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September 12-16, 2012 (Weds.-Sun.) 

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SAVE THE DATE!
The 2012 convention will happen September 12-16, 2012.

The lineup so far:
Rafe and Clelia Stefanini
Thomas Maupin, Daniel Rothwell, and Company
plus many more to be added


MEANWHILE - HERE'S THE INFO FROM LAST YEAR:

DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE SCHEDULE (revised 9/12/11) (PDF, 2 pages)
DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE PROGRAM (PDF, 8 pages)

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OTHER NEWS & EVENTS:

Here are Mike Melnyk's photos from the 2010 BOTMC:

http://mikemelnyk.com/botmc_fall2010/

The 2011 Spring Situation was a great success - here's what we did:

Berkeley Old Time Music Spring Situation 2011

And going back further, here's the 2010 Spring Fling:

Berkeley Old Time Music Spring Fling 2010

And here's the photographic evidence, courtesy of Mike Melnyk:
http://mikemelnyk.com/BOTMCspring10

Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Schedule for 2011 (subject to change)


Wed. Sept. 14 2011 8:00pm
Opening night square dance - at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library.
Music by the Pork Pies AND Black Crown Stringband
Calling by Amy Hofer, Jordan Ruyle and Evie Ladin

Thurs. Sept. 15 - 8:00pm (doors to concert hall open at 7:00)
Concert at Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
The Pilot Mountain Bobcats
Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz
ACES (Alan Senauke, Chad Manning, and Eric & Suzy Thompson)
Jamming (FREE) in the lobby with members of the Stairwell Sisters starting at 5pm.

Fri. Sept. 16 12:10pm-1pm
Panel Discussion:
Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell
Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz
Moderator: Prof. Tamara Roberts
125 Morrison Hall (UC Berkeley Music Building)  FREE

Fri. Sept. 16 1:00pm
Jamming in Faculty Glade (UC Berkeley) with Eric Thompson, Mark Olson and Penny Critchlow

Fri. Sept. 16 - 8:00pm (doors to concert hall open at 7:00)
Concert at Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
Mike Bryant & Joseph Decosimo with Karen Celia Heil
Thomas Maupin, Daniel Rothwell & Friends
Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod
Bonus! 7:15pm Showing of Let Your Feet do the Talkin’, a documentary film about Thomas Maupin
Jamming (FREE) in the lobby with Triple Chicken Foot starting at 5pm.

Sat. Sept. 17 -10:15am-11am
Concert for kids and families
Roots Revue
Berkeley Public Library, Main Branch
Community Meeting Room (3rd floor)
FREE

Sat. Sept. 17 - 11am to 3pm
String Band Contest
also: jamming with members of Black Crown Stringband
Berkeley Farmers Market, Civic Center Park
FREE

Sat Sept 17  6:30pm
Flatfooting workshop with Thomas Maupin and Jay Bland at Ashkenaz

Sat. Sept. 17 - 8:00pm                                                                                        
Square Dance at Ashkenaz
Pilot Mountain Bobcats
Mike Bryant, Joseph Decosimo & Karen Celia Heil
Triple Chicken Foot
Callers Susan Michaels and Erik Hoffman
PLUS:  Open jamming in the back studio hosted by Mark Olson & Penny Critchlow (8pm)
and Grace Forrest & Karen Celia Heil (10pm on)

Sun. Sept. 18 - 11am to 2:30pm
Music Workshops with Ginny Hawker, Tracy Schwarz,
Mike Bryant, Joseph Decosimo, Nancy Sluys and others
Free jams with Jim Mueller & Amber Roullard and Harry Liedstrand
Freight & Salvage

Sun. Sept. 18 - 3pm-4:30pm
Family Square Dance at Ashkenaz
Calling by Susan Michaels, Music by the New Omatics

Sun. Sept. 18 - 3 to 7 pm
Old Time Cabaret at Jupiter - All ages welcome! FREE

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We greatly appreciate the generous support of Ed Littlefield, Alliance for California Traditional Arts (in partnership with the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation and the Surdna Foundation),  the Zellerbach Community Arts Program,  Bill Graham Foundation, Hellman Family Foundation and the Alameda County Art Commission.

 Thanks also to our nonprofit sponsors:  Freight & Salvage, KPFA-FM, the California Bluegrass Association, the Ecology Center and the Berkeley Farmers Market (especially to the awesome Kirk Lumpkin). Extra special thanks to all our volunteers - we couldn't do it without you!