NBO SESSION 1,2 and 3 TERM 3 23 JULY

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Just catching up with our blog info has been an effort after the festival. The CD launch has been well accepted, it is a disappointment that a few members could not attend ,being overseas or overworked but we did a good job and had a few guests onstage as well.
I am pleased withe the efforts on the CD and have a number of ideas to carry us forward. Our next big event is the bush dance at Rob and Wendy's place at Landsborough on Sept 21. Can you let me know if you can attend ASAP as we need to organize billets.
At the last 3 sessions we have been working on Sweeping the Snow From the Door, and Wendyanne Waltz . I have posted these on the tunes site as well as the complimentary Sunshine Waltz and Passing Shadows waltz. I plan to do these over the next few months.
There has been great sadness in our little community with the the passing away of Cassie Hammond who was an inaugural member of our group, as was her father, Greg. I remember her as a sweet quiet child who looked on me as a big fat dinosaur but played what I asked her to. Also sad was the passing of Chris Duffy, one of Australia's greatest banjo players. He was 63 many of us knew and admired him. Finally Bruce Williams faced the loss of his step-mother as well.
The next few weeks will be spent trying to round up as many BO members as possible and rehearse our CD tunes. Dave Isom had the idea of us busking on a sat morning with council approval to sell CD's and advertise. We need to get ideas about who, what and where.
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