Favorite Events

Norway Rehab Center 8/20/2009

These pictures only show a small portion of the week of hot weather and lots of gigs. Papa Al's friend and website tinkerer Gary Hicken played with the club for three of the gigs. Gary brought the hot weather with him and it was good because they were getting tired of all the rain. Gary said "It was a wonderful experience and it's too bad I don't live here. Now I can picture the band members in an animated form." (Click on photo to enlarge)



Ginny Luetje's Visit

That "banjo lady", Ginny Luetje visited us during late summer of '05. She and her husband drove from St. Louis to Bethel to visit her son and his wife. A very small world. They had lived in Greenwood near Alan previously.

We got connected by Gary Hicken whose correspondance with Ginny and Alan provided the connection.

Ginny and her husband attended our Wednesday night practice at Alan's house along with several neighborhood friends to hear the concert. We all had fun. The next day Ginny arrived at the Farmer's Market, banjo in tow. See photos.

Shortly after heading back to St. Louis, while driving through New Hampshire, Ginny's husband turned to her and said, "If you plan to practice with the Yet to Be Named Banjo Club next Wednesday night, you can drive yourself!"

We hope Ginny revisits us soon. (Click on photo to enlarge)



Our Moonlight Bay Adventure

My cottage is the green and yellow place. Before we went out on the lake, we warmed up for the neighbors in my back yard. the old stove is in the kitchen and was the first new stove my parents ever owned. My son had it restored at a stove fix-it shop.

That's my Smokercraft loaded to capacity.

Most photos are taken on Moonlight bay. I know the one of me playing on Moonlight bay and that's what I am playing.

The black clouds were taken just after we got back to shore. One half hour later we had a strong thunderstorm. We were very lucky! (Click on photo to enlarge)



Our Songo River Riverboat Adventure

The club plays for several rest homes and rehab homes each month. three of these homes got together and organized a cruise on the Songo River Queen II, a real stern wheeler which plies the Songo River (of course), Long Lake and Brandy Pond. The folks in the homes wanted "their" banjo band to entertain them on the river. We were delighted to oblige them. The trip was scenic and fun. There is a great amount of history about these waters. It seems that there were 28 manually operated locks between Portland Maine and Harrison. Only one remains. We went thru it. It is the last manually operated lock in the United States. It raises of lowers the watercraft about four feet. While we were being vertically adjusted we seranaded the folks on shore with "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Just Because". We did a DVD of the trip which shows the scenery and the club playing and having fun. Webmaster Note: I am hoping to provide a way for you to order a copy of this DVD soon.

(Click on photo to enlarge)