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Kingston Chapter News
Volume 19, Issue 2: November & December 1998
Newsletter segments:
Kingston chapter news, Patterson chapter news, Poughkeepsie chapter news, and other articles.by Les Herring
The first coffeehouse of the 98-99 season took place in Kingston on September 5 and got the season off to a fine start. We had no featured performer, so the open mic performers got to stretch a bit, doing two sets each. The always welcome Andy Ferraro led off, lending his fine voice and guitar to "Louise" and Dan Fogelburg's "Let It Shine." Lazy River, who seem to get better with each performance, did "All God's Critters" and "River of Life." Carol Hotte, Peter Martin, and Greg Neaga lent some levity to the occasion by "Makin' Whoopie" and a song from the eminent folk artists, Monty Python. Newcomer Patricia Bradaigh treated us to the achingly beautiful "She Moves Through the Fair" and her own Native American-inspired composition "Hollow Flute." Robert Helfman brought the first half to a close with two instrumentals, "My Funny Valentine" on piano and "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" on recorder.
Act 2 began with Lazy River's renditions of "Dinah" and "Four Strong Winds." Carol, Greg, and Peter returned with "Whistle Down the Wind" and "Leave It Like It Is." Patricia Bradaigh sang the English tune "Margaret," then put new words to an old Irish aire. The new words described how the Woodstock Festivals have this funny tendency not to be in Woodstock. Robert Helfman rendered "September Song," appropriately, on the piano, and one of Bruce Springsteen's Tom Joad songs on the guitar. We finally persuaded Denise Jordan Finley to get up and sing Tom Lehrer's gruesome "Irish Ballad." A fine start to our 19th season.
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