Dear Banjoman & Allan C. It's a long drive, but once a month (1st Saturday) you may want to try the Oklahoma City Traditional Music Assn (www.octma.org). We have workshops (mtn dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, guitar. fiddle, penny whistle, and song swap (I co-lead this one)from 6:00 to 7:30pm; from 8:00 to 10:00 we have the playaround in the auditorium, where members & guests sign up to perform while the rest of us enjoy the music; from 10:00 to mid-night we break up into jam sesions. Normally there's a loud & moving bluegrass jam, a traditional folk song, (ballad, American, Celtic, contemporary) jam, and maybe one or two other jams (gospel, slow jam, cajun, patriotic, etc.) Sometimes small groups of people gather to do their own thing. We've just instituted a $3.00/head cover charge. Membership, if you chose to join, is $18.00/yr to cover cost of the monthly newsletter. From time to time we have a special guest to do workshops and mini concert. On Aug 7, we will have Russell Cook doing a hammer dulcimer ws and mini concert (30 min). I will be happy to host you & introduce you around. Also, I live in SE OK, Ada, which may only be a 3 hr drive from you Allan C. You could meet me Sat afternon, & we could go to OKC together (1.5 hrs). We could put you up on Sat night back in Ada. Banjoman, you're welcome to come to Ada, but you may want to meet us in OKC. If you'd like, I'll try to find someone to put you up in OKC. Please e-mail or mudcat mail me for more info.