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August, 2008 Bluegrass Update
Printable version located here
August, 2008 Announcements
For the fourth year in a row, Steve Kaufman will be returning to Reno this October to offer his award-winning flatpicking guitar instruction. Information and registration forms are now available at our website. Register early, this workshop always fills up! A personal testimonial to Steve's instructional expertise: I have attended 17 Steve Kaufman Flatpicking Workshops! And I have learned something new in every one! Every one has inspired me to play more and learn new tunes. And I believe (hope!) that each one has improved my playing. So, if you're a guitar player (or you know one) who wants to improve your skills at playing leads and back-up, don't miss this opportunity. Steve only comes out West a couple times a year---Spring in Portland, OR. And Fall in Reno. Click here for more information and registration details.
Mark your calendar - Sunday, August 24!! We will be holding our FREE Bluegrass Fan Appreciation Day down at the Great Basin Brewing Co. and you're all invited. You've been good to us this year, so we want to do a little something to thank you (see below, Aug. 24)! |
August, 2008 Calendar
(with a couple special late July entries)
Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings - jams with Celtic, Irish and Scottish flavors (these are the roots of bluegrass, after all!). Sunday afternoon jams are at the Auld Dubliner Pub in Squaw Village, north shore of Lake Tahoe. Thursday evenings are at Murphy's Irish Pub at South Shore. Email to confirm before you make the drive! bevp@inreach.com
Tuesday, July 29, 5pm "Songwriters of the Great Southwest" presentation featuring local band, "Westwind" at the Gold Hill Hotel in Virginia City. Buffet dinner starts at 5pm. Dinner and show - $25. What a great "get-away" without paying a fortune in gas! Just drive up the hill and visit this historic old hotel (it's haunted!) and have a great dinner and show. More info and reservations (strongly suggested!) at: 775-847-0111. More info: http://www.goldhillhotel.net/ Tuesday, July 29, 9pm FREE show -"The Biscuit Burners" at The Crystal Bay Club (Red Room), 14 State Hwy 28, Crystal Bay (North Shore), Lake Tahoe. This great young North Carolina-based band is taking the bluegrass world by storm! Their trademark is "Fiery Mountain Music"! More info at 775-831-0512.
Friday, August 8, 9pm FREE show (but you oughta buy a beverage or 2) - "Homemade Jam" at Ceol's Irish Pub, 538 S. Virginia (corner of California and Virginia). Bluegrass and Irish music done by Reno's favorite lively band, "Homemade Jam". Bring your kazoos. More info at 775.329.5558.
Saturday, August 9, 7:00pm FREE "Slow Jam" at Cindy Gray's house. All pickers welcome! This jam is for folks who have a basic knowledge of bluegrass music, who want to work on "hot licks" or learn new songs. We stick to a moderate tempo, but still try to keep it challenging. Print off the song book found here before you come. Call 775-348-4692 or click here for jam info and directions.
Friday-Sunday, August 15-17, 23rd Annual Bower's Mansion Bluegrass Festival
The Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association has got LOTS of great stuff planned for this year's Bower's Mansion Festival! Jamming, workshops, contra dancing, campfire gospel singing. And, of course, great bands on stage all day Saturday! Check out the schedule here Advance ticket discounts available until August 12 at the NNBA website.Tickets at gate: $30. More info at 775-747-4830 or email at juice421@sbcglobal.net
Friday, August 22, 7-9pm, FREE Celtic/American Tune Session, Comma Coffee House, 312 S Carson St. Carson City (just across from the Legislature). Focus will be on the repertoire of "traditional" Celtic/American fiddle tunes. Open to players of acoustic melody instruments such as fiddle, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, tenor banjo, lead guitar, penny whistle, Irish flute, etc. Please review the session guidelines here More info: cdadbayer@aol.com
Sunday, August 24, 3-6pm, FREE workshop, "History of Bluegrass Singing" featuring historical recordings followed by a "sing along". This is an abbreviated version of the week-long workshop that Cindy Gray presents at Steve Kaufman's Camp each summer in Tennessee. People pay hundreds and travel thousands of miles for this class. But YOU get it for free as part of our "Bluegrass Fan Appreciation Day" at the Great Basin Brewing Co, Victorian Square, Sparks. Email cgray56@sbcglobal.net or call 348-4692 for more info. Open to everyone! FREE!
Saturday, August 30, 7:00pm FREE "Fiddle Tune Jam" at Cindy Gray's house. If you're serious about learning fiddle tunes---or if you actually know some of them!----this jam is for you! We play fiddle tunes over and over, giving breaks to those who can handle them. We start slow, but we try to work our way up to "dance tempo". For a printable list of tunes that we play (with chords), click here. There are about 50 tunes there, and most of the tunes we play are on this list (but you don't have to know all 50 to come---start with 1 or 2!!).
-------------------------------- If you can't make it to one of our jams, concerts or dances, get your bluegrass fix on the radio! We're very lucky to have 3 great radio shows here in northern Nevada that feature bluegrass music: Jimbo's Juke Joint & Acoustic Roadhouse Café. NEW TIME - Saturday afternoons, 2pm, FM 88.7 KUNR. Jimbo showcases his incredible collection of bluegrass and eclectic acoustic recordings---everything under the bluegrass sun (and then some!). We like to think of it as JimboGrass! The Risky Biscuit Hayseed Hoot with Don Darue, Saturday mornings, 8:00-10:00am FM 100.1 KTHX, The X. Dondo plays music that will definitely put the twang back in your thang! Into The Blue, nationally syndicated bluegrass radio show hosted by Terry Herd, Saturdays and Sundays at noon on AM 750, KHWG. | |
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Thanks to ALL of YOU!
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