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Check here to see what's
been added, or changed since you last visited
Changes are listed from
most recent to the oldest.
July 3, 2009: Updated
Home Page, SWBA Newsletter Page, and
Event/Festival
Listing Page
June 22, 2009: Updated
Home Page and
Event/Festival
Listing Page.
June 6, 2009: Updated
Home Page (added several upcoming SWBA Member Band
performances), added several more festivals to
Event/Festival
Listing Page.
June 3, 2009: Updated
Home Page, added several more festivals to
Event/Festival
Listing Page.
May 30, 2009: Updated
Home Page, added several festivals to
Event/Festival
Listing Page, and added an article about Bluegrass on the
internet to Pickers Corner. Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA web pages.
May 10, 2009: Updated
Home Page and Event/Festival
Listing Page.
May 1, 2009: Updated
Home Page and Event/Festival
Listing Page.
April 10, 2009: Updated
Home Page, Event/Festival
Listing Page and SWBA Newletter Page
March 31, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated Contact SWBA webpage
and updated Event/Festival
Listing Page
March 29, 2009: Updated
Home Page.
March 22, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated SWBA Links Page and
Join SWBA Page, plus updated Home Page and added
festivals to Event/Festival
Listing Page.
March 22, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated SWBA Photo Albums,
Pickers Corner and SWBA
Member Bands pages, plus updated Home Page and added a
festival to Event/Festival
Listing Page.
March 18, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated SWBA Bullentin Board
and updated Home Page.
March 11, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated SWBA Events and
Activities Page and updated Home Page.
March 7, 2009: Added
June 2009 Prescott, Arizona festival to
SWBA
Event/Festival Listing Page
and updated Home Page.
March 5, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated Board of Directors
and Purposes and Objectives Pages.
March 4, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated SWBA Newletter Page
March 3, 2009: Continuing
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated SWBA Event/Festival
Listing Page.
March 1, 2009: Beginning
process of redesigning SWBA website. Have revised and
updated
Home
and What's New Pages.
February
23, 2009: Continuing to
update
SWBA Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home pages.
February
11, 2009: Continuing to
update
SWBA Event/Festival
Listings Page, Member Band and Home pages.
February
3, 2009: Continuing to
update
SWBA Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page. Note the new event replacing Soggy Mountain
Festival in Quarzsite at the end of February!
January
30, 2009: Updated
SWBA
Event/Festival Listings Page and Home
Page.
January
25, 2009: Updated
SWBA
Events & Activities Page and Home
Page.
January
21, 2009: More updates
for
Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page.
January
17, 2009: More updates
for
Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page.
January
15, 2009: More updates
for
Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page.
December
31, 2008: More updates
for
Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page.
December
29, 2008: More updates
for
Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page.
December
25, 2008: Added links to
banjo, guitar and mandolin links pages and updated Home
Page.
December
24, 2008: More updates
for
Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page.
December
13, 2008: Continuing to
updated
Event/Festival
Listings Page and Home
Page.
December 8, 2008: Continuing
to updated
Event/Festival Listings Page and Home Page.
December 4, 2008: Updated
Event/Festival
Listings Page,
SWBA Newsletter Page and Home Page.
December 2, 2008: Updated
Home Page.
November 5, 2008: Updated
Home Page (added upcoming Member Band performances).
November 3, 2008: Updated
Home Page (added upcoming Member Band performances).
October 28, 2008: Updated
Home Page.
October 27, 2008: Updated
Home Page, added events to the
SWBA
Event/Festival Listings Page, added Virtual Strangers to the
SWBA Member Band list, posted ad for 3/4 Kay bass for Sale on the
Buy/Sell part of
Bulletin Board.
October 19, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
SWBA Events and Activities Page.
October 17, 2008: Added
upcoming events to
Event/Festival
Listings Page
October 16, 2008: Updated
Home Page, SWBA
Bulletin Board,
SWBA Newsletter page, and added YouTube videos of SWBA Member Band,
Lonesome Otis, to
SWBA Videos page.
October 15, 2008: Updated
SWBA Home Page and
Event/Festivals
Page.
October 2, 2008: Updated
SWBA Member Band
page, added upcoming performances by SWBA Member Bands to SWBA Home
Page.
October 1, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
SWBA Event/Festivals Listing page, and
Bulletin Board.
September 22, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
SWBA Event/Festivals Listing page.
September 17, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
SWBA Member Band page.
September 16, 2008: Updated
Home Page
September 15, 2008: Updated
Home Page, removed out of date festivals from
Event/Festival
Listings page.
September 12, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Bulletin Board (added news items and items for sale)
September 3, 2008: Again
updated Home Page and
Event/Festival
Listing Page.
August 25, 2008: Again
updated Home Page and
Event/Festival
Listing Page.
August 20, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Event/Festival Listing Page.
August 3, 2008: Added
Sept festival to
Event/Festival
Page
August 2, 2008: Updated
Newsletter Page
August 1, 2008: Updated
Home Page
July 30, 2008: Again
updated Home Page and
Events/Festivals Page.
July 27, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Events/Festivals Page.
July 21, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Events/Festivals Page.
July 17, 2008: Added
links to free video lessons from YouTube on links pages for
Banjo,
Bass. Fiddle,
Guitar,
Mandolin , and
Resonator guitar links pages.
July 16, 2008: Added
October event to
Event/Festivals
Page.
July 15, 2008: Added
search engine to Home Page for searching the SWBA web site. Now, in
addition to the navigation links at the top of the page, visitors can search
for specific information on the web site using this search feature.
July 13, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Event/Festivals Page.
July 4, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Event/Festivals Page.
July 3, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Bulletin Board.
June 28, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Events/Festival Listings Page.
June 19, 2008: Updated
Home Page with more performance dates for SWBA Member Bands, and added
videos to SWBA Video Page
of Scott Gates Band, a SWBA Member Band that appeared on the SWBA Stage at
the Huck Finn Jubilee 2008.
June 18, 2008: Updated
Home Page, added videos of Members Bands that competed in 2008 Topanga Banjo
Fiddle Contest to SWBA
Video Page.
June 17, 2008: Updated
Home Page (added raffle winners' names) and prepared a new
Events/Festivals Page. Online store remains temporarily unavailable.
June 16, 2008: Updated
Home Page. Technical difficulties have temporarily closed Events Page and
Online Store.
June 9, 2008: Continuing
to update Events/Festival
listing, adding more events to September and October.
June 8, 2008: SWBA
Home Page updated.
June 7, 2008: Continuing
to update Events/Festival
listing, adding more events to July and August.
June 6, 2008: SWBA
Home Page updated. Added information about new Bill Monroe video to
SWBA Bulletin
Board. Updated
Events/Festival listing.
June 3, 2008: Added
"Makes
a Lot of Sense" article by Dudley Nicholson to
Pickers Corner.
June 2, 2008: SWBA
Home Page updated.
May 31, 2008: SWBA
Evemts Page and Online Store had been down due to technical difficulties,
but both have been fixed and are now available.
May 28, 2008: Updated
SWBA Home Page and
Bulletin Board.
May 20, 2008: Updated
SWBA Member Band
page.
May 18, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Events and Activities Page..
May 11, 2008: Updated
Home Page. There have been technical difficulties with the SWBA Events page
and Online Store, so both are temporarily unavailable. We are working to
restore them as quickly as possible.
May 2, 2008: Updated
Home Page
April 29, 2008: Added
upcoming appearances to Home Page.
April 28, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
SWBA Events & Activies Page. Added Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Dan
Tyminski videos to SWBA
Videos Page..
April 22, 2008: Updated
SWBA Events &
Activies Page, added Headline Bluegrass Band to
SWBA Member Band
page.
April 20, 2008: Updated
Home Page and Events Page.
April 8, 2008: Continuing
to add events to Events
Page.
April 7, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
Newsletter Page and continued adding events to
Events Page.
April 3, 2008: Added
August and September festivals to
Events Page.
April 2, 2008: Added
August and October festivals to
Events Page, added
news items to
Bulletin Board, and updated Home Page
March 30, 2008: Added
July festival to Events
Page.
March 24, 2008: Added
three news items to
SWBA Bulletin
Board, added new
Colorado
River Festival Photo Album to the
SWBA Photo Albums
Page and additional pictures to the
Bluegrass on
the River Photo Album (courtesy of Joe Ross).
March 23, 2008: Added
events to Events Page.
Updated SWBA
Events & Activies Page and Home Page.
March 18, 2008: Added
June and August events to
Events Page.
March 18, 2008: Added
Bill Monroe videos to
SWBA Videos Page.
March 16, 2008: Updated
Home Page and Events Page;
added announcements and updated
Bulletin Board;
modified web site navigation for easier use.
March 12, 2008: Created
a online poll for Home Page and added music review for Infamoust
Stingdusters CD Fork in the Road to
Bulletin Board.
March 10, 2008: Created
and added SWBA VideoPage,
containing various videos of bluegrass performances from various sources.
March 4, 2008: Updated
Home Page.
February 24, 2008: Updated
Home Page.
February 22, 2008: Updated
Bulletin Board,
added to Just for Fun section.
February 14, 2008: More
July events added to
Events Page.February 13, 2008: Events
(in July) added to Events
Page.
February 10, 2008: Updated
Home Page.
February 8, 2008: Updated
Home Page and created new website navigation.
February 3, 2008: Updated
Home Page and SWBA
Newsletter page.
February 2, 2008: More
events added to Events
Page, bringing the total added since the first of the year to 45.
February 1, 2008: Updated
Home Page; joined Bluegrass WebRing (see bottom of Home Page).
January 30, 2008: More
events added to Events
Page.
January 28, 2008: Added
an article about Bluegrass and Gospel Music by Joe Ross, bluegrass musician
and journalist, to
Pickers Corner,
more events added to
Events Page.January 27, 2008: Updated
Home Page.
January 21, 2008: More
events added to Events
Page. New announcement added to
Bulletin Board.
January 21, 2008: Several
events added to Events
Page.
January 20, 2008: Update
Home Page.
January 15, 2008: Added
April campout to Events
Page.
January 14, 2008: Updated
SWBA Member
Bands Page.
January 10, 2008: Updated
Home Page and
SWBA Events & Activities Page with information about upcoming SWBA
sponsored Infamous Stringdusters concert.
January 9, 2008: News
article posted on
Bulletin Board and additional festivals posted on
Events page.
January 7, 2008: Created
SWBA Blog web page, which will allow SWBA members and anyone else
visiting the SWBA website, or the SWBA blog website to participate in polls,
post information, thoughts, interests,, comments etc. concerning bluegrass.
NOTE: No one has to be a member of the blog to participate, since
it is set up to accept anonymous postings.
January 3, 2008: Added
MySpace bluegrass groups to
Internet
Communication links page.
December 31, 2007: Updated
Home Page. New event added to
Events Page.
December 29, 2007: Updated
Home Page.
December 17, 2007: Updated
Home Page by adding YouTube video of Bluegrass Allstars playing "Jingle
Bells."
December 14, 2007: Updated
SWBA Newsletter
and SWBA Merchandise
pages.
December 10, 2007: Added
announcement about Billy B. Boron, long time participant in bluegrass in the
southwest, on
Bulletin Board and more 2008 events have been added to
Events Page.
December 5, 2007: Added
2008 events to Events
Page.
November 30, 2007: Updated
and revised Martha White
Bus Page.
November 28, 2007: Updated
SWBA Member Band
Page, added upcoming events to
Events Page.
November 23, 2007: Updated
Home Page, added
How to Relate to a Band article to
Pickers Corner
and upcoming events to
Events Page.
November 19, 2007: Added
announcements to
Bulletin Board.
November 17, 2007: Added
Loudest Guitar article to
Pickers Corner.
November 16, 2007: Added
Mailing List Page for
those who'd like to receive ongoing information about SWBA and the world of
Bluegrass. News item about Hazel Dickens added to
Bulletin Board.
Updated Home Page and
Events Page.
N\November 15, 2007: Added
Getting
Down to Cases article about different instrument cases for bluegrass
instruments to
Pickers Corner. Updated Home Page.
November 6, 2007: Added
Lyrics, Songbooks & Tablature links page; added link to article about
basic instrumental techniques for bluegrass instruments to
Pickers Corner.
November 4, 2007: Updated
Home Page and Events
Page.
November 1, 2007: Added
news item 2007 IBMA Awards and about Bill Emerson to
Bulletin Board.
October 31, 2007: Updated
Home page, added "The 'Skeeter Juice' Blues" article to
Pickers Corner
page;
October 30, 2007:
"Grinners are Important" and "Why I Love Bluegrass"
articles added to
Pickers Corner page; "Bluegrass Definitions" added to the Just for Fun
section of the
Bulletin Board.
October 29, 2007:
Updated
Bluegrass
Cartoons Page 1, as well as several links pages:
Musician
Services page,
Record
Labels & Recording Studios page,
Instruments, Equipment & Supplies page.
October 23, 2007:
Revised and updated
Pickers Corner
and additional new events added to
Events Page.
October 19, 2007:
Updated
Events Page with new
listings and removal of those out of date and added two announcements
(regarding Scott Gates and POB and next year's Winlock Pickersfest) to
Bulletin Board.
October 16, 2007:
Substantially revised and updated
Internet
Communication Page, so that it now provides additional information about
setting up web sites (including those resources that are free), which can be
used by bands, promoters, and individuals.
October 15, 2007:
Updated Home Page and
Events Page.
October 2, 2007:
Updated Newsletter
Page, Board
of Directors Page and
Events Page.
October 1, 2007:
Updated Home Page and
Events Page.
September 26, 2007:
Updated
Events Page over the
past few days, removing old events and adding new ones.
September 16, 2007:
Updated Home Page and Events page (eliminated events
that are finished).
September 14, 2007:
Updated
Bulletin Board
with a news article.
September 13, 2007:
Updated
Bulletin Board,
including addition of an announcement about Bobby Osborne joining the
faculty at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music.
September 8, 2007:
Updated Home Page, added Summergrass
Photo Album
and an announcements concerning new Claire Lynch CD on Rounder and an
article about Kentucky luthier, Homer Ledford, on
Bulletin Board.
September 5, 2007:
Added several early 2008 events to
Events Page.
September 3, 2007:
Added 16 pictures from Huck Finn 2007 to the Huck
Finn's Jubilee
Photo
Album.
August 27, 2007:
Updated Home Page and Events Page.
August 20, 2007:
Added events to Events
Page and news items about IBMA awards as well as banjo for sale to
Bulletin Board
August 17, 2007:
Updated Board of Directors Page (more changes to be added later, when new
board structure is completed)
August 12, 2007:
Updated Home
Page, Murphy
Family Band page,
Events page, and
SWBA Newsletter page.
July 29, 2007:
Updated and reactivated
Record
Labels and Recording Studios links page. NOTE: Webmanager vacationing
until August 12, no further updates until after that time.
July 27, 2007:
More festivals added to
Events Page. Updated Home Page.
July 24, 2007:
Updated Home Page and
Events Page (removed out-of-date events and added new ones).
July 19, 2007:
Updated Home Page and
Events Page (removed out-of-date events and added new ones), added
announcements regarding IIIrd Tyme Out and Merle Haggard and a CD music
review on
Bulletin Board.
July 12, 2007:
Updated SWBA
Member Band page.
July 11, 2007:
Updated SWBA Home Page and added more events to the
Events Page.
July 9, 2007:
Updated SWBA Home Page and
Events Page.
June 30, 2007:
Updated SWBA Home Page and
Events Page.
Updated Just
for Fun web page to include list of songs on CD and audio clip samples
from it. Added news item and announcement to
SWBA Bulletin
Board. Added Saga mandolin, guitar, resphonic guitars, and banjo
manufacturer to
Mandolin
Links,
Guitar Links ,
Resonator
Guitar Links, and
Banjo Links
pages.
June 24, 2007:
Updated SWBA Home Page and
Events Page.
June 19, 2007:
Updated SWBA
Events & Activities page and added several new links to various links
pages.
June 18, 2007:
Updated Home Page,
Events Page (removed out of date events), added Jasper, Johnson and
Regal Guitars to
Resonator
Guitar links page.
June 9, 2007:
Updated Home Page,
Events Page (removed out of date events, added event),
Board of Directors page (picture of current board of directors), and
Bulletin Board
(new announcements, Windy Ridge CD review, and new items for sale).
June 9, 2007:
Updated Home Page and SWBA
Events Page by
removing those events that have passed and adding some new ones.
June 1, 2007:
Updated SWBA Home Page and
SWBA Newsletter
Page. Added and modified some links on the
Resonator
Guitar Links Page. Added Member Band Page for
Just for Fun.
May 29, 2007:
Updated and activated some SWBA Member Band pages (remember that Member
Bands that don't have their own webpage can obtain a free one one from SWBA).
May 21, 2007:
SWBA Bulletin Board updated; out of date material removed, news article
about Bob Fraley of the Mill Creek Boys added and announcement of Pacific
Ocean Bluegrass Band's win at 2007 Topanga Banjo/Fiddle Contest posted.
May 20, 2007:
Several new bluegrass events added to
Events page and Home
page updated.
May 12, 2007:
Updated Home page and
SWBA Bulletin
Board by eliminating out of date info and added new material; added
bluegrass campout in July and festival in Sept. to
Events page.
May 8, 2007:
Added instrument for sale and an IMPORTANT announcement on
Bulletin Board
regarding roads leading to Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, and added links to
Festival Links page and Bancock County Bluegrass Festival to
Events page.
May 7, 2007:
Updated Home page and
Events page, including the addition of some new events.
April 27, 2007:
Revised and updated
Resonator
Guitar Links page.
April 25, 2007:
Updated Home Page. Updated
SWBA Bulletin
Board with announcement of new CD release from Dry Branch Fire Squad,
plus additional information in the announcement of the upcoming new
Cherryholmes CD, Cherryholmes II: Black and White. Update
SWBA Members
Bands to include new member bands.
April 21, 2007:
Added an announcement to
Bulletin Board
regarding a FREE concert at First Baptist Church of Fontana on Saturday,
April 28th.
April 20, 2007:
Revised and updated
Mandolin
Links page. News item about European bluegrass festival added to
Bulletin Board.
Updated Events page.
April 16, 2007:
Updated SWBA Home Page and Added an announcement to SWBA
Bulletin Board.
April 10, 2007:
Added more links to the
Instruments, Equipment and Supplies page. Updated
SWBA Bulletin
Board and added a news item and an announcement regarding a book about
fiddler, Howdy Forrester.
April 6, 2007:
Added information about custom embroidery to
SWBA Merchandise
page.
April 4, 2007:
Added a news item about Osborne Brothers CD and an announcement regarding
Larry Sparks new album to
Bulletin Board.
April 2, 2007:
Updated SWBA
Events & Activities page to include information about the SWBA School
Program.
April 1, 2007:
Revised and updated
SWBA Newsletter page and Home page.
March 30, 2007:
Revised and updated
Guitar Links
page. Added news story to
Bulletin Board.
March 27, 2007:
Revised and updated
Bulletin Board
with additional announcement and items for sale.
March 26, 2007:
Revised and updated
Fiddle Links
page, added many additional links to
Bluegrass
Associations links page (for a total of 128 associations listed, in the
US and abroad) .
March 23, 2007:
Revised and updated
Bulletin Board
with additional news item, announcement, and items for sale.
March 22, 2007:
Updated Bass
Links page and photos taken at the Temecula Bluegrass Festival added to
Photo Albums
Page.
March 21, 2007:
Added review of Pacific Ocean Bluegrass Band CD, "Festival Kids," to
SWBA Bulletin
Board.
March 19, 2007:
Updated SWBA Home Page (which you've already seen) &
Events Page.
March 14, 2007:
Updated Banjo
Links page.
March 13, 2007:
Updated Bulletin
Board with two items for sale. Added event at end of May to
Events Page.
March 12, 2007:
Updated links page of general
Luthiers,
Repairs and Setup. Added events and updated
Events page.
March 10, 2007:
Updated Bulletin
Board.
March 9, 2007:
Updated links page of general
Instruments Equipment, and Supplies.
March 8, 2007:
Photo album of pictures from Parker, Arizona Bluegrass festival posted on
Photo Albums
page. Bulletin
Board page updated with new postings.
March 7, 2007:
Home page updated to show current and upcoming events. Additional events
added to Events
Page.
February 25, 2007:
Home page updated to show current and upcoming
events.
February 23, 2007:
More events added to
Events page.
Updated
Bluegrass Festivals links page.
February 21, 2007:
Added
Bluegrass
Bands links page, listing bands throughout the US that have a website,
including those that are SWBA Member Bands. Remember to check out the SWBA
Member Band page for the full list of bands that belong to the
association, including those that do not yet have web pages.
February 20, 2007:
Added
Bluegrass
CDs links page for additional online sources for purchasing bluegrass
CDs. Remember that the
SWBA Online Store offers many CDs for online purchase.
February 19, 2007:
Announcement from Cliff Wagner on
Bulletin Board.
More events added to
Events page.
Bluegrass
Radio Online links page updated.
February 17, 2007:
Bluegrass
Magazines links page fully updated. New items added to
SWBA Bulletin
Board.
February 16, 2007:
More bluegrass events added to
Events page
(bringing the total to nearly 70 events listed from now until August 2007).
Also, the Links page
has been revised and the lengthy process of reviewing and updating links has
begun.
February 15, 2007:
More bluegrass events added to
Events page.
February 14, 2007:
New
Internet
Communication page created providing information about and links to
various resources for bluegrassers to use to communicate with each other
over the internet.
February 13, 2007:
Photo album (pictures from Logandale Festival) added
to Photo Album
page. Bulletin
Board updated.
February 10, 2007:
10 events added to
Events page. News
item added to
Bulletin Board.
February 8, 2007:
SWBA
Newsletter web
page updated with information about current issue. More events added to
Events page. More
info posted on
Bulletin Board.
February 7, 2007:
More events added to
Events page
(bringing to total to 49 listed).
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