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Volume 5 March / April / May 2009 Issue 1Mission Statement

The Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association, (established in 1982), is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The purpose of the organization is to preserve, promote, and enjoybluegrass music and to bring the music to an ever increasing number of people.

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Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association “Hornpipe” is published by the Seven Mountains Bluegrass Association Inc., which is anon-profit organization. The SMBA mails this quarterly newslet-ter to the SMBA membership, other music associations, non-profitorganizations, promoters, radio, and print media at no charge. Allcorrespondence can be mailed to:

SMBA, c/o Bob Bishard,18 Stiles Dr., Marysville, PA 17053

Annual membership renewals for the current year 2009 were due on January 31

. The cost for afamily membership is only $12.

Thanks to all of you who have already paid.

If you are not sure about your dues status, pleaselook at the envelope that contained this newslet-ter. Your member number and expiration date areshown above your name and mailing address.If you have not already paid for 2009, this news-letter is being mailed to you as a courtesy and afriendly reminder.Annual membership fees provide members withdiscounted tickets to all SMBA events, a quar-terly newsletter listing many area bluegrassevents and stories of interests, and a recently up-dated website. Without your continued supportwe will be unable to provide the music scholar-ships given out each year by the SMBA.Please help us in our efforts to promote the blue-grass music we all love. There is a membershipinvitation form on the last page of this newsletter for your convenience.Thank you,Jean Snyder SMBA Treasurer

A note from the editor: If you have any corrections,suggestions, additions, or articles for the newsletter, please contact the editor at rvbjr13@peoplepc.com or phone 717-957-4349. We’ll be happy to include your information. Thank you.

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$12 per family

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- 2nd Saturday of each month - October thru May- Discounted tickets for members

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- 3rd Sunday of every month- Microphones are provided- Visitors & musicians of all skill levels are welcome

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Good food - Open Jams - Concert Bands- Raffle of acoustic instruments & door prizes

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- Association & newsletter information- Links to bluegrass info

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LUEGRASS

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- Instructional materials

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Included in this issue:

- Inside the SMBA 2-3- President’s Message 3- SMBA Concert Profiles 4-5- SMBA Member Band 6- National Bluegrass News 7- SMBA Scholarship Application 8- Music Camps 9- Bluegrass Festivals 9-10- Upcoming Events 11-15- Bluegrass Radio 16-Music Lesson & Instrument Repair 17- IBMA News 13- Jams 18-19- Membership Invitation 20

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Walt Crider President (717) 292-6175Dick Beckley Vice President (717) 938-4975Jean Snyder Treasurer/Membership (717) 957-4609Dick Neff Recording Secretary (717) 697-2064

2009 T

RUSTEES

Bill Aldinger (717) 728-9039Glen Miller (410) 343-2228Jon Raemore (717) 599-5944Bob Bishard (717) 957-4349

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HAIRPERSONS

Bill Aldinger Picnic Committee (717) 728-9039Bob Bishard Newsletter Editor (717) 957-4349Mike Lebo Scholarship Committee (717) 215-3088Mike Lebo Web Master (717) 215-3088Dan Onefuer Librarian (717) 432-0770Jon Raemore Music Committee (717) 599-5944

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Walt Crider

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Thanks to Mike Lebo, our website guru, there is awhole new look and many new additions to theSMBA website. Check out each menu item for allthe latest in SMBA bluegrass information. Thank you Mike for all your hard work.

Starting at 2:00 PM, the SMBA jam is held on thethird Sunday of every month at the First UnitedMethodist Church in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.As guests and visitors arrive, musicians can jointhose on stage. When everyone has had a chance to play once through, we’ll start again. Experiencedmusicians will support with lead parts when needed.Also, for those who don’t want to play on-stagethere is another room available for our slow jam. Itis being run on a

mix of

Pete Wernick / Steve Kauf-man rules and generally less than 100 bpm. Jam-mandments are available on SMBA website and at the jams.

Everyone is encouraged to join either jamor move from one to the other.

At 3:00 PM the SMBA officers and board memberswill break for a short business meeting. Anyone canattend the meeting. Meanwhile, the jams continuesuninterrupted.

The public is being invited through newspaper an-nouncements. Refreshments are available. Please join us for a great time of music and fun.

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Hello bluegrass fans. Warm weather and the festivalseason is just around the corner, according to mygroundhog Dover Doug. Our upcoming shows are wellworth the wait.

James King returns March 14, always a favorite whereever he performs. Bill Emerson and The Sweet DixieBand arrives April 11 and local favorite Dean Sapp onMay 9.If you haven’t seen our website for a while, take a look at the new format:Check the message board and chat room, I may be therelooking for someone to talk to. Our picnic will be Au-gust 15 at Allenberry. As always, there will be goodfood, great bluegrass music, prizes and a great fellow-ship. Come out and enjoy the very talented musiciansand singers we are blessed to have in the SMBA. Mark your calendar and don't miss this fun event.

Our first open mic/jam session was a success on January18 at the monthly meeting. We will continue also to holda slow jam as well for those musicians who don’t wantto get on stage. The next meeting will be February 15.Come join the fun.Our scholarship program will have an application in thisnewsletter and on the website. Anyone can apply to at-tend an instrument instruction program.There is an effort to put Bill Monroe on the US postagestamp. The 100

anniversary of his birth is September 13, 2011. You can help by signing a petition or circulat-ing one. Seewww.billmonroestamp.organdwww.dcbu.org, a Washington DC bluegrass organizationwith a lot of info as well.Answer to previous trivia question: Joe Stuart was theBluegrass Boy who played all the instruments.Trivia question: How did Flatt and Scruggs choose thename of their band “The Foggy Mountain Boys”?WaltJenny Clark, age 55 of Hegins, PA, was killed in acar crash on Dec 11th, 2008. Jenny was part time bass player for Heart and Soul Bluegrass Band. Shewas a cancer survivor having undergone various bonemarrow transplants and chemotherapy. Our condo-lences to her husband Steve who sends thanks to allfor cards, letters, and prayers.