Waskasoo Bluegrass Music Society

Welcome to Waskasoo Bluegrass Music Society

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL JAMMERS!

The Red Deer Jam, the first Tuesday of each month is moving from the
Golden Circle to the Red Deer Curling Club which is located a couple of
blocks South of the Golden Circle. This is due to renovations taking place.

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The next Red Deer Jam is on Tuesday June 3 2008 at the Red Deer Curling Club.

For more information contact Rob McCoy at (403) 347-1363.

The next Rocky Mountain House Jam is on June 12 at Ecole Rocky Elementary School.

For more information contact Jenny at (403) 845-2818.

The next Innisfail Jam is on Thursday June 19 at Church of the Nazarene.

For more information contact Isabel (403) 227-3512.

For location addresses and future dates: Click here to go to the Jam page

Upcoming Concerts!

Charlie Sizemore

Coming up on the 29th of May

at the Elks Hall

6315 Horn Street

Red Deer Alberta

Doors open at 7:00p

Concert starts at 7:30pm

Tickets are $25 with children under 14 admitted free when accompanied by an adult

Tickets are available at all the usual Waskasoo Bluegrass outlets:

Red Deer Book Exchange, Parkland Mall service desk,

53^rd Street Music ,

the Key Hole;

in Innisfail,

Jackson’s Pharmasave;

in Lacombe,

Papow’s Auto Body;

in Rocky Mountain House,

Novel Ideas;

in Olds

Dee J’s Music World & Bookstore.

For additional ticket information, please call Gale at 347- 1363.

For more on Charlie Sizemore . . . click here

For Charlie Sizemore on MySpace . . . click here (good sample of tunes!)

Here's a map to the Elks Hall . . .

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Fiddle Mania Concert

My name is Ben Plotnick – I am a fiddler and music teacher in Calgary. I specialize mostly in Bluegrass, Swing, Celtic and Old Tyme fiddle playing. I am the artistic director of a music camp every summer, in Cochrane, AB. FiddleMania, as it is called, has attracted players of all ages, levels and musical backgrounds. You can check out the camp at www.fiddle-mania.com.

This year, to “spread the word” about FiddleMania, so to speak, I am hosting several shows around Alberta. These shows should be of great value – They will feature some of Calgary’s best young acoustic musicians, demonstrating lots of fiddle-related idioms, such as the ones mentioned before: Bluegrass, Texas Swing, Celtic, Old Tyme and more!

In order to attract as many people as possible, the show will be FREE for any violin student in Alberta! Just send me an email, or give me a call and I’ll get you a free admission pass. Admission for anyone else will only be 5$ at the door.

The lineup for the shows is as follows:

Ben Plotnick – Fiddle (www.benplotnick.com)
Jarred Albright – Mandolin (www.mckeeverscrossing.com)
Sean Softley - Bodhran, Fiddle (www.seansoftley.com)
Joshua Cockerill – Guitar, Vocals (myspace.com/joshuacockerill)
Mark Thompson – Bass (www.kineticnorthband.com)

The shows will take place in the following places:

SUNDRE
May 16, Doors @ 7:30, Show @ 8:00
The Sundre Arts Centre

RED DEER
May 17, Doors @ 7:30, Show @ 8:00
The Deer Park Alliance Church

CALGARY
June 6, Doors @ 7:30, Show @ 8:00
Venue TBA (check www.fiddle-mania.com/concerttour.cfm for updates)

COCHRANE
June 7, Doors @ 7:30, Show @ 8:00
The Bow Valley Baptist Church

Don’t miss it!
Any questions? You can reach me at ben@fiddle-mania.com or (403) 681-5087.

Thanks!

Ben Plotnick

All concerts at Festival Hall, Red Deer (4214-58 St., Red Deer). See the Calendar of Events page for details.

Red Deer at the Golden Circle	The first Tuesday of the Month
	We hope you will all come out to experience our revitalized Red Deer jams.
Innisfail at the Church of the Nazzrene	The Third Thursday of the month.

Rocky Mtn House at Ecole Rocky Elementary School	The second Thursday of the month.




We acknowledge the financial support of the City of Red Deer.		We acknowledge the financial support of Culture Link through the Philanthropic Centre for Culture.
	We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Capitals of Canada 2003 award, a program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.