AEBHF Events & News
Latest Events for AEBHF
- Saturday May 3rd, Open Blues Jam 1:00pm to 6:00pm
- Saturday May 10th, Open Blues Jam 1:00pm to 6:00pm
- Sunday May 11th, Mother's Day Blues Jam 4:00pm to 6:30pm at Bangkok Blues restaurant
- Saturday May 17th, Open Blues Jam 1:00pm to 6:00pm
- Saturday May 24th, Open Blues Jam 1:00pm to 6:00pm
Latest Events for our "Friends of the Barbershop"
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- "Music in May" - May 3rd from 1:00pm to 7:00pm festival of jazz, gospel and blues
- Rick Franklin and his DeltaBoys at Cassatts Cafe & Gallery Saturday May 17th 7 - 9pm
- Eastern Market Music Series Set to Resume on May 4
- "Nostalgia" CD Release Party, with Maureen Andary - Saturday June 14th at Comet Ping Pong Restuarant
NEWS from the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
Latest Events for AEBHF:
Mother's Day Blues Jam at Bangkok Blues Sunday May 11th from 4pm to 6:45pm
This event is jointly sponsored by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation ( www.acousticblues.com ) and the D.C. Blues Society. ( http://www.dcblues.org/index.php )
No cover, no
minimum, but the food is good and they start serving around 5pm.
This will be a barbershop style jam. All skill levels are welcome.
Bangkok Blues is a Thai restaurant located at 926 West Broad Street Falls Church VA 22046. Check their web site for
directions: Bangkokblues.com
For more information send an email to us.
Latest events for our Friends of the Barbershop
“MUSIC IN MAY” - A Spring Festival of Jazz, Blues and Gospel - May 3, 2008 at the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Silver Spring
A Spring Music Festival is a beautiful thing! Please join us, Barbershop Friends, for a delightful afternoon of live jazz, blues, and gospel featuring:
Photograph by Carl Aiyeola
- Reverb
- Alison Chase Radcliffe
- Gaye Adegbalola
- Rick Franklin and Mike Baytop
- and The Sears Trio (featuring special guest Marshall Keyes)
Wine and beer will be available along with complimentary refreshments. It’s all happening on Saturday, May 3 from 1-7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, 10309 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903. Tickets are $20 ($15 in advance) for adults and $10 for children (12 and under).
To reserve your seats in this technological time, go to paypal.com (make your payment to sherylsings@aol.com). Otherwise, for tickets and info, please contact Sheryl Sears at sherylsings@aol.com or
301-649-7464.
Eastern Market Music Series Set to Resume on May 4, 2008
Blues musicians Rick Franklin & the Delta Blues Boys and the a capella group Reverb will kick off this year's Eastern Market Music Series on Sunday, May 4. The free concerts will add to the lively street fair atmosphere at the historic Eastern Market as the musicians perform outside of Port City Java, 7th and North Carolina, S.E.
The Eastern Market Music series presents a sampling of the Washington area's best blues, bluegrass, jazz, contemporary, and international musicians. The series, which began last summer, is set to run at Eastern Market on Sundays thru June 29; returning again from Sept. 7 thru Oct. 12, after a summer break.
"We want to continue reminding everyone that Eastern Market is alive and open for business," said Nicky Cymrot, president of the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, the organization that is sponsoring the music series. "And all the merchants and exhibitors are looking forward to the additional excitement of having these live musicians at the market."
Eastern Market merchants who operated in the South Hall were displaced when fire destroyed the historic market in April 2007. These merchants have been operating since August 2007 in the temporary "East Hall,"
which the City built across 7th St., SE, from Eastern Market.
Rick Franklin and the Delta Blues Boys will lead off the Eastern Market music series at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 4. Franklin's group brings a big dose of humor to this boisterous mix of Piedmont and 1920's and 1930's blues and ragtime music. In addition to the Blues,Franklin is an aficionado of everything from African High Life,Brazilian Batucada and Samba to Reggae and Zydeco; musical idioms which, like the Blues, reflect the considerable contribution of the African heritage to the musical scene. His blues is known as the "Piedmont" style. The Delta Blues Boys includes bass player Tom Cox and percussionist Rick Usilton.
Reverb will follow at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 4.
Reverb, short for reverberation or echo, is an a capella group of seven, whose ages range across several decades. Reverb brings a joyful energy to their gospel,R&B and inspirational tunes. The group has been a frequent WAMMIE nominee and won the award for best gospel-inspirational harmony group in 1995.
A full schedule of this year's Eastern Market Music series, including performers, dates and times, is available at: www.capitolhillcommunityfoundation.org
CHCF funding comes in large and small contributions from hundreds of local businesses and individuals. All administrative expenses are paid by members of the foundation's board of directors, so every dollar donated goes back out in support of the community.
Contributions to the
fund can be made online through the website
Rick Franklin and His Delta BluesBoys at Cassatts Cafe & Gallery May 17th, 7 - 9pm
"Hot yoga! Yeah, that's what Rick Franklin and His Delta BluesBoys practice. And they say practice makes perfect. We don't know about that; no one dares to call us perfect.
In fact, we like some rough edges now and then. Come on and cross the Potomac, hear Rick sing of bootleggin', prisons and love, and everything in between. Sometimes love is a prison and you can hear Rick and His Boys sing about that, too! Make your reservation now 'cos if love is a prison, then the prison you want to be at is Cassatts. You might want to stay there for a long, long time. Namaste, baby.
Cassatts Cafe & Gallery
4536 Lee Highway
Arlington, Virginia
703-527-3330
http://www.cassatts.com
"Nostalgia" CD Release Party Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Comet Ping Pong (5037 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20008)
- 9:00pm - Jazz Standards w/ Maureen Andary & Ian Walters
- 9:30pm - Maureen performs original tunes
- 10:00pm - Blues Jam (for everyone! bring your instruments) lead by Ian Walters & Maureen Andary
FREE SHOW
Maureen Andary is a member of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities' Young Emerging Artist program, which awarded her a grant to produce her debut album "Nostalgia". Maureen has been a regular player at the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation jams for the past year and is a regular participant at Augusta Heritage Center Blues & Swing Week. You can hear some of her tunes at www.myspace.com/maureenmusic
Blues and Swing Week at Augusta
Where: Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia
What: One week of music classes
When: July 13-18, 2007
Why: Hear great music, gain skills,
jam all night, concerts, party with friends,
Who: Probably 20 to 25 friends of the barbershop and hundreds of blues lovers from around the country.
How much: Tuition $420 (but see below)
plus room and board.
Deadline for registering through AEBHF:
Sunday May 18
More Info: http://www.augustaheritage.com/blues.html
Jim Lande 703-521-0006
As in past years, the AEBHF is organizing a group registration for Blues and Swing week. The group price is $350 – representing a $70 reduction.
Naturally, we would like you to donate some or all of the savings to the Barbershop or to the Augusta Youth Scholarship fund.
I am going to send registrations in two batches, one mid-April and one on May 19. If you plan to take keyboards, blues vocal performance, or the evening harmonica death march, make a commitment before I send in the first set of registrations. Those classes fill up. Note that they don’t yet have a schedule for the evening mini-classes. You can sign up for mini-classes when you register on Sunday, July 13.
If you are interested,
- Select a primary class Blues classes (Special Note: our own Eleanor Ellis will be teaching introduction to Piedmont Blues.) Swing classes, Craft classes for your significant other.
- Decide whether you want to stay on Campus, and if not, make reservations in town. [Room & board on Campus is $347 per person – include $25 when you register, the rest when you arrive on campus. Off campus lodging ]
- Review the Cancellation and Refund Policy
- Write a check to AEBHF to cover the discounted tuition, donation (if
any) and room deposit (if applicable). Get that check to Jim Lande. - Contact Jim Lande [Evening 703-521-0006 or email Lande_family@verizon.net] with the information shown below. (If you went last year, just tell me what has changed)
Legal name including Middle initial
First Name for badge/mailings
Mailing Address
Home Phone
Daytime phone if different
Sex
email
Date of Birth if under 21
Instrument or Class
Level
Instructor
Housing ($25-Deposit)
Augusta Youth Fund Donation?
AEBHF Donation?
Emergency Contact Person
Telephone Number of Emergency Contact
Roommate request (if specific person)
Smoker / non-smoker (if campus housing)
night owl / early riser (if campus housing) no preference for roommate (yes/no) Want single if available (yes/no) Housing Request (Favorite dorm/room) Special requirements
