The futility of war, as explained by Phil Ochs

From: John Pietaro <leftmus@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Subject: The futility of war, as explained by Phil Ochs
To: "leftmus@earthlink.net" <leftmus@earthlink.net>


Sisters and Brothers,

Last night, like most of you, I watched as the president I'd worked hard to elect spoke out in West Point and loaded guns into the arms of future military recruits. This president who was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize, who'd served the people as a community organizer, who stood in union halls and told workers that they mattered, THAT president last night spoke words that could have come from Truman, Johnson, even Reagan (not Bush; this at least was eloquent) and drove us deep into war-mode.

Friends, we knew that he was going to focus on Afghanastan but that was before the numbers of the unemployed had climbed so high, when we thought we'd have universal healthcare and an Employee Free Choice Act. We thought he'd have the troops in Iraq home before this. Faced with the alternative of McCain-Palin, one can only imagine the state our nation would be in had that scenario played out....yet we cannot stand by as promises--not only campaign promises but the promises of a new day and outlook--are broken. There is NO military answer. As we have before in times of a liberal-leaning Democratic officials, we need to let President Obama know that his base is good and pissed off right now. As the quagmire-to-be thickens with crushing heartache, I am reminded of the lyrics of a Vietnam-era Phil Ochs song which spoke of the futility of war:

"One More Parade" by Phil Ochs

Hup, two, three, four, marching down the street
Rolling of the drums and the tramplin' of the feet
Generals salute and mothers wave and weep,
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
One more parade


So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed
Light the flame
One more parade


Listen for the sound and listen for the noise
Listen for the thunder of the marching boys
A few years ago their guns were only toys
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
One more parade


So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed
Light the flame
One more parade


Medals on their coats and guns in their hands
Trained to kill as they're trained to stand
10,000 ears need only one command
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
One more parade


So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed
Light the flame
One more parade


Cold hard stares on faces so proud,
Kisses from the girls and cheers from the crowd
And the widows from the last war cry into their shroud
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid
Price is paid
Don't be ashamed
War is a game
World in flames
So start the parade


-------------The futility of war continues to haunt the decisions of our leaders, even those who should know better. An excellent piece on this was published in today's edition of 'the People's World', written by that paper's editorial board. It, along with Ochs' lyric, says more about this issue than I ever could:

http://www.peoplesworld.org/jobs-not-bombs/

In Solidarity,
John Pietaro - www.flamesofdiscontent.org

Sing Out! Magazine needs help

Pete Seeger is asking us to join together to help a folk music institution! Since 1950, Sing Out! Magazine has been one of the most
effective and respected ways for musicians to share and learn. As Sing Out! heads towards its 60th anniversary next spring, its
non-profit parent -- which also produces "Rise Up Singing," Sing Out! Radio Magazine, and Pete's newly revised autobiography "Where Have
All the Flowers Gone" -- is fighting for survival. Throughout its existence, Sing Out! has always operated close to the bone
financially, but recent economic conditions, along with the current state of the print trade and periodicals, have come together to put
the very existence of the magazine and organization in real danger. If you care about folk music, and want one of its community's
strongest voices and allies to survive, I urge you to check out Pete's message at: <http://www.singout.org/donate.html>. (You can
help by passing this message on to others you think should know about this too!)

P.S. For anyone who isn't on one of our regular mailing lists and hasn't seen the campaign, you can use the link to see a video appeal
and letter from Pete.
_____________________________________
Mark D. Moss / Sing Out!
P.O. Box 5460 (for UPS: 512 E. 4th St.)
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Ph: 610-865-5366 610-865-5366 x203 (cell: 610-533-4506 610-533-4506)
Fx: 610-865-5129 (efax: 215-895-3052 215-895-3052)
Toll Free (orders only!): 888-SING-OUT 888-SING-OUT
E-mail: mark@singout.org
Web: http://www.singout.org

More info about Concert for Veterans, Sat, Nov 7, 7pm

More information about Lisa Dudley's Concert for Veterans

Saturday, Nov 7^th, 7pm

 

Johnson Ford has signed on as another sponsor.  They are donating a brand new Mustang to an active-duty soldier.  Families are invited to go the Johnson Ford and put their soldier's name in a hat.  Drawing is in December.  The car will be on display the night of our concert, on the front lawn of St John's Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave., Kingston.

 

Great news, Darraine Scoffield and Larry Federman are joining Gil Toro and Ed Kenney to play in Lisa Dudley's Prairie Dog band.  Darraine and Larry are in the hot country band, Thunder Ridge.  Yee-Ha!

 

Oh, and don't forget the flag ceremony.  It's gonna be great.  The VFW is sending a color guard and so are the Girl Scouts.  We're hoping to hear from the Boy Scouts!

 

You can still get tickets online at www.lisadudley.com or at Burt's Electronics in Kingston.  Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.  Even if you can't come, please buy a ticket and help us help the veterans.

 

Profits benefit Fisher House, a home-away-from-home for families of wounded soldiers.

 

For more information call 845-757-3314.

Sat., Nov. 7th: BROAD OLD RIVER 2 CONCERT. CD release

WHO:   

The Hudson River Sloop Singers of the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie, including:

Lydia Adams Davis / Peggy Atwood / Jan Christensen / Mel Healy / Bob Killian 

 Mel and Vinnie / Rick Nestler / Rik Palieri / Pete Seeger / Steve Stanne and others

WHAT:   

BROAD OLD RIVER 2 CONCERT

CD Release

WHERE: 

Beacon Sloop Club, Beacon train station parking lot, Beacon, NY

WHEN:  

Saturday, November 7th, 2pm

Admission $10

This is a concert for the re-release of the BROAD OLD RIVER Cd, with all the original 12 cuts plus 5 more and one story.  Originally released in 1986 as a vinyl record, the songs stand the test of time, and are as stirring as ever.  I am proud to have been one of the original co-producers, with Steven Stanne, and John Guth as engineer working his magic on fragile tape way back then.  The current incarnations have been organized by Mel Healy, who is preserving this wonderful slice of Clearwater history.

CONTACT:

Mel Healy

845 399 4630 / melhealy@yahoo.com

www.broadoldriver.blogspot.com, 

Fwd: HVFG 30th Anniversary Shows

Hi Bob,

 

I know you are very active with blogging and I was wondering if you might help us get the word out in the blogosphere... 

 

Here's the pertinent info:

 

Hudson Valley Folk Guild 30th Anniversary Concerts

At the Cunneen Hacket Cultural Center

Oct 23 & 24 at 7:30pm

 

Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at door, group rate $8.00 (4 or more)

Box Office:  845-229-0170

 

Directions and info: www.folksymphony.com or hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org

 

Concert Line ups:

 

Friday Oct 23

 

Hudson River Folk Symphony (premiere, written by Kevin Becker)

Melissa Holland

HVFG Chapter Singers

Hudson Valley Ramblers

Helen Avakian

 

Saturday Oct 24

 

Hudson River Folk Symphony (premiere, written by Kevin Becker)

John and Luanne Martucci

HVFG Chapter Singers

Linda Breithaupt and Harmony Fire

Denise Jordan Finley and Daniel Pagdon

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Kevin Becker

Happy Diwali from pres obama

happy Diwali (Festival of Lights)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuiAW_6XKVM

DCC Music School class on Music of Hudson River Valley

MUX725- TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY FROM HENRY HUDSON TO THE CLEARWATER

 Mondays: 11/2 & 11/9  6:30-8PM at Dutchess Community College

 In two sessions, the instructor, Bob Lusk, will discuss the history of traditional folk music in our region, and will illustrate with performance of songs, accompanying himself on banjo and guitar, as well as authentic recordings. Class participation (singing, bringing instruments) is optional.

 Tuition is $35 with a HALF TUITION of $17.50 FOR SENIORS.

 Please call Dutchess Community College Music School for info and registration: 845-431-8916.

Fwd: Oct 1st Pickin' Circle

From: DAKIN MOREHOUSE <dakinwm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:06 AM
Subject: Oct 1st Pickin' Circle
To: DakinWM@gmail.com


October already Pickers!
And we'll be down at the ol' Phoenicia RR station with our fingers on the heart strings of the songs in our hearts.
Might you be joining us?
It might be our last at the station for a while as we have another event scheduled at the Station for next Thursday (Oct 8).
So we'll probably be moving back to Harry's Ski Lodge then (just a mile West up the same road).  Look for next week's 'Pickin' Post' e-m.
But we'll most likely return in the late Spring when Harry's Tubing Season opens again - but we still have several great performances coming up this month and through the winter at the station.  I'll keep y'all posted.
So, hope to see you under the great wooden dome, one more time - tonight.

  -----[   ]-----

 *[  dakin  ]*

  ~OO---OO~                                                      .

Directions to the Phoenicia RR Station .. (Empire Railway Museum) 

*Driving West on Rt 28 = Take the First Right (1/4 mile) after the Phoenicia Diner (on your left).
     This is Lower High St and the Phoenicia RR Station is the first building on your Right. 

*Driving East on Rt 28 = Pass the Shandaken Eagle and take the next left turn at the 'Y'.

     Then the next Right turn onto Lower High St.      

     The Phoenicia RR Station is the 3rd building on your Left.

*From Main St. in Phoenicia (and Rt 214) = Turn South (toward the river) on Bridge St. 
     Cross the bridge AND the RR track turning immediately Left onto Lower High St.
     The Phoenicia RR Station is the 3rd building on your Left.

Fwd: FW: Indian Classical Concert at Ridgely October 11

--- On Wed, 9/30/09, Pravrajika Gitaprana <gitaprana@ridgely.org> wrote:

From: Pravrajika Gitaprana <gitaprana@ridgely.org>
Subject: Indian Classical Concert at Ridgely October 11
To: "Pravrajika Gitaprana" <gitaprana@ridgely.org>
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 10:37 AM

Dear Friends,We are very fortunate to be able to host a performance by the legendary Indian Classical violinist Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury. Attached is the info for this concert. Sisirkanaji has never made a recoding of any of her music. All her performances are live. We hope to see you there-7:30 pm, October 11. All donations go towards the maintenance of Vivekananda Retreat
 
SISIRKANA DHAR CHOWDHURY- violin
       
SUNDAY, OCT. 11, 7:30 P.M.
Vivekananda Retreat, 101 Leggett Road, Stone Ridge
www.ridgely.org <http://www.ridgely.org>
 

Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury is one of India's foremost violin virtuosos, who has performed frequently on All-India Radio, as well as touring the world. She received the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy award for her contribution to Hindustani Classical music. She is a student of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit V.G. Jog. She is a visiting professor at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music in California.

We are asking a contribution of $20 per person for this concert

please send this announcement to anyone who loves Indian music. It is a very special event.

Mighty Uke-Killian Mansfield Found. Benefit Concert

THE MIGHTY UKE CONCERT to Benefit
THE KILLIAN MANSFIELD FOUNDATION
supporting Integrative Healthcare for Children with Cancer.

• JON BRAMAN  "father of ukulele hip hop"

• MELVERN TAYLOR "the Sam Shepard of the Ukulele!"

• JIM & LIZ BELOFF "the Johnny Appleseed of the contemporary uke movement"

FRIDAY, OCT. 2 at 9PM - $20
The Colony Café.Woodstock, NY

This concert also celebrates the world premiere of Tony Coleman's film "Mighty Uke," which premiers Oct. 2 at the BearsvilleTheatre in Woodstock.

ORDER TICKETS ONLINE NOW!
http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/festival2009
OR CALL 845-810-0131
OR GO TO THE WOODSTOCK FILM FEST BOX OFFICE
13 ROCK CITY RD, Woodstock, NY

Lisa Dudley Veteran's Concert

Press Release         Contact:   Lisa Dudley  845-757-3314, Lisa@LisaDudley.comLisa Dudley to sing for Veterans
 Concert to benefit Fisher House – a home for families of hospitalized Veterans.
Sponsored by Ulster County Veterans and SCORE
 
KINGSTON,NY—DoRight Records recording artist, Lisa Dudley, will perform with her band the Prairie Dogs on Saturday November 7;  7-9pm at St. John's Church on Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY.  Cost is $10 in advance online (www.lisadudley.com) or $15 at the door.
 
The concert is a benefit for Fisher House, which is a place for families of hospitalized veterans to stay, when they don't live nearby.  It's being sponsored by the Ulster County Veterans and SCORE – "the Counselors to America's Small Business."
 
Both of Lisa Dudley's parents are Veterans who served during the Korean conflict.  "I come by my love of this country honestly," she proclaims.
 
Lisa Dudley is well known for her musical association with Veterans and patriotic themes.   Her new album, Harley Girl, visits many of the issues that are dear to veterans of all wars.
 
"Harry Moore, my co-writer on many of these songs, was a Vietnam Veteran.  We wrote these songs to be a healthy catharsis for the pent-up emotions and flash backs that veterans of all wars face.  "We wanted these songs to be fun -- but deep."
 
Dudley talks candidly about her concerns for Veterans' health care and benefits.
 
"This is an incredible opportunity for me to speak out for veterans issues. After bravely serving their country, they deserve more."
 
According to Dudley, "Harley Girl" -- the cover song off her new album -- was given to her in a dream after a friend of hers, another Vietnam Veteran, died at a Harley Davidson motorcycle rally in Shreveport, Louisiana.  "We're hoping the bikers will give their support to the veterans and come on out!"
 
Lisa promises to play such popular songs as "Dangerous Curves" and "Angel on My Shoulder." 
 
"The soldiers love Angel on My Shoulder.  They say angels brought them safely home from battle."
 
Lisa Dudley is part Cherokee and part Blackfoot and she lived for years in Nashville working for the Native American Indian association.  She performs in an awesome collection of vintage cowboy boots and turquoise jewelry, singing Americana music with a touch of gospel and a pinch of country.
 
Her music can be purchased online at www.LisaDudley.com or downloaded through iTunes. For more information contact Lisa Dudley at 845-757-3314.          

This Friday--PEACE PATH 9/11

Please join us on Friday for Kingston's annual PEACE PATH 9/11, a vigil to promote peace and honor those who lost their lives in the 2001 tragedy. Bring a non-partisan, positive sign about peace or use one of ours. All ages welcomed. PEACE PATH 9/11, Friday, September 11, 4:30-6 p.m., Rte. 9W near Hannaford's, Kingston, NY. Sponsored by the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston, NY. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS & INDIVIDUALS. CONTACT: paulacorno@yahoo.com Paula Silbey
845-679-2821
PO Box 156,
Lake Hill, NY 12448

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Fwd: BBC: British Library opens music vault / URLs

From Jan Christensen

British Library opens music vault

The British Library has made 28,000 rare recordings available free online. The collection focuses on both traditional English music and recordings gathered from across the globe by British-based scholars. The 2,000 hours of material ranges from a rendition of Any Old Iron in Birmingham, to performances by Ugandan royal musicians.

 

Full story at BBC URL below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8238428.stm

 

For the British Library's press release and the URL for the song files, see:

http://www.bl.uk/news/2009/pressrelease20090904.html

 

 

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Upcoming appearances

9/5/09 Half Moon Book Store on North Front St in Kingston, NY. Labor Day Songs 5-6 pm - free

9/6/09 Hooleyon lower Broadway in Kingston, NY - At Madden's Liquor Store with Jim Donnelly - time - tba

Eisteddfod (New Venue)

Eisteddfod (New Venue)
Friday, October 16 – Sunday October 18, 2009
at the Friar Tuck Inn, Catskill, NY 12414

The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. announces a change in venue for this exciting Festival of Traditional Music. The festival is being moved from the Nevele (due to uncertain availability) to the Friar Tuck Inn in Catskill, NY. Located in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, the Friar Tuck Inn has the facilities needed to accommodate the festival as well as all the amenities of a first class hotel and spa. It is about 40 miles south of Albany, NY and about 20 miles north of Kingston, NY.

This is the sixth festival to be held in New York after a 30 year history of festivals in Pittsburgh and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The previous 5 were held in New York City and this is the first to be held in the upper Hudson Valley.

The festival features over 25 performers who are representatives of the traditional music of the US, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Canada, as well as other European regions . It has programs ideal for the whole family, and provides a very rare chance in New York to hear such diverse, and such high quality, performers all in a single venue. The Performers include: Claire Boucher, Paul Geremia, Norman Kennedy, Enoch Kent, Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre, John Roberts & Tony Barrand, Happy Traum, Bill & Livia Vanaver, George Ward, Eric Weissberg, Heather Wood, the Wreck Room String Band, and more. For a full list and details of the performers go to www.eisteddfod-ny.org.

Participants are encouraged to register for the entire weekend to stay at the hotel and experience all the music. A special registration rate has been set up with information and a booking form available at www.eisteddfod-ny.org. Information on day rates is also available at www.eisteddfod-ny.org. You can reserve online directly at: http://eisteddfod-ny.eventbrite.com/.

For information go to www.eisteddfod-ny.org or call 718-672-6399

[The word "Eisteddfod" is Welsh. It connotes a gathering of poets and musicians, and there is a large Eisteddfod every year in Wales. The name was adopted by Howard Glasser, the founder of the American Eisteddfod, when he began these gatherings of singers and musicians four decades ago.]

Enlist for Peace!

Saturday September 5^th 10-12

Enlist for Peace will be reading the names of those who died in the wars at the new Military Recruitment office on Ulster Avenue in Kingston, NY. We will also be offering alternative education materials regarding recruitment.

 

 

Mike Seeger in Hospice

Here's some unfortunate news about one of the giants of folk and traditional American music.

Mike Seeger has been in treatment for leukemia this past few years, and has just recently been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Though therapies exist, this sort of blood cancer (plasma cell myeloma) is considered incurable.

It is Mike's decision to forgo treatment and enter hospice care.

We are told that Mike would love to hear from his many friends in the music world. Email messages can be sent to him via Folklore Productions (his booking agency), where you can also send cards.

Folklore Productions
1671 Appian Way
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Fwd: Anniversaries

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Les Herring lesherring@gmail.com


I think it worth pointing out that in addition to next month being the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, it is the 50th anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival, the next addition of which will take place next weekend.  If you can't make it, kiss someone from Rhode Island!!

WOODSTOCK WOODY GUTHRIE FEST & WOODY RADICAL PROSE

From: John Pietaro leftmus@earthlink.net



Friends,

Well, if this is July it must be another Woody birthday anniversary. He would have been 97 this time around. Like many others around the world, I organize this annual salute to Woody in the world's most famous little village, Woodstock NY, and this year will be spectacular. Come on up to Woodstock early---check out the galleries, the shops, the memorobilia, the Byrdcliffe Art Colony (where Dylan had his home), the Bearsville site that was Albert Grossman's digs and Todd Rundgren's studio and where Jimi Hendrix lived for a time, and then come over to the Colony Cafe to celebrate Woody.

By the way, at the end of this announcement, look for the radical prose by Woody. I will be reciting this to the accompaniment of Laurie's bass and my own drumkit on Saturday evening....just one of the many reminders of Woody's revolutionary art!

In Solidarity,
John Pietaro - www.flamesofdiscontent.org

WOODSTOCK WOODY GUTHRIE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO COLONY CAFÉ, JULY 25

Woodstock NY:  Woody Guthrie, legendary folksinger and prototypical protest musician, will once again be celebrated at Woodstock's historic Colony Café. This is the third annual event in his honor. This July would have been the 97th birthday of Guthrie, who died in 1967 but has long been remembered not only by fans of folk song but progressive thinkers all over the world. Guthrie, who fought against racism and fascism as well as for workers' rights and a more equitable society in his lifetime, has been acknowledged as the father of the folk song revival that begat the likes of Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, the Almanac Singers, the Weavers, and their 1960s offspring, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs and numerous others.

This year's event will feature not only some of Woody's most powerful songs but also his poetry, prose and even a member of his family. The Keynote Address will be given by ANNA CANONI, Woody's granddaughter and the Outreach Coordinator for the Woody Guthrie Archive. The Festival is very pleased to present Ms. Canoni in Woodstock for the first time.

A special feature will include guest speakers who are both journalists: DAN MARGOLIS, New York Bureau Chief of the People's Weekly World newspaper who will discuss Guthrie's contributions as a columnist for the Daily Worker, and GARY ALEXANDER, Music Writer with the Woodstock Times.
Music will be provided by festival hosts THE FLAMES OF DISCONTENT who perform 'alternative protest song', folk expansionists HOPE MACHINE, Mexican revolutionary musician ZENOTE SOMPANTLE, and Labor singer JOHN O'CONNOR.  And there will also be recitation of Guthrie writings by performance poet PATRICIA MARTIN.

THE WOODSTOCK WOODY GUTHRIE FESTIVAL 2009
When: SATURDAY, JULY 25, 8 – 11PM
Where: The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock NY, (845) 679-5342
Admission: $10.
For more info: www.flamesofdiscontent.org or www.colonycafe.com
----------------------------------------------------------------

Art is a weapon and as deadly as steel cannons or exploding bombs.
It is the job of poets to untangle all of the knots, wipe away all of the clouds and fog.
It is the job of all artists, painters, dancers, writers, singers, sculptors, musicians, critics, actors, everybody everywhere, to join hands with the workers and root out, expose, and kill out the fascist enemy everywhere. Words must be turned against the Nazis like red hot machine gun bullets, mowing their poor, misled soldiers to the ground like brutes and monsters, blowing their factories and munitions dumps into 10 million pieces. Unless words do this job, they are useless……

I carted my paints and my water color brushes today down the street two short blocks and painted some fancy leafs and weeds and stems all around the edge of the window of the Communist Party.
I painted, "Join the Communist Party" on a strip of wrapping paper and "Kill the Taft-Hartley Slave law" on some more strips. "Lets Have a Low-Cost Housing Project in Coney Island" and "Read Your Daily Worker". Gwen, my 11 year old daughter from Texas helped me clean, sweep, scrape and paint and fix the windows of the Party office and book shop.
When we got it all done, I went in next door to a little eat shop and the soda jerker told me, "Your work is just one big, gigantic smudge!"
I didn't even say one single word. Just drunk my coffee and walked out.

I drew pen sketches for the Peoples World and Daily Worker and learned all I could from the speeches and debates, forums, picnics, where famous labor leaders spoke. I heard William Z Foster, Mother Bloor, Gurley Flynn, Blackie Myers.
I heard most all of them and played my songs on their platforms…….
Art is a weapon and as deadly as steel cannons or exploding bombs.
-Woody Guthrie

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

At http://www.parttimemusician.com about Glenn Donnellan, violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, making an electric violin from a baseball bat.

Catskills Irish Arts Week!

There's SOOOOO MUCH MORE than classes

at the

CATSKILLS IRISH ARTS WEEK

 

CD Launches! Lectures! Tunes!

 

Céilithe, Seisiúns, Concerts

EVERY NIGHT!

 

Some Highlights:

(see the current IRISH VOICE for detailed schedule)

 

Monday 13 July, Weldon House 4:00

"From Shore to Shore:

Irish Traditional Music in New York City"

screening & discussion presented by Pat Mullins (filmmaker)

 

Tuesday 14 July, Weldon House 4:00

Paddy O'Brien's compositions & work

Book Launch

presented by Eileen O'Brien Minogue

 

Wednesday 15 July, Weldon House 4:00

Tribute to Mike Rafferty

Lecture presented by Don Meade

 

Wednesday 15 July, Shamrock House 4:00

Mrs. Crotty's Legacy

Led by Edel Fox with Caitlinn Nic Gabhann

 

Wednesday 15 July,Bernie O's 10:00

"THE OLD BROOM"

CD Launch / Listening Room Seisiún

Mike Rafferty & Willie Kelly 

 

Thursday 16 July, Weldon House 4:00

"Unskirting the Issue"

Pivotal Irish American women in Irish traditional music

Lecture presented by Earl Hitchner

 

Thursday 16 July, Shamrock House 9:00

"PRIDE OF NEW YORK"

CD Launch / Céilí

Brian Conway, Brendan Dolan,

Joanie Madden, Billy McComiskey

 

Friday 17 July, Weldon House 4:00

Irish music in the Catskills

Lecture presented by Brendan Dolan  

 

Friday 17 July, Shamrock House 4:00

Tunes & Chat

James Keane & Antoine Mac Gabhann

 

Friday 17 July, Quill Festival Grounds 7:30

Tribute to Joe Madden

Concert featuring Joanie Madden, John Nolan,

James Keane, Billy McComiskey & many, many more

 

Friday 17 July, Gavin's 10:00

GIRSA

CD Launch

 

These events alone make the week worth the short drive to East Durham! If you cannot be there for the full summer school, consider heading there for a few days at the end of the week. Something for Everyone!

 

Andy McGann Traditional Music Festival

Saturday, July 18th

Noon ~ 7pm

1-800 / 434-FEST

 

www.irishvillageusa.com

 

For more info: 

518 / 634-2286   or   contact@irishartsweek.com

 

Slán,
Maureen
www.my.calendars.net/ceolagusrince

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Fwd: An Exciting Event this Saturday

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From: Cara Cruickshank <cara@catskillwoodlandcamp.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Subject: An Exciting Event this Saturday
To: boblusk@gmail.com

Camp Woodland: 1959 An Evening of Stories and Songs Saturday, July 11  7:30pm At the Pine Hill Community Center 287 Main St., Pine Hill Free Admission A Legendary and Historical Event Camp Woodland was a summer camp in Phoenicia, N.Y. from 1939-1962.  Interracial and progressive, it helped to preserve much of the folklore of the Catskills. Alumni Sue Rosenberg, Pat Gordon Lamanna, Karl and Greg Finger, and (possibly) Eric Weissberg will give a Camp Woodland Multi-Media Presentation through photos, stories and songs. (After-Party and Music Jam at Cara's House) For more info. call: 845-452-4013, email: patla@hvc.rr.com orinfo@pinehillcommunitycenter.org www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org

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Fwd: WORKSHOP ATA HARTFORD

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From: Debashish Bhattacharya <debashishguitar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Subject: WORKSHOP ATA HARTFORD
To: boblusk@gmail.com

-          Broad-spectrum finger picking and left hand movement

-           Raga Music Workshop with Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya

In

Hartford, CT, USA

 

 

Gurus: Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya and Sri Subhasis Bhattacharya

 

Detailed and extensive knowledge of the following topics will be imparted in this 5 day long residency/workshop program.  The workshop will conclude with a full-length concert by Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya and Sri Subhasis Bhattacharya at Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford.  All participants will be able to attend this concert by invitation.

 

* An Overview of Raga Music:

            - Raga music interpretation for both the beginner and advanced level students.

            - The historical and philosophical perspective with an emphasis on the aesthetics and literature of      Raga Music.

            - The inherent capacity of Raga music to express and interpret human nature, along with different moods and emotions.

            - Compositions and Performance

            - How to amalgamate Raga Music in your own work.

 

*  Rhythm Structure in Indian Music:

            - Different rhythmic cycles and various rhythmic structures

            - The synthesis of rhythm and melody in Indian music

 

*  The Impact of technology and modern life on ancient art of Raga Music.

 

* Raga Music in context with the slide guitar, regular guitar, and other Western and Indian instruments.

            - Slide guitar techniques and practices.

practices

 

* Indian melodic chanting and rhythmic vocalizations.       

 

 

Other details

Place: 34 Hilltop Drive , Weatogue, Connecticut

Date: October 12th, 2009 – October 16^th, 2009

Concert of Pt. Debashish bhattacharya:  October 17th, 2009

For Registration and further inquiry Please contact: bsumkol@gmail.com

debashishguitar@gmail.com

Phone No: INDIA    +919830204542

Phone No: USA 1 901 757 4567

 

 

Participants are requested to bring their individual instruments and sleeping bags.

 

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With Best Regards,
Sannati Talukder

Bhattacharya's School of Universal Music
Kolkata, India
Phone:  +91.33.2428 6882
                  +91 9830204542
e-mail:   debashishguitar@gmail.com
visit at:   www.debashishbhattacharya.com

Seeger Banjo

Here is an article on a Pete Seeger style banjo bridge that used to be on the internet. I can't find it anymore - I believe the design is copyright free. If you click on the articles, they will get larger.

Fwd: Bob Horan-NY1 Video

From Bob Horan!

 

Hello!
Springtime greetings to all!
I decided to enter the video contest promoting our local "NY 1" news station here in Manhattan.
It was suggested by my wife Peggy to bring daughter Colleen's boyfriend Phlip Wilson to do the hearing impaired signing, along with my singing the NY 1 theme song. We had much fun shooting the video; and NY 1 has accepted our entry to be judged as the possible winner.
I invite you all to check it out at the following link.
http://contest.ny1.com/videos/56

 

*The more hits it receives the more likely We get "most viewed video status".

Thanks -  Bob Horan                                            

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Polka

From Les Herring

The Grammys have announced that they will no longer present an award in the polka catagory.  Too bad for Jimmy Sturr--who, incidently, is mostly Irish.

Fwd: Music and Torture - Fri, 5/15 - Bard College

The Human Rights Project and the Center for Curatorial Studies
at Bard College invite you to join us at a one-day conference on

MUSIC AND TORTURE

to be held in conjunction with the opening of, and taking place at, Olafur
Eliasson's "Parliament of Reality" installation, on Friday 15 May.

Schedule of speakers

10:30AM  Opening remarks

10:45AM  Chloe Davies, Reprieve and ZeroDB (London)
       on music torture

11:30AM  David Peisner, SPIN Magazine
       "Bring The Noise: How music found its way into American
       interrogation booths"

12:15PM  John Hamilton, Comparative Literature, NYU
       "Torture as an Instrument of Music" (on the brazen bull of
       Phalaris)

1:00PM  LUNCH  +  ZeroDB silent protest recording session

2:00PM  Thomas Levin, German, Princeton University
       "Diabolus in Musica: A Playdoyer for Painful Sounds"

2:45PM  Branden Joseph, Art History, Columbia University
       "Biomusic"

3:30PM  Keynote address by Mark Danner, Chace Professor of Foreign
       Affairs, Politics, and Humanities

4:15PM  Roundtable discussion moderated by Suzanne Cusick, Music, NYU

5:00PM  Closing remarks

In the event of rain, all events will take place in the Multipurpose Room,
Bertelsmann Campus Center.

Additional support for the conference provided by the Goethe-Institut New
York.

Please let me or Danielle Riou (riou@bard.edu, x 7110) know if you have any
questions.

- Tom Keenan

My recording reissued!

My CD recording “Slainte from Ulster County N.Y. Irish Music of the Catskills” from 20 years ago has now been reissued! If you are interested in getting a copy, contact me at bobluskmusic@gmail.com The price is $15 (includes shipping).

Bob Cohen's NEWEST PROJECT: A 4-CD SET FOR ALL OUR GRANDCHILDREN

From: ROBERT COHEN rcohen4@hvc.rr.com

Friends:

 

Attached is the story of and the list of songs on my newest CD project: "Grandson Beecher & Grandpa Bob's Songbook for All Grandchildren Everwhere" - that's GBGBSAGE in case you like to say it all in one breath. I have sung all 131 songs in the Reader's Digest Children's Songbook which is a favorite of our grandson, Beecher Woods Robbi.  The songs range from Sesame Street, Wizard of Oz and Disney movie pieces to nursery rhymes, folksongs, and novelty numbers.  I accompany myself on piana, guitar, autoharp and accordion (but not all at once!)  It is a fun filled informal rendering (mistakes included) that should get your grandchildren singing, dancing, and laughing.

 

I am making it available for $25 plus postage ($2.53) for anyone who wants to gift their grandchildren with these wonderful songs, or even enjoy it with your own inner-grandchild. The 3-page listing of songs and the story of how this CD came to be (see the attached) will be sent along with the 4-CD set.   

 

I don't have fancy-shmancy ways for you to pay, so if your interested (look over the song list) you can send a check, made out to me, to P.O.Box 651, Hurley, NY 12443 and I will mail it out to you post-haste.

 

You are the first, aside from our grandchildren, to know about this.  May I wish you a joyous and loving Pesach (Passover) and Easter and a prayer for a warm and peace-filled Spring in which the new green of the season will stir the green in our wallets and our country will, as it always has, meet the challenges that lie ahead.

 

Shalom, Bob

845 338-6180 or cell: 845 309-3041

 

P.S. The cover page of the program notes has colorful pictures of me, Beecher, and me & Beecher.  It was too complicated to send out into cyberspace but you will have it with the set.  Our dear friend, Estelle Nadler designed it.  Another dear friend, Bruce Berky recorded the whole megillah, and one other dear friend, Bill Ayton who designed my website - www.cantorBob.com posted it there. Of course, Pat and the grandchildren were the inspiration throughout.

 

Songbook Order Form & CD song program attached.

Musicians wanted

From Jim Marzano -

Dear Hudson Valley Folkies~  Anyone wishing to participate in our "Songs of the Hudson Valley" Open Mic night please get in touch as we still have a few openings.  Our "Open Mic" is not like any other as we like to present about 6 acts with a 20-30min set each.  The food is great & I always share the door with the musicians, so if you can get out your base, the better we do, the better you'll do.
keep lookin up...jbo~*(:-)>
 
 Contact Jim Marzano -

A.I.R. Studio Gallery
(Artist-In-Residence)
71 O'Neil St, Kingston, NY
http://www.AirStudioGallery.com/

Remembering the Women's Orchestra of Birkenau

Music in Desperate Times: Remembering the Women's Orchestra of Birkenau

One night only

Host:	Ars Choralis
Type:	Music/Arts - Concert
Network:	Global

Date:	Saturday, March 28, 2009
Time:	8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Street:	1047 Amsterdam Ave.
City/Town:	New York, NY

Phone:	2123167490
Email:	YakketyAct@gmail.com

Description

Ars Choralis (the group I sing with) presents "Music in Desperate Times: Remembering the Women's Orchestra of Birkenau," conceived and conducted by Barbara Pickhardt. "Music in Desperate Times" is a choral concert interweaving orchestral music with spoken memoirs of the World War II women's orchestra and songs of hope, peace and resistance.

Based on memoirs and histories of survivors of the only women's orchestra to play in World War II concentration camps, this concert recreates the unusual instrumentation of the orchestra: violins, mandolins, accordion, recorder, flute, cello, piano, percussion, and singers. The story is told through readings, choral music and representative orchestral music.

For tickets, visit:
http://www.stjohndivine.org/DesperateTimes.html

North American Urban Folk Music 1940-1960

You are invited!

North American Urban Folk Music 1940-1960
Saturday

March 28, 2009

1:00-10:00 PM

Elisabeth Irwin High School
40 Charlton Street

Between Varrick Street and Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10014

Sponsored by New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
(Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.)

Hosted by Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School
(LREI, Inc.)

Come celebrate the North American urban folk music community of the 1940s and 1950s,

and pay tribute to the people who were part of it.

Schedule of events
1:00 - 1:55 PM: The Urban Folk Music Community: an Overview
2:00 - 2:55 PM: Women of the Folk Community
3:00 - 3:55 PM: Families of the Folk Musicians
4:10 - 6:00 PM: The Songs We Sang
6:00 - 7:30 PM: Dinner break
7:30 - 10:00 PM: Evening Concert

Participants (partial list)
Prof. Ray Allen
Oscar Brand
Anna Guthrie Canoni
Rochelle Goldstein
Dottie Miller Gutenkauf
Richard Hawthorne
Lori Holland
George Pickow
Jon Pickow
Jean Ritchie
Tony Saletan
Roger Sprung
Dr. Anna Lomax Wood
Hal Wylie
plus others TBA 

All event general admission: $40.
NY Pinewoods members and LREI faculty, staff, parents, and alumni: $30.
Children and F/T students under 23: $20.

Afternoon only or evening concert only general admission: $25.
NY Pinewoods/LREI: $20.
Children and F/T students under 23: $ 15.

For more information please visit the website www.folkmusicny.org or call 718-672-6399.

Lincoln symposium

From Les Herring

For those of you as batty about history as me, there will be a daylong symposium on Lincoln at Bard College on Friday march 13.  It will feature the Lincoln scholars Harold Holzer and james Oakes and cover several topics.  It runs from 10am to 5pm in Olin Hall on campus.  www.bard.edu.

Books for troops

I usually don't post stories like this, but I'll be playing at Donna's bookstore, the Hudson Valley Guild on 3/13 at 7:30.  Come on by and help celebrate the birthday of this remarkable woman.

 
From: Donna Favicchio brighidscove@optonline.net

I thought this was a great human interest story. ... As all of you know by now I have been trying to get rid of some books in order to make room new stock, well I hooked up with 'Operation Paperback' to send books to the troops; but on the whole, it is individuals collecting books and mailing them and/or raising money to mail them. So I, as one of those individuals, would be hanging on the those books for awhile, because our entrepreneurial shoe-string budget really wouldn't afford that postage right now. ...

 

Then a friend suggested donating them to the prison system, and went so far as to find me all of the contact information so all I had to do is compose an e-mail. ...Before I contacted NYState prison system,  I contacted Sue Story, founder of 'Operation Paperback' and told her I had all of these books I couldn't afford postage for, plus piles of hard-covers, and I had an opportunity to donate them to the prisons. ... She thought by all means that these books should go to the prison libraries instead of sitting in storage; and that to put a book in an inmate's hands could be part of a transformation.

 

So I contacted the prison. I was initially told that they wanted the books and they would make arrangements to pick them up. I was ecstatic!  So Tom Testo, Senior Librarian at Hudson Correctional Facility, contacted me, and when hearing that I had so many paperbacks and hardcovers as well, he decided they didn't have room for them afterall. ...He was very nice and in conversation I mentioned how I originally wanted to send the paperbacks to troops and have him take only the hardcover; but that I couldn't afford the postage. ... When he hung up said he would see what he could do and get back to me. I wasn't sure what he meant. ...

 

Less than 24 hours later he called back and said the inmates had collected $200.00 for postage for me to send the paperbacks to the troops! Not state money, money that they make or is given to them. I was so touched by this.

 

...If you want to donate anything to this cause go to http://www.operationpaperback.org/ All monies go directly for postage. Just a few dollars will put a book in the hands of one of our troops.

Fisher Poets Gather for Verse, Song and Stories

From Jan Christensen

    A fascinating story of the annual meeting of poets and singers in
Astoria, Oregon. Use the URL below (free New York Times registration
may be required) to hear and see the interactive feature of poems and
songs, and view the slide show.
Jan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/us/04poets.html?hp

Fisher Poets Gather for Verse, Song and Stories

Dave Densmore, on his boat, wrote his first poem as a joke in the
1970s. Now he studies writing.

By WILLIAM YARDLEY

Published: March 3, 2009 (The New York Times)

ASTORIA, Ore. — Work, sometimes just the memory of it, is what brings
the fisher poets to this faded port at the mouth of the Columbia River
for a weekend each year.

  Stuart Isett for The New York Times

Max Broderick reads his poem. His father, Jon, helped start the Fisher
Poets Gathering in 1998.

They might wax about the versatility of a deck bucket or of romance in
rubber boots, but they also describe a livelihood that can kill those
who pursue it. And at a time when industries everywhere are in
decline, this year some said that increasingly restrictive fishing
laws had long ago taught them about struggle.

"The bailout is there for bankers," said Jon Campbell, a former
fisherman from Rhode Island, reading Saturday night from what he
called a work in progress, "but they're out to sink the fleet."

That line met rousing applause here at the annual Fisher Poets
Gathering. First held in 1998 with a few people standing on a stage in
a bar, the event now fills a weekend with verse, song and storytelling
across four sites. Given the economy, attendance was somewhat lower
this year than in the past. Then again, populism played particularly
well. Camp converged with oceangoing cred. Old salts dazzled
California transplants. Even a bad day of fishing, it seems, can
produce a decent rhyme. Or not.

"I have to set aside my English-teacher hat now and then," said Fred
Chancey, recently retired from Chemeketa Community College in Salem,
Ore., who showed up for the second year in a row, just to listen. "But
a lot of it is really good stuff. I like the blue-collar school of
poetry."

The gathering generates what Mr. Chancey called "friction," a
constructive tension between those who have accumulated real
experience at sea and those who are drawn to them. Looks can be
deceiving. Some participants seem more city than seaworthy but can
recount years on deck. Others look the part but mostly like the lore.

A few performers, like Mr. Campbell, have Web sites. Others, too busy
fishing, write only when the gathering presents a deadline. Still
others face parental expectations.

Max Broderick, 20, a junior at Humboldt State University who is
majoring in natural resource planning, has fished his family's
commercial site on Bristol Bay in Alaska each summer since he was 13.
On Saturday night, he recounted one dreamlike haul:

As it turns out, this set saves the day,

Because the fish train hits

and now we're being highly paid.

With each jag that comes over the roller of kings, reds and chums,

This business of fishing has instantly become more fun.

Mr. Broderick's father, Jon, teaches English and other subjects at
Seaside High School, just south of Astoria and helped start the Fisher
Poets Gathering. Jon Broderick said he was motivated by an interest in
storytelling and because "work was a better subject than love."

For a few fishermen, the event has helped introduce them to a new
audience. Dave Densmore, 62, of Knappa, Ore., said he wrote his first
poem as a joke while hung over one morning in the 1970s. He read it to
fellow fishermen over a VHF radio off Kodiak, Alaska. Now Mr. Densmore
gets calls to perform on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in the middle of
salmon season and has to decide what to do. He says he chooses
fishing.

"Those are the people I want to talk to," Mr. Densmore said of the
affluent coastal residents who have shown a steady interest in his
stories. "Not that I want to benefit, but I want the industry to
benefit. We're being managed to death."

Mr. Densmore grew up on the Aleutian Islands, where his parents were
missionaries. Writing was not an early interest; now he studies with a
teacher from the local community college.

On Saturday morning, he held an "open boat," inviting attendees of the
gathering into the galley of his salmon fishing boat, the Cold Stream.
Retirees in trim weatherproof jackets marveled at his hard-work hands.

"This is the closest I've been to a boat like this," said Ted Osborn,
an architect who, with his wife Wendy, is waiting for their new
retirement home overlooking the Columbia to be completed. "We lived
for 30 years in Southern California, where pretentiousness is king.
This place is much more real."

The Clatsop County Historical Society is preparing for Astoria's
bicentennial celebration in 2011, two centuries after John Jacob
Astor's Pacific Fur Company established a trading post here. Timber
and fishing followed the fur trade. Struggle came when other ports
rose, dams were built and resource industries faded. The population,
about 10,000, has been flat for decades, though downtown is shifting
toward art and espresso. Victorian houses clutter hillsides, some
brightly renovated, others falling apart.

The most striking legacy of the past is the pilings that rise
everywhere out of the river, with no apparent purpose. They used to
support scores of salmon canneries. Now the new Cannery Pier Hotel
rests on one century-old set beneath the Astoria-Megler Bridge, which
crosses the river to Washington State.

Of course, fresh fish from the region is favored now, not canned.
Entrants in the gathering's "on-site" poetry contest on Saturday night
were told barely 24 hours earlier that submissions had to be at least
eight lines, take less than a minute to read and include the phrase
"you might be missing fish."

Rob Seitz, who cycles nearly year round through cod, whiting and
Dungeness crab seasons on his 80-foot steel boat, placed third with
these verses:

If your son is not intimidating

On the line of scrimmage,

If your daughter's report card

Is not the brightest image,

If your children are not turning out

As healthy as you'd wished,

Perhaps on your dinner table

You might be missing fish.

Mr. Seitz, 42, said he wrote only once a year, on gathering weekend in
Astoria. But he does prepare.

"On the boat, I don't have a TV," he said. "We just read."

Congratulations to me!

After 2 1/2 years of study at the Swaranjali Hindustani Classical
Music School I finally finished the first year, (level 1, Bal
Sangeet, by Pandit Vinayakbua Patwardhan). This by the way is a class
that young children do very well in. The instructor, Anjali Nandedkar
is a very patient dedicated teacher. www.swaranjalimusicschool.com

Dance Flurry

Was only able to go to the Saratoga Dance Flurry for the day. What a
wonderful time! Played dobro at some unlikely jams including Waltz,
Cape Breton and Old Timey. Cape Breton not that much of a stretch as
there has always been a strong C&W influence there. (But ow, the key
of A).

Also had a good workout on the fiddle and concertina, saw so many old
friends. Next year we're there for the weekend.

Then back to Saugerties to the Democratic Party party/dance with
Doctor Romo and the group "Too Much Fun" at the old Sach's Lodge -
Total Tennis. After not dancing at the Dance Flurry, Michelle
actually got me out on the floog for a few whirls and waltzes. Happy
Valentines!

Tomorrow Shape Note Singing.

Valentines Day Dance

VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE
SATURDAY FEB. 14, 2009
AT
TOTAL TENNIS CLUB
1811 OLD KINGS HWY.

SPONSORED BY SAUGERTIES DEMOCRATIC COMMITEE.

DANCING, RAFFLES, DESSERTS, COFFEE, TEA, CASH BAR

MUSIC BY TOO MUCH FUN*

TOO MUCH FUN plays a mix of Bluegrass, Old Time, Cajun/Zydeco, and Americana.

Jerome Cimino: Guitar, vocals
Mira Fink: Mandolin
Doctor Romo: Fiddle, Accordions, Vocals
Jim Sullivan, Banjo, Bass, Vocals
Special guest appearance: Vida Nathanson: Fiddle/percussion

The event is from 8pm- 11 pm

Contact Harriet: 845-246-1138

Romo

SAUGERTIES, NY

Who needs books?

My new favorite site -

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/

Traditional Music of the Hudson River Valley

 

 

DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

MUSIC SCHOOL

SPRING 2009

 

Traditional Music of the Hudson River Valley

 

 

mUX725 Traditional Music of the Hudson River Valley

(2 Sessions) This course will cover traditional regional and historic music of the Hudson River Valley. No musical experience is required, but experienced musicians and singers will have a chance to increase their repertoire with "Home Grown" music of the corridor from Albany to New York City. We will study the major local collections of music including, colonial songs from the Allison family, songs of Henry Backus "The Saugerties Bard" from the 1850's and songs and dances from Camp Woodland in the 1950's. Examples will include songs of the railroaders, quarrymen, lumberjacks, steamboat captains, and apple growers. We will also include 20th Century songs by folksong writers such as Grant Rogers, Les Rice, William Geckle, Ken Gonyea, Mark Fried, Rich Nestler and Pete Seeger.

 

Fee free to bring instruments to the class

 

Instructor: Robert Lusk

5005          10     7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.           (W) 2/11/09 – 2/18/09           $35.00

 

For additional information contact Julie Wegener, Director,

DCC Music School at 845-431-8916

 

OFFICE OF COMMNITY SERVICES

53 PENDELL ROAD

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY    12601

 

To Register: call 845-431-8910

 

 

REFUND POLICY

Refunds for withdrawal from non-credit courses will be given if requested prior to the end of the business day preceding the day the course starts. If a refund request is approved for a course, a $5 processing fee will be deducted from the refund. Full refunds will be given for all courses that are cancelled by the College.