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1:00p Meeting of Work-Study People, Volunteers, Site Coordinators: 2:00p Check-in Begins: Thurs 4:00- Early Bird Bluegrass Jam: Have Your Fretted Instrument or Fiddle Set-Up Evaluated Early Bird Old-Time Jam 5:00p by MBC Co-Director Stan Werbin, Owner of Elderly Instruments 5:30-6:45 Faculty Dinner Meeting: Oak Dining Rm. At Kirk Cafeteria 5:45-6:45 Thursday Dinner: Kirk Cafeteria 7:00-7:45 Student Orientation: Auditorium Thurs 8:00- Bluegrass Demo. Bluegrass Demo. Multi-Styles Demo. Multi-Styles Demo. Old-Time Demo. Old-Time Demo. 19th Century Banjo: Fingerstyle Fiddle- 9:15p Playing in a Band: “Instrumentals” Composed Singing with the Banjo Classic & Swing Jazz on Banjo-Fiddle Duets Celtic Fiddle Tunes, Minstrel, Early Fingerstyle Guitar Technique Concepts & Techniques for 5-String Banjo 4-String & Clawhammer Style & Classic Q&A Q&A Demos 5-String Banjos Bowness Furtado Fink Andrade F. Evans Adams & Blount Dowling Knupfer Cahill Munde Marxer Barnes Baugus Perlman Dumas Sumner Newberry Baumann Hurt Walsh Eubanks Trischka Wade Cavanaugh, Rothfield L. Pool Faris McKinney Vappie Host: Cahill Host: Trischka Host: Newberry Host: Cavanaugh Host: Hurt Host: Perlman Thurs. Bluegrass Bluegrass Bluegrass Bluegrass All Styles Special Presentation. Old-Time Old-Time Old-Time 19th - Century Classic Jazz Jam Guitar Circle 9:30-10:30p “Regular” Jam Intermediate Intermediate Slow Jam Vocal Jam Introducing the Banjo “Regular” Jam Intermediate Slow Jam Banjo (1920s & 30s Jam Jam Jam Repertoire Repertoire) Jams 9:30-10:00. Introducing Barnes, Cavanaugh, Bowness, Sumner Beazley, Bluegrass Banjo Baugus, Hartness, Hurt, Andrade Adams & Blount Baumann & Dowling Eubanks, Munde Dumas & Cahill, Faris & Fink & Marxer (Furtado) Rothfield & Newberry & L. Vappie & Trischka McKinney Knupfer -- Walsh Pool 10:00-10:30. Introducing Old-time Banjo (F. Evans) 10:30 - ? Jam on Your Own: Any Classroom or Other Space in Mott Friday Schedule Begins Next Page (Note: Locations & levels for classes are at top of each column, unless stated in the table cells) Types & Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Jam Skills Old-Time Old-Time: Old-Time: Old-Time: Old-Time: Old-Time: Old-Time: 19th- 4-String Old-Time Guitar: Guitar: Mandolin Bass Levels Advanced Upper In- Upper In- Middle In- Lower In- Lower In- Novice & Special Fingerstyle Advanced Upper In- Upper In- Lower In- Lower In- Novice Century Banjo Fiddle Fingerstyle Flatpicking termediate termediate termediate termediate termediate Classes & More termediate termediate termediate termediate Banjo 8-9:00a Friday Breakfast: Kirk Cafeteria Fri 9:15- Playing Three Intro to The Joys Under- Technical Know The Great Intro to Learn Intro to How to Reviewing Getting 19th- 4-String Old-Time Fingerstyle Flatpick Mandolin. Bass. 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Evans & Vappie Bowing Tricks & Rhythm Rhythm With Both Shapes, Skills Cavanaugh & Simple Dave Jigs Etc. for Both Fingerstyle Soloing Player Familiar & Licks & Chords Macon Hands Techniques Rothfield Tips Faris Unfamiliar Rolls Beazley Walsh Dumas Tunes Sumner Wade Fink Adams & Dowling Munde Blount Eubanks Fri 10:45- Some Integrating The Jam Roll Get Right- Intro to Using the Tunes Mastering How to Intro to First 19th- 4-String Old-Time Fingerstyle Flatpick Mandolin. Bass. 1200n Great Melodic Single- Survival: Logic: Started at Hand Banjo Entire from East Alternate- Put Drive Drop- & Chords, Century Banjo. Fiddle. Guitar. Guitar. Dynamics: Bluegrass Fretting- Riffs Into String Concepts the Basic Improvis- Technique Mainten- Finger- Kentucky String in Your Double- Getting Banjo. 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Evans Hurt Thumb) Rothfield Substitution Eubanks Adams & Dowling Dumas Barnes L. Pool Perlman Blount Faris 10:45a Check-In Begins for “Weekend Only” Students: Front Desk 12:15-1:15 Friday Lunch: Kirk Cafeteria Fri Dawg Right- Diatonic Playing it The Circle Controlling More Jam Skills The Round- Play in Rhythmic Songs & Playing More 19th- 4-String Old-Time Fingerstyle Flatpick Mandolin. Bass. 1:30- Music for Hand Chords: Cool with of Fifths & Your Focus on Help for 2-finger & Peak Several Antici- Tunes with Other Right-Hand Century Banjo.. Fiddle. Guitar. Guitar. Fiddle How to 2:45p Banjo: Improv- Opening a few licks the Tone & Picking- All. Learn 3-Finger Master Keys, pation: from Instru- Work, Banjo. Chord- Picking Bridging Hunting Tunes on Approach Play David isation: Up the from J.D. Nashville Dynamics Hand to Sing Styles Fred Clawham- Dragging Grandpa ments: First 19th- Melody Up Tunes the Gap for the Mandolin Swing & Classes Grisman’s Make Up Neck in a Crowe, Numbering Skills Bluegrass Banjo Cocker- mer Style the Jones & Capos, Fiddle Century Style on the Fly: from Blues Melody: Blues EMD Your Own Million Alan System Furtado & Find Styles of ham’s Using Downbeat Ramona Chords & Tunes Banjo Using Tips & to Jazz: A How to Dumas Tunes in Rolls for Ways Shelton Beazley Your Sam & Roustabout Open Back Jones the Synco- Chord- Techniques Doorway Listen to the Barnes Different and Others Cahill Authentic Kirk G-Tuning, Across the Nashville Newberry pation Inversions to Essential Songs & Bluegrass Musical Trischka Bluegrass McGee Baugus Bar Line Fink Numbering Rothfield Chords & Pick Apart Repertoire Contexts Baumann Voice Walsh to Create System Adams & Vappie Techniques Melodies Wade Excitement Blount Eubanks Cavanaugh Loring Hurt Dowling Faris Perlman Fri. 3:00p Tour of Olivet College for Non-Playing Spouses & Companions Fri. 3:00- Bluegrass Jam Bluegrass Demo. Bluegrass Demo. Bluegrass Demo. Vocal Harmony Appalachian Multi-Instruments Multi-Styles Demo. Multi-Styles Demo. Old-Time Demo. Old-Time Demo. Old-time Jam 4:15p Workshop for All Secrets of Things You Ain’t Tips on Arranging Workshop: Clogging Workshop: Demo. Classic & Old-Time Songs from the Fiddle Tunes with a Pushing Out the Workshop for All Instruments & Single-String Supposed to Play on Songs for Bluegrass (Also Open to Non- (Also Open to Exploring the Blues Fingerpicking “Hill Billy” Blues or Ragtime Boundaries of Instruments & Levels: Etiquette, Banjo Performance, from Playing Spouses, Non-Playing Recording Era & Flavor Clawhammer Levels: Etiquette, Demos Instrument Roles & Special Consensus Etc.) Spouses, Etc.) Grand Ole Opry Instrument Roles & Survival Skills Furtado Barnes Baumann Adams Baugus F. Evans Survival Skills McKinney Bowness Cahill, Dumas, Beazley & Loring Graziano Dowling Blount Fink Perlman Hurt Burke, Knupfer Munde Cavanaugh Eubanks & Vappie Wade Marxer L. Pool Walsh Andrade & Sumner Trischka Faris Newberry Rothfield E. Pool Hartness Host: Burke Host: Munde Host: Cavanaugh Host: Cahill Host: Baumann Host: Adams Host: Newberry Host: Baugus Host: Walsh Host: Andrade Fri 4:30- Friday Free Period: Jam on Your Own 5:45p Or: Have Your Fretted-Instrument or Fiddle Set-Up Evaluated by MBC Co-Director Stan Werbin, Head of Elderly Instruments (Rm. 109) 6-7:00p Friday Dinner: Kirk Cafeteria 7:15-9:35 Friday Faculty Concert (Featuring Half the Faculty): Auditorium Fri.9:50- Bluegrass Bluegrass Inter- Bluegrass Inter- Bluegrass Inter- Bluegrass Bluegrass All Styles Song Circle Old-Time Old-Time Inter- Old-Time Inter- Old-Time 19th-Century Classic Jazz Guitar Circle 11:00p “Regular” Jam mediate Jam mediate Jam mediate Jam Slow Jam Slow Jam Vocal Jam “Regular” Jam mediate Jam mediate Jam Slow Jam Banjo Jam Jam Jams Ball, Cavanaugh Cahill, Dumas Faris, Furtado & Barnes, Beazley Sumner Marxer & Wade Fink, Hartness Baugus, Andrade L. Pool Adams & Baumann & Dowling & Bowness & Eubanks Munde McKinney & Newberry & Hurt F. Evans & & Walsh Blount Vappie Knupfer Rothfield 11:00 Snack Time: Mott Main Entrance (2nd Floor) 11:30p- Jam on Your Own: Any Classroom or Other Space in Mott 8-9:00a Saturday Breakfast: Kirk Cafeteria Types & Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Bluegrass: Bluegrass:
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