Balladeer Jun 08

Monthly Newsletter of ACOUSTIC ROUTES

June2008

Forbidden Joe Think cranking rock 'n' roll riffs, moving into Afro-Cuban grooves, to funky beats straight out of the late James Brown's personal repertoire. From soul comes the wailing moaning blues, over to sweet Appalachian ditties, and then down to wild tunes from the dark folds of Eastern Europe. Forbidden Joe aren't your average salty old sea dogs, and they don't do weddings. They sing, harmonise, shape and deliver their music with vibrant energy. All this, from just a concertina, 'cello, and banjo. And voices. Alex Borwick... Even in the womb, Alex was being subjected to music. More specifically, the music of the film 'La Bamba'. After taking the fairly normal route of piano and trumpet lessons at school, at the age of 12 he picked up the trombone, and from there blossomed his passion for jazz. Over the next few years, Alex also tried his hand (s) at the drums, playing in rock bands, including alternative rock band Inverse Order, until studying jazz at the New Zealand School of Music. After an intense year of musical rendezvous in Wellington, Alex moved back to Auckland where he stumbled upon the Devonport folk club and discovered the tenor banjo. As a result of this unconventional concoction, Alex brings to the lineup his own heady flavours of jazz, funk, and rock. Frances Dickinson... Frances spent her childhood on the shores of the bitter coast of Northern England, up to her eyes in seaweed and dreaming of pirates and a career as a shark diver. At convent school she was exposed to fiddle and choir lessons, until she discovered an addiction to good ‘Craic’ in the backstreet pubs of Whitby. She has been proudly jammin’ away with dirty old men ever since. Frances redefines the boundaries of 'folk'. Her dirty, fiery tunes on concertina and her angsty yet silky vocal tones are making folk music the new black. Her original material is exquisite and, mixed in with her fetish for sea songs and wild tunes, provides strong reference points Also this month, Blackthroughout the band's musical ventures.

board concerts on Friday 13 June, and Sunday 29 June. See inside for details.

Emily June Giles... Emily's womb experiences were also noisy. Her mother took an alternative approach to nursery rhymes with the help of a 5string banjo. It is still unknown if Emily’s kicking was an enthusiastic response or just plain fury, but it proved she had rhythm. Emily learnt the recorder at school but moved on to the cello when recorder techniques became too hard in the second year. As a result, she did time with the usual classical suspects and for the last six years has been jamming with musicians on the Auckland acoustic music scene, performing in folk clubs and festivals around NZ. Influenced by traditional Irish and English music, gospel, Eastern European fusion groups and American roots music, her style is unlike anything that you’d expect from a 'cello - versatile, staunch and funky.

SUNDAY 22 June 8 PM $10/$7 TOI PONEKE (Wellington Arts Centre), ABEL SMITH ST www.acousticroutes.org.nz 1

From the President

Acoustic Routes PO Box 27-191 Marion Square Wellington, New Zealand. www.acousticroutes.org.nz [email protected] Acoustic Routes (Wellington Folk Centre) is a club for people who enjoy performing and listening to music with the emphasis on folk and acoustic styles. Monthly Concerts are held at Toi Poneke (Wellington Arts Centre, Abel Smith Street), on the fourth Sunday of each month at 8pm. These feature an invited guest performer, with a variety of supporting acts to open the show. Door charges are $7 for members, $10 for non-members, and school-aged kids free. Free tea and coffee. Singarounds are held at Toi Poneke on the second Sunday of the month. These are more informal sessions where anyone can perform or lead a song. Door charge $5. Jam Nights happen at Toi Poneke on the third Sunday of the month. Door charge $5. The emphasis is on making music together as a group - joining in and having the opportunity to lead or add your own flavour to the mix. Murray Kilpatrick will facilitate but everyone will have the opportunity to lead a song or tune Club Committee 2007-8 : Gerard Hudson 565 3432 [email protected] : Sue Ikin 478 4160 [email protected] : Sue Hirst Mike Hickman 232 3123 Ruth Birnie 565 3432 [email protected] Shirley McGregor 478 0390 [email protected] Balladeer Janette Munneke 477 2563 [email protected]

The Balladeer This newsletter is produced once a month for Acoustic Routes members and other subscribers. Contributions are welcome and should be emailed to Janette by the 15th of the month preceding the month of issue. Publication is the last weekend of the month. Relevant publicity leaflets may be inserted with mailouts, at the discretion of the committee.

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AGM The club AGM will be held on the 4th Sunday in August - more about that in the next two Balladeers, but meanwhile don’t forget to give some thought to volunteering to be on the Committee. It is not an onerous task, but some of our current members feel it is time for some ‘new blood’, and are planning to stand down to give others a chance. The committee meets once a month to review correspondence and finance, plan the year’s programme, and discuss applications or offers to perform. Feel free to contact or any of us on the committee – grab us at a club event, give us a call or email and we can tell you more about what is involved in the various roles. The AGM will be followed by the BLIND DATE concert.

Friday Club nights The first “experimental” return of Friday Club Nights was fabulous. We are very happy to continue the adventure. We had a great variety of 1st half floor spots and an inclusive and bubbling jam session to follow. We will follow a similar format in 2 halves on the second Friday of the month for the rest of the year. (The addition of the new tables purchased by the Committee, and tea-lights reminiscent of those waxy days, made for a pleasantly informal ambience, and I think I can safely say everyone enjoyed the chance to relax, forget the daily grind of the week past, and make music together. And as for Ruth’s cake, that was a splendid and very welcome addition to the evening. Ruth says it’s someone else’s turn to bake next time! Ed.)

Cafe culture Have you experienced the 2

buzz that is Thursday nights at Eva Dixon’s in Miramar, cnr Darlington and Camperdown Roads? There is live music hosted by Laura Collins from 7-9pm, and you can book for dinner on 388 8058. Good food, good company, great ambience - and Eva’s is just one of the many places where you can get a great deal by using your ‘Entertainment Book’. Acoustic Routes is again offering the Entertainment Book to members and friends (actually we’ll sell them to anyone who would like one…) How they work is: You buy a book for $55. This gives you an entertainment gold card and coupons to redeem for brilliant savings at many entertainment outlets – mainly cafes, restaurants and takeaways, but also movies, travel, healthcare. Typical savings in cafes and restaurants are 2 mains for the price of one, or 25% off total bill. The offers are valid from now till 1 June 2009 so you can recover your $55 very easily. Every book sold is an $11 fundraiser for Acoustic Routes. If you’d like one we will have them at all events until we sell out – or contact me by email if you can’t get to an event. Gerard Hudson

Acoustic Lounge at Lembas Sunday 1 June Lembas Café, 34 Poplar Ave, Raumati South 4 pm, Koha Featuring three shades of hearty blue: · Carol Bean · Terry Sarten (from Wanganui) and · Karen Clarke with Nigel Parry. Lazy Sunday at its best!

5th Sunday Blackboard Concert Yes, folks, there is yet another opportunity to share your music with your fellow musicians and enthusiasts this month. June has 5 Sundays, so we will be having a Blackboard Concert on 29 June at 8pm. There will be ten spots, so be there early to book a place on the list.

Blackboard Concert Toi Poneke Sunday 29 June 8pm, $5 each

Help send a young musician on her way You may have seen Doom Kitten perform at the club recently, or perhaps you’ve heard the melodic tones of her harp in the Railway Station underpass; if you have, you’ll understand why we are keen to help her make the most of an upcoming opportunity to visit Ireland. Come along to Ruth and Gerard’s place for a shared lunch and some music. Make a paper donation towards Doom Kitten’s travel fund, and enjoy the ambience of her background music to your lunch. Bring instruments and voices for a shared music session to follow. Sunday 8th of June 12.30 onwards 56 Park Road, Belmont - phone 565 3432 Bring instruments, voices, a shared lunch, and a paper donation.

Blind Date concert coming up in August We’ll be holding the annual Blind Date concert again this year, after the AGM in August. If you would like to take part, please contact a Committee member to have your name put into the hat. Names will be drawn at the July concert.

More on keeping up attendances ing healthy in attendance. If there is to be a permanent change in the future,how about the Monthly concerts, too, being brought over to Friday nights. This would suit people, who want to go on later to other entertainment about the City, and also help the issue of Monday-it-is! I really believe that reverting all the Sunday acoustic routes' sessions, not just some, which could become totally confusing, back to Friday nights as it was years ago, would be the way to go, although I realise that we must not clash with the Bluegrass club’s Fridays of the month. How about a vote from subscribing members to be counted and decided for this year’s A.G.M. night in August. Philippa Boardman

House Concerts Recently, there were two great House Concerts at Ruth and Gerard’s. This is a gentle little reminder to those of you who could of attended and consequently filled some of the empty chairs. Your attendance would not only support these talented artists, but hopefully encourage them to return to Wellington in the future. Thank you Gerard and Ruth for opening your home as an enjoyable venue to help make acoustic music happen. Philippa Boardman

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Local developments Dave Murphy plays the blues

The Spirit of our Land! – Te WairuAs promised, Dave Murphy has now made an ao o te Ao

album and we have filmed him recording his music and talking about his life and the blues. This CD/DVD called “Yes That’s Me: Dave Murphy plays the blues” will be launched at the Wellington Film Festival in July where the DVD was officially selected for viewing. When you see this film advertised, please come along and celebrate with Dave. It should be a Lot of Fun. The CD itself will be launched at the Bristol – Cuba Mall – on Thursday July 31st. Please have a look at the website, watch the video, look at the photos, make comments, send him messages, help make it happen.... Enjoy! www.myspace.com/davemurphyblues Carol Bean www.carolbean.com www.myspace.com/carolbeanmusic

An invitation to play Hello fellow Acoustic Routes members I play the piano accordeon, and am looking for 2 or 3 other people (but no more than 3) who: a) are relatively advanced players of their relatively portable musical instruments (I'm afraid, at this stage, this has to exclude "voice" and "percussions"); b) have a good sense of rhythm and melody; c) can play by ear, and do not rely on music sheets; d) are, nevertheless, reasonably familiar with chords; e) in general prefer minor scales over major scales (i.e. overall musical taste); f) either actively play; or enjoy; or, at least, are interested in exploring "my kind of music" (!): This is a bit difficult for me to describe here. However, major influences include Turkish music (definitely not all types though); the music of the Andes (if you know of any solid pan-flute players in Wellington, please let me know!); tangos (Argentine as well as non-Argentine); Azerbaijani, Greek, Gypsy, Yiddish, and also, to an extent, Irish music. Depending on the responses I will (or will not) receive in the next 1-2 months, what I have in mind is to meet with the friends who are interested; see if there is genuine potential for fruitful collaboration here; and start planning for more structured sessions (which would begin after early July, as I will have to be overseas in most of June). At that stage, we might decide to get together on a more regular basis (perhaps using one of the rooms at the Wellington Arts Centre), and see where this will lead us. If this sounds like you, please drop me a line. Esref, email: [email protected] 4

An evening of Kiwi Music and Drama Saturday 7th June 7pm. At The Dowse- Laings Rd Lower Hutt. Waged $10 unwaged $5 Bookings: (04) 5891529. Where from? Singer-song writers, composer playwrights and local musicians have discovered they share the same location – KoroKoro, and the same spirit Kiwi music creators and proud of it! With some more like-minded friends from ‘close by’, they are keen to share their music with you. What exactly? Major contributions from two well-established musical families, who just recently discovered they live within a km of each other. The first half will feature up and coming young singer/song writers Riley Harter and Acacia O’Connor performing their own songs, supported by original material from parents Charles Harter and Sean and Amanda O’Connor. Charles (with some more friends!) will also play some original fiddle tunes in styles ranging from jazz blues to “hard to define really”! The first act will culminate in the choral presentation of a song penned by Amanda: “The Spirit of our Land.” During the Interval, some good kiwi grub, Anzac biscuits and Lamingtons, will be on sale! And perhaps a “complimentary red” if advance bookings generate the market. In the Second Half, the families and friends join forces to present a new performance of ‘Warriors of the Rainbow’, a one-act musical by Charles Harter. The original production won the best new NZ play at the National Festival of Community Drama in 1986 - here the adjudicator described it as a “spectacular and moving performance”. Tracing the rise and fall of ANZUS from the 50s to the 80s, and the growth of our anti-nuclear policy culminating in the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in 1985, it will be co-directed by the same directors that ‘workshopped’ the piece 22 years ago, Charles and Belinda Harter. The musical is a snapshot of the emotional roller coaster we experienced as a young country, and the consequences of making a stand for what we believed in. Its major themes of conservation and peace still resonate and relate as much today as when the events that inspired this show actually happened. If not more! Space is limited. Please book if you can. [email protected]

Spencer Davis Group dlers with Rodger Fox Saturday 31 May - Big NZ Blues line up inc BullFrog Rata. Saturday 31 May – free jazz in Wtn Region Cafes Sunday I June - Jazz movies and live jazz at Spencer Davis is in Upper Hutt - HIS ONLY Ascot Theatre in Upper Hutt NZ SHOW on Friday 6 June -he has some great Friday 6 June - Spencer Davis Group -full stories to tell - he has just done a celeb music American band cruise in Miami -now in Sweden for similar then here for only 1 NZ concert before Aussie Also starring: Tour and doing a big Festival in Las Vegas. This Freddy Limbert gig will be the finale of the Queens Birthday Jazz Erna Ferry and Blues Festival: Fred Loveridge Murray Loveridge Queens Birthday Jazz and Blues Festival Proudly supported by the Rimutaka Trust Booking is easy! You can use your Visa or Master Card to book by telephone 04 527 2168, Live Bands, Movies, Regional Cafe or online at Scene and Special Festival Passes! http://www.expressions.org.nz/whats_on/jazza ndbluesfestival2008.htm (online booking fees Thursday 29May - Holly Hoffman /Mike Wof- apply). You can also visit Expressions’ ticketing ford -USA -Jazz team at 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt from Friday 30 May - Roy Philips -from The Ped- Tuesday to Sunday between 10am and 4pm.

Spencer Davis and First Queens Birthday Jazz and Blues Festival 29 May to 6 June 2008 Upper Hutt

CELTICANZ 2008 mixed instrument. Here’s a bit of info about the band: “Conundrum endeavour to create depth and freshness in their rendition of traditional Celtic music without compromising the melodies and rhythms which make this music so great in the first place. Playing music from places such as Ireland, Brittany, and the Shetland Islands. They also write and perform original tunes in the hope of adding to, rather than diluting, the rich cultural pool which is their inspiration. Conundrum has performed at various festivals in Australia such as the Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Celtic Festival and Kapunda Festival.” To purchase your $150.00 pre-sale ticket, simply make cheques payable to ‘Celticanz,’ or transfer the Payment Amount to: Account Name: Celticanz Account Number: 06 0153 0419777 00 Particular: Your first name Code: Your last name Reference: PRESALE Confirmation of your purchase will be forwarded to you by email. We look forward to hearing from you all, and please pass this letter on to all your friends. Philip Whitehead, Luthier [email protected]

Dear friends of Celticanz, We are proud and excited to announce that CELTICANZ 2008 is definitely going to happen. (Of course you never really doubted that did you?!). The camp be running from 7th – 10th November at our same much beloved spot in Huia, Auckland. Celticanz is a non-profit event. To help fund this year’s band’s airline tickets nice’n’early, we have decided to have a 'PRE-SALE' sale on the adult fullweekend passes. It would be great if as many people as possible could take advantage of this. Those flights aren’t going to pay for themselves! If you buy your adult ticket to Celticanz before 6th June, the fee will be only $150 for a full weekend adult pass. That’s a savings of $50.00 from the standard price. NICE! The pass includes Celticanz entry, accomodation, 6 lessons, concert ticket, and ceilidh ticket. This year, we have booked a top Celtic band from Australia “CONUNDRUM” to be our guest artists. Featuring Catherine Moser (Fiddle), Corey Romeo (Guitar/Mandolin), John Meridith (Flute/Tin Whistle), and Gerry Daley (Bodhran/Guitar/Mandola/Vocals). Conundrum are a great bunch of people, and fantastic musicians. The four-piece line-up will mean that this year we can have a greater variety of classes being taught. Classes this year will include; Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Flute/Tin Whistle, Bodhran, and 5

Pukerua Bay Folk Club

Acoustic Routes’ regular events

8pm, Thursday 5 June

Murray and Julie Kilpatrick's home 9 Donlin Rd, Pukerua Bay Ph 239 9951 Email: [email protected] The night begins with a sing around, where everybody is invited but not forced, to do something to contribute to the evening's entertainment. This is followed by Julie's famous scones tea/coffee and then a guest performer which for June will be Bernard Wells. Bernard is an extremely accomplished multi instrumentalist who plays a very wide variety of music to a very high level. Everybody is very welcome.

Palmerston North Folk Club Meets every Friday night, 8pm 310 Church Street, near the Square Opposite Animates Pet shop, easy to find. Different events every week, always a friendly jam after 10pm Door charge usually is $5 non-members, $3 members. School kids free. All welcome. Contact: Bruce Thomson Palmerston North 06 357 7773 20 Lyndhurst Street, Palmerston North 4412 or (weeknights) Wellington 9 Zande Terrace, Tawa 04 232 9974; [email protected] 021 176 9711

Singaround Sunday 8 June The Back Room, Wellington Arts Centre, 61-67 Abel Smith Street 8pm, admission: $5 Our 2nd Sunday informal get together. We even have tables to hide behind now… everyone gets a chance to sing and/or play.

The second return of ... Friday Club Night Friday 13 June The Back Room, Wellington Arts Centre, 61-67 Abel Smith Street 8pm, admission: $5 Our newest - and oldest - event! Blackboard first half, second half session.

Jam Session Sunday 15 June The Back Room, Wellington Arts Centre, 61-67 Abel Smith Street 8pm, admission: $5 Our 3rd Sunday get together with a focus on joining in and playing as a group. Great fun – everyone has the opportunity to lead and/or join in.

lington for shameless self promotion and a trip to the Minnie Cooper shoe store was in order... If you like your NZ music tinged with the flavours of Americana and indie folk then Delgirl have got a place at the table set for you. See the band’s website www.delgirl.co.nz for more. Catch them at Happy, 118 Tory St (corner Tory / Vivian Streets, Te Aro, Wellington, where you can also see: ACOUSTIC PIONEERS - all acoustic night, open to performers contact [email protected] - on Tuesday 3 June.

The South Island’s best-kept secret DELGIRL (Dunedin) Sun 1st June 8pm Happy A group of three Dunedin-based women, with a unique blend of folk, roots, blues, jazz and alt country music resulting in beautiful big harmonies, built around the double bass, guitar, banjo, ukuleles & snare/percussion. Having recently released their debut album ‘two, maybe three, days ride’, and being already on to their second pressing, they decided a jaunt to Wel-

CEOL ALBA

Otaki Live Music Club Sunday 6 May, 7pm Senior Citizens Hall, Rangatira Street, Otaki $2 and supper All-genre Blackboard concert Contact: Cavan Haines 06 3648991, [email protected]

2ND & 4TH Fridays, Chilton St James, Lower Hutt 7:30pm - 9:30ish, $3 Ph. Lynne Scott, 565 0164; [email protected] Ceol Alba is a club for Scottish music enthusiasts to get together to share and play Scottish music. Any instrument is welcome, except perhaps bagpipes, as they use a different scale and tuning. Although the main gates are on Waterloo Road, the back gate in Chilton Grove is the best. 6

Kapiti Live Music Club

Fiddle lessons - ACE

June17th Tuesday evening Blackboard concert at 7:30 Draw for wine & bread & Cds Laura Collins entertains with her originals music band: George Barris on Bass, Matt Newman on guitar and Earl Pollard on drums. Laura often plays in Mojo Mama, but this time plays in her original songs band. Her CD, Cast a Line, is described as Alt-Country backporch roots, New Zealand heart, with lots of soul on the side. "Cast a line is the CD from Wellington, New Zealand singer-songwriter Laura Collins. It shows off her warm, powerful vocals and original songs backed by a line-up of top musical talent. The album finds the artist moving between darkness and light, intimate and upbeat, casting lines, uncovering beauty in the debris and learning to love her own ‘bag of bones’. " [CDbaby http://cdbaby.com/cd/lauracollins]

Fiddle Follow-on Extend your fiddle skills and repertoire and learn more about the background to this exciting music. For those who have completed the beginner's course or equivalent. Bring your own violin or hireage at a reasonable cost can be arranged. Cost of workbook included in course fee. # 4692 15 October - 3 December $96 Wednesday 6.00pm - 7.30pm 8 weeks The next "Fiddle for Beginners" course is held in Semester 3, here are the details... An introduction to the technical basics of playing the fiddle, where you will learn to play Celtic and American-style folk tunes confidently in a group setting. Bring your own violin or hireage at a reasonable rate can be arranged if necessary. Cost of workbook included in course fee. #4680 30 July - 17 September $96 Wednesday 6.00pm - 7.30pm 8 weeks Tutor - Liz Auchinvole Contact [email protected]

Levin Folk Club Horowhenua Scottish Society Hall Bartholomew Road, Levin $5 entry/supper provided; 7:30pm Open blackboard first half - one song each Double guest acts on Friday June 13: INISH and Helen Gummer. INISH is a folk duo (Marian and Barry Carter) who perform an uplifting mix of original & traditional folk songs, Celtic songs and instrumentals. Both play a variety of musical instruments and sing, incorporating beautiful harmonies into their act. Before arriving in Wellington in 2006, INISH was a wellliked participant in the musical community of Salt Lake City, Utah. They have released one CD, For Cryin’ Out Loud, which contains original and traditional compositions. Since their arrival in New Zealand, Barry and Marian have enjoyed the vivid folk music scene in the Wellington region and have performed at several of the folk clubs. Helen Gummer, originally from the ‘Garden of England’ and

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first introduced to the folk scene there as a teenager, arrived on NZ tarmac in 1996. Here, after well over a decade of suppressing her musical creativity, she finally discovered Wellington's acoustic music scene. This continues to give her the inspiration to shape the songs that have been brewing in recent years, and an opportunity to expose them to willing local audiences! ‘Helen’s songwriting and guitar playing are striking, individual and beautiful. Her material includes environmental themes, strong imagery and really innovative guitar playing.’ (President of Acoustic Routes)

Access Radio (783 AM) Celtic Connections: Saturdays 9am Ireland Calling: Wednesdays 10pm Capital Irish: Sundays 12 mid-day Town & Country Radio: Mondays 9 pm Radio Active (89 FM) Global Pulse: Sundays 8 – 11am 7

Americana: Sundays 2 – 4pm RadioNZ National (567 AM / 101.3 FM) Music 101: Saturdays 2pm Beale Street Caravan (Blues): Mondays 11pm

June events Thursday 5 June Pukerua Bay Folk Club Blues @ The Bristol Friday 6 June Bluegrass Society Blackboard Sunday 8 June Singaround, Toi Poneke Tuesday 10 June Mainly Acoustic Thursday 12 June Blues @ The Bristol Friday 13 June Blackboard concert, Toi Poneke* Wairarapa Folk Club Levin Folk Club Ceol Alba Sunday 15 June Club Jam session Tuesday 17 June Kapiti Live Music Club Thursday 19 June Blues @ The Bristol Friday 20 June Bluegrass Society Concert Sunday 22 June Acoustic Routes concert Thursday 26 June Blues @ The Bristol Friday 27 June Levin Folk Club Workshop Ceol Alba Sunday 29 June Acoustic Routes Blackboard concert * new event

South of the Divide 2008 Sunday 27 July, pop that date in your diary and more info soon...

Folk Clubs & Contacts Acoustic Routes Concert 4th Sunday of month, Wellington Arts Centre, Abel Smith Street, 8pm. Informal sing-around 2nd Sunday, Jam session 3rd Sunday, and Blackboard concert 5th Sunday, same time & place. Also new blackboard concert/session on 2nd Friday. See p 2 for contacts. The Singers’ Club Last Tuesday of month, on hold until further notice. Venue tba. Guest performers and Singers’ Club residents. Contact: Tony Hillyard (021) 253 8996 email: [email protected] Mainly Acoustic Music Club 2nd Tuesday of month, 7.30, Mayfair Cafe, 166 Main Street, Upper Hutt. Contact: Kevin or Sue Meehan, 970 4068 Pukerua Bay Folk Club 1st Thursday of the month, 8pm, 9 Donlin Rd, Pukerua Bay. Contact: Murray or Julie Kilpatrick, 239 9951; email: [email protected] Wellington Bluegrass Society 3rd Friday of month, 8.30 pm, Petone Function Room, 54 Richmond Street, Petone. Blackboard concert 1st Friday of month. Contact: Andrew Bicknell, 477 0069 Kapiti Live Music Club 3rd Tuesday of month, blackboard 7.30, guest 8.30. Murphy’s Law, Main Road, Waikanae. Website www.klmc.org.nz Levin Folk Club 2nd Friday of month, Horowhenua Scottish Society and Pipe Band hall, corner Bartholomew Rd and Middlesex Street. Blackboard concert plus guest artist: $5 including supper. Workshop 4th Friday of month (no charge). Contact: Anne Campbell (06) 368-3777 Wairarapa Folk Club 2nd Friday of the month; Contact Remco de Ket or Jenny Freemantle, (06) 370 1021 - [email protected] Ceol Alba – Scottish Music Club 2nd and 4th Friday s of the month. Phone Lynne Scott, 565 0164: [email protected] International Folk Dancing Wednesdays 7.45-9.15pm, Deirdre Tarrant Dance Studio, 125 Cuba Mall. Contact: Cashy Yates 569 1618. Morris Dancing Pride of Holland Street (men and women): Tuesdays at Aro Valley Community Centre; Contact: Peter Denee, 499 2880. Britannic Bedlam Morris Gentlemen: Wednesdays 8pm, Tawa Pipe Band Hall, by Redwood Station. Contact: Ian Appleton 476-4391. White Rose of Wellington (women): Wednesdays 8pm, Brooklyn Scout Hall, Harrison St, Brooklyn. Contact: Debs Potter, 476-9294 Morris website: http://morrisdancing.org.nz

Wairarapa Folk Club Club Night (every 2nd Friday of the month) 8pm Friday 13 June Entry: Koha Venue: 251 Falloon Settlement Road, Masterton Contact Jenny or Remco, 06 370 1021 [email protected] Also meets at The Lounge, Wine and Tappas Bar, Carterton every 4th Wednesday of the month. 8