Newsletter 2020
The Fiddler’s Rag – official newsletter of SCVFA
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, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (Annual Meeting and Election, SCVFA January Jam and Pete Hicks bluegrass circle; Great 48 Jam in Bakerfield, house concerts) (p3)
- Photos from the December 2019 Jam and Potluck (p4)
- Trustee Candidates’ statements: Bev Tracey and Doug Judd (p5, )
- Column: Hicks’ Licks: Who’s Afraid of the Key of B? (rerun from the October 2007 Fiddler’s Rag) (p6, )
- Tune: Bury Me Beneath the Willow (in B, with variations) (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam Tune List, Upcoming Events (Pete Hicks’ Bluegrass Circle at February jam), Urgent Need: SCVFA Newsletter Publisher (p3)
- Highlights from the SCVFA Board Meeting January 22, 2020 (p3, )
- January Jam Photos and Jim Smyth Sketches (pp4-5)
- Column: Hicks’ Licks: The Quest for Tone: Getting “That Sound” (rerun from the November 2007 Fiddler’s Rag) (p6, )
- Tune: Struttin’ Rooster (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- Notice: Member Directory (draft available for checking and correcting). (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice, Upcoming Events (March Jam with Robert Cornelius leading the bluegrass jam) (p3)
- Highlights from the February 2 Annual Membership Meeting and special (new) Trustee meeting. (p3, )
- Photos and Jim Smyth sketches from the March 2020 Jam (pp4-5)
- Column: Hicks’ Licks: Twin and Triple Fiddles (rerun from the December 2007 Fiddler’s Rag) (p6, )
- Tune: Bury Me Beneath the Willow (in B, with variations) (p7, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Slow Jam notice and current tune list, Board Meeting report (p3)
- March Jam Photos (p4 )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: SCVFA Slow Jam current tune list; Slow Jam notice, Online Jam Tools; advert: Redwood Music Camp 2020 (p3)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: SCVFA Slow Jam current tune list, Board Meeting Reminder, CBA Webcast; Column: Hick’s Licks – Goin’ Up Caney (p3)
- May Photos (p4)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Virtual Event Notices: Zoom Gathering and Jam, Fiddle Hell Online Jam; SCVFA Board Meeting Highlights (p3)
- June Photos (p4, )
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Zoom Gathering and Jam; Suzy Thompson Fiddle Workshop & Jam, Old Time Jam list, No SCVFA Sponsored Monthly Jam, SCVFA Special Board Meeting (p3)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: Celebrity Workshop & Jam Series: Suzy Thompson Fiddle Workshop; Harry Liedstrand Fiddle Workshop (p3)
- Column: Safe Jam Contest: Hoot N Holler, 3rd Place Winner!
- Column: Hick’s Licks: Improvisation (reprint from the May 2008 Fiddler’s Rag) (p5)
- President’s Note (p1, )
- SCVFA Happenings: SCVFA Virtual Gather and Jam, Upcoming Events (workshop: John Reischman Mandolin Workshop) (p3)
- Photos and illustrations of performance, virtual jams and workshops, and illustration by Jim Smyth (p4)
- Column: Hick’s Licks: Bayou Pon Pon (reprint from the September 2008 Fiddler’s Rag) (p5)