Appalachian String Band Music Festival
Aug 4 – 8, 2010
Clifftop, WV
Wednesday, August 4 Lodge Workshops, Dances
3:00 pm – 4pm Yoga Class – Tom Musgrove, Huntsville, AL
8:00 – 11:00 pm Square Dance – Band: Orpheus Supertones, Avondale, PA Callers: Steve Ballman, Bill Ohse Picnic Shelter
1:00 pm Flatfoot Dance Workshop – Charlie Burton, Harmony, PA Band – Cat in the Butter – Kent, Ohio
Wednesday August 4 Family Activities
10am – 1:30pm Art for Fun with Deborah Martzall
11am – 2pm Art for Fun with Melissa Dennison
1pm Basket Making with Joyce Cain (Ages 15 and under). Parents must assist their young children. Fee based upon basket you are making. Sign up at the Information tent.
Thursday, August 5 Outdoor Stage
If weather permits
9am – 10am Banjo Contest Registration and number picks
10:15am – 2:30pm Banjo Contest
12:30 – 2:30pm Fiddle Contest Registration and number pick
3pm – 8pm Fiddle Contest
8:30pm – 9:30pm Banjo and Fiddle Finals and Awards
Thursday, August 5 Lodge Workshops, Showcases, Dances
If weather permits
9:30 am – 10:30am Open Yoga class Rochelle Morris, San Antonio, FL
11:00am – 12 pm Beginning Square Dance Workshop for Adults with Beth Molaro Band: Born Old, Allover, WV
1pm – 2pm Ballad workshop with Elizabeth LaPrelle
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Masters Showcase: Mac Benford is from Trumansburg, NY
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Square Dance (weather permitting, Lodge)
Band: Run of the Mill Stringband, Haventown, Pa Callers: Lou Maiuri, Pete LaBerge Picnic Shelter
11am – 12 noon Stretching for the Musician and Dancer with
Lucy Allen, Mauldin, SC
1:00 pm Flatfoot Dance Workshop –Charlie Burton, Harmony, PA Band: Cat in the Butter –Kent, Ohio
Family Activities
11am – 2pm Art for Fun with Deborah Martzall
10am – 1:30pm Art for Fun with Andrea Keller
10:00 am Split Bottom Woven Stool workshop with Joyce Cain.
(ages 15 and up)
Class will take 4 hours. Students must be on time in order to participate. See Information tent for costs and registration.
10:30am – 11:30am Slow Jam with Erynn Marshall (fiddle)
12:00 – 1pm 3 Rivers Avian Center demonstration
Friday, August 6 Outdoor Stage
If weather permits
9:30am – 11am Neo-Traditional Band Contest Registration
11am 12:30pm Neo-Traditional Band Contest Numbers Picks
12:30pm – 6:30 pm Neo-Traditional Contest
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Concert: Nora Jane Struthers and her band, Nashville, Tenn
8:15 pm – Neo-Traditional Finals and Awards
Friday, August 6 Lodge Workshops, Showcases, Dances
9:30 am – 10:30am Open Yoga class with Tom Musgrove, Huntsville, OH
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Masters Showcase: Thomas Maupin is from Murfreesboro, TN
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Beginning Square Dance for All Ages – Dave Shombert Band: Born Old, Allover, WV
8:00 pm – 11:30 pm Square Dance – Band: Mudhole Control, Frankford, WV Callers: Jesse Downs, Phil Jamison Picnic Shelter
1:00 pm Flatfoot Dance Workshop –Charlie Burton, Harmony, PA Band – Cat in the Butter, Kent, Ohio
Friday, August 6 Family Activities
10 am Basket Making with Joyce Cain (Ages 15 and under). Parents must assist their young children. Fee based upon basket you are making. Enrollment limited to 15. Sign up at the Information tent.
10am – 2pm Art for fun with Deborah Martzall
10am – 1pm Art for Fun with Grace Welch
10:30am – 11:30 Slow Jam with Chad Ashworth (banjo)
12:00 – 1pm Storytelling with Bill Hairston, Charleston, WV
2:00 – 7:00 pm Please Touch the Instruments – Allegheny Echoes is the concept of a group of West Virginia musicians, writers and artists who wish to promote, support preserve and teach their art in a traditional way in a traditional setting. Their goal is to provide an accurate representation of WV art that is not packaged and altered to appeal to a specific market. Their week long workshops in Marlinton, WV provide classes in music, creative writing and traditional singing with an emphasis on WV style with an overall look toward the encompassing Appalachian Culture. Allegheny echoes “Please touch the Instruments” program affords young and old alike the opportunity to sit down on a hay bale and play a banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin or dulcimer under the guidance of our staff and students. Parents must assist their young children.
3pm – 4pm Slow Jam with Chad Ashworth (banjo)
4:30 – 5:30pm Storytelling with Bill Hairston, Charleston, WV
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Bingo for all
Saturday, August 7 Outdoor Stage
If weather permits
9:00 am – 10:30 am Traditional Band Contest Registration
10:30am – 12:00pm Traditional Band Contest Number Picks
12:00 noon – 5:00 pm Traditional Band Contest
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Dance Contest Registration/Number Picks
5:45 pm Flat Foot Dance Contest Judges: Lib Mills, Andy Edmonstone, Lou Maiuri Band: Born Old, Allover WV
Follows contest Flat Foot Dance Finals and Awards
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Concert – The Bailers, Greenville, WV
9:15 pm – 11:30 pm Traditional Band Finals
Awards (Trad Band/Flat Foot Contest)
Saturday, August 7 Chestnut Lodge Workshops , Showcases, Dances
If weather permits
9:30 am – 10:30am Open Yoga Class with Rochelle Morris, San Antonio, FL
11:00 – 12:30 Flat foot dance workshop for Adults (judges thoughts) with Rodney Sutton is from Marshal NC
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Masters Showcase: Marvin Gaster
8:00 pm – 11:30 pm Square Dance – Bands: Yeah Buddies, Spring Valley, Ohio Callers: Michael Ismerio, Taylor Runner Picnic Shelter
11am – 12 noon Stretching for the Musician and Dancer with
Lucy Allen, Mauldin, SC
1:00 pm Flatfoot Dance Workshop – Charlie Burton, Harmony, PA Band – Cat in the Butter – Kent, Ohio
Saturday August 7 Family Activities
10 am – 2 pm Basket Making with Joyce Cain (Ages 15 and up). Fee based upon basket you are making. Enrollment limited to 15. Sign up at the Information tent.
10am – 2pm Art for fun with Deborah Martzall
10am – 1pm Art for Fun with Grace Welch
10am – 11am Storytelling with Karen Vuranch
1pm – 2pm Slow Jam with Jim Mullins (fiddle and banjo)
3:30pm – 4:30pm Storytelling with Karen Vuranch
5pm – 6pm Slow Jam with Jim Mullins (fiddle and banjo)
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Bingo for all
Sunday, August 8 (Lodge Porch)
10:30 am Group Hymn Sing (Informal)
