Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast

Blues Alliance Membership Meetings and jams.

Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast
P.O. Box 7192 Port Saint Lucie, Fl. 34985-7192

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
                           DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 2008
               CONTACT: Blues Hot Line-----772-467-1851

WHO:              The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast   http://www.bluesalliance.org/

WHAT: 3x3 Blues Nights/IBC* fundraisers
Hear 3 fantastic local blues acts in one night. Get 3 chances to catch them.

Category 5 www.category5blues.com
Darrell Raines and George Caldwell http://www.sonicbids.com/darrellrainesgeorgecaldwell
Stoney and the House Rockers www.StoneyandTheHouseRockers .com

Ashlely event

Join us for GREAT BLUES, food, fun, raffles, and other surprises.

WHEN:            Tuesday November 18, 2008 -- 7 PM to 11 PM
                        Tuesday December 16, 2008 -- 7 PM to 11 PM
                        Tuesday January 13, 2009     -- 7PM to 11 PM

WHERE: The Ashley: 61 SW Osceola St., Stuart. 772-221-1769.

HOW: $5.00 admission will get you a ticket good for 1 drink. Best entertainment value in town!
For more information or to learn more about the Blues Alliance of The Treasure Coast, call the hotline at 772-467-1851, visit their website at http://www.bluesalliance.org/ or on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/bluesalliancetc

WHY: *The International Blues Challenge is an annual competition sponsored by the Blues Foundation (www.blues.org ) where selected acts from all around the world compete representing various local blues societies affiliate.
The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast is proud to sponsor Stoney and the House Rockers and Darrell Raines and George Caldwell as their representative talent for the 2009 IBC.

END
**********************************************

ATTENTION MEMBERS NOMINATIONS ELECTIONS

Due to the IBC benefit event on Jan. 13th from 7-11 PM at The Ashley, we will be having nominations for the board at 6 PM before the benefit starts.

Elections will be at the Feb. 10th Membership Meeting, the place for this Election Membership Meeting to be announced when secured.

Per the BATC bi laws, you must be present to vote.

Patti Gamble, Sec.

**********************************************

Notice:
Stoney and the House Rockers will represent The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast at the International Blues Challenge, 2009, Memphis
**********************************************

Blues Alliance Christmas Party

Plans have been confirmed for the Blues Alliance Christmas Party by Cougar.

Where: The Ashley, 61 SW Osceola St., Stuart. 772-221-1769.

When: Tuesday, Dec. 9th.

Time: Music starts at 7 PM, dinner will begin at 8 PM.

Tickets: $20.00, $5.00 will go to the R. Dale Trefelner Scholarship Fund.

Core Band will open and an open jam will follow.

Complete ham buffet. Pay as you go bar, fountain drinks free.

Tickets are on sale now. Call Cougar to get your tickets, 772-359-2737 C., or any board member.

menuparty

**********************************************

IBC Competition Play Off

Bands competing:
Category 5
Stoney and the House Rockers

The Ashley, this Sunday from 12-4 PM.

61 SW Osceola St., downtown Stuart, behind the Lyric Theater. Call for directions: 772-221-1769.

This competition is for The Alliance code number for the IBC.

Please come and join in for this music, an exciting day for all!

***

The winner of the Blues Alliance competition/playoff is Stoney and the House Rockers. The competition/playoff was Sept. 28, 2008 at The Ashley in Stuart.

In the competition/playoff we were very fortunate to have some very talented musicians who are the highest professionals in our area, Stoney and the House Rockers and Category 5.

The judges were selected and are in the field of music or the music industry and have had no business or personal dealings with either band. Judging was per the regulations given to The Alliance by National.

The music from both bands was incredible and the outcome was very close.

The Blues Alliance wishes to thank each player for an outstanding job well done. The professionalism shown by each band is appreciated by all.

Thank you to our judges and to Leo Gale for his role as lead judge.

Good luck and God speed to Stoney and the House Rockers at the 2009 IBC!

+++

The benefit dates for the bands going to the IBC are as follows:

Tuesday, Nov. 18th, 7 PM to 11 PM, The Ashley.

Tuesday, Dec. 16th, 7 PM to 11 PM, The Ashley.

Tuesday, Jan. 13th, 7 PM to 11 PM, The Ashley.

The Ashley: 61 SW Osceola St., Stuart. Call for directions: 772-221-1769.

The above events are to help send our local musicians to Memphis.

There will be a $5.00 cover which will go to our bands, one free drink ticket will be included.

+++

The International Blues Challenge, the IBC, will be held: Feb. 4-7, Beale St., Memphis, Tenn.

+++

The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast is happy to announce that Darrell Raines and George Caldwell will be going to the IBC, 2009 as our duo act. The Alliance is proud to have you both as members and we wish you the best the world has to offer.

**********************************************

The next meetings and jams for The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast are:

Tuesday, Oct. 14th at Pineapple Joe's, 6297 North US Hwy. I, Fort Pierce, Fl. Call for directions: (772) 465-6930. Meeting at 7 PM followed by a jam at 8 PM.

Tuesday, Nov. 11th at The Ashley, 61 SW Osceola St., Stuart. Call for directions: (772) 221-1769. Meeting at 7 PM followed by a jam at 8 PM.

A sign in sheet will be provided. Let Gerry Mullaney know if you are in the house.

**********************************************

Scholarship

The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast would like to show great appreciation to the following people for their generosity toward our, "R. Dale Trefelner Music Scholarship" Fund. This year, our own President, Bob "Cougar" Whitt has donated a Platinum Plus amount of $300.00 to be added to the fund for 2006/2007. Also, Bob has contributed another $300.00 to jump start the 2007/2008 account. Adding to this, our Corporate Sponsor, "Centaur Accounting', Ed Outcalt who is on our Board of Directors, has contributed $200.00 which is a Platinum amount. Janet C. Whitt-Thomas, sister of Bob "Cougar" Whitt in Ky., has joined as a member and has contributed $100.00, a Silver amount.

Our Scholarship Incentive Program was instituted by past member, Danny Lehrman in 2005 who made the first donation. Thanks Danny, and thanks to those who give to help students enhance their career.

Thank you to everyone involved in helping with our Alliance Christmas Party.

The event was a huge success.

Thank you to Corporate Sponsor, The Ashley, for great food, warm hospitality and atmosphere.

We had a tremendous sign up for the jam. Mike Riviera was gracious to head up the Core Band for us as Gerry Mullaney was out sick. Hope you're feeling better Gerry, we have a lot of work to do!

As you know, $5.00 of each ticket that was sold went into our scholarship fund.

The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast wishes everyone a Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year!

* Music is a path where you will never get lost! *

Thank you for supporting our fine organization, music and the blues! PG

KOTB

The Guitar Center King of the Blues competition.

I (Tim O'Donnell) was recently involved in a contest put on the Guitar Center. I heard about it on the radio and there were some great prizes involved. The first date of competition was in March. I drove down to the Guitar Center in West Palm and signed in. It was mostly local guys.

This contest used to be called guitarmageddon and hosted an array of very speedy guitar players. They changed it to the King of the Blues to try and get more people involved. The first night there were some good guitarist. I went and did my thing and advanced. A month later I went to the same store and won the area of West Palm Beach. Three weeks after that I competed in Hallandale and won that event which won me a Les Paul and a bunch of other stuff. This also put me on a plane to Nashville to the Regional finals.

Cougar drove me and Rebecca up and I competed but lost to a very good guitarist from Houston named Aaron Loesch. Amazingly the whole thing was cool and I met a bunch of cool people and from what I saw in the comp some real true blues guitarist were advancing. From somewhere in the range of about 5000 contestants I made it to the final 22 and couldn't believe it. The final is in Hollywood Ca. on June 16th. For any info on the comp you can go to gckingoftheblues.com. Both Rebecca and I have tracks listed on the site which can be voted on for airplay. Check it out and listen to some good undiscovered artists.

Tim

******************************************

SUPPORT THE BLUES!

The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast has t- shirts and hats for sale. When you buy one of these quality items, you support the Alliance and the Alliance programs.

Show that you are a proud member of YOUR organization by wearing an Alliance shirt or hat and by telling your friends about the Blues Alliance and all of our great programs.

To order a t- shirt or hat, please call the Blues Alliance Hot Line: (772) 467-1851 or call and order from Bob "Cougar" Whitt the Alliance President, at: (772) 879-4588. Your order will be sent to you ASAP, guaranteed!!

All revenue from these items is put toward the "R. Dale Trefelner" Music/Scholarship Fund and is tax-deductible. This fund enhances education in music for two students at Indian River Community College, every year.

Please support The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast,

SUPPORT THE BLUES!

Thank you.

MEMBERSHIP

To become an individual member of The Blues Foundation: www.blues.org/members/index.php.

Individual members may vote for Blues Music Awards, and are entered in the drawing of the 2008 Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Check out other perks as an individual member at the above web site.

Jay at National, is looking for individual members: you may call him directly for info:

901-527-2583.

You can join on the above web site. Patti Gamble, Sec./BATC

SUBMIT

To submit an article of interest for "Blues News", the newsletter of The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast, please send to: cougar339@msn.com or pattivibraphone@aolcom. Articles are subject to editing and board approval. Thankyou.

Notice: If you are going to post your email address on this site, we recommend your utilizing a spam proof email link. These links cannot be harvested by email robots. To obtain a free email link go to:

http://flow-to.com/

If you obtain an email link and wish it changed on this site click here to email me with the info and I will change it for you.

Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast
P.O. Box 7192
Port Saint Lucie, Fl. 34985-7192

Hot Line-----772-467-1851

"To Support and Promote the American Art of the Blues on the Treasure Coast"

The Blues Foundation, be a member to vote! Click Here

IBC rules page. Click Here

**********************************************************************************

The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast is proud to announce that Ben Prestage and The Nouveaux Honkies will be going to the IBC, 2008.

The IBC will be from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2,, Beale St., Memphis, Tenn.

Best wishes from everyone!

The IBC will be held from Jan. 29th until Feb. 2nd, Beale St., Memphis, Tenn.

There will be events leading up to the actual competition per information from National.

If you need further information about going to this event, please let us know. We have some information regarding accommodations that we can share with you.

Our President, Bob "Cougar" Whitt, will be attending this year, once again to support our contestants. PG

TO PLACE AN AD IN BLUES NEWS

PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS

BLUES ALLIANCE HOT LINE: (772) 467-1851

Be A Member

Punch the Dog, Get a Membership Form