Black Walnut Folk Club

Tom Massiah Was the Featured Performer January 20,2012

bwfc — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:38:34 +0000

On Friday, January 20, Tom Massiah started the evening at the Black Walnut Folk Club with a 30 min set of mostly original songs. We had a good size of audience and they were all treated to a fine set of Tom’s songs, his mellow voice and his artful guitar accompaniments. We have a photo of Tom on our “Performers’ Pictures” page.Click here to play a recording of Tom’s set:

The open stage had 13 performers and followed Tom’s set. Next month on February 18 we will have another evening of all open stage.

On January 20, 2012 the open stage performers were:
Jack Guest
Dan Hergott
David Skuna
Dan Kearney
Randy Ouillette
Glen & Mary Gifkins
David Maranta (followed by a short break)
Jakki Annerino
Lynn Kirby
Scott Abrams
Cam and Pat
Wayne Cheater
Jim Galway

On Friday, January 20th Tom Massiah will be our featured Performer

bwfc — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:56:39 +0000

Tom Massiah is a singer/songwriter who lives south of Woodstock in Otterville. He has been playing off and on at BWFC for 8 or 9 years. We usually don’t know when to expect Tom to show up at the club but on Friday night Tom will start our evening off at 8 p.m. with a half hour of his songs.

The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:30 pm, after the sound check. Don’t worry. the hallway is nice and there are washrooms out there. The new format and requests for open stage performers has worked out well and our plan is mostly the same again this time. See the revised “Folk Club Update” posting for most of the details. The first open stage performer will start after Tom’s set.

The admission is still $3.00 and parking is still free and every show is different.

December 16. 2011 Folk Club Started With Scott Abrams

bwfc — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:26:16 +0000

Scott Abrams started the night with a set of songs that got bigger and wilder as he made his way toward the end. Unfortunately we did not get a recording to share, so you just had to be there. We now have a photo of Scott from his performance on our “Performers Pictures” page.

It was a great night with good attendance with at least two other open stage type events going on and Christmas parties and related seasonal activities. We had some seasonal music, candies and door prizes to celebrate. Next Month on January 20, 2012, Tom Massiah will be the featured performer.

The Dec. 16, 2011 open stage performers were:
Dan Hergott
Loretta
Barry Cull
Randy Ouillette
John Stroud
Jakki Annerino
Jack Guest
David Maranta
Lynn Kirby
Wayne Cheater

Black Walnut on November 18 Was All Open Stage

bwfc — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:58:33 +0000

On Friday October18, 2011, The Black Walnut Folk Club was host to twelve open-stage acts plus some rare encores. There were two Black Walnuts first-timers and some guests who don’t make it out to our club very often. Where was everybody else? We may never know.

Next Month we will start off with a feature length set by Scott Abrams. Scott is a native of Niagara Falls, New York and has been entertaining audiences with his eclectic collection of folk music for over 25 years. He has been treating us to his diverse collection of songs and very expressive guitar and vocals for what seems like a couple of years now and we are really looking forward to his set on Friday, December 16, 2011.

On Friday November 18 the performers were:
Jack Guest
Dan Hergott
Scott Abrams
Lynn Kirby
Jakki Annerino
Randy Ouillette
Kevin Kenalty – NEW to the club
Cam & Pat
David Maranta
Wayne Cheater
Jim Galway
Monty – NEW to the club
plus there were some extra songs by Jim & Wayne, Jack and Kevin

October 21 Black Walnut Was All Open Stage

bwfc — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:35:33 +0000

We had a ball at the Mill-Courtland Community Centre on Friday night. It took us a little extra time to get a new sound board set up so that it was safe to open the doors but after that we got the open stage started by 8 o’clock. We had all 16 time slots filled by performers including 3 first-time Black Walnut performers.

Thanks to Dan for getting the sound set up just right and to Karen for being our new MC and to everyone else who helped out, or performed or listened to the music. We had a great night.

The open stage performers were:
Jack Guest
Glenn & Mary Gifkins – NEW
Dan Hergott
Dan Kearney
Bruce Williams
David Lum – NEW
Lynn Kirby
Randy Ouillette
Jakki Annerino
David Maranta
Maeva Rousseau
Anna Gack – NEW
Wayne Cheater
Cam and Pat
Scott Abrams
Jim Galway

September 16th Folk Club Was a Great Start

bwfc — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:01:36 +0000

Friday, September 16th Folk Club was a great start for our 2011-12 season. After 2 months off we were treated to a night of all open-stage with 2 first-timers. This season, we ‘ll have lots more of the all open stage format because people like it and because we get more time for the open-stage that way. We do intend to ask a some people to do feature sets in the coming year, but there’s no quota for how often we will do that. The plan for now is for the October 21st club night to be all open-stage as well.

We will list below the 14 open stage performer from September 16th”

Jack Guest
Dan Kearney
Randy Ouillette
Carol McMullen
Jskki Annerino
Scott Abrams
Maeva Rouseau – NEW
Jim Skuna – NEW
David Maranta
Wayne Cheater
Jim Galway
Cam & Pat
Tom Massiah
Lynn Kirby

Mill Race Festival July 29-31 Will Feature Black Walnuts

bwfc — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:53:24 +0000

The Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music in Cambridge, ON will feature sing-a-rounds at The South Waterloo Naval Veterans Hall. 30 Cambridge Street (@ Thorne Street) on Saturday July 30 and Sunday July 31 from about 1 pm – about 5:30 pm. The Black Walnut Folk Club will host those on Saturday from 1-3pm, hosted by Don Sawchuk and again on Sunday from 3-4:30pm, hosted by Jakki and Wayne. If you wish to lend a hand or sing along just meet us there. If you want to bring an instrument but don’t want to carry it around all day or leave it in your vehicle, you can deposit it for safekeeping at the the Festival instrument lock-up at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts on Thorne Street. It is a terrific festival and it is free.

For more info on the festival please check out www.millracefolksociety.com and buy a program. Other BWFC regulars will be involved and performing including Terry Golletz/Zubrivka, and Bob MacLean.

The Eleventh Annual Campfire is on Saturday July 9, 2011

bwfc — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:15:08 +0000

Well folkies, the club is off for the summer until September 16, 2011.
BUT: The eleventh Annual Campfire is on Saturday July 9, 2011. For more info, check your email. If you aren’t on our email list you could call Jim or Irena at 519-699-4520 for more info.

Black Walnut All Open Stage on June 17 Was Special

bwfc — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:27:00 +0000

Jubal’s Kin (http://www.jubals-kin.com/) must’a heard that we did not have a feature performer because they more than made up for it with their contribution to our open stage. It was a fine evening of music and even some “Buck dancing”. We posted a couple of photos (Jubal’s Kin and Adam Lang) on our “performers pictures” page. Now The club takes a break for July and August. Our next Folk Club will be Friday September 16, 2011, 8 p.m. at the usual place. Before that we’ll have our annual picnic on July 9 and we’ll also be hosting a couple of sing-a-rounds at the Mill Race Festival of traditional Folk Music on July 30 and 31. We’ll post more info on both of these July events soon.

The Open Stage performers on June 17 were:
1) Wayne Cheater, 2) Nathan Few, 3) Dan Kearney, 4) John Neilson, Roger and Rael, 5) David Maranta, 6) Randy Ouillette, 7) Jakki Annerino 8)Scott Abrams, 9) Adam Lang, 10) Carol McMullen, 11) Jubal’s Kin – from Florida (NEW) (Roger, Gaillane & Jeffrey Amundson), 12) Jay Linden, 13) Lynn Kirby, 14) Jim Galway

Eckert, Gail Karen 1953-2011

bwfc — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:53:26 +0000

This message from Jakki is important to members of our folk music community. GK was an important member of the Black Walnut Folk Club from way back in the early days. Jakki posted this on Facebook:
“I just received the sad news of the passing of my friend, G.K. (Gail Karen Eckert). She was a singer/songwriter, music teacher, writer, mentor and a lovely woman. She will be missed by many. I’m so glad I got to spend a bit of time with her in the last few weeks. For those of you who knew her, she has some videos on youtube about finding your creativity. Sing with the angels, G.K.!!”

From The Record on May 28,: “GK passed away at Freeport hospital, in Kitchener, on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at the age of 58. Beloved friend and companion of Byron Leis of Waterloo. Loving sister of Gudrum Reichert of Lucknow and Linda Eckert and Arthur Hutchison of the Yukon. Lovingly remembered by her nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by her parents, John and Berta Eckert. Special thanks to the doctors and staff of Grand River Hospital and Freeport Hospital.
To celebrate GK’s life, a memorial reception will be held in the Fireplace Room of the Erb and Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street S. Waterloo on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 where friends and family will be receved from 7-8 p.m. and eulogies shared after 8 p.m. Any expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Grand River Hospital Regional Cancer Centre by contacting the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.”