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3/17/08
The March meeting and jam was another
good one. Thanks to all of you for
showing your support. We all hope
the president Blanton Redding who missed
the meeting due to the winter bug that
has been going around gets back on his
feet soon.
Everyone needs to mark Saturday, April
26th on their calendar and plan on
coming to the 1st MGBA Bluegrass
Festival and Barbeque at Sandy Beach
Park on Lake Tobesofkee. The fun
starts at 2pm and continues until
everyone gets tired. Tickets are
$10 per person and includes entrance to
the park, a full barbeque meal, and all
the pickin', grinnin', and singing you
can stand. Festivities begin at
2pm, barbeque meal at 5:30pm, with some
great band entertainment following
supper. Mike Hinshaw has
graciously agreed to furnish the ribs
meal with potato salad. Don't
forget your lawn chairs.
Guaranteed to be a whole bunch of fun.
Bring your friends and neighbors.
If you have questions or want to
purchase tickets, contact one of the
officers under our
contacts page
1/18/08
NOTE: Our next meeting has
changed dates - It will be on Thursday,
February 21st.--------NOT the 14th !
I
want to thank everybody that showed up
for our January meeting and jam. A
very special thanks to the Saggy Bottom
Boys and Darlin' for the opening
mini-concert and for their long drive
from South Georgia to be with us.
It
was encouraging to have such a good
turnout and to observe the positive
attitude that was evident. It was
very good to have some new pickers,
several who we have missed for quite a
while, and a good gallery of spectators,
who drifted in and out among the four
different jam groups.
Morris Rowell is working on plans for
MGBA to sponsor the Juliette Opry
program on March 15th. The details
for this will be announced at the next
meeting.
Since our next (February) meeting woud
fall on St. Valentine's Day, we are
sliding it to the next week and will
meet on Thursday, February 21st instead.
We
will resume the second Thursday in March
unless you hear otherwise.
1/2/08
The MGBA wants to welcome a new band
the Saggy Bottom Boys and Darlin' to
the website. These folks hale from
Rochelle, Georgia. Our next
meeting is scheduled for Thursday,
January 10, 2008 at 7pm at Porterfield
Baptist Church. For directions go
to the
Jams and Events page. Also,
2008 membership dues are now being
collected. Hope to see you at our
next meeting.
12/13/07
Happy Holidays to
everyone. We wish everyone a Merry
Christmas and a Happy and Prosporous New
Year.
I
want to apologize for the late updates
to the website and information.
But I had a major computer crash and
l;ost much of my information had to buy
a new computer and do some work to
retrieve the website info. The
good news is we are back on track.
New officers
have been elected. Congratulations
to Blanton Redding, our new president.
We have started
planning or 2008 meetings so stay tuned
for more information. Our location
has changed back to the Porterfield
Baptist Church for the time being.
We have also
added a new jam to our website.
Thanks to Gary Collier and Ken Harper
for letting us know about the Albany
jam. If you get a chance, you need
to go check 'em out as well as Bob
McGuinty and the folks in Rochelle.
Those folks really have a good time.
For all you
banjo players, I have discovered teh
Suwannee Banjo Camp that will occur
March 21 -23, 2008. It will take
place at O'Leno State Park in High
Springs Florida. Bill Keith and
Janet Davis will be doing some of the
teaching there. To find out more
and check out the preliminary schedule
take a look at their website at
www.suwanneebanjocamp.com.
Merry
Christmas,
Chris Doll
(webmaster)
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