Newsletter 2018
Newsletters from 2018 (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, by S. Goodis, President)
- New Year Resoluions (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: upcoming events, Concert at the January 7 jam: AJ Lee and Blue Summit (p3)
- Highlights of the Board Meeting held on November 8, 2017 (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
- Photos and sketches from the December jam (pp4-5, sketches by Jim Smyth)
- Trustee Election Notice and Candidates’ Statements (p6, Cindy Dinga, Peter Forrest)
- Tune: Can You Dance a Tobacco Hill (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- In Memoriam: Bill Whitfield (p2)
- SCVFA Happenings: Annual Meeting reminder; upcoming events; January Board meeting note. (p3)
- Photos: AJ Lee and Blue Summit mini-concert (p4, by Susan Goodis)
- Photos: January jam (p5, by Susan Goodis)
- Tune: Angline the Baker (p6, arr. by Bob Palasek)
- Tune: Angelina Baker (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tunes, upcoming events (p3)
- Highlights of the January Board meeting and the February annual meeting (pp3,8, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
- February Jam Photos (pp4,5)
- Edited Comments from Fiddle-L (p6, by Pat Tanti)
- Tune: Ookpik Waltz (2 versions) (p7, by Frankie Rodgers; arr. by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tunes, upcoming events; new “instruments” graphic (p3)
- Highlights of the March 7 (2018) Board meeting (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
- March Jam photos (including SCVFA’s 45th-birthday cake) (pp4-5)
- Article: “V” is for “Violin” (p6, by Lew Holt, Oregon Old-Time Fiddlers’ Ass’n)
- Tune: Midnight on the Water (p7, by Luke Thomasson; arr. by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- e-Delivery notice (p1)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow-Jam tune list; Upcoming Events; notices (p3)
- Jam Photos (pp4-5, by Susan Goodis)
- Article: (Fiddle) F-Hole, a Darwinian Evolution (p6, by Patrice Tanti, Editor)
- Tune: Contradanza de Sonoma (p7, typeset by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- e-Delivery starts in July (reminder) (p1)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow-Jam tune list; Upcoming Events; notices (p3)
- Highlights of the May 9 SCVFA Board meeting (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
- Photos from the May jam and mini-concert (p4)
- Sketches from the May jam and mini-concert (p5, by Jim Smyth)
- Article: Mountain Minor, a report (p6, by Patrice Tanti, Editor)
- Two Swedish Tunes: Gearshift Polka and Hungarian Railroad (p7, typeset by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- e-Delivery starts this month (reminder) (p1)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow-Jam tune list; Upcoming Events; notices (p3)
- Photos from the June 3 jam (pp4-5)
- Article: A Guided Tour of Our Website, www.fiddlers.org (p6, by Pat Tanti, Editor)
- Tunes: The Shepherd’s Wife and Star of the County Down (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- Email-delivery reminder (p1)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow-Jam tune list; Upcoming Events; notices (p3)
- Photos from the August 2018 jam in the Rose Garden Park (pp4-5, by Susan Goodis)
- Article: “Arkansas Shiek” is No Laughing Matter (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
- Tune: Quince Dillion’s High D Tune (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
- Ad: Get Your SCVFA Wearables (T-shirts) (p8)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- Email-delivery reminder (p1)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow-Jam tune list; Upcoming Events; notices (p3)
- Highlights of the July 7 SCVFA Board meeting (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
- Member Directory correction (Jim Zimmerman) (p3, by Pete Showman, Membership Secretary)
- Photos from the July 2018 jam in the Rose Garden Park (pp4-5, by Susan Goodis)
- Humorous article: The World According to Old-TIme Fiddlers (p6, by Patrice Tanti, Editor)
- Tune: Texas (aka New Castle), two versions (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- Email-delivery notice (p1)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list and thanks, Upcoming Events (p3)
- Highlights of the September 14 Board meeting (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
- September Jam Photos (p4)
- September Jam Sketches (p5, by Jim Smyth)
- Feedback: Record your practice sessions, & a letter to the Editor from Bill Frantz (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
- WinterDance notice / ad (p6)
- Tune: Cherokee Shuffle (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list, upcoming events (& WinterDance notice and ad, CBA Great 48 Jam) (p3)
- Photos: October Performances (Prusch Farm Park, Wagon Wheel neighborhood event) (p4)
- Photos: October Jam in the Rose Garden Park (p5)
- Article: A Book for Collectors: “Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes” (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
- Review and link: Traveling with your Instrument (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
- Tune: East Tennessee Blues (Charlie Bowman) (p7, arr by Pete Showman)
- President’s Note (p1, by Susan Goodis, President)
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam tune list, upcoming events (& WinterDance notice and ad) (p3)
- Highlights of the November 2018 Board meeting (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
- Photos from the Novembr 2018 Jam (pp4-5, by S. Goodis)
- Obituary: Farewell to Tom Mitchell (p6, by Susannah Wedgwood)
- Tune: Sadie at the Back Door (Jere Canote) (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)