Calendar Jam Sessions 2015 january 25th february 22nd March 22nd April 26th May 24th June 21st July 26th August 23rd September 27th nominations from the floor October 25th elections November 22nd December 6th Christmas party Inside this issue: Time 2-5 pm Feather River Senior Center 1335 Myers Street Oroville, CA 95965 2015 FEATHER RIVER GOS- PEL JAM & HOEDOW THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH President s Report 1 Sunshine Report 2 Event Calendar Membership Information 3 Birthdays Memories Fiddle Group Workshop Info. 4 Calendar Lending Library 2015 Championships Info. 5 Contacts Contest Co-Chair Report 6 Flyer 2015 CHAMPIONSHIPS FRIDAY MARCH 20TH & SATURDAY MARCH 21ST Schedule Registration CSOTFA, District 1 President s Message Dear Members February...Sweetheart month and the 2015 Contest is knocking at the door. Hope to see all of you at the contest this year. Be sure to find me and say hello! We had a great Jam in January, I hope all the Jams in 2015 are the same or better. Spread the word so we can keep the music playing. Remember it takes all of you to make our Jams great! Our February Jam is the 22nd and I hope to see all of you there. The 2015 dates for the Jams are in the sidebar on the left and the Fiddle Workshops are on page 4, mark your calendars so you don t miss any of them. The Fiddle Group Workshops are scheduled and ready for you to show up with your fiddle, guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, harmonica or whatever acoustic instrument you play. We are going to be working on some new concepts and of course if you have suggestions or ideas LET US KNOW! We need lots of helpers for the 2015 Contest please consider helping by: Decorating on Thursday, March 19th. Food Concession be a server or cashier for a four (4) hour shift on Friday, March 20th or Saturday, March 21st (schedule is enclosed) and don t forget the pies. Starting Wednesday, March 18th-March 19th the fiddlers from all over will be playing around town at different businesses. We d love to have you help us with this, so if you have a group you play with on a regular basis or would just like to play contact me (530-282-3205) and I ll get you on the schedule. The Oroville Community and the surrounding areas are extremely supportive and this is our way of giving back. Don t forget the Feather River Gospel Jam & Hoedown we d love to have you get up on the stage and entertain the visiting fiddlers as well as the citizen s of Oroville and surrounding areas. Contact me (530) 282-3205 and I ll put you on the schedule. REMEMBER [MORE PEOPLE]=[LESS WORK]=[MORE MUSIC/FUN]. THAT S THE FORMULA! Calendars for: The Jam Sessions - Page 1 The Fiddle Group Workshops - Page 4 Don t forget your Sweetheart, Contact information for officers & contest: Pages 2 & 3 (Sidebars) Jimi Beeler, President District 1 Birthdays: Page 3 Page 1
CSOTFA DISTRICT 1 2014 OFFICERS Jimi Beeler, President 1090 Middlehoff Lane OROVILLE, CA 95965-4464 Phone: (530) 282-3205 Email: j.b.fiddlemusic@aol.com CSOTFA, District 1 Scott Lawrence, Vice President, 3351 Morningside Drive OROVILLE, CA 95966-6322 Phone: (530) 533-9137 Email: scott@durhamrec.com Anne Michels, Secretary 11 BELDEN COURT OROVILLE, CA 95966-9243 Phone: (530) 589-3167 Email: panda@digitalpath.net Marian Walker, Treasurer P.O. BOX 50 OROVILLE, CA 95965-0050 Phone: (530) 589-0453 Email: zeke103@digitalpath.net Rayburn McDonald, Membership Secretary P.O. BOX 115 RICHVALE, CA 95974-0115 Phone: (530) 882-4520 Email: rayburn@digitalpath.net Mary McCluskey, State Director 501 HOOPA CIRCLE CHICO, CA 95926-2529 STILL LOOKING FOR A SUNSHINE CHAIRPERSON. Someone who wouldn t mind calling members that we don t see at the Jams or Workshops. Please if there is someone who can make a few phone calls each month, send out get well cards (we will pay the postage) and let me know about the member(s) who are ill or housebound so, I can let the membership know via the FRHN. Barbara Billington has worked diligently for this organization and now is taking care of a friend in Hospice. Please let her know you are thinking of her with calls & cards. No one has been more faithful or supported the club more than Barbara and now is a good time to let her know how much we appreciate what she has done. Marian (Zeke) Walker, District 1 Treasurer event calendar fourth sunday of each month - jam session first & third monday of each month - fiddle group workshops first sunday of each month - country crest solo or a group? consider volunteering to play at a community event! Phone: (805) 748-6354 Email: carpevita93401@yahoo.com ALTERNATE ADVISOR LAWRENCE BROTHERS 484 W. LIBERTY ROAD GRIDLEY, CA 95948-9520 Phone: (530) 846-2212 CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE www.orovilleoldtimefiddlers.com IF YOU GET THIS VIA EMAIL CLICK LINK BELOW Oroville Old Time Fiddlers Got suggestions let me know! (530) 589-0453 or zeke103@digitalpath.net Page 2
CSOTFA DISTRICT 1 CSOTFA, District 1 ADVISORS BARBARA BILLINGTON 2595 N. VILLA DRIVE PALERMO, CA 95968-9757 Phone: (530) 533-4094 BRETT JOHNSON 23 ROSITA WAY OROVILLE, CA 95966-6936 Phone: (530) 539-0731 Email: brett@housermusic.com make check payable to: CSOTFA, District 1, mail to: P.O. Box 1703, Oroville, CA 95965-1703 attn: Membership Secretary Notices are enclosed Carole Robirds 12 Tippy Top Road Oroville, CA 95965-8337 Phone: (530) 533-3402 Email: crobirds@global411.net Head of Household 14.00 Spouse 2.00 Each Child 2.00 Rayburn McDonald January 01/08 Clara Hedrick 01/08 Mike McCluskey 01/08 Susan Stone 01/21 Carl Malotte 01/29 John McDaniel February 02/02 Merrily Stover 02/11 Juanita Solgat 02/15 Ben Clark 02/18 Edy Roberts 02/19 Ray Johnson March 03/12 Marissa Diaz 03/13 Ron Anglin (PP) 03/13 Scott Lawrence April 04/01 Patricia Donahue 04/15 Mary McCluskey 04/15 Evelyn Robertson 04/18 Carol Anglin 04/21 Robin Cochran Page 3
CSOTFA, District 1 1st & 3rd Monday each Month 7pm to 9pm at the Bolt Antique Tool Museum 1650 Broderick Street Oroville, CA 95965 Admission $2.50 per person calendar 2015 January 19th February 2nd & 16th March 2nd & 16th April 6th & 20th May 4th & 18th June 8th & 22nd July 6th & 20th August 3rd & 17th September 7th & 21st No Fiddle Group Workshops November December group banjo lessons on the first monday of the month Learn how to: Play backup for a soloist. Play as a soloist. Play in a group. Oroville s Old-Time Fiddlers Workshop Group lessons available with Jimi Beeler as instructor (see sidebar). Reading Tablature & Notation. Learn how to use a microphone. COME MAKE MUSIC WITH US! See calendar in the sidebar! lending library update Know someone you think is deserving of a Scholarship but needs an instrument then let me or any of our Board Members know so we can contact the individual or send you the Scholarship form and Instrument Loan Agreement. Don t be shy, part of what we do as an organization is give scholarships to young and old. Be sure to promote the scholarship program. If there are budding musicians out there let s help get them started. Jimi Beeler, President Phone: (530) 282-3205 Email: j.b.fiddlemusic@aol.com group mandolin lessons on the third monday of the month For Details Contact: Jimi Beeler Phone: (530) 282-3205 Email: j.b.fiddlemusic@aol.com Page 4
CSOTFA, District 1 www.orovilleoldtimefiddlers.com contest: brett Johnson contest co-chair email: brett@housersmusic.com phone: (530) 532-0731 District 1 Newsletter F.R.H.N. CSOTFA Newsletter SOUNDPOST decorating: marian (zeke) walker email: zeke103@digitalpath.net phone: (530) 589-0453 feather river gospel jam & hoedown: jimi beeler (530) 282-3205 playing around town: jimi beeler (530) 282-3205 food concession: merrily stover - don t forget the pies! email: ml_stover@msn.com phone: (530) 533-1413 PIES any fruit pie is needed **no cream pies** let us know you are bringing pies & how many! 2015 dates to think about specifics will be coming: 49th Annual California State Old Time Open Fiddle & Picking Championship (hosted by District 1) March 19th - 22nd - Information enclosed Julian Fiddle & Picking Contest (District 7) - Last weekend in May National Old Time Fiddlers Contest & Festival, Weiser ID - Third Full Week in June (starts Tuesday) Weaverville Open Fiddlin Down the Tracks (District 3) - 3rd weekend in September Youth Scholarship Fund Raiser (District 5) - Second Saturday in October Western Open (District 6) - Fourth Thursday thru Saturday in October Grassy Green Picking & Fiddling Contest - First week in November Page 5
CSOTFA, District 1 Dear Members, We are on the final leg preparing for the 49th Annual California State Old Time Open Fiddle & Picking Championships to be held at the Municipal Auditorium, 1200 Myers Street, Oroville, CA and hope you will be working along side of us to make it a great one. See page 5 for the different segments of the contest and be sure to give them a call or email to volunteer. I m sure you can find something you can do on the list. If anyone knows where we can find a small Cherry Picker for use on Thursday & Saturday please let Zeke Walker know (530) 589-0453. We need it to put up our decorations. We are rapping up our fundraising and I want to thank the District 1 members for their generosity. Without your donations we d be hard pressed to make this event happen. THANK YOU! A very special THANK YOU goes to our fundraising chairperson Teresa Ward for taking on such a big task and working it, in addition, to holding down a full time job. Very commendable and appreciated. Another really big THANK YOU goes to Rayburn McDonald and his main assistant Lawrence Brothers for taking on the Parking and Garbage detail. Neither of which are glamourous positions but are very important to the success of the event. We need EVERYONE TO PITCH IN AND HELP us make this a GREAT EVENT that the Fiddlers and the City of Oroville will be talking about for the next year. Please share the flyer, registration form and schedule with your friends & neighbors. We need an audience as well as participants. Help us show that the members of District 1 are up to the task! Brett Johnson, Contest Co-Chair (530) 533-9336 brett@housersmusic.com The flyer, registration and schedule are available at www.orovilleoldtimefiddlers.com. Page 6