President’s Letter
Folknotes 06/13/25
Hello Everyone,
This Sunday, June 15, 2025, is our first summer schedule open mic. Since several of us in the sound crew have other plans on Sunday and won’t be there, including me, this will be a mic-less open mic.
Come join your QCB friends and play a couple songs on stage in an intimate acoustic setting.
A reminder: when playing acoustically remember to control the volume of your guitar by playing lightly to avoid overpowering your voice. Without a sound system, you won’t be able to depend on a sound man to balance the volume of your guitar and voice, you have to do it yourself.
In this Folknotes:
QCB/Community Happens Here Song Circle, June 14, 2025
Leo Coffeehouse Summer Schedule, Mic-less Open Mic, June 15, 2025
Reference Information (Below my sign off)
QCB/Community Happens Here
Song Circle, May 14, 2025
Join The Queen City Balladeers for a jam at Community Happens Here Saturday from 12:30-2:30. Come a little early and meet the kids making your coffee and cocoa.
Leo Coffeehouse Summer Schedule
Leo Coffeehouse will be definitely be open at Zion United Church of Christ on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of June, July, and August, from 5:15-9:00 PM. We plan to open on the “in between” Sundays at the same time if there is demand and if we have a key holder to open the church. For planning purposes, just assume that we will be open every Sunday. I will let people know weekly, through this newsletter and on Facebook, what’s going on at Leo the following Sunday.
On the 1st Sundays we will have song circles downstairs and up.
On the 3rd Sundays we will have an open mic, with the sound system set up, if sound volunteers want to practice using the soundboard, or without the sound system, if the sound crew needs a break.
The sign up sheet will go out at 5:30 PM and performers will start playing at 6:00 PM.
Summer Song Circles: June 1st, July 6th, August 3rd
Summer Open Mics: June 15th, July 20th, August 17th
In Between Sundays: Plan on us being open unless I write to tell everyone that we are taking the Sunday off.
That’s all for this Folknotes, I hope to see you soon.
Neil Harrell
President, Queen City Balladeers/Leo Coffeehouse
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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.