4 posts tagged “jamming”

Here is a short video from Sunday afternoon from Mike's house.   We had an invitation from Mike to come to a cookout/jam, so, we went.   A good time, with food, music, and friends.   Doesn't get any better than that.

Hi,
How are you all?  Oh, did I ever mention how much I appreciate you stopping by and seeing if we are actually doing something fun, or just checking in to see if we are alive? THANKS, it means a lot. And. . .   if you aren't doing this, you should try.  It's easy, and much more polite than dropping a ton of stuff into all our friends email boxes.  Plus, you have the chance to have an audience of millions of readers.  Cool, huh?!
 Anyway, here's the weekend update as of now.    We have our turkeys, yes multiple, ordered or purchased.  We pick up another one tomorrow.   We are doing two turkeys, and 5 gallons of stuffing/dressing for Thanksgiving dinner @ my moms.   All my family, including those out on bail,parole, or work release will be there.   Lock it down, or leave it @ home, that's on our family crest. . .  Sounds better in Gaelic or Swedish. . .
     We had our monthly bluegrass jam yesterday.

  Well, actually, it's not our jam, we just go each month.  Our invisible friend, Peggy made it, along with our friend Flip, who has been missing in action for a year now. Great to see them both.   Maggie, along with Peggy and Flip, sang and sang and sang.  They sound really good together.    Would make a good trio. . .

Nancy & Jeff, Mollie & Bill, and Mollie's mom and sister ( in from Colorado) were nice enough to come all the way out to the middle of Hooterville to enjoy the jam and have some great bar food.   
   Our friend Bill got a new toy, and so we thank him for these great pics.    Quite the techie now. . .   Gotta love new toys.
 
Everyone sang and played great.   I can't tell you how good my lovely wife Maggie is now.  She holds her own with people who do this on a semiprofessionl basis.   She plays good, sings great, and always adds spice and life to whatever she does.  Nothing like good people and music.  

 Jan made it later in the day.  She had to work and so did Mike.  

   The world would be a better place with more people like these.  Music doesn't hurt either, unless you get whacked in the back of the head with a guitar, or fiddle bow.  Doesn't hurt for long though. . .

  Have a great Thanksgiving!  Don't forget that, if you have internet highspeed, you can do a bunch of your Black Friday shopping on Thursday while you cook or eat or get ready for a nap, or, after you have your leftovers in the evening.   We did that last year, and it was great. but keep it quiet though, don't want the world to know that you can do that.   I'll update over the weekend, so you won't miss any of the exciting adventers in magsterville.  
Oh shoot, I forgot to mention what the secret project was that we worked on for the last month.  Friends of ours have an annual chili soiree as their holiday highpoint.    This year, they wanted to make the invitation a DVD to send out, using pics from the 16 previous soirees.  So, we did.   We sat down with a G5 imac, using iPhoto, iMovie and iTunes to put together a 2:55 extravaganza.   18 hours later, we were finished.   30 dvd's, covers, labels and interior info came together better than I thought we could do.

Soiree Invitation

  Gotta love Apple products.   They make it so easy to do projects like that.  
           Happy  Thanksgiving from the apple fanboy. . . .and his lovely wife.
   Later. . .

Hi,
just a short post.  Just got back from the jam in Poplar Grove, and it was a success.  Had to leave early to go to

Edwards apple orchard for donuts, and pick  up our pumpkin from the boyscouts @ Highcrest.   Tonight we are attending a Charlotte's Web concert @ the Mendelssohn club with Mollie and Bill. The artist is Jennifer Berezan, an artist that does folk, and world music.  Let you know how it was.  Tomorrow, Maggie is going to a seminar on voice as a healing tool @ Womanspace. Ms.  Berezan is  doing the seminar.   That could be interesting too.  
Last night, Mollie & Bill came over for a secret video/dvd project.   We'll release it to the world when the proper time comes.

  Gotta go have a home made apple cider donut and get ready for the concert.    

Later. . .

Morning,
Just a note to remind all of you that the monthly bluegrass jam in Poplar Grove Il is this Saturday from 1 to 5 @ "The Grove".   Hope you can join us.  It's a mixture of bluegrass, country, and folk. Last months was the first of the season, and got off a little slowly, but saved it's self by the end.  This months should have it's legs under it early.
 Always interesting, and some good licks and tunes show their heads.
Hope you can join us.

Here's a link to youtube to see one of last springs jam, if you haven't been there.        Poplar Grove jam band