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Keith Erickson
Jul-25-2005, 10:25am
Hello & Good Morning Folks,

I just wanted to share.

Last night, one of my best buddies from back home in NJ was coming back from Mexico where he was doing missionary work. #He is a pastor of a church somewhere up around Linden, NJ and every year he leads his youth group to the Rancho Anapra section of Ciudad Juárez to assist in building a community center, a school and a clinic. #( I've seen what they do and they are doing great work by the way )

Anyway, they stopped here at our home. #As we were eating Ice cream and talking, my fiancé suggests that we break out the instruments and play some tunes. #There were a couple of guitar players, my buddy had his portable drum, lot's of singers and... # ...well yours truly on the mandolin.

Most of the songs were Christian Rock, and even though I listen to a lot of different types of music, I really wasn't all too familiar with this genre. #However I was able to pick up pretty quickly.

It was probably one of the best jam sessions that I had participated in a long time. #I guess because it really wasn't planned and we just went with it.

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357mag
Jul-25-2005, 1:40pm
Yeah. Seems like they are the best kind. It just "happens".
I dont really have anyone to jam with. My best buddy moved about 50 miles up the road and we cant seem to work out the time to get together. There is a session at a local bluegrass shop that I have been trying to get to. Id probably be a spectater though. My mando playing is still pretty iffy.OK. Very iffy. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif