Schedule of Events

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3 Day $22.00

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Friday, August 14
9:00 - 10:30 Lutherie Seminar Charlie Hoffman and Michael Gurian - Customer Relations
11:00 - 6:00 Guitar Exhibit Over 100 Luthiers Exhibit their Instruments
10:30 -12:00 Workshop Doug Young - Home Recording for Solo Guitarists
10:30 - 12:30 Workshop Paul Asbell - Jazz Chord-Melody workshop
11:30 - 6:00 Carston Cabaret Concerts Workshop instructors play a series of concerts in the Carston Cabaret
11:30 - 5:50 Demonstration Concerts Various guitarists demonstrate instruments built by exhibiting luthiers.
11:30 -2:30 Lunch BBQ Lunch at the Pickguard Pavilion
12:30 - 2:00 Workshop Larry Pattis - Designing a custom guitar for ergonomics and playability; a player's perspective.
12:30 - 2:00 Workshop Vicki Genfan - 'Slap-Tap-Happy; Percussive Techniques for the Acoustic Guitar'
2:30 - 4:00 Workshop Stefano Barbati - Acoustic Hendrix: how to play rock music on fingerstyle acoustic guitar
2:30 - 4:00 Workshop Steve Wildey - "Get a grip on your Guitar" a quick way to understand what you're playing
4:30 - 6:00 Workshop Peter Jansen - Ways to Develop a Practice Regimen That Gives Great Results
4:30 - 6:00 Workshop Ken Bonfield - Alternative Tunings Revealed
Saturday, August 15
9:00 - 10:30 Lutherie Seminar Ervin Somogyi - Voicing the Soundboard
11:00 - 6:00 Guitar Exhibit Over 100 Luthiers Exhibit their Instruments
10:30 -12:00 Workshop Bill Mize - Inside the Box
10:30 - 12:30 Workshop Don Alder - Brave New Acoustic
11:30 - 6:00 Carston Cabaret Concerts Workshop instructors play a series of concerts in the Carston Cabaret
11:30 - 5:50 Demonstration Concerts Various guitarists demonstrate instruments built by exhibiting luthiers.
11:30 -2:30 Lunch BBQ Lunch at the Pickguard Pavilion
12:30 - 2:00 Workshop Richard Gilewitz - The right hand language of fingerstyle guitar.
12:30 - 2:00 Workshop Kinloch Nelson - Mapping The Fingerboard
2:30 - 4:00 Workshop Pete Pancrazi - The Chord First Approach for Jazz guitar
2:30 - 4:00 Workshop Steve Hawkins - The Noodler's Guide to DADGAD
4:30 - 6:00 Workshop Tony Marcus - Introduction to Swing Rhythm Guitar
4:30 - 6:00 Workshop William Coulter - The Art of Arranging Celtic Melodies for Finger-Style Guitar
Sunday, August 16
11:00 - 6:00 Guitar Exhibit Over 100 Luthiers Exhibit their Instruments
10:30 -12:00 Workshop Tim Sparks - Major and Minor blues in drop D
10:30 - 12:30 Workshop Nigel Gavin - Play Hear and Now
11:30 - 6:00 Carston Cabaret Concerts Workshop instructors play a series of concerts in the Carston Cabaret
11:30 - 5:50 Demonstration Concerts Various guitarists demonstrate instruments built by exhibiting luthiers.
11:30 -2:30 Lunch BBQ Lunch at the Pickguard Pavilion
12:30 - 2:00 Workshop Harvey Reid - The Partial Capo
12:30 - 2:00 Workshop Steve Seskin - Lyric Writing; Imagery and Emotion
2:30 - 4:00 Workshop Mimi Fox - Jazz Guitar Anatomy
2:30 - 4:00 Workshop Stevie Coyle - Performance Skills 101: Yes, you, too can play onstage and live to tell the tale.
4:30 - 6:00 Workshop Pete Madsen - Blues Slide Guitar: in open D and G Tunings
4:30 - 6:00 Workshop David Maloney - Arranging for Solo Voice and Guitar