[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] Bluegrass/old-time-music session next Sunday 8/24

[Tane' Tachyon]

It's not Celtic, but there was some talk about this at today's slow
session, and some people wanted more info, so here's the description
from their mailing list page
http://groups.google.com/group/santacruzjam

> Hi folks! This is a friendly jam where everyone who plays bluegrass 
> and old time can get together and pick and get to know one another. 
> Visiting pickers from out of town are welcome. Of course, combining 
> bluegrass and old time in one jam circle wouldn't work too well! So 
> there are at least three (3!) separate circles at the jam:
> * A slow bluegrass jam
> * An advanced bluegrass jam
> * An old time jam. (If there are enough old time pickers, they may 
>   want to split into advanced and beginning circles as well.)
> 
> The jam is at Oceanview park, so there is plenty of room to spread 
> out and add more jam circles as needed. Oceanview also has a really 
> nice playground and some picnic tables for our child-entertaining 
> and snacking convenience.
> 
> WHEN: the jam is the 4th Sunday of every month, starting at 2pm.
> 
> WHERE: Oceanview Park (Just off Broadway, east of Ocean St.) The 
> address is 102 Ocean View Ave, Santa Cruz, CA. (Map to park)
> 
> WHAT to BRING: Your instrument, your family, and maybe some snacks.
> 
> FACILITIES: Oceanview park has bathrooms and drinking fountains and 
> a really spiffy new playground, large shade trees and lots of lawn 
> with a view of (you guessed it!) the ocean. It does not have lots of 
> parking, so you may need to unload your stuff, park, then walk back.

I was going to go to their last month's session but then didn't due
to having a cut finger, but I heard that it went really well, with
beginning, intermediate, and advanced bluegrass jam circles going in
addition to an old-time-music one.

For people who know the Abbott family and their Playing By Ear
classes, I think a lot of the people at this jam have been in their
classes.
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Tane' Tachyon = tachyon at tachyonlabs.com = http://www.tachyonlabs.com/