Old-Time Banjo 2&3 Finger Workshop-7/10-Pittsboro

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From gailg64 on 5/29/2011 9:48:44 AM

Hi folks,

I am exited to have been asked to lead a one day workshop at SG Fiddles in Pittsboro, NC on old-time banjo fingerpicking. The date we're looking at is July 10. 10 AM -3:00 PM with a break for lunch at Virlie's next door.

The workshop will be directed toward people who already play clawhammer at an intermediate level and are curious about our local non-clawhammer/up-picking banjo traditions. Pick locally!

Workshop description: Think Globally but Pick Locally: A Survey of Piedmont 2 & 3 Finger Banjo Picking Styles. A one day overview of central NC & VA up picking. Demonstration, handouts with tabs & diagrams for right hand excercises, and tabs for 2 major approaches, "roll" & "flat chord" style.

Gail Gillespie

Location: SG Music Company, 78 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro, NC. 27312

Contact the shop at this no. to indicate your interest: Shay Garriock: 919-444-4282

5 Comments
	gailg64 says: 6/30/2011 8:20:37 AM Hi folks, The workshop is now full, and will take place at a larger venue: Roy Underhill's Woodwright Shop Workshop in Pittsboro. We are taking names for a repeat, possibly in the fall/October. Call SG Music, number above, if interested.
kevinwholmes says: 7/1/2011 9:03:36 AM Can current 2-finger "up pickers" attend too?
kevinwholmes says: 7/1/2011 9:11:39 AM I'm signed up for 7/10. There was a cancellation I was able to take.
	gailg64 says: 7/8/2011 6:49:58 AM Thanks Kevin and to everyone registered. Looking forward to a big time tomorrow. I am proud to have some distinguished guests assist me: Jim Collier, Wayne & Margaret Martin & my patient clawhammering husband Dwight Rogers. Jim, Margaret & Wayne will be demonstrating banjo styles they learned face to face from some old-timers now gone on. My husband will be an all-around assistant & if there's time he & I will attempt to demonstrate that 2 banjos can co-exist in a single tune.
kevinwholmes says: 7/12/2011 4:29:15 PM Per Gail's last comment, see video posted here today.
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