by bluegrassfound | May 29, 2024 | News
For the past four years, the Pisgah Banjo Company of Fairview, North Carolina, has conducted a fundraising raffle to benefit the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund. A total of $31,800 was raised in 2024, with $10,000 designated for Black Banjo Reclamation Project...
by bluegrassfound | May 29, 2024 | News
The IBMA Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Gloria Belle Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is named in memory of Gloria Bernadette Flickinger (1939-2023), best remembered for her work with Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys from 1968 to...
by bluegrassfound | May 29, 2024 | News
Thanks to Nancy Cardwell for giving me her space this month to speak to the IBMA Foundation’s many friends and supporters. At the end of June I will end my term on the board and as chair/president of this fine organization. It was in 1956 that I first heard bluegrass...
by bluegrassfound | May 27, 2024 | News
The Bluegrass Stagecraft 101 program created by the IBMA Foundation offers Mentor Grants for individuals wishing to be paired with a professional in one of the following four areas for a weekend of observation, shadowing, and advice: Stage management, Emceeing a...
by bluegrassfound | May 15, 2024 | News
Congratulations to Steven Ware, of Waco, Texas, the lucky winner of a 2011 Golden Era Deering Banjo valued at $4,000, in the 4th annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle. The drawing was live streamed from the IBMA Foundation’s Facebook page at noon Eastern Time on...
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