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The SCVFA Newsletter — the Fiddler’s Rag

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The SCVFA monthly newsletter, the Fiddler’s Rag, features articles on fiddling, music events, people, tunes, instruments, and many other topics of interest to our members. The Fiddler's Rag is sent to each household with one or more SCVFA members.

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Newsletters from 2011

January 2011
♦ President's Message (bylaws revision) (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ December [12] Trustee Meeting (p1, D. Showman)
♦ Annual Meeting and Trustee Election process;
candidates' statements from Gorden Gibson, Pete Showman (p2)
♦ SCVFA Bylaws Revision (summary; proposed bylaws omitted here) (p3, P. Showman)
♦ Calendar (p4, P. Showman)

February 2011
♦ President's Message (PA theft, annual meeting) (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ SCVFA Goes All Acoustic (p2, R. Brooks)
♦ SCVFA Happenings (Annual Meeting, Jan. Trustee Meeting, Replacing PA) (p2)
♦ January Trustee Meeting summary (p3, D. Showman)
♦ SCVFA Celebrates Flora's 100th Birthday (p4, P. Clarke)
♦ Bowing With a Mirror (p5, J. Weed)
♦ One Fiddler's Idea Pool (p6, R. Fisher)
♦ Tune: Flowers of Cahirciveen (p7, R. Fisher / P. Showman))
♦ Calendar (p4, P. Showman)

March 2011
♦ President's Message (special events: Sarah Kirton, Jon Li) (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ Generous Donors List (no masthead) (p2, R. Brooks)
♦ SCVFA Happenings (Membership changeover & Dues (p3, P. Showman)
♦ February Membership Meeting notes (p3, D. Showman)
♦ Chord Substitutions, Inversions and Alterations (p4, G. Gibson)
♦ More Bowing Tips (p5, J. Weed)
♦ Remembering J.P. Fraley (p6, D. Barton)
♦ Tune: Wild Rose of the Mountain (p7, J.P. Fraley / P. Showman)
♦ Calendar (p8, P. Showman)

April 2011
♦ President's Message (need help; sound system update) (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ SCVFA Happenings (new renewal form , dues increase) (p3, P. Showman)
♦ SCVFA's 2011 Schedule (p3)
♦ A Bow-Rehairing Demonstration by Jon Li of Kamimoto Strings (p4, P. Showman)
♦ The Boys from North Carolina (p7, P. Hicks)
♦ Tune: The Boys from North Carolina (p7, P. Hicks / P. Showman)
♦ Calendar (p8, P. Showman)

May 2011
♦ President's Message (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ Ten Years Ago on May 6, 2001 (p2, R. Brooks)
♦ South County Special to perform in June (p2, R. Brooks)
♦ SCVFA Happenings (Dues increase, new renewal form) (p3, P. Showman)
♦ Silent Auction at May 1 Jam (p4)
♦ Tune: Red Rockin' Chair (p5, Transcr.: Pete Hicks / typeset: P. Showman)
♦Fiddling and Bicycling along the Gulf Coast (p6, J. Weed)
♦ Calendar (p6, P. Showman)

June 2011
♦ President's Message (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ In Memoriam: Bill Wright (p2)
♦ SCVFA Happenings (dues increase July 1) (p3, P. Showman)
♦ Board Meeting Highlights (May 15, 2011) (p3, D. Showman)
♦ Upcoming Events (p4, P. Showman)
♦ The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (p5, J. Weed)
♦ Calendar (p6, P. Showman)

July 2011
♦ President's message (Twin Fiddling DVD) (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ SCVFA Happenings (dues increase, park jam) (p2, P. Showman)
♦ The Northwest Folklife Festival (p3, P. Showman)
♦ Dave Barton Tune Wins Composing Contest (p4, P. Showman)
♦ Tune: Too Late Schottische (p5, D. Barton)
♦ Calendar (p6, P. Showman)

August 2011
♦ President's message (SCVFA in the news) (p1, R. Brooks)
♦ SCVFA Happenings (youth fiddle program - continuing?) (p3, P. Showman)
♦ Trustee Meeting summary (July 24, 2011) (p3, D. Showman)
♦ The San Francisco Free Folk Festival (p4, P. Showman)
♦ Recording Some Bay Area Players (Tom Mitchell et al.) (p5, J. Weed)

To be continued as new issues are released....

2011 list updated 01/21/12


Newsletters from 2010

January 2010 (not yet available)
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February 2010 (not yet available)
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March 2010 (not yet available)
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April 2010 (not yet available)
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May 2010 (not yet available)
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June 2010 (not yet available)
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July 2010 (not yet available)
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August 2010 (not yet available)
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September 2010 (not yet available)
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October 2010 (not yet available)
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November 2010 (not yet available)
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December 2010 (not yet available)
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2010 list updated 01/21/12


Main news page updated 01/21/12

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