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February 2016 Newsletter
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November Newsletter
Happy reading, and enjoy your music!
* Our November guest artists The Frank Burkitt Band
* November Acoustic Night
* The December End of Year concert and our guest artist Steve McDonald
* Our club news for up to date information on what’s happening in the club
* What our members got up to at Wellyfest
* Some useful ideas for gear and online apps for performers
* Library Jam on 6 November 2015
* Magic & Mischief Concert on 7 November 2015
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October Newsletter
October Newsletter – Featuring Steph Casey
In this newsletter read more about: * Steph Casey and the Racketeers * the Club Acoustic Night and blues workshop * our November guests: The Frank Burkitt Band * the design a new club logo competition * what other club members are up to * the Magic and Mischief concert at Lily's Ranch House * your chance to be in a live recording audience at Tsunami Sound Studios * Wellyfest Click here to read the newsletter
September Newsletter
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1. This months guest artist Black Eyed Susie 2. Acoustic Night including a Drumming Workshop - Sept 25 3. Advance notice of October guest artist Steph Casey and the Racketers 4. Latest club news 5. New ideas we will be trialling 6. Members News 7. Other music events you might want to attend
Note – October Concert – Members Plus One special
Mark your Calendar
Mark your calendar
With these dates, so you don’t miss these coming events.
September 2015
Library Jam – Friday 4th September at 7.30 pm.
September 5th at 7.30pm with Beau Redding and Lance Shepherd performing at Tsunami Sound Studios
September 11th guest artists are “Black Eyed Susie”. Blackboard 1st half from 7.30 pm.
Acoustic night is on Friday 25th – at the Horowhenua Scottish Society Hall, 7:30pm. $2 entry. (incorporates a drumming workshop)
October 2015
Library Jam – Friday 2nd October at 7.30 pm. Update – October Jam cancelled.
Club Night 9th October. Our October guests are Steph Casey and the Racketeers
Wellyfest -October 23 – 26th Early bird discounts available until 30 September
Acoustic Night – To be confirmed, 30th October (incorporates guitar workshop)
November 2015
Library Jam – Friday 6th November at 7.30 pm
Club Night – 13 November. Guest artists are Frank Burkitt Band
Acoustic Night 27th November
Steph Casey Concert
Steph Casey
Special “Plus One” member deal in October – Bring your non-member friend for $5!!
Steph Casey is a former Horowhenua College student who is now a singer-songwriter based on the Kapiti Coast. Her sound is a mix of indie-folk/pop, americana and soul, and her debut album Whisper & Holler went straight to #4 in the NZ Indie Album charts and #8 in the NZ Album Charts upon release. Three of the songs on the album were semi-finalists in the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest and the remaining nine received Commended Entry. The judges are Grammy, BRIT and CMA Award winning producers and artists, and over 7000 entries are submitted each year.
Whisper & Holler received glowing international reviews and Steph won the People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Wellington Folk festival. Steph has a strong international following on soundcloud.com with 250,000 plays and over 7,000 followers. She has been invited to the USA to record her second album with internationally acclaimed record producer Jason Rubal (The Cure, Amanda Palmer, Robert Smith) in April 2016. Her musical influences are Over the Rhine, Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier, The Civil Wars, Anika Moa, The Swell Season.
Steph plays with Alan Galloway (Let’s Planet) on second guitar, and Hanne Jostensen (also a published singer-songwriter) on backing vocals.
AGM Reports
The Levin Folk Music Club AGM reports and minutes of the meeting held on 24 July 2015 are now available on the downloads page.
