President’s Letter
2/29/24
Happy leap day! Today our calendar get’s re-aligned with the Earth's orbit. I, for one, feel much more in sync today.
Here’s the latest QCB/Leo Coffeehouse news:
Friday, March 1, 2024 Zoom Song Circle Canceled
Leo Coffeehouse, March 3, 2024
Looking Ahead: Leo Coffeehouse, March 10, 2024
Reference Information (Below my sign off)
Friday, March 1, 2024 Zoom Song Circle Canceled
The title says it all. I’ve got plans for both Friday and Saturday evenings, so I can’t run the Zoom session either night. It will also give me an opportunity to take a break from singing and, hopefully, allow my voice to recover from whatever has been ailing it. We’ll get together again on March 8, 2024.
Leo Coffeehouse
March 3, 2024
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.
Performances
6:40-9:00 PM:
1st Set: Chris Bieri
Chris Bieri has had a lifelong passion for folk music. Tonight, she and friends Alana Johnson and Rockne Riddlebarger will bring to life songs reflecting the mythic and marginal characters who inhabit Chris’ American dream.
2nd Set: Bob Ford
Plays hits from the 1570s to the 1970s. He brings banjo and guitar, picks a little and grins a lot, and plays the hits folks love to sing along with. He’s performed all around the Midwest from TallShips to TallStacks.
https://bobfordmusic.com
3rd Set: The Farmer and the Crow
With more than a decade of performances, the legendary Ma Crow plays bluegrass, Americana and Old-time Mountain music along with Dale Farmer, creator of the film The Mountain Minor, and longtime band member with the Back Porch Hounds and Jericho Old-time Band. Together, The Farmer and the Crow perform both originals and creative interpretations of forgotten gems.
Looking Ahead:
Leo Coffeehouse, March 10, 2024
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.
5:15 PM: Songwriters Collaborative
The Songwriters Collaborative is our regular workshop where you can share your songs with other songwriters for encouragement and friendly critiques.
Performances—6:40-9:00 PM:
1st Set: Kaitlin Morrison
A former regular at the Leo, Kaitlin took time off for a couple babies. We look forward to her return.
2nd Set: Anna & the Deeper Well
They started as the father-daughter-duo Anna and Milovan. The group has been playing for over ten years in the Greater Cincinnati area. In 2012 they added Anna's husband, Luke Moderwell, to the band. Their music contains an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, folk, originals, and pop.
http://www.annaandthedeeperwell.com/band
3rd Set: April Combs Mann
April Mann performs her original and traditional songs under the name Goldenthread. She has toured extensively across the US and Europe, played Lallapalooza, and done a Peel Session on BBC Radio One. Her original songs have been featured in hit television shows. She has shared stages with Carrie Newcomer, Marianne Faithfull, Shawn Colvin, and many others. April also sings with the Cincinnati Irish traditional favorite Dark Moll; and, her fairytale podcast, April Eight Songs & Stories, has listeners in over 70 countries across the globe. aprileight.com
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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