mej@ptsfa.UUCP (Mary Johnson) (04/09/85)
The Augusta Heritage Center will be offering its 13th
annual series of week-long workshops in traditional music and
dance this summer. The workshops are held at Davis and Elkins
College in Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.A. Scheduled for this
summer are:
Bluegrass Week July 14-19 Tuition = $135.
Coordinator - Alan Senauke
Staff: Alan Senauke - guitar, singing
Don Stover - singing
Janette Carter - singing
Paul Silvius - banjo
Laurie Lewis - fiddle, bass
Stacy Phillips - dobro
Jody Stecher - mandolin, singing
Blues Week July 21 - 26 Tuition = $135.
Coordinator - Rich Del Grosso
Staff: Rich Del Grosso - mandolin
John Jackson - guitar, singing
Ted Bogan - guitar
John Cephus - guitar
Phil Wiggins - harmonica
Maureen Del Grosso - piano
Joan Fenton - folklore
Irish Music and Dance Week July 28 - August 2 Tuition = $140.
Coordinator - Mick Maloney
Staff: Mick Moloney - banjo, mandolin, folklore, singing
Donny Golden - Irish step dance
Frank Harte - unaccompanied singing
Robbie O'Connell - guitar, singing
Rosalyn Briley - harp
Liz Carroll - fiddle
Tim Britton - uillean pipes, whistle
Billy McComiskey - button accordion, concertina
Jimmy Keane - piano accordion
Scottish Music and Dance Week August 11-16 Tuition = $140.
Coordinators - George Balderose and Fiona Ritchie
Staff: George Balderose - Highland pipes
Fiona Ritchie - host of Thistle and Shamrock radio program
members of the Stewart family of Blairgowrie
Belle Stewart - singing
Ian McGregor - pipes, pipe making
Ian Kennedy - fiddle, historian and storyteller
Mary Kennedy - dance music
Joyce MacFarlane McIntosh - Highland dance
James McIntosh - Highland pipes
Sue Truman - Scottish step dance
Paul Sarvis - Scottish country dance
Franklin George - fiddle
The Tannahill Weavers - as resource people
Vocal Week "Songs of Southern Struggles" August 11-16 Tuition = $135.
Coordinator - Si Kahn
Staff: Si Kahn - singing, songwriting
Hazel Dickens - singing, songwriting
Sparky Rucker - singing, bottleneck guitar
Cathy Fink - singing, banjo, guitar
John McCutcheon - singing, instruments
Ethel Raim - vocal technique
(and Balkan women's singing with persuasion)
Jane Sapp - singing, songwriting
Guy and Candie Carawan - performers and researchers
Carol Elizabeth Jones - harmony singing
Michael Kline - singing, Augusta director
traditional singer/organizers from the area
There are also purely instrumental weeks earlier in the summer; instruments
taught are fiddle, banjo, autoharp, Appalachian dulcimer, flat-picking
guitar, hammered dulcimer, harmonica, mandolin, finger-stye guitar,
and cajun fiddle. (Different levels in different weeks.)
Other workshops are West Virginia Repertoire, Appalachian literature,
storytelling (2 weeks), Sea Island music, dance, and games,
Appalachian religions, the art of performance, and the audio
production of oral history.
There are also a wide variety of unusual craft workshops, from log
cabin building to basketry, textile arts, tinsmithing, and
papermaking.
And then there are weekend mini-courses . . .
Room and board are provided in the college dorms and cafeteria, and
in some people's homes in town. The cost is $122. per week.
For a detailed calendar, write to:
Augusta Heritage Arts Workshop
Augusta Heritage Center
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, West Virginia 26241
U.S.A.
(304) 636-1903
I went to the vocal week last year and enjoyed it tremendously. The
musical staff are enthusiastic and approachable, the college and
workshop staff are friendly and helpful, and the area is beautiful -
right next to the Monongahela National Forest.
I'd be happy to answer questions about the experience; please send
e-mail to:
Mary Eileen Johnson
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