Folk Music Auction - more

A bunch more items have been donated to the 11/16 folk music auction - for details go to http://heritagemusicauction.blogspot.com/  One of the more interesting is a 12-string bowl-back mandolin built by the famous Franz Schwarzer zither company in Washington, Missouri. It is nicely inlaid and, while in need of serious restoration, is still a joy to see. It is complete except for the fingerboard.
Regarding Schwarzer, see:

http://www.historicmarkers.com/Missouri/Franklin_County_Missouri/Franz_Schwarzer_MO8/

http://www.zither.us/?q=node/31

Furthermore, this mandolin was owned by Jackson C. Frank ("He's the most famous folksinger of the 1960s that no one has ever heard of.") 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_C._Frank

Here is a lesser-known 8-string (restored) going for $285.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Antique-1890s-Champion-Bowlback-Mandolin_W0QQitemZ140277283017QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20081025?IMSfp=TL081025101009r28546

If you wish to donate items to the auction, e-mail  heritagefolkmusic@gmail.com

 

 

Auction

Ernie Sakar Guitars just donated a new "A" style mandolin to the Heritage Folk Music Auction to be held on 11/16/08 - go to http://heritagemusicauction.blogspot.com/

Folk Music Auction needs donations

Auction of Folk Music Memorabilia!
November 16th 2008; 3-6 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church Hall, Sawkill Road, Kingston, NY (Near the Kingston Thruway Entrance)

We are having a folk music auction as part of our fall Hootenanny.  This is a fundraiser for the Heritage Music Foundation.  Our mission is to bring the historic and regional folk traditions of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley back to the people from whence it came through concerts, workshops and community events.

We would welcome donations of and type of memorabilia including LP's tapes, CD's, songbooks, posters, even instruments.  An artists' own recordings of course would be especially welcome.  Items may be new or used. If you can't come that day, but wish to donate an item, contact us for pickup.

You can see the current list of donated items at http://heritagemusicauction.blogspot.com/

Thank you!

Bob Lusk
Heritage Folk Music Foundation
61 Wurts Street, Kingston , New York, 12401
(845)594-4412
http://heritageconcerts.blogspot.com/
 heritagemusic@gmail.com

 

FHK Hosts Talk on Historic Kingston Boatyard

From: Patricia Murphy

To: Friends of Historic Kingston

Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:17 PM

Subject: FHK Hosts Talk on Historic Kingston Boatyard

Contact:  Jane Kellar (845) 339-0720                      

 

FHK HOSTS TALK ON HISTORIC BOATYARD

  

     The Feeney boatyard, the lone survivor of an industry that once flourished along the banks of the Rondout Creek at Kingston, will be the topic of an illustrated talk on Saturday, November 8  at 4 pm. in the Friends of Historic Kingston Museum Gallery.  Retired City Judge Edward T. Feeney will trace the evolution of the family's involvement in maritime activity which dates back to the days when his great-grandfather Bernard Feeney operated boats on the Delaware and Hudson Canal in the nineteenth century. From those roots sprang the boat building and repairing business, founded by his grandfather Thomas R. Feeney, which four successive generations have carried on in the same location on the Rondout for more than a century. Judge Feeney's talk will be illustrated with a DVD with vintage photos of Feeney-built tugboats and barges, and film footage of boat launchings at the boatyard shot by his father Bernard A. Feeney, Sr.

     Judge Feeney is a graduate of Kingston High School, Fordham University and Albany Law School.  He founded the Kingston law firm of Feeney and Bruhn with current County Court Judge Michael Bruhn.  Judge Feeney created the City of Kingston Drug Court which has received statewide recognition and has served as the model for other programs throughout New York State.

    The public is invited to the event and there is no admission fee. The Friends of Historic Kingston Museum is located on the corner of Wall-Main Streets in uptown Kingston.  For more information call (845) 339-0720; www.fohk.org.

Northeast Tionol Concert October 25th

From:    Liam O'Neill <liam@HVC.RR.COM>

On Saturday, October 25, 2008, the East Coast Pipers, a non-profit 501c(3) musicians' association, presents an evening concert of Irish traditional pipe and fiddle music at Gavin's Golden Hill Resort in East Durham, New York.  The concert, which will begin at 7:30 pm,  features an international cast of higly-regarded traditional Irish musicians, including Mick O'Brien, Cormac Cannon and Breda Keville from Ireland; Debbie Quigley and Patrick Ourceau from Toronto; and Ivan Goff, Cillian Vallely, and Patrick D'Arcy, all originally from Ireland but now living in the U.S.   Tickets are $15 at the door.

The public concert is the highlight of the Northeast Tionol, an annual weekend gathering and workshop for players of the Irish uilleann pipes and fiddle.   About sixty amateur musicians of all levels are expected to attend the music worskhops, led by the instructors who will perform in the concert. This event, which has been taking place annually in the Eastern U.S. for more than two decades and is now in its fourth year in the Catskills, will draw student pipers and fiddle players from as close by as Schenectady and from as far away as St. Paul, Los Angeles, and even England and Ireland.

For more information on the concert or the weekend workshops, or for detailed biographical infromation in the performers, contact Kara Doyle, or visit www.eastcoastpipers.com.