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You are invited to the first publicity committee meeting, which will be held on Monday February 1st at 7:30 until 8:45 (at the latest) at The Steele Memorial Library Auditorium 101 E. Church Street Elmira, NY 14901. Future dates to be determined, based on convenience of the new volunteers. Phone: 607-962-4461, email: or just show up! Many hands make the work of our all-volunteer organization light--and your help is important.


Upcoming Valley Folk concerts at
171 Cedar Arts Center

January 30, 2010
Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers
in the Drake House Studio Theater
at 171 Cedar Arts Center, 155 Cedar Street, Corning

Over three decades, these two strong women of the folk world have become deep friends, united by a sense of social justice, humanity and harmony (both kinds). They perform solo and in a duet with guitar, dulcimer and old-time banjo. Claudia's genre-defying musical activities include jazz and acting while Sally stays in the folk and old time categories with a recent award-winning excursion into children's music. Each has appeared several times on A Prairie Home Companion as well as other radio shows. Hearing them live is an experience hard to capture in these few lines. More info...

February 20, 2010
Toby Walker
in the Drake House Studio Theater
at 171 Cedar Arts Center, 155 Cedar Street, Corning

Adept at blues, rags and hot country picking, Toby Walker is a finger-style guitar virtuoso who can coax more out of a guitar than you can imagine. He is a skilled singer and song writer, inspired by traditional and by contemporary music. Toby's passion for the blues and other traditional American music led him to the Mississippi Delta, Virginia and the Carolinas to track down old-time musicians of an earlier era, and learn at the feet of Etta Baker, Jack Owens Eugene Powell, James "Son" Thomas, R.L Burnside and others.  Telling the humorous and heartwarming tales of other masters, talking about his inspirations, or astounding audiences with his guitar, he is eagerly received in the U.S., England and Europe. His blues mastery was recognized in Memphis with the International Blues Challenge Award. More info...

March 20, 2010
Anne Hills
in the Drake House Studio Theater
at 171 Cedar Arts Center, 155 Cedar Street, Corning

As a singer, actress, writer, and musician Anne Hills has built a strong and broad reputation. She has twice won the Pennsylvania Partner's in the Arts Project Stream grant award (in 2007 for her premiere of An Evening of James Whitcomb Riley and in 2005 for her premiere of The Heartsongs of Opal Whiteley). She was also the recipient of the WFMA 2002 Kate Wolf Memorial Award, and The Kerrville Music Foundation's Outstanding Female Vocalist of the Year Award (1997). And the list goes on. But she has also managed to dedicated herself to issues of social justice as a practicing and award-winning social worker. She brings a sense of community to her music with her many well known collaborators, including Tom Paxton, Cindy Mangsen, Priscilla Herdman and John Hartford. This concert is part of this March's celebration of Women in The Arts in the Twin Tiers. More info...

April 17, 2010
Bill Staines
in the Drake House Studio Theater
at 171 Cedar Arts Center, 155 Cedar Street, Corning

Singing mostly his own songs, Bill has become one of the most popular singers on the folk music circuit, averaging around 200 concert dates and over 65,000 miles a year. Weaving wit and gentle humor into his performances, "he has a sense of timing to match the best stand-up comic." Bill's music is a slice of Americana. His lyrical songs have been recorded by Peter, Paul & Mary, The Highwaymen, Makem and Clancy, Nanci Griffith, Mason Williams, Glen Yarborough, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grandpa Jones and Priscilla Herdman. Bill has recorded twenty-two of his own albums, fifteen of which are still in print. His songs have also been published in four songbooks with 2 of them containing nearly 100 of Bill's songs. Radio and TV appearances have included A Prairie Home Companion and Mountain Stage. More info...

May 8, 2010
Gathering Time
in the Drake House Studio Theater
at 171 Cedar Arts Center, 155 Cedar Street, Corning

Ranging from the dyed-in-the-wool folk sound of Peter, Paul & Mary to the harmonic complexity of Crosby, Stills & Nash, Gathering Time is a folk-rock trio described recently as "getting a whole beehive-full of buzz" on the Long Island folk scene. Actually, their original songs also reveal the influences of The Byrds, Joni Mitchell, America and the Eagles – and they've been known to sprinkle in some of those classics among their sets. Glen Roethel, Hillary Foxsong & Stuart Markus are fast becoming known for their seamless vocal blend, memorable melodies, meaningful lyrics and easy-going, fun performance chemistry. Bob McKillop of MaineFolkMusic.com writes, "Gathering Time ... has perfected two separate but related art forms: three part harmony and having a ball on stage! When they harmonize, some sort of fundamental, cosmic concordance occurs that makes you very happy that you have ears.” More info...


Concerts begin
at 7:30 pm
(except where
otherwise noted)

$12 at-the-door

Full time students
(high school, college)
with valid ID half price.

Children under 14
free w/adult.


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