Alaska Folk Festival

Workshop Schedule - 36^th Alaska Folk Festival

Workshops

Saturday
Sunday

Levels: B-Beginner, I-Intermediate, A-Advanced

Saturday Workshops

	Main Stage
10:30 to 11:30 am	Using Mics and other Stage Gear Effectively (B,I,A) Learn how to use mics with our voice and instrument. Tips on stage sound (monitors), pickups and DIs, and more. Bring your instruments and questions; get on stage to learn by doing. Warren Argo, Lucy Peckham, Mike Sakarias

	Hammond Room	Hickel Room	Egan Room	Sheffield Ballrooms	Cultural Center
10:30 to Noon	Drop D Guitar (B,I) Burl Sheldon	Mandolin Slow Jam (B,I) Slow so we can hear each other Charlie Hunt	Harmony Singing (B,I) John Palmes	Family Concert Hosted by: Teri Tibbett Robin Hopper, Dan Pascucci, Katie Henry, Julie Piggot. Guy Davis	Middle Eastern Percussion (B,I) belly dancers welcome Sherri Bell-Morisette, Beth Leibowitz
Noon to 1:30	Mouth Bow (B) John Palmes	Blues Guitar (B,I,A) Guy Davis AFF 36 Guest Artist	Shape Note Singing (B) Kari Lundgren, Lynn Basham	Couple Dances (B,I) Waltz, Polka, Hambo, Tango, Schottish John Laskey	Clogging (B,I) Charmaine Slaven Tallboys Guest Dance Band
1:30 to 3:00	Old Time Banjo Panel (B,I) Katie Henry, Warren Argo, Jack Fontenalla	Blues Harmonica (B,I) Guy Davis AFF 36 Guest Artist	French Canadian Music (B,I) Greg McLaughlin, Lis Saya	Nature Songs, Sing Along + Share (B) Dan “dirty d” Pascucci	Electric Lead Guitar (B,I,A) Brian Grassmeyer
3:00 to 4:30	Beginning Bones and Spoons Playing (B) Mike Sakarias	Auto Harp For All (B) Anne Fuller, Barbara Kalen	Freestyle Flat Picking Guitar (I,A) Scott Law	Square Dancing Can Be Cool (B,I) The Tallboys	Electric Bass Guitar (B,I,A) Allan Nichols

Levels: B-Beginner, I-Intermediate, A-Advanced

Sunday Workshops

	Hammond Room	Hickel Room	Egan Room	Sheffield Ballrooms
10:30 to Noon		Flute For Folkies (B,I,A) bring your flute or just come listen Flutacious: Kim Mix, Lisa Ray, Sandy Fortier, Stevi Spinka	Fiddle for Violinists (I,A) John Palmes
Noon to 1:30	Tinkering With Trash for Tot Tunes (B) Bring Sticks, spoons, cans, jars, jugs, etc. Sarah Frick & Bac’untry Bruthers	Dances Of Universal Peace (B,I,A) Leah LaBar & Mark Kjeerstad	Old Time Banjo (B,I) Charlie Beck, Tallboys Guest Dance Band	Waltz Workshop, starting with 1, 2, 3 (B) John Laskey
1:30 to 3:00	Songs Of Sorrow (B) What makes a song sad? Bring a tune, share, discuss Robin Hopper			Blues Jam (B,I,A) Guy Davis AFF 36 Guest Artist
3:00 to 4:30		Finger Picking Guitar (B,I) Pat Henry	Old Time Fiddle (I,A) Joe Fulton, Tallboys Guest Dance Band	Instrument Swap Bring Instruments to Sell or Swap, or Come Buy One

	Valentine's Cafe
3-5pm	Folk-free Zone, workshop/jam Gipsy Jazz (I,A) Songs to practice (w/key): Honeysuckle Rose - G Django's Castle - D Yellow Bird - C Nuage - G Four - Eb Night & Day - D Stomping at the Savoy - Eb Lady Be Good - G John Ingalls, John Lager, info: 586-6293