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- From: dina@apple.com (Jennifer Needham)
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- Subject: Bay Area New Folk Alliance - BANFA
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 20:59:32 GMT
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- BANFA is the Bay Area New Folk Alliance! This is a group in the San
- Francisco Bay Area devoted to Folk music. Their monthly newsletter
- contains a calendar for folks in the area, supplementing it with articles
- about performers, venues, and general new folk news. These articles come
- from members of BANFA.
-
- They also sponser open mike nights. The second Wednesday of each month is
- an acoustic open mike at Mr. CUs Espresso Club, 1318 Lincoln Avenue, in
- the Willow Glen section of San Jose. Lisa Atkinson and Dave Perasso put
- this together with the management of this casual coffee and dessert club.
- Sign up at 6:30, the mike runs from 7 to 9:30. Call Dave for more
- information (408) 294-4892.
-
- The last Wednesday of each month is BANFA sponsered open mike at the
- Country Store Cafe, 14557 Big Basin Way in Saratoga. This is a
- song-writerUs open mike and is intended to feature original material.
- Sign up at 7:30, music 8-11. The Country Store has an upright piano on
- stage also. Michael Coulon does sound, Lisa Atkinson hosts the stage and
- handles sign ups. Call (408) 370-2470 for information.
-
- If you would like to recieve the monthly newsletter and become a member of
- BANFA send a check made out to BANFA to P.O. Box 877, Saratoga, CA
- 95071. Individual membership is $15.00 per year. A second member at the
- same address, who is willing to share the newsletter is $5.00. Until they
- develope a large enough membership to finance mailings at bulk rate, you
- may be asked to pick up your newsletter at a BANFA-friendly event. BANFA
- is open to all, but have special plans for musicians. Send additional info
- about yourself with your check, such as... (fill in the blanks):
-
- I play__________ and ____________ and want to learn _____________. I sing
- ______________ and ____________ songs mostly. I _____________ like to sing
- with others. I have____ recordings available in the following formats:
- ________.
-