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January Musical Theme“Gospel”
Snacks at the meeting this month courtesy of the Eagle Creek Planning Committee. We need volunteers for the rest of the year. Please
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2016 Board MembersPresident: Mary Sanders! ! ! [email protected] President: Howard Detamore! ! [email protected]: Steve Arbuckle! ! ! [email protected]: Barry Levitt! ! ! [email protected] Coordinator: Cathy Platt! ! [email protected] 317-485-5010Member-at-Large: Connie Temm! ! [email protected] President: Dave Tucker!! ! [email protected] Editor: Susie Kraeszig! ! [email protected]: Myrna Gray ! ! ! [email protected] Creek Folk Fest Chair: Morgan Sanders-Jackson [email protected]
February 2016 MeetingSunday, February 14, 2016, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMBethlehem Lutheran Church52nd & CentralIndianapolis, IN1:00 - 2:00 - Slow Jam 2:00 - 3:00 - Performance Hour3:00 - 4:00 - Big Band Practice4:00 - 5:00 - Sharing Circle
Volume 2016, Issue 2! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! February 2016
THE CENTRAL INDIANA FOLK MUSIC &MOUNTAIN DULCIMER SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER
Song of the Month Insert“Shall We Gather at the River”
Something new the slow jam at 1:00 will be led
by Dave Slates. be there or be .
2016 Eagle Creek Folk FestSaturday June 11 and Sunday June 12!
Sharing CircleWe now have a signup sheet for those interested in participating in the Sharing Circle. The Sharing Circle is held from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, during the monthly meeting. The Sharing Circle is a good place for those not quite ready for Performance Hour to share or for anyone who wants to play a little longer. There has been an enthusiastic group at the last couple of meetings. Join us!
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT, MARY SANDERSAs the Eagle Creek Folk Festival Committee works hard to prepare for our annual June event, and in talking with various Society members, such as Nathaniel Raab and Dave Tucker, I am reminded of what makes CIFM&MDS a unique and special organization. Here are some of my thoughts… Our Society has a long history of providing a very supportive and welcoming venue for persons of all skills levels to learn, listen and perform, not just at our monthly meetings, but also at venues throughout the year. Nathaniel’s musical growth is deeply intertwined with the Society. Myrna Gray and Bill Griffin reached out to me to include and support me to start playing with a band for the first time when I was in my fifties, and the Society’s kind faces and encouragement helped me to sing in front of a group despite my abject terror. At our core, we are a group of persons who share both a strong love of folk music, and a commitment to share that love. Our newer and larger sister Indianapolis folk organizations have been growing exponentially, while our membership is decreasing. These newer organizations do an excellent job of bringing folk music to the populace, but CIFM&MDS has a unique mission and footprint and needs to continue to grow alongside these other organizations. If we are to continue, we need to recognize our value and commit to action. Eagle Creek Folk Festival is our flagship event, providing opportunities for us to perform, as well as educate, while also welcoming our greater community to learn about us and hopefully join us. The Eagle Creek Folk Festival Committee is working hard to design this year’s Festival to provide both continuity and also some changes to open the doors to a wider group of interested participants, to cherish and value who we are while addressing the need to grow. The Committee is examining the ongoing challenge of our venue, including ways to address the issue of the park’s usage fee, and possibly establishing an official partnership with the park. The Committee hopes to expand the relevancy of our Festival for younger performers and families, and has identified the need to secure headliner performers and address budgetary issue in advance. Eagle Creek Folk Festival chairman, Morgan Sanders-Jackson, and the committee wants to engage the Society in this process. We need, however, to also explore other ways to reach out to potential new members. Connie Temm, Member-at-Large, and I would like to invite you to become more active in exploring and taking action to share our mission with others. Already, various members have suggested possible activities that are both within our mission and have the potential for membership growth. Contacting schools/school foundations to make brief musical/educational presentations to young children, holding mini-folk festivals at various locations that already have large groups of people present, such as farmer’s markets and orchards, providing half-day educational workshops to the public, and even just grabbing a friend or family member and bringing that person to our monthly meeting are some ideas that have been shared. We are planning some “town hall meetings” to brainstorm regarding ideas to grow our membership. More details to follow. In closing, Howard and I recently attended the 39th Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival, featuring such performers as Joan Baez, Cooder-White-Skaggs, the Darlingside, Rose Cousins, and others. The beauty of the music across generations, the sharing of the music… for me, this is what we are all about.
Money Bag$By Barry Levitt – February 2016
Account Status for January 2016 as of this writing (prior to reconciliation): $6,377.50 =>checking balance (more than one year ago). $2,425.00 =>net gig income over the past rolling year ($750 above prior period) $1,675.00 =>dues income over the past rolling year ($55 above prior period) $4,040.68 =>total expenses over the past twelve months ($116.76 below prior period) $1,390.32 =>operating surplus for the past twelve months ($1,435.87 over prior period)Based on the past rolling year’s experience, we have sufficient funds on hand to cover about 19 months of expenses.Memberships Status: In January we had no new members, two renewals, no reinstatements, and three dropped members. Total memberships stand at 70, vs 81 one year ago.Membership Dues: Annual individual membership dues are $25/year, effective January 1st, 2015. The immediate family, living at the same address, of an individual member may be included in a family membership. If your membership is due or past due, please send a check to CIFM&MDS, P.O. Box 1503, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1503, or catch the treasurer at the next meeting. We are always happy to take your money.Songbooks: Printed (on paper) versions of the songbooks are still available while supplies last. Songbooks will also be available in electronic format on flash drive (memory stick). Printed versions of the Main Songbook with or without the Mountain Dulcimer Tabbing by Lew Mastin are available to all members in good standing for $30 each. Fiddle tunes are included in the Main Songbook, but a special “Fiddlers Edition” is available as a separate printed supplement for $5 each. Songbooks will also be available in electronic format (flash drive) for $10 each. Jean Vance has been a great help providing treasury service assistance at our CIFM&MDS meetings the last several years.
Performers at the January Meeting Dianne Kafka - “The Rose”
Tom Martz - “Tennessee Flat Top Box” Sugar Cream Pie - “This Little Light of Mine”
Dave Wensits - “Shama Lama Ding Dong” Tim Hoke - “Blarney Pilgrim”Nathaniel Raab - “Camelot”
Mario Joven - “The Dutchman”
Happy Harpers HappeningsHappy Harpers is a group for autoharp
players of all skill levels. We meet on the fourth Sunday of each month at members’
houses. Please call Cathy Platt at 317-485-5010 or email: [email protected]
The Dulcimer Only Group (AKA DOGs)The Dulcimer Only Group meets each 2nd and 4th Wednesday at Robin Run Village on West 62nd Street. We start at 7 P.M. Please contact Lew Mastin for more information at [email protected].
If you would like to perform during Performance Hour, just arrive at least 20 minutes before the
meeting begins to get your name on the list.
Ukulele LadiesThe Ukulele Ladies are a welcoming
group of women who want to play the ukulele. If you’d like to join us, send me
an email and I will set you up in our Yahoo group. We are a group of all skill levels on the ukulele If you’d like to try
to learn how to play, get in touch!Contact Cathy Platt
[email protected] 317-485-5010
February Notes from your Music CoordinatorCathy Platt, [email protected]; phone: 317-485-5010
This month at our meeting, during the Big Band hour, we will be practicing some of the fiddle tunes that we don’t play as often. There are some great ones in our books that you will like. Our goal this year is to expand the list of songs that we use in our gigs. Take a glance through your Society Song book and if there is a song or two that you’d like to be playing at our gigs, let me know. We will put them into our practice line-up and get them ready to perform. Your Society Board would also like to “beef” up our slow jam hour together. If you’d like to help with that, please contact me.Remember, if you happen to be visiting some place that you think might be a good venue for us to play, all you need to do is send me the name of the venue and I will follow up with them. If you can get a contact name (usually an Activities Director or Manager), email or phone number, that would also be helpful. You are a great resource!
With the Eagle Creek Folk Festival just a few short months away (June 11 and 12), our committee is working hard to ensure that our Fest is enjoyable for members and the community, maintains and supports our goals and ideals as an organization, and goes off without a hitch. As was mentioned in the Word from Our President, our current points of focus have been scheduling performers, determining our relationship with Eagle Creek Park, examining ways to gain support from area businesses and organizations, and developing a strong logistical plan for our event. It is important to us
as a committee that you are aware of and can give us your feedback regarding any changes we might make to how we do things at ECFF. One topic under examination is the issue of performer timing; we’d like to ensure that everyone who signs up has ample time to share the music they’ve prepared, and so are looking at best strategies to ensure that this happens. At our next Society meeting, I will present an idea we have developed regarding this topic, as a committee, for your review. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Word from the Eagle Creek Folk Festival Committee by Morgan Sanders-Jackson
Meet Our Members An Interview with Nathaniel Raab
by Mary Sanders
A creative musician with a beautiful, expressive voice and mastery of many different instruments, Nathaniel Raab is one of our youngest, but not newest, members, joining CIFM&MDS with his family in September 2007. Nathaniel stated that music was in his genes. His maternal grandfather, Greg Hopkins, was a serious musician, as good as Jerry Reed or Chet Atkins. Amy, Nathaniel’s mother, filled the house with music. She taught the boys to read shape notes, use solfege scales, and sing a cappella within the Church of Christ. The family sang all the time. Nathaniel would sit on the lap of his father, Mike, while Mike played guitar, and it was from his father that Nathaniel learned to play guitar. When Nathaniel’s mother had each boy learn a stringed instrument, Nathaniel got a $60 starter fiddle and learned to play it. Nathaniel described the rich learning environment he encountered at CIFM&MDS. Surrounded by the teaching hands of such members as John Platt, Bill Griffin, Gary Kiser, Stan and Dave, Erick Fricke, Doug Bell, Mandolindy, James Todd, Jerry Chapman, Jon Hall, Myra Dworsky, and many others, Nathaniel grew and learned. Nathaniel recalled when he picked up the mandolin for the first time. He was strumming down jerks at breakneck speed; Jon Hall suggested that Nathaniel could strum down and up. Time leads to changes. Now a freshman at University of Indianapolis, Nathaniel is majoring in religion, with a minor in philosophy. On Sundays, he is a worship leader at Redeemed Community Church in Fairland. He foresees a long future road of education and training, hopefully leading to a career as a hospital chaplain. In between, in addition to his educational pursuits and religious ministry, Nathaniel continues to touch our hearts with his singing, accompanying himself and others on a variety of instruments, at many different venues. He writes music. Nathaniel actively supports folk music in our community through involvement in many of Central Indiana’s music activities, including the Irvington and Virginia Folk Festivals, as well as our Eagle Creek Folk Festival, as well as through his kindness and sharing with our CIFM&MDS members.
Our Website:www.indianafolkmusic.org
Check out pictures from the 41st Eagle Creek Folk Festival!
Pictures by Dave Wensits: https://flic.kr/s/aHske87TFFPictures by Susie Kraeszig: https://flic.kr/s/aHsked4CrZ
