Now we know who won't be at Mt. Airy!
On Apr 1, 5:45=EF=BF=BDpm, kenperl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Folks
> =EF=BF=BD
> We have a couple of im****tant new announcements.
> =EF=BF=BD
> First, we are pleased to announce that we have just added Pete Wernick
> to=EF=BF=BDthe MBC=EF=BF=BDbluegrass banjo=EF=BF=BDstaff. Adding "Dr.
Banj=
o" to the mix makes
> our already strong bluegrass faculy lineup even stronger. Pete needs
> little introduction to anybody involved in bluegrass music
today.=EF=BF=BD=
He
> has been a member of such trend-setting bands as Hot Rize and Country
> Cooking, has written some of the world's most popular bluegrass banjo
> instruction books, and was President of the International Bluegrass
> Music Association for 15 years. For more information on Pete's career,
> see his bio on our website=EF=BF=BDhttp://www.midwestbanjocamp.com,
or
go
> directly tohttp://www.drbanjo.com/.
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>
> Second, we have just posted a preliminary=EF=BF=BDschedule for
our=EF=BF=
=BD"Pre-Camp"
> program. This covers activities that will take place before the start
> of the regular camp=EF=BF=BDon Thursday evening June 5, and Friday
morning=
> June 6. Pre-Camp activities include a mixer, faculty-led jams, several
> demonstrations, and quite a number of "mentor" sessions (during mentor
> sessions,=EF=BF=BDassigned=EF=BF=BDteachers are made
available=EF=BF=BDto =
offer advice about
> levels, MBC class choices, technique, set-up, or any other banjo
> related issue). This year, students registered for MBC can attend the
> pre-camp program without additional charge.
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> Here are our particulars:
>
> Dates: June 6-8, 2008
> Place: Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan (about 30 miles southwest of
> Lansing)
> Times: Registration opens 12 noon on Friday June 6; Camp ends 3:30 PM
> on Sunday June 8. The "pre-camp"=EF=BF=BDprogram=EF=BF=BDruns from
Thurs. =
eve June 5
> thru Friday morning, June 6.
> Website:http://www.midwestbanjocamp.com
>
> Instructors:
>
> Old-time: Bob Carlin, Cathy Fink, Adam Hurt, Brad Leftwich, Reed
> Martin, Joe Newberry, Michael Miles and Ken Perlman. Chris Coole heads
> up our old-time Novice program.
>
> Bluegrass: Janet Beazley, Greg Cahill, Pat Cloud, Bill Evans, Bill
> Keith, Jens Kruger, James McKinney, Alan Munde, and Peter Wernick.
> Mike Sumner heads up our old-time Novice program.
> =EF=BF=BD
> Accompanists: Peter Knupfer (bluegrass fiddle), Ron McKeever
> (bluegrass guitar), "Chirps" Smith (old-time fiddle) and Mark Sahlgren
> (old-time guitar).
>
> =EF=BF=BDFor more information on Midwest Banjo Camp, including
our=EF=BF=
=BDrevised
> schedule=EF=BF=BDthat includes Pete Wernick's cl***** and our
newly-posted=
pre-
> camp schedule, plus bios for the entire faculty and registration
> information, go tohttp://www.midwestbanjocamp.com
>
> We look forward to meeting=EF=BF=BDyou in June!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Perlman and Stan Werbin
> Directors, Midwest Banjo Camp
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