Opening the second half of the LAFTA season on Saturday, January 19, 2008 is theJeff Black Band. Coming from the Missouri plains via Nashville to the LAFTA stage inthe Loft at the Mill, 8th & P St, Jeff is a LAFTA favorite with "...the poetic dignity of a BruceSpringsteen and the outer-fringe edge of a Townes Van Zandt" (Washington Post). JeffKorbelik of the Lincoln Journal Star named his 2005 LAFTA concert as one of the topfive entertainment events of the year. Likened to rockers Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen and often compared totroubadour poets like Harry Chapin and Steve Goodman, Jeff Black resides just outsidethe realm of pop music today.  The Kansas City-born artist is a stylist in the true senseof the word, captivating audiences all over the world with his stories and delivery. Jeffwrites the words and music to his rough and tumble songs that read like a delicate andpersonal journal from a well-traveled soul. His songs have been covered by the likes ofthe legendary Waylon Jennings, acoustic/bluegrass virtuoso Sam Bush, Canadiansongstress Lisa Brokop, and the country band Blackhawk whose version of Jeff's song

“That's just about right” all the way to #1. As anyone who’s seen his moving, funny, and unpredictable concerts already knows, he never plays the same showtwice. Listeners sense he is there not to perform for them, but to take them along on a journey. Jeff will perform this showwith a band. The show starts at 7:30 pm and tickets will be available on the web at www.lafta.net or at the door theevening of the concert. Admission is $13 for LAFTA members and $17 for non members, students with ID $10, with $1for children 12 and under. This concert is dedicated to the memory of LAFTA member Wanda Freeman.

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Jackie Tice comes to the Auld Pavilion, 32nd and Sumner Street, for LAFTA onSaturday, February 9 at 7:30 pm. Although a new comer to Lincoln and LAFTA,Jackie is sure to be an audience pleaser. She’s an eloquent storyteller whose songshave universal recognition and appeal, many of them based upon her personalexperiences. With a blend of Celtic, Native American, tribal and folk music, herexpressive acoustic guitar and gliding voice bear pleasure and pain equally. Simplyput, expect to hear folk rock with Native American spirituality. She was a 2006 winnerin the Best American Indian Music of the Year awards. Tice is a Kerrville New Folk Award-winner. The co-mingling of her NativeAmerican and old European roots forms her musical and lyrical styling, carefullycombing through subjects from Shakespearian love to the call of coyotes. "I love yoursongs," Lucinda Williams said to Jackie backstage at the Kerrville Festival.Christine Lavin declared Jackie’s song The Marijo Tonight "a modern-day classic,"and included it on one of her compilation CD’s. Acoustic Guitar says, "Tice's songs capture instances of universalrecognition and appeal. Her ode to a Dublin pub, 'The Marijo Tonight,' is a guitar player's 'Piano Man,' and bittersweet asJohn Prine's 'Angel from Montgomery.’” Her festival and listening club performances and workshops with Lavin, Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, John Gorka, GarnetRogers, Susan Werner, and others, from Club Passim to the Bluebird Café have paved the way for her recognition as animportant voice among American songwriters.

Opening for Jackie Tice will be Omaha songsmith Michael Murphey. Michael has recently worked with members of theBlack Elk and Neihardt families (famous for the book, "Black Elk Speaks"). This connection inspired him to write anotherinstrumental album showing Murphey’s great maturity and skill with the Native American flute and in writing instrumentalarrangements. Concert tickets will be available on the web at www.lafta.net or at the door the evening of the concert.Admission is $13 for LAFTA members and $17 for non members, students with ID $10, with $1 for children 12 and under.

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Number 1 2007-2008The LAFTA NEWSLETTER is published severaltimes annually by the Lincoln Association forTraditional Arts, P O Box 30561, Lincoln, NE68503-0561. LAFTA is a non-profit organization,committed to the promotion of folk music and folkarts in the Lincoln area. For membership or otherinformation, please call (402) 580-8656 or checkthe website at www.lafta.net .

Editor: Kerry L “Butch” KrauseSupporting writers listed by column.

Age 5 thru Adult

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See Glenda’s paintings at www.GlendaDietrich.com5401 Franklin St. Lincoln NE 402-483-5308

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If dancing is your thing, check out the folk dancing available in Lincoln below:International Folk Dancing: The Lincoln International Folk Dancers meet onFriday evenings in room 210, Mabel Lee Hall on the University of Nebraska CityCampus. Call (402) 421-6627 or (402) 423-1261 for information.Irish Folk Dancing: For information about the Lincoln Irish dancers, call LuAnneat (402) 475-8674 or check http://irishdance.inetnebr.com/ .Scottish Country Dancing: Call Nick or Jennifer at (402) 464-8914.

Keep those feet flying!

CALENDAR OFUPCOMING EVENTS

Is your membership current?Use the form on the back to renew or join. Don’t want to cut up the newsletter? Justgo online at www.lafta.net and print a form or sign up online. Keep those ticket discountsrolling! DONATIONS: LAFTA is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization and will happily acceptdonations, which are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. If you wish to makean additional gift to help preserve and promote the music you love, please check theappropriate donor box and enclose your check.

A Great Big LAFTAThank You To The Mill

Coffee Shop !If you’ve enjoyed thewonderful coffee at ourconcerts, thank the Millfor its donation and buy acup or two.

Are you a LAFTA member? If you are, weappreciate the membership. If you are not, haveyou considered the advantages? Your $20 basicmembership fee gives you an immediate ticketdiscount of $4 at the door and allows you to buytwo tickets. If you buy 4 tickets over the seasonyour membership is paid for. Such a deal ! In fact,you could save so much money over the seasonthat you could just buy a higher level ofmembership to really support LAFTA in theirongoing efforts to bring you quality folk musicentertainment.

Besides the obvious ticket discount, your mem-bership fee allows you to vote at the annual meet-ing for board members and for constitutional

amendments, and puts you on the mailing list for the annual concert brochure ofupcoming events and for mailings about main stage and house concerts. Yourmembership fees helps LAFTA pay for the printing and postage costs. Budgetrestraints keep LAFTA from purchasing much commercial advertising. Publicservice announcements by radio stations such as KFOR and KZUM and the localnewspapers certainly help our outside advertising, but dollars from your ticketsand memberships help us get the word out to more people.

LAFTA is a non profit corporation and all concert proceeds go to pay for therental of concert space, cost of the artist, postage and advertising, etc. There areno paid personnel; LAFTA is run entirely by volunteers. If you are not a LAFTAmember but have been enjoying the concerts, please keep coming! There is amembership application form on the web at www.lafta.net and on the back of thisnewsletter that would allow you to participate in ticket savings and help LAFTApay its bills. You can also sign up at the door when you buy your ticket. LAFTA is striving to improve each and every year, and your contributions oftime or money can certainly help. If you are a member, thank you! If you are not,sign up and welcome!

LAFTA Wants YOU!

Diana JonesSaturday March 8, 7:30 pm

Loft at the Mill 8th and P St.Prairie Dogs CDRelease Party

Friday March 28, 7:30 pm Loft at the Mill 8th and P St

Robin & Linda WilliamsSaturday April 5, 7:30 pm

Loft at the Mill 8th and P St.

HOUSE CONCERTBrooks Williams

Friday, April 11, 7:30 pm $15Call for reservations 402-466-4775

HOUSE CONCERTCosy Sheridan

Friday, May 9th, 7:30 pm $15Call for reservations 402-466-4775

Previews abound on folkfriendly KZUM radio

Haven’t heard one of our featured artistsbefore? Listen to these fine shows featuringfolk music at KZUM radio, 89.3 FM, for apreview !Sun 2:00 - 6:00 am Dr. Rock & The

Medicine ShowSun 11:30 - 1:30 pm The Wimmin’s ShowMon 6:30 - 8:00 pm Exposition FlyerMon 10:00 - Noon Tom Thumb’s

Fillmore MidwestTue 7:00 - 9:00 pm Tuesday Night Drive-InWed 8:00 - 9:00 am River City FolkWed 7:00 - 8:30 pm Just Off The FringeWed 8:30-10:00 pm Radio GumboThurs 6:00 - 8:00 am A Prairie SunriseThurs 6:00 - 7:00 pm Thunder on the PlainsThurs 7:00 - 8:30 pm The Acoustic CafeThurs 10:00-11:00 pm Alive in LincolnFri 10:00 - Noon TGI Femmes Other fine specialty shows have also featuredour showcase artist, so keep on listening andsupporting community radio at KZUM!"Powered By the Community"

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Rose Templeton, president of the PlainSong Folk Festival organization iscurrently looking for planning volunteers and coordinators for the upcomingPlainSong Folk Festival to be held September 28, 2008. In spite of the wild andwooly weather, the 2007 festival was considered a success by those whoattended, and Rose is looking to keep improving the quality of the festival. Giveher a call at 402-421-7678 if you’d like to share your talents and ideas and be apart of this wonderful one day folk festival. The group is going to be meeting to put together the 2008 schedule. Lastyear’s festival featured a fantastic program of local, national and internationalmusicians. Several hundred people enjoyed the premises, the vendors, the foodand, naturally, the wonderful choice of music. Dedicated volunteers put togetherthe festival and made sure it was an enjoyable day for participants. Rose wantsto make sure the 2008 festival is even better and would like your help. Give hera call and become part of the team to keep this a success!

The first Saturday of each month from 7:30 - 10:30 pm the Auld Rec Center inAntelope Park at 3130 Sumner Avenue reverberates with the sound of live musicand dancing feet as another Contra Dance gets under way. Contra dancing is oneof the traditional North American dance forms, with couples in long parallel linesresponding to the directions of the caller prompting the next step. It is one of the easiest types of dancing, with everyone succeeding at the veryfirst dance they try. Dances are always taught beforehand and walked through atleast once. Beginning dance classes are taught at 7:30 the evening of the dance.You do not need to have a partner, as it is normal to dance with a new partnereach dance. Just wear comfortable clothes and shoes preferably with leathersoles. All ages are welcome to the Contra dances with a suggested regular donationfee of $6 for adults ($15 per family, $3 for students, and children under 12 free.For more information, check the LAFTA web site links at www.lafta.net, or callJudi at (402) 464-3143 or (402)617-2483, or Chip Black at (402) 325-9450.

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As earlyas August 18,1955, folk sing-er Pete Seegerset himselfapart as a "trueAmerican"when he ap-peared beforethe House Un-American Ac-tivities Com-mittee andrefused toname names,stating, "I amnot going toanswer anyquestions as tomy associa-tion, my philo-sophical orreligious be-liefs or my politi-cal beliefs, or

how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improperquestions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this."

As a target of the communist witch hunt of the 1950s, Seeger was picketed,protested, blacklisted and, in spite of his enormous popularity, banned fromAmerican commercial television for more than 17 years. Throughout his ordeal,and his life, he never stopped singing out -- and speaking up. "I look upon myselfas a planter of seeds," the legendary artist and political activist says in "PeteSeeger: The Power of Song," the first and only authorized film biography ofSeeger, airing Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 9 pm on NET1.

Now 88, Seeger was the architect of the folk revival, writing some of itsbest-known songs, including "If I Had a Hammer," "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "WaistDeep in the Big Muddy." In the film, anthems including "We Shall Overcome" and"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" underscore music's importance to the civilrights and peace movements and show how Seeger used songs to drive theclean-up of the Hudson River, one of many issues still close to his heart.

Producer-director Jim Brown said, "Pete Seeger got a whole generationsinging together and helped introduce America to its own folk heritage, while usingmusic as an instrument for social change."

The film is also a love story, homage to his wife, for whom he wrote "KissesSweeter than Wine." While on leave from the Army during World War II, Seegermarried Toshi Ohta, a Japanese activist, and their marriage has endured for morethan 60 years. "The Power of Song" includes first-ever family interviews andremarkable personal footage of the Seegers and their three young children shot inthe early 1960s during a world tour to document music in such far-flung locales asGhana, Tanzania and Czechoslovakia.

NET1 is part of NET Television, a service of NET. For a complete program schedule,visit NET's Web site net.org / television. Written by Larry Kubert

The members of the LincolnSongwriters Sweatshop have beenmeeting since 1995 and consist ofseasoned music veterans andnewbies just entering the field. Thefocus is encouragement ofsongwriting and growth in ability.New members are always welcomedand meetings are held the secondTuesday of each month in amember’s home at 7:30 pm. There isno cost, just a desire to learn how tobring that music out. Call (402) 488-0247 for information or email Butchat kerrythekrause@yahoo.com.Please list songwriters as subject. Another songwriter’s groupavailable in Lincoln is Nebraska 2Nashville, the Nebraska chapter ofthe Nashville SongwritersAssociation International (NSAI), theworld's largest not-for-profit tradeorganization dedicated to servingsongwriters of all genres of music. Itstarted in October 2004 and hasbeen going strong ever since. Bothamateur and professional songwriters are welcome in the group. Meetings are held the thirdSaturday of every month at theWaverly SportsPage in Waverly,Neb. (13631 Energy Way), 1- 4 pm or2 - 5 pm. There is no charge for NSAImembers to attend the monthlymeetings. Non-NSAI members canattend two monthly meetings at nocharge; after that, cost is only $10 permeeting. Check out their web site atwww.nebraska2nashville.com In addition to monthly meetings,they host full-day workshops with prosongwriters from major music centersand perform their original music invarious venues Nebraska-wide.Contact Robert DeBusk at 402-450-1057 or email him atbobbymiles@inebraska.com .

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