SCVFA Newsletter Archives – 2019

December 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

November 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

October 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

September 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

August 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

July 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

June 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

May 2019 issue currently not available. (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

April 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

March 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

February 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)

January 2019 (ed. Patrice Tanti)

• 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)