Black Walnut Folk Club

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  • Markus Michelucci Started and Ended the 2017 Christmas, Black Walnut

    On Friday December 15th, 2017, Markus Michelucci started off the evening with a feature performance of his original songs.  It has been a while since we have seen or heard from Markus who has been in Europe with his group, Sound Refuge” Markus Michelucci & Sound Refuge perform at festivals and events throughout the UK such as Barnival, Greenwich Tall Ships Festival. We are glad that he agreed to do a set for us during his visit back to Canada. After the feature set, we had a full open stage, including some collaborations, some seasonal songs and a “newbie”. We also took a short break from the music, cookies and sweets to hand out some door prizes.  After the Open Stage performers has all completed their songs Markus closed out the evening with a couple of seasonal numbers.  We’ll be back on Friday January 19th for the next Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage which is planned to be all Open stage.

    On December 15, 2017 the Open Stage performers were, in order of appearance:

    David Maranta

    Ron Hammar

    Scott Abrams

    Lawrence Cresswell

    Jakki Annerino (with Wayne Cheater)

    Neil Light

    Doug Peterman (with Jakki Annerino & Wayne Cheater for 2nd song)

    Wayne Cheater (with Dan Hergott and Jakki Annerino)

    Barb Scott – NEW

    Jack Cole

    Cam Kemp

  • Christmas Season Treats, Prizes, & Markus Michelucci Feature Performance

    On Friday December 15th, 2017 at 8pm we will be back at the Mill Courtland Community Centre for our monthly Open Stage. Markus Michelucci will be back to start off the evening with a feature performance.  It has been a while since we have seen or heard from Markus who has been in Europe with his group, Sound Refuge”  We are glad that he has agreed to do a set for us during his visit back to Canada.

    “Led by Canadian Markus Michelucci, Sound Refuge is an eclectic mix of performers who come together to play engaging, thoughtful folk music from the calm and reassuring to the passionate and cerebral. They create an alluring world of instrumentation with powerful lead moments, harmonies and hopeful, inspiring lyrics. Often likened to Cat Stevens, James Taylor and Passenger.

    Markus Michelucci & Sound Refuge perform at festivals & events throughout the UK such as Barnival, Greenwich Tall Ships Festival, Rochester Sweeps Festival, the Minehead Musicians Festival and more. Markus has performed live on BBC Radio, Shoreditch Radio and regularly on the streets of London at Borough Market, Southbank Centre and London Farmers Markets. Having toured France last summer, they’ll be touring Germany later this year to support the new release. The duo also performed for Sofar Sounds in Edinburgh early this year! Watch the video here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep6jhyvdcGg ”

    Bring your guitars, accordions, voices, acoustic instruments of all sorts or just your eyes and ears and make yourself feel at home. Do not feel shy because you have not played for us before.  The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:30 pm. Remember when you sign up you get to play/sing two songs in a set of 10 minutes or less and you need to be ready to start playing when your turn starts so you won’t lose any of your 10 minutes.
    Our  Code of Conduct  and other details are outlined on our About Page.  The parking is free at the back of the Mill-Courtland Community Centre and admission is still $3 at the door. the facility is wheelchair accessible, alcohol, smoke and peanut free and every show is different. If you don’t come, you’ll miss it. The next open stage will be January19th.
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  • November 17, 2017 Open Stage Roster

    We had a fine turnout with enough time for most performers to do 3 songs each. I like to take photos of first time performers. This time it was Rein Rutnik with his harmonicas, who also joined in on a song with Gord Castle. We’ll Be back with some seasonal treats and even prizes on Friday December 15th when Markus Michelucci will perform a feature set to start the program.  The performers on Friday, Nov 17, 2017 were:

    1. Neil Light
    2. Son & Wilson
    3. Scott Abrams
    4. Lawrence Cresswell
    5. Jakki Annerino
    6. Gord Castle
    7. Rein Rutnik – NEW
    8. Wayne Cheater
    9. Ron Hammar
    10. Cam, Pat & Carol McMulle

  • September 9, 2017 – Revised Code of Conduct

    Here we are at the start of a new season. On September 1st we posted a new Code of Conduct for the Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage. We did that because we need it to continue with our event. This has been prepared in consultation with the Mill Courtland Community Centre and the Cedar Hills Community Group. On September 9th we made two small revisions, one to allow for any future change in the admission fee and another to clarify that we do take photos during our event.

    If you ever feel that you have been subjected to behavior that is offensive or which does not comply with the Code of Conduct please feel free to advise one of us who are presenting the program for that evening or you may contact the Community Center directly, if you prefer.

  • We Will Be Back On Friday, February 17th

    On Friday February 17th, 2017 we will be back at the Mill Courtland Community Centre for our monthly Open Stage. There will be no featured set so there will be more time for the Open Stage.

    Bring your guitars, accordions, voices, acoustic instruments of all sorts or just your eyes and ears and make yourself feel “at home”. Do not feel shy because you have not played for us before. The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:30 pm. Remember when you sign up you get to play/sing two songs in a set of 10 minutes or less and you need to be ready to start playing when your turn starts so you won’t lose any of your 10 minutes.
    The details are outlined on our About Page. The parking is free at the back of the Mill-Courtland Community Centre and admission is still $3 at the door. The facility is wheel-chair accessible, alcohol, smoke and peanut free and every show is different. If you don’t come, you’ll miss it.

  • Ho Ho Ho, December 16, 2016 Acoustic Open Stage

    On Friday, December 16, we had a terrific evening with some Prizes and fine performances from 13 Performers, including a first timer. Most of them did 3 songs each this month. We will be back with our Acoustic Open Stage on Friday, January 20 at 8pm. On December 16th, the Open Stage performers were:
    1. Mike & Tamara Monaghan
    2. Lawrence Cresswell
    3. Dan Hergott
    4. Gianni Salvador
    5. Jakki Annerino
    6. Randy Ouillette
    7. Gord and Ann
    8. David Maranta
    9. Mike Hergott5 – NEW
    10. Ron Hammar
    11. Cam and Pat
    12. Mike MacLellan
    13. Wayne Cheater

  • June 17th Was Our Last Open Stage Before the Summer Break

    On Friday, June 17th we had a great time trying out a brand new Bose compact speaker system.  It greatly reduced the amount of gear and clutter and in spite of some hiccups (Mistakes), it sounded fine.  Dan got a couple of us to come back this week to experiment some more with the system and we agreed that it will be a big improvement.

    On June 17th, we had a smaller turnout than usual, with a lot of other stuff happening that night. We a mostly did three songs each and managed to finish out the evening before 11pm. The open stage performers were.

    1. Paul Horton
    2. Dan Hergott
    3. Lawrence Cresswell
    4. Scott Abrams
    5. Randy Ouillette
    6. Jakki Annerino
    7. Jack Cole
    8. Scott Chandler & Dan McQuade
    9. Ron Hammar
    10.Wayne Cheater

  • Onion Honey, Opened with Great Performance May 20th

    On Friday May 20th, 2016 “Onion Honey” started our evening with a 30 minute set. “A pair of pseudo-gingers with banjos, Esther Wheaton and David Pike started playing music together around the same time they started cooking together and watching dozens of astronomy documentaries together; the result is a deliciously stellar blend of old-time and traditional folk tunes that will tug at heartstrings and set feet a-tappin’.

    They have played all over Southern Ontario and toured the Maritimes – downtown streets and uptown theatres, sunny fields and dingy cafés, living rooms, farmers’ markets, and once a hot air balloon festival.

    Originally a duo, Onion Honey have lately grown to four with the addition of local folkies Michelle Horel and Stuart Cybulskie. We will post a photo of Esther, David, Michelle and Stuart on our “Performers” page.

    Their warm and engaging manner and playing of the banjo, mandolin, guitar, banjolele, double bass, and washboard in their pursuit of the sounds of the past stuck the sweet spot for us on May 20th.

    Our next Acoustic Open Stage evening will be Friday, June 17, 2016. After the feature set, on Friday May 20th, we enjoyed a fine open stage session, including 2 first timers as follows:

    1. Rick Hehner
    2. Paul Horton
    3. Jack Cole
    4. Randy Ouillette
    5. Lawrence Cresswell
    6. Jakki Annerino
    7. Ron Hammar
    8. Jeremy Maloney – NEW
    9. Wayne Cheater
    10. Scott Abrams
    11. David Maranta
    12. Cam and Pat
    13. Mike MacLellan – NEW

  • Onion Honey Will be the Feature Performers at Black Walnut, May 20th

    On Friday May 20th, 2016 we will be back to the Mill Courtland Community Centre for our monthly Open Stage. “Onion Honey” will start our evening with a 30 minute set. “A pair of pseudo-gingers with banjos, Esther Wheaton and David Pike started playing music together around the same time they started cooking together and watching dozens of astronomy documentaries together; the result is a deliciously stellar blend of old-time and traditional folk tunes that will tug at heartstrings and set feet a-tappin’.

    They have played all over Southern Ontario and toured the Maritimes – downtown streets and uptown theatres, sunny fields and dingy cafés, living rooms, farmers’ markets, and once a hot air balloon festival.

    Originally a duo, Onion Honey have lately grown to four with the addition of local folkies Michelle Horel and Stuart Cybulskie.

    The band play banjo, mandolin, guitar, banjolele, double bass, and washboard in their pursuit of the sounds of the past.”

    At about 8:30pm, Onion Honey will finish up their set and we will start-up our Acoustic Open Stage.Bring your guitars, accordions, voices, acoustic instruments of all sorts or just your eyes and ears and make yourself feel “at home”. Do not feel shy because you have not played for us before. The doors will open and sign-up for the open stage will start at 7:30 pm. Remember when you sign up you get to play/sing two songs in a set of 10 minutes or less and you need to be ready to start playing when your turn starts so you won’t lose any of your 10 minutes.

    The details are outlined on our About Page. The parking is free at the back of the Mill-Courtland Community Centre and admission is still $3 at the door. the facility is accessible, alcohol, smoke and peanut free and every show is different. If you don’t come, you’ll miss it.

  • Friday, April 15th Was All About the Open Stage

    On Friday, April 15th, we had a great night for the open Stage with just enough performers to do three songs each if they chose to do so. There were several other great shows in town, which may have reduced our numbers a little. I really enjoyed hearing everybody including one first timer for the Black Walnut stage.

    Next month, on May 20th we will feature the “Onion Honey” group” which should be a treat (more details to follow). After a set by Onion Honey, we will also have our open stage. On April 15th the open stage performers were:

    1. Paul Horton
    2. Dan Hergott
    3. Ed Barrington
    4. Liv Bowen and Miranda F. (NEW)
    5. Randy Ouillette
    6. Lawrence Cresswell
    7. Jakki Annerino
    8. Ron Hammer
    9. Scott Chandler
    10. Scott Abrams
    11. Wayne Cheater