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The European Bluegrass Music Association strives to
a) further bluegrass music in Europe by getting more people interested and involved,
b) further European bluegrass musicians and bands and
c) enhance bluegrass music's image.
This shall be achieved in particular by:
- annual gatherings
- a website as the main means of communication
- contacts between European bluegrass people (networking)
7/7/2010: Check out EBMA's new service: Send a Bluegrass Greeting from wherever you are to any destination. Check out EBMA's Online Shop for more!
31/05/2010: Now available online: Limited Edition of Postcards with EWOB Artwork by Liz Meesters-Janssen. Check out EBMA-Shop for details!16/05/2010: Congratulations to all the winners of 13th EWOB Festival in Voorthuizen, The Netherlands, namely: European Bluegrass Band 2010: Audience Popularity Award 2010 #1 SUNNY SIDE (Czech Republic)
#2 BLUEGRASS CWRKOT (Czech Republic)
#3 G-RUNS'N ROSES (Czech Republic)15/05/2010: at EBMA's 9th Annual General Membership Assembly held on Thu, 13th May 2010 in 't Trefpunt, Voorthuizen, NL, two new board members were elected. The board of the EBMA now consists of seven members, each from a different country. The board members are as follows. - Chairperson: Angelika Torrie (Switzerland)
- Vice Chair: Christopher Howard-Williams (France)
- Membership Admin: Rienk Janssen (The Netherlands)
- At large: Petr Brandejs (Czech Republic)
- At large: Martino Coppo (Italy)
- At large: Chris Keenan (Ireland)
- At large: Dagfinn Pedersen (Norway)
These seven board members will now lead and coordinate the efforts of the EBMA in its mission.06/01/2010: Richard Hurst, organiser of the Ulster American Folk Park's award-winning Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival has resigned from the position of Chairperson of the European Bluegrass Music Association [EBMA]. Angelika Torrie elected new Chairperson. [more]05/01/2010: IBMA turns 25 years in 2010! Read "Working on a Building" by Dan Hays for an inspirational reflection and to read about "what's in for you" [click here]
23/11/2009: A meeting of EBMA's Board of directors took place in Prague, CZ on 20-22 November. The result of about 10 hours intensive discussions about various issues will be communicated in due course.24/10/2009: Bluegrass Europe magazine online: due to repeated problems with transfer of data to the printer we now provide the latest issues of Bluegrass Europe online in PDF-format. Enjoy here!
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Mark your calendar: 14th EWOB Festival in Voorthuizen, NL, will be held June 2-3-4, 2011 | EBMA - European Bluegrass Music Association
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Chairperson: Angelika Torrie (Switzerland)
Vice Chair: Christopher Howard-Williams (France)
Membership Admin: Rienk Janssen (The Netherlands)
At large: Petr Brandejs (Czech Republic)
At large: Martino Coppo (Italy)
At large: Chris Keenan (Ireland)
At large: Dagfinn Pedersen (Norway) [read more] | Partners
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