue the Shearer , aka Col Wilson - poet, 

raconteur, prawn deveiner, ABC radio star 02 

4751 5998, (Springwood), blushear@well-com. 

net.au 

Bob McInnes, Stringfiddle - Larrikin fiddler, 

Australian Scottish music band 02 4885 1191 

(Robertson), stringfiddle@oceanbroadband.net 

Chris Wilson - singer/guitarist 02 4271 4364 

Dave Oliphant - singer/guitarist, dance 

caller, entertainer, contact for FIDDLEDANCE 

Bushband 0419 218926 doliphan@bigpond. 

net.au 

David De Santi - piano accordion, 

Wongawilli, Zumpa, Big Snore Hammers 0409 

57 1788 desanti@bigpond.com 

Duncan Chalmers - traditional singer/ 

guitarist 0418 440 032, chalmdr@bigpond.net. 

au 

Graeme Johnson - performance poet, 

Australia rhyming verse 02 9874 7653 

(Sydney), TheRhymerfromRyde@bigpond.com 

John Broomhall - Australian traditional, 

singer -songwriter john.broomhall@bigpond. 

com 

Johnny Spillane - whistle, dance caller, 

bagpipes 02 4296 9693, john.spillane@optusnet. 

com.au 

Karen Lynne - singer/songwriter, traditional, 

original, country, contact for Acoustic Shock 

02 4757 3292 (Katoomba), karenlynne@ 

bigpond.com 

Kenny Bartley - comedic, Aussie, 

storytelling singer/songwriter 0431 041 947 

kennybartleysemail@yahoo.com.au 

Kevin Baker - singer/songwriter 02 4225 8684 

kevin.b1@bigpond.com 

Mark Holder-Keeping - multi-instrumentalist, 

member of Cantolibre, We Love You Madly, 

Big Snore Hammers, Zumpa, Markelle 02 4228 

4153, 0405 271 110, markthesax@gmail.com 

Margaret Bradford - folk singer-songwriter, 

for children also 02 9520 6180 (Sutherland), 

mbradford@sydney.net 

Perla Aura - African dance, drum musician 

and teacher, member of Obrobini 02 4274 5658, 

0414 641 285. pfefey@wollongong.nsw.gov.au 

Simon Kinnas - Greek Bouzouki, Greek folk 

music and music from the Greek islands. 0412 

757 557 zorbaskefi@hotmail.com.au 

Stewart Holt - singer songwriter 0411 842 811 

stewartholt@songwriter.net 

Vivienne Sawyer - poet, comedienne, great 

MC 4257 4808 

GROUPS 

Az-I-Am - folk, Australian, Chris Wilson 02 

4271 4364 

Chord-eaux - Australian traditional songs, 

Neil Rowsell, 0437 305 723, nrowsell@ 

optusnet.com.au 

Denizen - traditional, contemporary Celtic 

Australian music, Johnny Spillane 02 4296 

9693, john.spillane@optusnet.com.au 

Fiddledance - traditional, bush band, 

bluegrass Dave Oliphant 0419 218 926 

doliphan@bigpond.net.au

Handsome Young Strangers - lively bush 

rock band with attitude. 0409 590 932, 

looch1973@yahoo.com.au www.myspace,com/ 

thehandsomeyoungstrangers 

Mahri Autumn & The Chameleon Collective 

- acoustic/folk/world 0412 177 918 www. 

mahriautumn.com info@mariantheloucataris. 

com 

My Secret Window - Acoustic duo Stephen 

McClure 02 42283764 stmccl@tpg.com.au 

No Such Thing - Australian traditional dance 

music, Yvonne O'Grady iffaj@shoal.net.au 

Obrobini - African style percussion and music 

group, Perla Aura, 0414 641 285, pfefey@ 

wollongong.nsw.gov.au 

Riogh - traditional, contemporary Celtic 

Australian music, Johnny Spillane 02 4296 9693, 

john.spillane@optusnet.com.au 

South of the Big Smoke – Northern Illawarra 

trio styles including folk / folktonica, 

blues, pop and soft rock. Phil 0408 259 633 

southofthebigsmoke@gmail.com . www. 

myspace.com/southofthebigsmoke . 

Wongawilli & Wongawilli Colonial Dancers 

Award winning well travelled Australian folk, 

bush music, demonstration dancers, David De 

Santi 02 0409 57 1788 desanti@bigpond.com 

www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au 

Zorba's Kefi Band - Greek music & music from 

the Greek islands, 2 or 3 piece. Simon Kinnas 

0412 757 557 zorbaskefi@hotmail.com.au 

Zumpa - old Italian tunes with new life. David 

De Santi 02 0409 57 1788 desanti@bigpond.com 

ww.myspace.com/zumpafolk 

Corner Store 

Classifieds for Illawarra Folk Club 

Members and Supporters 

Roland Stefen - Violin and Guitarmaker. 

Quality hand-made instruments and repairs 

done to stringed instruments. Ph: 0242713238. 

www.rolandstefenviolinmaker.com www. 

rolandstefenviolinmaker.com 

Theresa Gregory Reiki Practitioner Reiki is 

a simple and powerful laying of the hands 

technique for stress reduction and relaxation 

that also promotes healing. Lotus Clinic and 

Bookstore, 246 Crown Street, Wollongong 2500, 

4226 4740. 

Haworth Shellharbour Music Centre, new store 

sales, repairs, 2/22 Durgadin Dr, Albion Park 

Rail ph: (02) 4256 0088 

Wollongong Music Centre, sales, repairs, all 

types of instruments, long standing supporter 

of the Folk Club, ph 4228 9286, 390 Crown St, 

Wollongong 

The Illawarra 

Folk Club 

presents a 

folk music 

programme every 

Saturday from 

3pm to 5pm 

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Contact David De Santi for more details: 

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professional CD duplicator. This is ideal for short runs. CDs can also be 

imprinted. Cost is $1.50 per CD. Contact Bob Williams for more details: 

bobwil7@hotmail.com 

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Jamberoo, A Discovery - CD 

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Jamberoo Celebration- 20 Years On – Double CD pack 

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$25 each $ 




$25 each $ 



$35 each $ 

23 performers from the 21 st $25 each $ 



24 performers from the 22 nd Illawarra Folk Club Products (prices include GST and postage) No. Cost 

CD - Folk Revolution 2012 Festival compilation NEW! $10 each $ 

CD - Folk Republic of Bulli, 2011 Festival compilation 

CD - Silver Folk, 2010 Festival compilation 

CD - Bulli Bakontrak, 2007 Festival compilation 

CD - Bulli - The Tradition Continues, 2006 Festival compilation 

CD (double) - Jamberoo A Celebration, 2004 Festival compilation 

$20 each 

$20 each 

$20 each 

$20 each 

$20 each 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

CD - Jamberoo A Discovery, 2001 Festival compilation 

CD - Jamberoo A Change of Season, 2000 Festival compilation 


Illawarra Folk Folk Club Club Cookbook Cookbook - Vol Vol 1 or 1 or Vol Vol 2 or 2 Vol or Vol 3 (please 3 (please circle) circle) 

$20 each $ 

$25 each 

$20 each $ 

$10 $10 each $ 


Membership Fee - Single or Family (includes GST) $15 or $20 $ 

Visa � � MasterCard � � 


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Number: 

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Name Card Card on Expiry: Card: ____ ____ / ____ / ____ 

Membership expires 30 June 

Town: Postcode: 

Visa � MasterCard � 

If 

Card 

paying If paying Number: 

by by Credit ___/ 

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you 

/___ you can 

/ can ___ 

fax 

/___ fax this / ___ 

form /___ 

to / 

1300 

___ 1300 / ___ 

887 /___ 034 

/ otherwise ___ 

otherwise 

/ ___ /___ post 

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to: to: 

Card Illawarra Expiry: Folk ____ Folk Club / Club ____ Inc., PO Box 5289, Wollongong, NSW 2500 

If paying by Credit Card you can fax this form to 1300 887 034 otherwise post to: 

Illawarra Folk Club Inc., PO Box 5289, Wollongong, NSW 2500 

August 2009 2009 form form 

August 2009 form

June - Illawarra Folk Club Inc.

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