The North Florida Bluegrass Association will hold it's monthly event at the Wild Frontier Campground in Ocala,Florida on Aug 15th and 16th. Everyone is welcome,members and non members, to come camp, pick, and enjoy. We will have two bands to perform Sat night Aug 16th at 7:00, The Old Time Way and Wire and Wood. It is all free.We will hold a pot luck dinner at 5:00 in the lounge.Everyone is welcome to come eat, pick, and enjoy the bands. Call Hazel at Wild Frontier for reservations if you wish to camp or for directions. 352-629-3540. YA'LL COME!!!!!!!

The Carter Brothers from Nashville TN will play the Bamboo Room Friday May 2nd at 10pm... The band spent several years on the road with Florida's own Vassar Clements.. they tour the USA and UK playing their own brand of southern appalachian blues rock bluegrass.... this is a very unique band you do not want to miss... chk out myspace.com/carterbrothers or carterbrothersband.com

"I dare ANYONE to watch Monroe Crossing and not get happy!" — D.A. Callaway, Silver Dollar City, Branson MO

From Minnesota, the Monroe Crossing Bluegrass Band tours in the SE US every year in Jan & Feb, and will do so again in 2009.

A simple question is: How can we make contact with the Central FL BG Assn to see about doing a concert while we're in the area next winter?

Art Blackburn
info@monroecrossing.com
www.monroecrossing.com
763.213.1349

As one of the very first members of CFBA just wanted to bring you up to date as we have made a new revised website at wnrvbluegrassradio.com. Hopefully, our next project will be audio streaming. Gary J

hootie-hoo and greetins'
i have found some local jams since movin' here--great fun in titusville, cassia, and the maguire rd & s.r. 50 friday nite ice cream/parking lot jam---where else???

It,s only a week until our annual CFBA Festival. Our saturday show includes Cedar Creek, CFBA Band, The Skillet Lickers, The Sycodelic Possums (yes thats how they spell it), Sawgrass, The Exxum Sisters, Bluegrass Parlor Band, Breaking Ground (from Jacksonville), and the fabulous Bits of Grass. Friday evening is open mike at the Soggy Bottom Stage.Saturday starts with breakfast with Chef Ken at 8 am-10am. Hamburgers and dogs will be available all day. Don't miss the best BBQ of the year at 7pm, bring a covered dish and join us.

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...

Just wondering how many pickers we have in the Wesley Chapel,Land O Lakes, Zhills, and N Tampa area? If anyone is interested in getting a jam going in the Wesley Chapel area let me know. Thanks Lulu

February

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What: FOFF Fest
Where: UU Dome
When: Feb 2

FOFF Fest - Tampa Feb 2, 2008

Sat Feb 2 -Friends of Florida Folk & Concerts in the UU Dome present

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Who: RICHARD SHINDELL
What: In Concert
Where: The Friday Morning Musicale
When: February 2