Old-Time Week

2012 Tuition:  $450
plus Housing & Meals

Old-Time Week Coordinator Joe Newberry has gathered outstanding performers and teachers from the Southern Appalachians, the Ozarks and beyond.

Students take morning classes with their primary instructor, and then choose from an array of elective workshops and demonstrations, including late afternoon Vocal Week and Dance Week sessions. Evenings are filled with lively jams, slow jams, song swaps, dances and concerts. Friday features a student showcase and an old-time porch party. Old-Time Week extends through the Augusta Festival, August 10-12.

All full-time classes are intended for those who can already play their instrument to some extent and are ready to start learning old-time style, technique and repertoire.

To register, specify “Old-Time Week,” your instrument and your instructor. 

Concurrent sessions for our Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) participants cover Appalachian history, music, dance and folkways. Road Scholar students must register at www.roadscholar.org or call 1-800-454-5768 (see Program #5220RJ).

Old-Time Week Coordinator – Joe Newberry  -  Bio

Old-Time Week Guest Master Artist – William Sherman “Junior” Holstein   –   Bio

Classes & Instructors

Fiddle

James Bryan – Advanced

Bio and Class Description

Matt Combs - Intermediate

Bio and Class Description

Dave Bing - Intermediate

Bio

Rafe Stefanini - Beginning

Bio

Banjo

Frank Lee - Advanced

Bio

Hilarie Burhans - Intermediate

Bio

Rebekah Weiler – Beginning

Bio and Class Description

Guitar

Rachel Combs

Bio

Bass

“Joebass” DeJarnette

Bio

Mandolin

“Chirps” Smith

Bio and Class Letter

Staff Musician

Clelia Stefanini   –   Bio

Other Classes Available This Week

Callers’ Intensive - Ron Buchanan  -  Bio

This is a weeklong, standalone class and must be listed specifically by week (Week 5) and class name on the registration form.

Appalachian Storytelling - Susanna Holstein

Augusta for Kids - Brittany Hicks

Watercolor Painting - Ken Waddell

White Oak Basketry - Alan Miller

Wood Engraving/Letterpress Printing - Jim Horton

Optional Evening Mini-Courses ($55)

Yoga – Susan Krakoff
Bio & Mini-Course Description
(Note:  Yoga Mini-course meets from 5:00-6:15 pm so that students can do yoga on an empty stomach and still have time for dinner afterwards.)

Old-Time Banjo From Scratch (novice) - Ken Sheller

Appalachian Ballads & Songs - Elizabeth LaPrelle
Bio & Mini-Course Description