Thursday, February 15, 2012, from 6:30-9:00 pm (come any time)
NJ Friends of Clearwater Circle of Song (see Circle of Song page for more info)

LOCATION:  Turnstile Coffee Bar (see photos of this beautiful place on the “Circle” page)
1607 Highway 71, Belmar, NJ 07719 (pls. find Directions at the bottom of the “Circle” page).

We are still passing the hat.  The suggested donation between $3 and $7 is still split between
NJ Friends of Clearwater and Pastor Sony’s work with the homeless and the hungry in Asbury Park.

Our format is much like the Circle of Song Stage at the Festival:  We have a Featured Leader-Performers each month.  Isis Ra and I also participate, and so can YOU.  There will be plenty of opportunity for audience members to sing a song and to sing along.  PLEASE COME AND BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT.  Or just come to listen.

Kathy Moser will be our Featured Leader-Performer.  She is an incredibly funny performer and a never tiring advocate for a better way to treat this Planet.


On March 15, our Circle will welcome Spook Handy, on April 19 Sharleen Leahey and on May 17 Jim Crawford.

Monday, January 23, 2012
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song for the
Allaire Historical Village Board of Directors at
The Chapter House
Route 9, Howell, NJ
with Jim Crawford, Joe Petraitis and Isis Ra

Thursday, January 19, 2012
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
The Turnstile Coffee Bar
1607 Highway 71, Belmar, NJ 07719, 732-894-9012
with Joe Petraitis, joined by Carl Croce

Friday, December 16, 2011
Beacon Sloop Club Holiday Sing, Beacon, NY
with Pete Seeger, Spook Handy, David and Jacob Bernz, Chris Ruhe, James Durst,
Danny Einbender and the Rivertown Kids

Thursday, December 15, 2011
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
The Turnstile Coffee Bar
1607 Highway 71, Belmar, NJ 07719, 732-894-9012
with Lorraine Stone

Thursday, November 16, 2011
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
The Turnstile Coffee Bar
1607 Highway 71, Belmar, NJ 07719, 732-894-9012
with Arlon Bennett

Thursday, October 21, 2011
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ
with April Mae & Catfish

Thursday, September 15, 2011
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ
with Jessica Carroll

Saturday, August 20, 2011
NJ Friends of Clearwater 36^th Annual Festival
Managed Circle of Song Stage with (alphabetically) April Mae & Catfish, Kacie Baker, Arlon Bennett, Circle Round the Sun, Jan Christiansen, Carl Croce, Jim Crawford, Spook Handy, Ingrid Heldt, Sharleen Leahey, Mike Meade, Kathy Moser, Joe  Petraitis, Isis Ra, Eric Russell, Thomas Wesley Stern, Virago and Hillary Zaenchik.

Thursday, July 21, 2011
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ
with Denise Sullivan

Thursday, May 19, 2011, from 6:30-9:00 pm (come any time)
NJ Clearwater Circle of Song

First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue (near 2^nd Avenue) in Asbury Park.

A donation between $3 and $7 is suggested, which will be divided between
Clearwater and Pastor Sony’s work with the homeless and the hungry.

Our format is much like the Circle of Song Stage at the Festival:  We at least one Featured Leader-Performers each month.  Isis Ra and I also participate, and so can YOU.  There will be plenty of opportunity for audience members to sing a song and to sing along.  PLEASE COME AND BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT.

Singer-Songwriter Jim Crawford will be our Featured Leader-Performer in January.  I met Jim at a Folk Festival organized by Sonny of Espresso Joe’s in Keyport, and I love his songs that cover everything from social comment to sweet love to descriptions of quirky characters Jim has met in his daily life.  Please see his Bio in the recent flier I have posted under Circle of Song. 

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

SHARLEEN LEAHEY will return as our Leader-Performer on June 16    AND -
OUR NEXT FESTIVAL OF NJ FRIENDS OF CLEARWATER WILL BE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, Sunset Park, off Main Avenue in Asbury Park. 

This time, our Circle of Song Stage will be in the CENTER of the action.  Ask for us.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Led Folk Music at The Saint
601 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ
with Marc Bodino, Carl Croce, Rich Deans, Kathy Moser, Joe Petraitis Isis Ra and Vírago

Thursday, March 19, 2011
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ
with Circle ‘Round the Sun, the duo of Jay Wilensky and Marie Trontell

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ
with Kathy Moser and Isis Ra

Saturday, December 18, 2010
Beacon Sloop Club, Beacon, NJ
Holiday Sing with Pete Seeger, Spook Handy, David and Jacob Bernz, Roland Mousaa, Chris Ruhe, James Durst, Danny Einbender and the Rivertown Kids (who are up for a Grammy) Reina Estrada, Ira MacIntosh, Carl Croce and others.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Led Folk Music at The Saint
with NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
The Saint
601 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ
with Marc Bodino, Carl Croce, Rich Deans, Sharleen Leahey, Kathy Moser, Joe Petraitis and Thomas Wesley Stern

Thursday, December 9, 2010
Sang backup for Sharleen Leahey
Holiday Concert for Peace and Human Rights
Nassau Presbyterian Church
Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ

Thursday, November 18, 2010
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ
with Spook Handy and Tom Picard

Thursday, October 21, 2010
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ
with Thomas Wesley Stern and Anthony Apostolaros

Thursday, September 16, 2010
Led NJ Clearwater Circle of Song
First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park
906 Grand Avenue, in Asbury Park, NJ
with Sharleen Leahey and Marc Bodino

Saturday, August 21, 2010
NJ Friends of Clearwater 36^th Annual Festival
Managed Circle of Song Stage with (alphabetically) Kacie Baker, Jan Christiansen, Carl Croce, Rich Deans, Emily Grove, Spook Handy, Ingrid Heldt, Isis and The Tribe, Sharleen Leahey, Mike Meade, Joe Petraitis, Tom Picard, Eric Russell, Michael Scolnick, Thomas Wesley Stern, Jay Wilensky and Hillary Zaenchik.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Espresso Joe’s Holiday Show
50 West Front Street, Keyport, NJ – 732-203-9499

Friday, December 11, 2009
Beacon Sloop Club, Beacon, NJ
Holiday Sing with Pete Seeger, Alison Hartwell, David Bernz, Mel Healy & Vinnie Cerniglia, Jacob Bernz, James Durst,
Karen Brooks & Melissa Ortquist, Goldee Greene, Michael Scolnick, Kacie Baker and others.

Friday October 9, 2009
Walk A Crooked Mile Bookstore
A Showcase of PASA, the Philadelphia Area Songwriters’ Alliance
7423 Devon Street, Philadelphia, PA

Saturday September 5
Keyport Folk Festival – organized by Espresso Joe’s
I did the first full-length set after my wrist injury, joined by Joe Petraitis.

Saturday August 15, 2009
Clearwater NJ, Sunset Park, Asbury Park, NJ
Circle of Song stage - member of Sloop Singers.

Sunday & Monday June 21-22, 2009
Kreuzkirche, Oberursel (Taunus), Germany
Two performances with Lea Lewalter.

January-June 2009
I was forced to “lay low” – nursing my broken and wrenched wrist.  But I’ve been “hanging out” at the Sloop Club in Beacon, NY, at Espresso Joe’s in Keyport and other places, introducing new songs and playing my guitar in open tuning.

Sunday, November 2, 2008
Rally for Tom Wyka - Democratic Candidate for Congress
Joined by Sharleen Leahey and - last-minute - by Spook Handy
“Morristown Green”, Morristown, New Jersey.

Saturday and Sunday, December 6&7, 2008
Holiday Lights with Sips of Cheer,
a theatrical performance at the Stephen Crane House
508 4^th Avenue, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Benefit produced by Marjorie Conn (www.connartists.org) for the rescue of Greyhounds.

Sunday, September 21, 2008
2nd Annual Inter-Faith Peace Parade & Festival
Somerville, New Jersey, in front of the Court House
Repeat invitation by Sharleen Leahey.

Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17, 2008
Clearwater Monmouth Festival
Asbury Park, New Jersey
East (Family) Stage; Sloop Singers and “Circle of Songs”

Sunday, August 3, 2008 - noon:
The 5^th Annual Peace & World Friendship Fair.
Organized by the Union County Peace Council
Cranford, NJ

Saturday, June 21, 2008 – 7 pm (with Joe Petraitis):
Café Z Coffeehouse
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
215 Elm Avenue, Rahway, NJ

Sunday, May 18, 2008:
Live interview on WKNY
with Mindy Fradkin
Kingston, New York
http://www.1490wkny.com

Saturday, May 17, 2008:
Memorial Service for Bob Norman
Quaker Church, Princeton, New Jersey

Saturday, April 26, 2008 – 10:30 AM:
New Jersey Folk Festival
New Brunswick (Rutgers Campus), New Jersey.
At 11 AM:  I opened the event on the Skylands Stage
At 11:30: Pete Seeger tribute on the Pinelands Stage, together with Rik Palieri and Roger Deitz
At 5 PM:  Sing-along on the Pinelands Stage, together with Spook Handy, Jim Albertson and Saul Broudy.
http://www.njfolkfest.rutgers.edu

Sunday, April 20, 2008 – noon:
Earth Day in Beacon, New York
Main Stage; before Pete Seeger
http://www.beaconsloopclub.org

Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 3 pm:
The Headliner
a large Club on Route 35, at the Belmar Bridge
Neptune,NJ, 732-775-6200
http://www.theheadliner.com
All proceeds went to the family of Helyn Chobocinski, one of the co-founders of Clearwater Monmouth.
She passed away after a long illness, leaving her family in a difficult financial situation.

Saturday, November 9, 2007:
INDIE-CON Music Convention, Music For Peace panel and subsequent concert,
led by Rik Palieri (http://www.banjo.net)
City Hall, Burlington, VT
http://www.bigheavyworld.com/indiecon/

Sunday, October 14, 2007 –noon:
Pumpkin Fest in Beacon, NY
Main Stage, before Pete Seeger, joined by Sharleen Leahey, Mike Meade
and Joe Petraitis, also:  Children’s Stage with Joe Petraitis

Sunday, September 23, 2007 – noon:
Alternative Energy Festival in Beacon, NY
Children’s Stage with Joe Petraitis, before Pete Seeger

Saturday, September 22, 2007 – 8 pm:
Café Improv, Princeton, NJ
I joined Joe Petraitis for this long-standing TV Series.

Sunday, August 19, 2007 – 1-2 pm:
Clearwater, Monmouth Festival
Sunset Park, Asbury Park, NJ
East (Family) Stage – joined during second half hour by
Sharleen Leahey, Mike Meade and Joe Petraitis
11:30 – Part of Sloop Singers, West (Main) Stage
Saturday, “Circle of Song” stage
http://www.mcclearwater.org/calendar.php

Sunday, August 12, 2007 – starting at noon:
Corn Fest in Beacon, NY
Backup for Sharleen Leahey 

Saturday, May 20, 2007 – noon:
Global Interfaith Peace Walk
led by Buddhist Monk Krishnaman
with Sharleen Leahey,
organized by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Somerset Hills and
the Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition
Court House, Somerville, NJ

Saturday, May 12, 2007 – 2 pm:
Fantasy Tea and Art Fair
Mill Race Village, Mt. Holly, NJ
Organized by the Delaware River Folk Society

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 - 7 pm: 
Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution
Brookdale College, Student Life Center, Lyncroft, NJ
Speech about my Stepfather’s Photo Biography
“Hitler’s SS Photographer”
http://www.brookdale.cc.nj.us/fac/tlt/ww2

Sunday, May 6, 2007 – 4 pm:
Stephen Crane House
Speech about my Stepfather’s Photo Biography
“Hitler’s SS Photographer”
508 4^th Avenue, Asbury Park NJ 07712
732-775-5682

Sunday, April 21, 2007 – 7 pm:
Mine Street Coffee House – joined performance with David Massengill, Briz,
Jeff Griesemer, Spook Handy, Mike Meade, Bob Mecklenburger
honoring Bob Norman, the former editor of Sing Out ! Magazine. blog.firstreformedchurch.net/mine-street-coffee-house

Sunday, April 21, 2007 – 1 PM:
First Earth Day with Pete Seeger and others
in Beacon, NY – joined by Mike Meade

Sunday, February 4, 2007 – 1 PM:
Environmental Festival, joined by Mike Meade of Lackawanna Rail
Unity Church by the Shore, 3508 Asbury Avenue, Neptune, NJ

Saturday, January 27, 2007 – 7 PM:
Philadelphia Area Songwriters Alliance (PASA) House Concert
with Jacob Balshan and Bob Mecklenburger
http://www.pasamusic.org

Sunday, April 21, 2007 – 1 PM:
First Earth Day with Pete Seeger, Spook Handy and others
in Beacon, NY – joined by Mike Meade

Saturday and Sunday, January 5 and 6, 2007:
25-Hour Peace Vigil with Sharleen Leahey
Highland Park, NJ organized by various organizations including
Somerset Voices for Peace and Justice

Saturday and Sunday, August 19 and 20, 2006 – from noon:
Clearwater Monmouth Festival
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Main Stage as member of the Sloop Singers and “Circle of Song” Stage

Sunday, August 13, 2006 –noon:
Corn Fest
Beacon, NY
with Pete Seeger, Spook Handy and others

Saturday, July 8, 2006 – noon:
Peace Event and First Annual Peace March
Somerset, New Jersey

Saturday, May 13, 2006 – 2 PM:
Fantasy Tea and Art Fair
Mill Race Village, Mt. Holly, NJ
Organized by the Delaware River Folk Society

Sunday, January 21, 2006 – 2 PM:
Hurricane Survivor Benefit
Unitarian Universalist Church
401 Kings Highway
Cherry Hill, NJ
http://www.uucinch.org

Wednesday, January 17, 2006 – 7:30 PM:
Indigo Coffee House
Route 18, Aberdeen, NJ

Sunday, November 19, 2005:
NJ Songwriters Reaching Out for Peace
Ethical Culture Society in Maplewood, NJ
with Spook Handy, Catherine Moon and Gigi Goldstein

November 2005:
Hunterdon Developmental Center
with Joe Petraitis

Saturday, September 20, 2005 – 11 AM:
Raritan River Folk Festival
Johnson Park, Piscataway

September 2005:
Brookdale College – Bankier Library
World Trade Center Photo Exhibit

Saturday and Sunday, August 20 & 21, 2005:
Clearwater Monmouth Festival,
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Main Stage, as Part of Sloop Singers
and ”Circle of Song” Stage

Sunday, August 15, 2005 – noon:
Corn Fest in Beacon, NY
with Pete Seeger and Spook Handy as MC

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 – 7 PM:
Religious Convention
Hilton Hotel
125 South Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY

Thursday, April 21, 2005 – 8 PM:
Cornerstone Café
2 East Main Street
Freehold, NJ

Saturday, April 2, 2005 – 7 PM:
Community House
25 Cook Avenue
Madison, NJ

Thursday, November 16, 2004 –7 PM:
The Sanctuary
41 Main Street
Somerville, NJ
Sponsored by Somerset Voices for Peace and Justice

Saturday, November 13, 2004 – 10:30 AM:
St. Bernadette’s Church
Brooklyn, NY

Thursday, October 21, 2004 – 7:30 PM:
with Steph Furness
The Sanctuary
41 Main Street, Somerville
Sponsored by Somerset Voices for Peace and Justice

Saturday, November 8, 2003 – 2 PM:
Navesink House Retirement Home
with Joe Petraitis
40 Riverside Ave.
Red Bank, NJ

Friday, July 25, 2003:
Minstrel Coffeehouse Birthday Party, Morristown, NJ,
joined by Andy Koenig on bass, Jeff Rantzer on trombone and Bill Meyer on keyboards.
http://www.folkproject.org

June 2003:
Music for the Annual Dinner of Covenant House
for the Retirement of Sister Mary Rose McGeady
http://www.covenanthouse.org

January 19, 2003:
Opening of World Trade Center Photograph Exhibit
Town Hall of Weyhe, near Bremen, Germany

December 17, 2002:
A Day in the Life of Madison
Community House
25 Cook Avenue
Madison, NJ

December 2002-January 2003:
World Trade Center Exhibit
Washington Mutual Bank
Hamburg Turnpike At Valley Road
Wayne, NJ

November-December 2002:
World Trade Center Exhibit
Environmental Center
Crescent Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ
201-891-5571

October-November 2002:
Exhibit of World Trade Center Photographs
The Gallery
730 Franklin Lake Avenue
Franklin Lakes, NJ

September-October 2002:
Permanent Exhibit of World Trade Center Photographs
Ridgewood Camera Club, NJ Website
http://www.Ridgewoodcameraclub.org
under "WTC Tribute"

September 11, 2002 (Opening Date):
Exhibit of World Trade Center Photographs
Open Center
Spring Street, New York, NY
http://www.Ridgewoodcameraclub.org
under "WTC Tribute"

Friday, July 26, 2002:
Minstrel Coffeehouse Birthday Party
Morristown, NJ
www.folkproject.org/fp_minstrel.html
joined by Wendy Keilen and Carl Zeboker