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Welcome to the Monaro Folk Society (MFS) web site. For quick reference to this site, please see the alphabetical Index in the navigation pane to the left.

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Contents 1 LATEST NEWS 2 Upcoming Events Calendar 3 Welcome 4 Joining the Monaro Folk Society 5 Events Diary 6 MFS Publications 7 Music 7.1 Performance 7.2 Music Sessions and Bands 8 Dance 8.1 MFS Dance Activities 8.2 Special Events 8.3 Dance Groups 8.4 MFS Dance Display Groups 8.5 Member's Activities 9 Volunteers 10 Resources 10.1 On Line Resources 10.2 Members' Services 10.3 Sales 10.4 Links

LATEST NEWS

BUSH DANCE at All Saints Church Hall 9 Cowper Street Ainslie SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY
Music by the Bush Capital Band. Calling by Peter Foster and Friends. 8pm - 11.30pm Please bring a plate of supper to share.
A great fun night of bush dancing for the public brought to you by the Monaro Folk Society Bush Dance Group.

Bush Dance Classes 8pm EVERY MONDAY at All Saints Church Hall 9 Cowper Street Ainslie Learn lively dances to live music, or come along and help introduce newcomers to this wonderful activity. Musicians, callers, new & experienced dancers and helpers all welcome.

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The New Year's Eve Bush Dance at the Yarralumla Woolshed with Franklyn B Paverty was a huge success. We had over 180 folks paying at the door, plus kids and the band and those who popped in late. 54 members of the public came along and enjoyed bush dancing, mainly for the first time. What a wonderful night it was. All looks good for bush dancing in 2012.

There is a 1 minute 57 seconds video that gives a little taste of the occasion:

http://youtu.be/DdrWJ8QY7ec

BUSH DANCE 25th FEBRURARY AT COOK HALL, 41 Templeton Street, Cook

Come to a bush dance with an Irish and Scottish feel

Calling by Peter Foster, Paul Carr and Tony Northey

Music by The Bush Capital Band.

Paul with teach and call some fun easy Irish Set dances and Tony will teach some well loved easy Scottish dances.

8pm - 11.30pm.

Please bring a plate for supper

Upcoming Events Calendar

Please see the Calendar for upcoming events of interest to members of the Monaro Folk Society, and members of the public who may share this interest.

Welcome

The MFS is a non-profit community organisation operating in the ACT-Monaro region providing access to both entertainment and direct involvement in a wide range of folk music, dance, and spoken word activities. See: What the Monaro Folk Society does
The MFS is based in Canberra, Australia. For more information please see: About Monaro Folk Society

If you are a current financial member of the Monaro Folk Society, please read our further information about the Members Only Wiki.

This wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable any MFS member who wishes to, to contribute or modify content. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".

"Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast".

If you are not a current financial member of the Monaro Folk Society you are welcome to browse this public Wiki, but only members are authorised to log in and contribute to its development. We also welcome non-members too!

Joining the Monaro Folk Society

Membership of the Monaro Folk Society is open to any person. There are many benefits of membership, and you are supporting a worthy community-based organisation by joining.

MFS members are admitted to virtually all paid-entry MFS events at a preferential rate (see Music, Dance for examples), and also receive the monthly Monaro Musings by mail. Members can also take part in the Society's music or singing sessions or dance display groups.

And one more thing - MFS is a very friendly social environment, for listeners and watchers as well as players, dancers and singers at all levels of skill.

For further information, read our article on Joining the Monaro Folk Society.

Events Diary

The activities of the Monaro Folk Society, and activities of interest to Monaro Folk Society members and those with similar interests, are listed in the Calendar.

Our calendar ID is "monarofolk.org.au_1ojt99d8ntbjh5cp8e3vs285p8@group.calendar.google.com" (excluding the quotes). If you have your own Google calendar, you can do things such as overlay our calendar on top of yours, subscribe to notifications, etc. If you don't know what any of this means but are curious and want to experiment, try clicking on the + icon in the bottom right of the calendar.

If you want to edit the calendar (as in add or remove events), try clicking on the + icon in the bottom right corner of the calendar. If you think you don't have the necessary permissions, try sending an email to calendar@monarofolk.org.au requesting access.

MFS Publications

• Monaro Musings - the magazine of the Monaro Folk Society.
• MFS-Announce - the Monaro Folk Society announcements e-mail list.

Music

Performance

• The Merry Muse is the Monaro Folk Society's principal music performance venue.

• Club Night[1] - are open stage blackboard/walk up performances, with musicians sessions-out-the-back.

Music Sessions and Bands

• Tuesday Night Music group - is the intermediate level session group.
  
• Wednesday night Music Group - is the more advanced session group that also plays for dances.
  
• Bush Capital Band - an open stage band that plays regularly for the Monday Bush Dance workshops, and First Saturday of the Month Bush Dances.
  
• Woolies Home Band - a band made up of the Wednesday group musicians.
  
• Canberra Contra Club Ensemble - an open stage band that plays regularly for Contra Dance workshops and dances.
  
• Dancing In The Park Musicians - an open stage band that plays for the Monday evening summer season of "Dancing in the Park" on Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park. see - Dancing_in_the_Park
  

Dance

For contact information please see Contact Us

MFS Dance Activities

• Dancing in the Park (DITP) - a season of dances, free to MFS members and the public, held on Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park.
  
• Bush Dance Classes - Monday evening bush dance classes
• First Saturday of the Month Bush Dances - First Saturday of the month dances run by the MFS Bush Dance Group
• End of Month Bush Dances - a program of lively Saturday evening dances throughout the year, run by the End of Month Dance Committee.
• Contra Dances - a program of Saturday evening contra dances throughout the year.

Special Events

• Australian Heritage Dance - Celebrate ACT Heritage Week for dancing to dances from our past
• Bush Capital Ball - Celebrate the beginning of Autumn with the Bush Capital Ball
• Colonial Ball - the premier annual dance event of the Society.
• Gala Ball - special grand ball in May at the Albert Hall.
• New Years Eve dance - a special dance on 31st December to bring in the new year.
• Shearers Ball - a special dance held in the Yarralumla Woolshed.

Dance Groups

• Bush Dance Group - a cooperative group of dancers, callers and musicians that runs [Bush dance] workshops, monthly bush dances and balls.
• Irish Set Dance Group - a cooperative group of dancers, teachers and callers that run regular [Irish Set Dance] classes, ceilis and a weekend of dance.
• Canberra Contra Club - a cooperative group of dancers, callers and musicians that runs American [Contra dance] workshops and dances.

MFS Dance Display Groups

• The Bush Dancers display group - promoting bush dancing and Australian traditional music.

• Monaro Colonial Dancers - a group committed to presenting our rich heritage of music and dance to the public.

• Set In Their Ways display group - a specialist Irish Set Dance display group.

Member's Activities

• Bundanoon Bush Dance Weekend - The June long weekend Bundanoon event has been a great success, join the next June longweekend
• Canberra Dance News - monthly email dance newsletter [Barbara & Lance C]
• Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy (EDHDA) - historical social dance classes at the ANU & Yarralumla; special themed balls, dance display group, musicians, historical costumes, dance instructions, books, CDs and an email dance newsletter. Ph (02) 6281-1098 . Includes the Historical Dance Week 10-12 April 2012; Jane Austen Festival Australia 12-15 April 2012 and the "Minuets & Mazurkas" over the October long weekend in Canberra [Aylwen & John Garden]
  
• Dancecal.info - See what every dance group in Canberra (and beyond) are doing on any day of the year. Google calendars of all participating dance groups are overlaid on top of each other so that dancers can plan their week of dancing :) Easy for dance groups to join the system. Also has information on festivals. "Tell your friends!" [Nesa Simon David]

Volunteers

The Monaro Folk Society is run by a small army of volunteers. If you would like to join this merry band, please enquire of any existing volunteer, or email Info(at)mfs(dot)org(dot)au to discuss ideas. You will be made welcome either way.

For volunteer resources, please see the Document Catalogue. The catalogue includes important information for all volunteers, such as the MFS Code Of Conduct and the Risk Management Plan.

Resources

On Line Resources

• MFS Document Catalogue
• Publicity flyer catalogue

Members' Services

MFS members can place notices in these areas offering services to folk culture activities.

• Bands, Musicians and Choirs
• Dance Callers and resources
• Teachers
• Instrument makers and repairers
• PA and other sound resources
• Publications
• General

Sales

Sales - Get your copy of the history of the Society book.

Links

Links of interest to Monaro Folk Society members and those with similar interests.

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