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Welcome to Victoria’s Longest Running Folklore Club

Special Event

Wattle Day

4th September 2021 10.00am until 10.30pm

Programme will be dependent upon Covid restrictions.

A series of on-line folk workshops to celebrate Wattle Day. Ends with a dance.

East Ringwood Elderly Citizens Hall

Melway ref. 50B8

Poster

Special Event

Woolshed Ball

24th September 2021 7.30pm until 11.00pm

in planning

Possible date for an evening of dancing in the traditional style, featuring great live music.

Location to be determined

Our Regular Activities

Next Session Status:Check here before attending. Zoom access will continue while there is demand.	Next Concert Status:Check here before attending. Zoom access will continue while there is demand. NOTE: To comply with COVID attendance restrictions, admission by pre-purchased ticket only.	Next Dance Status:Check here before attending. Please read these announcements with care during the transition process. Zoom access will continue while there is demand.
'All In' Session 27th July 2021 7.15pm until 9.15pm Join our round-robin playing session most Tuesday evenings.. This week, an "all in" session evening where we all join in to play tunes, dance brackets and folk songs. We take turns to suggest the next item. Audience welcome. Ringwood Uniting Church hall Melway ref. 49H9	Concert 9th August 2021 7.45pm until 10.00pm Featuring: Honeyfields The Honeyfields are Cat Moser, Corinn Strating, and Nicola Strating. Their interpretations of old and new songs are refreshing, original, and steeped in the Australian folk music tradition. In their own words: "Our bond was forged sitting around kitchen tables or campfires singing our favourite songs. There is something intuitive and natural about playing music together, the arrangements just fall into place and we hardly need to think about it." Ringwood Uniting Church hall Melway ref. 49H9 Poster	Family Bush Dance 7th August 2021 8.00pm until 11.00pm Featuring: Melbourne Colonial Band The VFMC has a family bush dance on the first Saturday of each month (excluding January). Dances are called so these events are suitable for all ages. A different band is featured each month and everyone is welcome. East Ringwood Elderly Citizens Hall Melway ref. 50B8 Flier

Next Session

Status:Check here before attending. Zoom access will continue while there is demand.

Next Concert

Status:Check here before attending. Zoom access will continue while there is demand.

NOTE: To comply with COVID attendance restrictions, admission by pre-purchased ticket only.

Next Dance

Status:Check here before attending.

Please read these announcements with care during the transition process. Zoom access will continue while there is demand.

Join our round-robin playing session most Tuesday evenings..
This week, an "all in" session evening where we all join in to play tunes, dance brackets and folk songs. We take turns to suggest the next item. Audience welcome.

Ringwood Uniting Church hall

Melway ref. 49H9

Concert

9th August 2021 7.45pm until 10.00pm

Featuring:

Honeyfields

The Honeyfields are Cat Moser, Corinn Strating, and Nicola Strating.

Their interpretations of old and new songs are refreshing, original, and steeped in the Australian folk music tradition.
In their own words:
"Our bond was forged sitting around kitchen tables or campfires singing our favourite songs. There is something intuitive and natural about playing music together, the arrangements just fall into place and we hardly need to think about it."

Ringwood Uniting Church hall

Melway ref. 49H9

Poster

Family Bush Dance

7th August 2021 8.00pm until 11.00pm

Featuring:

Melbourne Colonial Band

The VFMC has a family bush dance on the first Saturday of each month (excluding January). Dances are called so these events are suitable for all ages. A different band is featured each month and everyone is welcome.

East Ringwood Elderly Citizens Hall

Melway ref. 50B8

Flier

The goals of the VFMC are:

to preserve, research and popularise our Australian Folklore Heritage of traditional songs, music, poetry, prose and dance.
to encourage the creation of contemporary songs, music, poetry, prose and dance in the traditional style.
to maintain forums where singers, musicians, reciters, dancers and interested organisations may exchange information, receive help and guidance for the understanding and promotion of Australian Folklore.

COVID-19 Arrangements

Victoria is again in lockdown. Our next dance and our next concert were to have been live events in their halls. Alas, this is no longer possible.

Please monitor this web site for details of forthcoming events as the situation may change rapidly. We will post any changes as soon as we possibly can.

If you have purchased a ticket for any VFMC event which has to be changed, canceled or postponed, VFMC will offer flexible refund or transfer arrangements.

Obviously we intend that regular VFMC Sessions, and Concerts, and Dances will be maintained as normally as possible as the virus continues its course. All seem to agree that making music in the company of each other is preferable to soloing alone at home, and the Committee is keen to get back to meeting at the halls when we feel it is entirely safe to do so.

The VFMC Committee are well advanced in preparing CovidSafe plans which are published on this web site. We have tested the technology for online Zoom access at the halls so people can continue participating in VFMC Sessions and Concerts remotely, from home or wherever you happen to be in the world on any Tuesday night.

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Last modified: July 25 2021 16:47.