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From AndyW on 11/14/2017 3:45:05 PM

https://www.banjohangout.org/events/contests.asp

Banjo Rookie Instrumental. Post entry by 31st December.

10 Comments
	WayneConrad says: 11/14/2017 3:59:21 PM What fun!
	Boadicea says: 11/14/2017 10:24:23 PM A beginner's challenge! What a great idea!
	AndyW says: 11/15/2017 12:48:39 AM I think the competition ranks beginner as from Jan 16. But you state the date you started in the video so it should be taken into account. I can't imagine a huge amount of entries judging by the amount accessing difficult to reach areas like blogs etc.
	pickn5 says: 11/15/2017 7:12:49 AM When I first heard about this challenge, I thought, great I'll enter as I still consider myself a novice picker. Sadly, I don't meet the rookie starting date. Keep picking.
	Boadicea says: 11/15/2017 5:15:00 PM I have watched you on the BHO @pickn5, there is no way you are a beginner! When I grow up I want to be like you! Seriously I did not start playing in Jan 16 I didn't start playing in Jan 17! Egads!
	AndyW says: 11/16/2017 2:04:00 PM I don't know how to fit this in around my 'goals'. I suppose if I keep 'saving' days I can dedicate them towards a single tune.
	Judith511 says: 11/16/2017 6:58:43 PM Interesting but kind of scary I watched the last beginner challenge entries although I couldn't watch the first place and I already felt intimidated. :(
	pickn5 says: 11/17/2017 6:22:00 AM Thank you @Boadicea for the kind words about not being a novice player. I say novice due to the fact that I cannot play at jam speed or make full 4 finger chord positions quickly. I'm working on it though. I did enter one of the challenges a few months back on any tune Earl Scruggs recorded. No winner, but, not discouraged.
	WayneConrad says: 11/17/2017 8:17:21 AM @Judi511 -- Don't think of it as a contest, but as a challenge. The judges may pick a winner, but that's just to give them something to do. Compete with yourself, nobody else, and make a recording that shows off what you can do right now.
	Judith511 says: 11/17/2017 9:25:53 PM Yes I guess you are right Wayne. I do have some time so I can work on something :). I do record myself with the plan of listening down the road and seeing how I have improved.
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