Our first year held some surprises ...


Past Events - 1999
1999 Events--what you missed:

December 1999
Christmas Folk'n Fun
The last folk gathering for the year at the usual venue with a great line-up featuring:

  • Jasmine & Monique
  • Sharen Smith
  • Johnny Gray
  • Amanda "Skeeta" Bell
  • Surprise guests - old and new favourites ....

AND:
Butterbean
Butterbean made their last appearance for the year at Caldera Kin on 12 December before heading to Woodford. Punters enjoyed their modern, medieval and ancient sounds. Silas B. Palmer found time in his busy performance schedule with Spot the Dog to join fellow Butterbean band members Linda Krausz and Andrew Brittlebank for the Christmas celebration at Caldera Kin sang your fa la la favourites and played some great tunes.

November 1999
It was percussion month at the Folk Club in November
A great turnout with drums, sticks, triangles and tamborines - we certainly drummed up some fun together at the Folk Club in November.

October 1999
Dede Callichy
Dede Callichy has been playing and teaching nylon string guitar for 33 years. Her joy is collecting traditional songs and world music and leading groups in song.  She also teaches recorder, lyre and voice in Murwillumbah.
Dede's playing again at the Folk Club on 13 February with her band Mythical.

August 1999
National Folk Week
Featured artists at our National Folk Week Concert were:

  • Scrubby and friends
  • Monique and Jasmine
  • Linda Krausz and Andrew Brittlebank
  • Amanda Bell
  • other surprises guests

and special guests:

Salt Water
the four Slabb brothers - Kyle, Joel, Joshua and Caleb from Fingal Head, descendants of the Bundjalung people - and Ron Gibson - sing in the true spirit of reconciliation.
There was a display brought in from the Minjungbal Museum - the Aboriginal Museum on the site of an ancient bora ring at Fingal Head, NSW.

The Daily News, 10 August 1999:

Saltwater debut performance at Caldera Kin in 1999

Countdown for Folk Week
THE countdown has begun in the lead-up to the Murwillumbah chapter of National Folk Week, with local performances to be spearheaded by local Aboriginal band, Saltwater.
The inaugural National Folk Week - a community-based celebration of folk music and performance from August 23-29 - aims to promote the work of local folk performers and increase awareness of the folk culture nationally.
Festivities on the Tweed will culminate with an evening concert to be held at Murwlllumbah's Youth Enterprise Service premises in Main Street on August 28, from 6pm. Fingal-based band, Saltwater, made up of brothers Kyle, Joel, Joshua and Kaleb Slabb and Ron Gibson will head a contingent of local performers including Jasmine and Monique, Peter Hurcombe, Amanda Bell, Andrew Brittlebank, Linda Krausz, poets and dancers. And while Saltwater's performances are traditionally based on Aboriginal song and dance, their inclusion in the festival will allow the band to focus on its other musical love - folk.
"Our folk music will include a bit of traditional Aboriginal influence, but it's far removed from the work we do under the banner of the Coodjingburra dancers," lead singer, Kyle Slabb, said. "It's important we have festivals with a local focus not only for the bands included, but for those looking to get a break -there's plenty of talented musicians, particularly within Aboriginal communities where music is a very important part of our lives."
For more information phone Sharen on (02) 6872 2072 or Linda on (02) 6879 5432 or email Linda at lindak@better.net.au.

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