Old-Time Week

2013 Tuition: $450

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Rafe Stefanini

Mac Benford

Old-Time 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. 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 old-time music 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” and your instrument and instructor.

Old-Time Week Coordinator

Joe Newberry

CLASSES & INSTRUCTORS

Explanation of class levels

Fiddle

Rafe Stefanini - beginning

Dave Bing - intermediate

Jesse Milnes - intermediate

Charlie Walden  - advanced

Banjo

Cathy Barton - beginning

Frank Lee - intermediate

Mac Benford - advanced

Guitar

Dave Para - all levels

Bass

“Joebass” DeJarnette – all levels

Staff Musician

Clelia Stefanini

OTHER WEEK-LONG CLASSES OFFERED THIS WEEK

Appalachian Storytelling  -  Susanna “Granny Sue” Holstein

Augusta for Kids (age 8-12)  -  Kim Rodgers

Basics of Letterpress Printing:  Creating a Broadside  -  James Horton

Gourd or Tack Head/Wooden Rim Banjo Construction  -  Pete Ross

Rustic Chair Making  -  Tom Lynch

Weaving Old Time Favorites  -  Wendy Clark

White Oak Basketry  -  Alan Miller