2015 December HTMA Newsletter r1 December HTMA Newsletter.pdfnewsletter. Jeri‐Ann Payne has been a...
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‐Sunday ‐December 20th Main Public Library Auditorium starting 2:00 PM ................................................ December Christmas Jam Trillium Room at Burritt Museum Thursday, Dec 17th ‐ 7PM Inside this Issue: 1: A Message from President Jerry LeCroy 2: Area Events/ & HTMA Board 3: Member Classified Ads Dear Friends, I hope that by the time you read this you are all caught up with Christmas shopping, and have cleared all the Thanksgiving leftovers out of the refrigerator. Unfortunately, neither condition applies at our house. We did have a lot of fun over the Thanksgiving holiday, though, between family visits and great music. 2016 will be HTMA’s FIFTIETH year as an organization, albeit under a few different names. I think we started out as the Huntsville Association of Folk Musicians, and at some point transformed that into the Tennessee Valley Association of Folk, Old Time, and Traditional Musicians. Shortly after I joined up our name was changed to the Huntsville Traditional Music Association. That name appears to have stuck, and is the one we were incorporated under. I like the HTMA moniker a little better than the previous two, mainly because those first two appellations gave the impression that the organization might only be open to musicians, as opposed to musical beginners or even just fans who don’t aspire to ever play any instrument or sing. At age fifty, the association has lasted longer than many, but the overall feeling I get is that our association may be somewhat infirm of late. I would not say that the average age of members has increased one year per year since 1966, but it’s clear that we have not drawn many younger music fans into our fold for some time. The scarcity of young and vibrant members is limiting our operations in several respects. One area where we are not doing so well, as I noted in my column last month, is in our coffeehouse production team. A few faithful volunteers, notably George Williams, Bob Hicks, and Ken Winchester, have been carrying on the production work for some time, but at present we are stretched too thin to keep up the series. As a result, the HTMA coffeehouse will be taking a vacation for 2016. I will happily support a restart as soon as we have a few smiling faces lined up to assist with booking and production of a new series. For now, though, there does not appear to be sufficient member interest in either working production or playing in our coffeehouses to make it practical to continue next year. HTMA Monthly Meeting & Jam Volume 5 – Issue 12 www.huntsvillefolk.org December
Transcript of 2015 December HTMA Newsletter r1 December HTMA Newsletter.pdfnewsletter. Jeri‐Ann Payne has been a...
‐Sunday ‐December 20th
Main Public Library Auditorium starting 2:00 PM
................................................
December Christmas Jam Trillium Room at Burritt Museum
Thursday, Dec 17th ‐ 7PM
Inside this Issue:
1: A Message from President Jerry LeCroy 2: Area Events/ & HTMA Board 3: Member Classified Ads
Dear Friends,
I hope that by the time you read this you are all caught up with Christmas
shopping, and have cleared all the Thanksgiving leftovers out of the
refrigerator. Unfortunately, neither condition applies at our house. We did
have a lot of fun over the Thanksgiving holiday, though, between family visits
and great music.
2016 will be HTMA’s FIFTIETH year as an organization, albeit under a few
different names. I think we started out as the Huntsville Association of Folk
Musicians, and at some point transformed that into the Tennessee Valley
Association of Folk, Old Time, and Traditional Musicians. Shortly after I joined
up our name was changed to the Huntsville Traditional Music Association. That
name appears to have stuck, and is the one we were incorporated under. I like
the HTMA moniker a little better than the previous two, mainly because those
first two appellations gave the impression that the organization might only be
open to musicians, as opposed to musical beginners or even just fans who don’t
aspire to ever play any instrument or sing.
At age fifty, the association has lasted longer than many, but the overall feeling
I get is that our association may be somewhat infirm of late. I would not say
that the average age of members has increased one year per year since 1966,
but it’s clear that we have not drawn many younger music fans into our fold for
some time. The scarcity of young and vibrant members is limiting our
operations in several respects.
One area where we are not doing so well, as I noted in my column last month, is
in our coffeehouse production team. A few faithful volunteers, notably George
Williams, Bob Hicks, and Ken Winchester, have been carrying on the production
work for some time, but at present we are stretched too thin to keep up the
series. As a result, the HTMA coffeehouse will be taking a vacation for 2016. I
will happily support a restart as soon as we have a few smiling faces lined up to
assist with booking and production of a new series. For now, though, there does
not appear to be sufficient member interest in either working production or
playing in our coffeehouses to make it practical to continue next year.
HTMA Monthly Meeting & Jam
Volume 5 – Issue 12 www.huntsvillefolk.org December
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SATURDAY EVENINGS - Every Saturday starting 6:00 PM
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---BREWGRASS JAMS ‐ held on 1st WED Monthly ‐6:00
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---MILLTOWNE ‐ Every 2nd Friday Evening-Monthly
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SAT, December 12th
---HARBORCHASE RETIREMENT HOME
Starting 10:30 AM ‐ 4801 Whitesport Cr., Huntsville AL
THUR, December 17th
Member’s Christmas Jam Burrit Museum Trillium Room
Starting 7:00 pm
Bring your favorite Christmas Music! *** SUNDAY, December 20th ‐ 2:00‐ 5:00 PM ***
-HTMA Member Monthly Meeting & Jam -
Huntsville Main Public Library Auditorium
SAT, December 19th-
---REGENCY RETIREMENT VILLAGE
Starting 3:15 PM 2004 Max Luther Drive, Huntsville, AL
HTMA Executive Board President - JERRY LECROY 256‐880‐6234 [email protected] Vice President & Public Service Chairman JIM ENGLAND 256‐852‐5740 [email protected] Secretary/Treasurer PAT LONG 256‐539‐7211 [email protected] Publicity Chairman BOB HICKS 256‐683‐9807 [email protected] Performance Chairman Position Open Please Volunteer! Operations Chairman GEORGE WILLIAMS [email protected] Webmaster/Newsletter Editor Position Open Please Volunteer! The leadership of HTMA invites YOU to be an active part of our great organization, whether you play an instrument, or want to share in any other way, we welcome you and thank you for your support!
We have a similar shortfall in volunteer support for the HTMA
newsletter. Jeri‐Ann Payne has been a wonderful newsletter editor for
the past three years, but family issues are requiring Jeri‐Ann to focus her
attention elsewhere for now, and no one has stood up as a replacement
editor. My current plan is to write periodic newsletter updates as I
receive content from members, perhaps quarterly. I’m not able to take
on the editor job for monthly publication, so the publishing frequency
will be less than we have been enjoying due to Jeri‐Ann’s efforts.
I hope to have better news to report on the next newsletter issue,
whenever that is.
Best wishes to the whole HTMA family for a safe and merry Christmas.
Jerry LeCroy
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