Galway Americana Festival: update

Pete Lamb reports:

Well, the festival launch went like a rocket! Jeff & Vida did us proud, and got us off to a fine, rockin' start. Just a few lines to explain a couple of things that were omitted from the program (which is now available to download as a PDF from the website) to your readers:

Calling all banjo pickers! Bill Evans will be in Galway to play as part of the Galway Americana Festival on Saturday 12 Sept. Bill has been a professional banjo player, teacher, writer, recording artist, and workshop leader for more than thirty years, and he is the author of the 2007 book Banjo for dummies. If you are interested in having Bill give a 5-string banjo workshop while he is town for this gig, please get in touch and let us know asap!

Calling all fiddle players! Megan Lynch is a six-times National Fiddle Champion who runs the Fiddle Star camps and website, counting dozens of State and National Champions among her students. Meg will be giving a fiddle workshop at the Galway Technical Institute, Father Griffin Road, Galway, on Saturday 12 Sept. at 2.00 p.m. If you want to sign up for this workshop, get in touch with the festival asap!

This is a rare chance to share and learn with two of the top musicians and most experienced teachers in bluegrass... Don't let it pass you by!