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Los Maestros - Maria y Jason con Trio Ollín (left to right) Julio, Leonardo y Marco.
I finally got to spend some time with Trio Ollín outside of the regular jams and classes where our paths crossed.  I went to their workshop on Sunday, and although my hand was still kind of busted up, I decided to bring my banjo.  This is a song that I learned from them.  It’s called Las Virginias, and was written by someone in México for the state of Virginia.  I was only able to stay for a little bit, which was disappointing, but I had a great time when I was there.  I hope I can catch up with them soon in México City.

Las Virginias - Trio Ollín with Jason McInnes and Chris Bachmann

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Centro Cultural Ollín Yolitzli - I took this picture when I visited in 2009
I’ll write some more about Trio Ollín later, but I did want to say that they were visiting artists from México City.  They were in residency at the Old Town School of Folk Music for two weeks.  They are from a school called Centro Cultural Ollín Yolitzli, in México City.  I actually got to visit there on my trip to México with other representatives from the Old Town School.

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The Young Stracke All-Stars finish up soundcheck at the Lincoln Restaurant. Photo by Jacob Fishman.
But I couldn’t stay very long at the workshop because the Young Stracke All-Stars had a gig at the Lincoln Restaurant.  We were the supporting act for my friend Skip’s band, Strictly Jug Nuts.  This was an awesome gig.  The crowd was really into it and I think we were a great fit to play with Strictly Jug Nuts.  I hope we get to play there again, soon.
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Saturday, August 7  was a very special musical experience for Maria McCullough, and myself.  We organized a small family concert that afternoon.  

This is the Dalton Family (Kristina, Conner and John) and their friend Morgan (on the fiddle).  

The Daltons have been studying guitar with me for about a year and this is their first ever public performance.  They played Old Joe Clark, Pay Me My Money Down, John Henry and Bile em Cabbage Down.  Morgan also played Go Tell Aunt Rhody.

I was very impressed with the composure of all the performers.  They all took the stage quite naturally and worked through their nervousness to create quite a performance.  That is one of the biggest challenges of performance.  

Also performancing where The Sunshine Band, made up of Viola, Ella, Ann and Kurt.  

The performance took place at The Book Cellar, at 4736 N. Lincoln Ave.  Suzy is the owner and she is and incredible supporter of the work that Maria and I do.  Thanks Suzy!
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