Women with Mandolins

[ira]

excellent! i hope to be still moving much less pickin at that age.

[bgmando]

The mando-playing women of the early 20th century would be surprised and bemused to find themselves admired by mandoholics in the 21st Century.

[Jim MacDaniel]

A more recent contribution to the thread, courtesy of Gypsy Music's web site...

[Mandoborg]

I saw that gypsy a coupla weeks ago and wanted to comment but didn't know if it would be appropriate ! Now that she's in the public forum, i'll say she is the second most Beautiful woman i've ever seen....... the first being my wife of course ! Be careful,that picture will hypnotize you !

[Stephanie Reiser]

Amy Ray on mandolin

[LateBloomer]

Cafe members: LateBloomer on the left, and Luv2HearMando on the right

[Dan Voight]

Here is my beautiful girlfriend, mandilyn(no joke), with Voight #2, my latest and greatest handmade instrument.

[mandolooter]

Rhonda V at Strawberry Music Festival in Cali

[Gibsonman]

My wife Donna holding my 1921 Gibson F-4

[K3NTUCKI8oy]

My girlfriend with mandolin. She can play a couple of tunes. This mandolin she bought for me.

Very nice hendrix I like here strings

[BlueMountain]

A girlfriend who buys you mandolins is worth keeping. I usually buy them mandolins, and they don't learn to play them.

[violmando]

Here are the Women of the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra www.daytonmandolin.net

[Daymando]

The Women of DMO, Version 1.0 (1900)



-Allen.

[violmando]

Hey, Allen, do we get to play some of their instruments? Yvonne, DMO Women 2.O I'll take one of the Gibson's in the first row....

[Plamen Ivanov]

Elena Olenchyk with the Eberstadt Mandolin Orchestra. Right behind her is my cousin, who is member of the Orchestra.

[mandolinoman]

Hi, Plamen,

I like the image of the German newspaper clip. #I see your cousin behind the mandolin player.

Very interesting!!!!!!!!

Best friendly regards,

George

[Ken Berner]

I'm still knocked out over LateBloomer and her pal Luv2HearMando. I hope they're doing fine with their mandolin pickin'.

[David Newton]

1900 DMO! Who's the rich chick with the 3 point?

[Jim Hilburn]

I'm still not certain of what models were made at what dates, but it would seem to me the Dayton photo would be sometime around 1907-9. The company wasn't even formed until 1902.
Great photo, though.

[Daymando]

I'm still not certain of what models were made at what dates, but it would seem to me the Dayton photo would be sometime around 1907-9. The company wasn't even formed until 1902.
Great photo, though.

It may even have been taken in the 1910-1915 era... we really don't know (but would love to find out!). There's a full shot (small & large) of the entire DMO, V. 1, at our website in the Photography section.

DMO's been playing the #1 and #2 ragtime hits of 1900 recently, and the year tends to stick in my mind.

-Allen.

[Jack Roberts]

The latest cover of Kiyomi's latest single.

[John Gardinsky]

Here's my daughter Sarah after our last jam session.

[violmando]

Sarah's gorgeous! She looks happy with the mando, too--maybe you've got a future player there--does she like to listen to your playing? I'm a music teacher; the more you expose her to it, the better! Yvonne

[John Gardinsky]

Every time I pick up the mandolin now she goes after it. #She is quite adept at muting the strings. #I want to expose her to as much music as I can at an early age. #A local musician told me a child who is sung to will never go wrong. #My only fear is overdoing it. #Thank you for the kind words. # # # # # # #John

[csstanley]

Hey John, thats a cute pic. We've sang and played around our 2 young boys practically all their short lives.

I even built 2 kit mandos so they would would have one each to play with when I play. The youngest even sings on occasion. Can't talk, but he sings.

I don't think you'll over do it, other than pushing them to do something. Don't push them and let them enjoy it for what it is.