Schedule
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Friday, May 21, 2004 |
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2:00pm
to midnight – Dorm check-in
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2:00-10:00pm
– Registration
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| 3:00-4:00pm – Pre-festival workshops: | ||
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Very Basics - Steve Buckalew (beginners) Intro to New England Tunes - Kitchen Chair (adv. beginner) Irish Jigs and Reels - Sara Milonovich & Greg Anderson (intermediate) Old Time Tunes - Ken Kolodner (intermediate) French Canadian Tunes - Laurie Hart (advanced) African Drumming - Voices of Africa (all) Let's Jam! - Groovemongers |
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| 4:15-5:15pm – Pre-festival workshops: | ||
| Beginners'
Jam - Clark Parry & Cindy Durkee (beginners) Easy Old Time Tunes - Steve Buckalew (adv beginner) Unusual Irish Tunes - Sara Milonovich & Greg Anderson (intermediate) Contradance Tunes - Rachel Hall (intermediate) South American Tunes - Ken Kolodner (advanced) Protest Songs - Kim & Reggie Harris (all) More Jamming - Howard & Jodi Blumenthal |
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5:30pm
– Dinner
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| Meet in the lobby to join others for dinner. | ||
| 7-9pm – Staff Concert with: | ||
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Out of the Blue • Laurie Hart • Groovemongers • Voices of Africa • Rustical Quality String Band |
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| 9pm – After the concert: | ||
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Very
Slow Jam: Clark & Cindy |
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| 11pm – Late Night at the Dorm: | ||
| Intermediate Jam: Kitchen Chair | ||
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Saturday, May 22, 2004 |
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| 7:45am – Registration begins | ||
| Continental breakfast provided | ||
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8:45-9:15am
Orientation Meeting in the auditorium
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| 9:30-10:45am – Workshop 1 | ||
| Intro
to Music Theory - Jane Knoeck (beginners) Easy Irish Tunes - Sara Milonovich & Greg Anderson (adv. beginner) Contradance Tunes - Rachel Hall (intermediate) Musicality - Ken Kolodner (intermediate) Improvising on Traditional Tunes - Mike Rovine (advanced) Harmony Singing - Kim & Reggie Harris (all) Drumming the Ear of God - Voices of Africa (presentation) Jamming from the Portland Collection - Howard & Jodi Strumming Patterns - Steve Buckalew (adv beginner, all strummed instruments) Fiddle Techniques - Rebecca McCallum (adv beginner) String Instrument Maintenance & Repair - Curtis Rockwell (all) Clogging - Kim Craven (all) |
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| 11am-12:15pm – Workshop 2 | ||
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a Mountain Dulcimer - Clark & Cindy (beginners) Easy Swedish Tunes - Laurie Hart (adv beginners, melody instruments) Chord Patterns - Darla & Michele (intermediate) Greek Music - Rebecca McCallum (intermediate) Avoiding the Downbeat - Ken Kolodner (advanced) Vocal Tricks - Tim Craven (all) History of Bluegrass - Mike Gorrell (presentation) Mixed Bag Jam - Out of the Blue Bluegrass Banjo - Radford Vance Beginning Penny Whistle - Celia Millington-Wyckoff Songwriting - Kim & Reggie Harris (all) How to Practice - Steve Buckalew (all) |
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| 12:30-1:30pm – Lunch | ||
| Lunch
available for purchase - Gemmel Student Center Bring your instrument for a lunchtime jam with Howard & Jodi! |
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| 1:45-3:00pm – Workshop 3 | ||
| How
to Play Tunes you Don't Know - Kitchen Chair (beginners) Looking at Rhythm - Rachel Hall & Karen Hirshon (adv beginner) Intro to Bluegrass - Northwest Territory (intermediate) Making up Harmonies - Linda Littleton (intermediate) Norwegian Tunes - Laurie Hart (advanced, melody instruments) West African Songs - Voices of Africa (all) Guitar Building - Curtis Rockwell (presentation) Old Time Jam - members of Rustical Quality Mandolin - CW Abbott Celtic Ornaments for Fiddle - Sara Milonovich (intermediate) Intermediate Piano - Jane McCallum Music in the Classroom - Linda Morris (all) Contradance Basics - Nancy Spero (all) |
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3:15-4:45pm
– Folk Band Rehearsal
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5:00-6:45pm
– Dinner on your own
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| 7:00pm – Staff Concert with: | ||
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Steve Buckalew |
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| 9:00pm – After the concert: | ||
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Slow
Jam: Clark Parry & Cindy Durkee Singing: Kim & Reggie Harris Old Time Jam: Rustical Quality String Band Bluegrass Jam: Northwest Territory Celtic Jam: Sara Milonovich & Greg Anderson Contra Dance with Open Band: Rachel Hall and Nancy Spero |
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| 11:00pm – Late Night at the Dorm | ||
| Intermediate
Jam: Howard & Jodi Blumenthal |
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Sunday, May 23, 2004 |
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| 9:00-10:15am – Workshop 4 | ||
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Hearing
Chord Changes - Steve Buckalew (beginners) Intro to Waltzes - Kitchen Chair (adv beginner) English Country Dance Tunes - Jane McCallum & CW Abbott (intermediate) Southern Tunes - Ken Kolodner (intermediate) Hot Licks - Northwest Territory (advanced) Hymn Sing - Tim & Kim Craven (all) Underground Railroad through Song - Kim & Reggie Harris (presentation) Jamming with Simple Gifts (all) Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar - Greg Anderson (intermediate) Intermediate Recorder - Celia Millington-Wyckoff Try a Nyckelharpa - Laurie Hart (all) Songs from Cuba - Voices of Africa (all) |
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| 10:30-11:45am – Workshop 5 | ||
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Tips
for Beginners - Out of the Blue Intro to Improvisation - Mike Rovine & Celia Millington-Wyckoff (adv beginner) French Canadian Tunes - Laurie Hart (intermediate) Celtic/Bluegrass Crossover - Sara Milonovich & Greg Anderson (intermediate) One Tune, Many Styles - Rebecca McCallum (advanced) Songs of Freedom - Kim & Reggie Harris (all) Roots of Gospel Music - Tim & Kim Craven (presentation) Bluegrass & Old Country Jam - Darla Evans and Radford Vance Myth of the Polyrhythm - Voices of Africa (all) How to Win a Fiddle Contest - Michele Birkby-Vance and Mike Gorrell (advanced fiddle) Hammered Dulcimer Techniques - Ken Kolodner (int/adv dulcimer) Reaching Children Through Music - Linda Morris (all) Music in Cyberspace - Steve Buckalew (all) |
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| noon-1pm – Folk Band Rehearsal | ||
| 1:15-2:15pm – Lunch | ||
| Available for purchase at Gemmel Student Center | ||
| 2:30-4:30pm – Student Concert | ||
| 4:30pm – One final jam | ||