2019 Schedule
Wednesday, September 18 at 8 p.m.
WELCOME PARTY!
8:00pm-11pm
Bring instruments (no instrument check at this event). BYOB.
***FREE ADMISSION*** Donations to BOTMC gratefully accepted.
Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland
Thursday, September 19
PANEL DISCUSSIOn
Panel Discussion: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
followed by jamming with the panelists outside under the oak tree
Earl White
Donna Ray Norton
Modock Rounders
with moderators Maria Sonevytsky and Ben Brinner
LOCATION: Hertz Hall, U.C. Berkeley Campus (near College and Bancroft)
***FREE ADMISSION***
OPEN JAM
1:00 to 4:00 pm
send email to BOTMCAfternoonJam AT gmail.com for location (near Ashby BART)
FREE ADMISSION!
WORKSHOPS
3:30 to 5:00 pm
Guitar - Geoff Muldaur
Old time banjo - Candy Goldman
LOCATION: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
REGISTRATION
Workshop size is limited, so register early to make sure you get a spot!
Tuition is $25 per workshop.
Register online at https://www.thefreight.org/learn-to-play/workshops or in person at the Freight & Salvage box office.
CONCERT
5:00 pm - Jam at the Freight hosted by Jim & Amber Mueller - FREE admission!
8:00 pm:
Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell Band
LOCATION: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
TICKETS: $21 in advance, $25 at the door. Member, Senior, Youth/Student discounts available. THREE-DAY PASS (good for Thurs. & Fri. night Freight shows plus Sat. night dance at Ashkenaz) $56 in advance, $61 at the door. All tickets subject to fees, including the Freight's $4 Facility Fee.
Friday, September 20
OPEN JAM
1:00 to 4:00 pm
send email to BOTMCAfternoonJam AT gmail.com for location (near Ashby BART)
***FREE ADMISSION***
WORKSHOPS
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
(Fri. workshop participants get preferred seating at concert with concert ticket purchase)
Uncle Dave Macon Banjo - Daniel Rothwell
Old Time Fiddle - Casy Meikle
LOCATION: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
REGISTRATION
Workshop size is limited, so register early to make sure you get a spot!
Tuition is $25 per workshop.
Register online at https://www.thefreight.org/learn-to-play/workshops or in person at the Freight & Salvage box office.
SQUARE DANCE
5:30 to 7:00 pm
with Echo Mountain, calling by Sue Hulsether
Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza
FREE ADMISSION
CONCERT
5:00 pm - Jam at the Freight hosted by Mark Olson & Penny Critchlow - FREE admission!
8:00 pm:
Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin with Suzy Thompson
LOCATION: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
TICKETS: $21 in advance, $25 at the door. Member, Senior, Youth/Student discounts available. THREE-DAY PASS (good for Thurs. & Fri. night Freight shows plus Sat. night dance at Ashkenaz) $56 in advance, $61 at the door. All tickets subject to fees, including the Freight's $4 Facility Fee.
Saturday, September 21
CONCERT FOR KIDS and PARENTS
10:15 am
LOCATION: Berkeley Public Library, Main Branch, 2090 Kittredge Street Berkeley
***FREE ADMISSION***
BERKELEY FARMERS MARKET STRING BAND CONTEST
Registration begins Sept. 1
Special guest appearance by the Manning Music Fiddlers at 11:00am
Open jamming led by Karen Celia Heil & Candy Goldman starting at noon
LOCATION: Civic Center Park (Center St near Milvia)
***FREE ADMISSION***
CHILDREN'S Fiddle Workshop
Taught by Elise Engleberg
1:00 to 2:00 pm
LOCATION: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
REGISTRATION
Open to children aged 8 and up who have played fiddle or violin for at least a year. Workshop size is limited, so register early to make sure you get a spot!
$25 tuition includes admission to Sunday's Family Dance for one child and one adult.
Register online at https://www.thefreight.org/learn-to-play/workshops (registration coming soon) or in person at the Freight & Salvage box office.
WORKSHOPS
3:00 to 4:30 pm
LOCATION: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
REGISTRATION
Workshop size is limited, so register early to make sure you get a spot!
Tuition is $25 per workshop.
Register online at https://www.thefreight.org/learn-to-play/workshops or in person at the Freight & Salvage box office.
CALLERS WORKSHOP
5:00 to 6:30 pm (time subject to change)
Learn how to call square dances!
Led by Sue Hulsether
LOCATION: Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
SQUARE DANCE PARTY
7:30 pm
Flatfooting workshop led by
Thomas Maupin, Ruth Alpert & Korey Posey
8:00 pm
SQUARE DANCE!
Earl White Band
Modock Rounders
Squirrelly Stringband
with callers Sue Hulsether and Robin Fischer
PLUS: Jamming in the back room starting at 8pm:
Song Circle with Donna Ray Norton
followed by jamming with Echo Mountain.
Instrument check will be available.
LOCATION: Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
Event Details on Ashkenaz website
TICKETS: $18 in advance, $20 at the door. $5 for kids aged 5 and up, kids under 5 free. THREE-DAY PASS (available from Freight's website or at Freight box office) includes this event: $56 in advance, $61 at the door, plus fees.
Sunday, September 22
INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Old Time Singing - Cody Jordan
Old Time Fiddle - Earl White
Old Time Banjo - Kim Johnson
Open jam session (free admission) with Michelle Yu
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Southern Appalachian Ballads- Donna Ray Norton
Old Time Fiddle - Jesse Pearson
Old Time Three Finger Banjo picking - Jerron Paxton
LOCATION: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley
REGISTRATION
Workshop size is limited, so register early to make sure you get a spot!
Tuition is $25 per workshop.
Register online at https://www.thefreight.org/learn-to-play/workshops or in person at the Freight & Salvage box office.
FAMILY SQUARE DANCE
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Music by Sydney Roberts and Friends
Calling by Sue Hulsether
Plus a special guest appearance by the BOTMC Kids' Fiddle Band
(participants in Saturday afternoon workshop)
LOCATION: Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR - $6 kids, $8 adults
Jamming in the Park
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
LOCATION: Ohlone Park, across from North Berkeley BART
***FREE ADMISSION***
Bring a chair or two if you can!
Tuesday, September 17
Pre-BOTMC Cajun DANCE
Dance Lesson at 7:30, Live music at 8:00
Featuring David Greely, founding fiddler of Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys (visiting from Louisiana), with Eric & Suzy Thompson
Admission $15 at the door, all ages welcome. Free parking across the street in the REI lot.
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Ave (near Gilman), Berkeley.