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Introduction
Featured
Jam Sessions:
Anutt
(D&D Little Branson)
Fremont
Gainesville
(Hoerman Park)
Kissee
Mills
(Johnson Community Building)
Long
Beach
(Mtn. Grove School)
Long
Lane
Manes
(Manes
Music Makers)
Mansfield
McClurg
McDowell
Mountain
View (Weaver's)
Souder
Springfield
(North Town Mall)
Strafford
Wasola
(Stone's)
Related
Events:
Opry's:
Webster Co. Opry
Picnics:
Vanzant Picnic
Fiddle
Competitions and Festivals:
Branson Fiddle Contest, Compton Ridge, and Ozarks
Celebration Festival
Dances:
Ava and Ebenezer
Homecomings:
Horsecreek Church
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Hoerman
Memorial Park
Gainesville, MO
Every Tuesday Evening
The jam session
started in 1998 under the leadership of Lawrence Strickland
and others. Usually 15-20 musicians, along with many
listeners, show up at the park pavilion. During cold
weather, the group meets at the Lions Club in Gainesville. Country,
bluegrass, and gospel music are featured, with some fiddle
music and jig dancing. No electric instruments are allowed.
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| Directions from Springfield: drive east on US-60
approximately 43 miles; Turn right onto MO-5 and drive south 44
miles; Turn LEFT onto US-160 and drive about a mile to Hoerman
Memorial Park [Get
map]. Photographs are from July 18, 2000. |
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A park pavilion is reserved for the Tuesday jam session. Musicians
generally sit under the shelter, and listeners sit in lawn
chairs on the grass. |
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The musicians perform in a circle, and a microphone
attached to a portable amplifier is passed around the circle so
everyone has an opportunity to sing. Musicians pictured include
Clifford Siefert on mandolin and Kurt Duncan on dobro. Guitars
are most numerous, but accordions, basses, and fiddles are often
seen. |
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Occasionally someone will jig dance, in this case
organizer Lawrence Strickland. Warren Moody is playing the
fiddle. |
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