CRUMB #27

WEDNESDAY 3 JULY 2024

THE WORD

MID WINTER MONTH OF JULY

At the end of July we say goodbye for a while to the Dangerous Microphone as the Kitchen wipes down the pizza ovens for the winter break. So let’s make the most of these last four sessions of the Dangerous Microphone and the opportunity they give us to gather at the Dangerous Kitchen to meet and greet and support while we enjoy the songs and poems and stories.

In gathering together we are holding one another in a metaphorical warm embrace, passing warmth across the room. We gather not just for ourselves but for those around us. Encouragement and banter is the name of the game. it’s called community.
Coming up this month we have one great gathering at NgAng’s Gallery in Collingwood with a pot luck feast and an open mic session; another great gathering at the Mussel Inn and the third fourth, fifth and sixth great gatherings at the Dangerous Kitchen. It would be so good to see you at one of these gatherings if you can make it.
All the details on the following pages along with listings for gigs from Craig Denham, The Hobnail Trio and Clayton Taylor & Mark Raffills. Have a browse. Mark some dates in you diary. Enjoy the mid-winter month of July – it is going to to be a good one!

Peace
Mark Raffills
Golden Bay Live Poets Society

THIS WINTER MONTH

It is the last month before those other months
waiting in the wings just to follow on
the sun lies low in the fog-bound sky
and sighs as it sings a winter’s song.

To the ocean the river runs cold and swift
until it is lost and runs this way no more
and the rocks and mud rest lonely
in a blanket of time that is lost to the shore

It is warmth in which we wrap ourselves
we sit at fireside in the sweet embrace
that holds the eye to say goodby and
leaves not a moment in this empty place.

OPEN MICROPHONE

POT LUCK FEAST & MOONSHINE ON THE MICROPHONE

This Thursday 4 July, come on down to NgAng’s Gallery in Collingwood and enjoy a pot luck feast with a little gathering of friends and like-minds and poets and singers and tellers of stories ! Bring some food for the feast.

Last month a very successful fund-raiser for Mama Love was had. It worked so well with the open mic and all involved worked hard to make it a night of good crac and bonhomie.

This month we are having A POT LUCK FEAST from 6.00pm.Bring your food to share. There are ovens and stove tops to warm what you bring.

THE OPEN MIC SESSION will start after the feast around 7.30-ish. Its going to be a great one – food, poems, songs, and a good old natter! What more could you want.??

MOONSHINE ON THE MICROPHONE
NgAng’s GALLERY
THURSDAY 4 JULY
POT LUCK FEAST: 6.00PM.
OPEN MIC :7.30PM. KOHA

POT LUCK FEAST & MOONSHINE ON THE MICROPHONE

OPEN MICROPHONE

ACID ON THE MICROPHONE

IT’S ALL ACOUSTIC- ALL OPEN MIC – ALL NIGHT

Gather yourselves to the Mussel Inn. Come to the fireside with a poem in your pocket and a song in your heart. This is the place to put it out there, to stand at the microphone and give voice to your fledging craft of poem making and song singing. Everyone has to start somewhere and there is no better place to launch your public performance than at ACID ON THE MICROPHONE where the audience loves you and only want you to win.

ACID ON THE MICROPHONE
ALL ACOUSTIC – ALL OPEN MIC
THURSDAY 11 JULY. 7.30PM. $5
MUSSEL INN

Note: our next Acid on the Microphone will be 8 August. We’ve not been keeping strictly to our third Thursday of the month cycle but sometimes cycles do not quite go round!. Also on 19 September Mark will be away. If you are able to MC that night can you get in touch with Mark – mark@drycrust.com Or send a message using the Comment button below.Thanks

OPEN MICROPHONE

the dangerous microphone 2024 and beyond

We are kicking into our third year of the fabulous open microphone event known as THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE. For two years the Dangerous Microphone has been gracing the fireside at the Dangerous Kitchen and we are looking forward to doing it all again for another mighty 12 months! Tonight, Wednesday 9 October!

Performers need an audience to love and support them; an audience need performers to love and support them back. Let’s see how it works for the rest of 2024 and beyond.. Great pizzas, fine ales and stunning service, excellent poems and heart-stirring songs all make for the best night out in town. But don’t take it for granted; don’t let it slip away, give it everything it deserves! See you tonight!

THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE
WEDNESDAY 9, 16, 23, 30 OCTOBER.
SIGN UP TO PERFORM FROM 5.00PM
SHOW KICKS OFF AT 6.00PM.
THE DANGEROUS KITCHEN

NOTE: Would love to hear from you if you have some thoughts on things we could do in the new season of The Dangerous microphone to improve, expand and/or extend to make the show even better than it has been. Use the comment button below or email Mark – mark@drycrust.com Thanks for your feedback.

the dangerous microphone 2024 and beyond

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

THREE LITTLE GIGS

AROUND THE PIANO. Monday night singalong with CRAIG DENHAM. Every Monday at the Mussel Inn from 7.00pm. Bring your voice and an acoustic instrument to join in!

THE HOBNAIL TRIO. A must see outlaw trio of alt, celtic, folk, roots, Americana country! That about covers it. Live at the Mussel Inn. This Saturday 6 July, 8.00pm. $15. You won’t want to miss it.

THE SONGS & POEMS OF BOB DYLAN. Live at The Ruby Bay Store. Saturday 13 July. 7.00pm. Door Sales. Performed by CLAYTON TAYLOR & MARK RAFFILLS

Make Use of CRUMB

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In CRUMB you will find all the events sponsored by Golden Bay Live Poets Society plus a few other gigs and community happenings.

If you would like to be kept up to date with open microphone events happening around the Bay, then subscribe to CRUMB here

And you can even submit a gig or event that you want us to know about.

GOT A GIG, EVENT, NEW BOOK or RECORDING COMING UP ??

Got events or gigs coming up that you’d like to let CRUMB readers know about, please email the details, jpeg pics and jpeg posters to: mark@drycrust.com or use the link below:

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And if you have a new book of poems, stories coming out, or a new recording of songs, let us know and we can let our small but dedicated readership in on the action.