Banjo Camp North, May 15, 16, & 17, 2009 Preliminary Class Schedule Click here for class descriptions Note: To save room, OT is used interchangeably for Clawhammer and Frailing, as well as Old Time.  BG is Bluegrass.
FRIDAY, May 15, 2009
	Adult 1^st Floor	Adult 2^nd Floor	Pine	Fellowship Annex	Judson Lodge	Going Lodge	Memorial Hall	Gym Lounge	Chapel	Adult Room 4	Adult Room 5
12:30-1:45pm	Registration	Early Bird BG Up-To-Speed Jam Kiphuth, Schrade, Howard	Early Bird BG Slow Jam Stockwells, Henry					Early Bird OT Slow Jam B. Hammond, Bursen	Early Bird OT Up-To-Speed Jam Kropp, Kaufman, Rivers	BG Find Your Level  Altschuler	OT Find Your Level L. Hammond
1:45-2:15pm	Staff Meeting
2:30-3:45pm	Folk Styles: Pete Seeger & Beyond (All) Kropp, Weissberg Keith, Deering	Fiddle Tunes On Banjo (I-A) Trischka, Kaufman	Playing in Any Key (I-A) Davis	Making the Jump to Double Thumbing (AB-I) Bursen	Beginning OT-1 Getting to Know You (N-B) Hammond	Right Hands Right, Left Hands Right (All) Carlin	Songs & Pickin’ Style of Doc Boggs (A) Benford	Beginning BG-1 Getting Started – Vocabulary (N-B) Altschuler	First Position Backup (B-AB) Stockwell	Getting the Best From Your Itsy Bitsy Recorder (All) Rivers	Help Desk  Kiphuth
4-5:15pm	Circle of Fifths (A) Keith	Playing the Syllables With Earl (I-A) Trischka	Great BG Licks Lexicon (I) Davis	What To Do in a Jam Session (B-I) Henry	Beginning  OT-2 Basic Backup - Jam Prep (N-B) Hammond	Banjo Techniques to Accompany Vocals (AB-A) Weissberg, Howard	Basic Left Hand Shapes for Old Time Banjo (B-AB) Benford	Beginning  BG-2  Rolls & Intro to Left Hand (N-B) Altschuler	Alternate Tunings: Sngle C,Dble C, D (I) Stillman	Recording Plunky Old Time Banjo (All) Carlin, Rivers	Help Desk Bursen
6-7pm	Supper
7-8:30pm	Faculty Concert in the Chapel
8:45-10pm	Up-to-Speed OT Benford, Rivers, Kiphuth, Kaufman		Intermediate BG Jam Henry, Stillman, Zimmerman	Intermediate OT Jam Kropp, Carlin	Novice & Beginner Combined OT Jam L. & B. Hammond	Novice & Beginner Combined BG Jam Altschuler, J. & J. Davis	New England Jam Bursen, Reiner	Singing Seeger Style Jam Weissberg, Keith, Deering , Holmes	Up-to-Speed BG Trischka, Howard, B. & K. Stockwell
	SATURDAY, May 16, 2009
8-9am	Breakfast
	Adult 1^st Floor	Adult 2^nd Floor	Pine	Fellowship Annex	Judson Lodge	Going Lodge	Memorial Hall	Gym Lounge	Chapel	Adult Room 4	Adult Room 5
9:30-10:45am	F, D and Bar Chord Shapes (AB) Stockwell	Intermediate and Advanced BG Techniques (I-A) Trischka	Fiddle Tunes of J. P. Fraley for Clawhammer Banjo (A) Benford	Ghost Fingers – Getting the Most Expression from the Fewest Notes (I-A) Bursen	Beginning OT-3 Getting the Lead Out; Clear Single String Lead Lines (N-B) Hammond	Backup Techniques (I) Stillman	Find the Melody Notes the Easy Way Davis	Beginning  BG-3 Foundation of BG Picking (N-B) Altschuler	OT Rhythmic Secrets to Get You in the Groove (B-A) Kaufman, Kiphuth	Playing in Waltz Time (I-A) Henry	Cello Banjo Extravaganza (All) Carlin, Kropp
11am-12:15pm	Playing Up the Neck for Beginners (A-AB) Henry	Composition (AB-A) Trischka	How to Artfully Backup a Singer (I-A)  Kiphuth, Weissberg Schrade	Beginning Chord Studies: Arpeggios & Renaming Chords (A) Nelson	Beginning  OT-4 Singing with the Banjo; Yes You Can (B-AB) Hammond	Dance Band Banjo (I) Bursen	Scruggs Style Backup for the Intermediate (I) Davis	Beginning  BG-4 Rolls, Left Hand Techniques & Licks (B-AB)  Altschuler	Bluegrass Band Encounter (I-A) Kropp, Stockwells, Reiner, Howard, Zimmerman	Black Banjo (I-A) Carlin	Help Desk Keith
12:30-1:30pm	Lunch

1:30-2:15pm	Camp Photo – Please attend, it is important.
	Adult 1^st Floor	Adult 2^nd Floor	Pine	Fellowship Annex	Judson Lodge	Going Lodge	Memorial Hall	Gym Lounge	Chapel	Adult Room 4	Adult Room 5
2:15-3:30pm	Advanced Clawhammer Techniques of the Right Hand (I-A) Kiphuth	New Dimensions in Bluegrass Banjo (All) Weissberg, Kropp	Vamping and Beginning Backup (B-AB) Henry	Banjo Care & Feeding: How to Get the Most Out of Your Banjo (All) Nelson	Round Peak (I-A) Carlin	Scruggs Style Backup for Beginners (B-AB) Davis	Melodic Banjo Grimoire (A) Keith	Old Time String Band Encounter (All) Benford, Kaufman Howard, Rivers	Slow Tunes (I) Stockwell, Stillman	Bluegrass Fiddle Repertoire (I) Reiner	Help Desk Zimmerman
3:45-5pm	Moveable Chords Shapes, Positions & Licks (B-I) Altschuler	Improvising in Bluegrass Styles (I-A) Stockwell, Nelson Weissberg	Scruggs Style Backup (I) Henry	Banjo Take Apart (All) Deering	Life, Times, & Music of Joel Walker Sweeney (All) Carlin	Working Out Arrangements with Rolls and Licks (AB-I) Davis	Fiddle Tunes of Emmett Lundy for Clawhammer Banjo (A) Benford	Bluegrass Fiddle & Banjo Duets (All) Reiner, Stillman Kaufman, Keith	Songs & Ballads with the Banjo (All) Hammond, Bursen, Kiphuth	Backup Guitar Elements (I) Howard	Help Desk Kropp
5:15-5:50pm	Free Time
6-7pm	Supper
7-8:30 pm	Faculty Concert in the Chapel
8:45pm-10pm	Up-to-Speed OT Carlin, Bursen, Rivers, Kaufman		Intermediate BG Jam  B. & K. Stockwell, J. & J. Davis	Intermediate OT Jam Benford, Kiphuth	Novice & Beginner Combined OT Jam L. & B. Hammond	Novice & Beginner Combined BG Jam Altschuler, Stillman		Jazz, Blues, Etc. Jam Nelson, Reiner, Keith, Howard	Up-to-Speed BG Henry, Kropp, Weissberg, Zimmerman		Setting Up Your Own Banjo Deering
	SUNDAY, May 17, 2009
	Adult 1^st Floor	Adult 2^nd Floor	Pine	Fellowship Annex	Judson Lodge	Going Lodge	Memorial Hall	Gym Lounge	Chapel	Adult Room 4	Adult Room 5
8-9am	Breakfast
9:30-10:45am	Earl Off The Record (I-A) Stillman	Making the Transition from BG to OT (AB-A) Kiphuth	Tunes From Tug Hollow (I-A) Kropp	The Great Divide: Melodic Bluegrass & Melodic Clawhammer Banjo (Demo-All) Bursen, Keith	Beginning OT-5 Wrap up - What’s Next (B-AB) Hammond	Songs and Banjo Style of Clarence “Tom” Ashley (I) Benford	Beginning Single String Style (I-A) Nelson	Beginning BG-5 Basic Backup & Chord Shapes (B-AB) Altschuler	OT Fiddle-Banjo Duets (Demo-All) Carlin, Kaufman	Fiddle Bowing Workshop (B-I) Reiner	Help Desk Henry
11am-12:15pm	Arranging Tunes on the Banjo (I) Stillman	Handbook for Professional Musicians (All) Weissberg, Kropp	Yodeling as a Way of Life (All) Kaufman	Different Tunings for Different Sounds (I-A) Bursen	Cool & Unusual Tunings for Old Time Banjo (I) Benford	Patterns Up & Down the  Neck (I-A) Davis, Kiphuth	Playing Up the Neck for Beginners (B-AB) Henry	Crossing the Tracks BG for  OT  Players (All) Altschuler	Soloing Up the Neck (I-A) Stockwell	Mathematics of Music: Pythagoras to Bluegrass (All) Keith	Help Desk Carlin
12:30-1:30pm	Lunch
1:45-3pm	Introduction to Improvising (I) Henry	Scruggs Style Guitar (All) Kiphuth, Weissberg	Foggy Mountain Banjo (All) Stockwell	Compare and Contrast: OT & BG Fiddle/Banjo Duets (All) Kaufman, Kropp	Crossing the Tracks  OT for BG Players (All) Hammond		When There are More Than Three Chords (I-A) Keith, Howard	Four Exercises for Better Banjo Playing (AB-I) Stillman	Chords for Fiddlers (B-I) Reiner	Topics in Backup Guitar (All)  Rivers
Camp Ends – See you next year for our 10^th Anniversary.