2016 Festival – workshop events
Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 – 12:00 to 1:30pm Beautiful Music Around Us: Exploring America’s Rich Banjo Heritage Featuring Stephen Wade Free admission Presented by the Sousa Archives and Center for
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Learn some new banjo tricks from one of the best around!
New early blues guitar licks are only one workshop away!
In this workshop, Gaye Adegbalola traces the history of blues women from the 1920s to today. She’ll share video and/or audio clips from Bessie Smith to Billie Holiday, from Rosetta Tharpe
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Learn swing from everyone’s favorite dancing physics professor, Paul Kwiat! Then stick around for the swing dance with Tommy Halloran’s Guerilla Swing!
For this intermediate workshop, Dave will teach some simple effects and give an introduction to the blues. If you attended the beginning workshop, you are welcome to stay for this session
Continue readingHarmonica Workshop (Intermediate), with David Witzany
It’s easy to begin to learn to play harmonica! Dave will lead the group using key of C diatonic 10 hole harmonicas to help you learn about the instrument and to
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Time to get your D minor on! Dip into this folk tradition brought to the United States by Jews from Eastern Europe. We’ll listen to some recordings, learn a tune,
Learn the basics of the old time claw hammer banjo style from one of the masters of the art. Dan will explore the basic bum ditty, the drop thumb, and
In this hands on fiddle workshop Dan will delve into the Appalachian fiddle style, teaching bowing, rhythm, phrasing, and a couple of basic tunes. The participants should have some knowledge