Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #24 / Submission Request Lockdown Lemonade / Election Update / Campfire April 6th / FAR-West Teaches / Discussion Listserv Alert / Positive Jukebox Submission Request /
ShoutOut for NERFA & FARM & the Regions Virtual Calendar
by Rob Evanoff

Shoutout to the music community! Let us hear from you! Lockdown Lemonade has been honored to be posting stories of survival, tips for getting through these challenging times and ALL kinds of ways to make lemonade out of the lemons we’ve been handed during the pandemic. We are always on the lookout for more material to share with the community.
Type up your thoughts & feelings, share some laughs you’ve had, some tears you’ve shed, but most of all, let your community know how YOU’VE learned to make your very special brand of lemonade.
Submissions should be 300 words and will be posted based on approval from the Lockdown Lemonade Committee, who might also do a little editing and/or tweaking to help your work to look its best. For guidelines, questions and other submission details, please contact Julie Zipperer at juliez@far-west.org or Marlynn Block at marlynn@far-west.org
IMPORTANT note for the 2021 Board elections: Ballots for the FAR-West board elections were sent from Folk Alliance International to current members of FAI in our region on March 23rd. Make sure to check your email for the ballot which came from Folk Alliance at invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com! Voting opened on Tuesday, March 23rd and continues until April 20th. Election results will be announced on May 1st.
Our next Campfire is set for Tuesday, April 6th.
The music starts at 7 PM PDT.
FAR-West Campfire: Spring – A Time of Hope, Renewal, and New Life!

The theme for this song circle is all about welcoming spring; so artists and tellers of all genres from near and far — bring along your songs and stories about flowers, hope, renewal, new life … anything that spring means to you. But songs and stories about anything are always welcome. So are folks who just want to listen.
with Laura Zucker
https://youtu.be/wN7ohmFLrf8
Part I: https://youtu.be/FmmE56288FI
Part II: https://youtu.be/C82B8fnDsEU
Part III: https://youtu.be/xh4mBjGsOIM
so you won’t miss any future programming:
https://www.youtube.com/user/farwestconference/
The FAR-West discussion listserv (i.e. the email address that ends with folkserve.net) will be going away soon.
Right Now would be a great time for you to sign up for our mailing list!
We send out a newsletter every Monday (just like this but with music)!
Sign Up Here: https://www.reverbnation.com/
If you were a member of our listserv for the discussions and information, the FAR-West Friends Discussion group on Facebook now serves that purpose! Join Here: https://www.facebook.
You can also share your Gigs and Videos to the FAR-West Gigs Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/
and FARM (Folk Alliance Region Midwest)
You can also see all scheduled Regional
virtual programming
on the Regions Virtual Calendar