Tuesday, January 31, 2012

        Featured Band for Feb. 25, 2012
        " Cornfields and Crossroads "

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       National Crossroads Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Assn. 

      ( NCBAMA )
       Monthly Meeting/Jam

When: The last Saturday of each month Oct. thru May  ( Except Dec. )
                Stage Acts: 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. EST
                Jammin': Starts at least 7:00 P.M. to ?

Where:  Terre Haute, Indiana
                 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
                 G-M Room Moench Hall.  Located straight ahead as your turn North on to campus. Parking is located on the East side of the building.

What: We will have a Featured band on stage twice with other bands in between.
              We have drawings in between bands for prizes. Tickets: 5 for $1.00.
              We have JAMMIN'. It goes on all evening and sometimes into the next morning.

Cost: Every thing is " FREE ".   Did I mention?   IT IS " FREE " !

Who: Open to ALL ages and skill levels.

So: Bring your Friends and Family and join us for a great evening of Bluegrass and Acoustic music.
     
                       Plus don't forget to bring your   instruments and join in on the Jammin'!

Contact: Mark Grayless at 812-234-8280 for more information.
Email: ncbama1985@yahoo.com
Cornfields and Crossroads website: http://cornfieldsandcrossroads.com/

National Crossroads Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Assn. now has a YouTube channel. On it you will see a few of the bands that were at our Jan. 28, 2012 meeting. As we go along plans are to upload videos of the bands and other acivities at each months meeting. As you can see from our first post, this is not your typical meeting. The club doesn't exactually have an official meeting so to speak. We meet to promote Bluegrass and Acoustic music. That said, we just have a lot of music happening during our gratherings/meetings. Below is the link to our YouTube channel. Add it to your favorites and keep an eye out for some people you may know.

http://www.youtube.com/user/NCBAMA1?blend=1&ob=0

Saturday, January 28, 2012

                               WOW ! What a Meeting/Jam. 

   We had well over 300 people in attendance.  " Crooked Creek " put on a GREAT show for us. Max's vocals and guitar pickin' along with Matt's vocals and fiddlin' and John's banjo pickin' create a hard drivin' progressive style of bluegrass, that was met with many rounds of applause after each song. These guys just keep improving every time we have them entertain the audience for our stage show part of the meeting.

  Appearing for the first time at our meeting, we had a band from Northern Indiana join us tonight. The name of the band is " Off-N-Runnin' ". They hail from Brooke, In. over to Remington, In. and a couple points in between. They were ask to be one of our fill in bands and they gladly accepted. Well, when they left the stage there was an overwhelming round of applause. They were also invited back to be our featured band in April or May. All in attendance are hoping they accept. They have a traditional style of bluegrass sound in their music.

  Our other fill in band from East central Illinois put on a great show. The name of this band is " Stateline ". They were formed just a little over a year ago and have a fresh sound to our world of bluegrass music. The style of bluegrass music they play ranges from traditional to just short of progressive. Each time they take the stage they keep getting better and better.

  The Jammin' was GREAT as usual. With 4 to 5 groups going all evening long. In various ends of the hallways of Meonch Hall.

  Our next Meeting/Jam is scheduled for the last Saturday in February. That Date is 25 FEB 12.  " Cornfeilds and Crossroads " will be the featured band.

                                           We hope to See Y'all there.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

NCBAMA is proud to announce

Diamond Hill Station is a local band here in Terre Haute, IN
They just got back together after a 2 year hiatus. Now it looks like they are on their way!

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Diamond Hill Station is honored to announce that we will be performing at The European World Bluegrass Festival in Voorthuizen, Netherlands.
The band was selected from a pool of applications from bands across the United States and the rest of the world.  Probably the most exciting thing is that we are the only band from The United States selected to perform at this prestigious event.  Being the sole representatives of The United States we will be performing prime time Saturday, May 19th right after the European Bluegrass Music Awards Ceremony.   The European World Bluegrass Festival is the premier event for all of Europe and attracts the best bands from all countries. Updates and an official press release will be issued at a later date.  Stay tuned.

Diamond Hill Station

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Meeting/Jam

National Crossroads Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Assn. ( NCBAMA )
                                    Monthly Meeting/Jam 
When: The last Saturday of each month Oct. thru May  ( Except Dec. )
            Stage Acts: 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. EST
            Jammin': Starts at least 7:00 P.M. to ?
Where:  Terre Haute, Indiana
             Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
             G-M Room Moench Hall.  Located straight ahead as your turn North on to campus.
             Parking is located on the East side of the building.
What: We will have a Featured band on stage twice with other bands in between.
          We have drawings in between bands for prizes. Tickets: 5 for $1.00.
          We have JAMMIN'. It goes on all evening and sometimes into the next morning.
Cost: Every thing is " FREE ". Did I mention? IT IS " FREE " 
Who: Open to ALL ages and skill levels.
So: Bring your Friends and Family and join us for a great evening of Bluegrass and Acoustic music.
      Plus don't forget to bring your instruments and join in on the Jammin'!
Contact: Mark Grayless at 812-234-8280 for more information.
Featured Band for Jan. 2012: " Crooked Creek "