Events

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Steve Kaufman will conduct his 5th Annual Award Winning Beginner - Intermediate Mandolin Workshop hosted by The Mountain Music Shoppe in Shawnee, Kansas

He will work on:

• Fingerings
• New Songs
• How to Learn New Songs
• Learning to Learn by Tab and by Ear
• Chords From Basic to Intermediate Forms
• Learn How Chords Move Around the Fingerboard
• Chops
• Timing
• Notes
• And More...

20 Students Max. Bring a mandolin, tape recorder and lots of questions.

The didjeridu is a traditional Aboriginal instrument used in rituals, dances
and ceremonies. Many people think that there is a healing quality to the low
frequency sounds that it produces. In this workshop Michael will teach you
playing techniques for beginners as well as intermediate level students.
You'll learn how to create a sound, get an introduction to circular breathing
techniques, and explore vocalizations and rhythms. Michael Stanwood is a
five time winner of the Best of Westword award. He performs with two

Contra dance music, old time, some Irish trad, the occasional gospel, country and bluegrass tune. Come and join us. Fiddles, mandolins, hammered dulcimers, guitars, bass, flute, squeezebox, cello - whatever. Bring it.

Subscribe to this group on folkjam to get access to our tune book if you are paper trained or download the midi files for our tunes if you are ear trained. Music stands are welcome at this session, although not every tune we play has music available.

Come join us for the start of our second year.

As always, bring your instruments, music and favorite snack foods. Drinks will be provided.

Bring your instrument and your Celtic tunes and let's see what happens.

We do potluck at 6:00 and jam until 10:00. We play the old time fiddle tunes on fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars and such. All acoustic. We’d love to have you join us. We have a nice wood floor, cloggers welcome.

(913)592-3664 (Spring Hill Civic Center)
2nd (KOFPS Chapter) & 4th Fridays - Pot Luck starts 5:30 PM
Julie Joeckel (913)592-3983 or Sylvia Landis (913)681-2729

Saturday night singing at the television station auditorium. Free addmission.

Prairie Moon Waldorf School’s third annual May Music Festival on May 3 features nine locally-grown bands, from blues to bluegrass. Add in a maypole dance, children’s crafts, seven picnic-perfect acres and free admission, and you have a truly family-friendly event.

(913)592-3664 (Spring Hill Civic Center)
2nd (KOFPS Chapter) & 4th Fridays - Pot Luck starts 5:30 PM
Julie Joeckel (913)592-3983 or Sylvia Landis (913)681-2729

The Kansas City Area Bluegrass Music Club has monthly jams on the 2nd Friday of the month, October thru May, in Independence, MO (15 miles east of KC, on I-70).

Contact: Jim Boling (816) 454-4773 or E-Mail: jboling AT kc.rr.com

Contra dance music, old time, some Irish trad, the occasional gospel, country and bluegrass tune. Come and join us. Fiddles, mandolins, hammered dulcimers, guitars, bass, flute, squeezebox, cello - whatever. Bring it.

Subscribe to this group on folkjam to get access to our tune book if you are paper trained or download the midi files for our tunes if you are ear trained. Music stands are welcome at this session, although not every tune we play has music available.

We are now in our second year.

Julie Davis
Get your summer off to a great start! If you've always wanted an instrument
you can carry with you wherever you go, the backpacker flute is your
dream come true! These hand-crafted easy to play flutes are specifically
designed to be compact, lightweight and virtually indestructible. To make it
even better, they are constructed with the "less musically experienced" in
mind - you literally cannot play a bad note! Julie will teach you how to play
this beautiful and fun instrument, and you'll be making music by the time