DISCOVER BLUEGRASS DAY - May 27, 2011

DISCOVER BLUEGRASS DAY

A Full Day of Workshops Presented by Professional Musicians

We are excited to present a full day of workshops on May 27, the Friday of the Memorial Day Festival.  These workshops will be free to all festival attendees.  If you would like to just come for the day, the cost of a Friday daily ticket is $8 and will allow you to attend all workshops, plus all other activities and concerts on Friday night. 

           

Workshops will be 2 hours in length, including time to pack up and move to the next workshop.  Preregistration is not required…just show up at the door!  You will find schedules posted on the bathroom doors and at the merchants’ building, but if you want to start planning your day now, here is the preliminary schedule.  You can attend one session per time slot.

Choices are:

10am until noon – Song Writing, Banjo, Dobro, or Guitar

Noon until 2pm – Mountain Dulcimer, Fiddle, or Bass

2 pm until 4pm – Mandolin or Harmonica

4 pm until 6pm – Harmony Singing, Beginner Bluegrass Jam, Old-Time/Bluegrass Dancing

In addition to the above FREE sessions, we will be offering a workshop from 2pm until 6pm (yes, FOUR hours!) with Bull Harmon.  This will be geared towards the more advanced players, and there will be a $25 fee for this class.  You must preregister in advance with Chris Cooperrider as there is a limit of 12 students in this class. Call 260-302-1555 for more information or to preregister.

The Saturday morning workshops are being replaced by this Friday spectacular. There will still be the “Slow Jam” on Saturday from 12-1:30p in the Mini Barn along with the Kids Korner at 10:00 to 11:30a.