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2009 Summer Session

 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Saturday, June 23

One-day Fly Fishing Workshop with Mike Snyder (rods, reels, flies included)

Week 1, July 5-10

Cajun/Creole Week

~ Accordion (4 levels)
~ Electric Bass
~ Fiddle (3 levels + Creole)
~ Guitar
~ Cajun/ Zydeco Dance (all levels)

Also student showcase, group sessions, guest artists, jams, concerts, dances & more

Early Country Music Week

~ Country Duet Singing
~ Electric Honky-Tonk Guitar
~ Songs of Hank Williams
~ Back-up Guitar for Country Music
~ Dobro/Reso Guitar

Also student showcase, group sessions, guest artists, jams, concerts, dances & more

Craft classes:
~ NEW! Encaustic Painting
~ Instrument Repair
~
NEW! Knitting (Seamless  Sweater)

Folklore classes:
~ Cajun Cooking
~ Herbs

Youth classes:
~ NEW! Appalachian Adventure (ages 9-13)

Additional music class:  Beginning Hammered Dulcimer

Don't forget, you can also sign up for a mini-course.
Mini-courses
meet Monday–Thursday from 6:30 to 7:45pm, unless otherwise noted.

~ Accordion Repair
~ Astronomy Basics
~ Creole Fiddle
~ Music & History from the Archives
~ Pedal Steel Guitar
~ Old-Time West Virginia Singing
 

Week 2, July 12-17

Blues Week

~ Fiddle
~ Guitar (all levels & styles)
~ Harmonica (3 levels)
~ History of the Blues
~ Mandolin
~ Piano (4 levels)
~ Vocals (Blues and Gospel)
~ Songwriting
~ Teen Band

Also student showcase, group sessions, guest artists, jams, concerts, dances & more

Guitar Week

~ Finger Picking

~ Slide

~ Flat-Picking

~ Blues Heroes Sampler

~ Music Theory & more…

Also student showcase, group sessions, guest artists, jams, concerts, dances & more

Craft classes:
~ NEW! Encaustic Painting
~ Instrument Repair
~
NEW! Knitting (Seamless  Sweater)

Folklore classes:
~ Cajun Cooking
~ Herbs

Youth classes:
~ NEW! Appalachian Adventure (ages 9-13)

Additional music class:  Beginning Hammered Dulcimer

Don't forget, you can also sign up for a mini-course.
Mini-courses
meet Monday–Thursday from 6:30 to 7:45pm, unless otherwise noted.

~ Accordion Repair
~ Astronomy Basics
~ Creole Fiddle
~ Music & History from the Archives
~ Pedal Steel Guitar
~ Old-Time West Virginia Singing
 


Don't forget, you can also sign up for a mini-course.

Mini-courses
meet Monday–Thursday from 6:30 to 7:45pm, unless otherwise noted.
 

Week 3, July 19-24

Irish/Celtic Week
Music Classes:

Folklore Classes:

Dance Classes:

Plus sessions, slow sessions, concerts, dances, & more

Irish

Other Music Classes: 

Irish

Crafts & Folklore
Craft Classes:
Folklore Classes:


Crafts/Folklore


 

Folk Arts for Kids:

Kids and Teens

 


Don't forget, you can also sign up for a mini-course.

Mini-courses
meet Monday–Thursday from 6:30 to 7:45pm, unless otherwise noted.
 

Week 4, July 27 - August 1

Bluegrass Week
Music Classes:
Banjo. Bass, Dobro/Reso Guitar, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, and Vocals.

Also slow jams, “pro” jams, band labs, special topic workshops, guest artists & more.

Bluegrass

Swing Week
 

 

Swing

Kids and Teens

 

Crafts & Folklore
Craft Classes:
Folklore Classes:

Crafts/Folklore

         Roots & Rhythm for

Teens & Young Adults

        Kids and Teens


Don't forget, you can also sign up for a mini-course.

Mini-courses
meet Monday–Thursday from 6:30 to 7:45pm, unless otherwise noted.
 

Week 5, August 3-10

Old-Time Week
Music Classes:

Folklore Class:

Also special one-time afternoon workshops, guest master artists, slow jams, dance parties, & more

Old-Time

Vocal Week
Vocal Classes: 

Also warming up and caring for the voice, song swaps, jams, concerts, activities for teens, and much more

Vocal

Crafts & Folklore
Craft Classes:
Folklore Class:

Crafts/Folklore

Dance Week
 

 

Dance

 

Folk Arts for Kids:
 

Kids and Teens

 


Don't forget, you can also sign up for a mini-course.

Mini-courses
meet Monday–Thursday from 6:30 to 7:45pm, unless otherwise noted.
 

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