| Subject: | [RESOGUIT-L] 8th Annual Gathering of Resonateurs 'ResoGat 2007' | | Date: | Friday, June 22, 2007 01:32:39 (-0400) | | From: | Steel Magnolia <SteelMaggie @........com>
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Hello,
The 8th annual Gathering of Resonateurs 'ResoGat 2007' at the Holiday Inn
Express in Wilkesboro NC will be held July 11th through the 14th (checking
out and heading for home on Sunday the 15th). Reservations must be made by
June 27 at the Holiday Inn Express 336.838.1800 to get the block room rate
of $75 per night. Be sure to reference the Resonator / Dobro event.
If you are planning to attend, please notify me with the following
information:
1. Names of all the folks in your party (so I can make name tags)
2. Identity of the reso player(s) in that list
3. Indicate whether you want to purchase a Tee Shirt(s) and what sizes
are desired
4. Your desire to participate in the ResoFest Concert on Friday night
If you would like to see pictures from previous gatherings, please email me
and I will send an invitation to the KodakGallery website.
Enough rooms have been reserved that allows us to secure all the ballrooms
and boardrooms for jamming, sponsors, etc. Because these rooms are in a
separate building from the bedrooms, they are available for jamming well
into the night. And you will find plenty of jamming there!
So who are the Resonateurs and what exactly is the Gathering of Resonateurs,
or ResoGat for short? Well, the quick answer is, we're a loosely knit group
of individuals who are drawn together out a love or fascination for the
dobro, or resonator guitar. Invented and developed in the late 1920's and
early 30's, the five Dopyera brothers presented America and the world with a
totally unique instrument centered around a mechanical resonating sound or
amplification system. The brothers tossed around the question of what to
call this new class of stringed instruments and finally coined the term
'Dobro' which was a combination of the words DOpyera and BROthers.
Following WWII, electrified instruments appeared and interest in the Dobro
subsided somewhat until bluegrass music appeared. Josh (Buck) Graves
converted the Earl Scruggs style of banjo picking to the dobro and the rest
is history as notable players (Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes...)
made the instrument ...a bunch of 'cone heads ''main stream' . Knowing the
contribution his father had made to the world of music, John Dopyera and his
wife Margaret threw out an open invite for anyone with a strong interest in
the dobro / resonator guitar...luthier, collector, musician, connoisseur, or
?...to join them at their home in Pennsylvania for a week long 'Gathering in
the Woods' during the Fourth of July week of 2000. From this beginning it
has grown every year up to, and including, the recent Annual Gathering of
Resonateurs held at Wilkesboro, NC. Following the 2004 Gathering, John and
Margaret made the hard decision to sell their Pennsylvania wooded retreat
and a committee was formed to see if the Gathering could successfully
transfer and find a new 'home.' The communities of Wilkesboro/N. Wilkesboro
rolled out a 'red carpet' invite to our group which still left us with the
unanswered question..."would people be willing to relocate to a new location
some 600 miles from John and Margaret's home?" The pleasant answer was a
resounding 'yes'...with over 100 attendees from 20 states and Canada.
So we are proceeding with plans for the 2007 Annual Gathering. Hopefully
you can plan on joining us at this Gathering. It's important to note that
we've intentionally maintained an informal unstructured style to the
event...with the only rule being that there are no rules. All levels of
players are encouraged to attend, whether an early-on beginner or a full up
professional. The main 'requirement' to attend is a desire to become
involved with other devotees of the resonator guitar. Most of the Gathering
time is spent in totally unstructured "fun", jamming, looking at the
sponsors' wares, sharing ideas.
We will once again be presenting the Community ResoFest Concert on Friday,
July 13th. . This is a partial 'pay back' to the Wilkesboro/N. Wilkesboro
communities for their hospitality. Gathering folks are invited to
participate in this showcase.
Contact Pammy at 336/202-1536 (cell) or 336/674-1277 (home) Website
www.resonateur.com <http://www.resonateur.com/>;
Gathering of Resonateurs Committee
Pammy Davis, Chair (PammyDavis@triad.rr.com) 336/202-1536
Doug Couts
Carlene Economy
Randy Getz
Margaret Lay-Dopyera
Larry Maltz
Frank Maxfield
Jim Nagle
Jan Newsom
Bill Payne
Olivia Wittmam
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