2013 Annual General Meeting

The 2013 AGM for the Levin Folk Music Club is booked for Thursday 18th of July 2013.

Venue: Scottish Society Hall.

Start time 19.30 hrs (7.30 pm).

There will be a free annual subscription refund and a mystery prize draw for members attending the meeting.

A small supper will be provided. We intent to have a sing along after the meeting if time permits

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February 2013 meeting

Please note: The date of the first club meeting in the new year has changed!

The club night will now be held on Friday the 15th of February. This change is due to the availability of our guest artists THE PIPI PICKERS

Thanks to (c) Adrian de la Fuente Photography 2013, for the photo.

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Levin Folk Music Club history

Levin Folk Music Club history….

It all began in 1989, with Shenanigans coffee bar in Levin. People would meet

and sing at Danny’s place on a Sunday night. When Shenanigans closed several

people got together to keep the music going. Eddie, Evie, Roy, Maree, Danny,

Jim and Rona. So the Levin Folk Music began as a club. Their first meeting

place was in the Levin Waiopehu Tramping Club rooms off Parker Avenue.

In February 1992, with the Club growing in popularity, it moved to the Jaycee

Lounge, above Leader and Watt in Oxford Street. For nearly ten years, every

month except January, the club hosted musicians from New Zealand and

overseas and provided an informal place where people could perform and enjoy

music.

In November 2001, the Club moved to the Horowhenua Scottish Society Hall

in Bartholomew Road. Those involved for many years for setting up the hall,

organizing guest artists, welcoming at the door, refreshments, sound, newsletters

and publicity have been Eddie, Evie, Han, Rona, Jeremy, Anne, Andrew, Tony,

Shirley ,Charlie, John, Brian F, Brian McK , and numerous other supporters.

The Club has continued to grow with guest performers and local artists sharing

their interest and talents. A second night in the month for local performers

developed into an” acoustic night”.

In 2011, under the steering committee of Chris, Ian, Andrew, Anne, Han,

Barbara and Jill, with Colin in the Chair, the Levin Folk Music club became an

Incorporated Society.

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Songs for the summer

Sung by Aivan Bonafe, Blogger and Creator of DateCoop.com

Aivan was a guest performer on the blackboard sessions at our Club meeting on March 10 2006.

The featured Guest Artists were “Tempest” made up of Pat Higgins, Celia Briar and others.

Pat Higgins is an Irish musician living in Wellington. A Galwayman who moved to New Zealand last century, he plays acoustic and traditional songs
accompanied on steel string guitar.

Celia Briar is a Celtic harpist based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, where she is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at Massey University. Briar is a former All-Ireland champion in traditional harp playing, and has toured internationally, performing at concerts in Britain, Sweden, and the Isle of Man.

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