Hello and welcome again to your Weekly Wot’s Wot in Folkus…
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a restful and reflective weekend, one year on… it’s been a remarkable time!
I need to thank everyone associated with the Folkus Room and the journey we’ve had since I took the step off the cliff a year ago today…. >From the steely inspiration of those few very close friends (you know who you are!) who helped me decide to take that step to Cliff and Seamus (who wouldn’t let me stop at all at all) and to those marvellous people who came on board with money and in-kind support I say thank you. The Folkus Room is growing steadily and is proving to be something that the Canberra live music scene has needed for some time. I’m very proud to have been a part of the process that has got it going. To Kevin Austin our sound wizard, the team of volunteers who do the hard yards of putting the room together each week and to the staff at the Serbian Club I express deep, heartfelt gratitude.
To ALL of you – it could not have happened without the contribution of every one of you – THANK YOU!
2008/9 looks like being a year of consolidation and steady growth. Be assured, the accent will always be on quality in everything we do so as to provide value for money and real, live entertainment that is second to none in our beautiful city.
This operation does not come without cost so we are seeking help from several quarters. One such that all of you could consider would be the annual subscription offer and I invite you to examine detail about that at your leisure Click HERE for details… several people have taken up the offer but we need many more to give the project a credible basis.
Thank you once again …
INDEX
1. This Week in Folkus
2. Next Week in Folkus
3. Parish Notices
4. The Comics
5. Sport
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This Week In Folkus –
The Folkus Room, (operates out of The Serbian Cultural Centre & Club) 5 Heard St. MAWSON ACT .. eastern side of Southlands Centre and just off Athllon Drive.. CHECK OUT OUR NEW MAPS PAGE….
Saturday 17 May from 2.00pm to 5(ish) … $12/$10 … and just $5 student concession…
but kids with mums &/or dads are Freeeeee!
Saturday Arvo Jazz with The Black Mountain Jazz Band
Among the first people to come on board with assistance in this Folkus Room project was the Canberra Jazz Club. Their "in house" band TBMJB has been playing around the traps for centuries and I personally will be extremely disappointed if they don’t do their FAMOUS rendition of "The Codfish Ball" (which used to get people VERY excited in the 1980s at the Yacht Club)….. They’re the feature act PLUS we’ll have open mic & jam opportunities… You never know who might turn up here BUT, …. I have it on good authority that our resident talents DJ and the Karismakatz AND Kooky Fandango will probably contribute something……. If you can imagine the voices of DJ Gosper AND Courtney Stark-Smith on the same bill then you won’t want to miss it will you!
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Next Week In Folkus …
Friday 23 May – The Transylvaniacs In Concert … Free range, backyard-distilled folk music direct from the villages of Transylvania to the catacombs of Mawson
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Parish Notices……..
3a. The Folkus Room is offering annual subscriptions.
3b. The Canberra Irish Players are near to finishing rehearsals for another hit out ….Make sure you keep a night free for the Irish Community Players latest production of Bernard Farrell’s "therapeutic" comedy, "I Do Not Like Thee, Dr Fell", which will be on at the Canberra Irish Club, 6 Parkinson St, Weston, from 2nd to 5th June at 8 pm. Tickets cost $20 for Adults and $15 for Concessions, and bookings will be available at the club in a few week’s time on 62887451. Don’t miss the play that helped launch Liam Neeson’s career…
3c. THE ROMANTICS….
GUNNING CONCERT: 2.00pm SUNDAY 18 MAY 2008
CANBERRA CONCERT: 8.00pm SATURDAY 24 MAY 2008
The Oriana Chorale, through the power of the voice, will explore this important part of our heritage from the Romantic period.
"We are delighted once again to be directed by Tobias Cole, one of Australia’s most distinguished countertenors and who performs regularly as soloist with Opera Australia. Toby made his Canberra conducting debut to great acclaim last year in Oriana’s performance of Rautavaara’s Vigilia, following this with Oriana’s equally-acclaimed interpretation of An Australian Summer." The music spans a wide range of styles and emotions: the ecstatic reverence and penitence of Verdi and Rossini; the confident affirmation of faith by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Bruckner; the enigmatic reflections of Max Reger; and the sonorous expression of piety in the Russian Orthodox tradition by Glinka and Tchaikovsky. Underpinning many of these works is the debt owed to the musical foundations provided by JS Bach – in particular his use of the chorale. The concert too acknowledges this debt to Bach: the program starts with a famous song in its original secular form – a love song, you will recognise the tune – and ends with one of Bach’s well-known arrangements of it in chorale form….. Tickets are $25 (concessions available) at the door or from members. Oriana Chorale Inc is grateful for the support of the ACT Government…. Coming up in August, the Oriana Chorale has invited two other important Canberra Choirs – The Resonants and Igitur Nos – to join us in offering to Canberra audiences a feast of music from the Renaissance, to be conducted by Andrew Carwood, director of music at St Paul’s Cathedral in London…. Further information is available from Liz McKenzie, 0417 44 22 32; or Richard Brabin-Smith, 6249 6459 and 0404 461 450.
3d. The notice with depth & C21…. Follow The Folkus into winter. The program just keeps getting better. We are also expecting to be able to present more jazz and blues/roots stuff as aficionados of those genres become more aware of the breadth of our charter.
Stay Well & Truly Silly Gentle Folk
Bill Arnett
The Folkus Room
Canberra’s Acoustic Preference
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