The Chicago Chapter of the Fiddle Club of the World

will perform at Make Music Chicago on Saturday, June 21, 2014

with three performances

• 11-11:45am at Indian Boundary Park (2500 W Lunt Ave), east side of the Field House
• 1:30-2pm at Poetry Foundation (61 W. Superior)
• 4:15-5pm at Joan’s Studio (1438 East 57th Street, 2d floor)

Anyone who has participated in a past Fiddle Club of the World jam session may join us. Please contact me at fiddleclub@drdosido.net to ask for further instructions.

Here’s a working play list. Some standards will be added.

Scroll down or click here for a list, with links to recordings, of tunes on this list.

Paul Tyler, convener

1. Everything is all set for
12th Midwest Fiddle Championship
Youth Division Round* – Sunday July 6 at 11 am
Open Division & Youth Division Finals – Thursday, July 10 at 6:30 pm
At Square Roots Fest
Open Division Finals (also Youth winners perform) – Saturday, July 12 at 1:30
3rd Battle of the Bands – Sunday, July 13th at 7 pm *
The Championship is held in Maurer Hall,
Old Town School of Folk Music West (4544 Lincoln)
*These events held in Szold Hall, Old Town School East (4545 Lincoln)

Important links
Midwest Fiddle Championship info and an online registration form (register by July 1).

2. Fiddle Club of the World will participate
Make Music Chicago
on Saturday June 21st with performances at
Indian Boundary Park, 11-11:45 am
Poetry Foundation, 1:30 -2 pm (tentative)
Joan’s Studio, 4:15-5 pm

Past jam participants are welcome to join.

3. Coming this summer, new ways to participate in Fiddle Club of the World
Friends of the Fiddle Club supporting membership
Also, a new World Membership will provide access to an online Fiddle Clubhouse,
plus new gear and swag are coming: membership cards, case stickers, a CD and (eventually) a t-shirt.

Paul Tyler, convener

But you already know that, because you’re reading these here lines.

The new host for Fiddle Club of the World blog is DrDosido.net.
DrDosido = Paul Tyler, the convener of the Chicago Chapter (thus far the only chapter).

The entire history of the blog is being spit polished and spruced up, to make sure all the music links successfully made the move. Past posts of interesting tunes &c. will be highlighted on future “Throwback Thursdays.” Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

You’re welcome, of course, to browse anytime back through six-and-a-half years of tunes, pictures, and features. Hundreds of tunes have been posted over that time span from our 44 featured guests and other points of interest. Our guests have come from eight different countries. Fifteen US states have been represented, as well as over a dozen music styles and ethnic traditions.

Since 2013, Fiddle Club of the World guest artist meetings have been hosted by Seman Violins (4447 W. Oakton) in Skokie, Illinois. Monthly, more or less, jam sessions are held at the Leadway Bar & Grill (5233 N. Damen) in Chicago. The usual time for a session is 7pm on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Check this blog for updates. A new season of guests will start in September with Pete Sutherland and Pete’s Posse.

Big plans are being made to expand Fiddle Club’s web presence. Check back this summer for guidelines on how to start a chapter in your home town. And we are working on the 12th Midwest Fiddle Championship on July 11th and the 3rd annual Battle of the Bands on July 12th. Both will be held at the Old Town School of Folk Music’s Square Roots Festival.