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Workshop Schedule - 38th Alaska Folk Festival

Workshops





Saturday Workshops

Main Stage

Sat. 10 - 11:30AM

Mic and Stage Craft

Learn how to use Mics, DIs, Stage monitors effectively
Lucy Peckham, Rick Miller & Mike Sakarias



Hammond Room

Hickel Room

Egan Room

Sheffield Ballroom

Cultural Center

10:30
to
Noon

Scales and Arpeggios


Bobby Jack
How to Jam 101


Mary Schallert
Jug band history


Leroy Troy- Lester - Mike
Family Concert


Electric Bass


Alan Nichols

Noon
to
1:30

Creating effective and memorable arrangements


Ryan Bowers and Eric Barker
Finger Picking Blues Guitar


Pat Henry
Fiddle


Shadrach Cobb
Couple Dance


John Laskey
Rockabilly Guitar


Charles Hughes

1:30
to
3:00

Mandolin


Charlie Hunt
Fiddle for Violinists


John Palmes
Let's Sing Nature Songs


Dan "Dirty-D" Pascucci
Instrument Swap


Bhangra - Punjabi Folk Dancing


Sat Nam Khalsa

3:00
to
4:30

Songwriting exercises


Robin Hopper
Intro to open tunings for Guitar


Tracy Spring
Banjo


Leroy Troy
Instrument Swap


Square Dancing


Tony Mates

The Rookery

2:00 to 5:00

Folk Free Zone

An accoustic jam exploring everything from gipsy jazz to latin music.
Bring an instrument.  For info or a playlist call John 723-6923





Sunday Workshops


Hammond Room

Hickel Room

Egan Room

Sheffield Ballroom

10:30
to
Noon

Mountain Dulcimer


Stephen Middleton
The Three Chord Trick


Bobby Jack

Noon
to
1:30

Introduction to the psaltery


Dennis Townsend
Chord Melody


Dan Hopson
Bass


Ernie Sykes
Dances of Universal Peace


Leah LaBar and Mark Kjeerstad

1:30
to
3:00

Piano Accordion-Harmonica


Coop (Greg Cooperman)
Harmony Singing


John Palmes
Dobro


Mike Webb
English Country Dance


Odette Edgar

3:00
to
4:30

Irish Tune Swap


Lis Saya
Flute


Stephen Middleton
Autoharp, not a toy anymore!


Herb Holeman
Learn to Call - It's fun!


Tony Mates