HABOT

Gary Russell says, “It’s been a year and a half now, and getting bigger every week. We are ranging from 75 – 100 folks each week. We have changed our format effective Nov 3. We now have a 2 hour stage show from 7:30 pm and have open mic for individuals to be on stage beginning at about 6:15 pm. This seems to be working well and is well received by pickers as well as listeners. We still have 4 rooms with great acoustics for jamming. Mostly, we are only using two of these rooms right now so there is still room to grow. There is still a multitude of talented pickers who haven’t found their way to our door. But, with the new opry/stage show format, we are expecting to see them soon. We are looking for bands who would like to do a performance occasionally. They can contact me by phone of by email, and I’ll get them sheduled. P.s.: We have free refreshments every week. The ladies bring all kinds of snack food as well as coffee and pop. It’s a good “family” gathering.”
You can contact Gary at 816-761-5848 or email tonweyalodge@aol.com
Meetings are every Thursday evening: 9801 Blue Ridge (about three blocks north of Hwy 470 on Blue Ridge Boulevard) 6:00-10:00 pm.