President’s Letter
04/11/24
QCB/Community Happens Here Jam 4/13/2024
Leo Coffeehouse, April 14, 2024
Looking Ahead: Leo Coffeehouse, April 21, 2024
Spaghetti Dinner at Zion UCC, April 27, 2024
Reference Information (Below my sign off)
QCB/Community Happens Here Jam 4/13/2024
It’s happening again this Saturday, from 12:30-2:30 PM, at Community Happens Here at 6238 Montgomery Rd. in Pleasant Ridge, It’s also on the QCB calendar on our website: the second Saturday of each month. We had great attendance last time. Join us to share in the fun and music.
Parking is available on Montgomery Rd., on Grand Vista Ave. and at the public parking lot behind Walgreens on Woodmont Ave.
Leo Coffeehouse
April 14, 2024
5:15 PM: Songwriters Collaborative
Charlie Mosbrook will lead a songwriting workshop discussing songwriter prompts. Where to start? What do I have to say?
5:15 PM: Open Jam
Musicians bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony. This jam continues upstairs during the concert.
6:40-9:00 PM: Performances
1st Set: Mike Boerschig
Mike has roamed to festivals and pubs to find songs and stories to lift people up. He performs them in his own unique style. The rhymes and the rhythms will make you smile.
2nd Set: Charlie Mosbrook
Few people have been as central to Cleveland’s music scene as Charlie Mosbrook. His turf is acoustic singer/songwriter/folk music. He has performed for 30 years, releasing albums, collaborating with and encouraging other artists, and hosting open mic nights. He’s an artist/teacher with Roots of American Music and president of FARM and Folknet. Through countless charities and events that advocate for human rights and environmental action, Charlie uses his music as a vehicle for a better world. www.charliemosbrook.com
3rd Set: Ellie Fabe
Ellie Fabe is a singer/songwriter from Cincinnati whose songs create an intimate portrait of longing and love. An interpreter of memory and nostalgia, she has a sound all her own. She’s performed in such notable venues as New York’s The Bitter End and Chicago’s The Elbo Room, and her release, Devil May Care is the 2015 Ohio Music Awards Winner for Best Singer/Songwriter. She was also nominated for the 2017 Just Plain Folks Music Awards: Best Song in the Americana category from the album Devil May Care, for: “How Does It Feel?” and Best New Folk Album: Be A Girl Again. This is alternative folk, expressive, authentic. Get to know her. You'll be glad you did.
Looking Ahead:
Leo Coffeehouse, April 21, 2024
3:30 PM: 3rd Sunday Singalong
Tell your friends and bring the kids! Everyone will pick songs from the Rise Up Singing books. Pianist Al Wauligman will accompany.
5:15 PM: Guitar Round Table Workshop
A forum for players of any skill level to exchange ideas so we can all make better music together. Bring a question, share a tip. Learn a new lick or chord. Enrich your guitar experience.
5:15 PM: Open Jam
Musicians bring songs to lead in the circle while others provide backup and harmony. This jam continues upstairs during the concert.
6:00 PM: All Evening Open Mic
Sign up at 5:45 PM to perform 2 or 3 songs, depending on the number of musicians who sign up. Our sound system will be set up.
Spaghetti Dinner at Zion UCC
Zion UCC, our home base for Leo Coffeehouse, is holding a spaghetti dinner at 5:00 PM on Saturday, April 27, 2024, to raise funds to support Madison Smith, a junior at UC’s College Conservatory of Music, as she tours this summer as first chair trombonist with the Prague Symphony Orchestra. To learn more about this event, and Madison, see the poster on the bulletin board in the hall leading to Founder’s hall where Leo Coffeehouse performances are held.
QCB/Leo Coffeehouse Membership
We are keeping our standard annual QCB membership dues at $20.00 for a family, or for a single person plus a guest. Last year, knowing that the pandemic cut into our contingency funds, as we continued to pay overhead expenses with no income, some members donated larger amounts to QCB. We very much appreciate the support of all QCB members at all levels.
We are exploring setting up our website to allow the payment of different levels of dues support. For now, if you’d like to pay the standard dues, you can pay them online here or by a check at Leo. (We’ve discontinued our P.O. Box, I will have a mailing address in the next newsletter for those who wish to mail their membership dues.)
If you would like to donate more than the $20.00 standard dues, you can do so by check, or through our website. When you get to the page with the box to relay instructions, just note that you are paying a larger amount for your dues.
For visitors who prefer not to become a member, a donation of $5.00 (cash) per person helps us pay the rent for our non-profit organization. Donations can be slipped in the box at the welcome table outside our performance room, Founders Hall. If you can’t afford that, pay what you can afford or nothing at all. We will welcome you to join us either way.
That’s all for this Folknotes, I hope to see you soon at Leo Coffeehouse.
Neil Harrell
President, Queen City Balladeers/Leo Coffeehouse
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