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WINTER BLUEGRASS WEEKEND - WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
A Festival of Bluegrass & Old-Time Music & Dance
March 5-7, 2010, Radisson Hotel & Conference Center, Plymouth MN
 Workshop Schedule (as of 2/01/10)
Saturday (Board Room 2)
10:00 Reno Style Banjo Workshop with Ron Tonga - This work shop will cover demonstrations of different Reno techniques, kick offs, breaks and slow back up along with Q&A and Don Reno's Stelling banjo.
12:00 The Bose L1 Sound Systems with Jason Sheridan - More than just a new type of loudspeaker, L1 portable line array systems provide a completely different approach to live sound. Using proprietary Bose technology, L1 systems combine PA and monitors into a single, highly portable unit that can be positioned behind or to the side of individuals onstage. This novel approach to amplification helps eliminate most of the issues with conventional PA systems—including excessive reverberation and extreme volume on and near the stage. Lightweight, interlocking components help make L1 systems especially easy to transport, set up, and sound fantastic.
1:00 Sea Shanty Workshop with The Eddies - If you can sing "I've Been Working on the Railroad," you can sing sea shanties. This is a traditional Call and Response mode of singing. And if you can sing folk or bluegrass harmonies, you'll have a great time with these songs. No instruments are required. In fact, most of these songs are usually done acapella.
2:00 Acoustic Lead Guitar & Flatpicking Workshop with Steve Borgstrom - Every guitar picker is interested in playing fatter, faster, and cleaner licks. Steve Borgstrom (The Wild Spirit Band) is a virtuoso picker and teacher who incorporates influences from jazz to classical to folk to bluegrass. Bring a guitar, bring your brain, bring some questions; and get some tips on playing a part that sings, shines, and fits.
3:00 John Whitehead’s Video Documentary “Bluegrass Boy Reunion” - a screening of a documentary work-in-progress, (running time, roughly 30 minutes). Filmmaker and MBOTMA member, John Whitehead, was invited by his friend Mark Hembree, a former Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boy, to document a reunion gig of three former Monroe sidemen. Performing at a festival outside
Madison, WI, the concert featured three former Bluegrass Boys: Mark Hembree (bass), Bob Black (banjo) and Tom Ewing (guitar and vocals). Master mandolinist Mike Compton, and two fine Madison musicians rounded out the band. The video features some great picking (both rehearsals and show highlights ) as well as colorful reminiscences about life on the road with the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe. Whitehead will introduce the film and talk about the process of making music documentaries.
4:30 Tunesmithing/Songwriting Workshop with Peter Ostroushko and Douglas Wood - Douglas Wood (The Wild Spirit Band) is a prolific songwriter/composer and the NY Times best-selling author of 28 books. Peter Ostroushko is one of the most accomplished instrumentalists and gifted composers of his generation and has performed frequently on Prairie Home Companion during the past 25 years. This is a session for folks looking for tips on wordsmithing, tunesmithing, putting melodies, lyrics, and chord structures together; and the art and craft of songwriting. Q & A welcomed.
Saturday (2nd Floor Conf)
12:00 Introduction to Bass with Holle Brian
1:00 Introduction to Guitar with Mark Kreitzer
2:00 Introducation to Banjo with Mark Kreitzer
3:00 Introduction to Mandolin with Mark Kreitzer
4:00 Introduction to Fiddle with Mark Kreitzer
Additional workshops held in the Old-Time Music & Dance Hall are listed on the Dance Hall schedule page.
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