November - Illawarra Folk Club

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IL L AWA R R A
FOLK CLUB
November 2014 Newsletter
COMING SOON...
CONCERT 7 NOVEMBER
Annie Lou Band CAN
plus Ben Scott
CITY DIGGERS WOLLONGONG
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER
Illawarra Folk
Festival Launch
WOLLONGONG ARTS PRECINCT
w w w. i l l aw a r r a f o l k c l u b . o r g . au
SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER
CONCERT 15 NOVEMBER
Illawarra Folk
Steve Tyson
Festival Pearl Lounge David Hyams
at Viva La Gong
WONGAWILLI COMMUNITY HALL
9-11 JANUARY 2015
1st
HONK! OZ is coming!
free three-day street music
festival in Wollongong
www.honkfest.org.au
This newsletter is the official publication of the Illawarra Folk Club Inc. Folk Club Concerts are
generally held twice a month at locations in the Illawarra area. Folk Club Membership till June
each year is $15 single and $20 family. Members receive a monthly newsletter and discount at
Folk Club concerts. This newsletter is the official publication of the Illawarra Folk Club Inc.
15-18 JANUARY 2015
30TH ILLAWARRA
FOLK
FESTIVAL Pearl Party
180 acts, 13 venues
PO Box 5289, Wollongong
New South Wales, 2500
tel: 1300 887 034
[email protected]
In this Issue
• FOLK CLUB CONCERTS
CONCERT | FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER
• ILLAWARRA FOLK
FESTIVAL NEWS
Annie Lou Band CAN
• FOLK NOTES & NOTICES
plus Ben
• PERFORMERS LISTING
Scott mystery artist
Members $15 | Non-Members $20
Youth (U18) $5 and Child (U12) free
7.30pm CITY DIGGERS WOLLONGONG
This could be
your last newsletter
if you haven't
renewed your
membership!
The Illawarra Folk Club is a nonprofit incorporated association
with the objective to present
and encourage folk music and
folklore as it exists in Australia
today, in all its most genuine, and
valuable musical, social, historical,
The Canadian invasion has started earlier
this year so they must be having an early
start to winter.
cultural and pleasurable forms.
•Folk Club Concert Performer
enquiries
Russell Hannah, 02 4297 1777
[email protected]
•30th Illawarra Folk Festival
at Bulli Showground
15 to 18 January 2015
Artist applications closed 30 May 2014
•Newsletter Contributions
David De Santi
PO Box 17, Albion Park
NSW 2527
mob: 0409 57 1788
[email protected]
•Folk Club Email List
If you would like to keep up to date
on folk happenings why not join the
Folk Club Email List? Please provide
addresses to:
[email protected]
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So many Canadians like to tour in our
summer which is good news for us and
we’ve struck it rich early this year - in fact
on Friday 7th November when Canada’s
Annie Lou Band plays at the Folk Club.
Annie Lou will be supported by singer/
songwriter and cultural historian, Ben
Scott from The Blue Mountains.
Anne Louise emerged several years
ago from the Yukon’s fertile crop of
songwriters with two solo CDs that
showcase her critically acclaimed
songwriting. She found her true muse
when she discovered bluegrass and old
time mountain music, and her original
songs are steeped in these influences.
Noted for her exceptional songwriting,
solid rhythm guitar playing and great
big vocals, Anne Louise has toured major
festivals and venues throughout Canada
with Annie Lou. Her debut Annie Lou
album was nominated for a 2010 Juno
Award and a 2010 Western Canadian
Music Award, and her sophomore release
Grandma’s Rules for Drinkinggarnered
two 2012 Canadian Folk Music Award
nominations for English Songwriter of the
ILL AWARR A FOLK CLUB NEWSLETTER
Year and Solo Artist of the Year.
Anne Louise has toured nationally and
internationally as a solo and ensemble
performer. Through exploring bluegrass
and old time music, she has added banjo,
fiddle, and mandolin to her roster of
instruments, and she composes on all
of these as well as pursuing her craft
of fine songwriting. Genest is racking
up experience as a teacher and has led
several workshops on songwriting, lead
and harmony vocals, and rhythm guitar
at various music camps across the country.
www.annielou.ca
Ben Scott
CONCERT | SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER
PEARL LOUNGE
AT VIVA LA GONG
8 NOVEMBER
Steve Tyson, David Hyams
plus mystery artist
Members $15 | Non-Members $20
Youth (U18) $5 and Child (U12) free
McCabe Park, Wollongong
It’s time to get in the mood for the
forthcoming Pearl (30th) Anniversary
Illawarra Folk Festival. These acts
are some of the homegrown pearlers
who’ll take to the stage at the biggest
folk celebration ever in the region. And
you’ll get an intimate taster at 2014 Viva
La Gong.
BBQ $10 6.30pm RSVP for food to [email protected]
5pm WONGAWILLI COMMUNITY HALL
membership
fees are due!
www.vivalagongfestival.org
PROGRAM
11:45am - The Ribbon Gang
Only $15 / $20 family. Please call 1300 887
034 to pay or from the Folk Club website.
Steve Tyson will be launching his new
album "Green Side Up" at the festival, a
follow up to 2011's critically acclaimed
record "Temple Dog". Again, Steve
presents an eclectic mix of contemporary
story-based folk songs, inspired by worldly
travels, family skeletons, and matters of
the heart, all delivered live with passion,
humour, and fine musicianship. www.
stevetyson.com.au
12:25pm - No Such Thing
Reminding people that there membership
is overdue is a perennial problem and has
always been.
1:05pm - Strung Secrets
1:45pm - Curious Rendition
Orchestra
Here’s a poem written by long standing
member Jan Crombie Brown in May 1996
newsletter. Jan lived in Sydney at the time
but has since moved to the ‘Gong’ so she
doesn’t have as far to travel to the club.
Notice our membership then was $8 – it’s
now only $15 ($20 family) I reckon we
must be the cheapest club around requests
for copies from many who are affected by
these issues.
2:30pm - La Piccola Orchestra
sotto Casa
3:10pm - The Humphreys
3:50pm - Big Erle
4:30pm - Curragh
5:15pm - Beatmeisters
My letterbox was empty,
Alas, it could not be!
I asked my Friends- they all got theirs,
But no Folk Club news for me.
Of course I blamed Australia Post,
And our postman did abuse,
When a dreadful thought occurred to me,
I hadn’t paid my dues.
David Hyams in singer-songwriter
mode, playing mostly material from his
recently released “Travelling Bones”
album, a departure from the celtic inspired
fusion of Hyams’ Miles To Go band, with
songs more rooted in folk & country with
bluesy tinges. The strong connection to
the WA landscape remains, with stories
of an encounter with an emu on a desolate
stretch of north west highway, a celebration
of a Kimberley night, and the ritual
pilgrimage to favourite southern coastal
haunts. www.milestogo.com.au
I know I’d been reminded,
That future issues would be missed,
But I’ve been tardy yet again,
My names scratched off the list.
Enclosed please find my humble cheque,
For eight dollars overdue,
So I can once more be a ‘folkie’,
With my membership renewed.
At last I am financial.
I’ve returned unto the throng,
I’ll see you soon at Beaton Park,
Om my next trip to the ‘Gong’.
Jan Crombie-Brown (May 1996)
Steel City Music
Exhibition
Opening - Friday 21 November,
6.30pm, runs till March 2015
Wollongong City Gallery
Explore 50 years of Wollongong's rock 'n'
roll and music heritage. Steel City Sounds
celebrates the culture of Wollongong's live
music scene, drawing upon the collections
of performers, artists and audiences. A
combination of original art, photography,
video, memorabilia, installation, and most
importantly music, to entice visitors to relive their local music memories or discover
a rich musical heritage for the very first
time. Curated by Warren Wheeler.
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ILLAWARRA FOLK
FESTIVAL COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS LAUNCH &
INFORMATION SESSION
Some reminiscences from Bigruss.
Midday, Thursday 6 November
Who: Any charities or non-profit
organisation interested in becoming an
Illawarra Folk Festival Community Partner
and earning money.
Where: Greenacres Disability Services
Head Office, 2/4 Ralph Black Drive MAP
What: Music, refreshments, information to
become a partner and sign up on the day!
Earn cash for your organisation!
Local community groups, schools, charities
and non-profit organisations, organisations
can earn cash by selling Illawarra Folk
Festival tickets! Approved partners earn a
commision of $40 per Adult Festival Season
Pass or 2 Day Adult Pass, $20 per Adult
Day Pass (Friday/ Saturday/ Sunday)
and $10 for Adult Evening Pass (Friday/
Saturday) from sales generated by their
promotional effort.
Becoming a Community Partner
The Illawarra Folk Festival is a community
based event organised by volunteer
musicians, dancers, poets, storytellers
and culturally minded folk! The festival
has over the years provided financial
benefit to a number of charities and nonprofit organisations including Leukaemia
Foundation, Oxfam, Camp Quality, Bulli
Uniting Church East Timor Fund, St John’s
Ambulance, Greenacres, SCARF, APHEDA,
GreenConnect, Scout groups, SES Branches,
schools, Canteen, Salvation Army, Bulli
Uniting Church, Bulli Show Society, Rural
Fire Service, Surf Life Saving and South
Coast School for Children with Autism. This
benefit totals more than $95,000 and began
with the major sponsorship of the festival
by Diageo (Guinness) in 2001.
2015 Community Partners
Organisations already on board for 2015
include The Denny Foundation, Cystic
Fibrosis NSW, Greenacres Disability
Services, SCARF.
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In memory of
mark doran
It is with a somewhat heavy heart that I
have to report the death of our treasurer
Mark Doran.
Mark Died on Monday October 13th
surrounded by his family after a relatively
short battle with a very aggressive cancer.
Mark was an old music lover from way
back and was our treasurer for a number
of years- and a very fine treasurer he was
too. He was the initial face of the folk club
and was always on the door to collect your
money as you entered.
Being the volunteer treasurer of the folk
club is an onerous task- our turnover is
over $400000 per year (we spend nearly
all of it) but Mark handled it with finesse
and never complained when his treasurer’s
duties precluded him from seeing some of
the acts at the Folk Festival that he may
have wanted to see.
Mark grew up in Cronulla and was an
excellent Rugby League player until a
series of injuries forced him out of the
game. He went to Teachers College and
became a teacher for a number of years and
then had a variety of occupations including
managing the famous Bat and Ball Hotel at
Moore Park (I believe I had my first drink
(Illegally) at the Bat and Ball). Mark had
an acute awareness of folk music and as he
saw most concerts he was a great sounding
board on the quality of the artists and
concerts. We had many great discussion
about the concerts on the way home.
He was thinking and concerned about the
Folk Club right up until his death. Peter
Butler saw him on the week before he
died and he put his hand on his arm and
said- ‘Don’t let Russell have the cheque
book again’. I had got the cheque book off
him when he was in hospital to pay some
outstanding bills (never suspecting what
the future held) I happily signed cheques
and posted them off without realising that
the bulk of our cash reserves weren’t in our
cheque account. The invertible happened,
of course, and like a rubber ball some of
them bounced. I think Mark was pretty
disgusted with me and Peter Butler has
dined out on the story. ‘Fessing’ up here
should stop that.
Another story that I love to tell is that one
day, around Christmas time,
I was in Warilla Grove. I saw a jovial fellow
approaching me ‘Ho, Ho-ing’ and ‘Merry
Christmasing’. It was Santa, of course.
“Here’s a lolly and have a Merry Christmas
young fellow’ says Santa ringing his bell. I
was a bit taken aback until I looked behind
the beard and saw it was Mark in another of
his incarnations- “Piss of with your lollies’,
Santa I said. Go and get some Coopers
to give out”. He bought me a Christmas
Coopers the next time I saw him.
Mark, who was a great family man, lived
at Oak flats with his wife Kim and had
two lovely daughters of whom he was
inordinately fond. I’d often see him at the
Green Poppy Coffee Shop in Shellharbour,
where, after walking his dog, he would call
in to buy Kim a take home cappuccino. Our
sympathies and thoughts are with them
and we will have a concert at the Festival
to celebrate Mark’s life.
Mark’s funeral was held on Friday 17th at
the Hansen and Cole Chapel in Northcliffe
Drive. There was a large contingent of
Illawarra Folkies there and there was
standing room only foe latecomers. The
service was conducted by ABC announcer,
Steve Parsons, a great friend of the folk club
and Gary and Carl Doran, his brothers, did
eulogies.
As the crowd moved out of the Chapel,
Enda Kenny’s song, ‘The Smell of Rain’
which was one of Mark and Kim’s
favourites was played with a picture of
Mark with Peter and Yvonne Butler serving
Enda a Guinness at one of our Jamberoo
Festivals. That night at The Kangaroo
Valley Folk Festival Enda sang the song
and dedicated it to Mark. That song will
appear on our 30th Pearl Anniversary
Festival Album with a due tribute to Mark.
The crowd, in almost its entirety, then
adjourned to the Conno Pub where tales
were told and Coopers and red wine
flowed. Vale Mark Doran, taken too
soon and sadly missed- One of Nature’s
Gentlemen.
Russell Hannah
30th illawarra
folk festival
WILL BE A
PEARLER
The Illawarra Folk Festival will be
celebrating it’s 30th Pearl Anniversary in
2015, and the engine room at the Illawarra
Folk Club is full steam ahead with plans for
the biggest and best festival yet!
Special events include the inaugural
fringe street band festival HONK! Oz, an
extended program of youth opportunities
including the launch of the Folkaphonic
Youth Orchestra, a new venue featuring
songwriters circles, the “It’s a Pearler” song
and tune writing competition supported
by APRA/AMCOS, and a special 30th
anniversary exhibition.
The highlight of the festival is certain to
be the Friday night costumed Pearl Ball,
where the weekend will kick off in style
with a fantastically flamboyant concert, and
run into the wee hours with gypsy dance
bands and a sea shanty session guaranteed
to tickle the sternest of swashbucklers! The
Thursday of the festival is also expanding
to include more concerts and activities
and as always, proceeds will go directly to
charity organisations, this year’s recipients
being Cystic Fibrosis NSW and The Denny
Foundation.
A major focus for the Illawarra organising
committee this year is to provide more
opportunities to young people interested
in playing folk music. As well as the highly
successful folk music school, youth concerts
and the Youth Traditions Awards, young
musicians are also being invited to take part
in the new national youth folk orchestra,
Folkaphonic. This exciting new concept
developed by golden fiddle winner Emma
Nixon and artistic director David De Santi
will continue beyond the festival to offer
performance opportunities around the country,
workshops, camps and special projects.
As well as booking a raft of new national and
international artists, the committee have
made sure to invite back some of the many
beloved musicians who have supported
the Illawarra Folk Festival over the years,
and made it the flourishing community
event it is today. Earlybird tickets go on
sale soon, and it’s recommended that you
get in early and book for what is sure to be
a “Pearler”!If you are interested in helping
out at the festival contact Neil Rowsell at:
operations @illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
There are monthly meetings and a number
of roles to still fill.
Sal Harris, Festival Development Manager
P.S - Thanks to Sal for arranging a photo shoot
for the Pearl Party imagery, (see bottom left).
It looked great fun.You'll see the fruits of her
labour in forthcoming promotional material,
Facebook page and all over!
Would you
like a 30th
Anniversary
Badge?
Kathy Orton is a great local artist who
created quite a number of the early festival
posters and imagery. She has kindly
designed a 30th Anniversary badge design!
There are only a limited number so grab at
a Folk Club coming concert!
2015 Pearl Party Artists!
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS: Afenginn
(Denmark), Anna Ludlow Band (Canada),
Bettina Schelker (Switz) Black Market Tune
(Scot/Austria), David Francey (Canada),
Debasis Chakroborty & Kriti Ensemble
(India) The East Pointers (Canada), George
Mann (USA), Ken Field (US), Kristina Olsen
(USA), Melisande – Electrotrad (Canada),
Sumsum (Israel), Tim Edey Trio (UK)
NATIONAL GUESTS: Eric Bogle, Ted
Egan, Folkaphonic Youth Orchestra
(Premiere), Allez-Gator, Bernard Carney,
The Borderers, The Bottlers, Chloe & Jason
Roweth, Claude Hay, Cloudstreet, Dave De
Hugard, David Beniuk, Enda Kenny Band ,
Fred Smith, Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse,
The Go Set, John Broomhall, Jordan C.
Thomas, Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club,
Michael Fix, The Morrisons, Neil Adam &
Judy Turner, Nick Rheinberger, SparrowFolk, The Mae Trio, Pat Drummond, Terry
Serio’s Half Truths, Vardos and many
more. Check the webiste for full list..
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30th Pearl Anniversary
Song & Tune Writing
Competition
Folktastic Opportunities
for Young Musicians
Calling all songwriters and tune writers!
The Illawarra Folk Festival invites all
songwriters and musicians residing
in Australia to enter our 30th Pearl
Anniversary song contest - It's A Pearler!
Generously sponsored by our friends
atAPRA AMCOS with cash prizes!
Australian composers of all ages will be
able to submit new compositions with a
pearl reference, connection, theme or title.
How you include the pearl theme is entirely
up to you, as long as it's obvious enough
for the judges to recognise it! Depending
on the category, submissions will be
judged on the following criteria: creativity,
originality, lyrics (excludes songs that do
not have lyrics), melody, arrangement, and
overall likeability.
Applications are now open for five
exciting opportunities for young
musicians to PLAY FOLK at 30th Pearl
Anniversary Illawarra Folk Festival.
The Youth Folk Project is inviting
musicians between 9 and 25 years of age
to apply for a place in the Youth Traditions
Awards performances at the 2015 Illawarra
Folk Festival. Applications are also open
for positions in the new national youth folk
orchestra, Folkaphonic. Musicians 18 years
and under are also invited to apply for one
of 20 full scholarships to the annual Folk
School and to write a song or tune for prize
money in the It’s A Pearler Songwriting
Competition which is supported by
APRA/AMCOS.
Check the website for the application in
late October.
Wanted Billets
In order to keep accommodation costs
for performers to a minimum the Festival
utilises home stay billets provided by the
local community.
It's a great way to help the festival, meet
interesting performers and to get some
free Season Passes and complimentary
vouchers to use at the festival!
We expect you to provide a continental
breakfast for them.
In return you will receive 2 Season Passes
(valued at $180 each) plus $30 Black
Diamond Dollars which can be used at the
Festival Bar or for a Festival CD / T-Shirt.
If you can provide longer accommodation
(ie from Monday for Folk School tutors),
additional Black Diamond Dollars will be
provided.
Most artists will arrive on Wednesday 15
January or Thursday 16 January and depart
Monday 20 January 2014.
If you are interested in providing performer
billet accommodation from Stanwell Park
to Figtree then contact Suzi Wakefield
tel: 4267 1039, 0411 515 780 billets@
illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
This benefit totals more than $95,000 and
began with the major sponsorship of the
festival by Diageo (Guinness) in 2001. It
was a requirement of their sponsorship
that surpluses were to be shared with other
community partners. Over the past
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A joint effort by the Illawarra Folk Club
and Illawarra Folk Festival, The Youth
Folk Project aims to provide regular
opportunities for young people to learn,
perform and engage with professional
musicians and each other. As well as
encouraging young artists to explore
and perform traditional folk music from
Australia and abroad, the project directors
hope to broaden young artists repertoire
of folk songs and tunes and provide them
with unique promotional, learning and and
professional opportunities.
In a new initiative The Mae Trio from
Victoria have been selected as the first
Youth Folk Ambassadors. In this role at
the festival they will be sharing how they
have achieved their success in performing
folk music around Australia and the world.
Applications and further information are
available on the Illawarra Folk Festival’s
website www.illawarrafolkfestival.com/
youth-folk
BOOKING
accommodation?
Do you use the on-line booking systems
Wotif.Com or Booking.Com for local,
national and international accommodation,
travel etc?
If so you can now help out the Illawarra
Folk Festival by using the following links.
By simply using these links to get to the
booking systems, the festival will receive
a commission for any sales generated
through these links.
So next time you're planning a trip
anywhere in the world or to the festival,
please consider using these links and you'll
be helping out the festival!
WOTIF.COM
To use Wotif.com, type the following into
your browser and proceed from there:
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
Illawarra Folk Club
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..
BOOKING .COM
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.
To use Booking.com, type the following
into your browser and proceed from there:
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.
http://www.wotif.
com?bid=11&aid=CD10185
http://www.booking.com/
index.html?aid=351969
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:
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)
FOLK NOTES
While on the subject of reprobates and
rapscallions (I think we were weren’t we?)
The latest offering from the dreaded Blue
the Shearer was one he wrote back in 1992.
The late Andrew Ollie rang him personally
to ask if he could use it on air during Mental
Health Week. It’s been reissued for Mental
Heath Week this year and remains one of
the best support documents I’ve seen about
‘The Black Dog’.
Blue himself writes:- After Andrew's
breakfast show, the poem went to many
countries who picked it up for their mental
health magazines. I understand that it
has been translated into Dutch, German,
Danish, and even American and Pigeon
English.
It's four years since I've done it. I've been
impressed with the coverage ABC is giving
the subject on TV and Radio, so I thought
I'd like to do it again. I know I'm going to
receive requests for copies from many who
are affected by these issues.
THE MENTAL ELF
When things are at their blackest,
and nothing's going right,
And the goblins come to haunt you
in the wee hours of the night.
When someone who is dear to you
has suffered some dire fate,
Maybe even passed away. That's
when you need a mate.
When you've suffered setback,
in your home life or career,
And you've thought of seeking
solace in the whisky, or the beer.
When your job's been made redundant,
and there's no end to your strife,
And there's nothing left to live
for. No purpose in your life.
That's the time you need one, but
a mate's not always there,
When you're at your lowest ebb,
and needing tender care.
You have no faith in anyone,
least of all yourself -BUT there is someone to help you.
His name is Mental Elf.
He's a funny little fellow, and never far away,
Just waiting for a chance to help
to brighten up your day.
I've met this little Mental Elf,
time and time again,
And he's taken up his domicile
in portion of my brain.
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He's my tactical adviser on
how to handle strife,
And I'll admit quite freely: He's
important in my life.
When something's praying on my
mind, I'm tending to despair,
He comes up with some good advice
that helps to clear the air.
My Mental Elf insists that: "It
is dangerous to brood,
Not only is it dangerous, but
people think you're rude."
He says you should: "Go talk to
friends and seek a new perspective
On matters that concern you.
Don't be so reflective."
He counsels: "You should be aware.
When under heavy stress,
You're likely to neglect yourself,
and land in deeper mess.
Food and rest and exercise are
vital things you should
Get to get quick better." (His
English ain't that good).
"And don't feel so damn guilty,
for feeling like you do.
Anger, grief, and jealousy.
They're really nothing new.
Use a bit of common sense.
Take some time to think,
You might not need your Valium,
and recourse to strong drink."
My Mental Elf advises me
that I am not unique.
Everybody has a Mental Elf
with whom to speak.
"No one on this earth today, is
free from grief and care,
Now or in the future," says my
Mental Elf. "So there."
He says: “Don’t be a hermit. Seek
friends with whom to talk.
Eat healthy food. Get some
sleep. Go and take a walk.
Find out about some good
techniques to help you to relax.
Seek help when you need it, like
you do with income tax.”
He's a twinkling little fellow,
with a great outlook on life,
And he says a sense of humour
is an antidote to strife.
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He's right. When I look back on life,
and things were pretty sad,
A bit of timely humour made them not so bad.
So, don't let things get desperate.
Recognise the signs,
That life's becoming murky.
Read between the lines,
And get your life in order.
Don't leave it 'til too late,
And say "G'Day" to Mental Elf.
Remember. He's your mate.
BLUE – the shearer (copyright Col Wilson)
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Phil Garland a regular at the club on his
sometime visits from NZ has been awarded
a QSM (I think it’s Queen’s Service Medal,
the NZ equivalent of tha OAM but they
just can’t get rid of the Queen- they need
a Gough Whitlam) He was awarded it for
services to Folk Music. He sent me a picture
of him getting the medal from the NZ GG.
(he’s the one with the pearls around his
neck.) The only thing folky about Phil is
his fat beardedness- I ask you- a folkie in
a suit and tie- looks more like the CEO of
the ANZ ban!
mentoring in the cauldron of Festival bar
work have gained experience that will suit
them well in other places.
There is no doubt Janet will be missed and
we wish her well and still hope to see her
around the festival.
*********
While on the subject of Janet... Monty the
Scottish Fiddle Player who was famous
for immortalising that Crook, Sir Terrence
Lewis with his tune, ‘Sir Terrence Lewis’s
triumphal march to the walls of Boggo Road
Gaol’ has now immortalised Janet with
a tune. It’s called ‘Janet in the Jailhouse’.
It’s a jig and he launched at the Goulburn
Gathering over the long weekend. I have no
idea what it is all about and I’m not game to
ask but I do have a feeling that it’s a good
thing it doesn’t have words.
*********
While on the subject of poetry I’m very
pleased to report one of our long term and
regular poets Zondrae King cleaned up the
reciters award at Kangaroo Valley with
on of her own compositions, The Hem of
her Apron’- a very moving piece. She now
becomes the judge for next year.
If you are thinking of entering and want to
bribe the judge let me know and I’ll put
you in touch and my commission on bribes
is a mere 20%
*********
Campfire Sessions
Don’t forget the Campfire Sessions and
Bush Dance at Kiama in the Community
Hall in Hindmarsh Park.
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Bad news for the boozers.
Our resident ‘mien host’ at the bar at the
festival (and a few other festivals as well)
Janet Barnes is calling it a day and retiring
gracefully (though we hope it may only be
a sabbatical).
Janet has been our bar manager for more
years than I can remember and has managed
a large staff of reprobates and bar flies with
efficiency and tact. She has been the mentor
for large numbers of aspiring young bar
workers who undoubtedly, under Janet’s
They are proving very popular so pop
along, have a play, sing a song, recite a
poem, have a bite and a drink. Here’s details
of the next one:
November18th and the Bush dance at the
same venue would be Nov. 13th
For December the dates are: Campfire
session Dec16thdance Dec. 13th Further
details contact Tony Romeo
*********
By the way if you missed the OF and
GROG night that we had at Wongawilli
where all the performers were over seventy
(septuagenarians) then you were a fool
to yourself and a burden to others. Great
night- we threw away the sound system
and people (Larrikin Bob McInnes, Danny
Spooner, The illawarra Flame Three, The
Night Workers, Roger Montgomery and
the Dingos, John Hall, Garry Tooth, and
I’ve probably missed someone, might have
been Blown Away Denis- but it happens
when you get old) Hardly anyone forgot
their words, there were no bowel accidents
and even a small drizzle of rain couldn’t
dampen the spirits. A big thanks to Tony
Foley for organising booze and tucker and
the Jackos and Dingos for help with the
setting up and staffing the door.
*********
Majors Creek Festival is
back after an absence of 3 years. One of
the friendliest small music festivals on
Australia’s eastern seaboard (previously
Music at the Creek), returns in 2014 after
a three-year break. It will run from 21st
to 23rd November at the Majors Creek
Recreation Ground and is expected to
attract up to 2000 through the gate.
There will be something for everyone, as
usual: superb music, dance, poetry and a
kids’ festival. Emerging young musicians
will share the stage with some of the best
in folk, bluegrass, blues & roots and world
music.
One of the very best is Kristina Olsen from
the USA who will headline the festival
program. And then there is the rising star
singer-songwriter from the NSW south
coast, Heath Cullen, who recently recorded
an album with Elvis Costello’s band
members and is touring with Joe Henry
at present.
Queanbeyan’s own son, Owen Campbell,
is also on the bill – fresh from a long tour
of the US. Owen may be familiar to some
as the controversial young lad who caused
a little displeasure among the judges of
‘Australia’s Got Talent’ in 2012. Despite that
he went on to be a finalist on the program
and his 2013 album, The Pilgrim debuted
atop the iTunes Blues charts in Australia,
Canada, and New Zealand.
Other acts include;
Accapalerang, Alanna and Alicia,
Braidwood Cantors, Christopher Coleman,
Damian Coen and Russell Fletcher, Dr
Stovepipe, Den Hanrahan and the Rum
Runners, Ecopella, Gerry Gillespie,
Graham Dodsworth, GUITARAMA, Jane
Sage, Malumba, Martin Pearson, Michael
Menager, Mick Daley, Moochers Inc, Munro
Melano, Nigel Wearne, No Hausfrau, Oneill
& Rodgers, POP UP choir, Riogh, Richard
Perso, Seaside Ukulele Orchestra, SparrowFolk, Steve Tyson & The New Felons, The
Fuelers and more.The Festival Stage and
the Lounge will be the two main concert
venues. The Hall will reverberate with
dancers, and St Stephen’s Church will sing
out with acoustic performances.
Further info: www.majorscreekfestival.org
*********
LUNCHTIME AT THE ARTS
PRECINCT
05-Nov-14 - We Came For Dinosaurs,
Bukhu
12-Nov-14 - Timothy James Bowen, Steve
Robinson
19-Nov-14 - Jane Aubourg, Strung Secrets
26-Nov-14 - Jodi Phillis, Justin Frew
*********
BLASTS FROM THE PAST
25 years ago, Friday 3rd October
1989.
………….at the Old Tennis Club.
Vincent P Brophy, a former Club president
returned from Melbourne.
Along with Vince a familiar name was
Lindsay Martin with Max Burgess (both
from Cedar Creek) and Liz Spira. I don’t
know if they had a name but the Newsletter
referred to them as Beauty and the Beasts.
The MC was Garry Griffiths, on sound
was John Spillane, at the door was Chris
Cartledge, food was Russell Hannah and
Julie Telenta was on raffle.
Then on the 17th we had Trevor Knight who
was a good friend of John Denver and a
regular on the Today show. He now resides
at Buladeelah and is still running concerts
there. (Must get him down again.)
Supporting Trevor was the Hot Foot String
Band from Mount Kembla who were a local
Bluegrass group. (Can’t remember who
was in it. Let me know if you know anyone
who knows.)
Barry Spooner was on setting up, Chris
Cartledge on sound, Cheryl O’Brien on
the door and Jo and Joyce Harkness on
the door.
The Wongawilli Bush Band was performing
at a St Andrews Day Bash at the Shellharbour
Bowling Club, where people wearing kilts
in the traditional manner were admitted
for free.
The Club was looking for a knickers
inspector to check them as they came in!
Nov ember 2 01 4
9
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Russell Hannah, [email protected],
02) 4297 1777
Illawarra Folk Club
Performers List
Service for financial 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 [email protected]
•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),
[email protected]
•Bob McInnes, Stringfiddle - Larrikin
fiddler, Australian Scottish music
band 02 4885 1191 (Robertson),
[email protected]
•Claire Roberts - singer/guitarist 0414
860 080 [email protected]
•Claudio Iacono - Music teacher
(guitars, bass, ukulele, mandolin).
Singer, Celtic, Italian, Latin & more,
[email protected] 0426 838 653
•David De Santi - piano accordion,
Wongawilli, Zumpa, I Viaggiatoir,
The Con Artists 0409 57 1788
[email protected]
•Duncan Chalmers - traditional
singer/guitarist 0418 440 032,
[email protected]
•Elwyn Jordan - music tuition, guitar,
bass, banjo and mandolin 02 4261
6325, [email protected]
•Graeme Johnson - performance
poet, Australia rhyming
verse 02 9874 7653 (Sydney),
[email protected]
•John Broomhall - Australian
traditional singer/songwriter,
[email protected]
•Johnny Spillane - whistle, dance
caller, bagpipes 02 4296 9693, john.
[email protected]
•Karen Lynne - singer/songwriter,
traditional, original, country, contact
for Acoustic Shock 02 4757 3292
(Katoomba), [email protected]
•Kenny Bartley - comedic, Aussie,
storytelling singer/songwriter 0431 041
947 [email protected]
•Kevin Baker - singer/songwriter 02
•Mark Holder-Keeping - multiinstrumentalist, clarinet / saxophone,
10
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member of Zumpa, I Viaggiatori
Markelle 02 4228 4153, 0405 271
•Margaret Bradford - folk singersongwriter, for children also
02 9520 6180 (Sutherland),
[email protected]
•Margaret Walters - Australian
stories and song 02 9698 2206
[email protected]
•Mark Holder-Keeping - multiinstrumentalist, clarinet / saxophone,
member of Zumpa, I Viaggiatori
Markelle 02 4228 4153, 0405 271
•Paul Spencer comedy political
singer/songwriter, 0477 00 86
86, mr.paul.spencer@gmail.
com, http://paul-spencer.net
•Perla Aura - African Drum Tuition
/ Workshops, singer/songwriter,
[email protected], 0414 641285
•Vince Brophy - Irish Australian Singer
Songwriter, www.vincebrophy.
com [email protected]
GROUPS
•Az-I-Am - folk, Australian,
Chris Wilson 02 4271 4364
•Chord-eaux - Australian traditional
songs, Neil Rowsell, 0437 305 723,
[email protected]
•Curragh - Celtic band John
Spillane 02 4296 9693, john.
[email protected]
•Denizen - traditional, contemporary
Celtic Australian music, Johnny
Spillane 02 4296 9693, john.
[email protected]
•The Hopeless Wanderers - Jamberoo
based folk/blues band, Tim Hewitt,
[email protected]
•The Humphreys - songs with
accordion twist Stephen McClure
02 4228 3764 [email protected]
•La Piccola Orchestra sotto
Casa - Italian folk music with a
swing Claudio Iacono, claudio@
mosica.com.au 0426 838 653
•No Such Thing - Australian
traditional dance music, Yvonne
O'Grady [email protected]
•Riogh - Lindsay Martin 0408415517
or Leigh Piper 0408211072, Email,
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/pages/Riogh
•The Con Artists, Wollongong
Conservatorium's all ages world
music band. David De Santi 0409
•Wongawilli & Wongawilli Colonial
Dancers Award winning well
travelled Australian folk, bush music,
demonstration dancers, David De Santi
02 0409 57 1788 [email protected]
www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au
•Zumpa - old Italian tunes with
new life. David De Santi 02 0409
ww.myspace.com/zumpafolk
FOLK CORNER STORE
Classifieds for Illawarra Folk Club
Members and Supporters
VIOLIN & GUITARMAKER
Roland Stefen - quality hand-made
instruments and repairs done to stringed
instruments. Ph: 0242713238. www.
rolandstefenviolinmaker.com www.
rolandstefenviolinmaker.com
VIOLIN MAKER & LUTHIER
John D Johnston, violin maker,restorer and
Luthier, est 1980. Bow rehairs, appraisals,
mandolin repairs. [email protected].
au www.johndjohnston.com.au
LOCAL MUSIC CENTRES
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,
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My wife’s embraced technology,
Her head’s in an I-Cloud,
And when I say - “you’re just a
nerd" She says it makes her proud.
The house is full of I-phones,
I-tunes are everywhere,
When the conversation turns to
Apps, It’s more than I can bear.
We don’t have any books no more,
Just Kindles, they’re the rage,
She says reading books is tiresome
, For you have to turn a page.
When she sees me read the paper,
And sees me post a letter,
She says, I am a Luddite,
As there’s ways that are much better.
She said I should try I-Pods
And this verse I should e-mail ya
She’s embarrassed that she’s
married to an electronic failure.
We were sitting in our sunroom
I think she was on Twitter
I said please pass the folk newsletter
dear, I thought I heard her titter.
She looked at me with a silly grin
And said I was quite sad,
She said - “Newsletters are now quite
passé, Here try my new I-Pad.”
I reached and took the I-Pad I
still knew I had to ‘git ‘im’,
And I’ll tell you now that spider,
Just didn’t know what ‘hit ‘im’
Bigruss July 2012