Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. / New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Please Announce: [Release date: Feb. 15, 2009 -- For immediate release.]
60th Anniversary Concert;
Music from The Great Singing Campaign of 1948
Sung by: Tony Saletan
Sunday, March 29, 2009, 2PM
At Elisabeth Irwin HS, 40 Charlton Street, NYC 10014
Come and join us for some of the best and most singable songs, many not heard for sixty years. Don’t wait for the 100th anniversary! When Henry Wallace ran for President, many outstanding artists joined his cause: Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson, Alan Lomax, Malvina Reynolds (Little Boxes), E. Y. Harburg (Somewhere Over the Rainbow) and Harold Rome (Fanny) were among those who wrote, performed, and led songs supporting the Progressive Party. Conventions, rallies and meetings started and ended with singing.
The concert will start at 2:00 PM at Elisabeth Irwin HS, 40 Charlton Street, in Manhattan between Varrick St. and Sixth Ave., two blocks south of Houston. Concert admission is $20. Full-time students 22 and under are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or on line at: www.folkconcert3.eventbrite.com. For information call 718-672-6399 or see www.folkmusicny.org
A fine guitar & Banjo player with a nice, smooth voice; Tony has traveled around the world collecting songs and he is superb at sharing them with you. He has had several folk Music TV series on public stations, and has appeared on radio's "Prairie Home Companion", and TV's "Sesame Street." Tony has been invited to sing American Folk Songs in 24 countries of Asia including 4 repeated Asian tours and was honored by receiving a grant from the Fund for the Arts recognizing his contributions to the traditional arts and has many records issued on:Western ITV, Old Northbridge, Folk Legacy, and National Geographic Society. He is particularly noted for his ability in finding outstanding song material and in sharing it with his audiences.
The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. hosts concerts for music lovers who can relax and listen, sing along on the chorus, or dance in the aisles to the best of traditional music. For more information go online to www.folkmusicny.org.
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The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. / New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational corporation, an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society of America and a member of the Folk Alliance. It is run by a volunteer Board of Directors, elected by the membership. For "do-it-yourself singers” we host informal participatory singing four times a month: sea chanteys, sacred harp, a community open sing, and gospel/sacred harp We also run concerts, weekends, classes, and singing parties, all with an emphasis on traditional folk music of all flavors. Office: 444 West 54th St, #7, New York NY 10019.
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