PALMERSTON NORTH FOLK MUSIC CLUB NEWSLETTER March - June President's Message

Craig’s Cadence

The Beginning of Year JAM for 2020 was a great start to the year – a very good turn-out, with folk songs

and tunes a plenty.

2020 is the Chinese Year of the Rat. We generally think of rats as vermin and nasty creatures. However, the

Chinese regard the Year of the Metal Rat as auspicious: with spirit, wit, alertness, delicacy, flexibility, &

vitality! So, I’m looking forward to an auspicious rat of a year for our Folk Music Club.

I searched the ‘font of all knowledge’ for songs about rats and came up with:

Frog went a courting (originating from a 16th Century Scottish folk song featuring “Uncle Rat”), Stanley the

Rat (Cyril Tawney), Uncle Rat (Altan), Bad Rats (John Stewart), Caged Rat (Soul Asylum), I think I smell a Rat

(The White Strips), Rats (Ghost), Rat trap (The Boomtown Rats), Dirty Rat (The Zutons), Surf Rat (The

Rumbles), Big Rat (The Wedding Present), My pet Rat St. Michael (Mark Eitzel), and A Rat in her pocket

(Broadside Electric). So maybe there’s a theme for one night in the future!

Writing about themes – your Committee has come up with a fun calendar of theme nights through the

autumn. Plenty of opportunities for everyone to contribute. If you have any ideas for Club nights, be sure

to pass these on to one of the Committee members for the winter-spring calendar.

Also, be sure to attend Concerts by visiting musicians Jordan Brodie on 27th March, Wandrella on 15th

May, Good Habits on 12th June & Thomas Loefke on 3rd July – these are all top quality performers and are

well worth coming to see & hear.

With the AGM coming up on April 17th, think about joining the Committee for the next term &/or any

positive new ideas for change in Club activities, for members to discuss at the meeting.

Here’s a quote I like: “The best way to get to know any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music.”

Woody Guthrie

Craig

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subscriptions for the year (1st April to 31st March) – single: $20; family: $30. Subscriptions for half year (September - March) – single: $10; family $15 Pay to David on club nights or Direct bank transfer, please ensure your name is in the details: Bank Account No.: 02-0719-0137825-00

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COMMITTEE

President: Craig Ross 355 3445 cwross@xtra.co.nz

Secretary: Lesley van Essen 355 9076 l.p.vanessen@gmail.com

Treasurer: David Newman 357 8998 4dnewman@xtra.co.nz Ruth Filbee rfilbee@xtra.co.nz

Ellie Barker ellierainbowbarker@gmail.com

Mike O’Regan 327 4037 whitegate99@gmail.com

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CONCERTS COMING UP – make a note in your calendars – these are top quality performers!!!

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27th March – Jordan Brodie

Award winning Fingerstyle guitarist and composer Jordan Brodie, is regarded as “one of the best young guitar players in Australia”. With his fine sense of showmanship and technical virtuosity, Jordan is well on his way to a flourishing solo career. Based in Cairns, Jordan, a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music released his new album “In Good Company” in March 2018 through MGM distribution. The album explores elements of folk, jazz, and classical music and draws on old and new inspirations such as Emil Ernebro, Julian Lage, Ralph Towner and Tommy Emmanuel.

He is known to dazzle audiences with his fingerstyle technique. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

15th May – Wandrella

Come along for a wonderful concert by folk duo Gill and Kate, known as Wandrella. Wandrella play a mix of clever „covers with a twist‟ and original songs which reflect their classical roots and eclectic musical influences. Kate has played solo Celtic and classical guitar and has opened for the Arizona Smoke Review in the UK and Paul Obana Jones in NZ. She was influenced by the finger picking styles of Stefan Grossman and Gordon Giltrap. She also plays in the duo "String Fusion‟ with

Bill Nicholson, recording an album in 2015. Gill recorded her first album “Colour Outside the Lines” in 2004. She has played and recorded several songs with local musician Kevin Watson and in 2016 teamed up with local musician Simon Burgess

Concert CANCELLED

due to COVID-19 restrictions

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12th June – Good Habits

Good Habits are an eclectic indie-folk band from Manchester, UK creating immersive, multimedia gigs and projects.Formed of Singer-Cellist and Songwriter Bonnie Schwarz & international Klezmer accordionist, Pete Shaw, the band take their recent venture as a duo, touring new Zealand Jan-March 2020. Sitting between folk and pop, the eclectic duo present an upbeat yet

intimate sound-world of musical storytelling. As an award winning composer and sound designer, Bonnie has worked with Manchester and London’s most established theatres, creating new and innovative sonic experiences. Pete is an experienced performer who bases his style around many different folk influences; from Irish to Klezmer, Pete has performed around Europe and the United States of America.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are pleased to have the opportunity to welcome Thomas back to the club – he was extremely well received the last time he visited us. Don’t miss him this time through!

3rd July – Thomas Loefke

Islands in the North Atlantic, like Tory Island - the Irish island of legend and myth, the Hebridean Island of Staffa or the wild archipelago of the Faroe Islands situated between the Shetlands and Iceland - these are the places where harpist and photographer Thomas Loefke spends a considerable amount of time every year to compose music. Dramatic coastal landscapes, the wide open space of the Atlantic ocean and the ever changing sky reflect in the pieces of music written there. The tunes are accompanied by photographs Thomas took during his travels to the islands and in his solo programme these “Northern Isles pictures” are part of the show.

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Things of note in the Events Calendar: On March 13th Nigel is teaching another Celtic Tune by Ear, learning by ear is a great skill to have. On May 8th Keith will bring us another of his informative Guitar Workshops.

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EVENTS CALENDAR March – June 2020

Unless otherwise stated our door charge is: $3 members; $5 non-members;

School aged children & ‘First-timers’ FREE

VENUE: The Theosophical Hall, 304 Church St (between Linton and Pitt St)

Complimentary supper around 9pm.

See us online at: http://pnfolkclub.weebly.com/

MARCH

Fri 6th 8pm: WHITEBOARD CONCERT:– come and play your best tunes or

songs... Names go on the board at 8pm

Host: Craig

Supper: Cathy

Door: Lesley

Fri 13th

7pm: Learn a Tune by Ear with Nigel

8pm: A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS – songs about the

unfortunate things that can occur in life, funny or not!

Host: David

Supper: Mike O

Door: Craig

Fri 20th 8pm: A COLD WIND IN AUTUMN – songs about harvest time,

colourful & falling leaves, shorter days, cooling temperatures...

Host: Keith

Supper: Ruth

Door: Mike O

Fri 27th 8pm: JORDAN BRODIE in concert

Public: $20 Club members: $15 support act: Nigel & Co

Host: Bruce

Supper: Cathy

Door: David

APRIL

Fri 3rd

8pm: INSTRUMENTAL NIGHT – dust off those tunes that you

know and come along for a great musical night

Host: Nigel

Supper: Lis & Arthur

Door Mike P

Fri 10th EASTER WEEKEND - No folk club

Fri 17th 8pm: AGM & JAM – come along and have your say on how the

club is run – put your name forward for the committee!!!!

Host: Craig

Supper: Committee

Door FREEEEEEE

Fri 24th 8pm: ANZAC – WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Host: Bruce

Supper: Craig

Door Lesley

MAY

Fri 1st

8pm: MAY DAY – Bring out those dance tunes that get the feet

tapping and the body moving to the beat

Host: David

Supper: Ruth

Door Di

Fri 8th

7pm: Guitar Workshop with Keith

8pm: SEA SHANTIES – Work songs that were commonly sung to

accompany labour onboard large merchant sailing vessels

Host: Mike O

Supper: Cheryl

Door Ruth

Fri 15th 8pm: WANDRELLA in concert

Public:$15 Club members:$10 support act: Keith & Cheryl

Host: Di

Supper: Cathy

Door David

Fri 22nd 8pm: COMEDIES & PARODIES – come on, get creative and write

your own parody to a well known song and see what happens...

Host: Ellie

Supper: Midge

Door Cathy

Fri 29th Queen’s Birthday weekend – No folk club

JUNE

Fri 5th

8pm: WEATHER & SEASONS – sun, rain, hail, snow, wind,

summer, winter, autumn, spring....

Host: Ruth

Supper: Ellie

Door Nigel

Fri 12th 8pm: GOOD HABITS in concert Public: $20 Club members: $15 support act: Craig

Host: David

Supper: Cathy

Door Nigel

Fri 19th 8pm: WHITEBOARD CONCERT – come and play your best tune or

song. Come along and listen to some great music!

Host: Craig

Supper: Lesley

Door Mike O

Please check for your name in the programme above, highlight your duties and mark your calendars

If you are rostered on for supper duty, please bring milk and two kinds of biscuits (bring your receipt

to David/the door person to be reimbursed for the costs)

If you are unavailable for your rostered duty please arrange a replacement and contact a committee

member or email palmyfolkclub@gmail.com

Hall phone number is 353 2310 if you need to cancel at very short notice or are running late

If you would like to be included in future rosters please email palmyfolkclub@gmail.com

Concert CANCELLED replaced by a JAM SESSION