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July 2011 Blog Posts (3)

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Okay Al, you take it from here.

Added by Tim Twiss on July 20, 2011 at 3:27pm — No Comments

In August I'm gonna roll up some big minstrel tambourines and make the jingles. If anyone is interested let me know. This isn't an ad. I don't make enough money doing this to feed the cat, but it keeps the wood supply up.

I finished a Boucher banjo on July 4th. I was diddling around with a melody and had just read in the 'Early Minstrel Banjo' book about 'Elevation'...... which explains the lack of notated slides in the tutors. The writer claims that slides at the time sounded…

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Added by Bell Banjos on July 20, 2011 at 9:01am — 8 Comments

Hi John, I'm in ! Thanks for your efforts. I hope to contribute more videos, discussions etc to the site once my duties as Artistic Director for the Champlain Valley Folk Festival are through. Looks …

Hi John, I'm in ! Thanks for your efforts. I hope to contribute more videos, discussions etc to the site once my duties as Artistic Director for the Champlain Valley Folk Festival are through. Looks like you all had a great time at EBG last weekend. Hopefully I can make it next year Continue

Added by rick Ceballos on July 1, 2011 at 7:15am — No Comments