Web site changes

I'm moving the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra's web site from my mindspring account to a GoDaddy account. If you use www.minnesotamandolinorchestra.org to access the site, you probably won't notice any change. If use www.mindspring.com/~lonzoh.htm, you will notice a change, because that url will soon stop working. Please update your bookmarks and procedures accordingly.

The url for the roster will be different. I think you can guess what its new name will be, but you can write to me if you want me to send you the link.

Also, www.minnesotamandolinorchestra.org may be unavailable for a while during the next few days, while I figure out how to get all the pieces put together properly.

Ritual Dance of the Lunatics

I added Ritual Dance and Dance of the Lunatics to our current tune list. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Mandolin Stars

I was just going to note what a great job Lou Chouinard  is doing leading the CMSA. Lots of energy - surely changing the whole organization in a positive, involving way, putting our MMO on the map at the same time. And then he shows up with a really cool new mandolin too. 

And then Tedd Ronning writes the very well done and interesting interview with Shari Ladig - in the current CMSA newsletter. Great work on a great story.

MMO @ North High May 11

Plans for Monday's recording session are taking shape. We'll be at North Community High School, 1500 James Avenue North, in Minneapolis. Phil would like people to arrive between 6:30 and 6:40. If you can't get there in that interval, get there when you can. Enter the school through door 18,which is near Irving and 15th.

Please have these tunes with you:

La Tipica
Sunset on the Pawtuxet
Asleep in the Deep
Waltz for Bill Monroe
Joropo de Lara
Here, There, and Everywhere
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Day Tripper

Driving directions:

From I-94, take the 55 / Olson Memorial Highway exit. Turn right (east) and go parallel to the highway an additional block.Turn left on 7th Street.Continue on 7th, which changes its name to Emerson, and turn left on 16th Ave.Go west three blocks, and you'll see the school on your left.