Local Jams:

Third Sunday: Slow Jam - Southwest Bluegrass Club Jam after the meeting at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Second Monday: Slow Jam at Charley's Guitar Shop, 7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m. Check Charley's website for more info: charleysguitar.com

Every Tuesday: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m next door to South Main Cafe located at 1222 South Main, Paris, TX 75460.

Every Tuesday**: Slow Jam - **day of the week and location may may change**, check Randy Watkins' website: http://randygwatkins.googlepages.com/ (don't use www - it won't work), he updates it weekly with news about the next jam. There is an email link on the website in case you need to contact Randy.

!! Correction - following jam is on the 4th Thursday, not the 3rd Thursday !!

FOURTH Thursday: DCYC Jam - DCYC (Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club) jam is on the fourth Thursday night of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the club house. The easiest way to get there is to use the Prairie House Restaurant at the intersection of Naylor Road and 380 as a landmark because Naylor Road becomes Yacht Club Road at the Oak Pointe police station 4 way stop and dead ends at the yacht club gate. If you use 380 you can either come to that location from the West (Denton 9 miles) or the East (McKinney 24 miles) and head Southeast down Naylor Road toward Oak Pointe. For those who know how to navigate 720 and 423 you can take McCormick street to the 4 way stop sign at the Oak Point Stop police station and turn left on Yacht Club Road and dead end at the yacht club gate. Key in 9090 and the gate will open. The jam will be in the clubhouse that is dead ahead about 100 yards. If you get lost call me on my cell. We will have the light on for you.

Charles Orsburn,1210 Emerald Sound Boulevard, Oak Point, Texas 75068-1308

corsburn@gmail.com 469-362-9511 Phone & Fax, 832-338-8893 Cell Phone

Thursday before the first Saturday of the Month (upcoming jams are on November 30, 2006 and January 4, 2007): Bluegrass Jam at Chrystal Opry House, 1977 White Mound Road, Sherman, TX (near Tom Bean, TX). 7:00 p.m. For more info or if you have any questions, call Bill or Annette Hayes at 903 892-1393 or email info@chrystalopryhouse.com. Info including map also available on the website.

Events this coming week:

Thursday - Saturday, November 9th -11th: Fall Bluegrass Festival, Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View, AR. Info: counteryoaks@mvtel.net or 870 269-2704.

Saturday, November 11th: Greater Oklahoma Bluegrass Music Society show and jam, Oklahoma Country-Western Museum & Hall of Fame, 3925 SE 29th, Del City, OK, 6:30 p.m., admission $6 ($5 for members, $4 for members over 65). Brigade, Boggy River Bluegrass and The Star Canyon Band will perform. Contact Melba Arnold at 405 677-7515 or promogal@cox.net, visit club website at www.gobms.org.

Saturday, November 11th: Venus Bluegrass Opry Show and Jam, Venus Civic Center Building, Venus, TX, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Contact Dale Brawner at 972 435-4201

Saturday, November 11th: Henderson, TX Heritage Syrup Festival, 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. in downtown Henderson. Event's theme is a presentation of folk arts and crafts with demonstrations at the Depot Museum, entertainment and arts & crafts booths. Entertainment will include Whitehouse Harmony, Rod Moag and Texas Grass, Robert E. Lee High School (Tyler) Swing Fiddlers and Bob Mauldin (country artist). For more information, call 800 866 650-5529 or 903 657-2119.

Saturday, November 11th: Bluegrass Special, First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 316 Hwy 78 N., Blue Ridge, TX, 7:00 p.m. Performing will be The Sullivan Family, Liberty Bluegrass Boys and The Mack Smith Family Band. Tickets are $7.00 in advance, $8.00 at the door. Proceeds will benefit First Baptist Church Blue Ridge, Scott Johnson Middle School - McKinney (Special Ed) 6th Grade. For info call Wanda Williams 972 752-5611 or Tooter Williams 972 984-1242.

Saturday, November 11th: "Barn Thang", 266 Bobby Sam Court, Collinsville, TX. 6:30 p.m., free, donations accepted for band gas money. Warren Hull and A'Coux Deville, Grass Notes will perform until around 8:00 p.m. then bluegrass jamming until around 1:00 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs. Directions: North on Hwy 377 to Collinsville. East on 902 about 3 miles east, South on Graham Grove Road about 1/4 mile, then East on Bobby Sam Court. To the end of the Cul-de-Sac - 266 Bobby Sam - Barn is in back. Lost? - 903 429 6056.

Monday, November 13th: Bluegrass Slow Jam with Gerald Jones at Charley's Guitar Shop, 7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m, 2720 Royal Lane, Suite 100, Dallas, 972 243-4187, charleysguitar.com

Future Events through December:

Friday, November 17th: Third Friday, Cleburne Civic Center, 1501 West Henderson, Cleburne, TX. $3.00

Open Stage 6:15 p.m.

Show at 7:00 p.m. No Turning Back, Star Canyon, Salt Creek, Call 817 641-5700, 817 790-8722 or visit www.ntbbluegrass.com.

Saturday, November 18th: Bay Area Bluegrass Association Third Saturday Monthly Show, Johnny Arolfo Civic Center, 300 W. Walker, League City, TX. Always a free show. Alan Munde Gazette and Midland Express will perform. Visit BABA website for more information.

Saturday, November 18th: Third Saturday Monthly Bluegrass Show, in the old building next to the South Main Cafe (Cafe address is 1222 South Main, Paris, TX) across the Railroad tracks from Paris Milling Company in Paris, TX., 7:00 p.m. High Strung and Uppergrassmen will perform. Contact Whiz & Bo Creighton, 903 785-3958, bcreighton@neto.com, Hugh Jones, 903 739-2000, hughjones7@sbcglobal.net or Pat Conrad, 903 782-8717

Saturday, November 18th: Benefit for Gerald Pannell, Bluegrass Show and Jam, indoors at The Palace, Tres Rios Ranch, Glen Rose, TX. doors open at 9:00 a.m., $6 BBQ lunch from 12:00-1:30, cake auction 2:00 p.m., silent auction 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., bands 4:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.: Honey Creek Highway, Lonesome Prairie, Texas Trailblazers, Star Canyon Band, more TBA. Please bring donations for silent auction by 11:00 a.m., items for donation should be items that have been purchased or donated by a merchant and in original packaging. Jamming inside before the auction and after the show. For more information, contact Steve Marx 817 291-5621 or Rosemary 405 665-5226. Please call to send monetary donations.

Sunday, November 19th: Southwest Bluegrass Club monthly meeting & Jam, Founders Building, 701 South Main, Grapevine, TX. Doors open at noon for jamming, meeting at 2:00 p.m., pot luck lunch at 2:30 p.m., concert 3:00 p.m, Bluefield Express will perform, Club Jam to follow with Stanley Cox at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 2nd: Bluegrass Show at Chrystal Opry House, 1977 White Mound Road, Sherman, TX (near Tom Bean, TX). Upper Grassmen and Blue River will perform Show at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:00 p.m., $5. For more info, call Bill or Annette Hayes at 903 892-1393, email info@chrystalopryhouse.com. Info including map also available on the website: .

Saturday, December 9th: Greater Oklahoma Bluegrass Music Society show and jam, Oklahoma Country-Western Museum & Hall of Fame, 3925 SE 29th, Del City, OK, 6:30 p.m., admission $6 ($5 for members, $4 for members over 65, $3 for teens). Hunt Family Bluegrass, IIIrd Generation, Keener Family & Roy Barnes will perform. Contact Melba Arnold at 405 677-7515, visit www.gobms.org.

Saturday, December 16th: Third Saturday Monthly Bluegrass Show, in the old building next to the South Main Cafe (Cafe address is 1222 South Main, Paris, TX) across the Railroad tracks from Paris Milling Company in Paris, TX., 7:00 p.m Bands TBA, contact Whiz & Bo Creighton, 903 785-3958, bcreighton@neto.com, Hugh Jones, 903 739-2000, hughjones7@sbcglobal.net or Pat Conrad, 903 782-8717

Sunday, December 17th: Southwest Bluegrass Club Christmas Dinner and Concert, from noon until 5:00 p.m. and will again be at the Holy Trinity Catholic School in Grapevine. The school is located on the frontage road on the west side of Hwy 121, south of the 114/121 split and north of Hall Johnson in Grapevine. The physical address is 3750 William D. Tate. The building is just north of the Parker Memorial Cemetery and just south of the Texas Regional Asthma and Allergy Center. Parking is north of the building and it is a short walk to the hall which is located at the north end of the school building. Star Canyon Band, Salt Creek and The Good News Band will perform for us. There will be space for jamming. The club will make a donation the school for the use of the hall and we’ll be asking for contributions. Everyone is welcome !!