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SUMMER
2007
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STRING ZING! Plays Balloon Festival
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Call for Extra Players! Come to Open String Ensemble Rehearsals.
Players, teachers and students young and old are invited to
participate in a community effort to play a performance with
String Zing! at the Ogden Valley Balloon Festival
scheduled for Friday August 17, at 3 PM Huntsville Park, South
East small stage, call time at 2:30 for tuning.
There are 4 rehearsals, including a get-together during next
week's Full Moon party at about 7:30 to read through and pick
up music for this performance.
I need an RSVP ASAP if you want to have music in your hands
to practice, and it needs to be a commitment to participate.
Any questions and for directions to rehearsals, call 801-745-9490.
I wish for all levels of players who would like to get performance
experience to attend. There will be about 4 pieces that will
be called the Beginner section, marked with an asterisk*.
There will be a $20 deposit to take a folder home, and will
be returned when the music is returned.
1. Brandenburg No. 3 (core)
2. #5 Rondeau (Masterpiece Theatre)
3. An Irish Party in Third Class (from Titanic)
4. Norwegian Wood - Beatles
5. Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
6. *Boil Them Bells: A Christmas medley with Boil Them Cabbages/Jingle Bells
7. *Gospel Medley: Rock-A-My Soul, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Amazing Grace
8. *Foxey Lady - Jimi Hendrix
9. Fiddle Tunes: A Lovely Lass, Quiet Sailing Waters 2x, The Foggy Dew, With Spirit
10. Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
11. Spring, Autumn and Winter - Vivaldi
12. Rocky Road to Dublin (trad. fiddle - arr. by T)
13. Take 5 jazz piece by Dave Bruebeck (core)
Joy Clem will be helping with String Zing!
String Ensemble Rehearsal Schedule
| Monday |
July
30 |
7:30
PM (at Full Moon Gathering)
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| Thursday |
August
2 |
7:30
PM (Joy's)
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| Monday |
August
6 |
7:30
PM (Joy's)
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| Monday |
August
13 |
7:30
PM (Joy's)
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Please
call with any questions. We can send you directions to Joy's.
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FULL MOON JAMMIN GATHERINGS!
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Been
Moon Watching?
The moon is almost full - again. Next Monday, July 30, from
4-10 PM, come and meet other music folks to play music jams
or just listen and hang out on the pickin' porch out back.
At 7:30 PM there will be an open rehearsal for String Zing!
and friends. Read through will go about an hour, music and
stands provided.
For those who haven't attended yet, it is about 10 degrees
COOLER in the valley. Last month there were yummy BBQ meals
cookin' while new friends were made. Folks on vacation from
Florida attended, a banjo player with a HUGE harmonica played
his stuff, and we had a large group who met inside while a
pianist pounded away for us!
Lots of live music going on. Don't miss out on the fun!
Families are welcome to bring the kids, also BYO meats for
the barbecue eats.
Full Moon Schedule
| Monday |
July
30 |
4-10
PM
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| Tuesday |
August
28 |
4-10
PM
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Report on Martha Colby's "Live Music"
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Retreat and Concert CANCELLED by County Threats - Jail Time
for Promoter Was Alternative
The
July Twin Pines Teacher Retreat and the Martha Colby Concert
was scheduled to be held at the vacation-destination in Eden,
Utah, Snowberry
Inn Bed & Breakfast. After the Weber County
Planning Commission called with their plan to arrest anyone
who did not "cease and desist" from teaching and holding a
small concert there, and said they would be "hand-cuffed and
hauled off to jail on a Misdemeanor B and fined up to $1800
on the evening of July 13."
Cellist and singer/songwriter Martha
Colby was featured in an article July 6 in
the Ogden Standard Examiner entertainment (Go) section, and
sparks began to fly.
Apparently a permit was needed, but old rules enforced by
the office made it impossible to expedite the necessary permit
in a 7 day window. Harley
& Buck's (a mile down the rural road) became
the alternative venue, and the (apparently) bad word CONCERT
was not mentioned. The weather co-operated and it was a fine
evening of original artful "live music" that Martha Colby
played on her electric blue cello. A big thanks goes to Craig
Bonham, owner of Harley & Buck's inside of the Eden General
Store, for allowing Martha's performance to go on in the form
of dinnerside music. The New York City guest artist shared
the evening with Shades of Grey, and also jammed with the
group.
A big thanks goes out to Sherrie Dohrer at Snowberry Inn for
trying to help the cause! Someday when the Planning commission
learns how to plan, and quits trying to "run people off" we
will all get together. We're just glad no one had to go to
jail - this time!
Valley residents were infuriated with the situation that developed
surrounding Martha's concert. The area was four-walled with
promo posters about the NYC artist, and there was an outpouring
of support shown. Tour funds were raised in the form of donations
during her first time debut and visit to Utah. Martha Colby
was quite surprised about the developments, and expressed
that she did not wish to cause such a stir of negative emotions.
Out of state Retreat participants were able to meet with Martha
on a private basis at an undisclosed location. The Promoter
was appalled that the commission would choose to make a spectacle
of a positive cultural event such as this. Instead of apologies
for the way in which they went about their communications,
they continued with a harassing letter, even after the scheduled
event was clearly cancelled and posted in the media as such.
Martha Colby's music performance with fiddler Theresa Ellis
and percussionist Joe Clem was very well received at the restaurant.
Her original music was inspiring, and she sold out of CD's
available that night.
If you would like to know more about the cellist singer-songwriter
go to her website:
www.marthacoloby.com
or www.myspace.com/marthacolby
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Pladdohg and Birthday Dog
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California Celtic Group Relocates to Ogden Area
Pladdohg is
a rocking contemporary Celtic band YOU CANNOT MISS. They are
teaming up with Theresa Ellis and musicians from Shades of
Grey. So, go see this evening concert at Ed Kenley Amphitheater
in Layton, Utah, on Saturday September 1st, 8 PM.
To see 2 VIDEO clips of Theresa
and part of the Shades of Grey group, go to this link: Ogden
Valley Magazine.
Shades of Grey will be headlining the Ogden Valley Balloon
Festival held at Wolfcreek in Eden, Utah, Saturday August
18 8-10 PM. Go to their link for more about Shades
of Grey.
Congrats to Theresa's puppy, Dahlia Boop - she will be a one
year old on July 26 - Happy Birthday!
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