Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Bryson City Library is Jammin'!

Community Music Jam at the Marianna Black library
submitted by Jeff Delfield, Librarian, Marianna Black Library

The next community music jam at the Marianna Black Library will be Thursday, September 16th, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM, on the library’s front lawn (weather permitting) or in the auditorium. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer - anything unplugged - is invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in. Or, you can just stop by and listen. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett of Grampa’s Music in Bryson City . Normally Larry starts by calling out a tune and its key signature, and the group plays it together. Then everyone in the circle gets a chance to choose a song for the group to play together. The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned over the years or learn old-time mountain songs.

The music jams are offered to the public each 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month – year round. Marianna Black Library is located in Downtown Bryson City NC at the corner of Academy and Rector. For more information or driving directions call the library at (828) 488-3030. This program received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment of the Arts, which believes a great nation, deserves great art.

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