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The ClarionJune 2010www.nefc.org.nz

New Edinburgh Folk Club

Peter Madill

June 20

The Non Electric Surf Orchestra

FootspaPLUS

Whitestone Folk Festival

The Clarion, June 2010

Folk club eveningsThe New Edinburgh Folk Club meets at 7:30pm every Sunday at St Martin’s Hall, 6 Northumberland St, N.E.V., Dunedin.Unless otherwise stated, entry costs are $3 for members and $5 for non-members and guests. Most evenings there is an open stage for casual performers during the first half.

New Edinburgh Folk Club,

P.O. Box 6093Dunedin North

Email:[email protected]

PREZ SAYS

www.nefc.org.nz

With the weather holding up so well into Autumn it’s worth remembering that Mannequin Cafe on the corner by our big ol’ hall is open for evening dining on a Sunday; great food and an easy relaxed walk down to the club afterward. And speaking of that big ol’ hall, our landlord’s charges to us have risen slightly and that has been a timely reminder to us that we are trying to cover extra costs out of a base door charge that has not risen in many years - years when we were not paying anything for our various venues. Accordingly we have decided on a massive 50% increase in the door charge for a standard clubnight. Yes, that’s right, instead of $2 per member, we are now charging $3 - the price of a cup of coffee. Non-members price rises from $4 to $5.

This still won’t cover all our costs but it’s a start. We’ll be looking carefully at our expenses and income over the next few months to develop a clear picture of how we are doing, especially in the light of planning for a more permanent home of our own.

At the last committee meeting there was much discussion about our floor spots. It was noted there is often strong demand for a performance spot and perhaps our default ‘first in, first served’ policy does not serve our members and guests as well as it might, for example when an out-of-town performer turns up or when a clubnight host pre-arranges an artist or two. We’re not looking at any major changes but just wish to let you know that we may occasionally favour a lesser known or new performer over a long-standing regular, so please don’t take it personally if your offer to play is declined on a given night. The club strives to present a balanced evening’s entertainment and one Muckaneese battle-horn solo a night may well beenough.

Mike Moroneyprez


What success looks like...

Bohemian Nights - April 25

John Egenes playing support - May 1

Don McGlashan - May 1

The String Contingent - May 9Hyram Ballard - May 16


Sunday June 6

Queen’s Birthday Weekend - No Club Night

Whitestone Winter Folk Festival

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Each year Whitestone finishes with a great Cabaret style evening of dinner, drinks and music and it’s always DRESS UP!

This year’s theme is ‘Ten’.Concert @ 8:00pm $25

OR be there at 6:00pm for a catered meal at an additional, reasonable cost. BYOG

Evening


Born of a request from a Mr Dingwall after the brothers Hudsonperformed at a club night with a couple of ukuleles, the Non ElectricSurf Orchestra consists of Read Hudson, Steve Hudson and Kay

Hudson, an interesting band of brothers (and the more alert of you willrealize that at least one of us is not a brother), and a bunch of ukuleles of varying types.

Read says they are bemused by the current fad for ukuleles. “Steve and I both learned from our father, a long time ukulele player of considerableability, and have carried on the tradition, although, it has to be said, with little public acclaim - possibly because nobody knows thatwe are closet ukulele freaks.”

So, we can look forward to a night of a heap of ukulele stuff, mostly not all that traditional, played with maybe a little assistance, but performed with grace, panache and a dash of humour to reinforce the theory that there ain’t nothin’ new out there.

Read Hudson: ukuleles

Steve Hudson: more ukuleles

Kay Hudson: guitar

Sunday June 13

$3 / $5 Floor spots available

The Non Electric Surf Orchestra


Sunday June 20

Footspa

Eastern European band Footspa play a diverse and exciting range of music including

Bulgarian horas, Scandinavian polskas and French waltzes.

The Dunedin musicians - Anna Bowen (fiddle), Louise Frampton (flute), Sean Manning (cittern) and Marcus Turner (accordion and guitar) - have a busy couple of months ahead of them, playing in the Regent Fundraising Concert, the Midwinter Festival and as guests at the Wellington Folk Festival at Labour Weekend.

They have recently been guests at the Christchurch Folk Club and have

played for a range of events from international dances to funerals.The four highly experienced musicians come from bands as diverse as The Chaps, Catgut and Steel, RS&B and Half-legendary Men.

They have joined forces to play songs and tunes from all over Europe, as well as music from the Jewish Klezmer tradition and some Turkish music.Their repertoire also includes original compostitions written by Marcus and many songs in a range of languages.

$3 / $5 Floor Spots Available


Sunday June 27

Peter Madilland The Wynstanleys

$3 / $5 Floor Spots Available

If you were at the Whare Flat festival this past year, you will know what to expect, if you missed it, join us on the 27th June to see what you missed.

“The Wynstanleys” are whoever Peter manages to cajole into joining him for an eveningof music.

The Wynstanleys are named after Gerrard Winstanley a 17th century political activist.Because we know you were wondering.


“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

John Adams, 2nd President of the United States, July 3 1776

Sunday July 4

American Independence Day

$3 / $5 No floor spots

July 4, 1776

The American colonies declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Now commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political speeches and ceremonies.

Since then....• 1777 Thirteen gunshots were fired, once at morning and again as evening fell,

on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode Island.• 1783 Moravians in Salem, North Carolina, held a celebration of July 4 with a

challenging music program assembled by Johann Friedrich Peter. This work was titled “The Psalm of Joy”.

• 1791 The first recorded use of the name “Independence Day” occurred.• 1870 The U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal

employees.• 1938 Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday.• 1959 The first International Freedom Festival is jointly held in Detroit, Michigan

and Windsor, Ontario during the last week of June each year as a mutual celebration of Independence Day and Canada Day (July 1). It culminates in a large fireworks display over the Detroit River.

• 1970 The first annual 10 kilometer Peachtree Road Race is held in Atlanta, Georgia.

• 2010 The first Independence Day music and dance celebration is held at the New Edinburgh Folk Club in Dunedin New Zealand with a rabble rousing concoction of ex-pat musicians, Kiwi sympathisers and other American music enthusiasts - Hotdogs, baseball and fireworks replaced with cake, wine, tea, dobros and banjos.


Also...

Coming up...

AmnestyInternationalBenefitConcert

Delgirl

Sue Wootton

Baba Yaga

$157pm Saturday June 12thAll Saints Church, Cumberland St

Dave BarnesJuly 11

Hot Club SandwichJuly 25

Steve McGloneAugust 15

Glamorous GalsAugust 22


Reviews

For me, it’s always about the song, and no-one writes them closer tothe bone than Don McGlashan. Dominion Road, for example, is full of pathos but is usually buried in the Mutton Bird’s dense guitartextures - a truly great kiwi rock song. Here at the New EdinburghFolk Club’s church-hall concert venue, Dominion Road is stripped bare and rendered into a beautiful folk ballad, while McGlashan whistles the signature guitar riff. The songs spring randomly from his many career phases: Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, The Mutton Birds and now we have solo Don.

His mastery of his pedal technology is the equal of his musicianship -the beautiful phrases played on his Bb baritone horn (McGlashan’susual horn is the euphonium but, he lamented, it’s too big for theoverhead locker) and tactically looped at appropriate moments through the song: A Thing Well

Made (the Aramoana incident tribute), Don’t Fight it, Marsha and many other classic, iconic even, songs were delivered in casual tenor and falsetto voices. A concert of two halves; it was an unhurried and complete immersion in the man and his music. The Don was happy to receive requests from the floor and quipped that it was probably better if they were songs of his own. His introductions were warm, humourous, and revealing - as much about McGlashan himself as the song. One had the feeling he had become one of us, but it’s probably only fair to say he always was.

Check out another rave review on www.dunedinmusic.com

Don McGlashanby Mike Moroney


Reviews

The String ContingentThe String Contingent played music that was both pleasing and a bit challenging to my folkie brain.

Chris Stone has a violin and bow grown in to the end of his arms so he can do pretty much whatever he likes with them. Similarly, Holly Downes has her double bass wrapped around her little finger, and could keep any melody line on this, as well as providing tonal depth (is that a thing?). Graham McLeod did some lovely finger style and rhythm guitar. The challenging part was that, these days, I do not often listen to concerts of original instrumentals, which do not have the story of a song or the familiarity of a known tune to structure my listening. Nonetheless, I was fully engaged throughout this concert, helped by the musicians’ rapport with each other and the audience (there’s a lot of life on stage), and introductions to each song that gave a context of images and meaning. And the fact that the music was beautiful, rough, sad, and brilliant, and each piece provoked slightly different reactions, and it seemed anything could happen at any time.

I liked it well enough to buy their album, “The String Contingent”, recorded live in a Melbourne church (Holly and Chris are Aussies, Graham is a Scot). I have thrashed

it to and from work, and not just because Bernadette asked me to review the concert! It’s great.Graham’s guitar work became more present for me and even more savourable - I couldn’t really see what he was doing from where I sat in the concert, and I do listen with my eyes a lot. I’m glad I’ve heard the stories about each piece as they are not supplied with the album… oh, maybe that is restricting my listening experience, ooo, errr, I can’t un-know them now, but lord knows I’ll probably forget them, like everything else that isn’t nailed down.

So. Structure now, free-form oblivion later. But I digress. Did I mention what nice people they are? They seem to take people and experiences as they come, and turn some of that into good music. If you get the chance to hear them or have them participate in your festival, take this chance. They have a website - www.thestringcontingent.com - where you can follow their gig schedule and learn how acclaimed they are by the experts.

Nah surproises there, mate!

The String Contingent have been confirmed for Whare Flat 2010/11!!!

by Sue Galvin


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