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Texas State Flatpick Championships
May 15, 2008 at 4pm to May 17, 2008 at 11pm – Montgomery/Conroe Texas bayareabluegrass.org Fire on The Strings Bluegrass Festival Organized by Bay Area Bluegrass Association | Type: Festival, and, contest
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Robin Kessinger Festival & Guitar Contest
May 29, 2009 at 5:30pm to May 30, 2009 at 11pm – The BrazenHead Inn "Listen, learn or show off your skills. There will be something for every music lover as champion West Virginia guitarist Robin Kessinger and friends — some of the finest traditional musicians you're… Organized by William Fanning | Type: workshop, contest, and, concerts
July 23Saturday
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2011 New England Flatpicking Championship
July 23, 2011 from 1pm to 4pm – Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds Held during the Ossipee Valley Music Festival in South Hiram, Maine, the competition's previous winners include Scott Fore, Roy Curry, Tyler Grant and Alan Shadd. Great competition, great location an… Organized by Bill Johnson | Type: contest
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Upper Midwest Flatpicking Championship
March 24, 2012 from 11am to 3pm – River Falls, WI Flatpickers wanted for the Upper Midwest Flatpicking Championship, Saturday, March 24th! A featured event of the River Falls Roots and Bluegrass Music Festival featuring Ralph Stanley and the Clinch… Organized by Chris Silver | Type: contest
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Shady Grove Flatpicking Contest
August 17, 2012 to August 19, 2012 – Broadway Farm, Nanton, The First Bi-Annual Shady Grove Flatpicking Contest is intended to draw the best Flatpickers from western Canada and beyond to a competition to showcase their prowess at this challenging guitar style… Organized by Al LaMonaca | Type: bluegrass, festival, and, flatpicking, contest
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Marc Schlotthauer replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"My gear is much better than my skill - for straight flatpickin', I play a Martin D-18 Authentic 1937. My go-to guitar for just about everything else (and it flatpicks just fine, thank you) is my Huss & Dalton D-RH with a Red Spruce top.…"
Derek commented on Derek's video
Ragtime Annie
"Hey Craig. Thanks for the kind comment. The credit for this version should really go To Steve Kaufman who's arrangement it is. Good luck with your bluegrass studies, it's wonderful music and great fun to play. I look forward to…"
Craig commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Derek: Mike above is teaching me blue grass and showed me this site. Fantastic rendition by you of this great song. Thanks for sharing. I'm off to Mike's to practice!!!!"
Clyde J.Ortego replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I play a Silvertone Acoustic from back in the Sixties."
Mike FlatPickingBuddy replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I have a Guild Bluegrass D40 made in the original factory at Hoboken that has been with me since 1964
I also have a Martin D18 made sometime around 1994 and a 1977 or earlier Yamaha FG336SB"
Derek commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Thanks Mike. I have to prove to myself that I can play the material as written but once I've done that I start to allow myself some leeway to have fun and drop in my own bits. There's not too much space to do that in SK's version of…"
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