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What is the Bluegrass Association of the Czech Republic?
BA of the Czech Republic is a civic association founded in 1995 and registered at the Ministry of Interior. It has about 300 members from Czech and Slovak Republic. It is controlled by five elected members of the BA.
The aim of the BA?
The aim is:
- to encourage playing and listening to bluegrass and acoustic music
- to help bluegrass develop
- to ensure Czech bluegrass a contact with abroad
- to get for our members as much information as possible
What the BA does?
The BA publishes the newsletter Bluegrassove Listy every two months.
The BA organizes the annual awards for the best instrumentalists and vocalists in bluegrass in the country.
The BA takes part in organizing the oldest BG festival in Europe, the Banjo Jamboree in Caslav.
The BA is co-organizing BG workshops and trying to support regular all-year concerts of BG acts.
The BA supported releasing a CD of top non-professional BG bands from the Banjo Jamboree in Caslav.
The BA gets reduced prices for its members in chosen BG shops.
The Address:
Bluegrassová asociace ČR
Žižkovo nám. 4, Jičín, PSČ 506 01
(till the end of December 2008 - Kostelní 859/24, Praha 7, 170 00)
e-mail: seifertova.peta@email.cz
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