2016 Crooked Road Dulcimer Festival
Workshop Schedule
Thursday, May 26th - Evening Activities (All Participants; No Need To
Sign Up for These)
Instructor
Time
Class/Activity
Ken
5:45 - 6:45
Dulcimer Orchestra
All
7:00 - 7:30
Festival Introductions and Orientation
Ben
7:30 - 8:15
Care and Feeding of the Dulcimer
Workshop
All
8:30 - 9:30
Instructor Jam
Friday, May 27th - Workshops
DULCIMER MAINTENANCE: Ben Seymour is available to help with your dulcimer
maintenance and accessory needs. Schedule a time with him during one of the “In
Shop” times below.
Instructor
Bill
9:00 - 10:15
10:45 - Noon
1:45 - 3:00
3:30 - 4:45
Playing Irish Jigs
“Bagpipe Tuning”:
Low AAD
Clearing Up Modal
Mysteries
(Novice Level and Up)
(Beginner Level and
Up)
(Intermediate Level)
Dave
Beyond Beginner Advanced Arpeggios
Part 1of 2
(Intermediate/Advanced
(Novice Level; Sign
Up for Both Parts)
Ralph
Levels)
Jam Survival
Techniques
(Novice/Intermediate
Levels)
Roaming the
Virginia Blue
Ridge with Cecil
and Maud
1
Instructor
9:00 - 10:15
10:45 - Noon
1:45 - 3:00
3:30 - 4:45
(Beginner Level and
Up)
Maddie
Mountain
Dulcimer For
Beginners - Part
1 of 4
(Beginner Level; Sign
Up for All 4 Parts)
Ken
Connections:
Appalachian
Dulcimer /
Zither
Mountain Dulcimer
For Beginners - Part
2 of 4
(Beginner Level; Sign Up
for All 4 Parts)
Making it up
Modally
Rounds In
Harmony
(Advanced Beginner
Level and Up)
Bowed Dulcimer
(All Levels)
(Intermediate Level
and Up)
(All Participants)
Ben
In Shop
In Shop
Play Party Games &
Songs—With Becky
In Shop
(Novice Level and Up)
Becky
Wayne
Neal
Play Party Games &
Songs—With Ben
Introduction to
Playing Bones
(Novice Level and Up)
(All Levels; Loaner
Bones Available)
Songs of James
A. Bland
Songs of the
Virginia/ NC Border
(Intermediate to
Advanced Levels)
(Novice to intermediate
Levels)
Out of the
Ordinary Waltzes
Left and Right
Hand Techniques
Music Theory for
All
(Intermediate Level)
(Intermediate Level)
(Beginner Level)
Coleen
Making a CD
(All Levels)
Fingerpicking Right and Left
Hand Techniques
(All Those Who Have
Never Fingerpicked)
Mill Run Dulcimer
Band: A Slice of
Virginia Dulcimer
History
(A Non-Playing
Workshop)
2
Instructor
9:00 - 10:15
10:45 - Noon
Marsha
Phyllis
MORE Fiddle
Tunes Uptempo!
Part 1 of 2
1:45 - 3:00
3:30 - 4:45
Music of John
Playford
Fun With
Techniques
(Intermediate Level and
Up)
(Beginner Level and
Up)
Galax Dulcimer
Going from DAA
to CGG
(Beginners Only)
(Beginner Level)
(Novice Level and Up;
Sign Up for Both
Parts)
6:15 - 7:15 - Dulcimer Orchestra - (All Levels)
Saturday, May 28th - Workshops
DULCIMER MAINTENANCE: Ben Seymour is available to help with your dulcimer
maintenance and accessory needs. Schedule a time with him during one of the “In
Shop” times below.
Instructor
9:00 - 10:15
Bill
10:45 - Noon
1:45 - 3:00
3:30 - 4:45
“Bagpipe
Tuning”: Low
AAD
Playing Irish Jigs
Clearing Up Modal
Mysteries
(Intermediate Level;
Repeat of Friday Class)
(Novice Level and Up;
Repeat of Friday
Class)
Dave
Ralph
(Beginner Level and
Up; Repeat of Friday
Class)
Beyond Beginner
– Part 2 of 2
Advanced
Arpeggios
Jam Survival
Techniques
(Novice Level; Sign
Up for Both Parts)
(Intermediate/Advanced
Levels; Repeat of
Friday Class)
(Novice/Intermediate
Levels; Repeat of
Friday Class)
The Road of
the Mountain
Dulcimer
Roaming the
Virginia Blue
Ridge with Cecil
and Maud
(All Participants)
3
Instructor
9:00 - 10:15
10:45 - Noon
1:45 - 3:00
3:30 - 4:45
(Beginner Level and
Up; Repeat of Friday
Class)
Maddie
Mountain
Mountain Dulcimer
Dulcimer For
For Beginners Beginners - Part
Part 4 of 4
3 of 4
(Beginner Level; Sign
Ken
(Beginner Level; Sign
Up for All 4 Parts)
Up for All 4 Parts)
Making it up
Modally
Bowed Dulcimer
(Intermediate Level
and Up; Repeat of
Friday Class)
Ben
In Shop
In Shop
Rounds In
Harmony
(Advanced Beginner
Level and Up)
(All Levels; Repeat of
Friday Class)
Play Party Games
& Songs—With
Becky
In Shop
(Novice Level and Up;
Repeat of Friday Class)
Becky
Introduction to
Playing Bones
(All Levels; Loaner
Bones Available;
Repeat of Friday
Class)
Wayne
(Novice Level and Up;
Repeat of Friday Class)
Songs of James
Fingerpicking A. Bland
Right and Left Hand
Techniques
(Intermediate to
Advanced Levels;
Repeat of Friday
Class)
Neal
Play Party Games
& Songs—With
Ben
Out of the
Ordinary Waltzes
(Intermediate Level;
4
(All Those Who Have
Never Fingerpicked;
Repeat of Friday Class)
Left and Right
Hand
Techniques
Songs of the
Virginia/ NC
Border
(Novice to
intermediate Levels;
Repeat of Friday
Class)
Music Theory for
All
(Beginner Level;
Instructor
9:00 - 10:15
10:45 - Noon
Repeat of Friday
Class)
Coleen
1:45 - 3:00
(Intermediate Level;
Repeat of Friday
Class)
Making a CD
3:30 - 4:45
Repeat of Friday
Class)
Mill Run Dulcimer
Band: A Slice of
Virginia Dulcimer
History
(All Levels; Repeat of
Friday Class)
(A Non-Playing
Workshop; Repeat of
Friday Class)
Marsha
Phyllis
Music of John
Playford
Fun With
Techniques
(Intermediate Level
and Up; Repeat of
Friday Class)
(Beginner Level and
Up; Repeat of Friday
Class)
MORE Fiddle
Tunes Uptempo!
Part 1 of 2
Going from DAA
to CGG
(Beginner Level;
Repeat
of Friday Class)
(Novice Level and Up;
Sign Up for Both
Parts)
6:15 - 7:15 - Dulcimer Orchestra - (All Levels)
5
Galax Dulcimer
(Beginners Only;
Repeat of Friday Class)