JANUARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
A TUNE FOR YOU - AULD LANG SYNE
WIN A $150 GIFT CERTIFICATE
TEACHER FEATURE - JUDY TERWILLIGER
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NEW CD BY THE MIKE HERTZOG TRIO
G&L GUITARS - WHY THEY'RE SO GREAT
WHY WE HUMIDIFY INSTRUMENTS IN WINTER
SHAMELESS COMMERCE SECTION
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JANUARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
In a few days, 2017 will be here along with resolutions: Lose Weight/Get Fit, Quit Smoking, Drink Less, Clear Debt/Save Money, Learn to play an instrument... Whatever your resolutions, we hope that you're wildly successful.
On December 31st, right after we close, we'll be awarding a $150 Meadowood Gift Certificate. Learn how to enter the drawing below.
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For a continuously updated calendar, click on the static image of the calendar below to view the interactive version on our website.
Note: The open mic at the Half Moon Cafe, instead of being on the 1st Monday of the month in January, will be the 2nd Monday of the month, the 9th.
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A TUNE FOR YOU
AULD LANG SYNE
click on the image at left to listen
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According to Wikipedia, Robert Burns sent a copy of the original Auld Lang Syne to the Scots Musical Museum with the remark, "The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man." The melody in the recording and in the notation shown below is unlikely to be the same as the one Burns paired with the lyrics, but it is the melody sung now on New Year's Eve around the world. The link from the image above takes you to a lovely version.
Click here for the contemporary English lyrics and the contemporary melody.
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YOU CAN STILL WIN A
$150 GIFT CERTIFICATE
For every $50.00 you spend with us between November 8 and December 31, 2016 you'll receive an entry into our drawing for a $150.00 Gift Certificate!
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We'll hold the drawing on December 31 right after we close. We'll announce the winner the following week. What a great way to begin the New Year!
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JUDY TERWILLIGER
TEACHES VIOLIN, FIDDLE, VIOLA, CELLO, PIANO, LAP DULCIMER AND HAMMERED DULCIMER
PHOTO: Judy at the Lyons Fiddle Festival
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Teaches at Meadowood: Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri
Judy has played violin virtually all of her life, beginning at age five and playing in her Elementary and High School orchestras. Throughout High School, she performed as a member of the Philadelphia All City Orchestra and, with some members of that group, also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
During her time as a Music Education student at Temple University, she played with the University Orchestra under Jonathan Sternberg at The Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Judy also played with “The Hawaiians” at The Academy of Music and with a group specializing in Renaissance/early classical music. She now performs locally as a violinist (solo and in ensembles such as The Sunday Sinfonia and Berks Sinfonietta), as a fiddler and singer with Crow Hill.
Before joining Meadowood, Judy studied classical violin for seventeen years under masters Alma Grafe (student of Fritz Kreisler), Edgar Ortenberg (Budapest String Quartet) and Julian Meyer (Temple University). Judy studied piano for 6 years. Her studies are not all in the past...
To learn more about Judy, click here.
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A BLUEGRASS NEW YEAR
A NEW CD FROM THE MIKE HERTZOG TRIO
Fourteen tunes with Mike Hertzog on Banjo, Guitar and Vocals, Linda Hertzog on Bass Fiddle and Vocals and Ted Fenstermacher on Fiddle.
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Traditional Bluegrass tunes intermingled with PA German tunes make up this charming New Year's collection of music by the Mike Hertzog Trio. It is now available for $10 at http://mikehertzogmusic.com/index and at performances by the trio.
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G&L GUITARS
LEO FENDER'S BEST WORK
Leo Fender was born Clarence Leonidas Fender on August 10, 1909 near Fullerton, California. By the time he was thirteen, fascinated by a radio his uncle had built from spare parts, Leo began repairing radios out of his parents' home. Even though he went to college for accounting, he continued to learn about electronics on his own.
After college he took a job as a
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delivery man for Consolidated Ice and Cold Storage Company and eventually became their bookkeeper. He continued working with radios and electronics.
Big Bands were popular and musicians in them needed amplification. One band approached Leo to design and build a PA system. He ended up building several such systems. Around the same time, he met and married his first wife and, bounced around by the depression, took a series of accounting jobs.
To read about the rest of Leo's life, click here.
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WHY WE HUMIDIFY WOODEN INSTRUMENTS
WINTER'S COLD, DRY AIR TAKES ITS TOLL ON STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
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GUITAR WITH CENTER SEAM CRACK
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VIOLA WITH F-HOLE CRACK
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The cracks in the guitar and viola pictured above were avoidable. Since lack of humidity caused both cracks, humidification could have prevented them.
The long-and-short of it is that you should do SOMETHING to maintain humidity at 40% or above so that you don't end up with a cracked instrument. In SE Pennsylvania, we normally need to humidify from November first through the middle or end of April. We encourage you to spend a little time and money on maintaining humidity so that you don't have to spend a lot on repairs.
For more information on WHY cracking happens, click here.
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SHAMELESS COMMERCE SECTION
NOTICE: DEERING BANJO COMPANY IS INCREASING THE PRICES OF MOST MODELS, MANY BY 10% OR MORE, IN JANUARY 2017. IF YOU'VE BEEN COVETING A DEERING BANJO THAT WE HAVE IN STOCK, CONSIDER GETTING IT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT WAY, YOU AVOID THE 2017 PRICE INCREASE AND GET THE 10% DISCOUNT THAT WE ARE OFFERING ON DEERING UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE DEERINGS THAT WE HAVE IN STOCK ARE PICTURED BELOW.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH BANJO IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
TO GET THE 10% DISCOUNT, PLEASE COME TO THE STORE OR CALL US.
THE ADDITIONAL 10% DISCOUNT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE ORDERS.
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