Pickers' Rag - February 2012

[~The Picker's Rag~]

The Picker’s Rag – Feb 2012
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UPCOMING SHOWS!
New Material! New Shows! Spring is Almost Here! Irish Madness!

We have been working hard on some new material. I am now fiddling
with 5 bands, getting my music students ready for a March 16th recital
and trying to stay sane at the same time! Check out our upcoming
shows!

Mon Feb 20th (7pm) Tonight at The Electric Brew! Lukas Simpson and
Allie Burbrink will be performing as a duo. Story songs is the
theme. They gave us a great preview last night live on WVPE 88.1's
Back Porch, so don't miss this one! 136 South Main Street Goshen, IN
46526 Ph: (574) 533-5990

Fri Feb 24th (8pm) Sean fiddling with The Possum Trot Orchestra at Mad
Anthony’s Brewing Company 1109 Taylor Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(260) 426-2537

Sat Feb 25th (7pm) Goldmine Pickers and The Midnight Cattle Callers
www.midnightcattlecallers.com at the Goshen Theater 216 S. Main St.,
Goshen, IN 46526. This is part of LVD’s concert series, which has
since moved over to the Goshen Theater from The Old Bag Factory. This
beautifully renovated theater can seat 700 so bring your friends and
family. Info on tix and reservations at 574.400.LVDS or 574.202.4361

Sat Mar 10th (7pm) Sean w/ SOLTRE at The Box Factory for the Arts.
1101 Broad St St. Joseph, MI 49085-2177 Ph. (269) 983-3688 This
year’s expanded lineup for the Irish band I play with includes Rick
Willey and Katie Montoya, two great multi-instrumentalists, Kevin
Joiner on vocals and guitar, Kim Hoffman on fiddle, whistles, guitar
and bodhran and Jackie Dickey on djembe!

Thurs Mar 15th (630pm to 830pm) SOLTRE at Indiana Wesleyan Campus in
Anderson, IN.

Fri Mar 16th (7pm) RODNEY CORDNER, SOLTRE AND TG MUSIC RECITAL. I am
really looking forward to this evening. Rod and Luke and I will kick
off the show with a set of Rod’s wonderful songs. At 8pm we will have
our recital for the students of Lukas Simpson and myself and then at
845 or 9pm SOLTRE will kick off for a set! Bring out your friends and
family for this show! I know the students are all excited to play
some Irish tunes in front of a real live audience! $5 suggested
donation. Thanks!

Sat Mar 17th – There is a ton of stuff going on St. Patrick’s Day and
it is spread all around. Here is the rundown.
JK O’Donnell’s 121 W Wayne St. Fort Wayne, IN (515 - 630pm) – Rodney
Cordner and Lukas Simpson. (645 – 845pm) Mary of the Kine. (9 –
11pm) – Midnight Cattle Callers.

Fiddler’s Hearth 127 N Main St. South Bend, IN. (6pm to 9pm) Sean w/
SOLTRE.

Club LaSalle (9pm to 12am) Sean w/ SOLTRE.

Fri Mar 23rd (7 – 9pm) SOLTRE @ The Ligonier Public Library 300 South
Main Street Ligonier, IN 46767 Ph: (260) 894-4511

See you at a show!

Sean
Info:

“Goldmine Pickers”: 2004 release. Available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/goldmine

“Goldmine Pickers – Lonesome Gone” 2007 release. Available at
www.cdbaby.com/cd/goldmine2

"Goldmine Pickers – Live" 2009 release. Available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/goldmine3

“The Steps to Home” 2008 release. Sean Hoffman & Nolan Ladewski w/
joHn Kennedy. Original compositions of Irish dance music on penny
whistle, fiddle & guitar. Available at www.cdbaby.com/shanlwjk or
iTunes.

“Midnight Cattle Callers” 2011 release. Available at
www.cdbaby.com/cd/midnightcattlecallers