Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops

Subject: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: biglappy
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 01:15 AM

Jim Lloyd and Kirk Sutphin, two old-time music and fiddler's convention stalwarts are offering workshops at
Holiday Lake 4-H camp. These guys are the real deal-- tradition-bearing old-time music families, years of fiddler's convention competition, real genius. These are the guys that the other old-time musicians want to play with when they can.

Jim is teaching guitar and Kirk is teaching clawhammer banjo. Alan Jabbour, who is with the Library of Congress, is teaching fiddle. He has been playing old-time for 40 years and can probably be forgiven northern roots and an advanced degree.

http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/holiday/oldtimemusic.html

The classes are small, the camp is comfy, this is a great opportunity to get your playing up a notch, not to mention just hang out and hear musicians this good.

Subject: RE: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: BanjoRay
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 07:34 AM

Anyone who wants to become a good old time musician would do themselves a real favour going to this workshop.
Alan Jabbour is coming over to the UK in February to the Foaotmad Old Time Festival at Gainsborough, which will also involve workshops. I'm really looking forward to it.
More later.
Ray

Subject: RE: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: GLoux
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 09:34 AM

I'm pretty sure that Alan has retired from the LoC. The workshops are in Appomattox, Virginia. Nov. 7-10, 2004.

Subject: RE: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: biglappy
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 08:10 PM

Thanks for adding the dates.

For those who care about these things, these guys aren't club players but the very best out of the local VA-NC tradition of incredible old-time instrumental music.

Subject: RE: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: ced2
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 01:52 PM

Does the banjo workshop include the use of a 14lb sledgehammer?

Subject: RE: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: GUEST,NIckp (cookieless)
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 03:09 PM

Chairman Ray, that clickie is wrong it should be

FOAOTMAD

Hon. Sec. Nick

Subject: RE: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: BanjoRay
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 07:23 PM

Mudcat seems to insert itself in front of all my clickies.
Ray

Subject: RE: Great Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar Workshops
From: GUEST,Nickp
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 04:12 PM

Thats coz you need the http:// bit in there - do a cut & paste from the header bar. I'll do lessons next time we meet! Nick