NEWS & HOT EVENTS

2010 CALENDAR

Friday Night Jam Sessions - The Kentucky Thumb Pickers Club gets together to pick and grin on  the 2nd Friday of each month (see dates below) from 7 to 9 pm at the Clifton Baptist Church.  It is located at the corner of US60 (Frankfort Ave) and Bellaire Avenue, a few blocks off of I-64 in Louisville.  The pickin' starts about 7 pm and ends when we wear out.  Come pick with us or just drop by and listen.  Click here for more club info and a map link.  If you are traveling far, you should call Carl at 1-502-422-1297 before you go to make sure there are no changes.   

  Saturday, Aug. 14th at 2:00 pm - Club Meeting and Picking Party.   Come out and enjoy the show and pick with us.   Everyone is encouraged to attend.  Invite as many friends as you can to help support this club activity.  There are several rooms available to use for guitar workshops, mini-concerts, picking circles and individual lessons. Come enjoy a day of guitar with us. You can pick, teach, learn or just watch & listen. So, gather some friends and come on down to the Clifton Baptist Church at 1947 Frankfort Ave (corner of Bellaire Ave) for a day of great thumbpicking. Questions? Call Carl at 1-502-422-1297 or Scott at 1-859-223-3576.  Click here for more club info and a map link.

 Aug. 14th - 7:00 PM - Guitars and Saxes featuring Jeff Golub, Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, Peter White and David Wells. It will be held at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering, Ohio. It is located at 695 Lincoln Park Boulevard. Tickets are $22, $32 and available through TicketMaster. For more info, go to their website HERE, call (937) 296-3300, Fax: (937) 296-3302 or email fraze@ketteringoh.org http://www.fraze.com/  

  Aug. 15th - Chip Young, Eddie Pennington and Paul Moseley in concert at Trevecca Community Church of the Nazarene in Nashville.  It is located at 335 Murfreesboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37210-2824.  Call (615) 244-5918 for details.

  September 21st - Taylor Guitar Road Show will be at Abba's Music in Henderson, KY. The Taylor Guitars Road Show features a demo of how acoustic shapes and woods affect tone, a demo of their electric line, including the SolidBody, T3 and T5, Free TaylorWare, Elixir® Strings, & digital subscriptions to Premier Guitar magazine.  Also you might win a Build to Order Taylor guitar. Abba's Music is located at 119 N. Main St. in Henderson, KY. Call 1-270-826-0186 or 1-270-826-0186.

  September 24th - The National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Powderly, Kentucky.  The 2010 Induction ceremony will be held at The Merle Travis Music Center in Muhlenberg County, Ky.  The Induction ceremony includes guest picking performances and picking by some of the nominees.  Just one part of a full weekend.  For info on hotels and directions, click HERE 

  September 25th - The National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame Contest in Powderly, Kentucky.  The contest has become divided into 3 contests for traditional thumbpicking, contemporary fingerstyle and non-thumbpicking.  Great guitars are given away as prizes and loads of great pickin' and grinnin'.   Also held at Paradise Park in Muhlenberg County, Ky.  That's near Powderly, between Central City and Greenville.  For contest rules, click HERE.  For info on hotels and directions, click HERE.

  October  2 - 7:30PM - Mark Cosgrove and Roberto Dalla Vecchia will be performing at the John Hardin High School, 384 W a Jenkins Rd in Elizabethtown, Ky.  Click HERE for a map.  Order tickets by calling Trinity Music Productions at 270-325-3958, FAXing 270-325-2288 or by sending a check or money order with a  self-addressed stamped envelope to: Trinity Music Productions, 1048 Ferrill Hill Road, Buffalo, Ky 42716. email: ematting@scrtc.com for additional information or click HERE   

  October 2, 2010 - Pete Huttlinger will be performing at The Palace Theater in Maryville, TN.  It is located at 113 West Broadway, Maryville TN.  Call (865) 983-3330 for more info.  

  October 5th and 6th -  Tommy Emmanuel will be performing at the McAuley Performing Arts Center, with Frank Vignola.  It is located at McAuley High School, 6000 Oakwood Ave, Cincinnati, OH.  Phone: (513) 681-1800.  Go HERE for details. 

October 8th -  8:00 pm - Tommy Emmanuel will be performing at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, TN with Frank Vignola.  It is located at 604 South Gay Street.  Call the Tennessee Theatre Box Office at (865) 684-1200 of Tickets Unlimited at (865) 656-4444.  Go HERE for details. 

  November 27th- Merle Travis Birthday in Drakesboro, Kentucky.   Folks come from all over to join in the picking fun.  The NTPHF meeting is at 11 am and will be followed with eats and  there will be picking after the meal.  We almost always have pickin' by Merle's protege Thom Bresh and many others like Steve Rector, Eddie Pennington, Larry Stone, Paul Moseley.  Contact Mary Rainwaters for details:  1-270-476-8690.   

Regularly Scheduled Picking Events

  KTPC Saturday Meeting and Picking Party Schedule - Our meetings are normally on the Second Saturdays of the even numbered months.  (February, April, June, August, October, December) at 2:00 p.m. A short business meeting is generally preceded by an informal jam session and is followed by a guest performer or the continuance of the jam session. A pot luck meal or light refreshments are available. Members, friends and the general public are invited to attend.  A few of the dates are not 2nd Saturdays due to scheduling conflicts with the facilities.  Here are the dates for the year for the Saturday picking parties:

If you are traveling far, you should call Carl at 1-502-422-1297 before you go to make sure there are no changes in the dates.  Bring your guitar and plan to pick with us.

KTPC Friday Night Picking at Clifton. We meet at the Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville every second Friday night of each month and have a picking circle and share tunes. Picking starts around 7 PM so grab your guitar and join in or just stop by and listen. There is no charge for admission and we welcome all members and guests.  Clifton Baptist Church is located at 1947 Old Frankfort Ave, at the corner with Bellaire Ave.   

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All shows are at the John Hardin High School, 384 W a Jenkins Rd in Elizabethtown, Ky.  Click HERE for a map.  Order tickets by calling Trinity Music Productions at 270-325-3958, FAXing 270-325-2288 or by sending a check or money order with a  self-addressed stamped envelope to: Trinity Music Productions, 1048 Ferrill Hill Road, Buffalo, Ky 42716. email: ematting@scrtc.com for additional information  Here are the artists and dates:

October  2 - Mark Cosgrove and Roberto Dalla Vecchia
November 6th - Joel Mabus and Colin O'Brien 
December 4, 2010 - Tim Thompson & Myles Thompson

February 3,4, & 5, 2010 - Tommy Fest 8
February 4th Concert - Tommy with special guests
February 5th Concert - Tommy with special guests
February 6th Concert - Tommy with special guests
Tommy Emmanuel Workshops - February 5th from 9 AM till Noon and 6th - 1 to 4 PM

March 5th  - Peppino D'Agostino
April 2nd - Bobby Cochran and Greg Martin

 
Four Legends Jamboree is held every second Saturday at the Drakesboro City Hall in Drakesboro, KY. Everyone gets a chance to join in the picking and grinnin’. Call 1-270-476-8690 for more information. 

Pickin’ In The Park provides a variety of players and some open mic nights and operates seasonally.  Every Friday night at Paradise Park in Powderly, KY from June thru September the stage is filled with the sounds of West Kentucky picking. Call 1-270-338-2520 for details and head on down to pick and listen. 

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