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FAR-West Year-Round Online News, Monday, August 16th, 2021

    • Topics in this post: Registration Now Open for the 2021 FAR-West Virtual Conference / Lockdown Lemonade #43 / Community: TONIGHT! August 16th and August 30th + Archives / FAR-West Campfire August 24th: CRaZy Hats! / FAR-West Teaches Sept 2nd + Archives / Where to Post your Shows /

    The 18th annual FAR-West conference will take place October 14-16th and will be entirely virtual, allowing for an even greater reach for our FAR-West community. FAR-West encompasses CA, HI, OR, WA, UT, ID, NV, WY, MT, AK, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, BC, and the Yukon territories. It’s a lot of ground and people to cover and we don’t want anyone to miss out!
    This year’s theme, #forwardwithfolk, embraces our movement forward in adapting to a changing world while still showcasing past conference traditions such as the Venue’s Choice Concert, FAR-West Teaches (Panels), Guerrilla Showcases, and awards for the Best of The West, while introducing Campfires, Community Spotlights, Peer Sessions, and a Special Humanitarian Honoree.
    Registration is OPEN at far-west.org.

    For ALL Virtual Conference News & Updates

     

     

    JUST PUBLISHED Today! Monday, August 16th
    Lockdown Lemonade #43-
    For When Friends Return
    by Duff Ferguson

    Excerpt: Instruments don’t know what is happening
    Who is winning and what is getting worse
    Guitars still sound the same, still
    Gush their waterfalls of melody.
    Everything collapses, they still need dusting
    Still need tuning
    That doesn’t change
    Read the full post: https://far-west.org/lockdown-lemonade-43-by-duff-ferguson/

    Read all Previous Lockdown Lemonade posts
    Lockdown Lemonade is FAR-West’s response to the dramatic and drastic shifts of 2020’s global health and economic crises. Lockdown Lemonade is a look at the bright side. With this collection of flash creative nonfiction, brief personal essays, recollections, and musings from members of our community, we hope to shine a light on the best things that can and have come out of the most challenging of times. This column will continue on a weekly basis and postings will be released at 10 AM Pacific every Monday, so watch for them! For guidelines and submission details, please contact Julie Zipperer at julieZ@far-west.org or Marlynn Block at marlynn@far-west.org. Submissions will be posted based on approval from the Lockdown Lemonade Committee.
    TONIGHT! Monday, August 16th, 7-9 PM PDT
    FAR-West is virtually visiting Hawaii!
    Join Us for this Community Spotlight
    for a fun visit with these masters of Slack Key Guitar!
    Monday, August 30th at 7 PM PDT
    FAR-West Community Presents “She’s Speaking“
    Songs about women, by women, for everyone.
    Hosted by Beth Wood.

    To submit your organization, venue, or genre
    please email Jeanette Lundgren at Jeanette@far-west.org
    and/or Julie Zipperer at Juliez@far-west.org

    Tuesday, August 24th beginning at 7 PM PDT
    It’s CRaZy HAT DAY at our FAR-West Campfire!
    Audience Participation Welcome!
    Register for the Zoom Link at found.ee/farwestcampfire

     

    FAR-West Teaches
    “Soloing for Songwriters – Anyone Can Take the Lead!”
    Thursday, September 2nd / 2pm Pacific

    Here’s a direct link to the playlist/archives of all previous FAR-West Teaches classes
    “Stream Now, No Waiting” Parts 1, 2 & 3, with Dan Navarro
    “Polishing Your Live Streaming Act: A Music Performance Master Class” with Vicki Green
    “Make a Song Your Own” Master Class with Laura Zucker
    “Demystifying the Mandolin for Guitar Players (or anyone who is mandolin-curious)” with Mike Mullins
    “Virtual Teaching for Success” featuring Laurel Thomsen and hosted by Susie Glaze
    “Guitar Orchestration ~ Arranging a Song for One Voice, One Guitar” featuring James Lee Stanley, Laurence Juber and Rick Ruskin
    “DIY Video ~ Tips for Home Studio Video” featuring Natalie Gelman, Kris Angelis and Abby Posner. moderated by Celia Chavez

    Not sure of which FAR-West events are next?
    Check the Events Tab
    on the Official FAR-West Website
    ->Where to Post your Shows<-

    FAR-West Gigs Facebook Group
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/farwestgigs

    the FAR-West Gigs Listserv
    http://lists.far-west.org/listinfo.cgi/gigs-far-west.org

    Folk Alliance International LiveStream Calendar
    https://folk.org/livestreams/

    Undiscovered Music Network
    Free Sign-up at: https://undiscoveredmusic.net/join
    A newsletter of all streaming shows plus in-person shows in your area
    are emailed to all members on Thursday of each week.

    FolkWorks events calendar
    https://folkworks.org/events/
    Follow the directions on that page to become a contributor
    so your live-streamed and in-person events can be added!

     

    Make sure to subscribe to the FAR-West YouTube channel
    (we sub back!)

     

    See you next week with more FAR-West
    year-round online programming info
    PLUS Lockdown Lemonade #44

    About FAR-West
    Founded in 2002, Folk Alliance Region West (FAR-West), the western regional chapter of Folk Alliance International, fosters and promotes traditional, contemporary, and multicultural folk music, dance, storytelling, and related performing arts in the western region of the USA (California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaii) and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories.
    The 18th Annual FAR-West Conference, #forwardwithfolk, takes place on October 14-16 and will be entirely virtual this year. Visit FAR-West.org to learn more, to register for the conference, or to follow us online on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
    https://far-west.org/

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