Thursday, February 27, 2014

IT'S BACK! EVEN MORE 'AMAZING MUSIC'...

Hi all,


The ‘Amazing Jam’ is back! Even more amazing music...

The new location will be at The Black Dog, 227 West Front St. in Stirling.

A small group of us stopped by there last Sunday afternoon for “a sound check”. (OK, we also sampled the wine, the beer and the food....) The space works: acoustics are good, drinks and food are too and prices seem reasonable. We played music there for about 3 hours. We were welcomed by both staff and the patrons in the lounge and restaurant. Our music was greatly appreciated; people were asking to know when we would return!

We plan to gather there once a month from March through into June on Sunday afternoons. The dates selected are: March 16th, April 13th, May 18th and June 8th. Time will be from 2 pm until 5.

The format is a ‘song circle’ with the lead changing from person to person among the group. When their turn comes around, everyone has the option to offer a tune or pass the privilege to their neighbour.

In its previous incarnations the Amazing Jam had a thoroughly amazing character. A very large part of this was due to the fabulous core group of musicians (amazing characters, all of us....) who turned out time and again to bring it all together. A number of us have committed to this ‘revival’: people you’ll remember from the Amazing Jam in Madoc and in Marmora. We invite you to come out and join us, making music with old friends; for sure, there’ll be some new faces too.

I’ll be sending a reminder email a few days before our March get-together. And, in the meantime remember....

“Bring your instruments, your voices and your music. It’s all unplugged and it’s all good! Guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, fiddle, accordion, flute, celtic harp – the list goes on.

“There may be only 4 or 5 of us or maybe a whole room full of musicians. A place for ‘first-timers’ and experienced players alike. A good bunch of people playing all kinds of music together. People in their teens all the way through proto-geezers. Maybe even an incipient-geriat or two....

“Any acoustic music from punk to polka!”

James

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