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BlueSky Bluegrass Club

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Record #: BAR2025
Last Modified: 27 Nov 2023
Last Full Update: 04 May 2023

Contacts

Office Phone 705-790-0391
E-Mail blueskybluegrassclub@rogers.com
Primary Contact Terry Calvert, Organizer; Email: tcalvert@rogers.com

Addresses

Address & Map
Simcoe, ON
Canada
Mailing Address BlueSky Bluegrass Club 
236 Valleyview Dr 
Churchill, ON 
Canada L0L 1K0
Physical Access Not Applicable

Description

Description (Service) Bluegrass and Old Tyme Country music enthusiasts come out to sing and play acoustic music in an informal jam session environment
  • five main acoustic instruments used in Bluegrass are 5-string banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and upright bass
  • club does not allow for any background syncopation such as playing spoons or drums and limits the use of amplified electric instruments to hollow body stringed instruments with pickups and to solid body bass guitars only
  • volume levels of these must be consistent with those of the acoustic stringed instrument players

Service Details

Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Hours Weekly Jam Sessions: Thu 1:30 pm-5 pm at private home, call for details
Areas Served Simcoe County
Eligibility All participants must have their Ontario COVID 19 Passport certificate sent to email address prior to attending any jam session
Application
  • Call or email for information
  • To join a jam session, you must call or email ahead of time, as sessions are limited to 8 musicians
Languages English
Fees None

Subjects

Service Categories Music Groups ; Music Performances

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