Published by: SEVEN MOUNTAINS BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION, INC. Volume 10 December 2013 / January / February 2014 Issue 1 2013-2014 SMBA Concert Series November 30 Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper December 14 The Boxcars January 11 Crowe Brothers February 8 Larry Stephenson Band Annual Membership Meeting The Annual Membership Meeting will be held at the January SMBA Jam at Young’s Church at 1:30, 1/2 hour before the start of the jam. 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 - Beginner and Advanced jam rooms available ANNUAL PICNIC - JULY 26, 2014 (4th Saturday every July) ALLENBERRY, BOILING SPRINGS, PA - Good food - Open Jams - On-Stage Jam Bands Beginner and Advanced Jam rooms available - Raffle of acoustic instruments & door prizes - Jiffy Johns Available WEBSITE - www.sevenmountainsbluegrass.org - Association & newsletter information Young’s UMC - Links to bluegrass info 7075 Wertzville Rd. Mechanicsburg, PA PROMOTIONAL OUTLET for bands and promoters BLUEGRASS LIBRARY - Instructional materials (717) 766-4424 EDUCATIONAL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER ABLE OF ONTENTS T C Page # - Inside the SMBA 2-3 - President’s Message 3 Seven Mountains Scholarships - Officers /Board of Trustees 4 - SMBA 2013-2014 Concert Series 5 Must be 18 and under by the end of the year - Band BIOS 6-7 Does not have to be an SMBA member - SMBA Scholarship in Action 8 - Upcoming Events 9-14 Once awarded, recipient may not apply for at least 2 - Bluegrass Radio 15 more years. - Music Lesson & Instrument Repair 16 Maximum award to be $250. - Jams 17-18 Funds go to camp, music instructor, etc., directly. - Membership Invitation 19 Application period is January to end of March annual- OFFICERS* ly. Dick Beckley President (717) 938-4975 Awards will be announced April. Mike Lebo Vice President (717) 215-3088 Jean Snyder Treasurer/Membership (717) 957-4609 A short letter explaining why the applicant likes blue- Bill Coleman Recording Secretary (717) 308-0752 grass music and where the awarded funds will go. A scholarship form is available on our website. BOARD OF TRUSTEES* www.sevenmountainsbluegrass.org Ruth Ann Berney (717) 979-3373 Bob Bishard Librarian (717) 957-4349 Bill Coleman (717) 308-0752 Walt Crider (717) 300-3408 Jon Raemore Music Committee (717) 599-5944 Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association “Hornpipe” is published by the Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association Inc., which is a CHAIRPERSONS* non-profit organization. The SMBA mails this quarterly newslet- Walt Crider Scholarship Committee (717) 300-3408 ter to the SMBA membership, music associations, other non-profit George Fishel Picnic Committee (717) 580-7838 organizations, promoters, radio and print media at no charge. All correspondence can be mailed to: Mike Foster Hornpipe Editor (717) 649-0107 Mike Lebo Web Master (717) 215-3088 SMBA, c/o Mike Foster, 574 Myrtle Ct., Hbg, PA 17112. Sue McKinsey PR / Media (717) 244-4428 * At time newsletter goes to press www.sevenmountainsbluegrass.org INSIDE THE SMBA we will like the changes that he is making, so stay tuned and check in on our website from THE PRESIDENT’S time to time and see what he has in store for the membership. Also remember to check in with our message board on the website, which MESSAGE is a very valuable tool to pass the word on everything bluegrass. This is a valuable asset that our members have not utilized nearly as DICK BECKLEY much as they should have in the past. Another year is about to come to a close and Our annual membership meeting will be held SMBA has had a busy year, as usual. Our mem- on Sunday January 19, 2014 at Young's Meth- bership continues to grow, showing that blue- odist Church on Wertzville Rd., before our grass in South-Central PA is alive and well, and Sunday Jam. Officers for 2014 will be formally that our organization is doing things the right installed by the membership and other busi- way and giving our membership what they are ness may be conducted at this meeting. The looking for in things bluegrass. time for this meeting will appear elsewhere in this issue of the Hornpipe. Our election process is winding down for another year and at this writing, it appears that all SMBA We are looking for another great year for our offices will be unopposed, and except for the of- organization in 2014 and I encourage each fice of Secretary will be manned by the same and every one of you to step up and make people as last year. I will be beginning my 5th 2014 the best ever for SMBA. year as your President in 2014 and I've thor- oughly enjoyed the ride, serving our members in On behalf of myself, the Officers and Board, I this office. Bill Coleman has informed us that be- wish each and every one of you a very Merry cause of health issues, he will not be our Secre- Christmas and a Happy and Joyous New tary next year. I would like to take this opportuni- Year. ty to thank Bill for his input and for all the help he has given me and SMBA over the last several years. Bill, you will be missed. Tim Pritchard has stepped up and volunteered to be our new Secretary and I welcome Tim to our team. My officers, Board, and Chairpersons, to me, are second to none anywhere, and are THE reason that SMBA continues to grow and pros- per at a time when many organizations are ex- periencing rough going. We have a hardworking, dedicated group leading our Association and making good, tough, difficult decisions that keep us on the right track. Our Vice President, Mike Lebo, who also serves as our Webmaster, is in the process of redesign- ing and upgrading our website, which has not been done in some time. Mike has promised that Page 3 SMBA OFFICERS - BOARD - CHAIR POSITIONS Dick Beckley [email protected] (717) 938-4975 Ruth Ann Berney [email protected] (717) 979-3373 Bob Bishard [email protected] (717) 957-4349 Bill Coleman [email protected] (717) 308-0752 Walt Crider [email protected] (717) 300-3408 George Fishel [email protected] (717) 580-7838 Mike Foster [email protected] (717) 649-0107 Mike Lebo [email protected] (717) 215-3088 Sue McKinsey [email protected] (717) 244-4428 Tim Pritchard [email protected] (717) 244-9450 Jon Raemore [email protected] (717) 599-5944 Jean Snyder [email protected] (717) 957-4609 A complete listing is located on page 2 of this newsletter. 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 Newsletter Content This newsletter is NOT a newsletter for the newsletter editor or for the officers of the Seven Mountain Bluegrass Asso- ciation. This newsletter is for the members of the Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association. We are constantly looking for content to be put in the newsletter. If any members have information regarding bluegrass concerts, jams, etc. that would be of interest to any of our mem- bers please send any information you may have to the newsletter editor. The content does not have to be just for the current newsletter timeframe but anything in the future. Future items will be kept and placed in the newsletter for the timeframe of the newsletter. Page 4 BAND BIOS November 30, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper Our fifth Saturday in November Band is one of the most award winning bands in bluegrass. Michael is filling in the concert spot for Danny Paisley who suf- fered a heart attack late in Octo- ber. We wish Danny a speedy re- covery. Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper brings the hard driving fiddle of multi-award winning fiddle player Mike Cleveland and his fine band to play for us. Nathan Livers from Louisville is on Mandolin. Tyler Griffith from Avon, Indiana plays bass. Joshua Richards is on Guitar and lead vocals and is from Leota, Indiana. Banjo and Resonator are played by Glenn Gibson from Louisville. They have had several songs, and a CD as songs and album of the year and have numerous other IBMA awards in the last several years.