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First Friday for Folk Music is a production of the Savannah Folk
Music Society and is held the first Friday of each month
at First Presbyterian Church at 520
Washington Avenue, Savannah,
Georgia. It is smoke-free, alcohol-free and family-friendly. There is a
recommended donation of $2 per person. Beverages and homemade fresh
baked goods are available for purchase. Festivities start
at 7:30 PM and run until about 10:00 PM. $2 recommended donation.
June 1st, 2012
“First Friday for Folk Music” Features
ANNIVERSARY
SURPRISE and Joni Bishop
This month’s
show being the 16th
ANNIVERSARY will feature ANNIVERSARY
SURPRISE led by SFMS President CHRIS
DESA and other society members, as well as touring Nashville
Singer/Songwriter “JONI BISHOP”. Your host for the evening will be CHRIS DESA.
CHRIS DESA
To
celebrate the 16th Anniversary of First Friday For Folk
Music CHRIS DESA will lead a
group of SFMS members singing an unique fun filled, serious and not so
serious set of folk tunes, parodies of famous ‘Folky” standards as well as
gospel sing along tunes, all of which will encourage active audience
participation. Come and enjoy this great evening of Folk Music and be
prepared to sing along, laugh your hearts out, and also maybe wipe away
a tear or two. Expect to see some familiar faces in the line-up of the ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE!
JONI BISHOP
Joni's
introduction to the world of music began when she got her first guitar
at age 9 and discovered the folk/roots music of singers like
Mississippi John Hurt and Elizabeth Cotton. Not only did the music
captivate her, but the faces on the LP jackets as well. It was then
that she began to develop a love for both music & art and to
discover her own gifts: for writing songs, singing, playing
finger-style guitar, and for sketching pencil portraits of the
musicians she loved to listen to. She has toured extensively throughout
the US and in Europe. She was a New Folk winner in the prestigious
Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, has recorded for CBS Records, BWE Records
and released 5 CDs on her own independent label Polestar Records.
As
a visual artist, Joni had her first solo art show, Roots, Rhythm & Gospel, in Nashville in 1998, where she
exhibited over 40 of her folk-art Jazz/Blues/Gospel portraits of some
of her most beloved subjects: the musicians and singers whose music has
influenced, uplifted and inspired her through the years - Louis
Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Rev. Gary Davis, and the great gospel
singer Mahalia Jackson, to name a few. Her work has been shown
throughout the Southeast United States in conjunction with her concert
tours in places like New Orleans, Memphis & Washington DC. Joni is
based in Nashville where she continues to write music, record and
paint.
Please come and
enjoy an evening of great folk music !
For more
information call (912) 355 7172 or (912) 898 1876
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Future First Friday Performances
520 E. Washington Avenue
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June 1
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Anniversary Surprise – TBA
Joni
Bishop
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July 6
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Cecilia
Witt
The Pace
Brothers
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August 3
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Bill
DeYoung and Wooden Nickel
Alberto
Puentes
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Sept 7
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Midlife
Crisis
Cynergy
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October 4
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JLMCGEE
Uncle Bill
and the String Beans
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 912-898-1876
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