December 2009 - Illawarra Folk Club Inc.

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at that time. Tickets are $45 for club members but you should get in early as seats on this one are limited. Ph 0418 601 973 or email Jan on jpreston@ zip.com.au or through the website www. janpreston.com e e e e e e e e e Welcome to the following new members who have made the economically sound and culturally advantageous decision to join the Folk Club. Neville Arrowsmith Monica Chalmers Margaret Perrot Anne & John Proudlove Brian Dunnett Lillian Pang Apryl & Paul Shannon Zondrae King e e e e e e e e e Here’s one for the Diary from the legendary Phyl Lobl. ‘SINGING THE SOUTH’ ‘Singing The South’ is a musical presentation that explores the growth of the Illawarra. The story is told through songs, wry comment and images. The seventeen songs range widely in style, feel, and topic and were written by Phyl Lobl a songwriter of wide experience in Folklore and music who gathered information from local sources . Experienced singers capable of singing the inside of a song bring the times alive. Talented accompanying musicians add texture and musical depth to the melodies. Images,many obtained from the Pilot’s Cottage files offerglimpses of the past which deepen understanding and appreciation of place. The topics include a round ‘Khantarinteree’ which is the Wodi Wodi name for the Blowhole,a ballad poem ‘Coast Ghost ’ which might shiver your spine, a lyrical honouring of the Illawarra in ‘Between The High Place And The Sea’,the story of ‘The Butter Track’and an off shoot of that industry the story of ‘Daisy’, Kiama’s decorated cow. PERFORMERS:- Phyl Lobl ,Shayna Stewart,John Broomhall,Alan Morrison, Bob McInnes, John Spillane, and Stuart Leslie SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21st from 2-4 pm. KIAMA PAVILION Thanks to Kiama Council for support e e e e e e e e e If you are in Sydney on Saturday 5 December 2009 ♦ 3-7pm - then a meal and session upstairs at the Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street Surry Hills is the place to go. Admission: $15/$10 ♦ kids under 12 free ♦ families $40/$30 It’s a Fundraiser for the Declan Affley Youth Encouragement Award organised by the Folk Federation of NSW www.jam. org.au The concert will be graced by John Warner, The Solidarity Choir, Peter Miller- Robinson, Colleen Burke, Margaret and Bob Fagan, Cornerbrook, Roaring Forties, Black Joak Morris and Mothers of Intention –The Gaelic Club (www.gaelicclub.com. au) is upstairs at 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills – on the eastern side of Central Station. After the concert there will be a meal (bring a plate) – more info below and an informal session (bring voice + any other instrument) Enquiries: Margaret Walters mwalters@mail.usyd.edu.au or 9698 2206 or 0427 958 788 e e e e e e e e e After her stunning performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Opera House in 2008, Joanna Newsom returns to Australia. Joanna will perform her music this time with the her regular band and brass and string accompanyment. It will be the band’s first performances outside of Sydney. Saturday 23rd January: Thirroul, Anita’s Theatre Cheers! Russell Hannah bigruss43@bigpond.com 02) 4297 1777 e e e e e e e e e 2010 Illawarra Folk Club Committee Following the AGM in November t h e f o l l o w i n g i s t h e n e w c o m mittee President - Russell Hannah Vice President - Mairi Petersen Secretary/Membership Secretary - Ros Shieldhouse Treasurer - Ros Shieldhouse Publicity Officer - Theresa Gregory Public Officer - Jill Fleming Committee David De Santi, Janet Barnes, Graeme Morrison, Tony Foley, Peter Butler, Yvonne Butler, Bob Williams, Denis McKay, Neil Rowsell, Rod Cork, Judy Cork, Terry Cole, Flora Cole, Bob Smith, Noon Dalton PRESIDENTS REPORT 2009 The year 2009 has again been a good year for the Club. Our club concert numbers have improved, have been consistently better than 2008 and have consistently hovered between 50 and 70. These numbers have held up even during winter which has traditionally been a bad time for us.Whereas in the past we have relied heavily on the ubiquitous Raffle to break even, this year it has more likely to have been the icing on the cake. Part of our charter is to present quality folk acts to our members and provide Illawarra venues for our local and imported groups In this I believe we have fulfilled our obligations to our aims and objectives in a highly effective way. The first half of the year saw a strong contigent of well known performers visit the club. Our old mate Jez Lowe and Kate Bromley from the UK paid us another visit, The accomplished Nano Stern from Chile, The ever popular Beez from Germany, Paul Ubana Jones from NZ, The Alan Kelly Band and Colum Sands ensured that our OS contingent was varied and brilliant. We also had house concerts for that Great folklorist from the UK Martin Wyndham Read and NZ collector and songwriter Phil Garland. From around Australia we have presented ‘Pete Hawkes from Newcastle, Fergusson from the Blue Mountains as well as the old rapscallion Blue the Shearer also from the mountains, Kazband from Melbourne, Jan Preston from Sydney, Alan Blackshaw from Nowra, The Lurkers from Kangaroo Valley, Gary Tooth From the highlands, ‘Geoffery Graham from Ballarat,’, Jeannie Lewis, Rachel Dillon, Penny Larkins, Bronnie Ware, Doc Jones Lecherie Band, Rebecca More, all from Sydney and of course the 8 piece Celtic Band, Humbug from Canberra, as were Simone Olding and Craig Dawson. Also in this list were Daniel Champagne from the South Coast, and Pat Drummond and Karen Lynne from the Blue Mountains. The rich depth of Folk Performers in the Illawarra were well represented in our concerts- Emma Hannah and the Silver River Band, Perla Aura, ‘The Scarlet O’Haras, Rick Caballo, ‘Penny Hartdgerink’ ‘Blue the Shearer,’ ‘No Such Thing,’ ‘Wongawilli,’’ Pete Bennett and Steve James, Maurie Mulheron’ ‘Zompa’ ‘Big Snore Hammers,’ 6 DECEMBER 2009 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
‘High Fidelity,’Alan Morrison, Danny Priestly, Fiddle Dance‘Alan Musgrove and Bob Mcguinness’ Nick Rheinberger, Stewart Holt, Trilogy, Chris Wilson and AZ-I-AM, Double Decker Dave, Nothing But Jam and John Broomhall. Alan Musgrove and his Watsername Band launched his latest CD at the club in May and we held a very successful tribute to Pete Seeger at the Club also in May. Another of our activities were the four free lunchtime concerts that we put on in the Art Gallery in November this year. These were well received and our audiences ranged from 35-60. I have no doubt these will be regular events on our calendar. The Art Gallery was very happy with them too. Oh! And Folk in the Foothills was aqlso our moswt successful and for the first time since its inception seven years ago it made a small profit. It was a great line-up with Ted Egan back, Jim Haynes, Ami Williamson, Jason and Chloe,Doc Jones, John Broomhall, Wongawilli, Scorba and Wongawilli among others. I almost forgot the great day we had on Feb 28th when we raised over $1500 for the victims of the Victorian Bushfires. Sadly we lost three of our esteemed club members through the year. Our first life member, Ann Fox died after a period in a nursing home down the coast. Ann, who was for many years president of the club will be commemorated in a memorial concert at the Festival. Bill Carwardine a long time member and a living link with Henry Lawson also passed away in Wrights Beach and Dave Cartledge our treasurer for some tears died of cancer on the Sunshine Coast. Our condolences go to thew families of Ann, Bill and Dave. We’ve started having a mystery Muso to kick our concerts off. They are club members who do fifteen minutes at the start of our concerts. So far I’d like to thank Denis McKay, Viv Sawyer, Scarlet O’Haras, Emma Hannah, Danny Priestly and Chris Wilson for their performances. We still have fairly unfettered access to The Diggers Club which is an excellent venue and our sound man, Phil Nixon, continues to provide the best sound that we have ever had. I would like to put on record our appreciation to the Diggers and in particular our contact, Robbie Rodwell who has had an Annus ‘Orribilis health wise but thankfully is back in the land of the living and firing on all cylinders again. With great weather, The Festival was our most successful yet. Not only was it an artistic success, we managed to turn a very small profit so we are in the game for 2010. Our thanks to all our sponsors, particularly Bluescope Steel and Tourism NSW. The Festival will be reported on by Festival Director Dave de Santi . It should be recorded that the Club is highly appreciative of the countless hours and dedication that Dave has put into taking the Festival to the new heights that it has achieved. That he does this in a voluntary capacity and fits it into a busy schedule of work (paid), Newsletter Editor, Dance Club Guru and active musician is nothing short of amazing to us mere mortals. We are also highly appreciative of the support given to Dave by his good lady wife Tanya, whose tolerance is legendary. All good things must come to an end or taper off however and Dave is trying to relinquish some of his activity to fit a family into his busy life. He has eased of just a little this year and has taken the role of artistic director. More needs to go however and we’ll have to have serious discussions after this festival about how we structure ourselves. Thanks also to our hard working Secretary/ treasurer Ros who has the odious task of making sure that our finances are in order as well as ensuring that our meetings are regularly held. She also has the task of either controlling the door or organising someone else to do it. Thanks also to Roger and Jill for their work on the Newsletter and they are always there in support (Unless of course they are spending Roger’s superannuation by travelling around Australia). Thanks must also go to Yvonne O’Grady, Dennis McKay and Bernard Williams who, along with myself have ensured our Folk Radio Programme on VOX Fm continues to be both high quality and regular. Thanks also to all the members of the committee who have worked hard to keep the club both solvent and viable. To Dave, who does a great job ensuring our newsletter appears monthly, To Peter and Yvonne for their help on the door, to our Raffle Sellers at the concerts, Janet, Peter, Mairi and Graeme go our thanks. Bob who is helping Ros out with the finances and also taking charge of our new toy- the CdD reproducer. Also to Tony Foley for doing anything that needs being done. I’d also like to express our thanks to Theresa, who assumed the mantle of publicity officer last year. Her successful hounding of myself to produce press releases has meant that our media coverage has probably been the best we have ever had. I think we can attribute much of our rise in attendances to the work Theresa has done. I’d also like to thank especially Yvonne O’Grady, Bill Montgomery and Mairi Petersen for providing for accommodation for many of our touring artists and for providing venues for house concerts. There is no doubt that one of the reasons so many of our artists want to return is so they can again sample the hospitality of Yvonne, Kath, Monty and Mairi. And best wishes to Kath who has spent a bit of time in hospital in the latter half of the year. Quo Vadis- Illawarra Folk Club. The club will certainly push ahead with our usual fortnightly concerts- perhaps we should look at more theme and ‘five pack’ concerts which seem to be popular. They also have the advantage of providing more opportunities for artist to have a gig before an appreciative audience. There are not many of these venues around these days. Perhaps we should look at more social trips, but. Sometimes fitting these in to an already busy calendar can be difficult, particularly in these difficult economic times. It is the festival however that is our biggest worry and I said this last year . It survives because of the efforts of Dave de Santi. Should he wear out (and we all do) or get run over by a bus, then we are in trouble. To be ongoing we need to be looking for a younger helper or make enough money to be able to pay someone, at least part time t o do the job. Of course Dave is the obvious choice but he needs a helper who can learn the ropes. Even Festivals like Fairbridge in WA have paid their director two days a week for the last ten or twelve years. Perhaps we make it a more manageable event but it is hard to go backwards as the expectations are very high. Anyway it is a question that we should be getting ready to address and seriously thinking about. The survival of the festival is at stake. Thanks to everyone who has worked hard for the club this year and we look forward to a successful year in 2009 Russell Hannah President , November 2009 Corner Store Classifieds for Folk Club Members Roland Stefen - Violin and Guitarmaker. Quality hand-made instruments and repairs done to stringed instruments. Ph: 0242713238. www.rolandstefenviolinmaker.com www. rolandstefenviolinmaker.com 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 DECEMBER 2009 7
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