Membership

The Northern California Bluegrass Society brings people together to enjoy, play, and promote bluegrass, old time, and related acoustic music. Membership in the NCBS brings you in touch with musicians and musical events connected to the world of bluegrass.

NCBS exists because of your support! Through a growing network of bluegrass society members, the local bluegrass community is thriving. The NCBS board, individual members and other affiliated organizations plan bluegrass events like jams and campouts, and publicize them through channels like our local bluegrass radio DJs, internet media and our printed monthly magazine, Bluegrass By the Bay.

Membership Benefits include:

Membership dues are $20/year for individuals, $25/year for a family (under one roof). Lifetime memberships are also available at $500 for individuals, $750 for couples. To join or renew online with PayPal:

Type of Membership: Individual Membership - $20/year

Family Membership - $25/year

Lifetime Membership (Individual) - $500

Lifetime Membership (Couple) - $750
I am a: New Member

Renewing Member
I would like to receive Bluegrass by the Bay: Online Only

By Mail

To pay by check, send to:

NCBS Membership
P.O. Box 390846
Mountain View, CA 94039-0846

News

NCBS Member E-Newsletter Covers The Summer Events

The NCBS Bluegrass News May 20, 2011
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- Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair May 21
- NCBS Campout At Bluegrass For The Greenbelt June 3-4
- Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival August 12-14
- More NCBS Events This Summer!

Always Thinkin’ At The End: House Concerts
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FREE Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair This Saturday, May 21

The 25th Annual Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair is this Saturday, May 21, Noon-5:00pm at the Duck Pond Stage, San Lorenzo Park, 134 Dakota Street (next to the courthouse), Santa Cruz. FREE. Harmony Grits, Windy Hill, Down Beets, Jimmy Chickenpants, Slide Road and a full afternoon of spring sunshine! Presented by the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society (NCBS/SCBS). Details on the NCBS website.
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NEW NCBS Campout At Bluegrass For The Greenbelt, June 3-4

The 6th Annual Bluegrass For The Greenbelt Festival will have something new this year — the option of tent camping at the beautiful Dunsmuir-Hellman Estate Park on Friday evening to enjoy an NCBS-hosted gathering with your friends and fellow pickers, plus more special evening entertainment with Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally. Saturday’s big concert features Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, The Kathy Kallick Band, The Tuttles With A. J. Lee, Marley’s Ghost, and more. Fun for a good cause in the Oakland Hills! Details on the NCBS website.
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NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, August 12-14
The 18th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is set for August 12-14 at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister). As an NCBS member, you get the best deal on advance tickets! They are on sale now. Great bands! Good times! Details on the NCBS website.
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More NCBS Events To Enjoy This Summer

June 25 — NCBS welcomes Alison Krauss & Union Station with Jerry Douglas to Berkeley’s Greek Theater.
July 15-16 — NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old-Timey Festival, various downtown venues.
August 27 — NCBS Johnson Farm Pickin’ Party, Johnson Farm, Boulder Creek.
(Tentative October 8 — Jake’s Brown Barn Bluegrass Festival, Campbell.)
Details about these events, plus more bluegrass news, is on the NCBS website. A new news story is posted each evening at 10:00pm.
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Always Thinkin’ At The End: Support Your Local House Concert!

House concerts are small, fun, low cost, low tech, and just about invisible to the untrained eye. They are also essential elements of a successful tour for most bluegrass bands. A local bluegrass fan who loves a band and hears that they almost have enough gigs in Northern California to make it worth the trip will graciously agree to host the band at the old home place and invite their friends over, to be joined by others recruited by some carefully nuanced communications. As a member of the NCBS, YOU are hereby receiving just such a communication. Little Black Train, a mid-headliner at the Live Oak Festival this summer (and a great band you are about to get to know much better) is playing a house concert in Redwood City on Saturday evening, May 21.  (Reservations and Information.) rwchouseconcerts (at) gmail (dot) com
We hope to see you at an NCBS show soon!
– Michael Hall, NCBS Content Editor
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This May 20 e-newsletter was sent to NCBS members. If you did not receive it, please update your e-mail address with (NCBS Membership Chair Gary Anwyl) ganwyl (at) gmail (dot) com.

Posted May 21st, 2011 by Michael Hall in Membership | No Comments | Share

IBMA Professional Media Webinar May 19 Offers NCBS Member Discount

Northern California Bluegrass Society Members will receive a discount to the International Bluegrass Music Association online seminar “Media Training Masterclass— Making the Media Work for You” taught by Vernell Hackett and John Montgomery of the Nashville-based music publicity firm Media Maverick, LLC. The May 19, 2011, 4:00pm (Pacific Time) seminar is part of a regular monthly series of professional webinars offered by IBMA.

Whether you are an artist, a manager, a record label or independent publicist, an event producer, an association leader who produces events — or even a broadcaster, from the other side of the interview desk — you’ll take away valuable and practical advice from this session.

Regular price: $50; NCBS Member Price: $40. NCBS is an International Bluegrass Music Association member organization and NCBS members receive the discount IBMA member price.

NCBS Membership

Posted May 7th, 2011 by Michael Hall in Membership | No Comments | Share

IBMA April Online Professional Sales Seminar Available To NCBS Members

Northern California Bluegrass Society Members will receive a discount to the International Bluegrass Music Association online seminar Closing The Deal: Sales. The April 19 4:00-5:30pm (Pacific) online class will be taught by Mary Sue Twohy, Account Manager for WAMU’s Bluegrass Country, Washington, DC.

Regular price: $50; NCBS Member Price: $40. NCBS is an International Bluegrass Music Association member organization and NCBS members receive the discount IBMA member price. Join: NCBS Membership.

Posted Apr 4th, 2011 by Michael Hall in Membership | No Comments | Share

The NCBS Bluegrass News Begins Publication

The newest addition to the Northern California Bluegrass Society member media services began publication yesterday. The inaugural issue is reproduced below — the e-mail newsletter is sent to NCBS Members. Society members can update their e-mail addresses (see below) to ensure delivery.  Enjoy!

The NCBS Bluegrass News              4/1/11

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- New NCBS Member E-Mail Newsletter
- User’s Guide To The NCBS Website
- Save The Dates: The Key Spring NCBS Events

Always Thinkin’ At The End: Can You Hear Us Now?
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WELCOME To The New NCBS E-Newsletter

You are reading the newest media offering of the Northern California
Bluegrass Society for NCBS MEMBERS. We will play it by ear to see how
it works, but we plan on sending it out at least (approximately)
monthly and more frequently when there is more news.

The e-newsletter is an addition to our print/PDF magazine
“Bluegrass By The Bay” (since 1982), the NCBS Website (the
world’s oldest bluegrass website, since 1994), and the
NCBS Facebook Page (since 2010).

We hope you enjoy it!

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Easy User’s Guide To The NCBS Website

The NCBS — the nation’s most active regional bluegrass organization
– has plenty of news for our members. This short, snappy e-newsletter
will bring you the highlights, but the NCBS website has
all the news. It is easy to use:

- There is a new web news story published each evening at 10:00pm.
- The most recent 8 articles appear on the front page (with a click to
recent older articles).
- Articles about all NCBS events and projects are indexed on the front page.
- The entire website is searchable, using the search box on the front page.
- The NCBS Live Music Calendar is on the front page.
- There is lots more fun stuff - check it out!

The website is designed for either a daily or weekly visit, as a
convenient way to keep up with your Society.

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The Key Spring NCBS Official Events

APRIL

30 — RBA Concert: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen with Kitchen Help

MAY

1 — Don Quixote’s Concert: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

5 — Don Quixote’s Concert: Eddie & Martha Adcock With Tom Gray

13 — PTA Palooza: Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, The Tuttles With A.J. Lee, Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players

14 — RBA Concert: David Grisman Bluegrass Experience

21 — NCBS/SCBS Santa Cruz Bluegrass Fair

JUNE

3-4 — NCBS Campout At Bluegrass For The Greenbelt

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Always Thinkin’ At The End: Can You Hear Us Now?

In the Society’s early days, getting the news out was simple, but a
bit frustrating. News was gathered, put into magazine form, printed
and mailed third class…and after a few weeks…our members got the
exciting news about concerts and festivals. Sometimes, the “news” was
more like bluegrass “history” as the mailed magazine arrived too late.
Over the years, new technologies have made this process more timely,
more flexible, and more useful. We hope this latest addition will have
value to you.

On behalf of all the NCBS volunteers who labor in the
media vineyard, thanks for taking time out out of your busy life to
read about local bluegrass! We welcome your ideas and suggestions…mh

- Michael Hall, Editor, The NCBS Bluegrass News

You received this e-newsletter because you are a member of NCBS. You
can let NCBS Membership Chair  (Gary Anwyl) ncbsmembership (at) gmail (dot) com know if you
would prefer not to receive it, or if you would like it sent to a
different e-mail address. Thanks!
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Michael Hall Discover Bluegrass!

Posted Apr 2nd, 2011 by Michael Hall in Membership | No Comments | Share

NCBS Members Should Update E-Mail Addresses This Week

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will add a new e-newsletter beginning in April, 2011, which will bring timely news to members, and along with the NCBS Website and Bluegrass By The Bay magazine, will keep everyone informed about all the NCBS bluegrass fun.

Members should update their e-mail addresses this week to make sure they get the new service:

(Gary Anwyl, NCBS Membership Chair) ganwyl (at) gmail (dot) com

Non-Members can become members:

Join The NCBS

Posted Mar 28th, 2011 by Michael Hall in Membership | No Comments | Share

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