STRUNG TOGETHER

SATURDAY

8-9ish  Fresh Baked Scones and Coffee in the Recreation Hall

10-11:30 AM Bill Monroe Mandolin Workshop

Skip Gorman is one of the leading teachers and players of Monroe-style mandolin in the country. He has taught bluegrass mandolin with Ronnie McCoury, Frank Wakefield, Mike Compton, Norman Blake, Chris Thile, Butch Baldissari, Mike Seeger, Barry Mitterhoff, Rhonda Vincent, and others at IBMA World of Bluegrass, European World of Bluegrass, Grass Valley Bluegrass Festival.

Skip has followed Monroe’s traditional fiddle style of mandolin playing for over 50 years. As an old-time fiddle player himself, Skip has captured the essence and beauty of Monroe’s playing on the mandolin-having sat with the master on several occasions.

“Skip Gorman remains best known in bluegrass circles as perhaps the finest exponent today of the style of mandolin Bill Monroe played with the Monroe Brothers.”

Art Menius – Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

“Beyond phenomenal… I’ll go to anything he does… Skip was very responsive to questions and requests, and had a very interesting program laid out, besides being an excellent player and a really friendly guy… Really helpful… Get him back!”

Skip’s Workshops at Wintergrass – Anita Graham, Workshop Coordinator

10-12 AM Jams begin.  Please check the marker board for what’s happening and where.

11-12 PM Grey Larsen and Cindy Kallet led this hour jam starting off with some great Joe Dawson tunes! Don't miss this session.

12 PM: Picnic Lunch (On your own)

1-2:30 pm Two-finger banjo style workshop with Fred Coon. This style of banjo playing has been passed down through his family for generations, which he learned from his father who learned it from “Uncle Otis” Coon in Boone County, West Virginia, in the 1930s and so it goes back into time. Fred was raised in West Virginia and during his early years he enjoyed the stories told and songs sung to him by his father and other Appalachian Mountain relatives.

1-2:30 PM The Basic Dos and Don’ts of Bluegrass Fiddling

For any old time fiddler who’s tempted to join a bluegrass jam but wonders how the heck to do it.

In this workshop we’ll go over the basic dos and don’ts of bluegrass fiddling including: Understanding chords and chord families and how to play them on the fiddle. Knowing when to play the melody and when to play backup. Various ways of playing backup. How at add fills.

Resa Randolph is the founder and leader of Miners Creek Bluegrass Band. Primarily a guitar and mandolin player, she started learning fiddle 7 years ago and has managed to unravel the mysteries of playing bluegrass fiddle in her spare time.
We will be learning: Bury me beneath the Willow in A.  I’ll fly away in G. You Are My Sunshine in C.

1-4 PM:  Jam Sessions continue. Volunteer jam leaders will be on hand or feel free to begin your own. Plenty of space to work with others on particular songs as well.

2:30-4:00 PM Old Time Fiddle Workshop with Skip Gorman
Skip is deeply immersed in the fiddle styles of the American West, as well as its Celtic and Appalachian roots. He has presented Fiddle Workshops in a variety of settings both by himself and with well-known fiddlers, such as: Natalie MacMaster, Tom Sauber, David Greeley, Pete Sutherland, Rodney Miller, Joe Cormier, Tom Anderson, Eugene O’Donnell, James Kelly, and others- as well as countless hours in informal settings playing with legendary American fiddlers such as Kenny Baker and Tommy Jarrell, and
in Ireland and Scotland with Johnny Dougherty, Aly Bain and Tommy Peoples. Among
his earliest musical memories is witnessing the live performances of the elderly Texas
fiddler, Eck Robertson, in the 1960s.

4 PM: Cocktail Music Hour with the musical stlyings of fiddler, Ed Howe followed by the Community Pie Supper

5:30   Sweet and Savory Pie Dinner $20 or enjoy your own picnic in the garden

6:00 PM  China Pettway from Gee's Bend sings a few spirituals to honor the life of Katharine Colby

7-8:30 PM: Saturday Evening Coffee House. Sea Strings Community Orchestra kicks the night off with a square dance led by Pat Danscen.

The players coffee house is always a blast. Sign up with new or familiar combinations to play up to two pieces. Coffee house followed by campfire and jam circles. Buildings and tent jamming spaces will be available throughout the evening in case it gets a bit chilly 🙂