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  1. Re: San Francisco Festival Of The Mandolins - Sunday April 23rd

    I want to add the full correct lineup and schedule for this year, 2023.

    12-1 pm- Bring your own mandolin orchestra and original tune workshop

    1-5 Concert-

    AURORA MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA...
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    Re: RIP Arthur Stern

    Sad and surprising news! When I was new to mandolin in the co-mando listserve era, Arthur was a welcoming and supportive Bay Area mandolin community member and I continued to count on his presence...
  3. Re: Hats off to Barbera Transducer pickups!

    There are a few mandolins with Barbara bridge pickups. Luthier John Knutson has installed at least four, I have one of his mandolins with a Barbera pickup fitted to a Cumberland Acoustic bridge and...
  4. Re: Bay Area good bluegrass/old time jams?

    The Sebastopol bluegrass jam has moved from Coffee Catz to the Hopmonk in Sebastopol and is now earlier on Saturdays. It seems to run from about noon til 3 or so on the small stage facing their...
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    Re: Mandocello History ?

    As a sometimes mandocellist, I’m excited to get this preview of what to expect at the mandocello workshop at the CMSA convention and appreciate the crowdsourced knowledge and materials. (Are there...
  6. Re: 2018 Convention of the Classical Mandolin Society of America

    I can answer that question as a member of the local convention committee. The reserved block of discount hotel rooms will certainly sell out. The convention itself is not expected to. We are...
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    Re: Marshall Mando Summit

    Having just attended the first Global Mandolin Retreat last weekend in Benicia, CA,
    (a shorter and perhaps beta test version with Mike Marshall, Caterina Lichtenberg and Don Stiernberg), I highly...
  8. Re: Article: New Music from Don Stiernberg - Good Numbers

    I also have had a listen or three, agree that this is a fine album. It has a good choice of tunes (with interesting histories), well played by this tight trio, well produced. As mentioned earlier,...
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    Re: Happy 70th Birthday, David Grisman

    Happy Birthday David!
    In appreciation of your mandolin music, scholarship, teaching and advocacy for MAS- Best birthday wishes!
    From me, and all my mandolin family instruments,
    Rhonda
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    Re: new mandolin orchestra

    Having begun the Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble 9 years ago, a mostly amateur group, after a couple of false starts, I have advice based on what worked for us. If you are in an area with few...
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    Re: Tuning a mandolin like a mandola CGDA

    Aaron Weinstein, the jazz violinist and mandolinist, posted to the Cafe a cool chord melody tune played on a mandolin tuned like a mandola very recently. I wondered how he set it up. Maybe you...
  12. Re: Favorite obscure/indie mandolin recording

    I saw the blue Ribbon Healers there tonight as well- met them at Mandolin Symposium in June, and agree that they're worth hearing, with a nice swing to their sound. They will be playing in Oregon...
  13. Re: Gypsy Jazz/Hot Club Bands Featuring Mandolin

    Add my Northern California group, if you are allowing bands that also include accordion-
    The Haute Flash Quartet
    http://youtu.be/iNoANx4HTjg
  14. Re: Gypsy Jazz/Hot Club Bands Featuring Mandolin

    Add my Nortern California group, if you are allowing bands that also include accordion-
    The Haute Flash Quartet
    http://youtu.be/iNoANx4HTjg
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    Just got my blacktop Phoenix Bluegrass #226 back...

    Just got my blacktop Phoenix Bluegrass #226 back Friday from a tuneup with Rolfe and have been playing it all weekend (new frets, neck refinish, replacement of some ill advised local bridge and...
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