2006 Moon In Virgo Reunion Party Pot Luck, BYOB
Saturday August 5th, 2005; Mid-afternoon thru evening
Sharon and Bob Quinn <quinn51@charter.net>
We live in Brookline NH which is off of Route 13 just over the MA line. I will send directions and more details as the time gets closer. We will do potluck as is tradition, From 1967 to 1971, I was involved with my fellow Northeastern University students in a coffee house called the Moon in Virgo. It ran every Friday, from 8-11 PM on the third floor of the Ell Student Center in room 356. Many of us became roommates and life-long friends. The coffeehouse was one of the places in Boston where the 60s folk scare grew. The performers included Bill Staines (a live tract of his yodeling song was recorded here), Chris Smithers, Livingston Taylor (one of his first public performances), Eric Anderson, Leonda, Bob White, Sarah Gray, Paul Geremia, Bart Lee, Nancy Michaels, Millard Fillmore (Don Armstrong & Tom Mitchell) and a host of other fine artists. The official name of the student group was the Ethnomusicological Society.
The pictures and posters here are from Dave Bakken's and my collections. Other folks are welcome to send their photographs, old menus, memorabilia, along with notes and stories they would like to share by email or snail mail (Scan photos as jpegs at 72 dpi which is good enough for the computer screen). Let me know if you want your contact information published.
Stephen Baird on stage and Dave Bakken on the sound board. Stephen Baird with Dianne Gagner
Lester Scafidi with Sharon Bourassa. Lester and Dave Bakken. Lester again. The "Office Guitar" Click on photos for larger versions.
Series of Moon in Virgo Coffeehouse, party and beach party photos from Bob & Ann Marie Maleszyk. Click on photos for larger verisons
Poster for Opening of Coffeehouse before it was named Moon in Virgo sent by Mark Sandman
Moon in Virgo Schedule (I believe Winter of 1969-1970)
Moon in Virgo Schedules (1968-1972) Click on Schedules for larger version.
Moon in Virgo Menu traced by Paula Rhodes for 1985 reunion invitation.
Don & Victoria Armstrong 1972 Moon in Virgo
Just ran across this in a scrapbook. I think there are other pictures, too, from that evening, but they are in storage back east. Come spring when we are back there, I will try to locate them. Anyway, hope you like the picture. That was a memorable night, I think there may still be a cassette I have somewhere (perhaps the person who recorded may still have it). Tom & I did 2 sets and Victoria did one, and then we all sang some songs together which was really nice. It was a packed house, I remember, and Bill Staines, Bob White, Alan Stowell and Kurt Anderson showed up. That was the night I sang White Mountains Good Bye to Bill at the party after, over and over again because he wanted to learn it. Nice memories. -- Don & Victoria Armstrong -- Noaguawash@aol.comDon and Victoria sent this CD along in February. I've also included a partial sound clip MP3 file of the the title track "Song For 9/11" by Victoria Armstrong, © Aurora Music 2002, ASCAP http://www.DonandVictoria.com PO Box 40994, Tucson, AZ 85717 USA Phone: 520.437.2779. armstrong.dv@gmail.com Click to download the MP3 file here
Dave Bakken scanned emailed these photos from the 1984 Moon in Virgo party. Click on the picture for a large view:
Stephen Baird and Lester Scafidi at the Marblehead Festival of the Arts 2000
Moon in Virgo 2003 party pictures Moon in Virgo Coffeehouse "Circle of Friends" Send updates and additions
- Dave & Mary Ellen Bakken -- davebakken@verizon.net
- Bob Bienkowski bienrob@aol.com
- Audrey Brown -- alaska703@peoplepc.com
- Bobby Edelman -- Bob.Edelman@yahoo.com
- Wes Golomb -- geomanofnh@aol.com
- Esther Howes -- Ejhowes@aol.com
- Ron & Deanna Jantzen -- r-djantzen@comcast.net
- Bart Lee and Honey Angell (from Bartholomew & Oglethorpe) -- Bart Lee (Fischbach) of Wakefield, MA formerly of Larchmont died October 12, 2008 at the age of 61
- Evan Leonard -- ealeonard438@gmail.com
- Bob & Ann Marie Maleszyk -- bob@maleszyk.com
- Rick Mangekian -- rickm5@mindspring.com
- Dawn Meredith -- dmeredith@austin.rr.com
- Don O'Sullivan - Don became a documentary filmmaker and cameraman for BBC, ABC and numerous media outlets. Great story on his work as Multivision here: http://www.imaginenews.com/Archive/2001/APR_2001/Text/FEAT01.htm
- Eddie & Robin Roffman -- eroffman@optonline.com
- George & Paula Rhodes -- ghrhodes@comcast.net and p.parhodes@comcast.ne
- Don & Louise Salvatore -- dvsalvatore@verizon.net
- Mark Sandman -- mark.sandman@comcast.net
- Lester Scafidi -- lcscafidi@verizon.net
- Mary Ann Scheblien Dawson -- paperplay@hoflink.com
- Randy and Mary Severance -- rgsevy@verizon.net
- Peter Tennant -- ptennant@orsanco.org
- Stephen Tucker <sctucker08@gmail.com>
- Ken & Sylvia Turcotte -- kennethturcotte@sbcglobal.net http://www.divinewineemporium.com/
- Roy Wallen -- newenglandhiker@yahoo.com
- Devik Wyman -- coyotemoonvt@hotmail.com
Some artists links and/or email contacts for those who are looking for memories:
- Eric Andersen -- www.ericandersen.com
- Don and Victoria Armstrong -- http://www.DonandVictoria.com PO Box 40994, Tucson, AZ 85717 USA Phone: 520.437.2779. armstrong.dv@gmail.com
- Chip "Wild Goose Chase" new band Woods Tea Company site -- http://woodstea.net Sad to report that Chip passed away in 2006 from complications in surgury after a motorcycle accident.
- Andy Cohen -- www.riverlark.com
- Leonda's daughter Agona Hardison -- www.agonahardison.com
- Pat Garvey -- http://weblube.com/garvey.index.htm 309 Root Ave #136, Killeen, Texas 76541 Tel: (254) 213-2120 Until 5PM E-Mail: pgarvey@earth-com.com
- Paul Geremia -- http://www.paulgeremia.org/ 401-647-2521
- Papa John Kolstad -- www.millcitymusic.com
- Bart Lee and Honey Angell (from Bartholomew & Oglethorpe) -- Bart Lee (Fischbach) of Wakefield, MA formerly of Larchmont died October 12, 2008 at the age of 61
- Chris Smither -- www.smither.com
- Bill Staines -- http://www.acousticmusic.com/staines/
- Livingston Taylor -- http://livtaylor.com/
- Bob White -- bobwhite@rochester.rr.com
Photographs in TIFF or other formats or at higher resolution are available upon request.
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