Well, like so many others in these hard times, Debby is postponing retirement
for at least two years, and is now available for work full-time. (For
a list of some of the major camps and festivals that have hired Debby
in the past, please see the bottom of this page.)
Debby is now hosting a strickly old-time jam the 2nd Sunday of the month
at the Monte Vista Inn (at the Dutch Flat exit off of Highway 80.) Sunday
from 1-4pm. Phone# is 530 389-2333
NEW: Debby has
two vintage banjos for sale, a 1917 Bacon Grand Concert and a 1890s
Washburn Presentation, only serious buyers to respond. Please
see additional details on this page below the tour dates.
2010
Aug 20-22: Debby
and a lot of people from the Nevada City and Dutch Flat jams will be
going to the Golden Old-Time Campout in the Mendocino Fairgrounds, Booneville,
CA. See you there!
Sept 23 - Oct 8:
Tour of the Original Thirteen States,
Boston to Norfolk;
Sept 23: house
concert in Chevy Chase, MD for the Folk Song Society of Greater Washington
DC info - FSGW.org
This will include my 65th birthday, and I'm planning a medicare
party!
Sept 25: The
Linden Tree Coffeehouse, Wakefield, Mass
Oct 1-4: Getaway
weekend for FSGW near Annapolis, MD www.FSGW.org
Oct 8: concert
in Manhatten for Pinewoods, the Folk Song Club
of New York City
Nov 13: Evagelines
Coffeehouse Main St., Colfax for more info and reservations (necessary
as she usually sells out) 530 346-8833
2011
Mar 10-27: "Echoes
of the Blue Ridge" tour of Great Britain www.emergingmusic.co.uk
Apr 8-10: Debby
will be cooking at the Chesapeake Dance Weekend, near Annapolis This
will be her FINAL cooking gig. Hooray
Sept 14: Oct
9 solo tour of Great Britain www.emergingmusic.co.uk
Camps & Festivals
Some of the major camps and festivals that have hired Debby in the past :
Camps:
Banjo Camps:
Maryland Banjo Academy (near Wash DC)
Banjo Camp North (Boston area)
American Banjo Camp (Seattle area)
General Folk and Old-time Camps:
Augusta Heritage (Elkins, WV)
Ashokan Fiddle and Dance (Woodstock, NY)
John C Campbell Folk School (NC)
CDSS Pinewoods Camp (Cape Cod)
Manitoba Camp, Canada
American River Camp (California)
Friends of American Old-Time Music and Dance (England)
Folk Festivals:
Great Britain: Cambridge, Sidmouth, Celtic Connections,
Fylde, Brampton Live, North Wales Bluegrass, etc
Canada: Vancouver, Edmunton, Winnipeg, Mariposa, Toronto, etc
USA: Philadelphia, Old Songs, NY, Old Dominion (VA), Champlain Valley,
Santa Rosa, LA Summer Solstice, etc.
2 banjos for sale:
I am selling two vintage banjos; please only serious inquiries, as they
are valuable 1917 Bacon Grand Concert #2081 pot -11inches wooden Bacon
semi-resonator with metal insert 24 brackets fiberskin head totally
gorgeous marketry inlay on sides and binding of pot 20 "F' holes pot
and neck flame grain maple with dark wood inlay on back of neck (26"
with 22 frets) abalone tree of life inlay on peghead various inlays
up the neck large leaf inlay on heel neck refretted and reset by Music
Emporium of MA geared 1980s tuner (I also have the original tuners)
My main professional instrument for over 30 years really spectacular
old hardshell case RR spikes at frets 5,6,7,8 1890s Washburn Presentation
presented to the White Chapel Club of Chicago, a group of Edgar Allen
Poe entusiasts raven with quill in beak abalone inlay on peghead dot,
flower, and geometric inlays on neck skulls and crossbones etched in
between each pot braket #387 brass over metal and wooden pot 11 inch
with plastic head 24 brackets newer geared tuners 23" neck with 19 frets
a real unigue gem set up and neck reset by Bob Smakula RR spikes at
5 and 7 fret older case
I also have a LG1 1960s sweet Gibson guitar, with sunburst.
Not strong enough for oldtime, but perfect for folk or fingerpicking.
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