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SPOT ACTS NIGHT NOV 6th The Strzelecki Stringbusters (The Stringbusters) will not be

able to make it on November 6th as previ-

ously advised. Your Committee has de-

cided to instead have a “Spot Acts” only

night, and maybe finish the night with an

all-in jam session. This will give a greater

number of folk to get up and perform on

what is really our final Club Night of the

year (December being our Christmas Party)

If you want to get a “gig”, please call Max

on 9551 2123 or 0428 306 687

CHECK OUT OUR NEW-LOOK CLUB WEBSITE!!!! @ www.peninsulafolkclub.org.au.. It’s still a “work in

progress, but we’re getting there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHRISTMAS PARTY 2011 This year’s festivities will return to the traditional BBQ and Jam Session

on Sunday 4th DECEMBER from 12 noon to 4pm..ish

It will be at the Bowling Club...weather permitting it will be outside.

The club will provide sausages and hamburgers and a couple of tubs of

salad and bread and butter. BYO instruments of course. It will be free to

members and $5 for non members.

Our friends at the Bowls Club will have the bar open..it being a licensed

premises, it will have to be NO BYO

This is a chance for us to let our hair down (easier for some than others)

and relax and socialize and reminisce about old times when real music

was being played and to reflect back what a great year we’ve had in 2011.

OCTOBER CLUB NIGHT We promised you Top-class Bluegrass with a twist. COOLGRASS making musical mischief with Bluegrass. And they delivered bigtime!..in a show that is both musical and visually zany. We said they take the classic Bluegrass line-up of banjo, guitar, mandolin and double bass then break the rules, and they did! Many of us (your Editor included) have seen Coolgrass many times, but we were treated to a lot of new material..including their parody of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah as How Peculiar, and a tribute (I think) to Mary Poppins with all stops pulled out. Great stuff Guys. Where do you get those hats?? Preceding Coolgrass, was a great set from Fat Chance, with Angus from Coolgrass filling in on bass. Great night as always.. What else is there to say??

PFC PLAYING AT VILLAGE BAXTER OPEN DAY

PFC PLAYING IN THE HEART OF FRANKSTON on

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS SATURDAY 26/11/2011

We’ve been asked by Frankston Council to play as part of their Festival of Lights Program during the day on the corner of Shan-non St and Station Street at the entrance to the Bayside/Quayside Centre from 11am to 2pm. It will give us a chance to give something back to the Community and let the people of Frankston know that PFC is alive and kicking!! If you would like to be a part of this as a performer, and you feel you are up to representing PFC in the wide world, give Max Amos a call on 9551 2123 or0428 306 687 . We would also appreciate help giving out leaflets and generally helping generate interest and atmosphere

CONGRATULATIONS to EVAN & MAGGIE WEBB

On their recent Marriage. Every good wish from all

your friends at PFC

FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE SATURDAY 18th FEBRUARY

AUSSIE LEGEND JOHN WILLIAMSON IN CONCERT Experience the iconic John Williamson at Frankston Arts Centre, unveiling his new songs from his forthcoming al-bum release. Your chance to hear them performed live first! A modern day poet firmly cemented in the nation’s musical culture, John Williamson’s impressive career spans more than forty years. He has survived and soared in the often cut-throat entertainment industry. His unofficial anthems, tributes to legends and unsung heroes and tender ballads have captured the spirit of the nation in song unlike any other. His honest and passionate songs are synonymous with the country that inspires him and connect him with his countrymen regardless of age, sex or creed. You can call him what you want, Mallee Boy, True Blue or just plain Fair Dinkum; but there is no denying that after more than forty years in the music industry, John Williamson is truly an Australian icon.

THE GIRGARRE MOOSIC MUSTER is a commu-nity run festival held in January each year in the small

farming community of Girgarre, west of Shepparton in

Victoria.

Have you ever aspired to play a musical instrument but

have never been given the opportunity to try? This is your chance.

One of the many activities at the Girgarre Moosic Muster provides an

opportunity for people who have never played an instrument before

and would love to try, a chance to have-a-go. Been playing for a while and want some additional inspiration? The ad-

vanced workshops provide an opportunity for those who can already

play and want to improve their skills. There will be a group of talented

teachers to run the workshops. If you are able to assist in the running

of the workshops, your help would be greatly appreciated.

Workshops are offered in Basic and Ad-

vanced; Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Fiddle,

Ukulele, Double Bass, Flute, Tin Whistle.

There is also a Clogging Workshop which

was very popular last year.

This is your opportunity to

hop in and have-a-go. Come and join us for a

great weekend of activi-

ties, music amid an amaz-

ing sense of community.

Want to know more??. Ask Max Amos or Vincent Tuck

GIRGARRE MOOSIC MUSTER JAN 6-8 2012

The National Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Convention

17-18-19-20 November 2011 is entirely produced and managed by dedicated volunteers of the registered not-for-profit group, The Harrietville Bluegrass

and Traditional Country Music Convention Inc.

We wish to thank the The Alpine Shire for their input. Also the sponsorship and support of the

Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Society of Australia and its State representatives for help-

ing make this event possible. Special thanks and recognition to sponsor, Ian Alexander and his

love of old time music.

MUSIC FESTIVALS HAPPENING IN EARLY 2012

JANUARY

Girgarre Moosic Muster 6-8. 2012 Girgarre Vic

Gulgong Folk Festival 6-8, 2012 Gulgong, NSW

Cygnet Folk Festival 6- 8, 2012 Cygnet, TAS

Illawarra Folk Festival 12- 15, 2012 Bulli, NSW

Tamar Valley Folk Festival 13-14, 2012 Georgetown, TAS

Tamworth Country Music Festival 20-29, 2012 Tamworth, NSW

FEBRUARY

National Austraian Blues Festival 6-8, 2012 Goulburn, NSW

Northern Beaches Music Festival 17-19, 2012 Narrabeen, NSW

Cobargo Folk Festival 24-26, 2012 Cobargo, NSW

MARCH

Sydney Road Street Party 4th, 2012 Brunswick, VIC

Port Fairy Folk Festival 9-12 2012 Port Fairy Vic

Healesville Music Festival 11th, 2012 Healesville VIC

Brunswick Music Festival 14-25, 2012 Brunswick, VIC

Adelaide Fringe Festival 24 Feb to 18 Mar Adelaide, SA

Man From Snowy River Festival 29Mar - 2Apr Corryong, VIC

FRANK THE POET MacNamara, Francis (1810–1861) by R. H. W. Reece

Francis MacNamara (c.1810-1861+), convict, known as 'Frank The Poet', was possibly from County Clare, Ireland, although he was reported at his trial at Kilkenny in January 1832 to be 'a real Corkonian' in his speech. His writings show that he had a good education in English literature and was familiar with the Irish Bardic tradition and its poetic forms. MacNamara was entered in the convict records as both Protestant and Catholic and with different places of origin and occupations. Sentenced to seven years transportation for smashing a shop window and stealing a piece of cloth, he entertained the court to an extempore epigram expressing his happiness at being sent to 'Botany Bay'. Aboard the convict transport Eliza he composed 'a mock heroic poem' about his trial; this did not prevent him from incurring a flogging for 'bad conduct'.

Reaching Sydney on 6 September 1832, MacNamara was assigned to John Jones, but within three months was put in an ironed gang for an undisclosed offence. During the next eight years he received fourteen floggings (650 lashes) and served three and a half years in road gangs, thirteen days of solitary confinement and three months on the tread-mill. Early in 1838 he was assigned to the Australian Agricultural Co. at Calala on the Peel River, before being moved to Stroud and in 1839 to the company's coalmines at New-castle. Apparently refusing to work under-ground, he was transferred to an ironed gang at Woolloomooloo and from there to Par-ramatta, then to Berrima to work on road mak-ing. For escaping and carrying arms stolen from their guards, he and four others were sentenced to seven months transportation to Van Die-men's Land in July 1842.

Apart from being punished for leading a successful go-slow protest, MacNamara did not get into trouble at Port Arthur. He received his ticket-of-leave in January 1847, his conditional pardon late that year and his full pardon in July 1849. Moving to Melbourne, he subsequently vanished from the record apart from an appearance in 1861 at the Mudgee goldfields in New South Wales where he made a genealogy for a local innkeeper and an illuminated copy of Burns's 'Man Was Made To Mourn'. An 1868 description by Marcus Clarke of an Irish poet in one of the 'low' Melbourne pubs sounds very like MacNamara, but there is no record of what became of him.

There is dispute over how many of the verses that circulated orally and were written down by other people late in the nineteenth century were composed by 'Frank the Poet'. Incontestably, he wrote his magnum opus, 'The Convict's Tour to Hell', while working as a shepherd at Stroud in October 1839, and subsequently at Newcastle composed three petitions to the authorities, in verse. Other works which can be more or less confidently attributed to him were: 'Dialogue Between Two Hiber-nians in Botany Bay', 'Labouring with the Hoe', 'The Seizure of the Cypress Brig', 'The Ballad of Martin Cash', the celebrated 'The Convict's Lament' (also known as 'Moreton Bay') and some epi-grams. While possessing an extensive knowledge of classical literary allusions, he was also an ex-tempore versifier. His poems and songs had instant appeal to the convict population for their spir-ited opposition to the 'System' and were enthusiastically rendered around the evening campfire wherever convicts gathered.

BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL on 14-25 March 2012.

The performer applications for the festival have been open from the 1 July and closed on the 30 September. Although it is early days, the indications are that we will again feature a strong international component particularly of traditional origins, with, as is our policy, a spread of genre covering Celtic, world, roots, folk and acoustic.

From the North American continent we’re delighted to announce the

legendary Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, (pictured) who

were in Australia April past to perform at Apollo Bay, the National Folk Festival and Bluesfest at Byron Bay. Whilst Peter has played the festival solo this will be the band’s first visit to the festival.

Also from the States we will welcome for the first time Abigail

Washburn, ex of Uncle Earl and surely one of America’s best and

most exciting young banjo players forging a contemporary journey from traditional roots.

From Canada we will have a return visit from April Verch and her band, a superb young

traditional fiddle player and singer who began her career bringing Ottawa Valley fiddle and step danc-ing to the world and who now includes more old time and bluegrass in her new repertoire. Moving across the Atlantic, we’ll have the return of

the superb Battlefield Band (pictured) from

Scotland for the first time in many years, and from

England festival favourites Chris While and

Julie Matthews with their best album in many

years. So watch this space for more announcements in the next few months, where we’ll bring you advanced news on all the festival artists as they are confirmed. John McAuslan..Festival Director

VAN MORRISON TRIBUTE FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE CUBE 37 Friday 18

th November 8pm only

Member $25; Full $30; Concession $28

Van Morrison has written over 600 songs but much of his music is never played on the radio except for the very well known stuff. Come to a VM cabaret concert - see and hear the new and best Van Morrison tribute band to take the stage. VM vocalist not only looks like "The Man" but sounds like him. The band will have your foot tap-ping and you will be up dancing before you can say G-l-o-r-i-a. . Seats are limited so book now to hear your favourite Morrison tracks. An encore performance following August's SOLD OUT show.

BERWICK & DISTRICT FOLK CLUB 3rd Friday each month at The Berwick Old Cheese Factory from 7.30pm. .# Edward Nass, 0418 535264 Guests $10/ Members & Spot acts $7.00

November 18th..Richard Perso

Over 50 Festivals and still only aged 20 – Invited back to Canada for 2012 festival season. Richard Perso, being an only child he always had to make up for his isolation by creating the same amount of mess as 3 kids. Therefore it was only a natu-ral progression that led him to making as much noise as a 3-piece band. He doesn’t seem to have enough arms, legs or lungs to pull off such a physically demanding performance but that doesn’t stop him from playing 3 didgeridoos, driving a weapons cache of 4 overdriven acoustic guitars and somehow man-aging to replace the roll of a drummer with little more than his 2 feet. Having only picked up the guitar 6 years ago, it is fair to say that Richard Perso has achieved more in his short time than many musicians may ever dream of achieving. He played his first festival at the age of 15, won a string of compe-titions and awards at the age of 16, played at the Adelaide International Gui-tar Festival and The National Folk Festival by 17. At 18 he has added Wood-ford Folk Festival and New York performances to his resume, a further 17 festivals during 2009 as well as recording his Debut album in New York City which was released in March 2010. The momentum is building while the path Perso blazes is spreading and has just been invited back to Canada for the 2012 festival season. During recent performances, Richard has been voted by festival goers as one of the most popular acts, outranking many of the headline acts.

EARLY MORNING POLICE CHECK

An elderly man is stopped by the police around 2 a.m.

and is asked where he is going at this time of night.

The man replies, "I am on my way to a lecture about

alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human

body, as well as smoking and staying out late."

The officer then asks, "Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?"

The man replies, "That would be my wife."

The Ranges Burrinja Folk Club is held on the last Friday of every month featuring

great acoustic music in the relaxed & friendly atmosphere of the Burrinja Café in Glenfern Rd Upwey. The cafe/bar serves a wide variety of delicious food so come along and have dinner before or during the show. Burrinja Café For dinner reservations (not essential but a good idea) Ph: 9754 5707

FRIDAY 28th OCTOBER: The Mercurials The Mercurials are a musical trio that has been performing since the start of the 2004. They draw on a number of musi-cal bases (including blues, folk, rock and classical) to pro-duce a sound that is a unique product of the Melbourne mu-sical environment. The group has been described as a ‘hip chamber group playing contemporary adult music’ and is composed of ARIA award winning guitarist Andrew Pendle-bury, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Mark Ferrie and Adi Sap-pir, an adventurous, young cellist and vocalist. Their live rep-ertoire includes original material in addition to interpretations of tunes by artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Irving Berlin, Jimi Hendrix, Kraftwerk, and Neil Young.

GIG GUIDE GIG GUIDE

FOR YOUR MUSIC NEEDS, PFC MEMBERSHIP GETS YOU A

DISCOUNT AT THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES Bay City Music..10 Wells St. Frankston. Ph 9781 3022 Disc. to be negotiated Cranbourne Music Centre..130 High St, Cranbourne Ph 5996 6955 10% Disc. Nepean Music Centre...U4/1 Morn-Tyabb Rd. M’ngton. Ph: 5975 0293 10% Disc Guitars & Things 3e 415-417 Nepean Hwy (cnr Ross Smith Av F’ton Ph 9770 1765 15% Disc

Fathers in the Chapel presents a strictly acoustic concert with open stage format at St John's Anglican Church, Childers Street, Cranbourne. Held on a monthly basis, the evening's entertainment is open to all perform-ers and all types of music with each performance allotted ten minutes. Singers, musicians, and poets are all welcome. Admission is $7 for patrons and $2 for performers. 2nd Friday of each month commencing at 7.30 ………….Contact MICK TINETTI: 5971 4331

Peninsula Country Music Club Meet at the Rye Civic hall Napier St Rye on the SECOND

Sunday of the Month starting at 1pm also Verandah Music on the 3rd Sat from 1-4 at

Dromana Community Hall Dromana for Country, Bluegrass and Folk Music Contact Jack Kirby 5983 5922 re both these venues

SELBY FOLK CLUB meets on the 1st Friday of every month, at the

Selby Community House,, Wombalana Road, Selby. (Melway 75 K11)

(Doors open 7.30pm, Music starts 8.00pm.. Adults $10, Con.$8

NOVEMBER 4th The BILL JACKSON BAND

Ringwood Folk: Guest Artist Night is the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8:00 pm at East Ringwood Community Hall (enter from Knaith Road, off Dublin Road), Melway 50 B8. .Entry is $10.00 (Spot Act performers $5.00). # Maree Buttler 9733-0802

NOVEMBER 8th NICK CHARLES…(Pictured)>>>

Ringwood Colonial Bush Dances First Saturday of every month (except January), 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm at East Ringwood Elderly Citizens Club Hall, Laurence Grove, Ring-wood East (Melway 50 B8).

NOVEMBER 5th THE BRUMBIES

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If Undelivered return to: Peninsula Folk Club C/o P.O. Box 1398 Frankston Vic 3199

Dates to Remember Peninsula Folk Club:- CLUB NIGHTS... NOV 6, CHRISTMAS PARTY SUNDAY DEC 4

First Sunday each Month 5.45 - 9.30pm @ Frankston Bowling Clubrooms, Cnr Yuille & William Sts Frankston Informal Jam Session 5,45 – 6:30pm, then “Concert” 6.30– 9.30pm

Members $5.00 Visitors $7.00 Drinks & Meals available.