New teacher! Rob Hakanson teaches all instruments

Rob Hakanson is the mandolin player for Great Northern Planes and has formed his own family band of all very talented young musicians. Rob teaches all instruments and we're very pleased to have him on our teachers list.

Find Rob's contact details on the Teachers page.

New mandolin teacher: Rich Powell

We have a new mandolin teacher - Rich Powell - available for Taborgrass students. Find his contact information on the Teachers page.

Monthly "Mountain Jamboree" at the Sandy (Oregon) Community Center

Pete Schmidt offer this:

There is a monthly "Mountain Jamboree" at the Sandy (Oregon) Community Center every fourth Saturday at 7:00 p.m. A chance to sing, play yoiur instrument, dance with real east county mountain folk. If you're going, let Pete and Elaine Schmidt know, and stop by for 5:00 supper at our Gresham place. Call the Sandy Community Center for more info: 503-668-5569.

More Video and Pics from the May 18th Concert!

The videos of the Afternoon Class's performance from the May 18th concert are how posted on our YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/TaborGrassVideo

Thanks again to Gordy and Linda Franklin for making the recording!

Also: Here's a collection of photos taken the night of the event. I'm sorry but I can't remember who gave me the CD with these pictures on it - was it Jack?

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.239066912873608.52430.107823955997905&type=1

Enjoy!

Video from May 18th Concert!

We now have a YouTube Channel - very much a work in progress at this point. Find it here: http://www.youtube.com/TaborGrassVideo

We have the Morning Class section of the May 18th Concert now posted there. Still working on the Afternoon class videos.

Thanks for Gordy and Linda Franklin for recording the concert!

Pics from the Steve Kaufman Workshops and Concert

Linda took some great pics of the Steve Kaufman Workshops and Concert this weekend. It was a great time and we all learned a lot!

Books by Gary Marcus and John Holt - Recommended for all Taborgrassers

Check out these books - recommended for all Taborgrassers:

http://garymarcus.com/stories.html

Link to Gary Marcus book at Powell's: http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio/1-9781594203176-4 

Link to John Holt book at Powell's: http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780201567632-2

Here're some Taborgrass people appearing with Gary Marcus at his book signing event at Powell's.

Original sheet music for Tennessee Waltz

We now have a scan of the original sheet music for Tennessee Waltz on the Scores and Audio Tutorials page. Here's a direct link:

http://www.hughcan.com/music/tennessee_waltz/tennessee_waltz_original_sheet_music.pdf