Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Overhaul of mandocello

This link shows a highly competent technician taking apart and repairing the body of an old Gibson mandocello. Interesting!

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Blogs/K2Collapse/k2collapse.html

frets.com is an excellent resource.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Tunes for January 30 rehearsal

The January 30 tune list is on the MMO rehearsal schedule page. In case you didn't see it there, here's the list:

The Talisman
Joropo de Lara
Berceuse
My Desire
Off to Minnesota
Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Friday, January 20, 2012

Tune list update

I just updated the "current tunes" list. I added Torna a Surriento and deleted Ave Maria, Corale, Pavane, and Romanian Lullabye. Ave Maria will come back. I'm waiting for updates from the arranger.

http://www.minnesotamandolinorchestra.org/1112tunes.html

Tunes for January 23 rehearsal

Benvenuto
Berceuse
Bethlehem on the Ohio
My Desire Devised Her Beauty
Little Rock Getaway
That Banjo Rag

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Torna a Surriento lyrics

I found the lyrics to "Torna a Surriento," as sung by Allan Sherman, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACZHFkVV4dA

updates

The blog lists 2010-2011 Tune List but seems to have the tunes updated. Maybe it should read 2011-2012.
Also, the last group pic on the website was Dec. 2009. Time for an update? I'd love to be in one last picture before leaving the group. :-)

Monday, January 9, 2012

CMSA 2012 Update

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Survey Monkey survey and replying to my query about composer recommendations. This information has been passed along to the CMSA (Lou) for next steps.

As you may have seen, the convention dates have moved to October 2-7. Please mark your calendars and consider in your vacation planning for the year.

There are a few more roles to fill in the Host Committee. By the way, energetic people/people with some free time are certainly invited to step up for more than one role on the Host Committee.

We need the following: Registration Coordinator, Workshop Coordinator, Raffle Coordinator, Open Mic Coordinator, Stage Coordinator.

If you have interest in any of the above roles, please let me know. We'll begin having meetings of the Host Committee within the next few weeks. Such meetings will be teleconferences, to make things easier on people's schedules.

So far, we have the following:
Treasurer - Vicki Chouinard
Volunteer Coordinator - Ann Yust
Art Director, Convention and Concert Program Coordinator - Ronda Zimmerschied
Sound Coordinator - Jack Litzau
Vendor Coordinator - Jim Dostal

Thanks again for your interest in and support for the 2012 CMSA Convention in the Twin Cities!

Dotty