Howdy, Friends of Florida folk and Girlgrass music!
I hope your holidays were happy. As this year draws to a close, we note with sadness the passing of Mem Semmes. Mem was a strong supporter of Florida folk music in partnership with Margaret Longhill and the Will McLean Foundation, a wonderful singer/songwriter herself, and the beloved mom of “Florida Man” Jon Semmes. She will be missed by many.
The good news is that their wonderful concert series, the Sunday Sampler in Dunnellon, will carry on. The Patchwork gals are honored to be playing at the first Sunday Sampler of this decade! Sunday, January 10th, at 2:30pm in the Historic Depot on Williams St (Route 41) in Dunnellon. This is one of our favorite venues, with a warm wooden feel and a terrific audience. Tickets are available at the door for $8.00–we’d love to see you at this legacy concert series.
All aboard! The historic Train Depot in Dunnellon
In March, the Will McLean Festival moves back to Sertoma Boys Ranch in Dade City. This is a beautiful location, especially when the orange blossoms are blooming; their heady fragrance provides an olfactory accompaniment to the music all weekend long. The festival will be from the 13th-15th–and again, our time slot will be announced later. But we know it won’t be on Saturday at 1:00, because at that time we’ll be playing the Quilting Festival in Trenton! This is our first time there, and we are really looking forward to playing at their historic train depot.
A couple of other things I thought you might like to know about–Saturday, January 9th, Jack Williams plays at Unity of Gainesville at 7:00pm. Call 352-373-1030 for reservations. The following Saturday the 16th, singer/songwriter David Roth will be here, doing a songwriting workshop at 2:00, a covered-dish at 5:30, a mini-concert and participatory song circle at 7pm. Call Elaine at 352-262-6008 for information. Then on Wednesday, January 20th, David Beede presents songwriter David Mallet in concert at Melanie Grogan’s Melrose house concert series. Dinner at 5:30, followed by music at 7:00. Call 352-494-2287 for reservations and directions.
Patchwork promises to do their part to ring in the New Year with peace, productivity, prosperity — and pickin’! Hope to see you out and about in 2010–Happy New Year!
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| Sunday Sampler Concert Series | Dunnellon, FL | Sun Jan 10 10 | 02:30 PM | Tickets |
| Trenton Historic Railroad Depot | Trenton, FL | Sat Feb 13 10 | 01:00 PM | |
| St. Johns River amphitheatre | Palatka, FL | Sat Feb 13 10 | 08:00 PM | |
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“Stunning, soaring vocals…” — Bill Hutchinson, City of Gainesville Dept. of Cultural Affairs
“Patchwork is a regional treasure of no small magnitude…” — Scott Barnes, Satellite Magazine
