BANJO CAMP NORTH – FALL EDITION – SEPTEMBER, 16-18, 2011

Program codes: All=Information useful to everyone. N=Novice, B=Beginner, AB=Advancing Beginner; I=Intermediate, A=Advanced, Demo=Demonstration.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Birch

Sassafrass

Oak

Maple

Dining Hall

Sage Hall (Under DH)

Dining Hall Foyer

Nurse Station (Under DH)

Office Annex (Under office)

12:30-1:45

Registration

Find Your Level OT

Get Most From Hand-Held Recorder

Find Your Level BG

Early Bird Up-to-Speed BG Jam

Early Bird Up-to-Speed OT Jam

Early Bird Slow BG Jam

Early Bird Slow OT Jam

Find Your Level Mandolin

1:45-2:15

Staff Meeting

L.Hammond Grosswendt

Rivers

Altschuler

Kelly, Kropp

Baugus

Bowden

Kiphuth B.Hammond

Kaufman

2:30-3:45

Bluegrass Beginner I (N-B)

Clawhammer Beginner I (N-B)

Clawhammer Adv-Beg I (AB)

Tunes From Tug Hollow (I-A)

The Organized Sideperson (A)

Analyzing Scruggs Style Solos (I-A)

Round Peak Style (A)

Unlocking TablEdit (All)

Mandolin Track I (N-B)

Altschuler

Hammond

Grosswendt

Kropp

Kelly

Evans

Herrmann

Stillman

Kaufman

4:00-5:15

Bluegrass Beginner II (N-B)

Clawhammer Beginner II (N-B)

Clawhammer Adv-Beg II (AB)

Intro to CH & OT Finger Style for BG (I-A)

Roustabout (A)

Systematic Approach to Melodic Banjo (I-A)

Sitting in on Tunes You Don’t Know (I)

Bluegrass Without a Capo (A)

Mandolin Track II (N-B)

Altschuler

Hammond

Grosswendt

Kropp

Baugus

Evans

Herrmann

Bowden

Kaufman

6:00-7:00

Dinner

7:15-8:45

Faculty Concert in Dining Hall

9:00-11:00 Jams

Singing

Comb’d OT

Slow BG Jam

BG UptoSpeed

OT UptoSpeed

Blues

Schrade Kiphuth

L&B Hammond Kaufman

Altschuler Stillman

Kelly, Bowden

Baugus, Rivers

Grosswendt

8:00-9:15

Breakfast

9:30-10:45

Bluegrass Beginner III (N-B)

Clawhammer Beginner III (N-B)

Clawhammer Advancing Beginner III (AB)

Preparing For Your First Jam Session (AB)

The Great Bluegrass Lick Lexicon (I)

Advanced Improvisational Techniques (A)

Ornamenting OT Tunes and Songs (I)

Up The Neck Backup (I-A)

Mandolin Track III (N-B)

Altschuler

Hammond

Grosswendt

Stillman

Nelson

Trischka

Kiphuth

Evans

Kaufman

11-12:15

Bluegrass Beginner IV (N-B)

Clawhammer Beginner IV (N-B)

Clawhammer Advancing Beginner IV (AB)

Improvising: The First Stage (I)

Doug Dillard’s Tunes &Style (I-A)

Quirky Bluegrass Licks (I)

Fiddle Tunes in Pre-Melodic Style (I-A)

Dock Boggs Fingerstyle (I-A)

Mandolin Track IV (N-B)

Altschuler

Hammond

Grosswendt

Henry

Kropp

Arkin

Kiphuth

Baugus

Kaufman

12:30-1:45

Lunch

2:00-2:15

Camp Picture - Dining Hall Steps – Please attend with your banjo

2:20-3:20

Improve Left Hand Accuracy and Dexterity (AB)

Playing in 3/4 Time (I)

Everything Audio (All)

OT and BG Fiddle and Banjo Duets (Demo)

J. D. Crowe Style Banjo (I)

Playing Songs You Already Can Sing (AB)

How to Get a Professional Sound (B)

Round Peak Style Basics (I)

Mandolin Basics: Woody’s Rag (N-B)

Kelly

Henry

Rivers

Arkin, Kaufman, Herrmann

Evans

Bowden

Trischka

Baugus

Zimmerman

	Birch		Sassafrass	Oak	Maple	Dining Hall	Sage Hall	DH Foyer	Nurse Station	Office Annex
3:30-4:30	Music Theory Basics for Bluegrass (B)		Better Playing Through Exercises (All)	Learning to Trade Breaks (AB)	Essentials of Drop-Thumb (AB)	Down The Neck Forward Roll Backup (AB)	Same Tune, Different Worlds (AB/Demo)	Intermediate Back-Up (I)	Beginning Single String Style (I-A)	Black Mandolin Classics (I)
	Kelly		Stillman	Henry	Herrmann	Evans	Arkin, Kiphuth	Trischka	Nelson	Grosswendt
4:40-5:40	Teach Your Ears To Hear (All)		The Humble Vamp (AB-I)	Bill Monroe's Rawhide (AB)	Elements of OT Fiddle (Demo)	3-Finger BG & OT Fiddle Banjo Duet (I)	The Double D / Double C Tuning (I-A)	Developing Your Own Solos (AB)	Using the Amazing Slow Downer (All)	Simple Mandolin Tunes By Ear (AB)
	Baugus		Stillman	Henry	Herrmann	Kaufman, Kropp	Arkin	Trischka	Kelly	Bowden
6:00-7:00	Dinner
7:15-8:45	Faculty Concert in Dining Hall
9:00-11:00 Jams	Singing		Comb’d Slow OT		Slow BG Jam	BG UptoSpeed	OT UptoSpeed	Jazz
	Schrade,Kiphuth		L&B Hammond Kaufman		Henry, Evans	Trischka, Kelly	Arkin, Herrmann	Nelson
		Sunday, September 18, 2011
8:00-9:15		Breakfast
c	Birch		Sassafrass	Oak	Maple	Dining Hall	Sage Hall	DH Foyer	Nurse Station	Office Annex
9:30-10:45	Bluegrass Beginner V (N-B)		Clawhammer Beginner V (N-B)	Clawhammer Advancing Beginner V (AB)	Playing Down-the-Neck Breaks by Ear (AB)	Banjo Care and Feeding (All)	The Key Ingredients of Clawhammer (I-A)	The Golden Ladder (I-A)	Entertaining as a Banjoist and Songster (I)	Mandolin Track V (N-B)
	Altschuler		Hammond	Grosswendt	Stillman	Nelson	Arkin	Kiphuth	Bowden	Kaufman
11-12:15	Moveable Chord Shapes, Positions,Licks (AB)		Been All Around This World (All)	Strategies for Improvising (All)	Zen Practice and Banjo Playing (All)	Chords, Chord Theory and Rolls (AB)	Authenticity and the OT Banjo Player (I)	Seeking The Melody - Scruggs Style (B-I)	Getting Better On Your Own (AB)	Mandolin Licks, Kick-Offs and Fills (I)
	Altschuler		Hammond, Henry	Evans, Stillman, Trischka	Herrmann	Kropp	Arkin	Kiphuth	Kelly	Bowden
12:30-1:45	Lunch
2:00-3:15	Playing in 3 Common BG Tunings (AB)		Jimmy Martin's Banjo Players Style (I)	Salty Dog (I)	Folk Banjo Styles (I-A)	Working with a PA System (Demo)	Classic Style Banjo (I)	Up-the-Neck Breaks (I-A)	Fretless Banjo (AB)
	Bowden		Kelly	Henry	Kropp	Rivers	Trischka	Kiphuth	Baugus
	Camp Ends – See you in May