Newsletter 2017
Newsletters from 2017 (most recent first)
SCVFA’s monthly newsletter, The Fiddler’s Rag, features articles on fiddling, music events, people, tunes, instruments, and many other topics of interest to our members. The Fiddler’s Rag is distributed electronically to SCVFA members only. Printed copy mailed at special request.
Contact newsletter@fiddlers.org with contributions of articles, stories, etc to the Fiddler’s Rag.
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Some New Year’s resolutions for SCVFA supporters (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list; annual SCVFA Membership Meeting announcement; new SCVFA Facebook page (p3)
- Upcoming events: concert with Janie Rothfield Trio; “Janie’s Jumpstart” Weekend Camp (p3)
- The Calm and the Quiet (p3, )
- Trustee Election in February; Candidates’ statements (Pete Showman & Élan Alford) (p4)
- Fritz and Marge Buell (former SCVFA President and News Editor) (p5, )
- Sunday Friends (p5, )
- Photos: December jam and potluck (p6,8)
- Tune: Varsovienne (taught at the January Tune Builder circle), & photo (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Announcement: KidFiddle workshop at the March jam with Gary Breitbard (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: Membership meeting reminder; Slow Jam tune list; upcoming special SCVFA events; upcoming house concert: Evie Laden band; SCVFA’s Facebook page (p3)
- Highlights of the Board meeting held on January 22, 2017 (p3, )
- Photos: January 2017 jam (pp4,5)
- Thank-you note for SCVFA performances (p5, )
- Farewell, Alan Jabbour (p6, )
- To the Best of Our Knowledge (p6, )
- RBA is Relevant to SCVFA (with link to article about RBA discontinuing) (p6, )
- Tune: Sandy (My Little Dog …) (from Kenny Hall, taught by Harry Liedstrand) (p7, )
- Some New Year’s resolutions for SCVFA supporters (p8)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Welcome to new members (p1)
- Trustees, Officers and Chairs for 2017 (p2)
- Reminder: KidFiddle workshop at the March jam with Gary Breitbard (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list; various March events; upcoming KidFiddle workshops (March and April) (p3)
- Upcoming house concert: Evie Laden Band (p3)
- Highlights of the annual Membership Meeting and the Special Trustee Meeting (at the Feb. jam) (p3, )
- Photos from the February 2017 jam (pp4,5,8)
- Some posts from the SCVFA Facebook page (p6)
- Tunes: Out on the Ocean and The Rose in the Heather (taught by Cindy Dinga at the January jam) (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Humor: New Music Terms (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list, April events, etc. (p3)
- Photos from March 2017 Events (pp4,5)
- Notice: KidFiddle Workshop with Erik Hoffman (p6)
- Tunes: Johny, Johnny, Don’t Get Drunk and Step Around Johnny (p7)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Article: Lack of Joy from Music … (p2, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list; various May events; upcoming May Board meeting, etc. (p3)
- Notice: at the May 7 jam: KidFiddle workshoop and Mini-Concert by Dinah Stroe (p4)
- Notice: at the June 4 jam: Improv. Workshop and Mini-Concert by Paul Anastasio and Tony Marcus (p5)
- Photos from the April 2017 Jam (p6)
- Keys to the Highway … Adventures in Music Theory (p6, )
- Tunes: Barlow Knife and Buck Mountain (p7, )
- President’s Note (pp1,2, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list; upcoming June, July and August events (p3)
- Highlights of the Board Meeting held on May 9, 2017 (p3, )
- Play On Stage for the SCVFA Open Mic (p4, )
- Notice: Redwood Music Camp (June 2017) (p4)
- Notice: Paul Anastasio and Tony Marcus at the June Jam: improv. workshop and mini-concert (p5)
- Photos from the May 2017 Jam (p6)
- Tune: Bonaparte’s Retreat (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- The Fractured Fiddler (link to story) (p2, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tunes; upcoming events (July & August); new SCVFA Facebook page (p3)
- It Began with a Broken String (thoughts on jazz violinist Stephane Grapelli) (pp4-5, )
- Photos from the June 2017 jam (p6)
- Tune: Purple Liilies Polka (a Gu-Achi tune) (p7, )
- SCVFA “wearables” (T-shirts) (p8)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Member Feedback Wanted (p2, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tunes; upcoming events (August); new SCVFA Facebook page; Lost and Found notice (p3)
- Highlights of the Board Meeting held on July 11, 2017 (p3, )
- Photos from the July jam in the Rose Garden Park (pp4-6)
- Tune: Old Jimmy Sutton (with some lyrics) (p7, )
- Photo: Jam in a hospital room (p8)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Susan Goodis Gets the Boot (photo, after foot surgery) (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tunes; upcoming events (Sept., Oct.); new SCVFA Facebook page (p3)
- Member Feedback Wanted (p3, )
- We’re In Good Company: Musicians with Challenges (pp4,5, )
- Photos from the August jam in the Rose Garden Park (pp6,8)
- Tune Rosin the Bow (aka Rosin the Beau) (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Short report: Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle School (p2, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list; upcoming events for October (p3)
- Highlights of the Board Meeting held on September 12, 2017 (p3, )
- Photos from the September jam (pp4,5)
- The Beginning Fiddler (reprinted from the October 2001 Fiddler’s Rag (p6, )
- Tune: Mississippi Palisades, by “Chirps” Smith (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- New SCVFA Facebook page; Hoover cafeteria hours reminder (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tunes; upcoming concerts & other events (Nov. & Dec.); Holiday Potluck announcement (December jam); (p3)
- Photos from the October 2017 jam (pp4,5)
- Edited comments from Fiddle-L (learning fiddle; Alexander Thom’s hornpipe) (p6, )
- Tune: Turkey in the Straw (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- In Memoriam: Bill Hall and Jim Dinkey (p2, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list; concert at January 2018 jam: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Holiday Potluck announcement (December jam); other events (p3)
- Photos from the November 2017 jam (pp4,5)
- Tune: Jingle Bells (p6, )
- Tune: Winter Wonderland (p7, )