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Second Sundays at the Harris Arts Center in Calhoun GA. Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Jan 15, 2009) The Harris Arts Center, formerly the Rooker Hotel in downtown Calhoun, where SEBA’s 7th Chapter meets and jams from 2 to 5 pm every 2nd Sunday monthly beginning 2/08/09 SEBA Board of Directors approve expansion with 7th …
Congratulations! To SEBA Member Organization, The Hollonville Opry House for receiving the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame Organization Award for 2008. Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Dec 17, 2008) Charlotte & Harold Kirkland receive Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame honor on behalf of all staff at Hollonville Opry House. Founded spring of 1991 …
Third year in a row for the soon-to-be 14 year-old Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Dec 17, 2008) Three time Georgia Beginning Fiddle Champion Alex Thomlinson with Rhonda Vincent Multi-fiddle contest winner & SEBA member Alex Thomlinson wins again! For the third year in a row Thomlinson captured the Georgia State Champion Beginning Fiddler title …
Bobby Hicks holds annual Swing Concert to benefit the Madison County Arts Council Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Nov 17, 2008) Bobby Hicks sporting SEBA cap and “pick pocket” t-shirt (see what’s available at our new online store.) SEBA member and fiddling legend Bobby Hicks appears in concert with another fiddle legend Buddy Spicher on Saturday …
Founder of Bluegrass Sound. Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Oct 18, 2008) Our 1st Silver Anniversary Member Jim MIller of Bluegrass Sound SEBA proudly announces our first Silver Anniversary Member: Jim Miller of Marietta, Georgia. Member since 2002 and founder of SEBA Member Band Bluegrass Sound. Miller started his musical adventure at a flea market …
Named First-Ever Bluegrass City of SEBA Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Oct 2, 2008) SEBA VP Tony Salazar presents Blairsville Mayor Jim Conley with “Bluegrass City” plaque SEBA names Blairsville Georgia the first ever official “Bluegrass City” of the SouthEastern Bluegrass Association. SEBA Blairsville 2008 Video (click image to watch) Blairsville’s mayor Jim Conley was …
View the video created by Ron and Peggy Cline Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Sep 25, 2008) SEBA Blairsville 2008 Video (click image to watch) SEBA Hiram VP Ron Cline and his lovely wife Peggy made a short (6 min) movie of SEBA’s 2008 annual celebration/showcase in Blairsville, Ga. Sept. 19 & 20 with “cameo” …
SEBA’s newest Member Band Honi Deaton & Dream at Jug Tavern Festival Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Sep 18, 2008) SEBA’s newest Member Band Honi Deaton & Dream SEBA’s Winder Chapter members have partnered with the Wounded Warrior Project to host the Jug Tavern Festival Sat. 9/27/2008 at the Winder Community Center 10 am to …
Saturday, October 4, 2008. Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Sep 16, 2008) Bluegrass on the front lawn for an enthusiastic crowd enjoying BBQ at last year’s Emory Presbyterian Fall Festival Emory Presbyterian Fall Festival Saturday October 4, 2008 features three SEBA bands, BBQ catered by the Pompous Pig, kids activities, bake sale and rain barrels …
Friday and Saturday, Sep 19-20 Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Aug 26, 2008) Showcasing young fiddler Jonathon Eernisse support by SEBA President Emeritus Jack Masters in the Historic Union County Courthouse at our 2007 event. Historic downtown Blairsville, Ga. Invites us once again to showcase bluegrass music and bands Friday and Saturday September 19, & 20, …
Sat, 8/23/2008 at the UUCA. Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Jul 17, 2008) Jim “Duck” Adkins sitting in rocker at a recent Banjo.com workshop served as SEBA President and Board Chair in 1986 Former SEBA President, Jim “Duck” Adkins conducts banjo workshop Saturday, August 23, 2008 along with former SEBA Board member Brad Laird (Mandolin) …
The Hollonville Opry is the perfect place for a Bluegrass Celebration Author: SEBA Board of Directors (Jul 14, 2005) You are invited to a party!! SEBA is 21 years old and having a celebration, and what better place than Hollonville Opry. In 1991, a group of ?back porch pickers? made Hollonville Opry a dream and …
Tune Dogs Perform for Jimmy Carter. Author: SEBA Board of Directors (May 30, 2008) Susan Davis, Scott Russell, Jimmy Carter, Jan Smith, Rosalynn Carter, Tim Cape, & John Kelly at Carter Center Supporters annual gathering and square dance in Plains Ga. Long time SEBA member John Kelly, when he’s not jamming on the banjo somewhere, …
June 7-8, 2008. Author: President Kevin O’Connell (May 26, 2008) The Seventh Annual Georgia Wine Country Festival features wine, cheese and candy tasting; a variety of live music, including bluegrass; folk art and crafts; food; with live and silent auctions (benefiting SEBA) during a two day event Saturday and Sunday June 7, and 8, 2008 …
Memorial Service May 8, 2008. Author: SEBA Board of Directors (May 6, 2008) Ray Morgan: SEBA Volunteer of the Year 2003 The SEBA Community mourns the loss of one of our BEST, Ray Morgan, who left for glory on Wednesday April 30, 2008. Ray, a.k.a. Professor Ray, who some would call bluegrass musicologist extraordinarie, contributed …