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Friday Schedule

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Welcome Party and Jam Session
Town and Country Christian Church, 2133 South Tucker Road, Shelbyville. The church is handicapped-accessible, with ample parking.

Saturday Schedule

Workshops:

9:00AM - 10:15AM

Autoharp - intermediate Instructor: Les Gustafson-Zook
Calypso Fun. Learn a few calypso rhythms on the autoharp.

Hammered dulcimer - beginner Instructor: Martha Richard
Learn a traditional tune called the "Texas Waltz". There are several easily recognized patterns that are helpful in the learning of this song. If time, we will work on some simple chords to backup this tune.

Mountain dulcimer - intermediate Instructor: Larry Conger
Irish jigs.

Mountain dulcimer - beginner (Part 1 of 2) Instructor: Myra Dworski
Get acquainted with your instrument and Mixolydian D-A-D tuning. Come prepared to work on basic strumming patterns, simple melody lines, and chord accompaniment.

Banjo Instructor: Dave Para
Tunes for frailing, or clawhammer, banjo style for those who already know the right hand frailing motion and want to learn some easy tunes that are standard in the old-time repertoire.

10:30AM - 11:45AM

Hammered Dulcimer - intermediate Instructor: Cathy Barton
"Port One Step: An Unusual Missouri Tune". Learn this fun tune with a calypso beat.

Mountain dulcimer - advanced beginner Instructor: Larry Conger
Beyond the drone.

Mountain dulcimer - beginner (Part 2 of 2) Instructor: Myra Dworski
Get acquainted with your instrument and Mixolydian D-A-D tuning. Come prepared to work on basic strumming patterns, simple melody lines, and chord accompaniment.

Guitar Instructor: Jon Hall
How to play basic blues rhythm guitar, the chord structure of the blues, the blues shuffle, blues turnarounds, and learn how to get that "feel" of the blues in your playing.

12:45AM - 2:00PM

Mandolin - beginner Instructor: Les Gustafson-Zook
Learn some basic chords and several fun songs, as well as tips for picking and strumming the mandolin.

Hammered Dulcimer - intermediate Instructor: Cathy Barton
"The Hornpipe: Its History and How to Play it". Learn the "Lamplighter Hornpipe" and the "Londonderry Hornpipe".

Mountain dulcimer - intermediate Instructor: Larry Conger
Duet playing.

Guitar Instructor: Dave Para
Flat-picking fiddle tunes.

2:15PM - 3:30PM

Autoharp - intermediate Instructor: Les Gustafson-Zook
Backing up others. Ways of enhancing your backup skills.

Hammered dulcimer - intermediate Instructor: Cathy Barton
Playing for elementary schools: songs and tunes that work and why.

Gentle jam - all instruments and voices Instructor: Myra Dworski & Jon Hall
Come one, come all to our gentle jam, where the tempo is at a slower pace, and the fun level is high.

Shape-note singing Instructor: Dave Para
Group harmony singing. Features the older, pre-European influenced style of hymnody harmonization of 200 years ago. Four-part harmony session will need at least eight students.

3:45PM - 5:00PM

Autoharp - intermediate/advanced Instructor: Les Gustafson-Zook
O'Carolan songs. Beautiful songs from Turlough O'Carolan.

Mountain dulcimer - advanced Instructor: Larry Conger
Hoedowns and breakdowns.

Sing-along Instructor: Cathy Barton and Dave Para
Join us as we share some songs with good choruses.

Evening:

6:30PM

Evening Concert
Performers: Cathy Barton and Dave Para, Larry Conger, Les Gustafson-Zook, and Myra Dworski & Jon Hall