From: kateh_1@charter.net   
      
   "NwJ"  wrote   
   > "kateh"  wrote   
   >> "NwJ"  wrote ...   
   >>>I go to Bluegrass fests, jams, events, etc.   When I look around,   
   >>> I see an all-white, very mature audience.  What does that tell   
   >>> you?   
   >>   
   >> That you're not sitting next to me & the kids.   :)   
   >> Kate(I'm mature, just don't act like it, much)H   
   >   
   > Ok, one instance.  How about the big picture?   
      
   The big picture is that.......when we started our kid's bg band, 4 years   
   ago, Eastern Washington was a Bluegrass Wasteland.  Today there are four   
   area jams (one that's taylor-made for kids & beginners), several good bg   
   bands, pitifully few teachers and a local festival.   
      
   Another quick fact .....kids are more attracted to bg now, than they have   
   been since the 70's.  Think about it a minute......there are a whole lotta   
   kids out there that don't relate in any way-shape-form..........to rap and   
   hip-hop.  Bluegrass is growing in popularity......our local, "cool", insense   
   filled record store has a pretty darned good selection of contemporary   
   bluegrass, newgrass and classics.   
   KateH    :)   
      
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