Archive for September 5th, 2007

IBMA pushing bluegrass in schools

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
September 5, 2007

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Lesson Plan Contest Application Online
Teacher’s Workshop Info
IBMA Online

The International Bluegrass Music Association is giving special thrusts to bringing bluegrass music into America’s classrooms. IBMA’s current promotions include a competition for devising a Bluegrass Lesson Plan and a special workshop for music teachers that will be held in October in Nashville, Tenn.
Both activities have one [...]

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Nebraska Bluegrass Festival coming to Lincoln in October

Category: Festival News

By Travis Tackett
September 5, 2007

Karl Shiflett & Big Country
photo by Steve Mobley
The big stars are coming out Oct. 4, 5 and 6 at the annual Nebraska Bluegrass Festival, an indoor and under-cover event at the Lancaster Event Center on the eastern edge of Lincoln, Nebraska’s capital city. The Lancaster Event Center is a multi-building and modern facility that is [...]

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IBMA elects new directors

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
September 5, 2007

Eddie Adcock
Eddie Adcock has been re-elected to another term on the International Bluegrass Music Association’s board of directors.He and three other new faces were selected during recent elections by professional members of the IBMA.
Adcock, with the Country Gentlemen for years, continues to pick up industry awards, including being inducted in 2006 into the Bean Blossom [...]

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