And the winner of the 2010 BSWPA signed blues guitar...
The blues revelers were gathered at the Clarion Hotel on December 31, 2010 listening to the sounds of the Craig King Band and the Mikey, Jr. Band, waiting to ring in the new year. They were also waiting for the annual drawing for the Blues Society of Western PA signed guitar. The contents of the raffle jar held hundreds and hundreds of tickets. The crowd eagerly awaited the big finale. The tickets were ceremoniously poured into a massive bowl and then mixed and tossed to the delight of the blues fans. The lovely blues fan from Ohio (in the Delcotto party) was asked to draw the winning ticket. Jimmy Alder ceremoniously read the winning name on the drawn ticket....and the lucky winner .... was Paul Markgraf. When told of his winning the blues guitar, the happy winner said that he had been our first sale last summer at the Blues tent at the Pittsburgh Blues Festival. Congratulations to Paul.
All is not lost! We now have a gleaming, cream guitar that has been acquiring signatures for the 2011 New Year's Eve raffle. So far, that beautiful, sleek Fender Squire Stratocaster is sporting the signatures of: Jimmy Thackery, Bernard Allison, Super Chikan, Tab Benoit, Laurie Morvan, Ana Popovic, John Hammond, John Mayall and Duke Robillard. Not a bad start for the new year. ~Jonnye Weber, President
