SCVFA Newsletter Archives – 2018

December 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

November 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

October 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

September 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

August 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

July 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

June 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

May 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

April 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

March 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

February 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

January 2018 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)