Newsletter 2019

Newsletters from 2019 (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.

January 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, January Board meeting reminder, Upcoming Events, wearables (p3)
  • December Jam (Potluck) and Playout Photos (pp4-5)
  • Feb. annual meeting notice: Bylaws revision (p5)
  • Feb. annual meeting notice: Trustee candidate statements (p6)
  • Tune: Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)

February 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, rainy January jam photos, Upcoming Events (p3)
  • Highlights of the January 2019 Board meeting (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
  • Article: Six Steps to Better Tone (p4, by Chip Curry)
  • 2018 Photo Retrospective (p5)
  • Article: Goodbye Old Friend (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Tune: Manitoba’s Golden Boy (p7, by Andy DeJarlis; transcribed by Pete Showman)

March 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (p3)
  • Highlights of the February 2019 Annual Membership Meeting and special Board Meeting (p3, by Anne Raphael, Secretary)
  • February Jam Photos (pp4-5, 8)
  • Movie report: DANCE ALL NIGHT, the Highwoods Stringband Story (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Two Irish tunes: Morrison’s Jig and The Swallowtail Jig (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)

April 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events, Mini-Concert notice (p3)
  • March Jam Photos (pp4-5, by Susan Goodis)
  • Article: My Heart Will Go On (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Song: Button Up Your Overcoat (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)

May 2019 issue currently not available.

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events, wearables (p3)
  • Highlights of the March 2019 Board meeting (p3, by Dinah Showman, Secretary pro tem)
  • April Photos (pp4-5)
  • Article: Music to my Oars (Boys in the Boat) (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Tune: Snow Deer (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
  • Photo: Notre Dme Organ Spared (p8)

June 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (p3)
  • May Photos (pp4-5, by Susan Goodis)
  • Article: Origin (African music) (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Song: Crazy (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
  • SCVFA Mission Statement (p8)

July 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events; Rose Garden jams in July, August and September (p3)
  • Highlights of the May 2019 Board meeting (p3, by Jessica Ollmann, Secretary)
  • June Photos (p4, by Susan Goodis)
  • Article & photos: SCVFA at Make Music Day in San Jose (p5, by Dave Thomas)
  • Article: Flavorful Notes (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Tune: Jambalaya (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
  • Wearables and bumper stickers (p8)

August 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (Aug. & Sept. in the park) (p3)
  • July Jam Photos (Rose Garden Park) (pp4-5)
  • Article: Sunny Side (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Tune: Sunny Side of the Street (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)

September 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (Sept. in the park) (p3)
  • Highlights of the August 2019 Board meeting (p3, by Jessica Ollmann, Secretary)
  • August Photos at the San Jose Rose Garden (pp4-5)
  • Article: Space Jam (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Tune: Fly Me to the Moon (p7, typeset by Pete Showman)
  • Photos: SCVFA at the God Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival (p8) 

October 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (festivals: Santa Barbara, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Walker Creek) (p3)
  • Article: Old Time Music in the Capital of Appalachia (pp4-5, by Élan Alford)
  • Photos from the September jam in the Rose Garden (pp5-6)
  • Tune: Five Foot Two (p7, typeset by Pete Showman)

November 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by S. Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (Goat Hill Girls at the November jam; El Cerrito festival) (p3)
  • Highlights from SCVFA October 2019 Board Meeting (p3, by Jessica Ollmann, Secretary)
  • October Jam Photos (pp4-5)
  • Article: I’ve Been All Around This World … and It Hurts! (about carpal tunnel syndrome) (p6, by Patrice Tanti)
  • Tune: I’ve Been All Around This World (Goat Hill Girls’ version) (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)
  • Photo: SCVFA performance before the Bright Star musical (p8)

December 2019 

  • President’s Note (p1, by Susan Goodis, President)
  • SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (SCVFA December Holiday Potluck and January Jam; Rare Birds house concert, Great 48 Jam in Bakerfield) (p3)
  • Photos from the November Jam (Goat Hill Girls concert) (pp4-5)
  • Column: Hicks’ Licks: Becoming a Bluegrass Fiddler (rerun from the September 2007 Fiddler’s Rag (p6, by Pete Hicks)
  • Tune: Columbus Stockade Blues (p7, arr. by Pete Showman)