Meadowood Music News
All NewsTHE BREEDLOVE BUS WILL BE BACK
Coming again in Autumn 2009
Date posted: 06/24/09
Breedlove visited Meadowood with its rolling petting zoo for stringed instrument junkies on June 23. A lot of folks came out and played Breedlove's wonderful acoustic and electric guitars and mandolins. Everybody had a great time and some guitars found new homes. Our rep, Colin, promises to come back in the Fall. If you made it this time, come again. If you missed it this time, you REALLY want to make it next time. Come out and play with us.
CLOSED JULY 4
Have a Great Fourth!
Date posted: 06/20/09
Meadowood Music will be closed Saturday, July 4, 2009. We will reopen at our regular time Tuesday, July 7. Have a great fourth!
CLOSED JULY 25
BillFest IV
Date posted: 05/19/09
Meadowood will be closed Saturday, July 25. Come see us at BillFest II (details lower on this page). We will be back in the saddle for normal hours Tuesday, July 28.
BILLFEST IV
July 24-26
Date posted: 05/18/09
Arrive as early as NOON Friday; stay as late as Monday morning. Bring musical instruments, rain gear (including a tent, if you have one. If you don’t we can hang you from the rafters like a tobacco sheaf.) We can accommodate campers, but there won’t be electric service for them. Bring whatever food you want, clothing for hot days, cold nights, cool days, hot nights wet days/nights, swimming gear, snowshoes (hey, you never know).
Bring a canoe, bug spray, flashlight, sunscreen, sunglasses, chairs. Bring the kids (provide your own cageswe are not kid-safe). We’ll provide a really big, really hot fire and lots of space for camping. Mosquitoes, flies and assorted other bugs will be available so you won’t have to bring your own.
(all clever wording plagiarized from Gail Hunn)
DIRECTIONS
Find route 180 north to Williamsport.. Take 287 North past Wellsboro. Then, take 249 West . Turn left onto Blair Creek Road (as you watch for your turn, be aware that the name of the road is Blair Creek on the left of 249 and Bates Hill Road on the right). Turn right onto the drive at the mailbox for 859. For a zoomable map of the area that has annotations to help you get to Bill’s place, click on the link below.
BILLFEST 859 Blair Creek Rd, Little Marsh (570)-376-5788
2009 SUMMER OPEN MIC SEASON AT MEADOWOOD
First one May 16, 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Date posted: 03/07/09
The 12th Meadowood open mic season begins on May 16, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. As in previous years, Meadowood will host open mics one Saturday each month, May through September. The open mics are a venue for acoustic musicians to play just one tune or up to 15-minutes of music for a live audience. The open mic is on the back lawn at the store. There is no fee for performeres or audience. The dates for the 2009 open mics are MAY 16, JUN 20, JUL 18, AUG 15, SEP 19 (if it is raining, we cancel; call becore coming if the weather is questionable). Up to ten acoustic acts perform musical sets with content appropriate for a family audience. To perform, musicians can call to register in advance or just show up (because the roster fills quickly, we recommend calling in advance). Audience members need only bring their desire to hear great local acoustic musicians. Because the "seating" that we provide is limited, please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets or to sit directly on the grass. The open mics are a great community event. We'd love to have you join us. <...more>
MAIDENCREEK OLD TIME MUSIC FESTIVAL AT MAIER'S GROVE
August 30, 2009
Date posted: 03/04/09
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
The first annual Maidencreek Old Time Music Festival will be at Maier's Grove (on Grove Road in Blandon) from 11 am to 8:30 pm on Sunday, August 30, 2009. If you like playing or hearing old time Appalachian string band music, this is the event for you! And, while you're having fun, you can support a worthy cause: The Blandon Lions Club will be selling food on-site to support their mission of improving eye health and eye sight. Snacks will be available at their stand all day and during the evening concerts. Full meals will be available at lunch and dinner time. If you have a high-speed internet connection, you can get and print a copy of the festival flyer with the date, schedule of workshops and concerts , directions to the festival and map of the festival grounds. Click here (it's a big file, and will take WAY TOO LONG come through a dial-up connection; if you have a dial-up visit the store for a flyer, or email us; we'll be happy to mail you copies). TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT MEADOWOOD MUSIC AND THROUGH THE BLANDON LIONS CLUB.| For players: | Workshops begin at 11 - fiddle, banjo, hammer and lap dulcimer, guitar, mandolin and string band workshops plus a session for singers! One $20 fee lets you attend as many workshops as you can fit into the day and attend the noon-time concert. | |
| For listeners: | Concerts by the workshop students at 6:30 pm and the teachers at 7:30 pm. A $10 ticket lets you see and hear both evening concerts. | |
| For players who are listeners: | Attend the workshops AND concerts at a discounted rate. A $25 ticket gets you admission to everything! | |
| For players & listeners who are 12 and under: | Attend everything FREE! |
| Tom Druckenmiller | old time banjo | 2:00-4:00 pm | |
| Betty Druckenmiller | beginning old time fiddle | 2:00-4:00 pm | |
| Ted Fenstermacher | advancing old time fiddle | 4:30-6:30 pm | |
| Mike Hertzog | old time guitar | 4:30-6:30 pm | |
| Mike Andrews | beginning old time mandolin | 11:30-1:30 pm | Judy Terwilliger | beginning old time hammered dulcimer | 11:30-1:30 pm |
| Don Pedi&Norm Williams | old time Appalachian dulcimer | 12:30-2:30 pm | |
| The Mighty Fine Line String Band | old time string band playing | NOON-1:00 pm | |
| Tom & Betty Druckenmiller | youth string band playing | 4:30-6:30 pm | |
| Norm Williams& Karen Ludwig | singing in the tradition | 3:30-5:30 pm |