Events

Please join Diane Gillenwater and I in front of the bank at 9th and Mass, in Lawrence, at 12:20PM on Saint Patrick's Day. The Parade Starts at 1:00. Parade route is South Park through Downtown, across the bridge;

Kick off your St. Patrick's Day in south KC with a stop into J Murphy's Pub and Grille to raise a pint and listen to folkjam's own B-Town String Band. They will appear from 1 - 4 playing their Irish best along with the old time and Americana that is their trademark.

Please join us at Steve Mason Luthiers and Violin Shop/Steve and Gayle's house this Tuesday, March 17th, to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. We will do potluck at 6:00 and jam until 10:00. We will try a Celtic tune or two but mostly we will try to drive snakes out by playing the old time tunes on fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars and such. All acoustic. Daughter Natalie will be home for spring break, and she has promised Corn beef and cabbage. There are more Irishmen in America than there are in Ireland. And on Saint Patrick's Day you don't even have to be Irish to be Irish.

We meet on the third Saturday of March for our regular jam session where we play primarily contra dance tunes, Irish and old time songs. Bluegrass, gospel and other acoustic music are certainly welcome, we just tend towards the tunes in our tune book.

Join this group and look in the files area to see sheet music and midi files for our regular tunes.

(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

Jam update. Saturday, March 28 3:30pm: We are still on for tonight. The first two folks in report little problem getting here. Be careful if you do come.It's certainly been messy here. The ice stopped around 1pm and it's light snow now.

So far many folks have called to confirm, many intend to make it aside from those who are furthest away, especially to the East where the storm headed after the worst bits hit here.

Scott

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This can be a power session with up to 15 musicians sometimes. Very common to see 6-10. We play mainly 'pure drop' traditional irish tunes. ***The craic is mighty***

The Gaf has good food, drinks and a very supportive landlord.

There is always a good crowd of punters, including a bevy of lovely ladies who come for the tunes, drinks, dancing and who generally like to get out of line.

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.

The Alferd Packer Memorial String Band will play in the lobby of the Spencer Theater from 6:00 to 7:00 before the play "Winesburg Ohio".

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

(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

This can be a power session with up to 15 musicians sometimes. Very common to see 6-10. We play mainly 'pure drop' traditional irish tunes. ***The craic is mighty***

The Gaf has good food, drinks and a very supportive landlord.

There is always a good crowd of punters, including a bevy of lovely ladies who come for the tunes, drinks, dancing and who generally like to get out of line.

Our meetings consist of playing ukes, yapping about ukes, and learning about ukes. At each of our gatherings, members are encouraged to print out and bring a new tune. We always try and have some for the novice as well as the more intermediate (should I say advanced?) musicians. There are no egos and everyone is there because they love ukuleles and ukulele music.

The Alferd Packer Memorial String Band presents the 23rd annual Tax Night Party in the Main Post Office, at 7th and Vermont, in Lawrence, Kansas. Over the years this has become a revered community event, covered by local media as well as National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, and CBS Sunday Morning. Check out videos of previous years at alferdpackerband.com.