Yes, it is true! The Hurdy Gurdy will close our current season of concerts this Saturday night, and we will also bid farewell to Paramus as we will be moving to a new home in September.

On Saturday night at 8pm, the Hurdy Gurdy proudly presents an evening of “Songs of the Sea” featuring Tom Callinan and Don Sinetti. The concert will take place at the Central Unitarian Church at 156 Forest Road in Paramus, NJ.

Tom Callinan and Don Sinetti are members Of The Morgans, a New England based group known for their music of the sea. Tom and Don will present an evening of sea music – spirited songs and tales of ships and whales, folk, old-timey, and novelty songs.

Don Sineti, folksinger, songwriter, part-time sea chanteyman at historic Mystic Seaport Museum (with one of the most powerful voices on the Eastern Seaboard!), and long-neck, 5-string banjo picker , is also an award-winning marine mammal illustrator with a number of prestigious exhibitions and books to his credit. For over twenty years, he has combined his exhaustive knowledge of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) with his boundless energy, to deliver rousing renditions of songs from the days of wooden ships and iron men, alongside his own compositions dedicated to saving whales and the degraded marine environment.

Tom Callinan, folksinger, award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (upwards of 20 – from the wind, string, and percussion families), and storyteller, is a former Connecticut junior high school teacher, who has made the creative and performing arts his full-time profession since 1977. Whether he is demonstrating how to play the spoons, teaching catchy choruses to a wide variety of songs, eliciting gestures or directing other activities, he constantly strives to remove the barrier between the performer and audiences of all ages, thus bringing out the best in human emotions – camaraderie. In 1991, he was designated Connecticut’s first Official State Troubadour through legislation passed by The General Assembly, and signed by Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.Tickets for the concert are $20 or $17 for members. You can join theHurdy Gurdy either online at our website or at the door the night ofthe concert. Your membership will enable you to receive a discount on shows next season as well!

The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music club will present this final concert at the Central Unitarian Church, 156 Forest Ave., Paramus, New Jersey. Ours eries offers great entertainment in a comfortable atmosphere at areasonable price. The concert begins at 8 pm. Refreshments are available.

Advance tickets are available through our website at www.hurdygurdyfolk.org , or you can pick up tickets at Brier RoseBooks,450 Cedar Lane in Teaneck, New Jersey (201-836-5500). For more information you can also call the Hurdy Gurdy at (201) 384-8465.

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a memorable evening! In addition to a treat of an evening of great music, you can help us celebrate our move to Fair Lawn, New Jersey where starting in September we will present concerts in the auditorium of the Fair Lawn Community Center.

Also on Saturday, we will be announcing our lineup for next season at the concert.

See you there!!