The January meeting of the
01/31/10, 4 p.m. at Mulligans on Ebenezer Road.
Note: there was no meeting in
December, just the Christmas Party.
16 members were in attendance at the
January Meeting..
Dick & Kitty Qulia
attended the IBC in
Approximately 111 bands + single
& duo acts participated
Finals were held at the Orpheum. 11 acts, LA3 was the
eighth act and very well received “they brought the house down”
LA3 outsold other bands in CD sales,
although this is not an “IBC official statistic”
Mike Feeback
discussed the following
The Christmas party raised $330
which went to the Food Connection
The cans collected (and there were
many!) went to Manna from Heaven
5 new members were added between the
Christmas Party and the IBC
Competition
night at Brackins
Membership needs to increase for
many reasons including funding
Members need to start thinking about
new names to elect to the board soon
KMA Live at Five still gives
discounted admission to SMBS members
Higginbotham will post reminder on website
The 501(c)3
application will be submitted in approximately 2 weeks.
Approval
can take anywhere from
We need to start planning for the
next IBC competition soon. Ideas included:
Holding competitions at multiple venues:
Live at
Five,
Patrick Sullivans,
Brackins,
Sassy Anns,
Holding competitions over multiple months
Send a single/duo act along with a full band next year
Enter an indendently produced CD
next year
Line up corporate sponsors once 501 ( c)
3 is established
(we may be able to do this once we have filed)
Use
competitions as fundraising events for
1) the SMBS,
2) sending acts to the
IBC
General Discussion included the
following:
Membership tables need to be set up at appropriate shows.
shows
with
The Blues Night Out should be
re-established.
Pick one
local band each month to support by membership attendance.
Set up a calendar on the SMBS
website for member-bands including
LA3,
Soulfinger, Bluestone, Barrelhouse Blues,
Craig Ferguson Project,
Higginbotham agreed to
post the info.
It was suggested that we contact
Geoff Trabalka (West Side Cats),
Lost and
Found, Relentless Blues about membership.
Post information about the Weekly
Relentless Blues gig at Patrick Sullivans
on
Sundays and encourage membership support. Higginbotham will post
Post information about the Weekly
Blues Jam at Smokeys hosted by Mighty Blue
on
Tuesdays and encourage membership support. Higginbotham will post.
The Blues in the School committee
needs to energize.
Emily Feeback will arrange a meeting.
Higginbotham volunteered to get involved
Pat suggested that we meet with school representatives to
find out
what they
need before designing a syllabus/program
Hector Qirko indicated that he
would be interested in being involved (T. Spencer)
The Blues Heritage Foundation is
putting on a Blues Festival on June 5th.
Bill
Morganfield will be one of the headliners.
This festival would provide a good opportunity for a
membership table.
The Blues Foundation will be raising
its rates to $125 this year for local societies to join.
The meeting ended at
The next meeting will be held at Mulligans on Sunday February 28th at
with an acoustic jam to
follow.
Editors note – let’s encourage more
young players to come to next jam
as Mulligans is a non smoking/kid friendly venue.
POST MEETING ACOUSTIC JAM TO BENEFIT
The jam started a bit after
six.
Two young players
participated
Joe King (approximately
16) sat in with
Joey Kukura (approximately 15) sat in with
$129.19 was raised in the tip jar
for
T. Spencer, D. Michel, and Higginbotham
verified with independent counts of the cash collected.
Higginbotham will process the donation.
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