The 3rd Annual Blues In The Schools golf tournament is scheduled for Saturday morning, June 2nd at the Heritage At Westmoor Golf Course in Westminster.

lease join us for a day of fun that raises money to support our education programs. The entry fee is $115.00 per player and includes a lunch buffet at the awards ceremony. If you cannot put together a foursome we will match you up with other players. We're also looking for hole sponsors and prize donors.

Please download the entry form by clicking here.

For more information, contact Jeff Koepke at 970-391-9514 or email Jeff.

All three of these fine Colorado blues artists have been nominated for Blues Music Awards this year. Lionel Young and Otis Taylor for the same category, "Instrumentalist-Other"...

...and, Colorado Blues Society submitted John Alex-Mason's JOOK JOINT THUNDERCLAP for Best Self-produced CD has made the cut for the final 30 entries!

Here is the entire list... Blues Music Award Nominees

Please give generously to John-Alex Mason's

The Colorado Blues Society is creating an annual John-Alex Mason Scholarship to honor his memory and help continue the educational work he felt was so important. John-Alex took high school students from Colorado Springs to Mississippi on more than one occasion for an extended field trip that sometimes included visiting Memphis and New Orleans.

This scholarship will help send student-aged musicians from Colorado to workshops and seminars that will further their blues music (and cultural) education. Your donations will help keep the dreams and memory of John-Alex alive.

Congratulations to Dan Treanor who has received the 2012 Blues Foundation Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) in Education Award. Dan was nominated by CBS Education Chair Jeff Koepke. Dan started the Colorado Blues Society Blues in the Schools program back in 1994 and since then, Dan estimates he has touched the lives of more than 100,000! With a master's degree in American History, Dan's unique presentation combining history with music has finally been recognized by the Blues Foundation and the rest of the Blues world.

Way to go Dan, you make all of us in Colorado proud! Thanks for ALL that YOU do! You can read more on the Blues Foundation website.

The Colorado Blues Society is dedicated to increasing awareness of and appreciation for the Blues as an indigenous American Art form (and the wellspring from which all contemporary popular American music originated).

Programs and Services Offered:

To further our mission, we sponsor Blues in the Schools programs, in which musicians present music and information to students at all levels (kindergarten through college). We offer programs in American social history, women in blues, language arts, conflict avoidance, storytelling and even math.

We also donate Blues-related materials (books, videos and CDs) to public libraries and offer educational programs in conjunction with those donations. Because many musicians learn to perform during jam sessions, we sponsor blues jams in several Colorado locations. We also work with other nonprofits, such as The Blues Foundation, Volunteers of America, Hudson Gardens, Swallow Hill Music Association, the Business of Art Center in Manitou Springs, and Performance International. Our members number approximately 583 and range in age from 17 to 75. Some are professional musicians; most are fans of the music and culture of the blues.

We also publish a newsletter, The Holler, and maintain a web presence at http://www.coblues.com.  The purpose of the newsletter and web site is to provide information to our members and the public about blues-related events in Colorado.

We work with local nonprofits, civic organizations and businesses to strengthen the awareness and appreciation of the blues as an art form.