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Terry and Sheila Brewer Hello Southwest Bluegrass Association members and friends! Blythe Bluegrass Festival had a little rain this year early in the Well 2018 is nothing but a memory and we are off to a great week, but mother nature supplied 3 days great weather for start as an association for 2019. those who attended this years festival . Thumbs up to the Blythe Chamber of Commerce for another great event and awesome The SWBA Board of Directors closed out the year with a board lineup. meeting on December 11, 2018. The meeting was called to The SWBA Booth at Blythe had several visitors that purchased order by Terry Brewer @6:45 Board members in attendance: shirts, raffle tickets, cook books, pick’in accessories and joined Sheila, Terry, Paula, Marc, Missy Lyn, Louie, Martha, Tony and SWBA or renewed. Thanks to all who helped out in the SWBA conducted online with the use of Google meet. booth, Hope Reed, Eric Nordbeck, Connie Tripp, Jerry and Missy presented the meeting minutes from Sept 5th and Nov Barbara Rutch, Martha Hall, Tony Pritchett, Marc Nelissen and 3rd, minutes were approved by the board. Missy Lyn Gibson. Paula presented the treasures reports and approved by the Darrell and Ann Barkley have stored and pulled the SWBA trailer board. to festivals and SWBA campouts for the last several years. After Sheila presented the SWBA membership report: 174 letters Blythe the trailer was moved to Louie and Paula De Bie’s house. mailed out to lapsed members, 24 returned address not found, Thank you Darrell and Ann for all you done to take care of our 7 new, 33 renewals. trailer and get it to where ever SWBA needed it. SWBA Fundraising presented by Terry: Facebook fundraising Hope Reed has decided to relocate with family to Washington $127 raised via SWBA FB page. Donation links have been setup later this summer. She has worked the SWBA booth at more on the SWBA website for PayPal Giving Fund, GuideStar and festivals and SWBA events than I can mention. She will truly be eBay and Amazon Smile have Southwest Bluegrass Association missed and I Thank her for her dedication, support and all she donation options. has done for our organization. Hope will be in the booth at Bluegrass Soundboard presented by Terry: 24 people want to Bluegrass On The Beach, Temecula Valley Bluegrass Festival, opt out of printed version and go online (updated to 70 as of and SWBA SuperJam in May. Pay her a visit at the booth and let Jan. 25��) her know how much we appreciate all she has done. SWBA Booth: 50 new SWBA shirts ordered by Missy and SWBA Email Blasts were recently added to stay in contact with supplies purchased by Marc (picks, strings, capos, tuners ECT) Our members for updates on events and the Soundboard online. for upcoming events. With the use of Mailchip and Google Gsuite, emails are sent out Guitar raffle ticket sales doing well via mail in form presented from [email protected] to SWBA members. by Sheila. If you haven't received these emails, check your spam or junk mail or we don't have your email in the membership database. SuperJam: Porta Potty, workshops, band showcases and potluck continue details at next meeting. Contact me or Sheila to update your email. Tony Pritchett wants to form committee to have workshops Hope to see you at Bluegrass on the Beach or at SuperJam! that would end with a concert. To use people who actually God Bless Terry Brewer teach to host the workshops. Motion to renew IBMA membership motion passed and approved. Next meeting Feb 5�� via Google Meet We kicked off 2019 in January at The Great 48 Hour Jam in Bakersfield California by hosting a hospitality suite on the ninth floor. This event hosted and organized by the California Bluegrass Association proved to be once again a great time for all who attended! The Bakersfield Marriott started checking folks in at 3 PM and then came the mad dash to grab a cart and hall all the stuff up to the SWBA suite and get set up. As everyone enjoyed the elevator races to get to their rooms the jamming started and continued through the weekend in the hallways, rooms and anywhere a few people could gather and pick. Our showcase bands for this year in the SWBA suite included The Blue Creek Band, Grasslands on Friday Night and The Honey Buckets and Out Of The Desert on Saturday night. The jamming in the Suite was almost non-stop with several pickers coming and going until the early morning hours. - Lead Guitar and Vocals By Terry Brewer Buzz Sawyer was influenced at an early age in rural Illinois by his father, Bob. Whether listening to him sing tenor at the local church or playing I SMELL COVERS bass for the Midnight Ramblers, Buzz soaked it all in. by Flint Hill Special Guitar became his passion, and with a twenty-five year tenure in popular groups such as Plain Folke and The Crossfire Band from Southern Flint Hill Special continues the tradition California, he gained a broad education of vocal styles and guitar playing. with a New website at flinthillspecial.com - Bass and Vocals and a New album “I Smell Covers” released Pete Lorentz has been involved in music from an early age, his interest in October of 2018. encompasses several instruments but he always returns to bass, a favorite for over fifty years. Equally adept at bluegrass, swing, and country music, I Smell Covers delivers awesome vocals and harmonies brought Pete's bass playing is the heart of Flint Hill Special." together with some mighty fine Pick’in! Pete enjoys singing lead and is equally at home with any harmony line. Tracks: 1. Cryin' All over the Place (Them Blues) Feat. Pete He first toured nationally as a country musician in 1966. Over the years Lorentz 2. Cumberland River feat. Buzz Sawyer 3.