Happy New Year everyone! I just updated ye olde website, and I wanted to highlight a fun mandolin offering coming up in the Northeast–The David Surette Mandolin Festival at the beginning of March. Things kick off with a concert at the Kittery Dance Hall on Friday March 6, 2026 (separate ticket). Then things move to the Concord Community Music School on Saturday and Sunday with workshops for all levels, covering a range of specific styles and skills….reels, jigs, waltzes, how to play tasty back-up for songs, and more. I’ll be teaching, along with Noah Fishman, Steve Roy, and Chris Moore. There are classes each period for beginners to advanced levels, and each teacher will offer something for each level so you will get to be with every teacher by the end of the weekend. As always, a set of group tunes will be sent out in advance for you to work on for us to play together. The Saturday concert is included with your fee for the weekend. If this sounds like fun, check out the links to sign up!