Newsletter

April-May-June 2007

                                                  Board of Directors:  Chairman -Oscar Summers - 301-898-5572, President – Ronald O’Brien – 540-955-1187

                                                    Vice-President/Membership Secretary – Larry Sisk – 304-274-2262, Secretary-Treasurer – Shari Reed – 304-258-4419

Members-at-Large: Mel Connor – 410-552-1728, Isaac Luttrell, Glenn Marvin – 301-482-1021, Bud Hall, Guy Eaves

www.tri-statebluegrass.org

****NOTE:  Change of website address from .net to .org ****

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Our April Meeting will be Friday April 13, 2007, at Log Cabin Campground

Our May Meeting will be Friday May 11, 2007, at BURKITTSVILLE RURITAN CLUB

NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION

Directions - From North take I-70 to exit 42 (Route 17), take Route 17 south about 11.5 miles to Burkittsville, turn left onto E. Main St., go to #500 on the right.  From South –  From Route 7 in Berryville , VA , take Route 340 North through Virginia , W. Virginia and intoMaryland to intersection with Route 17 North (about 25 miles), take Route 17 north about 4 miles to Burkittsville, turn right onto E. Main Street, go to #500 on the right.

Our June Meeting will be Friday June 1, 2007 at Log Cabin Campground

Members may arrive at 7:00 PM for a jam session and the meetings will commence at 8:30 PM.  As usual, bring your instruments, voices, ears and friends

DUES FOR 2007 ARE NOW DUE!!!!! - $6.00 PER YEAR – MAIL TO - Shari Reed, 4176 Timber Ridge Road , Berkeley Springs , WV 25411 – Check your mailing label for your year of expiration

Meeting Notes -- February 9, 2007

The upcoming concert on February 23 was discussed.  Oscar will check with Ernie Bradley as to which sound system will be used.  The bands are all scheduled for the June event. We still need many more ads for the ad book.  The March meeting will have to be cancelled due to vacation schedules.

UPCOMING TRI-STATE EVENTS

            May Meeting Location Change – We had an excellent turnout for the concert in February at the Burkittsville Ruritan Club and the decision was made to try holding a regular monthly meeting there in hopes of getting more members  to come out for the meeting.  We have to pay to do this, so if you are interested in seeing the meetings moved you need to attend and support this decision.  Based on the turnout for this meeting we may consider holding meetings at various locations throughout the year.  Directions are at the top of the Newsletter.

            2007 Pig Roast and Picking Party – June 15 and 16, 2007 – Log Cabin Campground – Mark your calendars now.  We have booked the fabulous Bluegrass Brothers for this year’s event for both Friday and Saturday.  Also returning will be Jay Armsworthy and Eastern Tradition, Ernie Bradley and Grassy Ridge, Nickel Misery Band, Sweetwater String Band, Goldheart Bluegrass Band (this is a new group in the area – three sisters ages 11, 14 and 17 – with a great sound!), Stoney Creek Band and of course the Tri-State All Star Band.  A Blue Ridge Carter Stanley model guitar will again be raffled off.  Tickets are ready and are $5.00 each.  We will sell only 400 tickets.  If you are interested in obtaining tickets for purchase or to sell, please call Shari Reed – 304-258-4419.  We need your help here!

            We are going to prepare an ad booklet this year.  A full-page ad will be $40, half-page $20, and quarter-page $10.  Please contact your local businesses and solicit ads for the booklet.  I’m sure you all deal with someone in your area.  We need your help with this!   A letter has been prepared that can be given to business owners, so please contact Shari if you can get some ads.  We need everyone’s help to make this year a big success.  Please try to get ONE ad for us – many of you have businesses or I’m sure you know someone who does.  If they want to include a promotion (such as a discount upon presentation of the ad) be sure to get that information.  A business card will do or a copy of a previous ad. If you cannot obtain an ad, please consider becoming a Patron for $5.00.  We will list names of those who contribute.  Please have all ads and money turned in by May 7, 2007.

            Instead of Tri-State selling food this year, we have contacted some food vendors to come in for the 2 days.  We will also have the pig roast on Saturday and anyone who attends is asked to bring a dish to share.

DUES FOR 2007 ARE NOW DUE!!!!! - $6.00 PER YEAR – MAIL TO - Shari Reed, 4176 Timber Ridge Road , Berkeley Springs , WV 25411 – Check your mailing label for your year of expiration

MEMBERSHIP

New Members

            Welcome to our newest members:          Shirley Wine & William Fox – Ellicot City , MD

                                                                                 Barry & Mary Horner – Keymar , MD

                                                                                 Maurice Layton – Waynesboro , PA

                                                                                 Walt & Betty Nagel – Rohrersville , MD

                                                                                 Carol & Eric Arnold – Jefferson , MD

  FOLLOWING THE BLUEGRASS TRAIL

Arcadia Bluegrass

Picking Party - Wednesday evenings – 7-10PM - $3.00 admission at the door

Spring Festival - April 19-21, 2007

Thursday – Hanover Express, Danny Paisley & Southern Grass, Ernie Bradley & Grassy Ridge

Friday – Fair Mountain , The Stevens Family, Nothin’ Fancy, Lost and Found

Saturday – Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition, Carroll county Ramblers, Dean Sapp & Hartford

 Express, Karl Shiflett, Michelle Nixon & Drive, Dave Evans & River Bend

For more info – contact Bill Hale (410-374-2895) or go to www.bluegrassville.com/arcadia

Fall Festival – September 20-22, 2007

Graves Mountain Festival - May 31, June 1 & 2, 2007

Thursday – Dark Hollow, Blue Moon Rising, David Davis & Warrior River boys, Nothin’ Fancy, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Lewis Family, Country Gentlemen Tribute,

Friday – The Wells Family, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Biscuit Burners, Grascals, Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, III Tyme Out, The Bluegrass Brothers

Saturday – The Mark Newton Band, Seldom Scene, The Isaacs, Mountain Heart, Cherryholmes, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rhonda Vincent and Rage, Bradley Walker & Friends

For more info call 540-923-4231 or go to www.gravesmountain.com

Lucketts

            Lucketts winds up their Saturday night concerts this month.

            4/21 – Dark Hollow/ Blue Daze

            4/28 – Shiloh Ridge/ Courtney Hollow

Tri-State’s Website

Note that our website address has changed from tri-statebluegrass.net to tri-statebluegrass.org.

Wade Manuel has taken over as webmaster for our website.  Recently we had a problem with the company with whom we have our website domain name registered.  They decided that they wanted more money and shut down our website until it was paid!  Thanks to Wade and Peter Lester for resolving this problem.  The end result is that our name has changed slightly and we will now be paying less than we had in the past.  Wade has been updating the information on the site so if you have access to the internet, take a look at the site.

 Message from the Secretary

             We need help from all members with our Pig Roast and Pickin’ Party.  If you are willing to distribute some flyers in your area give me a call and I will send you some copies.  We want to make this year a really big success.  In order to insure the future of this organization we need to get more members involved.  If you can help out in any way, please call me or any of the board members.  I realize that many of you cannot get out like you used to and we understand this, but we are not seeing our members turn out for our functions.  Let us hear from you!

            Some members are indicating that they are still receiving their newsletters late.  This issue will be mailed on April 12, 2007.  If you do not receive it within a week please contact your local post office.   

Our next newsletters are scheduled as follows:

                        Issue Dates                   Mailing Date                  Deadline for Info

                        July-Aug-Sept.               July 2, 2007                   June 22, 2007

                        Oct-Nov-Dec                  October 5, 2007             September 28, 2007      

             Don’t forget – your dues for 2007 are due now!  Check your mailing label for your expiration date.

Many of you are receiving your newsletters by e-mail and I am sending individual notes to those of you who get them by e-mail who have delinquent dues.  I realize you don’t have mailing labels.

                                                                                        Shari Reed

                                                                                        Secretary-Treasurer

                                                                                        4176 Timber Ridge Road

                                                                                        Berkeley Springs WV   25411

                                                                                         304-258-4419  

                                                                                        e-mail:    sreed4143@aol.com