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BASC BluegrASS Night At ViVATuesday, December 18th, 8:00 PMViva Cantina Mexican Restaurant900 Riverside Drive, Burbank CA

This Month at BASCThe Official eNewsletter of the Bluegrass Association of Southern California

December 2012 Volume 6, No. 8

The BluegrassAssociation of

Southern CaliforniaPO Box 10885

Canoga Park CA91309

(818) 221-4680

On line at socalbluegrass.org

Board of DirectorsHarley Tarlitz Jeffrey Fleck

Bob Cesarone Ben Weinberg

Nanette Weinberg Paul Kovich

Michael Stein Dave Volk

Bluegrass Night is held at Viva Cantina. Conveniently located at 900 Riverside Drive in Burbank. Free parking across the street at the bowling alley. You can order off the menu which includes some of the best Mexican food in town. Beer and Margharitas are $3.00 each.

For additional information, visit the BASC Website

Dave Volk and his Remaining FriendsIm excited to be anchoring a bluegrass show with some great players whom I will fea-ture. I am a respectable singer and player (I won some awards) but dont like to brag. My guitar style is that of Clarence White. Ive been fortunate to jam with several of the Kentucky Colonels since I moved to LA. Our set list will include Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs standards, as well as some songs Clarence was known for like Alabama Jubilee and Never Ending Song. Bill Peck will be on banjo and he is an amazing player having spent some years with the Banjomania group. Ron Sutton will be on Dobro and he has been in the Woodstock Mt Review with Bill Keith etc. Mike Stein will be on fiddle and he has spent an entire career with the Navy band Country Current which in-cluded Bill Emerson. Ron Vance will play bass and he is a fine player Ive worked with a few years now. We have a couple surprises including bluegrass arrangements of an Ellington tune, a Beatles song and maybe a Christmas song that Bill Monroe recorded. The show will be energetic and fun. Hope to have you join us then.

http://socalbluegrass.orghttp://vivacantina.com/http://socalbluegrass.org

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Jams in Town

The Soup Jam 2420 Gundry Ave.Signal Hill CA 90755Tuesdays 7:00 PM

The New Westside JamIndustry & Jazz Cafe6039 Washington Bl.Culver City, CA1st Monday, 7:30 PM

The Altadena JamCoffee Gallery2029 N. Lake Altadena, CA 2nd Sunday, 12:30 PM

Orange County Archery18792 Brookhurst St. Fountain Valley CA 1st/3rd Thursday, 6 PM

Zoeys Cafe185 E. Santa Clara St. Ventura CA 93001 2nd/4th Tuesdays, 6PM

The Friday Night JamThe Coffee Connection3838 Centinela Ave. Los Angeles 90066 2nd Friday

Jam in the Park16953 Ventura BlvdEncino 913164th Sunday, 1PM

BASC Is Proud To Present

The Claire Lynch BandIn Concert

at the Mission Theatreat Rancho Cordillera del Norte

9015 Wilbur Ave., Northridge, Ca. 91324Friday, January 25, 2013 at 8PM.

By any measure, the Claire Lynch Band is high on the bluegrass worlds A-List, with musicians whose accolades include two International Bluegrass Mu-sic Association (IBMA) Female Vocalist of the Year awards and two Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass Album (Claire); the MerleFest Doc Watson Guitar Champion (Matt Wingate); two IBMA Bass Player of the Year awards (Mark Schatz) and an unprecedented triple first-place win at the Winfield Kan-sas National Flatpicking Championship on guitar, fiddle and mandolin (Bryan McDowell)

Dolly Parton credits Claire with one of the sweetest, purest and best lead voices in the music business today. Claires harmonies have graced the recordings of many stellar musicians, from Ralph Stanley to Linda Ronstadt. Equally gifted as a songwriter, her songs have been recorded by The Sel-dom Scene, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, Cherryholmes, and The Whites.

Tickets are $22 in advance ($25 at the door) and are available at all BASC events, at the BASC Website, or by mailing in the form below:

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip. ____________________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________________________________

Number of Tickets: __________ @$22 each, Total Enclosed: ______________Fill out this form, enclose a check made out to BASC for the full amount, and mail to:

Lynch Tickets c/o Ben Weinberg 16799 Schoenborn St., North Hills, CA 91343.

http://www.clairelynch.com/http://www.socalbluegrass.org/basctickets.html

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The Bluegrass Association of Southern California presents...

The Bluegrass Jam in the ParkDecember 23rd, 1:00 to 5:00 PM

Everyone Welcome Join the Jam or just listen

inEncino Park

at the California Traditional Music SocietysCenter for Folk Music

16953 Ventura Blvd. Encino CA 91316The BASC Bluegrass Jam in the Park meets rain or shine on the fourth

Sunday of every month. Pickers of all skills and experience are welcome.

Got a question? Call Jeff at 310-390-4391.Presented in Association with the

California Traditional Music Society

Member Bands

Click on the band name to check their website for upcoming gigs.

The Brombies Blaine SprouseFur Dixon & Steve

WernerThe Get Down BoysGrasslands Hazel MountainKeeping FireJerusalem Stone Blue-

grass BandLonesome OtisEvan MarshallThe Murphy Family

BandMurphys FlawJames Reams & the

BarnstormersRocky Neck Bluegrass

BandSalty SuitesSimon Pure Bluegrass

BandThe Wimberley Blue-

grass BandWindy Ridge Bluegrass

Band

www.brombies.com/http://blainesprousemusic.com/http://www.furandsteve.com/Site/Welcome.htmlhttp://www.furandsteve.com/Site/Welcome.htmlhttp://www.facebook.com/TheGetDownBoyshttp://www.grasslandsbluegrass.com/Grasslands/Home.htmlhttp://www.keepingfire.com/http:///www.cantorstein.comhttp:///www.cantorstein.comhttp://www.lonesomeotis.com/http://www.solomandolin.com/http://www.s-w-b-a.com/bands/Murphy_Family.htmhttp://www.s-w-b-a.com/bands/Murphy_Family.htmhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Murphys-Flaw/58844108000http://www.jamesreams.comhttp://www.jamesreams.comhttp://www.rockyneckbluegrass.com/http://www.rockyneckbluegrass.com/http://www.saltysuites.comhttp://www.wix.com/simonpure/simon-pure-blue-grass#%21http://www.wix.com/simonpure/simon-pure-blue-grass#%21http://www.wimberleybluegrassband.com/http://www.wimberleybluegrassband.com/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Windy-Ridge-Bluegrass-Band/46781800868http://www.facebook.com/pages/Windy-Ridge-Bluegrass-Band/46781800868

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The GreAT 48 Hour Jam January 3-6, 2013

Bakersfield, CaliforniaThe Great 48 has proven to be one heck of a way to kick off the Bluegrass New Year maybe the best time of the year to pick, sing, grin and rub at all elbows with folks from the far reaches of California and beyond. Since there are no paid performers there is no ad-mission cost to the either pickers or griners. The Friendly Welcome Desk will help you with local information and restaurants.

Held at the Doubletree Hotel 30100 Camino Del rio Court,

Bakersfield, CA 93308 (off rosedale Highway, just west of Highway 99)

Call NOW for room reservations: 1-888-779-4694 or 661-232-7111

$89 per night (guaranteed rate good until 12/31/2012)

Direct link to hotel reservations on CBA website: www.CBAontheweb.org

(reference group code C-BLU and dates of your stay when making reservations to get the special room rate.)

This year there are optional events each evening

Band Scramble and Open Mic on Saturday Night

8 - 11 PM (both optional activities)

Questions? Call Craig Wilson at 661-589-8249 or craigw@sbcglobal.net

orKelvin Gregory at 661-428-7044 or kelvin@gregspetro.com

Hosted by theCalifornia Bluegrass Association

www.cbaontheweb.org

Thursday, January 3, 2013 7pm Social Hour 8pm Concert

The Doubletree Hotel 3100 Camino Del Rio Ct., Bakersfield

Tickets: $20 Can be ordered for Will Call or picked up at: Goin Postal 11000 Brimhall Rd., Bakersfield

661-587-5222

http://www.cbaontheweb.org/http://www.cbaontheweb.org/

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http://arts.pepperdine.edu/performances/dailey-and-vincent.htm

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May 9 12, 2013 www.parkfildbluegrass.com

Questions: gwhigbie@aol.com

Community Center

Community Center

Mothers day gift making

Music Camp for Kids

Community Center with

Performance Workshop

Community Center

Learning tunes, chords, and singing

Bedtime Sing-along

The choices of songs for the class this year will be from this list, or one that you suggest:

Leather Britches Gold RushFoggy Mountain Top East Virginia Blues Ground Hog

Suggest an Old Time Country Gospel suitable for Kids and Harmony Instruction.The category of the songs should be: 2 - Instrumental ( 1 Beginning, 1 Intermediate) and 2 - Vocal (1 Beginning, 1 Intermediate) Participants are encouraged to bring their own music to the camp to perform as solo or group recital.We will be registering participants this year to be better pre-pared. Registration is free and will begin in November. The Camp will be limited to 35 Participants. Please contact www.BMSCC.org with any comments or questions.

The choices of songs for the class this year will be from this list, or one that you suggest: Leather Britches Gold Rush Foggy Mountain Top East Virginia Blues Ground Hog Suggest an Old Time Country Gospel suitable for Kids and Harmony Instruction. The category of the songs should be: 2 - Instrumental ( 1 Beginning, 1 Intermediate) and 2 - Vocal (1 Beginning, 1 Intermediate) Participants are encouraged to bring their own mus