Darrell Webb Band

Published by: SEVEN MOUNTAINS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Volume 9 December/January/February 2013 Issue 1

December 8—The Boxcars

December 29—Darrell Webb Band

January 12—Jerry Butler and the Blu-J’s

February 9—Balsam Range

Member Mission Statement

The purpose of the SMBA is to preserve, promote, and enjoy bluegrass music and to bring the music to an ever-increasing number of people. © SMBA

INSIDE THE SMBA

 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS - $12 per family

 MONTHLY SHOWS GOODWILL FIRE HALL, YORK, PA - 2nd Saturday of each month - October thru May (Unless otherwise listed) - Discounted tickets for members

 MONTHLY JAM SESSIONS - Young’s UMC 7075 Wertzville Rd, Mech. PA - 3rd Sunday of every month - Microphones are provided

- Visitors & musicians of all skill levels are welcome

 ANNUAL PICNIC - JULY 27, 2013 (4th Saturday every July) ALLENBERRY, BOILING SPRINGS, PA - Good food - Open Jams - On-Stage Jam Bands - Raffle of acoustic instruments & door prizes

- Jiffy Johns Available

 WEBSITE - www.sevenmountainsbluegrass.org - Association & newsletter information - Links to bluegrass info

 PROMOTIONAL OUTLET for bands and promoters  BLUEGRASS LIBRARY - Instructional materials Young’s UMC  EDUCATIONAL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS 7075 Wertzville Rd.  QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Mechanicsburg, PA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page #

(717) 766-4424 - Inside the SMBA 2-3 - President’s Message 3 - Officers /Board of Trustees 4 - SMBA 2012-2013 Concert Series 5 - SMBA Concert Band Bios 6-7 - Our Own Sue McKinsey / Jam Cam 8 SMBA Annual Member Meeting - SMBA Origins / Carroll County Ramblers 9-10 - Upcoming Events 11-14 - Bluegrass Radio 15 The first annual member meeting will be - Music Lesson & Instrument Repair 16 - Jams 17-18 held at Young’s Church on January 20th - Membership Invitation 19 at 2:15. The meeting coincides with the

2012 OFFICERS third Sunday of the month jam held at the Dick Beckley President (717) 938-4975 Mike Lebo Vice President (717) 215-3088 church. Jean Snyder Treasurer/Membership (717) 957-4609 This annual meeting is required for our or- Bill Coleman Recording Secretary (717) 308-0752 ganization to conform to requirements for 2012 BOARD OF TRUSTEES our 501(c)(3) non-profit status. Bill Aldinger (717) 732-0279 Jon Raemore (717) 599-5944 Bob Bishard (717) 957-4349 Walt Crider (717) 300-3408 Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association “Hornpipe” is published 2012 CHAIRPERSONS by the Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association Inc., which is a Bill Aldinger Picnic Committee (717) 732-0279 non-profit organization. The SMBA mails this quarterly newslet- Mike Foster Hornpipe Editor (717) 649-0107 ter to the SMBA membership, music associations, other non-profit Mike Lebo Scholarship Committee (717) 215-3088 organizations, promoters, radio and print media at no charge. All correspondence can be mailed to: Mike Lebo Web Master (717) 215-3088 Bob Bishard Librarian (717) 957-4349 SMBA, c/o Mike Foster, 574 Myrtle Ct., Hbg, PA 17112. Jon Raemore Music Committee (717) 599-5944 Sue McKinsey PR / Media (717) 244-4428 www.sevenmountainsbluegrass.org INSIDE THE SMBA

laws, as recommended by our officers

THE PRESIDENT’S and board. The date, time, and location of this meeting is elsewhere in this issue of the Hornpipe. (see Page 2) ESSAGE I will be finishing up my third year as M your President. Looking back on 2012, I think we can all be very proud of this DICK BECKLEY year's accomplishments and the success our Association has enjoyed. The It's time for my last President's mes- members have again entrusted me to sage for this year, as the holiday season lead SMBA for another year in 2013, quickly approaches. The IBMA conven- along with the rest of our current slate tion in Nashville has come and gone and of officers. While attending IBMA, I at- a new chapter in its history will begin next tended the meeting of Associations year as the convention moves to Raleigh there and I came away from that meet- NC. It will be much closer to us and will ing with the knowledge and feeling that afford anyone in our group who might SMBA stacks up at or near the very top wish to attend, a shorter journey to get of all the many Bluegrass Associations there and a more reasonable outlay of throughout our country and the world. In funds to do so. I hope that some will avail 2013, we, the officers and board mem- themselves of this opportunity to attend bers, will be working hard to keep us and see and enjoy all that happens at there and with the support and help of World of Bluegrass. you, the membership, we will succeed As of this writing, our first two concerts of in doing so. the season have been held. The bands In closing I would like to thank my fellow have been outstanding, as always, and officers, my board of trustees, and our attendance was good, considering that committee chairmen and committee we were playing opposite Del McCoury at members for a job well done. I would the Strand in Oct. and Bill Anderson at also like to wish all our members, fami- TPC Center in Nov. This promises to be a lies and friends a joyous and happy hol- banner year as we have a full schedule of iday season. I sincerely hope that each the very best in bluegrass each and every of you has a very Merry Christmas and month throughout the season. Please Happy New Year. support these concerts and your association. You will not be disappointed. We will be having our first membership meeting early in 2013. This is to conform to requirements for our 501(c)(3) non- profit status. Among the items to be voted on at the membership meeting are several changes to our constitution and by-

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SMBA OFFICERS - BOARD - CHAIR POSITIONS

Bill Aldinger [email protected] (717) 732-0279 Bill Coleman [email protected] (717) 308-0752 Bob Bishard [email protected] (717) 957-4349 Dick Beckley [email protected] (717) 938-4975 Jean Snyder [email protected] (717) 957-4609 Jon Raemore [email protected] (717) 599-5944 Mike Lebo [email protected] (717) 215-3088 Mike Foster [email protected] (717) 649-0107 Sue McKinsey [email protected] (717) 244-4428 Walt Crider [email protected] (717) 300-3408

The International Bluegrass Music Museum

SMBA is listed as one of only 5 current association members of The International Bluegrass Music Museum.

To check this out simply enter www.bluegrass-museum.org, click on membership and giving, on the list of options on the left side of your screen. Then scroll down again to associations under membership and giving, again on the left of the screen. There are 5 associations currently listed there at the bottom of the Assn. Membership blurb. We are one of them.

Then again go to the list on the left of your screen and click on Worldwide Bluegrass. Click again on the left under Worldwide Bluegrass on Bluegrass Associations and scroll down to Seven Mountains. This is a link to our website.

A well spent donation to IBMM on our part as we get the benefit of a worldwide link to our website, national recognition as a member association and we help in funding the activities of the IBMM.

This is an outstanding museum and one that the bluegrass community and our members can be proud of, and a desti- nation worth the trip for anyone interested in bluegrass and it's history.

Dick Beckley

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SMBA CONCERT BAND BIOS - WRITTEN BY DICK BECKLEY December 8 - The Boxcars

The Boxcars will be performing their second straight show on our stage on December 8th. They were sold out here last December and I will be disappointed if we do not have another sellout this year. They walked off at IBMA last year with multiple awards and are promis- ing more of the same again this year. One of the hot- test acts in bluegrass, they are made up of the incom- parable Adam Steffey on mandolin and vocals, Keith Garrett on guitar and vocals, multi-talented instrumen- talist Ron Stewart on banjo, John Bowman on fiddle and vocals, and Harold Nixon on bass. They are enter- ing their 4th year as a unit with their original cast still together. Listing each with a particular instrument is difficult, as all are multi- instrumentalists and they pass the instruments around throughout their performance. Simply put, one of the best bands on the circuit.

December 29 - Darrell Webb Band

We are venturing into new territory this year by adding a second show to our lineup on Saturday, December 29th to bring in the New Year early. The attendance at this show will help determine if we will be able to continue to add dates going forth.

The Darrell Webb Band will perform on our stage on this date. Darrell has played here several times before as a member of Audie Blaylock & Redline. He will also be remembered for his fine vocals as a member of Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Wildfire, and JD Crowe and the New South.

Darrell has assembled a great group of young pickers out of East Tennessee State U, the learning place of choice for young bluegrass musicians, these days, to compliment his traditional up-tempo bluegrass style. Jake Joins is one of the top new stylists on the Dobro, Jared Hensley on guitar, and Jeremy Arrowood on bass round out the rest of this fine group. All contribute fine vocals in backing Darrell. At this writing, Darrell does not have a regular banjo player, but I’m sure that this position will be filled very capably by a first class musician come Dec. 29th.

This will be the first trip to our stage for this fine new band. Let’s close out the old year with a full house to welcome the Darrell Webb Band.

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SMBA CONCERT BAND BIOS - WRITTEN BY DICK BECKLEY January 12 - Jerry Butler and the Blu-J’s

Our January show will feature Jerry Butler and the Blu-J's. This Knoxville, TN based band is on fast track to becoming one of the top up-and-coming headliners on the bluegrass circuit. Some of our members will recall Jerry's strong performance here at Seven Mountains 2 year's ago. Jerry possesses one of the purest voices in bluegrass. His ren- ditions of country flavored ballads takes us back in time to the days of the classic country singers like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Vern Gosdin and others. If Jerry would have been performing in the 60's and 70's, I have no doubt that he would have been a big star on the country circuit. He brings this style to us in his bluegrass performances every time. Also he de- livers a very powerful message in the gospel numbers he performs so well, and he tells me that he will have a new all-gospel CD just finished with him when he performs for us in January. In addition to Jerry on Guitar and lead vocals, the Blu-J's consist of Derek Vaden on Banjo, Guitar and vocals, Lee Chapman on Bass, and Barron Rogers on Mandolin. Several members who were here for his last concert told me that Jerry was one of the best that we've had. Please come out for our January show and hear this fine band.

February 9 - Balsam Range

Not much more has to be said about Balsam Range. They blew away the full house to which they played at Goodwill Fire Co. a few years ago They won the IBMA, Song of the Year in 2011, "Trains I Missed", an incredible song. Since their last visit to SMBA, they have had 3 more chart topping CD's, including their present one "Papertown", which includes the present No.1 hit, “Any Old Road”, written by my friends Jerry Salley, Carl Jackson, and BR banjo man, Marc Pruitt. Their first CD was a best seller and each one following has been even better. Several of their previous releases are fast becoming bluegrass standards in a very short time. I have to admit that of all the bands performing today, this is my all-time favorite. Not only are these guys friends of mine, they are fine Christian gentlemen, great musicians and outstanding vocalists. Buddy Melton, Darren Nicholson, Tim Surrett, Caleb Smith, and Marc Pruitt are Bal- sam Range, and simply put, the best out there today. Their vocals, harmony, and musicianship are unsurpassed, whether it be a slow ballad, a hard-driving bluegrass song, or a great gospel rendi- tion. Please make every effort to attend this performance, one of the best you will ever hear. Simply, the best!

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OUR OWN SUE “THE TRAIN” MCKINSEY

An excerpt from Sue’s email about the Rhonda Vincent concert

I am friends with Brenda Lawson, in the Bluegrass world known as Sweet Brenda, an MC & DJ. She is also best friends with Rhonda Vincent. I talked to Brenda Friday before the show & told her we were going to the dinner/show. She said “say Hi to Rhonda for her.” OK fast forward to show, we are right up front, our table is center stage. I’m wondering how I will tell her Bren- da said Hi. Then right before the show ended she said she talked to Sweet Brenda earlier & that there was a mutual friend in the audience. She mentioned my name & I waved to let her know where I was. I was thinking that was the end of story but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. She calls me up on stage. Asked questions did I live in VA & come to PA for the show, no I live in PA, how do I know Brenda, from going to many bluegrass festivals in VA, what town do I live in, what do I do, small talk. Again thinking but nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Rhonda is going to sing a train song, I even forgot what it was, & I was to be the TRAIN. I had to whistle like a train when she sang the word “train”. Good sport that I am I did my best. I could see Kenny wanted to crawl under the table as he is not one to draw atten- tion to himself & there was his other half on stage making a spectacle of herself. And he even knew lots & lots of people there! I always hear the Bluegrassers are the best people & make the best friends. You hear it from the stage, at their music tables, on FB, from the MC, just about everywhere. Kenny & I have made some very good friendships from BGF that will remain our whole lives.

THE JAM CAM

SFMS Jam - Fort Hunter Centennial Barn The Susquehanna Folk Music Soci- ety has acoustic music jams usually the second Sunday of the month from October through June. Check their website for actual dates and times.

http://www.sfmsfolk.org/events/jams.html

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SMBA ORIGIN - BY WALT CRIDER

As with most successful organizations, we started small and evolved to what you know today. Thirty years may not seem like much, but can be one third of a life time. A lot of people give untold hours to a hobby or interest. This describes Wynne Fishel and Ina Jane Atkinson from the west shore area of Harrisburg, Pa. These girls followed a lot of bluegrass in the 1970’s and 80’s. They frequented Highway Pizza in State College and met the Whetstone Run band. They realized we have a Dante’s Pizza in New Cumberland, now Gullifty’s, owned by the same people that owned Highway Pizza. Why not get some bands to play here? Whetstone Run did play here a lot and they got other greats like Bill Harrell, Del McCoury, Bluegrass Cardinals, Country Gazette, Joe Val, Special Consensus, Tex Logan and Jimmy Arnold, Bob Paisley, Johnson Mountain Boys. A lot of local bands played there, including mine, so Thursday nights at Dante’s was a popular place. Wynne came up with the idea of starting a bluegrass organization. After a show at Dante’s, she told Ina Jane ”Why can’t we?” The next day Wynne went to the state capital to obtain the proper documents. Jointly they completed the paperwork and the club was started. The name came from the seven mountain ridges you must cross to go from Harrisburg to State College, between the two Pizza establishments. Several people said “it would never work”. They met with a lot of Thursday night regulars at Dante’s on a Sunday in September of 1982 to start. Attending besides Wynne and Ina Jane was Gene and Esther Yost, Jon Raemore, Skip Shaub, myself and others. I’m sorry I can’t remember all. Beginnings were modest, a monthly jam session at Stony Creek barn, Em- bers Hotel, Enola American Legion, Willow Mills Park, New Cumberland Fire hall, Harrisburg River Rescue facility, and the Fishing Creek Fire hall. Dues were $5.00 per family, an annual picnic at someone’s home. A monthly newsletter was issued. The first public show was held at the Stony Creek Barn in Dauphin on March 17th, 1984 with Keystone Grass. I could name numerous individuals who spent many hours contributing to this club, two things in common are their love of the music and their friendship among the members. I want to thank Ina Jane Atkinson, Esther Yost and Bob Bishard for their input to this story. Ina Jane looked at our website recently and declared: “I am very proud to have been at the beginning of this club’s organization. Wynne and I had no idea that it would become such a success!

Walt Crider

A note from your newsletter editor: Grass Express, a central PA bluegrass band that Jon Raemore, our music committee chairperson, and I were members of back then played Dante’s once a month for a long time. We were the first band to require Dante’s to limit the number of people to enter the restaurant at any given time in order to meet fire and safety regulations.

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CARROLL COUNTY RAMBLERS HONORED

ALTA AWARDS HONOR PILLARS OF MARYLAND HERITAGE Ceremony and concert link Marylanders to living cultural traditions BALTIMORE, MD (October 16, 2012) – Maryland Traditions, the Folklife Program of the Maryland State Arts Council, today announced the ALTA (Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts) Award recipients for 2012. The awards recognize outstanding stewards of living traditions in the State of Maryland and will be presented to three recipients at a Dec. 1 free awards ceremony and concert at the Montgomery College Cul- tural Arts Center on the Montgomery College Takoma Park – Silver Spring campus. ALTA awards are presented annually to an individual or group, a place and a tradition that embody and help to preserve Maryland’s cultural heritage. The 2012 ALTA Award recipients are: The Carroll County Ram- blers (People), Sparrows Point Steel Mill and its Communities (Place), and J. Gruber’s Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack (Tradition).

PEOPLE: The Carroll County Ramblers are a bluegrass group based in Taneytown, Maryland (Carroll County). Founded by Dottie and Leroy Eyler in 1961, the group has mentored generations of bluegrass musicians throughout the Maryland/Pennsylvania/Virginia/West Virginia quad-state region. For more than a dec- ade they have been hosts and featured performers of an ongoing music series at the Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company Hall near Westminster. Their style is best described as “traditional bluegrass” and their original songs chronicle local history and the everyday fabric of family life (“Grandma’s Sewing Machine”). When Leroy Eyler passed away in 1995, and Dottie Eyler retired from performing in 2010, leadership of the group passed to daughter Bonny Eyler (bass, vocals) and son Dale Eyler (fiddle, vocals). For 51 years, the Carroll County Ramblers have been staples of bluegrass festivals throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

Mike Auldridge also honored during ALTA Awards

In addition to the ceremony, this year’s ALTA Awards includes a special tribute in honor of Mike Auldridge, a co-founder and former member of the Bethesda-based bluegrass band The Seldom Scene. A lifelong Marylander, Auldridge is known internationally for his distinctive style on the Dobro. He was awarded a 2012 National Heritage Fellowship—the nation’s highest honor for traditional arts—by the Na- tional Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for his role in pioneering contemporary bluegrass and country music.

A Note about Mike Auldridge

Mike is not in good health. He is battling cancer.

Please keep Mike in your prayers as we approach this holiday season.

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118 Walnut St., Waynesboro, PA 17268

FMI: 717-762-4711 or beck-benedicthardware.com

Dick & Della Boschert

ALSO A JAM EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM

Shows start @ 7:00 PM * Unless otherwise noted Concerts $14—Jams $4 (Children under 12 free)

As one of the longest running concert series in central Penn- December 8, 2012 sylvania, Beck and Benedict Scott Brannon Bluegrass Band / hosts some of the most talent- Buck and Paul The Travelers ed musicians in bluegrass music today. January 2013 No Concerts In addition to the concert se- February 16, 2013 Dick & Della Boschert ries, Dick and Della also spon- Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band / sor an open mic jam held every Patuxent Partners Friday evening at 7:00 PM.

Directions: Main Street in Waynesboro and turn onto Walnut Street. Go 2 blocks, Music Theatre is on the right.

The tentative date for the concerts permanent return to the Lucketts Community Center is January 12, 2013. If this date slips, the concerts will continue at the Lucketts Elementary School until the community center is available. Any change to the January 12 date will be announced here. Please check this site or call 703-771-5281 for updates. 2012/2013 INDOOR CONCERT SERIES LINEUP Dec 01 - The Ralph Stanley II Band Dec 08 –Springfield Exit / The Stevens Family Concerts held at Dec 15 - LUCKETTS CHRISTMAS JAMBOREE Lucketts Elementary Jan 05 - Dark Hollow /The Virginia Ramblers School, Jan 12 - The Larry Stephenson Band For a complete listing 14550 James Monroe Hwy. Jan 19 - Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper contact Luckett’s (US RTE. 15), Jan 26 - Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen www.luckettsbluegrass. LEESBURG, VA 20176 Feb 02 - Dry Branch Fire Squad com Feb 09 -Tony Holt and the Wildwood Valley Boys or (703) 771-5281

Feb 16 - The Lost and Found Feb 23 - Kody Norris and the Watauga Mountain Boys

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Directions: From I- 81 December 8 Newville Exit.(#37). 233 1st Holiday Show N. to Newville. Continue thru traffic light approx. 2 40 Shepherd Rd., Newville, PA Exit 37, RT I- December 22 blocks to Corporation St/ 81. 2nd Holiday Show Shepherd Road. Turn

Right, (just before the FMI: Gary & Mary January 12 Senior Center). Go past 717-776-7447 New Connection the American Legion. We’re straight ahead. Dinner Specials 4:30 PM January 26 Shows start at 6:30 PM Three Square Hollow Boys Show tickets - $6.00

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Walt Crider and The Old Time Way

February 23 X XX Ye Olde' Country Auction Newville, Pa.

March 2 X X Zion United Methodist Church of Shipley on 2714 Old Washington Road Westminster, Md X X

Band Website—for details http://www.waltcriderandtheoldtimeway.com

Darren Beachley Band

Sunday, June 23, 2013 3:00 pm Brunswick Roundhouse Concerts Brunswick High School:101 Cummings Drive, Brunswick, MD

Wednesday, July 24, 20137:00 pm Concerts in The Park Gypsy Hill Park:One Churchville Ave., Staunton, VA

Band Website—for details http://www.darrenbeachley.com

Brunswick Roundhouse Concert Productions is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Dar- ren & Sherri Beachley and Roy & Jill Hossler with the purpose of bringing world class bluegrass bands to Brunswick, Maryland in order to hold fundraising concerts to benefit our local high

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BLUEGRASS RADIO

(Washington, DC)

Larry Royce, Sanctuary Show Every Friday from 8-10 PM Bluegrass Breakdown Tues. 12 AM, Wed. 5 AM,Thurs. 6 PM, Sun. 2 AM

Bluegrass Overnight Sunday 3 A.M, Thurs. Midnight

Bluegrass Review Mon. 8 PM,,Tues. 2 AM, Wed. 4 AM, Sun. 11 PM

Bluegrass Signal Sun. 10 PM, Mon. 7 PM,,Tues. 1 AM, Enjoy bluegrass 24 hours a day Wed. 6 AM, Thurs. 8 PM Channel 61 The Katy Daley Show Mon. - Fri. 7:00 AM

(Dickinson College - Carlisle, PA) (Selinsgrove, PA)

Davis Tracy WQSU 88.9 FM (Selinsgrove, PA) Monday 8:00 - 9:00 AM Bluegrass Classic Show Saturday 3—6 PM Monday 9:00 - 10:00 AM w/Derrick The Dude Friday 8:00 - 10:00 AM Bluegrass Rules Saturday 9—Midnight

Friday 4:00 - 6:00 PM w/Tracy Waite

(Delaware Township, NJ)

Bluegrass Horizon - Rich Evans Great website. Check it out ! Monday - Noon - 3:00 PM

Bluegrass Breakfast - Susan Rose Wednesday - 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Sunrise Surprise - Russ Hunsberger Satruday - 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Bluegrass Junction - Dick Saylor Saturday - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM We’re Reality Radio !

www.wdvrfm.org Tim Michaels 717-637-3831 [email protected] Opry Show Tim Michaels Saturday 8:00 - 10:00 AM Knee Deep In Bluegrass Cindy Baucom Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

(Brevard, NC) Knee Deep In Bluegrass Cindy Baucom Sunday 5:00 - 7:00 PM Every Sunday 3-5 PM Into The Blue FMI: www.wsqlradio.com Terry Herd Sunday 7:00 - 8:00 PM

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MUSIC LESSONS & INSTRUMENT REPAIR

Tom Adams 717-259-6502 Bluette Bros. Mike’s Music Shop Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Bass 122 Hill St 3966 Jonestown Rd www.adamscountybanjo.com/lessons.html York, PA 17403 Harrisburg, PA 17109 (717) 854-9064 (717) 540-5188 Nev Jackson 717-867-4175 Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Bass, Mandolin, & Dobro

Nelson Steffy 717-241-6305 Campbell’s Music David W. Musselwhite Mandolin, & Fiddle 2361 S. Queen St RD 3, Box 7593 York, PA 17405 Jonestown, PA 17038 Warren Newman 717-730-7255 (717) 741-2634 (717) 865-6236 Guitar, Mandolin, & Fiddle

Trevor Wire 717-395-7059 Banjo [email protected] Country String Shop David R. Strait 54 W. Main St Master Luthier Alex Dietrich Contact info pending Campbelltown, PA 17010 (717) 258-6036 Phone Banjo [email protected] (717) 838-8732 (717) 258-4098 Fax

Patsy Kline 717-964-3797 Mandolin & Beginning Guitar Norm Deaver Chimneys Violin Shop Chris Davis 857-225-2944 203 W. Watson Ave. 614 Lerew Rd. Guitar, Mandolin Langhorne, PA 19047 Boiling Springs, DP's Music Center, Lewistown, PA - [email protected] (215) 757-0471 PA 17007 [email protected] (717) 258-3203 Tom Arri II 717-361-8474 Banjo, Guitar & Mandolin [email protected] - http://www.banjotom2.com Jeff Hostetter RLH Guitars 109 N. 2nd St 30 North Main St New Freedom, PA 17349 Red Lion, PA 17356 (717) 235-7465 (717) 244-9981

J W Music Ken Runkle 2400 Oakland Road Authorized: Dover, PA 17315 Blueridge Dealer 127 N. Hanover St West York, PA (717) 767-9400 Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 258-6765 (717) 792-0302 Judy & Robert Winters Music lessons / Instrument repairs / Setups / Sales

Fiddle’s & Bows Keener Violins Ken Crone Sales & Repairs 3340 Colonial Rd. 19 Maple Stree Lititz, PA Phone: (717) 627-1010 Dover, PA 17315 Jacobus, PA 17407 Email: [email protected] (717) 292-3058 (717) 428-1151 Web: www.stringdoc.com [email protected] Appointment only Authorized Deering banjo dealer. Page 16

JAM SESSIONS

MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

1:00 to 3:30 PM—Every Monday 7:30 PM— Every Wednesday Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr Doylestown Jam 1000 Claremont Road, Carlisle, PA German Hungarian Sportsman's Club $1 donation goes to residents activities. 1622 Hilltown Pike—Hilltown, PA FMI: Dick Gow 717-649-1436 Outside in nice weather, inside otherwise. 7:00 PM—Every Friday Mary Wohler 717-245-2529 All playing levels welcome. Beck & Benedict Hardware Jam FMI: Ben 215-249-9354 Walnut & 3rd Sts., Waynesboro, PA 7:00 to 10:00 PM—Every Monday FMI:Dick/Della Boschert 717-762-4711 Dutch Country Restaurant 7:00—10:00 PM—Every Wednesday See “Upcoming Bluegrass Events” section of 2nd Floor—946 Baltimore St., Hanover, PA Arcadia Jam—Activity Building this newsletter for bluegrass shows held at $3.00 per person / Open mic format 16020 Carnival Avenue—Upperco, MD the Beck & Benedict Hardware Theatre, FMI: 717-632-1616 Note: Closed July and August featuring two great bands each month. FMI: 410-374-2895 7:00 PM—As listed below Bunker Hill Bluegrass & TUESDAY Old Country Music Jam FMI: John Garloff 717-272-1677 12:00—3:30 PM— Every Tuesday B.H. Fellowship Hall, Mountville Rd., Rt 72, The Church of The Open Door THURSDAY North of Lebanon. From Rt 22 take Rt 72 The Church of the Open Door—Just off South 1 1/2 miles to Mountville Rd. From Rt Rt 74 on Loucks Rd., North of the West 422 take Rt 72 North 6 miles to Mountville 7:30 to 10:30 PM—Every Thursday Rd. June thru September jams are held on Manchester Mall. This Gospel Music, The Lower Windsor Township 1st & 3rd Fridays. October thru May jams performers of all levels, including those Municipal Bldg are held every Friday. Donations accepted. with electric instruments. A microphone 2425 Craley Road(also Rt. 624), Craley, PA Good homemade foods. Small area for pick- is provided for vocalists. Visitors are Craley is 2 miles south of East Prospect, ers to jam. Sign-up for 30 minute spots on always welcome. York County stage with sound system. FMI: Ken Runkle 717-792-0302 FMI: Ebert M. Blymire 717-434-5716 7:30 PM—Every Friday 7:00 to Midnight - 3rd Tuesday 7:00 to 10:00 PM—Every Thursday Muse & Music Performance Series The Whole Cannoli Franklintown Fire Hall Jam 10 West Expresso St., Mansfield, PA 115 Saint Johns Church Rd., Camp Hill, PA 2 miles south of Dillsburg on Rt194— FMI: www.fineartsforum.org (Between Carlisle Pike and Trindle Rd) $2.00 Admission Every Friday - 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. 7:00 to 10:00 PM— Every Tuesday (TNBJ) 5:30 PM—2nd & 4th Thursday YWCA - Gettysburg PA Pine Hall Lutheran Church Central Berks Lion's Club Bluegrass Jam 909 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA Kitchen open at 4:00 PM 1760 West College Ave., State College Music begins at 5:30 PM 17325. Phone 717-334-9171. FMI: Alan (Scott) Krug 814-883-0287 FMI: Betty Naftzinger 610-488-1920 Note: Former Arrow Horse jam. E-mail: [email protected]

Professional sound system provided. Alan 6:00 to 10:00 PM Every Friday publishes an e-mail newsletter of bluegrass Third Thursday Coffey Music Carroll Township Community Center happenings in northern PA. For your copy, Jam Shermans Dale, Perry County write to Alan at [email protected] 31 East Main St. Westminster, MD Call for directions. 410-876-1045 or 410-848-5003 FMI: 717-582-2312

6:00 to 9:00 PM— Every Tuesday www.coffeymusic.com 6:00 to 8:30 - First Friday each Month RLH Guitars Lisburn Church of GOD 30 North Main St., Red Lion, PA 7:00 to 10:00—1st Thursday Contact Roger Horner - 717-249-7870 FMI: Randy Hake 717-244-9981 CHAPLIN'S The Music Café E-mail: [email protected] 66 N. Main St., Spring City PA. 19475 7:00 PM - ? - 4th Friday A sound system provided. RLH is also host- Amazing historic vaudeville era theatre. The Flying Dutchman Bluegrass Jam ing bluegrass shows. For more information Old Firehouse / Robert Kain's Country Just $5 or $7 with your BYOB. Contact: String Shop, Campbelltown, PA and scheduling, contact Randy. Brad Haberle #484-340-9716 or bass- FMI - Contact Jackie at 717-361-8474 or [email protected] . More info 8:00 to 11 PM—1st & 3rd Tuesdays [email protected] Washington House BG Jam about Chaplin's at Main Street, Sellersville, PA (Bucks County) chaplinsmusiccafe.com This is a high level jam. FMI: Jim Simpson 215-659-8623 [email protected]) for details. Or see http:// www.washingtonhouse.net/ Page 17

JAM SESSIONS

SATURDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

6:30 PM—Every Saturday April—October 6:00 - 9:00 PM November—March 2:00 - 5:00 PM 7:00 PM - Second Sunday White Oak Campground Kennedy’s Valley Church of God Quarryville, PA FMI: 717-687-6207 Landisville, PA

6:00 to 10:00 pm - Every Saturday Grand Old Jam 2073 Orrstown Rd., Shippensburg, PA 17257 (Turn at Morris St., go 3 miles, on right before car auction) 1:00 to 5:00 PM - Third Sunday Pickers - Free Visitors - $3.00 Admission Penn’s Grove Bluegrass & Acoustic Jam EVERYONE (children under 12 free) Citizens League, 50 West Pitman St., Penns FMI: Robert Forrester 717-530-0248 Grove, NJ. The entrance is at rear of the WELCOME

building. The bar will be operating for 1:00 PM - First Saturday (Sept-May) drinks. FMI: Kevin Justice 856-299-2402 Sugar Run Bluegrass e-mail [email protected]. Calvary Baptist Church 902 Ruskin Dr., Note: this jam goes on hiatus for the sum- 2:00 to 5:00 PM Altoona, PA FMI: Ron Anderson 814-940- mer. 8352 Third Sunday

May to Sept. - 1st Sunday, 1 - 4PM EVERY MONTH Music at the Cider Press - 6:00 P.M. 47 Crystal Falls Dr., Smithsburg. Md. Dick Environmental Center-Pickin' Bluegrass jams are on 1st and 3rd Saturday on the Porch - Mt. Gretna, PA Held at: and Classic Country music on the 2nd and Several Areas to play in. Inside Wernick Young’s UMC 4th. Doors open at 5:00. $3.00 donation at style. FMI Patsy Kline - 717-964-3797 7075 Wertzville Rd. the door. Please come and join us. [email protected] Mechanicsburg, PA 17053

FMI: Jean Snyder 717-957-4609 SUNDAY

1:00 to 4:00 PM - Second Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 PM - Third Sunday September thru May (October thru June) New Jersey Bluegrass & Old Time Susquehanna Folk Music Society Jam Music Association & Song Swap ~ Fort Hunter Embury United Methodist Church Hall North of Harrisburg on Front St. Church St., Little Silver, NJ FMI:Ralph Dahle 717-652-0799 Jamming & open stage show www.sfmsfolk.org 717-657-8709 FMI: www.newjerseybluegrass.com. Directions: Bringing a small snack is optional! 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM - Third Sunday Rt. 81 to the Mechanicsburg September thru May exit Rt. 114. North on Rt. 114 Jerseytown Community Center Jerseytown, Pa. to Wertzville Rd. Left on FMI: Bob Knorr Wertzville Rd. 1/2 mile. [email protected] or Church will be on the left. www.cobrasound.com/jerseytownjam

10:00 AM—Second Sunday 1:00 PM—Fourth Sunday AFBA Open stage & Jam Rick’s Tavern Bluegrass & Country Jam Hellertown, PA (just south of Allentown) 9th & Chestnut Sts Trainer, PA FMI: www.afbawingap.org. Doors open at 10 a.m. Stage show begins at noon. All skill levels are invited to participate in playing bluegrass, country, folk, and old-time music. FMI: 610-497-1338 ©

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