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BOTMC WORKSHOPS 2011
FLATFOOTING WORKSHOP with Thomas Maupin & Jay Bland on Saturday at ASHKENAZ - no advance registration needed
Saturday September 17, 2011 6:30pm-7:30pm
Flatfoot dance workshop with Thomas Maupin and Jay Bland
Ashkenaz
(in the back studio)
Admission is $25 and that INCLUDES ADMISSION TO
THE SQUARE DANCE. No advance registration required, just show up with cash in hand!
NO TAPS, PLEASE!
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317
San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman), Berkeley, CA
http://www.ashkenaz.com
Sunday Sept. 18, 2011 from 11 AM to 2:30 PM
Music Workshops
at the Freight & Salvage
2020 Addison St, Berkeley CA
See below for registration information. Advance registration recommended, as class size is limited.
NEW ADDITION: Open jam session (free admission) from 1 to 2:30 led by Harry Liedstrand
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Old-time Fiddle with Joseph Decosimo
Old-time Banjo with
Nancy Sluys ((Pilot Mountain Bobcats): Nancy will be teaching
clawhammer banjo tunes from Surry County, NC and Galax, VA areas
including techniques learned from Kyle Creed. LISTEN.
Primitive Baptist Singing
with Ginny Hawker: Learn unaccompanied sacred songs in the powerful,
archaic-sounding style of the Primitive Baptist Church; Ginny grew up
singing these songs with her father in church. This beautiful
old-fashioned mountain style of singing is at the root of the style of
great mountain singers like Ginny, Ralph Stanley and Hazel
Dickens.
Open Jam Session led by Jim Mueller & Amber Roullard Mueller - free admission - all are welcome!!
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Old-time Fiddle
with Mike Bryant: Mike will be teaching some tunes in standard and
alternative tunings. Tunes will be taught phrase by phrase
with attention to bowing. Teaching will be by ear so a recorder
is recommended.
Old-time Banjo with Joseph Decosimo: Joseph will concentrate on old time up-picking styles - with a focus on Tennessee tunes.
Close Southern Harmony Singing
with Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz: This class is for singers who can
hold a melody, but are unfamiliar with southern country harmony.
Students will first learn to hear the melody and chord changes using
examples ranging from the Carter Family to tent-meeting gospel songs.
Then we will find and sing the basic harmony parts closest to that
melody using good ear training.
Open Jam Session led by Harry Liedstrand - free admission - all are welcome!!
Registration information for music workshops at the Freight:
Workshop size is limited, so register early to make sure you get a spot! Tuition is $25 per class (all proceeds go to the instructor).
You can
register in any of the following ways:
- Online from the Freight’s website http://www.freightandsalvage.org/berkeley-old-time-music-convention-2011-workshops
- In person at the Freight box office with cash, check or credit card.
- By mailing a completedregistration form and check to the Freight.
Credit card charge applies to all credit card transactions; the Freight also will accept cash or check. See http://www.freightandsalvage.org/registration-refund-information for registration details. It's definitely cheaper to pay in cash at the Freight!