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In the Community article:
Traditional Tunes in the Tabernacle
July 13, 2010
Source: Community Partnership Update/July & August 2010
 On the weekends, most sanctuaries are filled with the melodic tunes of spiritual songs and hymns accompanied by booming pipe organs and crooning choir members. It's no different at Emory Presbyterian Church, except for the second Sunday of every month.
The SouthEastern Bluegrass Association (SEBA) band plays on the lower level of the church, and the old-time music can sometimes be enjoyed by passers-by on Westminster Way. And as one of the area's oldest and best organized bluegrass bands, they welcome players, both novice and experienced, as well as casual listeners. The jam session can be enjoyed from 3 to 6 p.m.
To help ease the nerves of its newer players, SEBA opens their set with a slow jam, which is traditionally more inviting to inexperienced players and to people who are uneasy playing in a group.
"We'd love to see some more mandolins, autoharps, dobros and such; but the ever present guitar picker and banjo plucker and fiddler are always welcome," adds John Miller, SEBA member and Clifton Community resident. "And for our old-timey Irish tunes, we'd welcome a pennywhistle or two and a couple of squeezeboxes."
For more information about additional jam sessions and concerts, visit www.sebabluegrass.org.
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