Schedule:

August 9, 2024

5:00 to 7:00: Registration

7:30 to 9:30: Evening Concert Workshop Leaders Showcase Part 1: Marge Diamond, Jeff Fedan, Brett Ridgeway, Linda Sigismondi, Tish Westman

9:45 : Late Night Jam Session Linda Sigismondi and Bill Schilling

August 10, 2024

Mcintyre's Cabin

9:00 to 10:00: Getting Started MD Cynthia Brissey MD-B

10:15 to 11:15: Just Past Beginner Marge Diamond MD-B, AB

11:30 to 12:30: Playing Harmony Linda Sigismondi MD-AB

12:30 to 1:15: Lunch

1:15 to 2:15: Chord Progressions Tish Westman MD-AB

2:30 to 3:30: Basic Blues on MD Steven K. Smith MD-AB

3:45 to 4:45:Fun with Pentatonic Scales
Jerry Rockwell MD-All

Jonathan Bee Cabin

9:00 to 10:00: Strengthen Your Strum 1
Bill Locke MD-AB, I

10:15 to 11:15: Strengthen Your Strum 2
Bill Locke MD-1

11:30 to 12:30: Intro to Four-Chord Loops
Jerry Rockwell MD-1

12:30 to 1:15: Lunch

1:15 to 2:15: Irish Music
Steven K. Smith MD-1

2:30 to 3:30: Descending Scales and Modes
Jerry Rockwell MD-All

3:45 to 4:45: Flatpicking with your LEFT hand
Brett Ridgeway MD-1

Farmhouse

9:00 to 10:00: HD Set-Up/ Tuning

10:15 to 11:15: Never Touched HD
Jeff Fedan HD-B

11:30 to 12:30: HD Tunes from WV to Play More Often
Jeff Fedan HD-AB, I

12:30 to 1:15: Lunch

1:15 to 2:15: 8-Note Miracle Cure Brett Ridgeway
HD-AB, I

2:30 to 3:30: Open for Jamming

3:45 to 4:45: Drum Circle Linda Sigismondi All

Meeting House

9:00 to 10:00: Bowed Psaltery Tish Westman MD-AB

10:15 to 11:15: Trad. Native American Songs and Stories Linda Sigismondi Native Flute - All

11:30 to 12:30: Playing Parts in Folk- Style Music Bill Schilling All

12:30 to 1:15: Lunch

1:15 to 2:15: Beginning Ukulele Bill Schilling All - B

2:30 to 3:30: Accompaniment Melodies & Rhythms Tish Westman All-AB

3:45 to 4:45: Beg. Vocal Accomp. for Autoharp Bill Schilling
Autoharp - AB

5:00 to 7:00: Dinner Break

7:30 to 9:30: Evening Concert Workshop Leaders Showcase Part 2: Bill Locke, Bill Schilling, Jerry Rockwell, Steven K. Smith

9:45 : Late Night Jam Session
Linda Sigismondi and Bill Schilling

August 11, 2024

McIntyre's Cabin

9:30 to 10:30: Song Circle Bill Schilling

10:45 to 11:45: Add More Fiddle Tunes to Your Play List
Marge Diamond MD - AB

12:00 to 1:00: Lunch

1:00 to 2:00: Easy Country Dance Tunes for MD
Steven K. Smith MD - AB

2:15 to 3:00: All-Participant Finale Linda Sigismondi/Bill Schilling

Jonathan Bee Cabin

9:30 to 10:30: Song Circle Bill Schilling

10:45 to 11:45: Use Chords in Your Music
Bill Locke MD - AB

12:00 to 1:00: Lunch

1:00 to 2:00: Building Your Mountain Dulcimer Arsenal Brett Ridgeway
MD - AB, I

2:15 to 3:00: All-Participant Finale Linda Sigismondi/Bill Schilling

Farmhouse

9:30 to 10:30: Song Circle Bill Schilling

10:45 to 11:45: North-Central WV Tunes - Embellished
Jeff Fedan HD-I

12:00 to 1:00: Lunch

1:00 to 2:00: Spoons for More Just Eating Jeff Fedan All

2:15 to 3:00: All-Participant Finale Linda Sigismondi/Bill Schilling

Meeting House

9:30 to 10:30: Song Circle Bill Schilling

10:45 to 11:45: Hymns for MD and Others
Cynthia Brissey MDB, AB+ others

12:00 to 1:00: Lunch

2:15 to 3:00: All-Participant Finale Linda Sigismondi/Bill Schilling

Date: August 9 - 11, 2024

Location:

Fort New Salem - 81 settlers Ln Salem, WV 26426

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