For those of you who might attend this year's C.A.A.S. (Chet Atkins Appreciation Society) in July, Artisan Guitars (a Nashville dealer) is sponsoring a pre-convention party/concert. It's open to the attendees and the public. The announcement is below:
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If you are in Nashville for the CAAS show this summer, forum members have an open invitation to our Pre-CAAS party at the Factory in Franklin.

Confirmed thus far, Ace Batacan, Joe Carpenter, Gareth Pearson, Bob Evans, Muriel Anderson, and Stephen Bennett. Show starts at 6:00 (maybe earlier), and is still in the planning stages.

This party / concert is open to the public and CAAS members, with a live stage at the Factory. We look forward to seeing you all there for a great warm up to CAAS.

With any luck, this could become an annual concert!

A huge thanks to the wonderful artists who are working with us to make this happen.

Bill Warmoth
wwarmoth@artisanguitars.com
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Thanks.
Ace
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This message has been edited. Last edited by: eiko,

Woow!! When is this year's CAAS? May be this event can be taped on DVD like the Muriel Anderson Guitar night.. And our own Ace wil be on the DVD too!!

Ace, what songs will you be performing and which guitar will you bring along?

Ed,
It should be a good show and I'm sure it can be videotaped just like I've recorded the previous performances at the CAAS gatherings.

I normally take my Morris guitar there but with a concert like this, I'm tempted to bring either my OM1A or 000.

We'll only have 30 minutes each but part of my set will be (all instrumentals):
- Georgia On My Mind (my arrangement) - slow jazz tempo)
- Darcy's Guitar (Pete Huttlinger song)
- Julia (Beatle's tune)
- Leader of the Band (Dan Fogelberg song)

A friend of mine (young singer Laura Kilgore) from Alabama might be there so I'll have her sing a song with me. AT CAAS 2004, she did a couple of songs with Tommy Emmanuel at his concert.

It will be a lot of fun for sure. To me, it's an honor to even be included in the line up of players. Thanks for your interest.

Ace
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Ace,

Its probably time you show-off your Collings Archtop??

I wish you all the best with your performance!