From the President 2

Open Mics 3

BA Songwriters’ Showcase 4

Traditional Folk Song Circle 5

The Songs We Sing 6

Workshop News 7

Comfortable Concerts 8

Inside this issue:

Opportunity to play at FCM 10

Scholarship info 10

Harmony Coronet Band 11

Committee info 11

Gear of the Month 12

Pull up a Chair 13

APEX Award story 15

Board of Directors 20

Open Mic Photos 18

Member Ads 16

F.A.M.E. Goals 20

Membership Renewal/App 20

WINNER! Details on page 15. July 2016

From the President Page 2

“Of all birds,” said he, “I should like to be a lark. He revels in the brightest time of the day, in the happiest season of the year, among fresh meadows and opening flowers; and when he has sated himself with the sweetness of the earth, he wings his flight up to heaven as if he would drink in the melody of the morning stars . Hark to that note! How it comes thrilling down upon the ear! What a stream of music, note falling over note in delicious cadence! Who would trouble his head about operas and concerts when he could walk in the fields and hear such music for nothing? These are the enjoyments which set

riches at scorn, and make even a poor man independent…” – From “A Practical Philosopher” by Washington Irving.

I was walking through downtown Hagerstown the other day and saw, sitting on a park bench, a young man strumming his guitar. No audience, just enjoying the fresh air, the sunshine and creating a little music to add to the music of the traffic, the birds. Beautiful.

Joni Mitchell wrote about a similar encounter:

Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet and high They knew he had never Been on their T.V. So they passed his music by I meant to go over and ask for a song Maybe put on a harmony I heard his refrain As the signal changed He was playing real good for free.

I had places to go, things to do, and did not have/make the time to simply enjoy the music, perhaps even sing a song together. My loss.

“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.” ― George Eliot

Photo and image below courtesy of Rick Hill

Peace,

Rick Hill

Open Mics UUCF “Coffeehouse,” 4880 Elmer Derr Road, Fre-

derick, MD. Look for the next one in June.

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The Epicure Café, 11104 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA. Open Mic and Music Variety Showcase. Second and fourth Wednesdays at 8 pm. Ron Goad, host.

The Furnace Bar & Grill, 12841 Catoctin Furnace Rd, Thurmont, MD. Second and fourth Thursdays 8 to 11:00 pm. Sam Biskin, host.

Beans in the Belfry Meeting Place & Café, 122 W.

Potomac Street, Brunswick, MD. Third Thursday

of each month 7-9 pm, Tomy Wright, host.

JR Sports Bar and Restaurant, 605 main Street,

Woodsboro, MD 21798. First and third Thursdays,

7:30 to 10 pm. Sam Biskin, host.

More open mic details and photos on pages 22 and 23.

Dublin Roasters, 1780 N. Market Street, Freder-ick, MD. Fourth Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Sam and Kathe-rine Ott, Dave Koronet, Max Honn, alternating hosts.

UUCF “Coffeehouse,” 4880 Elmer Derr Road,

Frederick, MD. The next one will be August 27.

Brewer’s Alley, 2nd Floor, 124 N. Market Street, Frederick, MD Show begins at 7:15 pm

Come upstairs at Brewer’s Alley in beautiful, historic, downtown Frederick, Maryland, second Monday evenings from 7:30 until 10 pm or so. The singer-songwriters you will hear are a mix of national and regional touring performers with many award-winners from all genres. The featured songwriter for the evening plays for around 45 minutes; a number of other songwriters make cameo appearances singing three songs. Every show also includes a piano prelude to start the evening, our two resident poets, Rod Deacey and John Holly, read two poems each somewhere in the program – it’s an acoustic variety show.

All of the performers are invited to play; this enables us to maintain high standards of musicianship and songwriting. We have gained a national reputation for being a great place to perform and be heard.

There is no door charge, but we have “tip buckets” for the featured songwriter. Come out and support LIVE ORIGINAL music.

If you would like a calendar for 2016, please e-mail Rod (roddc@xecu.net). For information about playing a three-song spot, contact (1) Ron Goad: MisterGoad@aol.com, (2) Rod Deacey: roddc@xecu.net or (3) Todd C. Walker: todd@toddcwalker.com. For info on featuring (the 45-minute money spot), contact Rod Deacey: roddc@xecu.net.

Monday Songwriters’ Showcase Page 4

July 11 July 11 Featured Artist Andrew McKnight

Piano prelude Colette Rohan

Three songs Ryan Gibson, Mike Kelly

Poetry Rod Deacey & John Holly

Host Todd C Walker

Traditional Folk Song Circle by Tomy Wright

Dublin Roasters, 1780 N. Market Street, Frederick Second Saturday of each month, 1-3 p.m.

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We had 15 attendees at the June 11th song circle held at Dublin Roasters, with one new attendee*. We sang thirty-two songs covering seventeen of the thirty-five categories in the "Rise Up Singing" (RUS) songbook. We had six new songs, two of which were from the infrequently selected category Sacred Rounds and Chants, "Seek Ye First" and "Shabat Shalom." We are currently at 529 songs, moving up to 44% of the songs from the RUS songbook. Following up from last month's discussion, although we talked about tallying "Death Song" body count in the Folk songs we sing, there were several mentions of Heaven, but a non-specified number "In My Life", unless we count "Danny Boy" and "Mr. Bojangles'" dog dying. Oh well, maybe our song researcher Caryl Velisek has figured this all out!

In attendance: Dori Bailin (Recorder), Margie Barber, Laurel Carey, Scarlet Coleman*, Barbara Collins, Jim Corley, Roy Greene, Guy Hofer, Dan Frasier, Gloria McCracken, Robin Turner, Mike Sodos, Caryl Velisek (Song researcher), Joyce Wendt, and Tomy Wright (host). Great having Dori back! Conspicuously absent this month were our President Rick Hill and Alternate Host and Face Book Manager Dave Koronet. Looking forward to them rejoining us in the

future. Lastly, our ordered RUS songbooks have arrived. Tell your friends to come out!

The Songs We Sing by Caryl Velisek

We started off the June 2016 Song Circle with a decent sized group singing our traditional opener, “You Are My Sunshine.” We then did a couple of “garden” songs: “In the Garden” and “Octopuses Garden.” The first is, of course the gospel song, written by C. Austin Miles. The second one is from The Beatles’ 1969 Abbey Road album, which was written by Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey). It was the last song released by The Beatles featuring Ringo on lead vocals and only the second song Ringo wrote.

Next we sang Roger Miller’s “King of the Road,” in which Miller tells of the day-to-day life of a hobo who, despite being poor (a man of means by no means) revels in his freedom and describes himself as the “king of the road.” This was Miller’s fifth single for Smash Records.

Some of the ones that we have sung before included the Eagles’ “Desperado,” George Gershwin’s “Summertime,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Mr. Bojangles,” “76 Trombones” from The Music Man, “Annie’s Song,” which John Denver wrote for his wife, The Beatles’ “In My Life,” Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Teach Your Children,” and “Worried Man Blues,” which was recorded by a number of artists including Woody Guthrie, The Carter Family, Pete Seeger, and Burl Ives.

We didn’t have much luck with “Weave Me the Sunshine,” “Peace Is Flowing Like a River,” and “I Come and Stand,” as not many seemed to know them, or “Brother Can You Spare A Dime” and “Blow Ye Winds of Morning.” A few seemed to know “Wild Mountain Thyme.”

Another we gospel song we sang was “Shall We Gather at the River.” I did not know this hymn was originally “Hanson Place,” which was originally written by American poet and gospel music composer, Robert Lowry, in 1864, and is now public domain. The title refers to Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY.

We sang Bob Dylan’s “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere,” written in Woodstock, NY, and also sung by The Byrds, Joan Baez, Earl Scruggs, and a number of others. We also sang “Froggy Went A’ Courtin,” and “Puff The Magic Dragon” and one my mom used to sing when I was a kid, “Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet (With the Blue Ribbon on It).”

We hope you can make it to the July 9 Song Circle.

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Workshop News by Chris McLaughlin Page 7

Sound System Set-up with Todd Walker at Make N Music 7540 N Market St, Frederick, MD 21701

July 23d from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

F.A.M.E.’s favorite sound man, Todd Walker, will guide us through some tips, tricks, and common mistakes to avoid with sound systems. Whether you have a battery powered busking amp or a full-up public address system, there are some basic principles you can apply to get the most out of your system so your listeners get the most out of your performance.

This workshop is for experienced and novices alike to come together and share your great (and not-so-great) sound system experiences with your fellow musical travelers. We’ll learn about the impact a room’s size and shape can have on sound as well as the types and uses of vocal microphones. What is and when would you use cardioid pattern versus omni mike? Are condenser mikes just regular microphones that have been shrunk?

This is a skill-broadening, participative workshop. Come have fun, learn your craft, and share!

So you’re finally ready to record your songs. What do they do in “recording

studios”? How can you arrive prepared like a professional? What can a

good studio do for your music that you can’t do at home? Informal and very

informative. Come and have fun and learn your craft.

Coming Up...

Awesome Studio Session with Recording Pro Jeff Feit Saturday August 6th

Comfortable Concerts

SUNDAY, July 17 NIKKI TALLEY www.nikkitalley.com SUNDAY

NIKKI TALLEY returns to Comfortable Concerts on a SUNDAY!!

Nikki Talley will be gracing the Comfortable Concerts stage on SUNDAY, July 17 @3:30pm. Hailing from the mountains of North Carolina, Nikki travels the country with her partner, Jason Sharp, in their trusty van, Blue Bell. They perform 150-200 shows per year at festivals, venues, and house concerts. Nikki’s powerful and smooth tone draws you into her incredibly vivid stories about life, emotions, relationships, and adventures. She accompanies herself with guitar and banjo. Jason’s impeccable guitar style adds a wonderful dimension to their music. In the last nine years, Nikki has recorded five CDs, her latest being, Out From the Harbor. A compilation of original songs that depicts their own adventures of life with somewhat of a watery theme. She has shared billing at the Suwannee Festival and MagnoliaFest with John Prine, Del McCoury Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and the Avett Brothers.

Join us for a special encore performance from the creative, Nikki Talley Date: SUNDAY, July 17

Doors open: 3:30pm Suggested Donation: $15-$20/person

Area: Damascus/Gaithersburg (address given upon RSVP) Plenty of food and beverages for dinner/snacks

RSVP by July 15: (Robin) kmarkle6@hotmail.com (refer to FAME newsletter)

Comfortable Concerts Coming Up August 5 Avi Wisnia www.aviwisnia.com August 26 Annette Wasnik / Owen Danoff

www.annettewasilik.com / www.owendanoff.com

September 16 Matt Abell www.mattsongs.com

October 7 Jeff Black www.jeffblack.com

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Concerts are held at Hill Chapel Concert Hall

6 East Main Street, New Market, MD

Hill Chapel Concert Hall & Venue Page 9

This season of The Hill Chapel Concerts

has come to a close

We are already booking fabulous performers for Fall 2016

We wish all of you a happy, relaxing summer

Wishing you much…

Paul and Kelley

What is Sky Stage? (For an answer, text “sky stage” to 240.357.8941)

Attention Musicians: Performing opportunity at Frederick City Market

Scholarships

F.A.M.E., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is offering $250

scholarships to a limited number of students. Students awarded a scholarship will

be asked to perform at the FAME annual meeting. Applications are available under

the “Scholarships” option on our website: www.frederickacoustic.org

No age limit.

Here at the Frederick City Market it is our pleasure to serve the community with some of the freshest produce, foods, and most unique artisan products and services around. Everything is either farm grown, or handmade locally by our wonderful vendors. We are located on Market Street in downtown Frederick between 3rd & 4th Street each Sunday from 9:00am to 1:00pm.

We are very proud to announce that our wonderful community voted us Best Farmers’ Market in Frederick in 2015! Come by and see what all the fuss is about!

Musicians who would like to play for tips are most welcome. They can choose how long they would like to play. Contact Louis Dewey: louisdewey301@gmail.com Also on Facebook.

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September 10th, 2016 at 7:30 in the evening.

100TH ANNIVERSARY

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Members, are you looking for an active role in F.A.M.E.? Here’s your chance to get involved! Find a committee that lines up with your interests and skills and contact the editor. A. Membership Committee 1. Maintain membership roster 2. Notify members when their membership renewal is due 3. Chair organizes the Membership Committee as to how they generate renewals 4. Inform Board of Directors (BoD) of steps taken to accomplish renewals/obtain new members 5. Propose membership policy to BoD B. Events Coordinator Committee 1. Maintain communications with endorsed events 2. Organize and oversee concerts, concert series, music circles, open mics, etc. 3. Serve as Point Of Contact for those seeking F.A.M.E. endorsement C. Marketing and Promotion Committee 1. Organize/coordinate community outreach with other organizations 2. Maintain F.A.M.E. website 3. Assist with advertising for specific events 4. Newsletter 5. Maintain tent, table, signage, etc. D. Education/Workshops Committee 1. Plan and oversee workshops 2. Oversee mentoring program 3. Research and identify non F.A.M.E. educational opportunities E. Scholarship Committee 1. Establish scholarship fund 2. Establish criteria/guidelines for scholarship awards 3. Make recommendation to the BoD for benevolence 4. Award scholarships and benevolence 5. Formulate a percentage for annual giving and propose to BoD

F.A.M.E. Committees

Last month I took a beginner lesson for the 5-string banjo from David Holt via a Homespun Video DVD. I found it to be incredibly informative and most importantly, easy. The lesson was a fun half-hour of 5-string banjo 101.

This month I decided to check out the You Can Play The Uke DVD, also from Homespun Video. The instructors for this lesson are Kate Power and Steve Einhorn, legendary performers in the Pacific Northwest music community. They have spent many years traveling the U.S. as ambassadors for community-building through singing, harmonizing, and instrument playing. Although they play multiple instruments, ukulele is their primary musical tool. Known as the Ukalaliens, their goal is to convert the uninitiated to the joys of making music using the ukulele and folk songs.

Much like David Holt did on his DVD, the beginning is spent acquainting the novice on the different parts of the instrument and what those parts do. It’s pretty quick and easy to follow. They then explain tuning, using the standard ukulele tuning of “My Dog Has Fleas” (G, C, E, A).

Since music theory, although important, can be boring, they jump right into teaching a simple strumming pattern using the basic I, IV, V chords of C, F and G7. All of sudden the student is playing and singing “You Are My Sunshine.” But wait! Using the same chords, they jump right into “Home on the Range,” then “She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain,” all using the same I, IV, V chord progression. Simple easy fun !

Although Kate & Steve’s presentation sounds a little hokey at times, they’re good teachers and move the lesson along smoothly. What’s important is that a complete beginner can go from not knowing which end of the ukulele is right side up, to performing familiar songs that

will fit into the local song circle, in just half an hour.

Like the Get Started On 5-String Banjo DVD, I highly recommend the You Can Play The Uke! DVD from Homespun Video. Suggested list price is $19.95 and in my opinion, well worth it. If you cannot find it on Amazon, go directly to www.homespun.com for info, or check F.A.M.E. Corporate Sponsor Make’N’Music, they may have it in stock.

Todd

Gear of the Month by Todd C Walker Page 12

Images for this article courtesy of Todd C Walker

Now go make some music.

How would you define the “greatest” folk music manager of all time? Would it be by the people he managed or would it be by the deals he negotiated for them? Maybe even the contributions he made to folk music might be a factor. Could there be one folk music manager who could claim the title of “greatest” or would it be shared among several managers?

Try this on for size... One man single-handedly changed the structure that record companies used to pay the performers; he also was the first to demand

payment of overseas licensing of songs for his artists as well as being paid directly from music publishing agents and promoters. He helped found the Newport Folk Festival saying, “The American public is like Sleeping Beauty, waiting to be kissed awake by the prince of folk music.” He was the first person in the country to start a “listening room.” That meant that the patrons were there to listen to the music, not to chit chat. He was the manager of – are you ready for this – Richie Havens, Gordon Lightfoot, Ian and Sylvia, Odetta, The Band, Paul Butterfield, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, John Lee Hooker, and Peter Paul and Mary. Not bad huh? Oh wait, why don’t you throw in Janis Joplin? Oh, and that other guy, what’s his name? Oh yeah, Bob Dylan. Who was this superstar of folk music managers? His name was Albert Grossman and he was a real SOB.

Albert Grossman was folk music’s Citizen Kane – a brilliant mover and shaker who ended up roaming alone through the halls of his rural Xanadu. Born in 1927 to immigrant parents, Grossman grew up in Chicago and attended college there, where he earned a master’s degree in

Pull up a Chair… The greatest folk music manager — EVER!!

by Frederick Folklorist

Photo by Todd C Walker

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economics. In 1957, while still in Chicago, he opened one of the first folk music clubs in America, the Gate of Horn. It was there that he started the first “listening room.” The

audience members were asked to only listen to the performers, not to chit chat or socialize, as was the case in all the other music clubs. If Albert thought you weren’t paying attention to the music, out you went.

Grossman ventured east in 1959, to meet George Wein and Pete Seeger and they all decided to start the Newport Folk Festival. In 1960, Grossman met Peter Yarrow, who was performing solo at Café Wha. He suggested that Yarrow team up with another guy and girl into what he was sure would be a group that would be a big hit. Of course, they would become Peter, Paul and Mary.

In 1962, history would be made when Bob Dylan signed on with Albert Grossman. Dylan and Grossman would stay together until 1971. Dylan describes his first encounter meeting Grossman at the Gaslight café like this. “He looked like Sydney Greenstreet in the film The Maltese Falcon. He sat at the corner table and he didn’t talk so much as he growled.” Dylan’s professional relationship with Grossman ended as anything but professional. It was dissolved in 1971, when Dylan discovered that Grossman had been taking 50% of his song publishing rights in a hastily signed contract.

When Albert Grossman signed Janis Joplin in 1967, he told her that he would not tolerate any intravenous drug use. When he discovered in 1969, that Joplin was injecting drugs anyway, he did not confront her or counsel her. Instead he quietly took out a life insurance policy guaranteeing him $200,000 in the event she died of an “accident.” His premium was $3,500 per year. The very next year, 1970, Joplin overdosed and Grossman collected on his policy from her “accident.”

By the early 70s, Albert Grossman’s stable of folk music singers had grown so large that many of his artists complained that they were no longer getting the management attention they were paying for. While all the other agents were charging 15 percent Albert was charging his clients 25 percent. He defended this fee by saying, “Every time you talk to me you’re 10 percent smarter than before. So I just add 10 percent on to what all the other dummies charge for nothing.” Electra Records chairman Bob Krasnow, a friend to both Dylan and Grossman said, “What you see today in the music business is the result of Albert. He changed the whole idea of what a negotiation was all about. Albert understood that music was becoming an industry.” David Braun, Dylan’s attorney says the Albert Grossman was “the most successful manager ever. He was the first to realize that there was real money to be made in the music business.”

Unfortunately, because of greed and ego, by 1974, the only living clients he had left were the members of “The Band.” Slowly Albert Grossman began to retreat to his mountain Xanadu in upper state New York. He had built a huge house that no one came to visit anymore. Sadly Albert Grossman died on January 25, 1986 of a heart attack while flying on the Concorde. He was only 59 years old.

As much as Grossman took from his clients, he always fought hard for their rights, at least early on in his management career. Here is a clip of him in action fighting in a hotel hallway for a very young Bob Dylan, who, by the way, gets pushed inside the room and then walks out and past the camera smiling as if to say, “Yeah boys, I know he’s an SOB, but he’s my SOB.”

Next Month: “Maryland, My Maryland” – our state song.

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F.A.M.E. newsletter wins APEX Award of Excellence

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Frederick Acoustic Music Enterprise has been awarded the APEX 2016 Award of Excellence in the Newsletters — Most Improved category for its

monthly F.A.M.E. newsletter. APEX 2016, the 28th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence, is an international competition that recognizes

outstanding publications from newsletters and magazines to annual reports, brochures, and websites.

According to the APEX 2016 judges, "The awards were based on excellence in graphic design, quality of editorial content and the

success of the entry in conveying the message and achieving overall communications effectiveness."

About the APEX Awards

The APEX Awards for Publication Excellence is an annual competition for publishers, e d i t o r s , writers, and designers who create print , Web, electronic, and social media. Communications Concepts, Inc. sponsors the APEX Awards and advises professionals who write, edit, and manage business communications on best strategies and pra ct ic e s . Co n c ept s p u b l i s h e s b u s i n e s s communication reports, including Writer's Web Watch, an e-report for p r o f e s s i o n a l communicators, and special reports on topics such as corporate writ ing an d W eb publishing.

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kind publications.

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Epicure open mic photos courtesy of Ron Goad

The Furnace Bar & Grill, 12841 Catoctin Furnace Rd, Thurmont, MD. Every other

Thursday night 8 to 11:00 pm; hosted by Sam Biskin. We are excited to introduce you to

THE FURNACE BAR AND GRILL! Casually warm and comfortable inside, you'll be welcomed to our

neighborly pub each time you enter. Enjoy the beautifully designed new granite bar and a menu of

classic American pub food freshly prepared by our cooks. Try a craft beer with your tasty chicken

alfredo flatbread. We welcome all to stop by for a beverage, a bite to eat, great music, and a good

time!

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The Epicure Café, 11104 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA. Music Variety Showcase: Second and fourth Wednesdays at 8 pm, hosted by Ron Goad. Open Mic: Show up, sign up, perform one to three songs. Epicure is an independently-owned and family-run café with tasty food, including appetizers, Greek specialties, salads, sandwiches, subs, pasta, desserts, coffee drinks, wine and beer. Epicure features various creative events that fill every night of the week, including wonderful musical acts, local art exhibitions, open mics, poetry readings, comedy, and now—storytelling! All this and an outdoor hookah!

Beans in the Belfry Meeting Place & Café, 122 W. Potomac Street, Bruns-

wick, MD. Third Thursday of each month 7-9 p.m., Tomy “One M” Wright

hosts this cozy venue with great acoustics, as it is an old church reclaimed as a coffeehouse with a

friendly, relaxing atmosphere. This is a SAW- and FAME-endorsed open mic which draws perform-

ers from both groups, as well as the local area. Format is a first-come, first-served sign-up list with

usually two or three songs each. Percussion available upon request.

Beans in the Belfry Open Mic photos by Tomy Wright.

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F.A.M.E. Board of Directors

Rick Hill, President

Sam Ott, Treasurer

Max Honn, Secretary

Dori Bailin, Membership

Robin Markle, Musicians

Roy Greene, Newsletter

Caryl Velisek, Publicity

Dave Koronet, Facebook

The F.A.M.E. newsletter welcomes your photos and stories about local acoustic music and musicians. Please email submissions to the editor at roy.greene@yahoo.com by the 15th preceding the month of publication. Submissions subject to editing.

F.A.M.E. Goals:

To nurture, promote, and preserve original and traditional acoustic music of all genres in Frederick and

Frederick County through live music, education, and community outreach.

To educate aspiring musicians and the general

public about all aspects of original and traditional acoustic music of all genres via workshops, open mics,

showcases, and concerts. To reach out to the community via workshops and concerts, especially through schools and youth organizations and the setting up of mentoring opportunities for young and aspiring acoustic musicians.

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