From the Archives - Bush Music Club Newsletter - 1974 to 1975

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The first Newsletter was published in October 1955, & the last Newsletter/Calendar we have was issued in January 1977, & the January 1978 Calendar was also issued with Mulga Wire.


Our holding are not complete & missing issues will be added as found.

Foolscap pages have been scanned as 2 images.


1974

February 1974

1.  First newsletter for 1974. AGM - Voting is open to all paid-up members. Singabout nights : Concert presentation combined with dancing and a lot of audience participation. Beer & Cheese nights

2.  Annual picnic at Oatley. Easter Show: again Concert Party is providing music for the Steam Preservation Society showing application of steam to farming in by-gone years, this time a shearing plant. Annual campfire -  (Bob Bolton Secretary)

3. 1974 calendar

4.
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April 1974

1. AGM results.  Change of premises to Burwood Council Hall.

2. change of premises, continued with map
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May 1974

1. Review of Beer & Cheese night was a success.  Next Beer & Cheese nights 4th June, & 2nd July. Singabout 6th July BWIU hall. (Bob Bolton Secretary)

2.  Sad for Singabout night 6th July
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September 1974

1. Beer & Cheese nights are going well. Coming up October Political songs, November Ned Kelly. Books - Dancing, Singing - Vic. Folk Music Club has put out Shirley Andrews new book Take Your Partners as a double issue of Tradition & as a book. BMC will have the books for sale.  John Meredith & Hugh Anderson's book Folksongs of Australia is now available as a paperback.

2.  Comhaltas Ceoltoire Eireann means Irish Music. Concertina Liberation - Monday nights at Wentworth Park Hotel

3.Progressive Country Dance - Concert Party will provide music for an old time dance run by Sofala Progress Association in September.  (Bob Bolton, Secty.)

4. Singabout poster 19th October
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November 1974

1.  Christmas Party & birthday party for 20th Anniversary, Potts Point, 14th Dec. Beer & cheese night 3ed December.

2. Annual campfire 30th November. Irish Christmas with Comhaltas Ceoltoire Eireann Dec 1st. Long awaited record of Declan Affley, Jamie Carlin & Ken Greenhalgh is being released 7th Dec. Warren Fahey is now running a record shop called Folkways in Paddington, with mainly British material. (Bob Bolton, Secretary)
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1975

January 1975
1. In 1974 Beer & Cheese nights boosted attendances.  AGM coming up.  Singabout nights. Annual picnic.

2.  Annual campfire. Publications - Songs from Lawson has been re-issued & will be sent to members,  Songs from the Kelly Country will also be re-issued. Records - 2 early records have been re-issued as a Festival double True Blue Songs of the Outback

3. 1975 Calendar

4. (Bob Bolton, Secretary)
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March 1975

1. Singabout 22nd March. AGM. Dance afternoon at Burwood 16th March. Beer & Cheese nights April & May.

2.  Publications for sale include Songs from Lawson, Songs of the Kelly Country, A Collector's Songbook, Take your Partners, Records -True Blue Songs of the Outback & more. Folk record discount service from Free Reed Records in Canberra.

3. Ninth National Folk Festival in Sydney in March.   (Bob Bolton, Secty.)

4.  Singabout poster
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April 1975

1.  AGM new date & venue. Anzac weekend - Canberra Mini-Festival & Woolshed Dance

2. Irish music - Comhaltas Ceoltoire Eireann are holding Irish Music Sessions at the Gaelic Club & dances elsewhere. Beer & Cheese nights - May & June. Dance practices 20th April. (Bob Bolton, Secretary.)
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June 1975

1.  Singabout - 28th June. Annual picnic 14th June. Dance practice 22nd June.

2. Deferred AGM held in May.

3. Statement by Concert Party leader Eric Bolton.

4.  Beer & Cheese nights in July & August.
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August 1975

1.  Vale Brian Loughlin

2. Beer & Cheese nights September, October & November.  Dancing - a small but dedicated group is practicing at Burwood.

3.  Dance cont.

4.  Mini Festival of Australian Music on October Singabout night.   (Bob Bolton, Secretary)
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October 1975

1.  Concert at Ultimo - Friday

2.   Saturday - Workshops & Singabout at Ultimo. Sunday - Festival picnic, BBQ & dance at Australiana Village, Wilberforce   (Bob Bolton)

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From the Archives - Bush Music Club Newsletter - 1972 to 1973

Click images for larger size.

The first Newsletter was published in October 1955, & the last Newsletter/Calendar we have was issued in January 1977, & the January 1978 Calendar was also issued with Mulga Wire.

Our holding are not complete & missing issues will be added as found.

Foolscap pages have been scanned as 2 images.


January/February 1972 Editorial

1. The club is resting on the laurels of it's predecessors

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3. A club is only as good as it's active members.  AGM 29th February
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February 1972

4.  Workshop nights on Tuesdays. 1972 calendar - 29th February AGM, 5th March Annual Picnic,  7th March Beer & Cheese night, Convict songs & sea chanties. Review of Kangaroo Valley weekend 22nd January

5. Outstanding success and Glenn Innes Centenary of local government - J. Carlin

6. Monaro Folk Festival - 6th National Folk Festival program

7. Program - continued  (Lorraine Barnicoat Hon. Secretary)
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March 1972

1.  Workshop nights Tuesdays. AGM results.  Coming events - Beer & Cheese nights 4th April, 2nd May,  Singabout 22nd April. Weekends away - Canberra Monaro Folk Festival at Easter. Currawong

2.  Currawong  (cont)  Music of Tamanian Aborigines, by Rev. John West in The History of Tasmania.   (Wilma Bolton Secretary)
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June 1972

1. Workshop evenings on Tuesdays.  Beer & Cheese nights July & August. April Singabout was a tremendous success, so an extra Singabout will be held in July. Canberra -  review by Jamie Carlin.

2.  Currawong review by Ann Maher.

3. Noel Ticketts married Gail Holder. Whale Chasing Man by Harry Robertson is available from the Club.  NSW Folk Federation dance at Balmain, with music from BMC. (Wilma Bolton Secretary)
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October 1972

1.  Workshop evenings on Tuesdays. Beer & Cheese nights October & November. November Singabout will celebrate the club's 18th Anniversary. Review of July Singabout - Dutch dancers attended. Coming events- Dance day at Noreen Grunseit's place 24th September with the Dutch dancers.

2. 55 years since Henry Lawson's death. Fantasy of man.

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April 1973

1.  Workshop evenings on Tuesdays.  Beer & Cheese nights for May & June. Singabout 5th May.

2. AGM new committee.

3.  Port Phillip Folk Festival review by Bob Bolton. Declan Affley returned from Ireland with Uillean pipes. His long awaited record The Day the Pub Burnt Down with Jamie Carlin & Ken Greenhalgh might be out soon, after other scheduled release dates  (it was finally released in 1974)  (Bob Bolton Secretary)
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August 1973

1. Workshop nights on Tuesdays. A Dance Group has been proposed.

2.  Publications - editor John Fraser is working on a revised Singabout Songster & a second volume. He also has enough material for a possible Singabout Magazine. Irish musicians Sean Gilroy, Tom Joyce & Mike Hand have made a tape of traditional Irish music & are looking for a publisher.  Jamie Carlin reports concertinas can be bought from the Salvation Army Red Shield shop.

3. Beer & Cheese nights August & September.  From Jamie Carlin - words to The Braes O' Balquither words by Tannahill, the basis of the folk song Will you go, lassie, Go.

4. Currawong had been booked for October long weekend. Publicity Officer Lorraine Banicoat has resigned & Brian Bolton has taken over.   (Bob Bolton, Secretary)
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September 1973

1. 28th September, Extraordinary General Meeting for discussion on several motions.

2. Singabout night - change of date. Sean Gilroy, Tom Joyce & Mike Hand have pressed their LP privately & are selling copies (details of LP, no date)  Members are interested in the proposed Dance Group.

3.  Workshop nights on Tuesdays. Beer & Cheese nights September & October.  (Bob Bolton Secretary)
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November 1973

1.  Christmas celebrations & Break up. Annual Campfire 24th November.

2.  Club Break up - Beer & Cheese night 11th December. Death of Herb Gimbert (1888-1973) (Bob Bolton Secretary)

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