I'm glad I entered the competition too (I didn't even bring my Campanella, I borrowed a Gibson F5 from a nice picker I met there). I got second place and that came as a complete shock to me, I guess the judges liked the Monroe stuff.
It felt weird that a guy from Sweden would do well in a mandolin competition in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but I was happy as can be of course :) /Jonas 2010/8/7 Don <[email protected]> > Hey Terry, congratulations. I'm really happy to hear that some Monroe-style > did well at a contest. Seems like those are all "the most notes wins" these > days. From what I've seen and heard of your playing on youtube, you > certainly would represent the Monroe style at its best in a contest--and > provide some real nourishing content amongst all that empty calorie notey > stuff. Congrats! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
