Come along to the Acoustic Night meeting this Friday 26th September, 7.30pm at the Scottish Society Hall in Bartholomew Road, Levin.
Door charge of $2.00 to cover supper and hall. Come and enjoy the company and music.
Don’t forget, if you want to catch the ‘Early Bird’ prices for the Wellington Folk festival – cut-off date is 30 September.
Post image courtesy of The Record.
Thanks to all those who attended the 25th Celebrations of the Levin Folk Music Club Inc party last night and who helped to make it such a special night.
The invited blackboard performers got the evening off to a good start with a selection of old and new songs. Many donations of finger food treats were added to the supper spread and the second half of the evening was a fantastic performance by Gumboot Tango from Taranaki.
The finale for the evening was a rousing jam session which was thoroughly enjoyable.
Our appreciation must also go to the volunteers who helped decorate the hall – Paul, Jean, Jeremy, Dale, Barbara (cakes and major decorations), 
Denyse, Chris;
Anne, Andrew and Kevin for setting up the sound system.
Thanks also to all those who helped tidy up at the end of the evening and to Chris and Barbara who stayed to do the sweeping and final cleanup after everyone else had gone.
Jill, Denyse, Barbara and Chris returned on Saturday morning to clean and mop the floors and cart away all the rubbish.
Without volunteers to help no voluntary organisation can achieve much.
Bent Horseshoe Cafe are going to have a folk afternoon on the 21st of September, starting at 2 oclock with a blackboard.
Hopefully 2 songs each.
Entry will be a gold coin.
There will be a shared tea about 5 or so and then followed by a jam or something for another hour or so.
For more details Levin Local Events or Bent Horseshoe Cafe’s Facebook Page.
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This Friday 12th September – come and help the Levin Folk Music club celebrate their 25th Anniversary.
Doors open shortly before 7.00 pm for a start time of 7.15 with a selected range of artists from the Club.
These artists, who will have 10 minute slots, cover the range of members from the Folk Club’s early days right up to the present. Unfortunately time is limited, so there will be NO individual blackboard places available on the night.
There will be a “Lakeflies” session at the end of the first half of the night’s entertainment as well as jam session at the end of the evening, for those who wish to stay (and play) on.
Silva Wood [Colin & Jill]
Friends [Ian, Kate, Charlie]
Marty and Bernie
Kevin & Gill
Anne & Co [Anne, Andrew, Kevin, Han]
Golowan [Han, Alaistair,Charlie, Andrew]
Atrix [Jeremy, Rona, Paul]
Lakeflies [All musicians invited on stage]
Followed by supper.
Our special guests are Gumboot Tango from Taranaki.
“Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other venture of life.” – Carrie Chapman Catt.
We need your help on Club nights and Acoustic nights.
Volunteers to man the door on Club nights are an essential part of running the Levin Folk Music Club. The duties aren’t onerous and, if enough people volunteer to help, you won’t be called upon to do it very often.
We also need members to assist the committee at acoustic nights.
We will have clip boards available at the celebration Club night on 12th September – please add your name if you can help.
You could also contact Ian Todd using our contact form message to ‘Rosters’.
Image courtesy of St Andrew’s
Levin Folk Club: Second Friday of every month at 7:30pm Horowhenua Scottish Society Hall, corner Bartholomew Road and Middlesex Street, Levin
This is our club’s 25th Anniversary celebration. Please, if you are able, do bring along a special finger food supper treat that’s easy to share. Entry will be $5.00 regardless of membership – so please bring a friend (or three) to help us celebrate.
Gumboot Tango
Our special guests are Gumboot Tango from Taranaki.
Gumboot Tango have a long association with our folk club and will give you a great rousing musical celebration.
Join us for a wonderful night of remembering the origins of the folk club, the hard work of those who have kept it going and to celebrate its successes.
Kiwi songs from rustic roots to big-smoke blues. The ‘Tango, Mike Harding, Janet Muggeridge, Steve Muggeridge and Wayne Morris, celebrate New Zealand songs and songwriters with a farmyard-infectious humour guaranteed to put a smile on your feet and the swing back in a Taranaki gate. Gumboot Tango – an earthy yet sophisticated musical experience.
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This is our club’s 25th Anniversary celebration. Please, if you are able, do bring along a special supper treat!
Our special guests are Gumboot Tango from Taranaki.
Gumboot Tango have a long association with our folk club and will give you a great rousing musical celebration.
Join us for a wonderful night of remembering the origins of the folk club, the hard work of those who have kept it going and to celebrate its successes.
Entry will be $5.00 regardless of membership – please bring a friend (or three) to help us celebrate.
The Club night is in the news.
Levin Folk Club: Second Friday of every month at 7:30pm Horowhenua Scottish Society Hall, corner Bartholomew Road and Middlesex Street, Levin
Entry $5 members/$8 non-members/$3 children.
CLUB NIGHT – Friday 8 August
Guest Artist: ROB JOASS with Kim Bonnington and Cameron Burnell.
Wellington singer songwriter Rob Joass – also in the band Hobnail and various other bands but this time is appearing solo and promoting a newly released solo album, ‘Black and
White’. Rob has earned praise for his songwriting throughout his career, and has had songs covered by bands in New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Hobnail’s album ‘The Fortune
Horses’ was a finalist for Best Folk Album while Rob has twice been a finalist for Best Country Song at the NZ music awards.
Filling out some of Rob’s arrangements will be the wonderful Kim Bonnington on vocals and guitar, and Cameron ‘Dusty’ Burnell on vocals and mandolin.
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