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From Jeff Markham on 3/20/2013 1:10:04 PM

Hey guys, my wife and I will be moving to Petaluma sometime this year. What do I need to know about the banjo and bluegrass scene around there?

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	BJD says: 3/20/2013 1:16:59 PM Quiet for beginners and novices, IMO. Great teachers around here, but limited jamming opps for newbies. Check out our thread in this group regarding starting a jam in Santa Rosa, which is 20 minutes north of Petaluma. Tall Toad Music is in Petaluma is a great music store for instruments and goodies. Hopefully, with some time we'll have an opp for us to progress into regular jamming.
	BJD says: 3/20/2013 1:19:54 PM P.S. Welcome to NorCal! I hope you will like it here.
	slc says: 3/20/2013 3:29:47 PM Stop by People's Music in Sebastopol (pretty near Petaluma). peoplesmusicontheweb.com/ Those guys are involved with the bluegrass/oldtime scene in the area and would know who's doing what. Also, there is some contra and square dancing in the area - check out nbcds.org/ for a schedule. Finally, join the oldtimesf Yahoo Groups mailing list launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtimesf/. It's mostly focused on the San Francisco and East Bay, and not very active, but people post info about the North Bay from time to time. Congrats on your move - it's a lovely area!
	Bill Rogers says: 3/23/2013 10:51:03 PM Join the California Bluegrass Association (they do old-time too). It sponsors an annual festival in nearby Sebastopol. Track down Mark Hogan thru the Association to find out what's going on in that area. cbaontheweb.org
	Jeff Markham says: 4/11/2013 2:19:13 PM Thanks guys! I've already joined CBA. Not much else to do until I get out there.
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