A group of us (2 fiddlers, 1 guitarist/mandolinist, 1 banjoist [to be accurate, several are multi-instrumentalist]) are beginning to organize a periodic public jam session. It will be the 2nd and 4th Wednesday, at the UIS campus in Room 33 of the Visual and Performing Arts Building from 7:00pm to about 9:30pm. The first session was September 26, 2007. We also have a slow jam (for people who are less familiar with the tunes or their instrument) beginning at 6 in the same room.
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