December schedule

Yesterday, I posted our rehearsal schedule for December. We'll be rehearsing on December 3 and 10, and then taking December 17, 24, and 31 off.

Sometimes in the past we have had an unofficial gathering to play some Christmas music on the last Monday before Christmas Eve. If someone wants to organize such a gathering, it's OK with me, but I won't be available on December 17.

Roster pictures

I've been adding people's pictures to the MMO roster. When I get a picture, I make the person's name into a link that points to the picture. So far, I have pictures of Jean, Steve, Ronda, and me. If the rest of you will send me small photos by e-mail, I'll add them, too.

Here's the link to the roster: http://www.mindspring.com/~lonzoh/roster.htm

Andy Statman at Cedar Cultrural Center

I was recently at the Cedar Cultural Center. They announced that Andy Statman (Mandolin and Clarinet Player) will be coming in early April 2008 for a performance. Andy Statman does very few performances outside of New York so this will be a rare opportunity to see and hear him play.

Kevin R Le Voir

Information on Shifting

Jazzmando has some interesting materials on Shifting (something I'm working on ).

Check out "A Handbook for Teaching Shifting to the Intermediate Violin Student" (look for Handbook1.pdf and Handbook2.pdf on Rami Kanaan's web page.

Dotty

S.S. Stewart Journals from 1890s

In case you missed it, there was a recent post on the Mandolin Cafe site about the University of Rochester digitizing the S.S. Stewart Banjo and Guitar Journal from the 1890s. I took a quick look at some of the old issues and found lots of mando content. The December 1899 issue has an article by Pettine. Be patient, they take a while to load, even with a high speed connection.

https://urresearch.rochester.edu/handle/1802/2586

Re: Northern Latitudes

Thanks for sharing this Tedd--you guys sounded (and looked) great! That's a very cool thing they're doing at babybluearts.com.

Northern Latitudes

This falls in to the shameless self promotion category. Check out the NLMQ at http://www.babybluearts.com/.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Kaufman's mandobass for sale

Some of you have probably seen this already. Steve Kaufman has a Gibson mandobass for sale. He's asking $4300. There are pictures and more information at
http://www.acoustic-kamp.com/1919_jseries_mandobass.htm

Bluegrass jam in Ham Lake

I got some information via e-mail from Joe Walters, who is organizing a bluegrass jam session. He asked me to spread the word. Here's the information:

Open Bluegrass Jam

When: 2^nd Friday of every month starting November 9^th.

Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Where:

Glen Cary Lutheran Church,

15531 Central Avenue ( HWY 65)

Ham Lake, MN

This is a new Jam starting in November. It will be open to all levels of musicianship. Acoustic only. We will be playing some bluegrass, some gospel, some gospel bluegrass, maybe a little old time country, whatever the mood strikes.

The jam is being held in conjunction with a community dinner. The diners will be a different room, but within earshot of the jammers.

For more information, please visit:

www.folkjam.org

www.glencary.org

or call Joe Walters at 763-441-0910

letitsno@comcast.net

No rehearsal November 5

There is no MMO rehearsal on November 5. There is a devotional program at the Baha'i center that evening. The event organizer asked for some contemplative mandolin music. I decided, since some key players could not make the gig, and since the notice about the program was relatively short, to do the program with a quartet. Of course, anyone who wants to hear the music or attend the devotional program is welcome to do so. The music starts at 7:30 and the devotions around 8:00.

Goldfinger mp3 practice files

I posted mp3 practice files for Goldfinger on our current tune list. The files (part 1 and part 2) are a recording of a performance by the Denver Mandolin Orchestra.

The tune list is at http://www.mindspring.com/~lonzoh/0708tunes.htm