The regularly schedule Thursday night jam at Tangled Tones (in Missoula) will not happen this week due to Thanksgiving and many of the regulars being out of town.
We’ll resume next week. Come on out next week and brush up on your jamming in preparation for the MRBA Annual Meeting/Christmas/Potluck at Ruby’s on Dec 3.
Annual Meeting & Christmas Jam
Date: Saturday, Dec 3, 2011
Dinner: MRBA will supply the Entree (Famous Dave’s barbeque) – sides will be potluck
Location: Ruby’s Inn & Convention Center, 4825 North Reserve, Missoula, MT
Time: 2pm to midnight or later
We’ll kick off the meeting at 2pm followed by shake and howdies and picking the bluegrass music until dinner at 6:00pm. After dinner we will pick into the wee hours of Sunday morning. As in years past we will have several different rooms available to have jams of all levels of players. Ruby’s Inn is offering their normal Bluegrass Rate for those who want to stayover on Saturday Night.
Please come and join in the meeting and see how you can help to keep this a great group. This is where we elect officers. Ben Essary will be stepping down as Sec/Treasurer and we need someone to fill this position. This is an important and fun role in the association involves taking membership dues and updating the membership list. It’s a great way to get to know others in the association. It takes about 4 hrs/month of your time.
If you have any suggestions for agenda items please email mrba@mtbluegrass.com.
Check out the live interview Alanya’s report at Citizen Journalism about Zoo Grass and Missoula bluegrass.
By ALANYA CHERKIS
Last month, Missoula hosted its first ZooGrass festival at the Top Hat lounge downtown.
The event on Saturday, Sept. 24, featured a potluck, a family-friendly environment, an open-pickin’ circle, and, mainly, hours of live music.
Live bluegrass has recently taken hold of the music scene in Missoula, with its upbeat energy, foot-stompin’ beats, and a stage full of strings. But what is it about this genre that has become such a large part of the Garden City’s nightlife?
In this audio feature, Jed Nussbaum of stompgrass phenomenon Dodgy Mountain Men, folk singer-songwriter Britt Arnesen, and event organizer Skye Berns discuss the allure of bluegrass in Zootown.
http://www.makeitmissoula.com/2011/10/bluegrass-growing-in-the-garden-city/
The legendary Tuesday night Top Hat bluegrass jams are back.
Date: Tuesday (weekly)
Time: 7-9pm
Price: FREE
Description: This jam is hosted by Al Byrd and Larry Gangi, Sr. All levels are welcome. Keep it acoustic.
Address:
134 W Front St
Missoula, MT 59801
406-728-9865
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Check out our first monthly Open Bluegrass Jam
Location: Hangin Art Gallery in downtown Arlee, MT
Date: Tuesday, October 18th
Time: 7pm
This jam is open to all ages and abilities.
This will be a monthly jam occurring on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Hope to see you there. If you have any questions, call me at 720-253-5631.
Thanks ~ Joe
Weekly Bluegrass pickin’ circleDay: Thursdays
Time: 6-9pm
Place: Tangled Tones Studio
2005 South Ave. West
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 396-3352
Price: Suggested donation $1
Description: All acoustic bluegrass musicians of all levels welcome. Bring your guitars, dobros, basses, banjos, fiddles and your smiling faces and join us for an evening of sharing bluegrass tunes.
23 String Band
Please join us for a good old fashioned hoedown at Ruby’s this Sunday afternoon. We’ll have a potluck and jam from noon-4 and then a concert with Derailed opening for The 23 String Band.
The weather is supposed to be great. So look for the pickin’ party out by the creek.
Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival nr Darby
features traditional bluegrass music
an affordable family friendly gathering geared towards having good clean fun while celebrating the joys and sounds of traditional bluegrass music.
July 22nd – 23rd – 24th 2011
Admission Fees:
Adult – $10.00 for the weekend
12 Years and under – $5.00 for the weekend
Dry Camping – $10.00 for the weekend.
Camping is available in the trees on a first come- first serve basis.
NO RV HOOKUPS ARE AVAILABLE
Food vendors on site
Leashed dogs are allowed.
BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS
Festival site opens for camping Thursday, July 21 10:00 am
For more info call
821-3777
http://www.hardtimesbluegrass.com/
SCHEDULE
Friday July 22, 2011
5:40 – 5:55 Landowner Musicians
6:00 – 6:35 Blue To The Bone
6:40 – 7:15 Pinegrass
7:20 – 7:55 Will Williams & Gravel Road
8:00 – 8:35 New South Fork
8:40 – 9:15 Gravely Mtn.
Saturday July 23, 2011
12:00 – 12:35 Kids In Bluegrass
12:40 – 1:15 Spring Thaw
1:20 – 1:55 Darby Sireens
2:00 – 2:20 Country Step Cloggers
2:25 – 3:00 JD Webb & The Downstate Ramblers
3:05 – 3:40 Mike & Tari Conroy
3:45 – 4:20 Will Williams & Gravel Road
4:25 – 5:00 Pinegrass
5:05 – 5:50 band contest
5:55 – 6:30 New South Fork
6:35 – 7:25 Pioneers in Northwest Bluegrass
7:30 – 8:05 Gravely Mtn.
8:10 – 8:45 Blue to the Bone
8:50 – 9:25 The Callenders
Sunday, July 24, 2011
10:00 – 11:55 Open Bluegrass Gospel Stage
12:00 – 12:35 The Callenders
12:40 – 1:15 Mike & Tari Conroy
1:20 – 1:55 Spring Thaw
2:00 – 2:35 JD Webb & The Downstate Ramblers
DIRECTIONS
10 miles south of Hamilton Montana on U.S. Highway 93
Turn west on Forest Hill Road exactly at the 37 mile marker
follow the signs (approx. 1 mile) to parking at the Pat and Mary Thomas Ranch. The Festival sight is on the adjoining Tom and Janice Heiland Ranch
Green Grass Festival in Lolo
Friday
5:00pm-6:30pm Little Smokies
6:30pm-7:00pm 907 Britt
7:30pm-9:30pm Shook Twins
9:30pm-9:40pm SPEAKER TBA
10:00pm-11:00pm Acousticals
11:00pm-11:30pm Break
11:30pm-12:30am Acousticals
Saturday
1:00pm-2:30pm 907 britt
3:00pm-4:00pm Crazy mtn. Billies
4:00pm-4:10pm SPEAKER -Susan Estep
4:30pm-6:30pm sockeye sawtooth
6:30pm-6:40pm SPEAKER TBA
7:00pm-8:30pm Dodgy Mt Men
8:30pm-8:40pm SPEAKER- Missoula Valley Recycle
9:00pm-10:00pm Jackstraw
10:00-10:30pm Crazy Mountain Billies
10:30pm-11:30pm Jackstraw
11:30-12:30am Free Style Picking
Green Grass Festival is a sustainable Bluegrass Event at the mystical, magical Lolo Hot Springs. A place so nice they named it twice!
This event will feature Jackstraw as well as the Shook Twins, Dodgy Mountain Men, Little Smokies, The Acousticals, Crazy Mountain Billies, and more TBA.
This event will feature on-site camping with cabins available for rent. There will be sustainable and local vendors. Hot Springs are on site as well as a full bar and restaurant.
Weekend ticket price is $30.
Workshop Schedule:
Saturday:
10 am- Tai Chi
11:30 am- TBA
1p- Green Cleaning
2:30p- Wearable Art from Up-cycled/Recycled Materials
4p- Make Your Own Aromatherapy Spray
5:30p- Hoop Workshop
T’ai Chi WIth Workshop, Meditation by Movement w/ Debbee Groves. 10am
This is an Easy Form of T’ai Chi.
Can even be done sitting down.
T’ai Chi energizes the flow of energy thru and around the body.
Can be used for healing yourself. It improves circulation and the immune system.
Come, let’s do T’ai Chi together.
Green Cleaning w/ Sara Mich. 1pm
Learn about the dangers found in store bought cleaning products.
Learn how you can save money and the environment by making your own cleaning products.
Have fun making your own multi-purpose soft scrub to take home with you!
Wearable Art from Up-cycled/ Recycled Materials with Jennifer Marie Caplis-McGovern. 2:30pm
Learn the basic knit & pearl stitches of knitting.
Recycled mediums of different natures and up-cycled clothing will be provided.
Have fun creating your own piece of wearable art!
Make Your Own Aromatherapy Spray w/ Anna Rummel Tenenbaum. 4pm
Learn to make aromatherapy sprays.
A natural solution for Bug repellent, sun burn soother, to balance your health
and emotions, or to just simply smell amazing.
Make a custom spray for your specific needs while learning more about
aromatherapy.
Hoop Workshop w/ Sidd Hartha. 5:30pm
New hoopers learn the basics.
Skilled hoopers learn some new tricks!
Learn some great stretching techniques to do with your hoop!
Pointers on making your own hoop out of recycled and up-cycled materials.
More info TBA soon!
The 2011 MRBA Old-time Bluegrass Festival will be held at the Lone Rock School, 1112 Three Mile Creek Road, Stevensville, MT on Saturday, April 16. The music starts at noon and goes until 10:00 p.m. Bluegrass bands from Montana, Idaho and Oregon will perform. Space is available for dry camping. Food is available at the festival. Kids in Bluegrass kick off the festival. Admission is $3 for MRBA members and $5 for the general public. Kids 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. Lone Rock School is located about three miles up Three Mile Creek Road which is about half way between Florence and Stevensville off Eastside highway. Look for MRBA and Lone Rock School signs on Eastside Highway.