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Next Saturday, June 28th at 3PM we will be debuting the 2-disc CD set from May’s recording Session. Extra copies will be available for purchase and we will also have video from the event playing.

CFBA will bring chicken wings and papergoods, so please bring a covered/side dish and your beverage of choice so we can make an evening of it. We also want to have a general meeting to discuss future events. So get your ideas together.

This event is at The Garden - 3708 East Sam Allen Road - Plant City

From I-4 take the Thonotosassa Road (Exit 19) and head north.

Please note that CFBA has cancelled the bluegrass school scheduled for June 21st. Instead, we will be holding a CD release party for the Circle Unbroken Weekend, and general meeting on Saturday, June 28th at the Garden (see my other blog entry for more details).

Hope to see you on the 28th.

Lucien

Hello Everyone,

Good News! Kelly has finished mixing and mastering the CDs – yes plural, as in 2 – from the Circle Unbroken weekend and we will be taking them in for duplication this week. So with that in mind, we have decided to hold a CD release party at the Garden (where we recorded) on Saturday June 28th. We expect to start mid afternoon (around 3 or so) but we are still working out the details. I will send out an update in the next couple of days. For those of you who are not familiar with the Garden, directions are as follows:

The Garden
3708 East Sam Allen Road

GOODBYE OCTOBER ===============================================================

October was a busy month for CFBA and local Bluegrass events. The Dover Rod Run at Dover Baptist Church was well attended and thanks to the many volunteer musicians in the local Bluegrass community (CFBA included) the music never stopped. If you have never been out for the Rod Run you really should come out to the next one. The folks at Dover Baptist Church always put on a great event and are very gracious hosts.

Also, big thanks to Too Much Fun for another fantastic Halloween Party. Josephine and the crew pulled it off again. There were lots of great costumes, food, friends & pickin’. If you missed it, come out next year and check out the photo album. If you took pictures, please put them on a disk and give them to Josephine (or bring them to a CFBA event and we’ll pass them along) for the album. Rumor has it there may be a change of venue next year, so pay attention.

HELLO NOVEMBER
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Loosen up your belts because this month’s Bluegrass calendar is stuffed like a………… oh you know. Don’t miss:

CFBA - Jam Night at Coffee 101
Plant City, November 17th - 4 pm to 10 pm

Coffee 101 is located in downtown Plant City at 101 East J Arden Mays Blvd (next to McCall Park). CFBA bands will perform inside the coffee house. Call Ken if you want to be on stage (813.390.4796). We will also be jamming in the alley next to Coffee 101 during the car show.

Don’t forget about these other upcoming November events:

* RiverHawk Music Festival – NOV 8th through 11th at Sertoma Youth Ranch

* Thanksgiving Weekend at Sertoma – NOV 22nd through 25th

The Bluegrass Parlor Band will be playing on Friday and Bits of Grass will play Saturday and Sunday at the Thanksgiving festival. So get out there and support you local pickers.

ON THE HORIZON...