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The Special Consensus 2020 Newsletter.Pub January, 2020 Newsletter, Volume 295 If the rain and short days of winter are geng you down, the Friendship Hall will have just the pick‐me‐up you need on February 22nd: Bluegrass! That’s the night those masters of fast instrumentals and sweet harmonies, The Special Consensus, return to the Pistol River stage. Led by founding member and banjo guru Greg Cahill, The Special Consensus (Special C) has been performing their “bluegrass with an atude” music since 1975. Through the years their music has brought them to stages throughout North and South America, and the UK, and included stops at the Grand Ole Opry, NPR, and the Nashville Network. Their work has been recognized with several nominaons and awards from the Internaonal Bluegrass Music Associ‐ aon (IBMA), and Grammy nominaons – including several from just last year. Greg Cahill has picked his banjo through all 19 of Special C’s recordings. Greg has given back to the genre by teaching banjo in Chi‐ cago and serving on the IBMA and the Foundaon for Bluegrass Music boards of directors. The IBMA awarded him the presgious Disnguished Achievement Award, and later this month will be inducted into the Society for the Preservaon of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) Hall of Greats in Nashville, TN. Joining Cahill on stage will guitar picker Rick Faris, upright bass player Dan Eubanks, and the newest member of the band, Nate Burie, on mandolin. Faris has been strumming the guitar to bluegrass tunes since he was seven. He was twice recognized as the SPBGMA Midwest Guitar Performer of the Year. Joining the band in 2009 as the mandolin player, Rick switched to guitar in 2015. Jazz got Eubanks his start with the bass, but a love for bluegrass borne from aending shows with his grandparents found him switching genres and hooking up with Special C in 2013. And Burie joined the band last year but has been playing and performing since age nine. His accomplishments include a snt with Summer Brooke & Mountain Faith, an America’s Got Talent contestant and 2016 IBMA Emerging Arst of the Year recipient. Please join us February 22nd for some great bluegrass music at the Friendship Hall with The Special Consensus. Doors open at 7 PM and the show starts at 8 PM. It’ll be just what the doctor ordered to chase those winter blues away. Shows on the horizon March 21, 2020 May 23, 2020 Molly’s Revenge Nell & Jim Band Celtic Americana Tickets for all shows are $20 and are available at: Gold Beach Books 541-247-2495 Wright’s Custom Framing 541-469-7900 Tickets can also be reserved at www.pistolriver.com, or by calling 541-247-2848 and picked up at the door. Tickets may also be purchased, if available at the door Notes from the Board: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all who continue to contribute dollars, time, effort and hospitality to keep the music playing in Pistol River. Your generous gifts add to this group effort with great dividends for our small community—bringing exceptional music to the south coast! A SPECIAL THANKS TO GOLD BEACH BOOKS AND WRIGHT’S CUSTOM FRAMING for being our ticket outlets., and the Curry Coastal Pilot, Curry County Reporter, and KGBR for running our press releases. We couldn’t do it without you! Please give these businesses a hearty thank you for their continu- ing dedication to promoting the arts in our area! Providing companionship for hospice patients is a rewarding way to serve others. Coastal Home Health & Hospice is looking for good volunteers to join our amazing team. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator at: (P) 541-251-7400 (e) [email protected] Want to become a PRCA Member? We welcome anyone as a member of the Pistol River Concert Association that has an interest in supporting the concert series. If you want to get a heads up on upcoming shows and wish to become a member or if it is time to renew your membership, please fill out, detach and mail the registration form below along with your check made payable to the Pis- tol River Concert Association. (It's tax deductible !!) Please Print: Name:______________________________________________________________ Phone:__________________ Street Address:_____________________________________ City:_________________ ST:_____ Zip:__________ Email:______________ Membership: Individual $15 __ Family $20 ___ Amount enclosed _____________ Please choose one: I would like to receive newsletter notification via e-mail _____ or Postal Service mail:_____ Please mail this form to: Pistol River Concert Association, Post Office Box 6086, Pistol River, Oregon 97444 Thanks!!! .
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