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makoto
Feb-29-2004, 1:32pm
I had posted a note about beginning a new Mandolin Society in Indianapolis awhile back but could not find it to add to it, so this is an update. We have formed the Mandolin Society of Central Indiana and are going to have our first playing meeting on Tuesday, March 9 at the First Friends Meeting at 3030 E Kessler Blvd in Indianapolis, IN, from 7-9 pm. Our voice mail is (317)216-3966, and email address is mandolindy@egix,net. Any thoughts, suggestions and ideas are certainly welcome.
WELL !!!!
We had our first meeting of the Mandolin Society of central Indiana !!!!
It WAS a hoot !!!,had about fifteen people get together for the first time,after a little tuning,and greeting,we proceded
to play ashoken farewell,whiskey before breakfast,and golden slippers.
Overall it worked well,many thanks to James for getting this together !!!
And then thar was Mandoryan,mr fancy pants(fingers),he helped alot in just moving things along,thanks to my bud!!!
Lot's of work needs to go into this from my end...I think i'm
stuck with the mandocello,cause I got one !!..dang now i've got to learn to read bass clef..o for the days of just wailing on the thing.
Our next meeting is at the First friends Meeting,on Sunday
march 28th,at 2:00 p.m.
we'd love to have more,if anyone is interested !!!!
Many thanks to all who was there last night!!!
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Boyd
mad dawg
Mar-10-2004, 2:09pm
What towns/counties were represented? I live in Oakland, CA, but I grew up in Connersville, Fayette Co., and wonder who might have shown up from my old stompin' grounds.
hokelore
Mar-10-2004, 2:52pm
Even though I missed all but the last half-hour, I came away pretty motivated. After the talk of maybe needing conductors, I logged onto the library site this morning and put some how-to conducting books on hold.
Plus I'm going to try learning alto clef.
Tim
That sounds like a nice gathering for the first one.
mandoryan
Mar-10-2004, 7:09pm
This was a blast for me. A bunch of mandoholics in one gathering place... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif My wife just laughs at that...Studying f holes and all....talking scrolls and finish.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Seriously, I think it has a lot of potential if Boyd can womp on that Mandercheller a little more... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Can't wait to get it going full speed.....The vega cylinder back that I played though made it all worthwhile! I'm still trying to get spud to sell that Randy Wood F-5 to me for 250 bucks.......
rose#1
Mar-10-2004, 8:47pm
I am glad to see a lot of pickers in my home state I was born and raised in Seymour, In. Hoosier Daddy
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thistle3585
Mar-10-2004, 8:56pm
Bummer. I missed it. I missed the initial post, but I'll be there for the next one. By the way, there will be some workshops at the Bluegrass fest in Columbus, IN this coming weekend. If anyone is interested, please email me.
Andrew
PhilGE
Mar-10-2004, 9:34pm
I'll make it down sometime. I'm up here in Goshen - 1/2 hour south of the Michigan/Indian border. We call this region "Michiana". Hmmmm...
On another note, a friend forwarded some email that included this:
The acclaimed Nashville Mandolin Ensemble will perform at Arts Place in Hall-Moser Theatre on Saturday, April 3 at 8:00 p.m. The program will range from Bach to Beatles to Bill Monroe. Led by Butch Baldassari, the group includes some of the finest string musicians in Nashville.
More info at Artsland.org. (http://www.artsland.org/Event/EventsSearchDetail.asp?ID=807&filterByMonth=2/25/2004)
Wish I could go! Might try and change my schedule to make it... Where's Portland, IN?
thistle3585
Mar-11-2004, 9:40am
Portland? Thats surprising. It is a small town between Ft Wayne and Muncie on Hwy 27. I think it is a short drive from Dayton.
John Jesseph
Mar-11-2004, 10:02am
Portland is kind of out of the way. They have a surprisingly active arts community for such a small town. I'll be there!
How could I have missed the meeting? I will be at the next one I hope. I do see my picture is on the website from the Compton workshop. See everyone there! Guess I need to know what tunes will be played so I can brush up...
mandoryan
Mar-11-2004, 2:21pm
Right now there's no real set tunes. We're trying to come up with songs that work with everyones ability and also do harmony parts with them. Right now we've got Golden Slippers, Whiskey Before Breakfast, and Ashoken Farewell with multiple parts that we've worked on. I'm going to work on making a cd for the group so that we can all work on parts. That way if anyone is lacking a recording of the tune, they have a resource to use with a slow recording and the traditional speed that it's normally played at. This is the goal right now along with folks contributing tunes that would work well as an orchestra with multiple parts. Bring whatever you think would work to the table. We're all there to have fun and better yet...play mandolin.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
mandoryan
Mar-11-2004, 2:25pm
Hey Thistle/ Andrew,
I wish I could make it down there to Columbus, but alas I have a gig in Taylorsville with the Bluegrass band I play with, Sycamore Flats. Special C is playing right? Wish I could make it.....man...... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Oh well, playing's fun too....
thistle3585
Mar-11-2004, 2:36pm
Mandoryan,
Where is there someplace to play in Taylorsville? Must be a private party?
Andrew
thistle3585
Mar-11-2004, 2:41pm
John,
What is the website where the photos are posted.
Andrew
mad dawg
Mar-11-2004, 5:48pm
I am glad to see a lot of pickers in my home state I was born and raised in Seymour, In. Hoosier Daddy
ROSE#1: Seymour, birthplace of John Cougar Mellenkamp if I recall -- am I right?
John Jesseph
Mar-11-2004, 7:11pm
Andrew- I got to it by the link Scott posted on the main Cafe page...
makoto
Mar-11-2004, 9:36pm
Hello all, James here. I really enjoyed the meeting the other night, I thought it was a great start. I think, to make progress, we need to focus on some specific ideas, so I asked David Greunder to take the next meeting (March 28 at 2 pm) and work on some of the fundamamentals of ensemble playing. This will (hopefully)get us all working together as a unit so we can start thinking about performance. We might start working on a light classical piece or maybe a Scott Joplin rag. I want us to have fun, but to move forward we need some structure and I think David has a lot of knowledge and skill in that area. Does that sound interesting to anyone? I will post more information on the web site.
mandoryan
Mar-12-2004, 3:49am
thistle,
# It's actually at the Antique Mall there by the Outlet Mall. There is an open house there and we were asked to play for a couple of hours while it is going on.
James,
#Sounds good to me. I think structure is definetely a good thing when it comes to a big group of mando players. Could be worse though, could be a banjo orchestra... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
We could spend the first hour or two tuning, then plays some songs..... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
mad dawg..
You are correct sir. Johnny Cougar was born and raised in Seymour. He now resides down on Lake Monroe, close to Bloomington, IN.
rose#1
Mar-12-2004, 6:49am
mad dog you are correct. I was actually very close friends with his two nephews they lived just 2 blocks from me. my mother went to school with him and was friends with his sister so I kind of know him in a round about way. I was going to build him a mando and my mother was going to send it to his sister to give to him but I can seem to get ahead of the pickers who actually are ordering them.
Darby
thistle3585
Mar-12-2004, 9:13am
Mandoryan,
What time are you playing? Maybe I'll swing by and say "hey."
Andrew
PhilGE
Mar-13-2004, 11:34pm
Hey John J, I might actually make it down to the NME show in Portland - I'm working on delegating authority for our next dance (April 3rd) so I can be there. Many other factors may get in the way, but I'll try. Anyone else going?
For that matter, MSCI folk, there might be some people in Portland and/or at the concert to recruit for the MSCI. Somebody might try contacting the concert producers in Portland and ask if flyers and/or an announcement might be presented at the NME show? Heck, Butch might even give it a pitch if you contact him and ask politely! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
-Phil
mandoryan
Mar-15-2004, 1:25am
Hey Thistle,
#Sorry I didn't make it back here sooner. I just noticed you had responded on here. We played from 3-about 5:30 pm.
Dang, it, I'm sorry. I wasn't blowing you off I just honestly didn't catch the thread in time.
Did you happen to catch the Columbus shows? I went and saw Special C on Sunday and really enjoyed it. Nice guys. Were you there? If so, I probably saw ya. I am the tall, blonde guy that wears sandels when it's not so warm out, green cargo pants, and grey shirt. I was sitting right, front. Our banjer picker said he went down for Kenny and Amanda Smith and said they were smoking! Wish I woulda made it to that one. Again, that dang hindsite....oh well..... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
makoto
Mar-15-2004, 11:46am
Wow! The interest you ll are showing in the MSCI is great, I just wanted to say thanks, especially to Boyd for starting this thread and Ryan for helping out so much on Tuesday. For the next meeting, and the workshop on ensemble playing, I think there will be an arrangement or two for mandolin orchestra that I can get ahold of. I am not sure yet what the songs are, but as soon as I get them I will post here. Thanks again everyone!
James Todd
thistle3585
Mar-15-2004, 3:57pm
James,
I think the society is a great idea. I think it has the potential to be a great resource to mandolin players, as well as the community. I'll try and drag some people from Columbus up to the meeting. Do you have any type of format for the meeting? I think it would be great to discuss some of these issues here, since we can get feedback from a much larger group also.
makoto
Mar-16-2004, 6:26pm
Thistle,
We are making our way one step at a time. For the next meeting one of our members is giving a workshop on the Fundamentals of Ensemble Playing, which I hope will get us started thinking as a group oriented toward performances, and becoming a mandolin orchestra. We are also looking at a fiddle tune of the month program, and hopefully some outreach into the community in the future. I would like very much to link with your group in Columbus. If you can make it on the 28th please do, and bring some people. I am always looking for ideas. Thanks
PhilGE
Mar-18-2004, 9:15pm
Hey, we just bought tickets to the NME show in Portland on April 3rd. Have a babysitter lined up for a long night out. It's a 2 hour drive (at least) to Portland from Goshen. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif We had to drive further than that when we saw Simon Mayor and Hilary James the first time around...
Hope to see you many of you all there... Would be really cool if we had time to jam before or after, but with a 2 hour drive each way, I think we won't stick around too long. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
-Phil