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From: George Otto <g_otto@comcast.net>

Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 12:42 PM

Subject: Re: Newsletter report, amended

To: "bluesq5555 ." <bluesq55@gmail.com>

Cc: George Otto <GeorgeOtto@mac.com>

Well, I did send the board the (almost) complete list of April Fools' articles, then added the one below. If you like, here is the final report, as amended:

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Newsletter Committee Report 2017-04 (amended)

Things are proceeding as usual with the invaluable help of Kathi Caccavale, Pat Brangs, Nancy Kelner, Liz Pagan, Bill Henderson, and Joanne Cronin.

For this year’s April issue we elected not to have an April Fools’ article, since it is getting harder and harder to fool Folk Project members. Unfortunately, a number of unused items written by Pelvis Burlapp from the prior year’s template for the April issue leaked through to this year and appeared in the Calendar, Gigs, Venues, etc., sections of this issue by mistake, for which I apologize.

Also, I’m not sure where the article came from mentioning songs about Boston transit-fare rate hikes.

Sincerely,

George Otto

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As many Board members suspected, the above committee report was an extension of the April Fools’ jokes found in the April newsletter. In fact, there were six April Fools’ notes/articles in the issue, as follows, all intentional:

Page 1.

No April Fools' Article This Year

Over many years, it has been the tradition of this newsletter to include a spoof article in the April edition to try to convince the unwary reader of some improbable change in the world of folk music. Unfortunately, it has become harder each successive year to think of new ways to fool our discerning readership. Last year we succeeded rather well, resulting in upset letters being sent to the FP board about our organization's name change. This year we know that everyone will have their guard up against being caught again by such a ruse, so it is with regret that we've decided the time has come to abandon this quaint if enjoyable tradition. And don't bother looking through the newsletter to see if there are any funny Calendar entries, Venue entries, Goods of the Order, or suchlike. We doubt you'll find any of them. Maybe next year.

Venues

Joe’s Postum House: 324 Sanka Ship Lane, Postmortem, NJ, 8pm, $87; 4/1 An evening with Greta Garbo, featuring John Goodman as Greta, all shows (including standing room) SOLD OUT, leaning or bending room only

Member’s Gigs

Carmen Gettme: Sat. 4/1 3–5pm, Ernie Kovacs Home for Nairobi Refugees, 321 Lawn-n-dusty Road, Scratchme, NJ. Private event for residents only, but for some reason it’s listed here anyway.

Calendar

Song and Spouse Swap: 8pm, home of Peter Fiddler, Great Balz, NJ, BYOS

Good of the Order

Pelvis Burlapp reports that the odometer of his Vespa scooter just turned over 314,159 miles on March 14. What are the odds of that?

Feets Don’t Fail Me Now

Eustachian Dancing: Eustachian Elders Club Home (EECH), Membrane Village, NJ, 7–11pm, authentic live Eustachian music with The Bartolomeos, featuring Slavko Drinkovitz on the tuba auditoria and his sister Shminka on the tympanic membrane, all welcome.

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Unfortunate Funding Cut

The Folk Project was recently awarded a grant from Morris Arts to help us with our costs of producing events such as the Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series, Swingin' Tern Dances, Acoustic Getaways, and Special Concerts. Unfortunately, according to a recent pronouncement from the Federal Government that it was unfair to ask the victims of mining disasters and Boston public-transit fare hikes to pay their hard-earned tax dollars for songs extolling their suffering, this grant has been canceled. Please be assured that the Folk Project will make every effort to minimize the effects of this funding cut on our operations.

My thanks to Pelvis Burlapp for his contributions to the above list.

George Otto

Folk Project Newsletter Editor

(908) 604-4623

newsletter@folkproject.org

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On April 10, 2017 at 12:04 PM "bluesq5555 ." <bluesq55@gmail.com> wrote:

Presumably followed by a cruise to the Isles of Langerhans....

Just wondering whether you've posted the key to the April Fools stuff. Given that I'll be at least referencing it in the newsletter minutes, maybe a link could be posted, in the minutes or elsewhere.

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:33 AM, George Otto <g_otto@comcast.net> wrote:

It turns out that my updated report missed one of the April Fools' items written by Pelvis Burlapp:

Feels Don’t Fail Me Now

Just thought you should know.

George Otto

(908) 604-4623

GeorgeOtto@mac.com

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