The Sixth Annual Todd Frank Guitar Jam will be held this Saturday, September 11, at the Tilford Elementary school auditorium, 308 E 13thStin Vinton. 

There will be a free will offering to benefit the Vinton Area Dollars for Scholars.  This is a nationwide assembly of people who have traveled to Vinton to put on a concert for the public.  The jam will run from 7-11 p.m. 

This group started with an acoustic guitar player in Minnesota meeting another player from Wisconsin, who introduces him to yet another from Indiana.  That person introduces them to people from Mississippi and Arizona, and the web grows until a network of people spans the United States, then Canada, then eventually across the globe.  These people keep in touch through the internet, but also gather in various areas to visit face-to-face.  This is the sixth year 15 or 20 of these people will be gathering in Vinton, and they will be putting on a concert.  

During the show, each attendee, either in groups or solo, will perform two songs.  Even though the music focuses on the acoustic guitar, the genres vary among folk, bluegrass, jazz, old time country and Hawaiian.  There might be a couple of fiddles, mandolins or harmonicas spicing up the sound of the evening. 

The Dollars for Scholars will be serving refreshments at intermission.  Here is a great way to spend an evening enjoying music and supporting local scholarships for kids in the Vinton-Shellsburg School district. 

For further information contact Todd Frank at (319) 981-2346.