Augusta Events Week 5 August 7-14, 2016 Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College - AugustaHeritageCenter.org *Events with asterisk are open to the public. Sunday, August 7 Monday, August 8 Tuesday, August 9
7-7:30pm Augusta All *8am-4:30pm Augusta Festival Volunteer Registration Augusta Office, JR 1st Floor *8am-4:30pm Augusta Festival Volunteer Registration Augusta Office, JR Student Orientation 1st Floor Welcome, updates, mini- 8:15-8:45am Waltz Across Breakfast Jam Session Dancers & musicians welcome! Halliehurst course previews & questions. Porch 8:15-8:45am Waltz Across Breakfast Jam Session Dancers & musicians Please join! MCA Harper- welcome! Halliehurst Porch McNeeley Auditorium 8:30-8:50am Vocal Warm-Ups Penny Anderson Madden Center 8:30-8:50am Vocal Warm-Ups Penny Anderson Madden Center 7:30pm Theme Week 1:15-2:15pm AV Dance Lecture: “Out of the Village & on to the Stage: A look at West African Orientations: Dance as Practice and Performance” Kwame Opare MCA Pit 1:15-2:15pm AV Dance Lecture: “Partner Dances & Port Towns: stories & Old-Time Week MCA Harper- 1:15-2:15pm Old-Time Week Group Session) Madden Center Theories of Cross Cultural Connection” Edwin Roa MCA Pit McNeeley Auditorium 1:15- 2:15pm Vocal Week Group Session Chapel 1:15-2:15pm Old-Time Week Group Session Madden Center Vocal Week Chapel 1:15-2:15pm Vocal Week Group Session Chapel American Vernacular Dance 2:30-3:45pm Old-Time Porch Party Open Jamming for all plus Slow Jams. Halliehurst Porch Week Pavilion 2:30-3:45pm Old-Time Porch Party Open Jamming for all plus Slow Jams Arts, Craft & Folklore Classes 4-5pm Old-Time One-Shot Workshops, Vocal Week One-Shot Workshops, Afternoon Dance Halliehurst Porch MCA Arts Forum Exchange (See pages 5-7 for topics & locations) Folk Arts for Kids MCA Arts 4-5pm Old-Time One-Shot Workshops, Vocal Week One-Shot Workshops, Forum 7pm String Changing & Instrument Maintenance Free Workshop with Bob Smakula Halliehurst Afternoon Dance Exchange (See pages 5-7 for topics & locations) Parlor * 8pm Latin Partner Dance *4-6:30pm Show & Sell Instruments, crafts, recordings & more for sale by Kike Rodriguez, Miguel 7:30pm Folklore Lecture George Brosi Science Center 400 students & staff Halliehurst Porch Benitez & Vladimer Espinosa Pavilion *9pm “Nina Simone: Her music and Her Messages” Program by Emmanuel J. Stokes Chapel *7:30pm Vocal, Old-Time & Dance Concert (doors open 7pm) Old-Time, *9pm Song Swap Flawn *8pm Square Dance Emily Schaad & Friends, calling by T-Claw & Friends Vocal & American Vernacular Dance Week Staff, MCA Harper-McNeeley Williams, Don Friedman & Auditorium others Chapel *After Concert Contra & Square Dance Rachel Eddy & Friends, calling by *9:30pm Square Dance Wendy Graham & T-Claw. Pavilion MJ Epps & Friends, calling by T-Claw & Friends Pavilion
Location Key: CC = Robert C. Byrd Conference Center, HCC = Hermanson Campus Center, JR or RH = Jennings Randolph Hall, MCA = Myles Center for the Arts, SC = Eshleman Science Center 1 Augusta Events Week 5 2016 cont. Wednesday, August 10 Thursday, August 11
8:15-8:45am Waltz Across Breakfast Jam Session 8:15-8:45am Waltz Across Breakfast Jam Session Dancers & musicians welcome! Halliehurst Porch Dancers & musicians welcome! Halliehurst Porch 8:30-8:50am Vocal Warm-Ups Penny Anderson Madden Center 8:30-8:50am Vocal Warm-Ups Penny Anderson Madden Center 1:15-2:15pm AV Dance Lecture: “Caribbean & Appalachian Folk Dances on the Concert Stage: Dunham, Balanchine & Beyond” Joshua Legg & Laurie Goux MCA Pit 1:15-2:15pm AV Dance Lecture: “Tap in Relationship 1:15-2:15pm Old-Time Week Group Session Madden Center with Hip Hop Culture” Baakari Wilder MCA Pit 1:15-2:15pm Vocal Week Group Session Chapel 1:15-2:15pm Old-Time Week Group Session Madden Center 2:30-3:45pm Old-Time Porch Party Open Jamming for all plus Slow Jams. Halliehurst Porch 1:15-2:15pm Vocal Week Group Session Chapel 4-5pm Old-Time One-Shot Workshops, Vocal Week One-Shot Workshops, Afternoon Dance Exchange (See pages 5-7 for topics & locations) 2:30-3:45pm Old-Time Porch Party Open Jamming for all plus Slow Jams. Halliehurst Porch *6-7:15pm Craft Student Showcase Exhibits & demonstrations by the arts, craft, folklore & Folk Arts for Kids classes Myles Center Lobby
4-5pm Old-Time One-Shot Workshops, Vocal Week One- *7:30pm Vocal, Old-Time & Dance Concert (doors open 7pm) Old-Time, Vocal & American Vernacular Dance Week Staff MCA Harper- Shot Workshops, Afternoon Dance Exchange (See pages McNeeley Auditorium 5-7 for topics & locations) *After Concert Square Dance Sammy Lind & Friends, calling by T-C law & Friends *6-10pm Pickin’ in the Park Local Old-Time, Bluegrass & followed by Latin Partner Dance Kike Rodriguez, Miguel Benitez & Vladimer Espinosa. Pavilion Country jam sessions Elkins City Park (just down the hill)
*7:30-9:30pm Old-Time Onion Jam with Square Dancing Friday, August 12 - morning & afternoon Halliehurst Porch 8:15-8:45am Waltz Across Breakfast Jam Session Dancers & musicians welcome! Halliehurst Porch *8-10pm Vocal Week Student Showcase Chapel 8:30-8:50am Vocal Warm-Ups Penny Anderson Madden Center *9:30pm Tap & Percussive Dance Jam hosted by Baakari Wilder All are welcome! Pavilion 1:15-2:15pm AV Dance Lecture: “From Shark Charges to J-Setting: Reciprocity in Theatrical & Vernacular Jazz Dance” Melanie George MCA Pit *10:30pm Doo-Wop Jam Flawn Williams & Friends Madden Center Rotunda *2:30pm Old-Time Student Showcase Halliehurst Porch *3pm Vocal Week Class Sampler Chapel *4pm Flatfoot Dance Contest judged by Lou Maiuri Halliehurst Porch
Location Key: CC = Robert C. Byrd Conference Center, HCC = Hermanson Campus Center, JR or RH = Jennings Randolph Hall, MCA = Myles Center for the Arts, SC = Eshleman Science Center 2 Augusta Festival Weekend Friday, August 12 - evening Sunday, August 14
*8pm Festival Kick-Off Contra Dance Aaron Olwell, Matthew Olwell, Jess McIntosh *10:30am Farewell Gospel Sing All are welcome! Chapel calling by Wendy Graham followed by Square Dance with Cake Walk! Joseph Decosimo & Friends calling by T-Claw & Friends Pavilion
*8-10pm Open Sing Flawn Williams & Friends Chapel
Saturday, August 13
9-11am Brunch Benedum
*10am-5pm Augusta Festival & Juried Craft Fair RAIN OR SHINE! Elkins City Park (just down the hill) Juried craft fair with approximately 40 regional artisans Volunteer at the Augusta Festival!
Blacksmithing, broom-making, weaving, spinning, quilting, basketry, Volunteers have helped our Festival thrive for over 40 years. demonstrations, plus many more! Join us this year and be part of the team that makes it all happen! Live music & workshops on 3 stages Kids’ activities Volunteers who work a full shift will receive an official 2016 Augusta Festival Staff T-Shirt Food Vendors All shirts are screen printed by hand locally at Seneca Designs.
Dinner 5-6:30pm Benedum Dining Hall Volunteers are needed all day on Saturday, August 13 in Elkins City Park. To be a part of this wonderful event, fill out a Volunteer Form and return it to the Augusta Office. Sign up at the locations below. *7:30pm Concert featuring Mountain Stage with Larry Groce (doors open Volunteer Sign-Up Opportunities:TBA 7pm) MCA Harper-McNeeley Auditorium
*After Concert Square Dance Red Run, Round-Robin Calling Pavilion
Location Key: CC = Robert C. Byrd Conference Center, HCC = Hermanson Campus Center, JR or RH = Jennings Randolph Hall, MCA = Myles Center for the Arts, SC = Eshleman Science Center 3
Happening All Week at Augusta Arts, craft & folklore Classes Meals Sunday-Saturday Dinner 5-6:30pm. Monday-Friday Breakfast 7:30-9am, Lunch 11:15am-1pm. Festival Saturday & Coordinator: Michael Doig Sunday Brunch: 9-11am Benedum Hall Dining Room Classes meet 9am-noon & 1-4pm M-F
Coffee & Tea M-F morning. Donations support Scholarships Madden, SC 4th Floor, Lobby Appalachian Literature George Brosi Booth Library Community Room Letterpress Printing & Wood Engraving Jim Horton MCA Printmaking Studio Campus Shuttle M-F 15 minutes before & after classes begin & endLoops around campus. Just flag it down and hop on! Fiddle & Bow Care & Repair Peter Horn & Bob Alberry Boilerhouse Stonecarving Kevin Stitzinger Blacksmith Pavilion Silent Auction Drop off anytime on table in Myles Center Lobby. Bidding ends Thursday at end of concert intermission. Bid White Oak Basketry Alan Miller Gribble Patio high to support Augusta scholarships! Myles Center Lobby Pictorial Quilts Diana Beverage SC 213 Tinsmithing Jess Leister MC Drawing & Painting Studio Augusta Store in Myles Center: Su 6-9pm, M/W 11:30-2:30pm, Tu/Th 6pm- concert end, F 3-5pm, Sa 9-11am Mobile Store Tole Painting Debbie Leister MC Drawing & Painting Studio (select Augusta merchandise): F 1-4:30pm Madden & at evening dance in Pavilion Folk Arts for Kids Stirrup Gallery Free museum featuring the Darby Collection M-F 9am-5pm & Tu/Th 6:15-7:30pm Myles Center for the Arts Exploring the Arts, Augusta Style! Kylie Proudfoot-Payne Gribble Lounge & Kitchen Augusta Office M-F 8am-4:30pm, 304-637-1209 JR Main Floor All Augusta participants & staff are invited to visit the craft classes Campus Safety & Security: available 24 hours 304-704-9111 Memorial Gym during the week. Stop in to check out their work & don’t miss the Craft Showcase Reception on Thursday! Favorite Jamming Locations
Halliehurst Porches Jennings Randolph Hall Patio, Ballroom (inside front doors, to the Evening Mini-Courses $60 (front, back, & President’s side porch) left)
Madden Center Patios (upper level by the parking lot Booth Library Breezeway Mini-Courses meet 6-7:15pm, M-Th & around back on the lower level), Rotunda (great for Science Center Patio Register and pay at Sunday check-in or Monday at Augusta Office in Jennings singing!), Timms Lounge (upper level) Randolph Icehouse 3 levels inside, Patios Gazebo (by the pond) Gribble Residence Hall Patio Chapel Plaza Argentine Tango Edwin Roa MC Paul Gallery Please be courteous & refrain from jamming in or near residence halls after 11pm. Thanks! Lindy Hop Ben Lieb Pavilion Guitar from Scratch Kevin Chesser JR Ballroom Flatfooting Josephine Stewart Halliehurst Porch Bead Weaving Annie Harper Halliehurst Library West Virginia Old-Time Baking Dana Keplinger Halliehurst Kitchen Introduction to Carving Nathan Chambers Gribble Patio & Lounge Old-Time Week Classes Coordinator: Joe “Joebass” DeJarnette Liaison: Betty Druckenmiller Staff Musicians: Mike & Marcia Bryant, Aaron Ratcliffe, Barry Southern Morning Classes 9am-noon M-F Banjo: One-Shot Workshops 4-5pm M-Th Early Banjo Explorations (All Levels) Greg Adams SC 319 Open to All Week 5 Participants! Choose from the options below or attend Vocal Week or American Vernacular Banjo I (Beg.) Ben Nelson SC 103 Dance Week events. (See pages 6 & 7 of this schedule for other options.) Banjo II (Int.) Gabrielle Macrae SC 104 Banjo III (Adv.) Andy FitzGibbon SC 318 Details TBA
Bass (All Levels) Nadine Landry Roxanna Booth Lounge
Fiddle: Fiddle (From Scratch) Scott Prouty Jennings Randolph Ballroom Fiddle I (Beg.) Jesse Milnes Halliehurst Parlor Fiddle II (Int.) Sammy Lind Halliehurst Library Fiddle III (Adv.) Emily Schaad Halliehurst Dining Room
Guitar (All Levels) Trevor McKenzie Conference Center Room A
Mandolin (All Levels) Rachel Eddy JR Upstairs Lounge
All Stringband Instruments: West Virginia Folks: Learn their Music & Stories (Int./Adv.) Gerry Milnes SC 400 Rare & Beautiful Tunes & Types from the Cumberlands (Int./Adv.) Joseph Decosimo & Bobby Fulcher Conference Center Room B
Mountain Dance: Calling, Feet & Figures T-Claw & Becky Hill Halliehurst Porch
Old-Time Week Schedule At-A-Glance Monday-Thursday Friday: 9am-noon Morning Classes 9am-noon Morning Classes 11:15am-1pm Lunch 11:15am-1pm Lunch 1:15-2:15pm Group Sessions 1:15-2:15pm Practice Time 2:30-3:45pm Old-Time Week Porch Party 2:30pm Old-Time Student Showcase 4-5pm One-Shot Workshops 4-5pm Flatfoot Dance Contest 5-6:30pm Dinner 5-6:30pm Dinner Location Key: CC = Robert C. Byrd Conference Center, HCC = Hermanson Campus Center, JR or RH = Jennings Randolph Hall, MCA = Myles Center for the Arts, SC = Eshleman Science Center 5 Vocal Week Classes
Coordinator: Flawn Williams Staff Musician: Don Friedman & Raynetta Wiggins Liaisons: Tom Druckenmiller & Penny Anderson
Evening singing opportunities led by Don Friedman, Penny Anderson, Flawn Williams & others! And thanks for logistical help from Tom Druckenmiller & Laurelyn Dossett. 8:30-8:50am Vocal Warm Ups Penny Anderson Madden Center Lounge (beneath Dining Hall) Chapel Science Center 300 Science Center 100 Madden Lounge Science Center 413 African American Tricky Singing for the Period 1 Gospel Singing Transcriptions & Songwriting Confidence Finding Your Voice One-Shot Workshops 9:10-10:20am Emmanuel Stokes Hidden Harmonies 4-5pm M-Th Alice Gerrard Impaired Charles Williams & Raynetta Anne Downey & Open to All Week 5 Participants! Choose from the Kay Justice Wiggins Emily Eagen options below or attend Old-Time Week or American Vernacular Dance Week events. (See pages 5& 7 of this 10:20-10:40am Coffee & Tea Break Science Center 4th Floor Lobby schedule for other options.) Details TBA Cowboy Songs & Vocal Percussion Period 2 Ad Hoc Harmonies Finding Your Voice Songs of the Sea Yodeling Techniques 10:40-11:50am Flawn Williams Charles Williams Bob Walser Anne Downey Jabari Exum
11:50am-1pm Lunch Benedum Dining Hall (above Madden Lounge) Vocal Week Group Session M-Th Chapel Announcements, Q&A, Group Singing, “Front Porch Visits” with various instructors 1:15-2:15pm Monday TBA Wednesday TBA Tuesday TBA Thursday TBA Chapel Science Center 300 Science Center 100 Madden Lounge Science Center 413 Period 3
2:30-3:40pm Spirituals Lullabies from Songs & Singers of Favorite Southern Songs of Emmanuel Stokes Around the World West Virginia Duets Conviviality (1:20-2:30pm & Raynetta Emily Eagen Gerry Milnes Alice Gerrard & Kay Bob Walser Friday) Wiggins Justice
One-Shot A variety of workshops with different topics every day - see schedule on the right. Updates posted daily on Workshops bulletin boards in the Chapel & Dining Hall & announced at Vocal Week Group Sessions. 4-5pm Location Key: CC = Robert C. Byrd Conference Center, HCC = Hermanson Campus Center, JR or RH = Jennings Randolph Hall, MCA = Myles Center for the Arts, SC = Eshleman Science Center 6
American Vernacular Dance Week Classes Connecting Global Branches
Coordinators: Teena Marie Custer & Emily Oleson Staff Musicians: Miguel Benitez; Ron “Stealth1” Chunn, Jr.; Vladimir Espinosa; Jabari Exum; Ben Lieb; Jess McIntosh; Aaron Olwell; Kike Rodriguez Liaison: Margaret Tratta Staff Dancers: Melanie Dunbar; Wendy Graham; Erinn Liebhard; Darrin Mosely
Laying Foundations West African Dance Kwame Opare MCA Pit Salsa Dance Edwin Roa Pavilion 9-10:15am
Next Level Connections House Kelsa “K-Soul” Robinson MCA Paull Gallery Breaking Teena Marie Custer MCA Pit Boleros & Bachata Edwin Roa Pavilion 10:30am-11:45am Lunch Benedum Hall Dining Room (above the Madden Center Lounge) 11:45am-1:05pm
Monday: “‘Out of the Village & on to the Stage’: A Look at West African Dance as Practice and Performance” Kwame Opare MCA Pit Mediated Representations Tuesday: “Partner Dances & Port Towns: Stories & Theories of Cross-Cultural Connection” Edwin Roa MCA Pit Open to All Week 5 Participants! Wednesday: “Tap in Relationship with Hip Hop Culture” Baakari Wilder MCA Pit 1:15-2:15pm Thursday: “Caribbean & Appalachian Folk Dances on the Concert Stage: Dunham, Balanchine & Beyond” Joshua Legg & Laurie Goux MCA Pit Friday: “From Shark Charges to J-Setting: Reciprocity in Theatrical & Vernacular Jazz Dance” Melanie George MCA Pit
Cross-Training Percussive Dance Cross-Section Matthew Popping “Big Mike” Fields MCA Pit Motown Dances Ann Kilkelly Pavilion 2:30-3:45pm Olwell & Josephine Stewart MCA Paull Gallery
Attend the sessions below or choose from Old-Time Week or Vocal Week events.
Afternoon Dance Exchange Monday: Authentic Jazz Karen Hubbard Pavilion Open to All Week 5 Participants! Tuesday: Kizomba Edwin Roa Pavilion 4-5pm Wednesday: Hustle & Rock Dance Isaiah Taylor Pavilion Thursday: House & Samba Kelsa “K-Soul” Robinson Pavilion Friday: Flatfooting Contest! Halliehurst Porch
Location Key: CC = Robert C. Byrd Conference Center, HCC = Hermanson Campus Center, JR or RH = Jennings Randolph Hall, MCA = Myles Center for the Arts, SC = Eshleman Science Center 7