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October 9th Concert Features Mike Compton & Joe Newberry

Volume 13, Issue 10 October 2009 Celebrating Piedmont Carolinas Music Since 1982

November 13th Folk Society

Members’ Showcase

The first Charlotte Folk Society Members’ Showcase in the Great Aunt Stella Center takes place on Friday, November 13th, from 7:30 to 9 PM. We were gratified by how quickly so many of you responded to our call for performers. Regret-fully, even with the extended con-cert length, we’ve had to turn down some musicians due to time con-straints. This Gathering concert will be nota-ble both for variety and quality. The lineup, in no particular order, includes: Ralph Gettings and the Lake Norman Old-Time Jam, singer/songwriter Maddie Shuler, Jennifer Stanton on banjo and vo-cals, The Cloers (singer/songwriters Cate and John), John Renwick and Mark Willingham (Appalachian dulcimers), Amiss-ville (singer/songwriters Meredith Laney and David Holtzclaw), Susan Sherlock (hammered dulcimer and vocals), Charlotte Waites (Don Boekelheide, Susan Burns, John Trexler, and John Burns performing Medieval and Renaissance music), Australian singer/songwriter Justin Taylor, Peter McCranie (dobro), and old-time stringband Work Release (Mike Kowalski, John Watts, Angela Watts, and Julie McConnell). Please, save the date for this special evening! More details in the No-vember newsletter.

The Charlotte Folk Society is ex-cited to present Mike Compton and Joe Newberry in a Gathering con-cert of bluegrass and old-time music at 7:30 PM on Friday, October 9th. Please join us at the Great Aunt Stella Cen-ter, 926 Elizabeth Ave-nue. Free parking is available adjacent to the Stella Center. Doors open at 7 PM. Folk Society Gatherings are family-friendly, open to the public, and free. Donations, which support the series in part, are appreciated. The hour-long concert will be followed by refreshments, a song circle, slow and fast jams, and the Charlotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club meeting.

Traditional music vet-erans Mike Compton and Joe Newberry love to play together – and it shows. Joe invited Mike to join him in per-forming at a Charlotte house concert earlier this year, and the even-ing was magical! Al-though they live far apart, their music makes them seem like they are next-door neighbors.

Mandolinist extraordinaire Mike Compton was born in 1956 in Me-ridian, Mississippi, hometown of

Jimmie Rodgers. He was exposed to music at an early age and re-ceived his first mando-lin at the age of fifteen. Mike moved to Nash-ville in 1977 and for the next several years played with legendary North Carolina ban-joist Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers. In 1985 he was re-cruited for the Nash-ville Bluegrass Band and during his initial stint in the group

(1985-1989), he appeared on the four albums that first brought the band to prominence. After a year

of working in the Catskill Mountains, Mike returned to Nashville and began playing with John Hartford in the Hart-ford String Band, a fertile association that continued until John’s death in 2001. In the fall of 2000, af-ter a tour of the Southwest with David Grier, Mike was offered his slot

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Mike Compton

Joe Newberry (Photo by Ken Jackson)

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FOLK CALENDAR

CFS Folk Calendar Folk Calendar is a publication of the Charlotte Folk Society. No articles may be reproduced without the permission of the Society. Deadline for all submissions is generally the 20th of the month preced-ing publication. Contact Wanda Hu-bicki 704-563-7080 (phone), 704-563-5382 (fax), e-mail at phubicki@carolina.rr.com, or U. S. mail at 3610 Country Club Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205. All rights reserved.

2009 Board of Directors

President: Dennis Frost 704-532-8846 Vice President: Tom Hanchett 704-377-5257 Secretary: Bethli Miescher- Clemens 704-892-4914 Treasurer: John Goldsbury 803-802-3551 Members at Large Mark Clemens Barbara Ivey 704-892-4914 803-547-6163 Elene Clemens Tom Kelleher 704-892-4914 704-366-9441 Ramona Moore Big Eagle Karen Singleton 704-568-6940 704-364-5433 Cathey Franklin Sara Spencer 704-525-3256 704-375-3042 J. C. Honeycutt Harry Taylor 704-531-9991 704-366-1869 Junior Board Members Carson Hedberg Avery McGuirt 980-254-0847 704-948-1122 Newsletter Editor & Publicist Wanda Hubicki 704-563-7080 Webmaster John Goldsbury 803-802-3551 Founder and Board Member Emeritus Marilyn Meacham Price 803-548-5671 Charlotte Folk Society Events Information 704-372-FOLK (704-372-3655) Charlotte Folk Society website www.folksociety.org

The Charlotte Folk Society has ex-tensive resources to help you with your special event or conference – anything from just a taste of this re-gion’s Appalachian musical heri-tage to a full evening of music and dance with audience participation. Call Karen Singleton at 704-364-5433 to arrange for entertainment and/or instruction at reasonable rates.

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Charlotte Folk Society Mission

The purpose of the Charlotte Folk Society, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit or-ganization and an Arts & Science Council grant recipient, is to pro-mote the ongoing enjoyment and preservation of traditional and con-temporary folk music, dance, crafts, and lore.

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Charlotte Folk Society Annual Membership Fees

Individual $25 Student $15 Family $35

Senior Individual (62+) $20 Senior Family (62+) $30

Sustaining $50 Sponsor $100

Benefactor $250 Patron $500

Lifetime $1000 Affiliate Organization $35

Folk Calendar Contributors

Thanks to Joe Newberry and Mike Compton for providing photos this month. Special thanks to Bill Cooke for putting together the dance calendar. Thanks to Hat and Dan Thompson for labeling, stamping, and mailing the newslet-ter. If you’d like to help get the newsletter out each month, call Wanda Hubicki at 704-563-7080.

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(October Gathering, continued from page 1.) with Nashville Bluegrass Band and he didn’t hesitate to rejoin. The band has won two Grammy Awards, two “Entertainer of the Year” honors from the Interna-tional Bluegrass Music Associa-tion, and four IBMA Vocal Group of the Year titles. A perennial Mer-leFest favorite; their Sunday morn-ing gospel set with Doc Watson is not to be missed. A prolific composer, Mike has made a powerful mark in the old-time and bluegrass music worlds. His resume includes more than 75 recordings with a virtual “Who’s Who” of old-time and bluegrass musicians. Among his credits are the O, Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack, the Songcatcher soundtrack, and the Down From the Mountain CD that followed O, Brother. This year has seen Mike Compton touring with Elvis Cos-tello in support of the rock leg-end’s Secret, Profane, and Sugar Cane CD, produced by T-Bone Burnett and featuring perform-ances by Compton, Stuart Duncan, and Jerry Douglas. The multiple Grammy Award-winner treasures his memories of a friendship with his mentor, Bill Monroe. John Hartford once said that Mike Compton knows more about Bill Monroe-style mandolin than the “Father of Bluegrass” himself. To learn more about Mike and to watch video performances, visit www.mikecompton.net. Joe Newberry is a favorite with Charlotte Folk Society audiences. During the past five years, he has performed on our stages solo and with Julee Glaub, Big Medicine, and Mike Craver, Bill Hicks, and Jim Watson, founding members of the legendary Red Clay Ramblers. His powerful banjo playing has won contests around the country,

including first place at the Appala-chian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, West Virginia. Joe is also a fine guitarist, fiddler, singer, and songwriter. His 2005 solo project, Two Hands, drew well-deserved critical acclaim and serves as a showcase of his multiple talents. Joe’s songwriting is characterized by the same clean, elegant style as his banjo playing. A number of his songs have been recorded by fel-low musicians. Most recently, the Gibson Brothers included two of Joe’s compositions, Jericho and I Know Whose Tears, on their 2009 recording, Ring the Bell. Joe grew up in Boone County, Mis-souri in a family that loved to sing – old Ozark songs, sacred songs, and popular songs of the day. His mother’s family loved dancing, singing, and fiddling. He took up the guitar as a teenager and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers like Taylor McBaine, Pete McMahan, and Jake Hockemeyer. Younger musicians Cathy Barton, Lee Ruth, and Dave Para also influenced his music; Para introduced him to clawham-mer-style banjo. Joe came to North Carolina in 1982 and found an incredible old-time music scene in Chatham County, with players such as Red Clay Ramblers Bill Hicks and Tommy Thompson. With Rob Golan and Jamey Tippens, Joe first played in the New Chatham Rabbits, a square dance band. Later, he formed the Piedmont Hepcats with Allin Cottrell, Susie Crate, and Ted Ehrhard and they won the band contest at Fiddlers Grove more than once. Joe began playing with Jim Collier, LaNelle Davis, and Margaret Mar-tin in the early ‘90s as the Tar Heel Hot Shots. Later, he formed Big Medicine with Jim Collier, Kenny Jackson, and LaNelle Davis. The

name is a tribute to the transcen-dent nature of their collective mu-sic making and was affirmed by their winning first place in the 2002 Traditional Band Contest at Clif-ftop. LaNelle Davis stepped down from the band in 2004 and Bobb Head joined the group. Big Medi-cine released their third CD, Pine to Pine, and performed on Prairie Home Companion in May. Joe first performed on banjo with Mike Craver, Bill Hicks, and Jim Watson at the Carter Fold in June 2003. Ever since, he and the three original Red Clay Ramblers have played to enthusiastic audiences as often as busy individual schedules permit. When not working as a writer and editor, Joe does solo and studio work, and plays and teaches at fes-tivals and workshops here and abroad. Sample Joe’s recordings at www.myspace.com/joenewberry and enjoy video performances on YouTube. Do plan to be in the Great Aunt Stella Center on Friday evening. Our lineup of Gathering perform-ers is strong, but Mike Compton and Joe Newberry together will be exceptional. Theirs is a pairing that happens infrequently and we are delighted to bring them to our Folk Society audience. See you there! Our Gatherings are made possible, in part, with funding from the Arts & Science Council and the North Caro-lina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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Joy In Song:Community

Singers

This is an open invitation to any-one who is interested in singing with Community Singers. We are a small community chorus who enjoys singing together and promoting peace through music. We sing songs from various cul-tures, styles, and languages. We practice on Tuesdays, 7-8 PM, at Friends School of Charlotte, 7001 Wallace Road, in Charlotte, We welcome new members and visi-tors. Please contact Carol Raedy at 704-367-2536 or carol@communitysongleaders.org.

CFS member Ralph Gettings co-ordinates an acoustic jam group in the Lake Norman area. It ordi-narily meets in a member’s home to jam on the Wednesday prior to each CFS monthly Gathering; the next date is October 7th. The group also holds a jam at the Da-vidson Farmer’s Market (under the big oak by the courthouse) at 9 AM on the third Saturday of each month - next on October 17th. The group operates on the princi-ple that everyone - from begin-ning to advanced musicians -

Lake Norman Jam Sessions

Open To All

CFS Old-Time Acoustic Jam October 11th

Charlotte Folk Society Old-Time Acoustic Sunday Jams take place on the second Sunday of each month from 2 PM to 4 PM in the Asbury Care Center Living Room at Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway Drive and Sharon Amity Road) in east Charlotte. The next jam will be on Sunday, Octo-ber 11th. These sessions are free and open to all, both musicians and listeners. If you have questions, please contact Jam Coordinator Tom Kelleher at 704-366-9441. Directions: Traveling from Eastway Drive, make a right turn from Shamrock Drive into Aldersgate at the traffic light at Tipperary Place. Stop at the Guard Gate and say that you’re go-ing to the Asbury Care Center to the

Dulcimer 201: Chords

October 9th By Mark Willingham Thanks to all of you who partici-pated in a Dulcimer 101 session. This month, the Charlotte Appala-chian Dulcimer Club is hosting Dul-cimer 201, following the CFS Gath-ering concert on October 9th. In this session, we will be looking at how to play chords on the dulcimer and how to use these chords to embellish your playing, as well as making it easier to play with other instru-ments. Loaner dulcimers will be available. If you are a dulcimer player or would like to be, please join us.

Don Pedi Dulcimer

Workshop & Concert

November 14th By Mark Willingham The Charlotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club is hosting Don Pedi for a mini-workshop/house concert on Saturday, November 14. Don Pedi is a legendary dulcimer player/historian from western North Caro-lina. He has a dynamic playing style and is a patient and engaging instructor. For more information on Don, check out his website at www.donpedi.com. The workshop will last two hours, from 5 to 7 PM, with the concert following at 7:30. The event will take place at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 13501 South Tryon Street, in southwest Charlotte. Cost for the workshop and concert is $25. Cost for the concert only is $10. Workshop space is limited, so please contact Mark Wil-lingham at johmar-will@aol.com or 980-254-8059 if you are interested in attending.

Folk Society jam session. The guard will direct you to the cor-rect building and the receptionist in the Asbury Care Center will direct you to the Living Room.

benefits from the experience of playing with others. The only re-quirements for membership are pa-tience, tolerance, and laughter. The group plays in traditions presented by the Folk Society and is open to all types of instruments. All are welcome. Contact Ralph Gettings at 704-892-7415 or ralphcrn9@aol.com for information and directions.

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Smooth Dance Workshop Sunday, October 18th, 2-4 PM

dancing. Dancers are festooned in beautiful costumes which add to the visual impact. Anyone who has visited the Mountain Music and Folk Festival held each sum-mer in Asheville must be struck by the reverence for Appalachian smooth dance. Smooth dance pre-dates clogging and is the form of dance from which clogging

emerged. Further-more, it is a folk dance that originated in North Carolina and is not found practiced much out-side of the state.

The two-hour workshop will con-sist of the basics of smooth dance and a smooth dance routine will be rehearsed and danced; appropriate for ages ten and older. The price is $5 to cover the cost of renting the room. Please contact Allen to learn more and to reserve a place in the workshop. Phone: 704-366-3334; email: warehambr@aol.com.

By Allen Cooke Allen Cooke of Charlotte is offering a workshop in Appalachian smooth dance to be held on Sunday, Octo-ber 18th, from 2 to 4 PM at Tom Sykes Recreation Center, 1501 Euclid Avenue, adjacent to Dil-worth Elementary School. The en-trance is on Myrtle Avenue, be-tween Park and Berkeley Ave-nues. Allen founded the Skyline Clog-gers in 1978 and, more re-cently, the Wareham Branch Clog-gers in the 1990s. He was the director and choreographer for both teams and studied traditional dance ex-tensively. The mountain style of dance in-digenous to North Carolina devel-oped from the traditions of Scotch and Irish settlers who wished to eliminate influences of British cul-ture and abandoned the quadrille and contra dance movements which had dominated the dance scene for a couple of centuries. In-stead, they adopted the Eight-Couple Sicilian Circle and used “party game figures” for socializ-ing and enjoyment. One style of mountain style square dance evolved to become known as smooth dance, a precision dance that features dancers sliding along on the ball of the foot in a gliding motion akin to ice skating. Smooth dance is an elegant and graceful form of mountain style square

able to lend picks, capos, and tun-ers to novice players when they borrow an instrument. Please con-sider whether you have any of the following items that you might do-nate to the Lending Library: Bow Rosin Tuners Picks and Capos Banjo Case (4-string) Mandolin Case Dulcimer Case Ukulele Case We also have a need for more fid-dles and banjos. If you could do-nate any of the items on this list, or a fiddle or banjo, please contact Jennifer Stanton at jenni-fer@jenniferstanton.com or 704-847-9328.

Smooth dancers at 2002 CPCC Folk Frolic

CFS Instrument Lending Library Needs Support

Use of the Folk Society Instrument Lending Library is a popular benefit of membership. Some of our instruments lack cases and are in danger of being damaged dur-ing transport. We would like to be

Charlotte Tellabration! ™ November 21st

Tellabration! ™ is a day when sto-rytellers across the world will en-tertain audiences with exciting tales. The Storytellers Guild of Charlotte will host our commu-nity’s celebration of storytelling. Storytelling performances will take place on Saturday, November 21st, 2-3 PM, at the Levine Museum of the New South, 200 East Seventh Street, in downtown Charlotte. The Museum is an event co-sponsor. Tellabration! ™ is free with paid museum admission. H. A. “Humpy” Wheeler will headline this year’s group of storytellers and share stories of growing up in Belmont, a small North Carolina mill town. Visitors are invited to stay for refreshments and to meet the storytellers. Call 704-568-6940 for more information.

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Evening Muse, 8 PM, $5. OCT 8-11, 6th Annual Fall Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance fea-turing Bearfoot, Cane Creek Cloggers, Casey Driessen & the Colorfools, Chatham County Line, Donna the Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, The Duhks & many more, 1439 Henderson Tanyard Road, Pittsboro, NC. 919-542-8142; www.shakorihills.org OCT 9 ** Charlotte Folk Society Gathering Concert & Jams features bluegrass & old-time music by Mike Compton and Joe Newberry, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Char-lotte, 7:30 PM, free; donations appreciated. Free parking. Refreshments, song circle, slow & fast jams follow concert. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org Dulcimer 201: Chords, hosted by the Char-lotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, following the CFS concert, approx. 8:30 PM, free; loaner dulcimers available. Call Mark Willingham for information: 980-254-8059. The Belleville Outfit w/Seth Walker, The Evening Muse, 10:30 PM, $10-12. Matt Walsh (blues), The Double Door Inn, 10 PM, $10. OCT 10 Malcolm Holcombe, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10-12. Red Head Express, Fairview Ruritan Club, 7:30 PM, $15; under 12 Free. Steve Martin w/The Steep Canyon Rangers, Knight Theatre, S. Tryon & 1st Streets, Char-lotte, 8 PM, $54-79. Joe Craven, Farewell Drifters, Annie Crane, Robin Aigner, Patrick Fuller & The Parsons, Grand Opening of Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Poplar Street, Aberdeen, NC; 5 PM, $20. Info: 910-944-7502. Tiickets online at www.theroosterswife.org/index.html The RedHead Express (Walker Family), Fairview Ruritan Club, 7:30 PM, $15; under 12 Free. OCT 10-11, Two-Day Workshop for Fiddlers by Jamie Laval, Chestnut Creek School of the Arts, 608 W. Stuart Dr., Galax, VA, 9 AM-4 PM. Call 276-236-3500 for registration infor-mation. OCT 10-12, Richmond Folk Festival w/Corey Harris & Phil Wiggins, Jerry Douglas Band, and many more. www.richmondfolkfestival.org OCT 10-NOV 22, Carolina Renaissance Festi-

All calendar listings are subject to change and should be verified.

VENUE INFORMATION

The ArtsCenter, 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro, NC. 919-929-2787; www.artscenterlive.org.

Belk Theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Ctr., 130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org.

Blue Ridge Music Center, milepost 213, Blue Ridge Parkway, 700 Foothills Rd., Galax, VA. Call 276-236-5309; visit www.blueridgemusiccenter.org.

The Blue Vine, 209 S. Main St., Salisbury, NC. 704-797-0093; www.thebluevine.com.

Brock Performing Arts Ctr., 622 N. Main St., Mocksville, NC. Call 336-751-3000; visit www.daviearts.org.

Broyhill Civic Center of Caldwell Community College, 1913 Hickory Blvd., SE, Lenoir, NC. Call 828-726-2407; www.broyhillcenter.com.

The Comet Grill, 2224 Park Rd., Charlotte. 704-371-4300.

Cook Shack Concert Series, The Cook Shack, Union Grove, NC. Exit 65 off I-77 North; turn west; travel 2 miles; sits on left of road. Reser-vations required; email cookshack-shows@roadrunner.com or call 704-539-4353. http://uniongrovemusic.site.voila.fr./page1.html

Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place, 2 Pack Place Square, Asheville, NC. 828-257-4530; www.dwtheatre.com.

The Double Door Inn, 218 E. Independence Blvd. Charlotte, NC. 704-376-1446; www.doubledoorinn.com.

The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St., Char-lotte. 704-376-3737; www.theeveningmuse.com.

Fairview Ruritan Club Concerts, Fairview Rd., SR821, Galax, VA. 276-238-0376; www.fairviewruritan.com.

Fiddle & Bow Society Series, Blessings, 823 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, NC. 336-724-9393; www.fiddleandbow.org.

The Garage, 110 West 7th St., Winston-Salem, NC. 336-777-1127; www.the-garage.ws

Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall, 185 Cling-man Ave., Asheville. 828-232-5800; www.thegreyeagle.com.

McGlohon Theatre, Spirit Square, 345 N. Col-lege St., Charlotte, NC. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org.

The Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St., Charlotte, NC. 704-358-9298; www.neighborhoodtheatre.com.

Old Rock School, 400 Main St. West, Valdese,

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NC. Call 828-879-2129; visit www.bluegrassattherock.com.

Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-225-5851; www.theorangepeel.net.

Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Creek Rd., Derita, NC. 704-597-8230; www.puckettsfarm.com.

Purple Onion, Hwy. 176, Saluda, NC. 828-749-1179; www.purpleonionsaluda.com.

Ri~Ra Irish Pub, 200 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-333-5554; www.rira.com. Closed due to a fire; reopening in the fall.

Rodi, 245 W. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC. 704-864-7634; www.rodiworld.com.

Scruggs Opry House, 124 N. Main St., Belmont, NC. http://scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com/

The Second Fret Coffeehouse & Music Hall, 240 W. Broad St., Statesville, NC. 704-878-9889; www.thesecondfret.com.

Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC. 704-895-9090; www.summitcoffee.com.

The Sylvia Theater, 27 N. Congress St., York, SC. 803-684-5590; www.sylviatheater.com.

The Visulite Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. 704-358-9200; www.visulite.com.

Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville Civic Ctr., 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NC. 828-259-5736; www.ashevillenc.gov/departments/civic_center/default.aspx CALENDAR LISTINGS THRU OCT 17, 2009, Passionate Journey: The Grice Collection of Native American Art, The Mint Museum, 2730 Randolph Rd., Char-lotte, admission. 704-337-2000; www.mintmuseum.org

THRU FEB 6, 2010, American Quilt Classics, 1800-1980, The Bresler Collection, Mint Mu-seum of Craft & Design, 220 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, admission. 04-337-2000; www.mintmuseum.org OCT 5, Find Your Muse (Open Mic) (Mondays), The Evening Muse, 7 PM, $3. OCT 7 Tosco House Party (Open Mic), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $2. Lake Norman Jam Session, 7 PM. Contact Ralph Gettings for location & directions: 704-892-7415 or ralphcrn9@aol.com CANCELLED THIS MONTH Songwriter Session w/Clyde Derberry and Amissville (Mer Laney & David Holtzclaw), The Second Fret, 7:30 PM, Free; tips appreci-ated. OCT 8, Eric-Scott Guthrie & Austin Hill, The

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val, 16445 Poplar Tent Road, Huntersville, NC. Saturdays & Sundays, 10 Am-5:30 PM, Adults $19; ages 5-12 $8; under age 5 Free; season passes & group rates available. 704-896-5544; http://royalfaires.com/carolina OCT 11 **CFS Old Time Acoustic Sunday Jam, Asbury Care Center Living Room, Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, 2-4 PM, free. Contact jam coordinator Tom Kelleher with questions at 704-366-9441. Stringband Music from the Carolina Pied-mont featuring Marvin Gaster, Margaret & Wayne Martin, Evelyn Shaw, Gerry & Glenda Overton, and Rich Hartness, Da-niels Auditorium, NC Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC, 3-4 PM, Free. www.pinecone.org Joe Craven, Mike Compton & Joe New-berry, Laurelyn Dossett & Scott Manring, Cristabel & the Jons, and Rose Frazier, Grand Opening of Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Poplar Street, Aberdeen, NC; 5 PM, $15. Info: 910-944-7502. Tiickets online at www.theroosterswife.org/index.html Showing of From Wood to Singing Guitar, about respected luthier & musician Wayne Henderson, Blue Ridge Music Cen-ter, 2 PM, $5. Indoor theater; limited seat-ing; arrive 15 mins. in advance to claim seat. Advance tickets: 276-236-5309; Ext. 112. www.blueridgemusiccenter.org Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers (Scots-Irish tunes & songs), Scots Irish History of Up-country, Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe St., Greenville, SC, 2-4 PM, $5. 864-467-3100; www.upcountryhistory.org OCT 13 The Waybacks & John Cowan Band, McGlohon Theatre, 8 PM, $17.50-21.50. OCT 14, The Gourds, The Visulite, 9 PM, $15; non-smoking show. OCT 15 Carolina Chocolate Drops, McGlohon Theatre, 8 PM, $15-24. California Guitar Trio, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15-17. Michael Reno Harrell, Rodi, 8-10 PM. Richard Thompson & Loudon Wainwright III, Carolina Theatre, 310 S. Greene St., Greensboro, NC, 8 PM, $22.50-29.50. Tick-ets: 336-333-2605; online at www.carolinatheatre.com

festival to benefit Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Soup Kitchen and Community Charter School. Exhibits and fresh, locally-grown food: BBQ & vegetarian. Kids activities. Volunteers needed; call 704-333-4358. OCT 18 Smooth Dance Workshop led by Allen Cooke, Tom Sykes Recreation Ctr., 1501 Euclid Ave., Charlotte, 2-4 PM, $5. Contact Allen Cooke at 704-366-3334 or warehambr@aol.com to make reservations. Round Peak Music Showcase by Paul Brown & Friends, Blue Ridge Music Center, 2-3 PM, Free. Indoor theater; limited seating; arrive 15 mins. in advance to claim seat. Advance tickets: 276-236-5309; Ext. 112. www.blueridgemusiccenter.org Nappy Brown Memorial Blues Concert (funds will be used to buy a headstone), Double Door Inn, 6 PM, $12-15. Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers (Scots-Irish tunes & songs), Scots Irish History of Upcountry, Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe St., Greenville, SC, 2-4 PM, $5. 864-467-3100; www.upcountryhistory.org OCT 20, Susan Cowsill w/The Craft Brothers, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-14. OCT 22 Steve Lewis Trio, Cook Shack Concert Series, 7:30 PM, $12; advance reservations required; write CookShackShows@roadrunner.com Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, The Visulite, 8:30 PM, $14. OCT 22-24, Art of Sound Music Festival with Balsam Range, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Elizabeth Cook, , Carol Elizabeth Jones & James Leva, Kari Sickenberger Band, Malcolm Holcombe, Fayssoux McLean & Brandon Turner, Scoot Pittman Trio, Slate Mountain Ramblers & many more, Uptown Shelby, NC. $15 Thurs. night; $15 Fri. night; $25 Sat.; Festival Pass $40; youth discounts. Call 704-484-2787 for information. Buy tickets online at www.ccartscouncil.org/artofsound/index.html OCT 23 Jill Andrews (of the everybodyfields) w/Rod Picott, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10-12. Delbert McClinton, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $35-50; limited seating. Shannon Whitworth & Tao Rodriguez-Seeger (Roots/Americana/Country), Double Door Inn, 10 PM, $10. South 85 and Blue Dogs, The Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, $12-15.

OCT 16 Chris Smither, The Stage Door, N. College St. at 5th St., Charlotte, 8 PM, $20 general admis-sion. Ryan Bingham & Jonny Burke, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10-12. Griffin House, The Evening Muse, 10:30 PM, $12. Rev. Peyton’s Big Dam Band, The Evening Muse, Midnight, $10. Pierce Pettis, Fiddle & Bow Concert, Blessings, 823 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, NC, 8 PM, $12. Piedmont Land Conservancy Benefit w/Polecat Creek & Steep Canyon Rangers, Caro-lina Theatre, 310 S. Greene St., Greensboro, NC, 8 PM, $20. Tickets: 336-691-0088; online at www.carolinatheatre.com OCT 16-17, Albino Skunk Bluegrass Festival w/The Belleville Outfit, Michael Reno Har-rell, Infamous Stringdusters, The Gourds, Steep Canyon Rangers, Elizabeth Cook, Jun-ior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, and more, Skunk Farm, 4063 Jordan Rd., Greer, SC. Adults $23-64; teens discounted. www.albinoskunk.com OCT 17 Lake Norman Jam, Davidson Farmer’s Mar-ket, Davidson, NC, 9 AM. Contact Ralph Get-tings for location & directions: 704-892-7415 or ralphcrn9@aol.com 3rd Annual Jackie Torrence Storytelling Fes-tival featuring Michael Reno Harrell, Oba-kunle Akinlana, Elisha Minter, Ramona Moore Big Eagle, Bobby Pell, Patricia True-blood & Ilse Cardell, Granite Lake Park, Gran-ite Quarry, NC, 10 AM-2 PM, Free; concessions available. Carolina Gator Gumbo, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10. Danny Wicker (Wicker & Jones) CD Release Party (Piedmont blues & gospel), The Second Fret, 8 PM, $5. Michael Reno Harrell and The Carolina Trav-elers, Downtown Cinema Theatre, 142 Main St., Mt. Airy, NC, 7:30-10 PM, $10. Buy tickets at the door or call 800-286-6193. Cherrystock Festival w/The Patton Brothers (a cappella gospel; 3 PM), The Bayou Degrad-ables (Cajun; 4 PM), The Barnettes (original pop; 5 PM), Still Life Static (jazzy hip-hop; 7 PM), Manish Boys (R&B; 8 PM), Charlotte Energy Solutions, 337 Baldwin Ave., Charlotte, NC. Sustainable living/Cherry Community

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Toubab Krewe w/Mad Tea Party opening, The Neighborhood Theatre, 9 PM, $12 general admis-sion; limited seating.

The Hotwires (formerly No Strings Attached), (Bluegrass), Double Door Inn, 10 PM, $10.

Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love w/Rebecca Rippy, The Sylvia Theater, 9 PM, $10-12.

Ari Hest, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-14.

OCT 30-NOV 1, Bluegrass at Peace, Peace Audito-rium, 300 S. Main St., Greenville, SC. Fri: Seldom Scene, Del McCoury, $30; Sat: Claire Lynch, Nash-ville Bluegrass Band, Blue Highway, Ricky Skaggs & KY Thunder, Banjo Competition, $55; Sun: Kru-ger Brothers, Mountain Heart, Rhonda Vincent, $35. 800-888-7768; www.peacecenter.org

OCT 31 Joshua James w/Catherine Feeny, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10-12.

Luke Doucet, The Evening Muse, 10:30 PM, $8-10.

Halloweenfest Old-Time Music Competition, 175 E. Main St., Suite 200, Brevard, NC, 10:30 AM – 6 PM. 828-884-3278; www.brevardnc.org/halloweenfest.php

Mary Fluke & Friends (lively traditional tunes), Samaritan House Donor & Volunteer Appreciation Party, 3424 Park Rd., Charlotte, 4-7 PM. The public is invited. 704-527-1130

NOV 1, Charlotte Blues Society BlueSunday fea-turing Lenny Federal w/Michael Swisher & Mi-chael Wolf, Double Door Inn, 8 PM, $5.

NOV 2, Open Bluegrass Jam, Scruggs Opry House, 124 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free. http://scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com

NOV 3, An Acoustic Evening with Al Stewart, The Second Fret, 8 PM, $15 advance.

NOV 5 The Gibson Brothers, Poplar Knight Spot, 114 Pop-lar Street, Aberdeen, NC; 7:30 PM, $15. Info: 910-944-7502. Tiickets online at www.theroosterswife.org/index.html

Angie Aparo, The Visulite, 9:15 PM, $15.

Clay Lunsford & Friends, Cook Shack Concert Se-ries, 7:30 PM, $12; advance reservations required; write CookShackShows@roadrunner.com

NOV 6 Canadian Garnet Rogers, Fiddle & Bow Concert, Blessings, 823 Reynolda Rd., Winston-Salem, NC, 8 PM, $12.

Robin Rogers & Her Hot Band (blues), The Second

Fret, 8 PM, $10 advance.

NOV 7 Snuffy Jenkins Festival featuring Doc Watson and David Holt, Raymond Fairchild, Phil & Gaye Johnson, The Dowden Sisters & more, Isothermal Com-munity College, Spindale, NC. 9:30 AM – 9:30 PM; All-event tickets $30 adults; $20 ages 14 years & under. www.snuffyjenkinsfestival.com

Sylvia’s Acoustic Covers in the Round w/Lyndsay Wojcik, Laura Blackley, Nikki Talley & Paul Finnican, The Sylvia Thea-ter, 9 PM, Free admission & popcorn. Matt Walsh (blues), The Second Fret, 8 PM, $5.

NOV 8, Moscow Nights (Russian Trio), Daniels Auditorium, NC Museum of His-tory, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC, 3-4 PM, Free. www.pinecone.org NOV 11, The Flatlanders, McGlohon Theatre, 7:30 PM, $22.50 & up. NOV 14 April Verch Band, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15-17. Leo Kottke, McGlohon Theatre, 8 PM, $22.50 & up.

Mike Cross (folk, jazz, country), The Sec-ond Fret, 8 PM, $20 advance.

Don Pedi Dulcimer Workshop & Concert, hosted by Charlotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club, Christ the King Lutheran Church, 13501 S. Tryon St., Charlotte. Workshop 5-7 PM; concert 7:30 PM. Workshop & concert $25; concert only $10. Pre-registration required; call Mark Wil-lingham at 980-254-8059.

NOV 17, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Belk Theatre, 7:30 PM, $39.50-69.50. NOV 19, The Snyder Family, Cook Shack Concert Series, 7:30 PM, $12; advance res-ervations required; write CookShack-Shows@roadrunner.com NOV 20, Infamous Stringdusters & Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), The Visulite, 9 PM, $12-15.

NOV 21, Doc Watson w/Richard Watson & Jack Lawrence, Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $32-47.

CONTRA DANCES

Charlotte Dance Gypsies, Chantilly Com-munity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Charlotte. Potluck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $7. Gretchen at 704-537-1377 or Dean at 704-361-6387; www.charlottedancegypsies.org.

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OCT 24 Hart’s Square: An 1840s Country Village, near Newton, NC. 220 volunteers inter-pret the occupations of the period; 70 fur-nished period buildings open one day each year. Call Catawba County Museum of History at 828-465-0383 to reserve your tickets. Admission is $25. www.catawbahistory.org/hart_square.php Mike Doughty w/Porter Block, The Even-ing Muse, 8 PM, $16-18.

Brian Quinlivan Memorial Feis, Univer-sity Hilton, 8629 J.M. Keynes Dr., Char-lotte.

Dixie Bee-Liners, Fairview Ruritan Club, 7:30 PM, $15; under 12 Free.

3rd Annual Black Walnut Festival featur-ing Jeff Warner, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Isla, and Laura Boosinger, Visitor Center, Historic Bethania, Ham Horton Lane, Bethania, NC, 10 AM-4 PM., Free. Activities include a 5K Run & Walk, Children’s Activities, and a Baking Co n-test. 336-922-0434; www.townofbethania.org

OCT 25 Golden Gates Quartet, Tabernacle Chris-tian Church, 2500 E. Washington St., Suf-folk, VA, 4 PM, $20. Call 757-477-3828 or 757-488-6804 for tickets and information.

High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Assn. Meeting featuring the HLS Youth Show-case, Greensboro Cultural Ctr. Band Re-hearsal Hall, 200 N. Davie St., Greens-boro, 2 PM, Free. www.highlonesomestring.org

OCT 25-NOV 1, October Old-Time Week & Fiddlers’ Reunion, Augusta Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV; $420 tuition. 800-624-3157, Ext. 1209; www.augustaheritage.com

OCT 28, Jewel w/MEIKO, The Knight Theater, 7:30 PM, $39.50-59.50.

OCT 29 Alison Brown Quartet, Clover School District Auditorium, 1625 Hwy. 55 East, Clover, SC, 8 PM, $15. Call David Yandle at 803-222-8018.

Mike Strauss Band & Chris Trapper & Josh Roberts and the Hinges, The Even-ing Muse, 8 PM, $8-10.

OCT 30 Blue Highway & Farewell Drifters, McGlohon Theatre, 8 PM, $22.50-27.50.

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OCT 24: June Advincula (piano) & Lew Gel-fond (fiddle) w/Hank Morris calling.

Charlotte Country Dancers, Chantilly Com-munity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Char-lotte. Every Monday evening. Lesson 7:30 PM. Dance 8-10 PM, $7. Call Nancy Howe at 704-536-9594. www.charlottedancegypsies.org. OCT 5: Twisted Laurel w/Dean Snipes. OCT 12: Eat More Chicken w/Shelley Wor-man calling. OCT 19: Sons of the Full Moon w/Charley Harvey calling. OCT 26: Poultry In Motion w/Gretchen Caldwell calling.

The Grey Eagle, Haywood Rd. & Clingman Ave., Asheville, Mondays, 8 PM, $5. Call 828-232-5800 for details; visit www.oldfarmersball.com. OCT 5: Jupiter Road w/Tom and Myra call-ing. OCT 12: Crowfoot w/Adina Gordon. OCT 19: Cailen Campbell & David Brown w/Barbara Groh calling. w/Anne Marie Walter calling. OCT 26: The Spring Chickens w/Perry Sha-fran calling.

Boone Country Dancers, Apple Barn, Valle Crucis Conference Ctr., Valle Crucis, NC. Les-sons 7:30, dance 8 PM, $7. Bob Oelberg at 828-265-2627; www.boonecountrydancers.org. OCT 10: Hot Sonata w/John Culp calling.

Carolina Song & Dance Assn., Carrboro Cen-tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Call 919-967-9948 for directions. Visit http://csda-dance.org/index.htm NO OCTOBER DANCE.

Columbia Traditional Music and Dance, Ar-senal Hill Park Bldg., Laurel & Lincoln Sts., Columbia, SC. Lessons 7 PM, Dance 7:30-10:30 PM, $8. Call 803-796-8935 or visit www.contracola.org. OCT 10: BonneTerre w/Marolyn Floyd.

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, The Grange, Guilford School Rd., off I-40 E, Greensboro. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM. Call Carol Thompson at 336-272-3245 or email George Segebade at gsegebade_80@msn.com. Visit website at http://feetretreat.com. OCT 3: No Strings Attached w/Shawn Bren-neman calling. OCT 17: Dennis Spring & Sons of the Full Moon w/Louie Cromartie.

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, Vintage Theatre, Vintage St. & S. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC. Every Tuesday; Dance 8-10 PM, $6; $4 students. See contact info above. OCT 6: Big Home Band w/Dean Snipes. OCT 13: Rich & Tolly w/Maggie Jo Saylor. OCT 20: Mostly Mountain Boys (Paul

Brown, Terry McMurray, Craig Smith & Scott Huffman) w/Louie Cromartie (10:30 PM). OCT 27: Slate Mountain Ramblers w/Perry Shafran calling.

Harvest Moon Folk Society, River Falls Lodge, near Marietta, SC, Set up 5 PM, Pot-luck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, Children free. Call Terry Pizzuto at 864-639-6113 or email tpzzt@clemson.edu; www.harvestmoonfolk.org. OCT 2: Friday Advance Dance: Land of Sky w/Barbara Groh calling. No begin-ners/new dancers. OCT 3: SteamShovel w/Adina Gordon.

Harvest Moon Folk Society, YWCA, 700 August St., Greenville, SC. Lessons 7 PM, dance 7:30-10 PM, $7, teens 14-17 $4. www.harvestmoonfolk.org. OCT 14: SteamShovel w/Jennie Wake-field. OCT 28: All-Star Volunteers w/Callers’ Collective.

Harvest Moon Folk Society, St. Mark Meth-odist Church, 306 N. Franklin Rd., Greenville, SC. Lessons 7:30 PM; dance 8 PM, $8. www.harvestmoonfolk.org OCT 10: Inexplicabilies w/Barbara Groh calling.

Old Farmer’s Ball, Morris Pavilion, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC, Thursdays, Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8 PM, $6. Beginning & intermediate music jam Thursdays, 7:30 PM. Information: 828-299-8823/828-298-7821 or visit www.oldfarmersball.com. OCT 8: Crowfoot w/Bob Issacs (NJ). OCT 15: Wild Asparagus w/George Sege-bade. OCT 22: Dry Ridge Runners w/Perry Sha-fran. OCT 29: Attic Rattlers w/Hank Morris calling.

Triangle Country Dancers, Carrboro Cen-tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.TCDancers.org. OCT 3: FootLoose/Contrazz sponsored; $9. OCT 9: Skylark w/Adina Gordon calling. OCT 23: Footloose w/Joy Greenwolfe call-ing.

Triangle Country Dancers, Pleasant Green Comm. Ctr., Pleasant Green Comm. Rd., near Cole Mill Rd., (N or I-85, between Dur-ham & Hillsborough). Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.TCDancers.org. OCT 30: Halloween Dance with House Red & Charley Harvey calling.

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Calendar, continued Triangle Country Dancers, Talley Student Ctr. Ballroom, NC State Campus, Raleigh, NC. Lessons 8:30 PM, Dance 7-10 PM, $8; Students $5. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.contradanceswithwolves.org OCT 17: Band & Caller TBA. OCT 31: Band & Caller TBA. DANCE WEEKENDS:

OCT 9-11: Mountain Madness Dance Weekend, Jonesborough Visitors Ctr., 117 Boone St., Jonesborough TN. Crowfoot, Contrarians, and Fine Companions w/Beth Molaro & Bob Issacs calling. $50. David Wiley @ 423-534-8879; www.historicjonesboroughdancesociety.org/

OCT 15-18, Fall LEAF, Camp Rockmont, Black Mountain, NC. Wild Asparagus and Notorious and Sam Bartlett w/George Marshall and Adina Gordon call-ing.

NOV 13-15, “Pirates of the Contrabean,” Chattahoochee Contra Dancers Weekend, Decatur Recreation Ctr., 231 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA. Tribal Tune Twisters, Elixir, and Wing & A Prayer w/Rob Harper & Nils Fredland calling. www.contradance.org/html/2009-Pirates/index.htm

ONGOING EVENTS:

MONDAYS Find Your Muse Open Mic, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3. 1st MONDAYS Open Bluegrass Jam, Scruggs Opry House, 124 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free. http://scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com/ 2nd & 4th MONDAYS Open Irish Session, Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC, 7:30-10 PM. Tim Helfrich: 704–895-0505. www.summitcoffee.com. 4th MONDAYS Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society, Watson Stage, Wilkes Community College, Wilkes-boro, NC, 7 PM; www.wilkesfolks.com.

TUESDAYS Charlotte Scottish Country Dance Soci-ety, Selwyn Ave. Presbyterian Church, 2929 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, 7:30-9:30 PM, donation. Call 704-366-9260 or 704-333-6917. Community Singers, Friends School of Charlotte, 7001 Wallace Rd., Charlotte, 7-8 PM, free. Contact Carol Raedy at 704-367-2536 or carol@communitysongleaders.org. 2nd TUESDAYS Nashville Songwriters Assoc. Interna-tional, Workshop Meeting, The Well, 220 Main St., Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Call Greg Baker at 704-846-3873; visit www.NSAICharlotte.com. (Continued on page 10.)

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CFS Junior Board Members Charlotte Folk Society By-Laws pro-vide that we may have as many as three Junior Board members between the ages of fourteen and eighteen at any given time. We feel fortunate that Carson Hedberg and Avery McGuirt have agreed to serve in this capacity and to provide to the Board the per-spective of younger members. We’d like to introduce them to you, in their own words. Carson Hedberg My name is Carson Hedberg and I am fifteen years old. I am a sopho-more at Myers Park High School and have lived in Charlotte all of my life. At Myers Park, I enjoy singing in the chorus and playing on the softball team. I started playing the mountain dulcimer when I was about eight years old after I saw the instrument in a quaint dulcimer shop along the Blue Ridge Parkway. I was in-stantly in love with the dulcimer and that Christmas, I got my first cardboard dulcimer. I began tak-ing lessons with my teacher, John Renwick, and have been strum-ming ever since.

I enjoy playing all different styles of music on the dulcimer including folk songs, Celtic, old time, and contemporary music. I have also composed a few songs myself and like to experiment with different playing styles and techniques. As well as just playing the dulcimer, I also enjoy performing at local ven-ues such as Festival in the Park, the Tosco Music Party, and CFS youth showcase events. One of the great-est joys of playing this instrument is learning from and sharing it with others. A few years ago, I won the Marilyn Meacham Price Scholarship from the Charlotte Folk Society to go to Dulcimer Week at the Swannanoa Gathering.

I learned so much from the incredi-ble teachers and players there; it was truly an unforgettable experi-ence. I have also been to Western Carolina University Mountain Dul-cimer Week twice and had two more inspiring experiences.

After playing for over seven years, I have learned a lot about this great instrument, but I know there is al-ways more to learn. I plan to keep making music for as long as I can, as it is something that is a big part of my life. Avery McGuirt Fifteen-year-old Avery McGuirt has been playing violin since he was five. He began by taking classical lessons which he continues today; but he also began studying blue-grass fiddle with champion fiddler Glen Alexander three years ago. Avery plays fiddle in his family’s band, The Whippersnappers, as well as violin in the Charlotte Sym-phony Youth Orchestra and the Mallard Creek High School Orches-tra. This December, he will travel to Limoges, France to play in an in-ternational student orchestra. He has received ribbons for his fiddling in competitions at several regional fiddlers’ conventions. In addition, he’s had the honor of winning Charlotte Folk Society’s Marilyn Meacham Price Youth Scholarship to attend Fiddle Week at the Swan-nanoa Gathering. He has received merit scholarships for private violin study, performed in the North Carolina Western Regional Orches-tra, and, most recently, Avery was inducted into Tri-M, the high school music honor society. When he’s not playing music, Avery’s into aca-demics, collecting songs on his iPod, watching art films, reading, and hanging out with his friends.

(Calendar, continued from page 9.) 3rd TUESDAYS Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing, St. Mi-chael’s Anglican Church, 2211 Margaret Wallace Rd., Charlotte, NC, 7 PM. Catherine Sullivan at 704-900-7850 or pra-vosla68@yahoo.com; www.charlottesacredharp.org. WEDNESDAYS Bluegrass, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Ck. Rd., Derita, NC. 9-11 PM. No cover. 704-597-8230; www.puckettsfarm.com. Bluegrass, Old-Time Country, Folk & Gos-pel Jam Session, Cabarrus Co. Senior Ctr., 331 Corban Ave., SE, Concord, 6:30-9 PM. Open to the public and free. Call 704-920-3484. High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Jam Ses-sion, The Cultural Arts Ctr., 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro, 6-10 PM. 336-674-1277. Open Mic Night, The Comet Grill, 2224 Park Rd., Dilworth, Charlotte, 7:30 PM. Host: Bill McDonald. Call 704-371-4300. 1st WEDNESDAYS Tosco House Party (open mic), The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson, Charlotte, 8 PM, $2. Host John Tosco. www.toscomusicparty.org.

THURSDAYS Charlotte International Folk Dancers, 8-10 PM, St. John's United Methodist Church, 4305 Monroe Rd., Jeannine Wright. 704-847-0134. Open Mic hosted by Dale Hillyard, Puck-ett’s Farm Equipment, 8 PM. 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS Bluegrass Thursday Night, Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, 5780 Allison Ck. Rd., York, SC, 6:30-9:30, free. Call 803-684-5875. 2nd THURSDAYS Storytellers Guild of Charlotte, Arboretum Barnes and Noble, 3327 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Charlotte, 7:30 PM, free. Storytelling first hour of meeting; public welcomed. Call Ramona Moore-Big Eagle at 704-568-6940. 2nd & 4th THURSDAYS Open Acoustic Music Gathering, Charlotte Friends Meeting House, 570 W. Rocky River Rd., Charlotte 28256, 8-10:15 PM; no alcohol permitted. Dennis Spring at 704-535-8594.

FRIDAYS Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, home of Carol Rousey, 9:30 AM-Noon. Call Carol at 704-321-2020 for directions. Alleghany Jubilee, Spartan Theater, N. Main St., Sparta, NC. Live old-time & bluegrass bands; dancing. Admission. Call 336-372-4591; visit www.blueridgemusic.org. 2nd FRIDAYS **Charlotte Folk Society Gathering (August-June), Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Eliza-beth Ave., Charlotte. Concert, song circle & jams. Free & open to the public; donations appreciated. 7:30 PM. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org. (Continued on page 11.)

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Thanks to the generosity of The Vio-lin Shoppe, Inc., the Folk Society will be able to raise funds again this year through instrument raffles. The Shoppe has donated a fine Milano model Amati violin to us. It is constructed of aged spruce and maple, with a one-piece flamed back and a nicely even grained top, and eb-ony fit-tings. The Mi-lano’s tone is mellow and the look is aged. The retail value of the violin, bow, and case is $1495. Also to be raffled are a guitar and dulcimer from The Violin Shoppe. The Bristol by Blueridge BD-16 Dreadnaught Guitar has a spruce top and mahogany back, sides, and neck and has a rosewood peghead overlay with decorative silkscreen design. It has a natural, high-gloss finish and is shop adjusted. The guitar comes with a hardshell case and the retail value of guitar plus case is $350. The Applecreek Dulcimer (Appalachian style) is made in Romania and features a walnut fretboard. It is 30 inches long. The retail value of the dulcimer, with padded case, is $130. The Violin Shoppe is located at 2112 East Seventh Street. Folk Society members receive a ten percent dis-count. For detailed information about instruments, acces-sories, and services of-fered, visit www.theviolinshoppe.net. The

Violin Shoppe offers traditional and bluegrass fiddle lessons, as well as classical violin lessons, including the Suzuki Method. Instruction for guitar, banjo,

mandolin, Dobro, bass, and bodhran is also available.

The three instru-ments will be raffled individually. Dulci-

mer raffle tickets cost $1 each or $5 for six tickets. Guitar raf-fle tickets cost $2

each or $10 for six tickets. Raffle tickets for the vio-lin cost $6 each or $30 for six tick-ets. Drawings for the winning tickets for all three instruments will take place during the Folk Society’s Annual Holiday Potluck on Sat-urday, December 12th, now ten-tatively scheduled at Dilworth United Methodist Church, 605 East Boulevard, in Charlotte. Ticket holders need not be pres-ent to win. For tax compliance

reasons, raffle winners must fill out a W-9 form before re-ceiving their awards. Win-

ners are responsible for all resulting income taxes, if any.

The instruments will be on display and raffle tickets will

be available to purchase at all Gatherings at the Great Aunt Stella Center this fall, as well as our December Potluck. For your convenience, you may also buy tickets online at www.folksociety.org.

2009 CFS Instrument Raffles (Calendar, continued from page 10.) Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Char-lotte. After Folk Society concert, app. 8:30 PM. Mark Willingham at 980-254-8059. 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS: Boots-N-Slippers Square Dance, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, 7407 Steele Ck. Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. Call 704-525-1940.

SATURDAYS: Morning Jam Session, Cook Shack, Union Grove, NC. Exit 65 off I-77 North; turn west; travel 2 miles; sits on left of road. Call Pal Ireland at 704-539-4353 for directions. Bluegrass Jam Session, Pat’s Gourmet Coffee Shop, 166 North Main St., Mooresville, 9 AM-1 PM. Call 704-662-6299. Singer/Songwriter Performers, Starbucks on East Blvd, 1401 East Boulevard at Scott Ave., Charlotte, 8-11 PM. Call 704-338-9911. Mineral Springs Music Barn, Mineral Springs, NC (4 mi. east of Waxhaw, on Hwy. 75, by RR tracks). 7:30-11 PM, $6. Two bands play 2 sets each. Bob Wyatt: 803-329-3833. 1st SATURDAYS Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society Open Mic, Wilkes Heritage Museum, Wilkesboro, NC, 10 AM; www.wilkesfolks.com. 3rd SATURDAYS Blue Ridge Jamboree, Surry Arts Council, Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford St., Mt. Airy, NC, 7:30 PM, $5. 336-786-7998. Old Time Square Dance, Denton Civic Ctr., W. Salisbury St., Denton, NC. Live bands for traditional dances, 7-10:30 PM, $5 adults. 336-475-9397; www.geocities.com/dentondance. Folklife Demonstrations and Traditional Artists & Musicians, Historic Hagood Mill, 3 miles N of Pickens, SC, off Hwy. 178, on Hagood Mill Rd. www.co.pickens.sc.us.

SUNDAYS: Bluegrass Jam, Tyber Creek Pub, 1933 South Blvd., Charlotte, 8-10 PM. Call Everette Car-penter at 704-567-1187. Live Celtic Music at Ri-Ra, The Irish Pub, 208 N. Tryon, 7-9 PM, food available, no cover. 704-333-5554. CLOSED DUE TO FIRE. 1st SUNDAYS: Charlotte Blues Society, Double Door Inn, 218 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, 8 PM, $5. Concert & open mic blues jam. 704-455-5875. 2nd SUNDAYS: **CFS Monthly Old Time Jam Session, Asbury Care Center Living Room at Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive (between East-way Drive and Sharon Amity Road) in east Charlotte, 2-4 PM, free. Call Tom Kelleher at 704-366-9441. English Country Dancers meet at 7:30 PM. Call Nancy Howe at 704-536-9594 for location (east Charlotte). 3rd SUNDAYS: Dixieland Jam Sessions, Fraternal Order of Police Hall, 1201 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, 6-9 PM, free. Dinner & bar service available. Call Tom Walsh at 704-535-4400.

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Cuz’s Corner As usual, high points were too many to list, but favorites in-cluded a solo Marty Stuart per-formance at the Station Inn, an un-announced two-hour John Fogerty show in the tiny Mercy Lounge, a songwriter round with Elizabeth Cook, Mary Gauthier, and Nancy Griffith, and the awards show in the Ryman, pretty much swept by Buddy and Julie Miller. As usual, it’s hard to beat bluegrass or tradi-tional music at the Station Inn! There are many festivals that have lots of great mu-sic, but I feel the workshops, key-note interviews, and special events around town are what make the AMAs so special. I suppose my very favorite inti-mate moment was a fascinating keynote interview with Rosanne Cash. Much of the discussion revolved around her years growing up and her rela-tionship with her iconic father and stepmother, Johnny and June Car-ter Cash. I found it extremely fas-cinating listening to her talk about her lifetime process of coming to terms with and embracing a fam-ily legacy that has no equal in American music. Evidently this journey began about 35 years ago on Johnny Cash’s tour bus when Johnny, afraid his nineteen-year-old daughter lacked an under-standing of country music, handed her his list of the one hundred es-sential country songs recorded be-fore 1973. Rosanne kept this handwritten list all through the years. It includes Appalachian

By Dennis Frost I welcome you, one and all, to the first official Cuz’s Corner of Autumn 2009! These past few days qualify as my definition of picture perfect weather - one begins the day with warm layers of clothing but short sleeves are the order of the day a couple of hours later! Being a long-time Charlotte resident, I feel one of the rites of the fall season is the annual Festival in the Park. Over the past few years, the CFS stage has become a musical anchor of the weekend and this year was no exception. Surviving wind, rain, and the collapse of the plywood stage backdrop, spirits were high and the music and dance were out-standing. A big thanks to all the musicians, dancers, and volunteers that made it all happen! As mentioned in my last article, one of my personal fall pilgrimages is my annual seven-hour trek west to Nashville for the Americana Music Association Conference and Festi-val. In good weather, the drive up to Asheville and across the Great Smokies and Cumberlands is among some of the finest driving this side of the Mississippi. Well, folks, that was not the case this year, as the same system that flooded Atlanta was draped across the mountains both coming and go-ing. If any of you have driven I-40 over the mountains to Knoxville sandwiched between a retaining wall and a parade of tractor trailers in a driving rainstorm, you know what I’m talking about. As Jane Fonda used to say, “No pain, no gain.” No doubt, life improved dramatically as I took my seat at Douglas Corner on my way into town for my hotel check-in. Hey, music does come first!

ballads, southern gospel, as well as perfectly crafted gems by the likes of A. P. Carter, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and many, many others. Evidently the idea of recording some of these songs began during a promotional tour of her Grammy-nominated Black Cadil-lac disc, a work and song cycle dealing with the loss of her father, mother, and her stepmother, June. The result and Cuz’s pick of the month is her just released The List. This CD is just perfect, beautifully produced by her husband/producer John Leventhal, and in-

cludes such gems as Motherless Children, Sea of Heartbreak (with Bruce Spring-steen), I’m Moving On, 500 Miles, Girl From the North Country, Silver Wings, Heartaches by the Number (with Elvis Cos-tello) and Bury Me Beneath the Wil-low. I just love this disc and was left wanting to hear her

record the other eighty- eight songs on the list. (www.rosannecash.com) Johnny and June cast a loving shadow over the AMA proceedings this year, as they have every year since they walked into the hereafter, hand in hand! Another highlight included an open house at the Compass Rec-ords studio where Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and other leg-ends recorded in the past. The leg-endary Highwaymen project was recorded here! An unplugged set by Bearfoot in the studio, as well as good food and good company, made the trek across a difficult city to drive in well worth it. By the way, Compass Records, co-

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founded by musicians Alison Brown and Garry West, is a class act, as is this talented couple. As a note for our lovers of Celtic music, Compass has recently absorbed the Green Linnet catalog and may well have the world’s largest collection in this genre today. (www.compassrecords.com) Compass is for and about the artist, so I would encourage you to check them out. Quickly, another magic moment was catching a CD release party for Kieran Kane’s Somewhere Beyond the Roses disc at tiny Grimey’s rec-ord store. It’s always a treat to hear the artists on a disc performing it all the way through just the way it was laid down in the studio. I es-pecially enjoyed the guitar work by legendary session man and pro-ducer Richard Bennett, as well as a cameo appearance by the legen-dary David Olney. There is just something about a hundred or so folks squeezed between the funky record bins in a living room-sized space listening to great organic mu-sic! This album not only is typi-cally poetic and topical, but also has texture and groove to spare and is another October pick. In the news, the renovated Don Gibson Theater in Shelby has its grand opening on November 21, featuring Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives. Hats off to the fine folks at Destination Cleve-land County for turning the idea of making Shelby a musical destina-tion into a reality! Also, speaking of little ole Shelby, don’t forget about the Art of Sound Festival, October 22-24, in Uptown Shelby, featuring Jones and Leva, Eliza-beth Cook, Darin and Brooke Al-dridge, Malcolm Holcombe, The Harris Brothers, Kari Sickenberger (Polecat Creek), Fayssoux McLean and Brandon Turner, and many others. (www.ccartscouncil.org) We at WGWG radio are proud to be hosting all the stages this year!

Justine B. Koch Jane Landis (Student) Jennifer Sprouse (Student) Family Members Lauren, Michael, Lily & Sophie Baine Cindy Thomson and Michael Mur-phy Danny and Catherine Wicker

Affilliate Organization Charlotte Museum of History

“No miss” October shows in town include Joe Newberry and Mike Compton on October 9th at the Great Aunt Stella Center (CFS gathering – see the article!), plus Blue Highway with The Farewell Drifters, a co-bill of John Cowan with The Waybacks, and the Caro-lina Chocolate Drops, all at beau-tiful McGlohan Theater. Please check out www.maxxmusic.com for all the dates and times. There is more live music than you can “shake a stick at” the rest of the year, so I hope to see you at a venue or festival soon. As always, if you have great recordings to share or know of a “no miss” con-cert or festival the readers would be interested in, please contact me! The best in music! Cuz To share with Cuz about your favorite music, contact him at 704-532-8846 or dcmfrost@mindspring.com.

Thank You, New And Renewing Members!

We extend a warm welcome to our new members. Their names appear in bold type below. We also appre-ciate the continuing support of members who renewed this past month. The Charlotte Folk Society is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organi-zation and your donations are de-ductible as charitable contributions under applicable tax law. Individual Members Janet Dyer Judith Goss Susan Hyzak

Each fall we offer a terrific deal to new and lapsed CFS members.Join or renew after September 1st, and your membership will not expire until December 31, 2010. Just visit the Information Table at any CFS event and join on the spot. For your convenience, use the form on page 15 of this newsletter or join online at www.folksociety.org, us-ing a credit card, or download a membership form from the website and mail it in with your check.

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to Tom Kelleher and Peter McCranie, who were recognized on September 20th by the Metrolina Theatre Association for their exemplary performance in providing “atmospheric music” for the 2008 CAST production of Fox-fire. Tom and Peter were members of the “Stony Lonesome Boys” and played guitar and dobro, respec-tively, as well as singing. Truly a well-deserved award!

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All events are open to the public and will take place on second Fri-days at the Great Aunt Stella Cen-ter, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, with exceptions noted. The front doors to the concert space will open at 7 PM; concerts will begin at 7:30 PM. Gatherings are free and open to the public; donations are appreciated. November 13: Back by request, CFS Members’ Showcase. A chance for our many talented musi-cians to shine! December 12: CFS Holiday Jam & Potluck features a short performance of holiday music by Little Win-dows (Julee & Mark Weems), known for ex-quisite unac-companied vo-cals in Appalachian & Celtic tradi-tions. Dilworth United Methodist Church, 605 East Blvd., Charlotte. 5-9:45 PM. Bring a dish to share or donate $5 towards expenses. January 8: The Last Resort Band plays bluegrass infused with some soul & rock ‘n’ roll. Four-member band features fiddler extraordi-naire, Glen Alexander, and banjo master, Sammy Shelor, founder of the Lonesome River Band. http://thelastresortband.com February 12: 80-year-old John Dee Holeman is a Piedmont NC blues guitarist, singer & buckdancer. Recipient of the NEA Folk Heritage Award in 1988 & the NC Heritage Award in 1994, he is a national treausre. www.ncarts.org/artistpage.cfm?ser=35889&num=35389 March 12: Annual Young Talent Showcase highlights impressive tal-

2009-2010 CFS Gatherings ents of our young musicians, in-cluding 2009 Marilyn Meacham Price Swannanoa Scholarship winner, Tyler Mitchell. April 9: A very special evening of Irish poetry and song with Little Windows (Julee and Mark Weems) and Dr. Edwin Wilson, a retired Wake Forest University professor whose were classes al-ways sought after. Dr. Wilson is an expert on Blake, Yeats & Tho-mas, whose passion truly makes

poetry come alive for lis-teners. www.littlewindows.net May 14: Noto-rious (Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger) perform tradi-tional Ameri-

can, Celtic, & Eastern European songs and tunes on fiddle, banjo & guitar. Based in Massachusetts, Notorious is especially popular with contra dancers. They have toured extensively in the U.S. and England. www.notoriousfolk.com June 11: The Whippersnappers, Emmy, Casey, and Avery McGuirt have grown up in the Folk Soci-ety. With their dad, David, they play bluegrass, gospel, and folk music and have performed at Gospel Shout, Festival in the Park, as part of the Singing Christmas Tree, and many other events. WNCN’s Carolina Traveler fea-tured The Whippersnappers in a 2008 segment. Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are made possible, in part, by funding from the Arts & Science Council and the North Carolina Arts Council, an

agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endow-ment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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Responding to a number of re-quests, CFS is again offering for sale Rise Up Singing, The Group Singing Songbook. Marketed by Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine, the book retails for $24.95. We are selling copies of Rise Up Singing for $18 each at CFS events. This price enables us to donate ten cop-ies to the Song Circle, break even on the cost of books and shipping, and still extend a discount to CFS members. We only have three copies left – if you want one, buy it soon! Rise Up Singing is a collection that contains words and guitar chords to 1190 songs, arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format. They include “Folk Revival” favorites by Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, and more; contemporary folk songs; Broadway show tunes, Beatles’ songs, and Motown hits; hymns, spirituals, and gospel stan-dards; songs about peace, freedom, labor, and the environment; and ballads, cowboy songs, chanteys, and blues. Songs are fully indexed. Books are available online at www.folksociety.org as well; pricing will include an additional charge for shipping. Rise Up Singing makes a welcomed gift!

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