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GUEST BAND Jan. 7, 2018 Followed by The Dry Creek Band 3:00 to 5:30pm Juliet Gobert & The Heifer Belles 1:00 to 3:00pm Officials & Staff ............ 2 President’s Message ...... 2 Winners ......................... 2 Mike Gross Top 10 ........ 3 Tony’s Jam Article ........ 3 Album Review 1 ............ 4 Join the Jam-A-Rana ..... 4 Upcoming Bands ........... 4 Membership Report .............. 4 HOF Profiles.................. 5 Board Mtg Invitation ......... 5 Food Available ................... 5 Letter From The Editor......... 6 RIP Lloyd Hooper ................. 6 Thank You Volunteers! ....... 6 Membership Application. ... 6 Board Mtg Minutes ........ 7 Pictures Now Online............. 7 Mailbag ................................... 7 Photo pages...................... 8-11 Other WSS Orgs .......... 12 Web Page Report ......... 12 Membership Cards ....... 12 Monthly Music Sessions12 Album Review 2 .......... 13 Youth Program ............ 13 Western Swing Society Hall of Fame Profile ~ Page 4 BILLY ROBERTS Inducted Oct. 7, 1984 W H A T’ S I N S I D E Volume 36, Number 1 January 2018 LARRY G. ANDERSON Inducted Oct. 1, 2017

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GUEST BAND Jan. 7, 2018

Followed by The Dry Creek Band

3:00 to 5:30pm

Juliet Gobert &

The Heifer Belles

1:00 to 3:00pm

Officials & Staff ............ 2

President’s Message ...... 2

Winners ......................... 2

Mike Gross Top 10 ........ 3

Tony’s Jam Article ........ 3

Album Review 1 ............ 4

Join the Jam-A-Rana ..... 4

Upcoming Bands ........... 4

Membership Report .............. 4

HOF Profiles .................. 5

Board Mtg Invitation ......... 5

Food Available ................... 5

Letter From The Editor ......... 6

RIP Lloyd Hooper ................. 6

Thank You Volunteers! ....... 6

Membership Application. ... 6

Board Mtg Minutes ........ 7

Pictures Now Online ............. 7

Mailbag ................................... 7

Photo pages ...................... 8-11

Other WSS Orgs .......... 12

Web Page Report ......... 12

Membership Cards ....... 12

Monthly Music Sessions12

Album Review 2 .......... 13

Youth Program ............ 13

Western Swing Society Hall of Fame Profile ~ Page 4

BILLY ROBERTS Inducted Oct. 7, 1984

W H A T’ S I N S I D E

Volume 36, Number 1 January 2018

LARRY G. ANDERSON Inducted Oct. 1, 2017

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From the PRESIDENT by Bill Seabridge

WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 2

Western Swing Society Music News

is published monthly by the

Western Swing Society

Views and opinions expressed by contrib-

uting authors are not necessarily those of the

editorial staff or the Society.

Submitted articles, publicity notices and

letters not relating directly to the Society or

its members may be published at the discre-

tion of the Editor, as space permits. The staff

reserves the right to edit any and all items

submitted for publication.

Deadline for Submittals:

All items, photographs, articles, and

ad’s are due to the Editor no later than

the 10th of the month.

Hello out there. Well

it's time to pass the

Presidential baton and

hopefully it will relay

into the stable hands

of a guitar picker who

will lead this organi-

zation into an innovative and inter-

esting youth band era! It has been an

honor to work with such great peo-

ple like Linda Michael, Edd

Burhans, Olen Dillingham, Rex

Barnes, the Elkans, Dave Reitz,

Chuck Webb and Tony Arana. This

hard working Board of Directors,

along with Doug Weiss has collec-

tively taken the Western Swing So-

ciety from shaky to solvent and they

will continue to lead it with dignity

and dedication into a bright looking

future. They all deserve a big hand

along with our other volunteers who

bring our dance to you every month.

So in January extend a big THANK

YOU to your board and to Cora,

Caroline, Eleanor, Bob and Virginia,

Gary, Don and Susan, Nancy, Cyndi,

Janet, Bob and Melody. It is because

of the efforts of all these good folks

that our Society's dance is the best

Western Swing dance that California

has to offer!

We had many terrific bands perform

for us within the last year. It is hard

to find any better than the likes of

Buck Ford, Robby James, Gary

Campbell or Bill Enyeart and their

respective gifted bands, for example,

but the Western Swing Society is so

fortunate to have these and numer-

ous other great bands who donate

their precious time and talents to

play for us every first Sunday of the

month. This is in large part due to

the natural charms of Ronnie Elkan,

our music director, who seems to

Contintued Next Column

The Western Swing Society

PO Box 2474

Carmichael, CA 95609

westernswingsociety.net

Facebook: SacramentoWesternSwingSociety

Founded in 1981 by Loyd and Perry Jones

to enable performance, preservation and

perpetuation of the unique American art

form known as Western Swing Music.

Officers:

President, (Open)

Vice-President, Chuck Webb (916) 689-9546

Treasurer, Edward Burhans (916) 225-3645

Secretary, Olen Dillingham (916) 645-8878

Other Directors:

Tony Arana (775) 971-3070

Rex Barnes (916) 704-1566

Ronnie Elkan (916) 765-4345

Linda Michael (916) 870-7463

Dave Rietz (916) 806-0520

Staff and Committee Chairpersons:

Decorating Chair, Rex Barnes

Equipment and Staging, (open)

Historian, (open)

Jam Room, Tony Arana

Membership Director, Chuck Webb

Music Director, Ronnie Elkan/Doug Weiss

Newsletter Team: Editor, (open)

Layout and Publication: Ronnie and

Shelley Elkan,

Photographer, Donald deMars

Public Relations, Rex Barnes

Raffle, Bob and Virginia Kuykendall

Youth Program, Edward Burhans, Dave

Rietz, Dave Chan

Slide Show, (open)

Sound Engineer, Gary Blodgett

Continued from previous column

have a penchant for convincing

good bands to take the stage for

our listening and dancing enter-

tainment. He is one of the all

around good guys and we are

lucky to have him!

So now I bow out humbled by the

gracious way you all have treated

me during my stint as President. I

hope it was good for you too! Up

next on January 7th of a "brand"

New Year, the ladies are back!

Juliet Gobert and the Heifer Belles

are the guest band and if history

repeats, the dance floor is bound

to be full. With Dry Creek to fol-

low, a good time is guaranteed. So

be there or be there, staying home

is not an option. See you on the

dance floor.

WINNERS

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Hey Folks, the jam room was

cooking last month. It’s always a

highlight for the folks that partic-

ipate. We’d like to have you

write to us about your experience

if you play in the jam room or go

in to listen. We'll share your comments here in this

column. Just send your thoughts to this email:

[email protected] or send us a letter via snail

mail. In the meantime we’ll list the players who

joined us last month.

Terry Crouson on lead guitar, and vocals; Bobby

Giasson on lead guitar and vocals; Nick Dennis on

lead guitar and vocals; Lenny Serdahl on lead guitar;

Tom Gunterman on fiddle and vocals; Dave Rietz on

fiddle, mandolin and vocals; Chuck Webb on bass

guitar; Bill Enyeart on bass and vocals; Grace Clark

on rhythm guitar and vocals; Roy Hannah on rhythm

guitar and vocals; Nancy Long, Eddie Burr and Peg-

gy Van den Broeck on vocals

Newcomers were Jimmy Reezo on lead guitar and

vocals and Leon Womack on vocals.

Thanks gang. It was great!!!!!!

WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 3

JAM ROOM JAMMERS

"Swingin' West"- Mike

Gross

KSEY-FM, Seymour, TX

January 2018 Songs 1 We’re the Time Jumpers- The Time Jump-

ers (Rounder)

2 One Fiddle, Two Fiddles- Bret Raper

3 Let Me Off in Texas- Chuck Cusimano

(Cusimusico)

4 My San Antonio Rose- The Time Jumpers

(Rounder)

5 Headed to the Barn- Hot Texas Swing

Band

6 Hidey-Ho Montana- Rodeo & Juliet

(Horsefly)

7 Swing Me Back to Texas- 3 Trails West

8 Dance Hall on the Brazos- Big Hat No Cat-

tle

9 Love is Just a Two Step Away- Jean Staf-

ford (Australian)

10 Those Old Country Songs- Herman Lam-

mers Meyer (Desert Kid) (German)

Albums 1 Somewhere Near Austin- Bret Raper

2 Kid Sister- The Time Jumpers (Rounder)

3 Big Hat, No Cattle- Big Hat, No Cattle

4 Time Changes Everything- Leon Rausch

5 Off the Beaten Trail- Hot Texas Swing

Band

6 I Hear You Talkin’- Lake Travis Fiddlers

7 Paul Schlesinger & his Knights of Western

Swing- Paul Schlesinger

8 Live at Barbes- The Brain Cloud

9 Recollections in Swing- Uptown Drifters

10 Green Mountain Standard Time- Rick &

The Ramblers (Airflyte)

Mike Gross Top 10

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WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 4

UPCOMING BANDS

January Juliet Gobert & the Heifer Belles

February Gary Blodgett and Big Trouble

March Michael Ray & The Fortunate Few

April Tony Arana & The Jam Room Band

May Carolyn Dolan & Friends

June Shelley Elkan & Bite the Bullet

July Bob Woods & the Dusty Rustlers

August Lincoln Highway

September Robby James & Streets of Bakersfield

October Hall of Fame (10/5 to 7/2018)

November Eddie Burr & The Western Swingers

December Grace Clark & Swingitude

ALBUM REVIEW with MIKE GROSS

Album: Time Changes Every-

thing

Artist: Leon Rausch

This new CD features 15 cuts of

which 10 are brand new record-

ings featuring the voice of this

Western Swing vocal legend. The

remaining five cuts are four live

spoken word pieces of the great Bob Wills, Leon's

longtime boss and a 1987 intro to Leon and his

group at the White House. Leon is backed on this

album by so many wonderful musicians including

the steel guitars of album producer Tommy (Waco)

Spurlock on most of the cuts and that of the great

Bobby Koefer on two cuts. Also very prominent are

the fiddles of James Penni-

baker, James Faver and

Glen Duncan. So many

other wonderful musicians

are heard on this album in-

cluding the piano playing

of both Floyd Domino and

Wayne Glasson.

All of the cuts are from the

Bob Wills songbook with the exception of Rich

O'Brien's Bob Wills tribute Taking Bob Back to

Tulsa. The album opens with Fred Rose's Deep Wa-

ter and also includes Rose's Rose of Old Pawnee.

Also heard are two of Cindy Walker's masterpieces,

Dusty Skies and Bubbles in My Beer with Paulette

Carlson joining Leon on vocal on that one. Rodney

Crowell guest vocals along with Leon on Ida Red.

Both Bobby and Tommy's steel guitars are heard on

Corrine, Corrina. Also brought back are Fan It,

Tommy Duncan's Time Changes Everything and 4

or 5 Times with Bobby on steel.

This album can be ordered for $10 plus $3 for s&h

from Tommy Spurlock, 351 Buckhorn, Azle, TX

76020.

Mike Gross, KSEY-FM, Seymour, TX, KTNK-AM,

Lompoc, CA & www.swinginwest.com

MEMBERSHIP

Any Changes? Keep us up to date on any chang-

es in your membership information, especially email

addresses. We can’t get your newsletter to you un-

less we have your current information.

You can mail changes in your information to the

Society at P.O. Box 2474, Carmichael, CA; phone it

to (916) 689-9546; or email it to member-

[email protected]. Thanks!

Keep on Western Swingin’

JOIN THE JAM-A-RANA

The Jam Room is proving to be a great success and

a lot of fun. Time often runs out on the main stage

for guest performers but that doesn’t mean you

can’t strut your stuff. Come on back to the JR

where Board member, Tony ‘Jammin’ Arana is in

charge. Bring your instrument, voice, fans, or what-

ever and share your talent. We’d love to hear you.

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BILLY ROBERTS Inducted October 7, 1984

The Western Swing Hall of Fame has become

unique in an unexpected way, Father and Son mem-

bers, which means this form of American music is

very stable and in good hands for future devotees of

country music.

Already inducted are Vern and Jimmy Baughman,

Johnny and George Cecil, Truitt and Kirby Cun-

ningham , Loyd and Perry Jones. Today we are writ-

ing about the Hall of Fame son, Billy Roberts whose

father, “Cotton” Roberts, is also a member.

Billy is a drummer and vocalist who was exposed to

music all his life. His first vocal in public was “You

Are My Sunshine” performed with the Loyd Jones

Band at school when he was 9 or 10 years old. Not

much later he joined the Loyd Jones Band as drum-

mer. Loyd labeled Billy as one of the best he ever

used.

Over the years Billy has played with groups led by

Tiny Moore, Bill Pray, and Loyd and Perry Jones, as

well as traveling extensively playing with his own

group, playing everything from rock to blues to

country.

WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 5

FOOD AVAILABLE

Thank you to the American Legion Post

#9 for providing us with delicious hot

food at our monthly dances!

LARRY G. ANDERSON Inducted October 1,2017

I was born on March 29, 1942 in Wheeler, Texas.

My dad went to work for a pipeline company in

Fritch, Texas when I was 5 years old. I attended all

eight grades of elementary school in Fritch, TX. The

year I graduated from eighth grade, my father was

transferred to Miami, TX. I completed all four years

of high school in Miami, TX, graduating in 1960. I

attended and completed my college education at

West Texas State University in Canyon, TX, gradu-

ating in 1964 with a BBA degree in business man-

agement.

My dad had 3 brothers and 2 sisters, all who played

music. One of the earliest recollections was going to

country dances where my uncles played for the

dances. I became interested in learning to play when

I was 15 years old and my dad bought me a Sears

Silvertone guitar. I began learning to play and my

aunts and uncles would show me chords and I

Continued next column

Board Meeting Invitation

You can attend the Society’s monthly Board meetings;

first Sunday of each month starting at 10:30 a.m. in the

Machinists Hall in Rancho Cordova.

Continue from previous column

listened to country and swing music and I tried to

learn all I could.

I met some guys in college and started to play more,

still working on playing guitar. After graduated from

college, I went to work for a company in Midland,

TX. I spent 8 months there and then was transferred

to Andrews, TX. It was there that I met a group mu-

sicians and started playing with them every week. I

became a pretty good guitar player.

Two years later I was transferred to Ft. Worth and

started playing with a group there. It was at this time

I started playing bass guitar with 2 or 3 groups in

that area. I moved to Amarillo, TX in 1978 and start-

ed playing with some local bands in the Amarillo

area and continued until now. I have had the privi-

lege of sitting in with musicians such as Hank Sing-

er, David Waters, Chuck Cusimano, John Buffing-

ton and many others thru the years. I have been a

member of the Western Swing Music Society of the

Southwest now for 8 years and have enjoyed playing

at all the functions. I was elected VP of this society

in 2014 and continue enjoying country/swing music

and getting to play with some great musicians.

I married Betty Bean of Iowa Park, TX in January

2015 and subsequently moved to Iowa Park after-

wards. Betty is also active in our Western Swing

music society. We love to dance to Western Swing

and do so 3 or 4 times a week, as well as playing

bass for 2 or 3 local groups as needed.

I was inducted into the Northwest Western Swing

Music Society in August of 2016.

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APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP AND NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION

Submit the following information in a note with your check to:

The Western Swing Society, P.O. Box 2474, Carmichael, CA 95609:

Name(s), mailing address, email address, and telephone number.

Fees (make check payable to Western Swing Society)

Individual Membership, $15 per year.

Couples Membership, $20 per year. (one address only).

Dues renew every July.

If you join during any other month, your membership fee will be prorated to align with the July renewal.

You will receive a color version of our newsletter via email. Paid membership also includes reduced admission fee at

Society music functions, and the right to vote in Society elections and on proposed By-Law changes.

WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 6

Sunday, January 7, 2017 ~ 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Juliet Gobert & The Heifer Belles

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCING PLEASURE

Check out Barbara Martin’s

http://www.wsmonthly.com/subscribe.html

Letter From The Editor

HELP! Here is a way that

everyone can help. Let’s do a

better job of clearing the tables

before we leave. It makes it so

much easier for the clean-up

crew. Thank You.

See Ya All in January, Ronnie (co-editor)

THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS

shown and not shown here

THANK YOU, TYPISTS!

Big thanks go out to our volunteers: Claudia Ezzell,

and Shelley Elkan, for helping to digitize historical

biographies so they can be added to our website by

Dave Rietz. Dave is doing a “bang up” job of mod-

ernizing our website! Check it out!

Lloyd Hooper (10/6/31-12/22/2017)

Dear Western Swing Family,

Our dear friend, leader of the

band The Cascade Ramblers,

past-president and member of

the NWWSMS board and

2005 Hall of Fame Inductee,

Lloyd Hooper passed away

peacefully, December 22.

Lloyd was also inducted in to the Western Swing

Hall of Fame on

10/7/2007.

To send his wife,

Fern, and the family

a card, please mail it

to:

12076 Cohoe Drive

Burlington, WA

98233

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WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 7

Western Swing Society Board Meeting Minutes

December 3, 2017 10:49 AM

Roll Call: Board members present: Terry, Ronnie,

Rex, Chuck, Bill, Tony, Olen, Dave, and Edd

Guests: Don deMars, Shelley Elkan, Janet Jimenez

Approval of Minutes: Minutes approved

President’s Report: President Bill listed duties of

the president and spots that will need to be filled at

the end of his term. There is no definite news on the

situation of the Machinists Hall and changes at Aero

Jet General.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer reported that we

have a positive reserve; however we had a negative

income on last month’s dance.

Public Relations: Discussed having a second, mid-

year fundraiser; and possibly a New Year’s Eve par-

ty as a future event in addition to our Youth Fund-

raiser to kick off the Hall of Fame weekend

Newsletter: Editors stated that the submission of

western swing related articles are always welcome.

Report: none

Youth Band: (formerly the Scholarship Report) Edd

reported that a contract was signed with Dave Chan,

the Youth Band Director. He has begun to make

contacts to organize a youth band. Plans and details

were discussed.

Music Director’s Report: We have a full schedule

for the coming year.

Web Master: Dave asked the board to review our

web page and give him feedback. He also solicited

ideas for using it as a promotional tool, and ideas

were discussed.

Unfinished Business: Logistics of the WSS mem-

bership list was discussed.

New Business: none

PICTURES NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT

Pictures are now available online. A link will be

available for each month’s dance pictures in the

newsletter and on our website

http://westernswingsociety.net/.

12-3-2017 Montlhy Dance pictures

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Qc9qY0HP84nCPllM2

MAILBAG

Great newsletter! Thank you

so much for sharing the arti-

cle on Biff. Our folks will

certainly enjoy it, and what

an inspiration he is!

Warm regards, Jeanne Yeari-

an

Ronnie and Shelley,

Thank you for the photos. All the best to you and

your family for the holidays.

Sincerely,"Desert" Dan Whitney

Thank you, everyone, for your contributions to our

mailbag!

Ronnie and Shelley Elkan/Editors

Baughman / Elkan and the “Christmas Cookies” band play a

special Christmas show for the December 3rd dance.

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WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 8

DANCERS

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WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 9

TOE TAPPERS

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WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 10

CELEBRATING OUR GOOD TIMES

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WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 11

FRIENDS AND FAMILY

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WESTERN SWING SOCIETY MUSIC NEWS January 2018 - Page 12

OTHER WESTERN SWING MUSIC

ORGANIZATIONS/MUSIC HAPPENINGS

Bakersfield Country Music Museum, P.O. Box

81623, Bakersfield CA 93380-1623. Call 661-366-

6003 24/7 for more information.

Buck Ford & Pure Country Band: Check Web-

site for schedule, http://www.buckford.com/

calendar/

Canadian Western Swing Music Society, Con-

tact: John York, 3565 Cambridge St., Vancouver,

BC, Canada V5K 1M3. Phone 604-299-2301.

CA Old Time Fiddlers Association, Meets 2nd

Sunday. Orangevale Grange on Walnut Avenue in

Orangevale, CA. www.cbaontheweb.org/

region_details.asp? Region 2

Cowtown Society of Western Music, Contact:

Joe Baker, Membership Director, 940-452-6300,

4361 F.M. 1195, Mineral Springs, TX 76067

Greater Arizona Country/Western Swing Associ-

ation and Hall of Fame, Inc. PO Box 953, Dew-

ey, AZ 86326. Contact Jim Gamble at 928-458-

0714.

Lincoln Highway Band, 4th Sunday of the

month, 1-4pm, VFW POST 4647, 3300 U Street,

North Highlands, $5.00 cover charge. For more in-

formation call (916) 580-7390.

Northwest Western Swing Music Society,

Contact: Jeannie Yearian, President, 425-432-7888,

or cell 206-271-2295, Lynnwood Eagles, 19223

Hwy. 99, Lynnwood, WA. Meets 2nd Sunday

www.nwwsms.com

Sacramento Jazz Society, 2nd Sunday of each

month, NOON to 5:00 at Elks Lodge #6, 6446 Riv-

erside Blvd. and Florin Rd., Sacramento, CA 95831.

$8 for members and $10 for non-members.

Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest, PO Box 644, Shattuck, OK 73858. Meets quarterly.

Go to website at: www.wsmss.com.

WEB PAGE REPORT If you see this guy, Dave Rietz,

please thank him for the incredi-

ble work he is doing on our

website:

(westernswingsociety.net).

If you haven’t had a chance to visit it you’re miss-

ing out!

Dave is entering a complete list of Hall of Fame

members going all the way back to 1981 when our

organization was founded. It is a huge task that

takes up many hours of Dave’s time. Part of what he

is doing is retyping biographies so that they can be

put into the web page.

If you have typing skills and would like to help out

we could use all the help we can get. You can do as

much or as little as you would like and it would be a

great help. Contact Dave Rietz or Ronnie Elkan,

Thanks

Driving Instructions to MACHINISTS HALL: From Hwy 50, take the Sun-rise Blvd. South exit and cross two lights (Folsom Blvd. and Trade Center

Drive). After crossing Trade Center, be in the left lane and take the next left

turn which is Citrus Road. You will see an Enterprise Car Rental lot in front of you. Turn right into the driveway just past Enterprise. You’ll see our sign,

and you are there. Park, come in and join the fun.

MONTHLY MUSIC SESSIONS

The Western Swing Society holds a music and dance

session on the first Sunday of each month, featuring

guest bands and artists and jam sets.

1:00 pm to 5:30 pm at The Machinists Hall

2749 Sunrise Blvd., Rancho Cordova, CA*

Donation: $5 for Members; $8 for Non-Members

For information, browse to

www.westernswingsociety.net *The address is Sunrise, but the driveway is on Citrus.

Please assist the ladies at the door by having your

RED MEMBERSHIP CARD in your hand as you

enter the Hall. Thank you for your cooperation.

BIG REQUEST!

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Youth Band Director’s Main Goal of the Month:

“Get the word out!”

Dave Chan is distributing an email to music and

performing arts teachers at high schools all around

the Sacramento area, along with other music-related

institutions such as Skip’s Music and Kline Music.

The email serves to introduce the Western Swing

Society, the youth band and its director. We are

striving to make this information available to all stu-

dents, regardless of whether they are formally en-

rolled in a music class, through vehicles such as

school newspapers and school websites, as long as it

is allowed by the principal of the school.

It is also important to have resources available in the

form of printed music for the students. Edd Burhans

has already supplied music for teaching 10 bona

fide western swing songs. Also in the works is the

establishment of an email system specifically for the

youth band to promote open and efficient communi-

cation for exclusive use of youth band director, fu-

ture youth band members and overseeing board

members. This will be overseen by Dave Rietz.

Western Swing Society Youth Program

ALBUM REVIEWS by Mike Gross

Album: 2CD Set- Double

Live at the Western Club

Artist: Jeff Woolsey and

the Dancehall Kings

Label: Shuffle One

This brand new 2CD set by

Jeff Woolsey and the

Dancehall Kings, recorded live in Navasota,

Texas is filled with 44 tunes (151 minutes) of

Texas dance hall, Western Swing and classic

country music. Jeff is the lead vocalist with

Dixie Hankins the album’s drummer. Jody

Cameron, the spotlighted

steel guitar player was re-

cently enshrined in the

Texas Steel Guitar Hall of

Fame. Chuck Crow plays pi-

ano and along with Dixie

does those wonderful har-

mony vocals. Paul Bennett is heard playing

fiddle and Eddie Moore is the bass guitar

player. Paul also does lead vocal on Kokomo

Arnold's Milk Cow Blues while Chuck and Dix-

ie do harmony vocals. Abigail Carr does har-

mony vocals on one of the tracks consisting

of three tunes.

The album opens with an introduction and

then a grouping of two Texas dance hall

memories. Throughout the album there are

many gems in this style of music recorded

originally by Faron Young, Ray Price, Conway

Twitty, Johnny Bush, Darrell McCall and Mel

Tillis among so many others. These include

classics such as Texas Dance Hall Girl, Jim, Jack and Rose, My Joy and What a Way to Live among them. There are also Bob Wills

memories such as Take Me Back to Tulsa and

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Album Review Continued also many country memories, among them,

Drinkin' Thing from Gary Stewart and from

Webb Pierce There Stands the Glass. Jeff

and the band really swing on Route 66 and

there are so many more wonderful memories

that are brought back in this album set.

The cost is $25.00 for the 2-CD set. It can

be ordered from www.jeffwoolseymusic.com

or can also be ordered from CD Baby, as well

as digital download from I-Tunes.

Mike Gross, KSEY-FM, Seymour, TX & KTNK

-AM, Lompac, CA & www.swinginwest.com