Peter Ostroushko a Minnesota Treasure
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November 2020 Peter Ostroushko A Minnesota Treasure Inside: From the President 3 | MBOTMA Calendar of Events 4 Meet the Board: Shane Zach 5 | Volunteer Spotlight: Tony Anthonisen 7 Cover Story: Peter Ostroushko 8 | Election Ballot 11 | I’ll Fly Away 18 | Bluegrass Saturday Morning 21 | Coming Up/Postponements 22 | Tab: Fiddler’s Dream 23 November 2020 Mission Statement: Vol. 46 To preserve and promote bluegrass and No. 10 old-time stringband music Newsstand: $3 in and around the state of Minnesota. Subscription: $35 www.minnesotabluegrass.org Thank you, MN Bluegrass members MBOTMA Hot Line 651-456-8919 Membership as of November 2020: 732 (to subscribe and for other information) [email protected] P.O. Box 16408, Mpls, MN 55416 Twitter: @mnbluegrass Facebook: minnesotabluegrass We are a Community Fundraiser Minnesota Bluegrass Board of Directors President: Laura Cooper - [email protected] raises $4275.00 Vice President: Nic Hentges Treasurer: Robbi Podrug for Minnesota Bluegrass! Secretary: Shane Zack Term expires in 2020 - President and Vice President Special Thanks to Term Expires in 2021 - Treasurer and Secretary Board Members at Large: Barbara Anton, Cathy Baldwin Term expires 2020: Dale Gruber - [email protected] Stacey Berkheimer Brett Day, Wayne Hamilton Term expires 2021: Bill Lindroos - [email protected] Douglas Chasar Rudy Marti - [email protected] Marv Cofer, Jane Conger Mark Anderson, Jason Juran Robert Copeland Board Meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month. Con- Cousin Dad tact info@minnesotabluegrass or call for location. Donna Dauphinais Board Meeting Minutes are available - [email protected] or Nathan Fjeld call: 651-456-8919. 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Box 16408, Mpls, MN 55416. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for the loss or return of unsolicited photos, recordings, or manuscripts. MinnesotaBluegrass.org ©2019 Minnesota Bluegrass. All rights reserved. ISBN 0891-0537. 2 November 2020 From the President Become a Member The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association is open to everyone. Our members include people who love to listen An article by Jonathan Zecher, “Acedia: the lost name for to music and people who love to make music. As a member, you’ll the emotion we’re all feeling right now,” in “theconversation. be invited to participate in bluegrass and old-time music events com” introduced me to that very old word. The term acedia and celebrations. You’ll receive discounted prices on admission emerged from the experience and isolation of monastic monks to events and merchandise, and you’ll receive a subscription to and referred to a “strange combination of listlessness, undirect- Minnesota Bluegrass magazine. ed anxiety, and inability to concentrate.” If that sounds familiar, Becoming a member of MBOTMA is easy and affordable. I encourage you to read the article. Conversations with friends Your membership will not only nurture your own interests, suggest that many if not most of us are experiencing some de- but will help to ensure that the bluegrass and old-time music gree of acedia brought on by isolation and being flooded with tradition is sustained and grows in Minnesota. bad news. I know this seems like a rather odd thing to write Individual Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, events dis- about in Minnesota Bluegrass, but because of the Covid isolation $35 counts for one person, and a free classified (including the cancellation of MBOTMA events), we don’t real- ad. ize others are also struggling. Reach out to friends and family for Family them and for you. Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, events $50 On a positive note... due to the generosity of our members/ discounts and a free classified ad. donors (many of whom upgraded their memberships), the suc- Band Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, advance cess of the August 2019 festival and the 2020 Winter Bluegrass $75 booking information for MBOTMA Weekend, and a grant obtained from the Minnesota State Arts events, a free classified ad, and listings in Board, MBOTMA is in a good position to weather the Covid the MBOTMA member band directory in storm. I am grateful and amazed, as I certainly would not have print and on our website. predicted our financial and organizational strength, given how Bronze Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class precarious MBOTMA’s situation was the first two-plus years $100 postage, events discounts, and a free clas- of my time on the board. Kudos to the staff, volunteers, board, sified ad. members and donors! Silver Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class MBOTMA recently sponsored a jam in the park (a small $150 postage, events discounts, and a free clas- scale event) that was well attended. We hope to offer other op- sified ad. portunities for people to play and hear music while adhering to Gold Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class the current Covid guidelines. We welcome your ideas. $500 postage, events discounts, a free classified MBOTMA’s annual election is upon us. Your ballot and ad, and more. candidate profiles are included in this issue of the magazine. There is also information regarding the election on the website. Platinum Level Includes Minnesota Bluegrass, first-class I am very pleased with the slate of candidates running for the $1000 postage, events discounts, a free classified board. Please vote! ad, and more. Stay safe and healthy. Add $18 for First Class or foreign postage to individual, family or band membership. Go to minnesotabluegrass.org Inside: and select the Membership tab to join online From the President 3 or download a membership form MBOTMA Calendar of Events 4 Call 651-456-8919 for details Meet the Board: Shane Zach 5 or if you would like to join by phone. Volunteer Spotlight: Tony Anthonisen 7 MinnesotaBluegrass.org Cover Story: Peter Ostroushko 8 Funding for Minnesota Bluegrass is pro- Election Ballot 11 vided in part by a grant from the Minnesota I’ll Fly Away 18 State Arts Board, through an appropriation Bluegrass Saturday Morning 21 by the Minnesota State Legislature, a grant Coming Up 22 from the National Endowment for the Arts, and private donors Tab: Fiddler’s Dream 23 November 2020 3 Minnesota Bluegrass Calendar of Events Concerts and events presented or supported by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association The following events are presented or supported in part by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association and made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Complete Info/Tickets at: www.minnesotabluegrass.org Your MBOTMA Board of Directors is working hard, constantly monitoring the events around Covid-19. They will make appropriate decisions about canceling events, given the situation at the time, and will notify membership via the website and email, when those decisions are made. 2021 Dates March 5-7, 2021 - Friday-Sunday Contribute to Minnesota Minnesota Bluegrass Bluegrass Magazine. Winter Weekend Write a Review of a favorite concert or CD. Write an article about your favorite jam. Tell us about how you came to like August 12-15, 2021 - Thursday-Sunday Bluegrass and Old-Time String Band Music. Minnesota Bluegrass [email protected] August Festival Tom O’Neill Award Nomina- tions are Open Minnesota Bluegrass Annual nominations are now open for the Tom O’Neill Award. This award is presented to Website: someone who has made an Enduring Contribu- www.minnesotabluegrass.org tion to the Mission of MBOTMA. Please write two or three paragraphs about Info and news about our events why your nominee should be selected as the re- Buy tickets on line, Donate, History cipient of the award and email to info@minne- Complete calendar of Festivals sotabluegrass.org no later than March 27th. The Magazine: Members can read current Board will review the nominations in a blind review, and the award will be presented at an and past issues upcoming festival. Links to Member Bands MinnesotaBluegrass.org 4 November 2020 Get to Know the MBOTMA Board Board Member at Large: Shane Zach How long have you been on the Everything just sort of went downhill board and what’s your position? from there. I have been on the board since the How has being a board member im- Fall of 2017. pacted you? What is your occupation and what As a board member, you really get to type of work do you do? see the amount of work, effort, love and Currently I am the director of En- care volunteers and members pour into rollment and Tuition Aid for a small, in- this organization. You hear more stories, dependent school in St. Paul. more perspectives, and see so clearly the What MBOTMA volunteer role(s) relationship the community has to the have you held in the past? music but also the people who make up I have worked the ticket table, infor- MBOTMA.