Author: TFMC

No club in the Beach hall again this month sadly, so tonight will again be a singaround via Zoom, and will include some songs from Celtic Ferret.

Virus permitting, we’ll have a proper guest spot from Celtic Ferret in August 2022, mark your diary now.

Join from 7.30pm for a chat etc. but music kicks off at 8.00PM.

Zoom Link:-
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81267955786?pwd=Tnp3d0oybkkwdUhSMzFUZUtsb2trZz09

Meeting ID: 812 6795 5786
Passcode: 410388

Fresh from not being guests at the sadly Covid-cancelled Wellington Folk Festival, Celtic Ferret are relieved to be unlocked, loaded and primed to fire off some of the songs from their second album “A Few Miles Together” which they will launch at their home club of Titirangi.

They will bring some with them because they are really quite proud of it and you can buy it for $20 and start off your Christmas shopping!

Celtic Ferret are Jean Reid and Ian Bartlett whose repertoire is steeped in the folk tradition.

They paint evocative musical pictures of gruesome deaths, riots, crimes, love and loss, customs and characters all woven with earthy harmonies and thoughtful instrumentation – and a touch of humour! If only history had been taught this way at school!

They have been guests at numerous festivals and clubs around New Zealand and are happy to be at TFMC at last.

Whet your appetite for the gig and the album with some snippets on the launch page at:-
https://celticferret.wixsite.com/mysite/copy-of-albums

We can’t run the club in the Beach hall till Auckland is back at Covid Alert Level 1, so tonight will again be a singaround via Zoom. It will include some playing from 2 members, Helen Douglas and Mark Sanders, of the previously advertised Outsiders, and we’ll get all of The Outsiders back in for a proper spot on Saturday 12th March 2022, virus permitting.

Join from 7.30pm for a chat etc. but music kicks off at 8.00PM.

Zoom Link:-
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81267955786?pwd=Tnp3d0oybkkwdUhSMzFUZUtsb2trZz09

Meeting ID: 812 6795 5786
Passcode: 410388

We can’t run the club in the Beach hall till Auckland is back at Covid Alert Level 1, so tonight will be a singaround via Zoom, and will include a few songs from Beverley Young, but we’ll get her back in for a proper spot in February 2022.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81267955786

Meeting ID: 812 6795 5786
Passcode: 410388

The AGM will happen via Zoom, at 8:45pm, even if you can’t make the rest of the evening, we’d like as many of our members as possible in for the AGM, we expect it to be short and sweet.

If you didn’t get the relevant documents in the newsletter, they are here:-

President’s Report

Treasurer report

Provisional 2020-2021 Financial Statement

Agenda

Minutes of 2020 AGM

Minutes of 2020 SGM

Proxy voting form

Committee Nomination Form

Adam McGrath is a folk singer stationed wherever he lands. He travels the state highways and byways of New Zealand, Australia, Europe and parts beyond. He hopes for the best, prepares for the worst and believes in the poetry of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and the fury of word on the page. He lives alone, cooks infrequently and is scared of flags that blow to the right.

His songs have gathered a clutch of good reviews in NZ and overseas, he’s been nominated for a couple of serious music awards (including the Apra Silver Scroll), Graham Reid from the NZ Herald called him ‘NZ’s toughest minded songwriter’, and Barry Saunders from The Warratahs simply described him as “The Truth”.

Although the gathering of such plaudits makes him blush behind his rapidly graying beard, McGrath is very thankful. A people’s player, he works his ass off for any audience he finds himself in front of. He takes the most pride in getting up and putting it down, in both small towns and big, choosing real gigs over showcases and the joy of shaking hands and sharing beers with the folks met along the way.

Described as “two parts Woody Guthrie, one part revival meeting and one part group hug” a McGrath show goes straight for the spirit level in all of us, looking deep for the heart and hoping to reach the thinking part of the brain all the while.

Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start.
Floorsingers First half.
Admission
Members $8.00,
Non-Members $12.00,
Under 18s Free.