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Anchorage Folk Festival 2008

WORKSHOPS - Sat. & Sun afternoons:
Jan. 19 & 20, 10:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m., and
Jan. 26 & 27, 10:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

All workshops are held at UAA in rooms adjacent to or near the Wendy Williamson Auditorium.

These workshops are FREE, and you need NOT phone in, pre-qualify, nor sign up – just show up!

Children under the age of 8 are welcome to workshop with adult supervision unless noted otherwise. Classrooms are in the Sally Monseraud Building on UAA across from the Wendy Williamson Auditorium.


 

ORGANIZATION

2008 FESTIVAL
AT A GLANCE


FESTIVAL KUDOS


GUEST ARTISTS

DANCES

STAGE SCHEDULE

FOLK WEEK


WORKSHOPS



FORMS TO DOWNLOAD

HISTORY



Every effort is made to ensure that all information is accurate, but it is subject to change at any time. Changes will be posted in the lobby during the festival. Please feel free to ask any lobby volunteer or board member if you have any questions.

Saturday, January 19
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 103
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 104
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 108
Stage
11:30am - 12:45pm Clawhammer Banjo Beginner-Intermediate by Gary Hoerth   Guitar: Flatpicking Rhythm by Todd Grebe 11:00am - 12:00pm Basics of Stage Performance Microphones and more by Mary Schallert
1:00pm - 2:15pm Flutes: Willow Sound, Norwegian Harmonic Flutes by Yngvil Vatn Guttu Bluegrass Band Dynamics by Angela Oudean Improving your Songwriting skills by Andy Baker    
2:30pm - 3:45pm Native American Flute Circle by Jerry George   De-stressing Musical Performance: A scientific approach by Kevin Cassity     

VIEW WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS (alphabetized)

Sunday,
January 20
Sally Monsarud
Bldg, Room 103
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 104
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 108
Stage

10:00-
11:15am

 

  Beginning Bluegrass Banjo by Kevin Cassity   10:00-
11:00am
Traditional English Morris Dance by Dawn Berg (Live Music)
11:30am - 12:45pm

Alaska Folk Arts: come play some tunes and play on stage at 5:00 by Mary Schallert

  Improv. Guitar by Matt Suddock 11:15-
12:15pm
Appalachian Clogging by the Stairwell Sisters
1:00pm - 2:15pm     Singing: Carter Family Style by the Stairwell Sisters    
2:30pm - 3:45pm Beginning Ukelele by Fran Iverson of Mele Ukulele Storytelling: Preserving the Oral Tradition by Shane Mitchell Old Time Band by the Stairwell Sisters    

VIEW WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
(alphabetized)

Saturday,
January 26
Sally Monsarud
Bldg, Room 103
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 104
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 108
Prof. Studies Bldg Lobby
(formerly Bldg K lobby)
 
Stage

10:00-11:15

 

Rhythm Guitar
by Matt Suddock
Bass beginner to intermediate by
Luisa Yoter and
Garren Volper
Come together songs by Sunrise Kilcher Sjoeberg nnnnnnnnnnnn 10:00-
11:00am
Cajun Waltz and 2-Step by Betsey Howard
11:30am - 12:45pm

Slow Jam for all instruments and
levels by Kevin
Cassity

Intro to Mountain Dulcimer beginner
to intermediate
by Wade Hampton Miller
Fiddle Guts Care
& Maintenance
by Clyde Pearce
  11:15-
12:15pm
Microphone Practice by TBA
1:00pm - 2:15pm Partial Capo Techniques by
Randall Williams
Offbeat & Unusual Instruments by Wade Hampton Miller Mandolin Part II
by Lowell Webb
Middle Eastern Dance by Grace Ann Pierce    
2:30pm - 3:45pm Alaska Flute
Circle by Deborah
Peterson
Science Songs for
Kids by Dan
Pascucci
Banjo: Pete
Seeger style
by Doc Schultz
     

VIEW WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
(alphabetized)

Sunday,
January 27
Sally Monsarud
Bldg, Room 103
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 104
Sally Monsarud Bldg, Room 108
Stage
11:30am - 12:45pm

Singing: Unusual and satisfying Rounds by Judy Jacobs Cajun Fiddle styles from A-Z by the Savoy Family Cajun Band 11:00-
12:00pm
African Marimba Music from Zimbabwe by Shamwari. How
did it get to Homer?
1:00pm - 2:15pm Cajun Accordian by Marc and Wilson Savoy Of the Savoy Family Cajun Band   Autoharp by Steve Hinds    
2:30pm - 3:45pm   Cajun Mardi Gras Mask Making for Kids by Aileen McInnis, Christy Williams and Betsy Howard Song Circle by
Dawn Berg
   

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