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September 2014 Newsletter out

September 2014 Newsletter out

Newsletter September 2014

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

Gumboot TangoOur 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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2014 Club AGM

2014 Club AGM

The Levin Folk Music Club AGM was held on Friday 25th July. There was a good turnout of attendees. The meeting was ably Chaired by Colin Brown.

The new Committee elected on the night is:

Chair: Chris Lloyd,

Dale Webb,

Andrew Salter,

Anne Campbell,

Jo Sheffield,

Denis Howell-Styles,

Kevin Watson.

We are pleased to have 3 new members helping to manage the club’s affairs.

The committee will appoint the other essential roles – Treasurer, Secretary and Booking Officer at the first Committee meeting.

 

The following reports were presented:

Combined Annual Report and Booking Officer’s Report presented by Anne Campbell. LFMC Annual Report

Sound Report presented by Andrew Salter. Sound Report

Treasurer’s Report presented by Dale Webb. Treasurer Report 2014 AGM

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Levin Folk Music Club history

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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