Buzzbomb - Posted - 01/15/2018:  03:43:14

Picked up on this from a piece on the Cybergrass website... The Virginia Association of Museums are asking people to help pick two items from Virginia's "Top 10 Endangered Artifacts" which will have a public voted grant used to help restore them...

One of the artifacts is a smashed WCYB Stanley Brothers acetate of a rare radio performance from the late '40s.

vamuseums.org/?page=top10

Voting ends on 24th Jan with the results announced on the 6th Feb... and there's some stiff competition.

vfhamilton - Posted - 01/15/2018:  04:35:21

Thanks Ivor.  Just voted.  Hope a bunch more do too.

Emiel - Posted - 01/15/2018:  05:00:04

I voted too...

rbfour5 - Posted - 01/15/2018:  05:13:24

I voted, shared on FB......

conic - Posted - 01/15/2018:  05:50:53

now has 13 votes

RioStat - Posted - 01/15/2018:  06:26:44

Done.

I believe you can vote every 24 hours.......

Fretting Fingers - Posted - 01/15/2018:  07:14:56

Voted to restore. A very important piece of Bluegrass history.

conic - Posted - 01/15/2018:  07:59:54

I feel sorry for the old copper moonshine still with only 3 votes, that would have been next on my list

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 01/15/2018:  08:33:32

Thanks Ivor. Just voted. Looks like you can vote each day. Hope we all support this.
Ken

Banjopkr - Posted - 01/15/2018:  09:54:36

It got my vote. 

vfhamilton - Posted - 01/15/2018:  13:08:27

Wow, just checked and it’s ahead at 203 votes.  The closest one behind it has 130 votes.  Maybe we can keep it up there.

RioStat - Posted - 01/15/2018:  14:05:55

DON'T FORGET..... You can vote daily !

ALSO....the "Vote Confirmation" link they send you, ended up in my Spam Quarantine folder, so if you don"t gt a reply email after voting, check your Spam

Edited by - RioStat on 01/15/2018 14:06:09

Mark Cox - Posted - 01/15/2018:  14:15:41

Voted!

chuckv97 - Posted - 01/15/2018:  15:42:03

Voted!

The Old Timer - Posted - 01/15/2018:  18:24:08

A Facebook discussion of this revealed that one can laser scan old phonograph discs to digitally capture the contents, without having to actually make the disc playable again with a needle.

9470 Granada - Posted - 01/17/2018:  07:41:10

Voted...
at 657 now.

Nathan Nisley - Posted - 01/17/2018:  08:33:14

voted, it's at 688 now

Edited by - Nathan Nisley on 01/17/2018 08:33:35

Mooooo - Posted - 01/17/2018:  09:12:44

whenever I click on the link, I can't find an option for voting. maybe it's because I'm using the extremely up to date Windows 7...

conic - Posted - 01/17/2018:  09:26:34

just under the description for each item there should be a small white rectangle to add your email address and under that there should be a pastel green rectangle with "vote " written on it.

Mooooo - Posted - 01/17/2018:  09:56:45

I can't see any items at all, just a light blue block of color where I assume those Items and pastel green rectangles are...Here's what I see:

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conic - Posted - 01/18/2018:  08:22:59

this needs lots more votes as its now at 1095 votes but there is another item at 1236 Votes

vfhamilton - Posted - 01/18/2018:  12:54:11

Use each email address that you have access to and cast a vote with each one.  I’ve been voting twice a day.  We need to keep this up.

Buzzbomb - Posted - 01/18/2018:  13:58:12

I don't think it's been mentioned on The Mandolin Cafe? Could somebody post a message about it there?

mandolincafe.com/forum/forumdi...-Variants

(It should after all feature Pee Wee Lambert on mandolin)

Edited by - Buzzbomb on 01/18/2018 13:59:42

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 01/18/2018:  16:24:59

It has a headline on Bluegrass Today.
ken

obxpix - Posted - 01/18/2018:  17:04:44

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Originally posted by From Greylock to Bean Blossom

It has a headline on Bluegrass Today.

ken

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Yeah but it’s a shame he didn’t put a link in the article so people could go easily vote....

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 01/18/2018:  17:09:41

quote:

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Originally posted by obxpix

quote:

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Originally posted by From Greylock to Bean Blossom

It has a headline on Bluegrass Today.

ken

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Yeah but it’s a shame he didn’t put a link in the article so people could go easily vote....

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Good point Kevin. I did not notice that. I bet if you send the LInke to John he might put it in.

ken

Buzzbomb - Posted - 01/19/2018:  00:04:59

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Originally posted by From Greylock to Bean Blossom

It has a headline on Bluegrass Today.

ken

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And with the volume of material they publish, it's already gone from the main page - just one Viewer Comment visible.

Buzzbomb - Posted - 01/21/2018:  08:34:00

It's been neck and neck for awhile, but the boat now seems to be pulling ahead... Considering the number of bluegrass enthusiasts I'm surprised more people haven't voted for it.

3 Days to go... so please keep voting!

conic - Posted - 01/21/2018:  08:36:06

You can make loads of alias email addresses and vote with each one

Mooooo - Posted - 01/21/2018:  08:52:12

I can't see the voting but in the article in Bluegrass Today it is noted that the top two get funding to restore them. 1st place gets $5000 and 2nd place gets $4000. So, just make sure it doesn't come in 3rd.

Edited by - Mooooo on 01/21/2018 08:52:55

Buzzbomb - Posted - 01/23/2018:  11:21:02

According to this article the disc contains nine songs, including traditional standards like “Lee Highway Blues,” “The Prisoner’s Song” and “Are You Waiting Just for Me?”

heraldcourier.com/news/birthpl...b116.html

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 01/23/2018:  11:51:24

We are about 100 votes behind and need to catch up.

vamuseums.org/?page=top10

vfhamilton - Posted - 01/23/2018:  13:29:35

I’m voting early and often

Buzzbomb - Posted - 01/25/2018:  00:48:02

Yippee - it won!! Much to my surprise... it was trailing when I went to bed by 160 or so votes but there must have been a last minute spurt as by the time voting finished (5am local time here in the UK) it had got 5,900 votes beating the merchant ship (which got 5,520 votes)...

Can't wait to hear it!

vfhamilton - Posted - 01/25/2018:  06:34:46

I am happy that it won.  I was worried too before I went to bed last night.  Lots of credit to Ivor for letting us know about it in the first place.

From Greylock to Bean Blossom - Posted - 01/25/2018:  07:14:23

Good Job Ivor! From across the pond taking care of business here.
ken