| Join us on the first Wednesday of each month for a
family-friendly
open sing. Bring your voice, instruments, friends, neighbors, and
children. Drop by for a couple of songs or the whole evening. At
the
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West
(basement), Brooklyn (near 2nd St.). Directions
(pdf format). Take F train to 7th Ave.; Q train to 7th Ave.; 2/3 train
to Grand Army Plaza. Hosted by Ethical Culture/Good Coffeehouse, FMSNY,
Alison Kelley, and Frank Woerner. Info: : 212-636-6341, or
Laura,
718-788-7563. |
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Widely acclaimed for their lively and entertaining presentations of
English folk songs, John Roberts and Tony Barrand have performed at
major festivals, colleges, clubs and coffeehouses throughout the US,
Canada, and their native Britain. They sing the ballads and songs of
rural pursuits, of social and sociable situations, of industrial toil
and strife, of the sea and much more, typically arranging their
material thematically to better illustrate the lives and the social
history of the people who made and sang the songs. Their songs are
punctuated with tales, monologues and dance tunes, giving a more
complete appreciation of the diversity, and vitality of the English
folk tradition. 
Dedication of a plaque commemorating William Main Doerflinger, collector, club member, and author of Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman, many of which were collected in Snug Harbor. Followed at 8 pm by a concert by Hughie Jones (of the Spinners). At the Noble Gallery, Building D, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY. Snug Harbor is accessible by the S40 bus from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and by car. See more information about the 
presented by Kathy Wallis. Kathy is a singer, storyteller and keeper of
the tradition. She is a teachers' union officer who is deeply involved
with the folk community in her native Kernow (Cornwall). Over the
years, Kathy has developed an extensive knowledge of Cornish folklore,
including the songs, stories, and rituals indigenous to the region. Her
home, a 16th century farm cottage, has become a hub of folkloric
activity where seasonal celebrations such as the Crying of the Neck
still take place as they did hundreds of years ago. She is coming to
America to share these songs, stories, and rituals with us.
Bob is a leading interpreter and scholar of music of the sea whose recordings bring fresh repertoire to the world of maritime music. In addition, Bob is a music educator with years of experience in multicultural movement and Anglo-American dance traditions. As well as being a shantyman at the Mystic Seaport, Bob has presented his Folklore In Action folk music and dance programs as an artist-in-residence in schools across the USA, and performed as a singer, dance leader and dance musician from Maine to California and overseas.
Bob earned his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. His research in Folk Music and Music Education has been published in the Folk Song Journal (UK) and publications by World Music Press. In addition, he has three CDs on The Old and New Tradition label to his credit as well as guest appearances on another dozen recordings in the US, France and England.
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