NEWS & HOT EVENTS

2008 CALENDAR

Friday Night Jam Sessions - The Kentucky Thumb Pickers Club gets together to pick and grin on  Friday nights 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.  

  May 12th - 7:00 pm - Doyle Dykes will be conducting a 2 hour fingerstyle guitar workshop at First Quality Music in Louisville. First Quality Music is located at 7006 Trade Port Drive. Click here for more information and directions or call 800-635-2021

  Tuesday, May 20 - 8:00 pm - Tommy Emmanuel in concert at the Music Mill in Indianapolis, IN. The Music Mill is located at 3720 East 82nd Street on Indianapolis' north side, just east of Keystone at the Crossing off 82nd Street in the Clearwater Crossing. Minutes from Interstate 465 via Allisonville Road (head south, then west) or Keystone Avenue (south, then east), Music Mill offers convenient parking and quick, easy access. Click HERE for a map. Tickets are $26.50 in advance and $28.00 day of show. Available at the Music Mill box office with no service charge, all Ticketmaster outlets, or Charge-By-Phone in Indianapolis at (317) 239-5151. Anthony Snape will open for Tommy.

  Wednesday, May 21 - 8:00 PM - Tommy Emmanuel will be in concert at The Brown Theatre in Louisville, KY,   It is located at 315 West Broadway in downtown Louisville.  For more information and tickets, call (502) 562-0100 or visit their website at www.kentuckycenter.org.

  Friday, May 23rd - 7:30 PM - KTPC presents Richard Smith and Julie Adams in concert at the Clifton Baptist Church. They will be playing everything from Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed tunes to Joplin, the Beatles, to Sousa, standards, originals, fiddle tunes, Bach and other classics and pop tunes. No one plays Chet and Jerry Reed music better than Richard. Tommy Emmanuel referred to him as the "Chet Encyclopedia". Come out and support this Club activity and enjoy a fine show.   Questions? Call Alex at 1-502-267-7603 or Scott at 1-859-223-3576.  Click here for more club info and a map link.

  Saturday, June 28th at 2:00 pm - KTPC  Meeting and Picking Party.   Come out and enjoy the shows 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 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 Alex at 1-502-267-7603 or Scott at 1-859-223-3576.  Click here for more club info and a map link.

  Saturday, July 5th - Odell Martin Day at the Martin Homeplace in Allegre, Ky. This all day event celebrates the picking of another fine West Kentucky thumbpicker. Odell played on the Grand Ole Opry, traveled and played with Paul Yandell and contributed to Chet's long list of recorded tunes with David's Dance. We'll be picking by 9 or 10 AM and continue throughout the day. They will be cooking on the grill again so food or drinks are available.  Come on down and pick with us.  For more information, contact Freddie Russell at 1-270-265-0956.

  July 9th - 12th - Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention will be at the Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville,TN (Phone: 615-885-2200). It is the greatest fingerpicking event in the world with guests and performers from around the world.  The convention opens at 10am on Wednesday, July 12. Registration fee covers the member (registrant), spouse (or “significant other”) and children living at home.  There is a separate $10 charge for EACH PERSON including the registrant to attend the Saturday night closing concert. Seating for Saturday evening is limited to the first 1100 attendees registered. Download the registration form HERE.  Phone (865)577-2828, Fax (865)687-2065 or e-mail GMPJR1@aol.com for more information.  Link to more info and pictorial review.  Don't miss it. 

  KTPC Saturday Meeting and Picking Party Schedule - Our meetings are normally on the Second Saturdays of the even numbered months. A few of the dates are not 2nd Saturdays due to scheduling conflicts with the facilities.  Here are the dates for the year:

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