Deadline for EWOB 2007 bands approaches

Liz Meyer sends this reminder on behalf of the EBMA:

Applications to showcase at the 10th European World of Bluegrass (EWOB) Festival close on 20 November! Bands that want to apply, hurry on over to www.ebma.org for info & online application forms. I believe the committee contacts the selected artists in January.

The festival dates will be 17-19 May 2007, and the event is located, as always, in Voorthuizen, the Netherlands.

Most years we've featured four or five guest artists from the USA & Canada. The list has included the Kate MacKenzie Band, Chris & Sally Jones in various incarnations, Bill Clifton, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, the Chapmans, Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals, Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen, Hunger Mountain Boys, Abrams Brothers, the Gordons - lots of great bands.

EWOB is a veritable bluegrass feast, and May sure is a lovely time of year to visit Holland! The EWOB Festival is a colorful and fascinating event, with bands from the far corners of the globe bringing the unique flavors of their homelands and a high level of musicianship to bluegrass music. We have the Roots & Branches back home, but time and technology have carried the seeds of this music to the most unexpected places. It is deeply heartwarming to experience what results when music from Kentucky takes root in far-flung lands like Slovakia, Italy, Sweden, Estonia, and of course, the Czech Republic, with its literally hundreds of bluegrass groups. Join us in celebrating our 10th anniversary!