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Winter Bluegrass Weekend

A Festival of Bluegrass & Old-Time Music & Dance
This event took place from February 29-March 2, 2008

LAKES MUSIC STAGE (Auditorium A)
Friday
6:45 Whistlepigs
7:30 Mark Kreitzer Band
8:15 Ivory Bridge
9:00 Morgans Run
9: 45 Mary Henderson & Geoff Shannon
10:30 The Chris Silver Band
11:15 Tangled Roots

Saturday
11:45 Blue Wolf
12:30 Long Time Gone
1:15 The Middle Spunk Creek Boys
2:00 Dick Kimmel & Co
2:45 The Fish Heads
3:30 Switched At Birth
4:15 Cousin Dad

Headline Concert with Rustler's Moon featuring Kathy Kallick & Bill Evans
7:00 PM w/The Platte Valley Boys (doors open at 6:30 PM)
9:30 PM w/The Becky Schlegel band (doors open at 9:15 PM)

Sunday
9:45 Courier
10:30 Sherry Minnick
11:15 Blessings Gospel Trio
12:00 MBOTMA General Member Meeting
12:30 Kid's Academy Recital
1:15 Singleton Street
2:00 Dick Kimmel & Adam Granger
2:45 The High 48s
3:30 The Haining Family
4:15 Matchlite Briquette Boys

Nechville BanjosNECHVILLE BANJOS STAGE (Europa Room)
Friday
6:45 Bill & Kate Isles
7:30 Buggy Whipp
8:15 Barb & Gary
9:00 SpareTime Bluegrass
9:45 Bob & Lynn Dixon
10:30 Now & Then
11:15 The Seldom Herd

Saturday
10:30 - 12:00 Open Stage
12:00 Incredible Banjos
12:45 The Sans Souci Quartet
1:30 The Goose River Boys
2:15 The Porch Pickers
3:00 Highground
3:45 Temporary Stringband

MBOTMA Dinner Celebration
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM hosted by TBA with entertainment by:
5:00 The Ditchlilies
5:45 Deb Carlson & John Whitehead
6:30 The Eelpout Stringers
7:15 The Alzen Family
8:00 The Roe Family Singers
8:45 Sawtooth Bluegrass Band
9:30 Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra

Sunday
7:30 AM to 12:00 Noon Radisson Hotel Sunday Morning Brunch

This event took place from February 29-March 2, 2008

DANCE PARLOUR (Downstairs)
Friday
Dance Callers: Shawn Glidden & Ann Carter
8:00 Mill City Serenaders
9:00 Tickwoods Stringband
10:00 Mill City Grinders
11:00 Honky Tonk John

Saturday
10:00 The MN Fiddlers Assoc presents a beginner to intermediate fiddlers jam with Bill Hinkley
12:00 The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers
1:00 Family Dance with Farm Team
2:00 Tune Sessions with
New Bad Habits
3:00 Scandinavian Dance with NAMNLOS
4:00 Featured concert with New Bad Habits
5:30 Mother Banjo
6:30 Hello Stranger
8:00 Square Dance with New Bad Habits and dances called by Dot Kent

Sunday
8:30 Non Denominational Church Service with Richard Dugan
9:45 Sloughgrass
10:30 The Eddies
11:00-3:00 Swap Meet (Dance Parlour Entry)
11:15 Poor Benny
12:00 Movie with John Whitehead
1:00-3:00 Spotlight On “Longevity” hosted by Phil Nusbaum with 'Sotagrass, Bob & Lynn Dixon, and Middle Spunk Creek Boys
3:15 Blue Drifters
4:00 Highway 61

This event took place from February 29-March 2, 2008

b manning lutherieGATHERING PLACE (Conference Room E)
Sponsored by b manning lutherie

Friday

6:00 Gathering Place Opens
7:00 Open Stage Sign-up Starts

Saturday
9:00 Gathering Place Opens
11:00 Kids! - Face Painting with Chris (until 2PM)
12:30 Beginner's Jam with Bill Cagley
2:00 Kids! - Music & Songs with Cabin Creek Pickin'
2:45 Teen Jam
3:30 Intermediate Jam with Bill Cagley
5:00-6:30 "Bill's TLC Stage" with Bill Cagley
10:00 Gathering Place Closes

Sunday
9:00 Gathering Place Opens
11:00 Kids! - Music & Songs with Cabin Creek Pickin'
12:00 Kids! - Face Painting with Chris (until 2PM)
12:00 Intermediate Jam with Bill Cagley
4:00 Gathering Place Closes


WORKSHOPS
Sponsored by The Homestead Pickin' Parlor

Saturday (Board Room 2)
12:00 Performing as a Duet with Henderson & Shannon
1:00 Composers & Songwriter's Session with Steve Schley
2:00 Songs of Heart & Home with Sherry Minnick
3:00 Instrument Builders Showcase

Saturday (2nd Floor Conf)

12:00 Introduction to Banjo with TBA
1:00 Introduction to Guitar with TBA
2:00 Introduction to Bass with TBA
3:00 Introduction to Fiddle with TBA
4:00 Introduction to Mandolin with TBA

This event took place from February 29-March 2, 2008

EXHIBIT ROOMS (Conference Rooms B & C & D)
Friday 7:00 PM -10:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM -7:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM -4:00 PM

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