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Afternoon workshops are offered each day in or on the grounds of the Cowan Community Center from 3:30 – 4:30pm. You can take as many as you like! Note: The “From Scratch” classes are back. Borrow a friend’s instrument and try something new!
Here are just a few of the fun workshops we’ll be offering this year:
Monday: Beginning Flat Foot Dance and Clogging – Carla Gover
Fiddle from Scratch – Carrie Wells Carter
Intro to Two-Finger Banjo – Grace Rogers
Fiddle: Expanding on the Melody – Blakeley Burger
Tuesday: Old Regular Baptist Line Singing with the congregation of the Big
Cowan Old Regular Baptist Church (next to Community Center)
Song Swap – Rich Kirby and Sue Massek
Tuesday: 4:30 pm – All-Student Workshop – Earl White
Under the big tent at Cowan Community Center
Wednesday: A Glimpse of the Camp Nelson Fiddlers – John Harrod
Banjo from Scratch – TBA
Across the Border: Ohio River Tunes – Barb Kuhns
Songs of Ola Belle Reeve – Nadia Ramlagan
Thursday: History of the Banjo from Africa to Appalachia – George Gibson
The Tunes and Times of Buddy Thomas – Roger Cooper
Songwriting – Don Rogers
Friday: Students Teach! Bring a favorite tune or technique to share.