Harrisonburg paper highlights SPBGMA winner

Tuesday’s edition of the Harrisonburg, VA Daily News Record featured an article on Eastern Mennonite University student (and Harrisonburg resident) Reed Jones, who plays guitar with Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap. They took first prize in the 2006 SPBGMA International Band Championship, held this past February in Nashville.

The article describes Reed’s reaction to the SPBGMA experience, and how he is incorporating his love of bluegrass into his college work as a history and social sciences major.

Read the article online.

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