February 12, Song Swap Night!

Hi - My name is Michael Harris and I have been a member of the Old York Song  Swap for the last year.  This group was started by Scott Stevens, the Executive Director of the Museums of Old York.  With Scott's guidance we have had some wonderful and enjoyable evenings playing music together.

All acoustic instruments are welcome!  We have had dulcimers, mandolins, cello, banjo, tin whistle, acoustic bass, squeeze box, and of course some wonderful acoustic guitars!

How it works:  We sit in a circle and go around, giving each player the chance to either: (1) play a piece solo, (2) play a piece with the group joining in, or (3) pass.  We go around the circle as many times as the night allows.  It's pretty simple and a lot of fun.

Sorry no group song this week.

My hope for this blog is to provide a spot to inform players of our upcoming "Song Swaps," and give a forum for players to inform others of what songs that they will play on an upcoming night.  We can use this site to post "Song Tabs" and "Video Links" of songs that we will be sharing during an upcoming night.  Hopefully this will help those who want to play along with all in the group.

This is our site - so any suggestions would be helpful.