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The 4th Annual
Midwest Mandolin Festival
The festival was held indoors at
the Earth Discovery Center at Eagle Creek and it was a day of
fantastic mandolin music. Thank you to everyone who made
the festival a huge success! Special thanks to Rich
DelGrosso for sharing his "Blues" mandolin knowledge at the
mandolin
workshop and his performance at the festival. A true
"blues" gentleman! Thank you to Lance from Eastman for
sharing his time and all the beautiful Eastman mandolins and
guitars!
Links to photos and more will be posted here soon!
When: Saturday, June
7th, 2008, 11:00 to 8:00
Cost:FREE with park
admission ($5.00/car) Where: Eagle Creek Park Marina, Indianapolis, Indiana (Just west of I-465 on 56th
Street on the west side) Click here for a park map!
Enjoy the day with great acoustic mandolin music,
including old time, traditional, classical, jazz, blues, swing,
and popular music by regional performing artists. There will
also be mandolin workshops, some open stage time and lots of
great music! Bring your lawn chairs for this fun family event!
There will also be 2 free
mandolin workshops, one beginner level and one intermediate
level. Enjoy seating in the surrounding grassy area with a
picnic lunch. Free with paid admission to the park. The
following are confirmed to perform:
Andra Faye - mandolin
player for Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Rich DelGrosso - Blues mandolin player, Mandolin Symposium
Instructor and Handy Award winner
Mandolindy (Mandolin orchestra)
Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters (Bluegrass)
Johnandrew Bellner (Celtic)
Dave Bagdade and Boyd Thaxton (Original boundary-stretching
mandolin music)
Myra Dworski and Jon Hall (Acoustic duets)
Central Indiana Folk Music and Mountain Dulcimer Society
(Traditional)
Hamilton Creek (Bluegrass)
Gordon Bonham and Jim Richter (Blues)
The Sloes (Progressive acoustic)
Slates Family Band (Down home music served up family style)
il Troubadore (Indy's 16th century rock band)
Homer Pass and Mike Butler (Country Blues)
Mark Kurkowski and Mario Joven (Jazz)
For more information visit
The Mandolin Society of Central Indiana's web site at http://www.mandolindy.com
will
be attending the
Midwest Mandolin Festival
Eastman String's National Sales Manager
will be at the festival and we will have a great
display of Eastman mandolins, guitars and more.
We will be offering our best prices of the year at the
festival so if you've been dreaming of that hand
crafted Eastman stop by our display to see and hear
the quality!
New! -
Mandolin Lesson Videos
and our
YouTube Favorites!
Presented by:
The Mandolin Society of Central Indiana Sponsored by: Frank’s
Violins, Mark’s Fret Shop & Weed Patch Music, Sound by: Slates Family Band Sound
Rich
DelGrosso Blues Mandolin Workshop
The following day,
Sunday, June 8, 2008, Rich DelGrosso will be teaching a mandolin
workshop that's part of a
Yank Rachell Tribute Concert also held downtown at the
Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN.
Sign up now for Rich DelGrosso's mandolin workshop on Sunday
June 8th, 2008 at will be held from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Spots will be limited so contact Frank's Violins now to reserve
your spot! The "Workshop Band" will be invited to perform
at the James "Yank" Rachell Tribute CD Release Concert which
runs from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Need additional
information:
MSCI web
site or contact Frank's Violins!
Rich Del Grosso and the blues at David Grisman's
2007
Mandolin Symposium in Santa Cruz, CA
Here's the line up and info
from last years festival and some photos and videos from the
past festivals! Enjoy!
Special Guest Builders: Will
Kimble, and
Ben
Wilcox (BRW), renowned mandolin builders, are
attending the festival. Come and have a chance to meet and talk
with Will and Ben, and perhaps see some of their recent
mandolins. Will is going to have the
New Millennium Acoustic Design carbon fiber mandolin with
him. The worlds first carbon fiber mandolin!
Thank you to everyone who attended the past
festivals. This event has truly been a "grassroots" effort
since everyone involved has donated their time, effort and
talents since the first festival. At last years FREE
festival we enjoyed over 9 hours of mandolin music, workshops
and mandolin builder displays from
BRW Mandolins and
Will Kimble Mandolins, two of
the finest builders in the midwest. The festival
was a
huge success and we look forward to seeing everyone in June! Here's a
couple of clips from the last two festivals of our friends from
the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra.
Here's a shot of Mark and Mario
at the festival in 2007!
workshop and his performance at the festival. A true
"blues" gentleman! Thank you to Lance from Eastman for
sharing his time and all the beautiful Eastman mandolins and
guitars!
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be attending the
