Events

Jam session at the Wyatt Violin Shop in Independence, Mo
July 26th 2009 (Sunday)
2pm to 6pm
All styles of music welcome.
There will be a lot of fiddlers and a slow jam for anyone just starting out.

This is a monthly jam session on the first Saturday of each month. We play swing music, standards and show tunes. You won't go wrong if you bring a copy of the Real Book vol 1 and perhaps 2 (although not all the tunes we play are drawn from these books).

The level of play is intermediate to advanced.

We play primarily acoustic stringed instruments. Gently amplified and wind instruments are also welcome. A grand piano is available at the location where we play if you don't want to bring your own ivories.

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.

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.

(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

We meet on the third Saturday of August 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 and the "Carpilation" book from the Carp Camp at Winfield.

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

Bring your music, acoustic instruments, and favorite snack foods. Drinks will be provided.

We're excited to present a "new and improved" fiddling and picking championships. In 2009 we are adding a dance, increasing the prize money and expanding workshops. The weekend will have something for every musician and fan of traditional, acoustic music

The festivities kick off on Saturday the 22nd with workshops for musicians, dancers and families. That night there will be jamming in the park under a Kansas summer sky. See the schedule page for more info.

Martha Haehl, Richard Faris, Steve Mason
Have you gotten comfortable with a particular jam session just to find
you are out of your element when you walk into a jam with a different
group of people playing a different style of music? This session will
address some of the differences and similarities of jam rules as they
apply to different genres of music as well as some specific quirks
Martha has noticed when she jammed with people in different regions of

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're excited to present a "new and improved" fiddling and picking championships. In 2009 we are adding a dance, increasing the prize money and expanding workshops. The weekend will have something for every musician and fan of traditional, acoustic music

The festivities kick off on Saturday the 22nd with workshops for musicians, dancers and families. That night there will be jamming in the park under a Kansas summer sky. See the schedule page for more info.