MEETINGS
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Rickenbacker Violins
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May
19-20, 2012 The SVA held its first meeting, with a small but enthusiastic
crowd at Huthmakers Violins in Duluth,
Georgia. A great facility,
wonderful hosts, lots of parking, a wonderful area.
What
a great start for the organization, so much enthusiasm and participation,
those that didn’t make it really missed the boat!! We
passed the by-laws. We
selected a board of directors and they include: David
Chandler – Burnsville, NC
(*President) Jim
Clinton – Taylors, SC (Vice
President) Dixie
Huthmaker – Duluth, GA Anna
Huthmaker – Duluth, GA Dustin
Williams – Nashville, TN (Treasurer) Derek
Schmidt – Duluth, GA (Secretary) Jonathan
Simon – Duluth, GA *officers
were selected at a meeting of the board during a break at the conference The
business meeting continued through a working lunch (we ordered in
Pizza). Now, doesn’t it
look like we’re having fun? . Dave Chandler taking photos
during pizza lunch The
business meeting was then followed by a presentation by Kelvin Scott, a
multiple VSA gold-medalist violin maker, on how to prepare your violin for
competition. This presentation
will be made available to regular members in hard copy later this year.
Kelvin
Scott making a point
Roland
Huthmaker demonstrated how different bows can
create large differences in the sound a violin makes. For those of us that brought
instruments with us, he played them with a variety of bows and it was amazing
how the sound changed with each bow.
Thanks Roland! |
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FUTURE MEETINGS |
Last
week of October 2012 meeting at Howard Core’s facility in Anniston,
Alabama. Bring your shopping
list! We’re still working
on the actual date. Late
April, 2013 General Member Meeting and our first Makers Competition. We’re working on a location in
Nashville for this event.
We’re also going to work in some fun things to participate in,
and some audience participation in selecting winners in some categories other
than technical merit and sound. |
