This is the 2009 info, the 2010 Calendar can be found here:

http://www.southlandassociation.com/events.php

We’re happy to announce that we’re starting the Southland Jamboree again on this coming Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm beside Collins Bowling Center, home of the big Bowling Ball in the sky on Southland Drive.

This year we will hold a series of 14 weekly Bluegrass Music Concerts on each Tuesday evening through September 1st, weather permitting. As in the past this concerts are free to the public and presented as a partnership between The Southland Association and Lexington Parks & Recreation. The concerts are paid for by various civic minded individuals, businesses and organizations.

The Band and Sponsor schedule for June is as follows:

A special note about the June 9th concert: The band, Bluegrass Parkway, is from Australia, and has chosen the Southland Jamboree stage to kick off their 2nd U.S. Tour since 2005. This highly talented group is celebrating their 21st Anniversary as a band.

The band features Lexington native, Maria Duff. Maria is a classically trained musician who has been a member of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and is the President of the West Australian Suzuki Music Association. She plays both the fiddle and the bass with the band.

If you’d like more info or a preview of Bluegrass Parkway, visit them at: http://www.bluegrassparkway.com. We hope to have the largest possible crowd on hand to give them a huge Southland welcome!

May
27 – Stringtown

June
3 – The Blue Dawg
10 – Bluegrass Journeymen
17 – No Tools Loaned
24 – Pickintime

July
1 – Stoney Creek
8 – Driving Rain
15 – Grass Kats
22 – New Kentucky Harvest
29 – Carla Van Hoose

August
5 – Second Time Around
12 – Hollow Wood
19 – Kentucky Blue
26 – Lookout Below

September
2 – To Be Announced
9 – To Be Announced

I wanted to share the attached copy of the letter from Dr. Eakin that was sent to Billy. Both Billy and I have been touched with the expressions of gratitude from several people who just walk up to us at the concerts to tell of their appreciation for what the Association is doing.

Last week attorney Charles Baesler, with Stoll, Keenon & Ogden told me how much he appreciated the concerts and usually brings his two small children. He, like Dr. Eakin, also gave us a check for $250. to sponsor a band.

– Phil