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Workshop Schedule - 40th Alaska Folk Festival

Workshops





Saturday Workshops

Main Stage

Sat. 10 - 11:30AM

Mic Use and Stagecraft

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 (JACC)

10:30
to
Noon




Jam Buster Beginning Ukelele

Amy Houck, Rhonda Gardenier




Family Concert






Noon
to
1:30

Cajun Singing

Christine Balfa

Lyric Sheets Provided
Finger Picking Blues Guitar

Pat Henry

Learn to finger pick and sing some blues
Banjo Panel

Jack Fontanella, Katie Henry, Paul Desdier, Katya Kirsch

Couple Dance

John Laskey

Waltz, Polka, Schotisch, Swing and Maybe Hambo and or Tango. Not didactic but experienced dancers happy to teach individually



1:30
to
3:00

Harmony Singing

John Palmes

Singers and non singers learn fundamentals for finding and feeling their own harmony parts.
Finger Picking Guitar

Devin Champlin

3 Finger Banjo for Fiddle Tunes

Lucas Hicks

Instrument Swap



Family Square Dance

Caroline Oakley

3:00
to
4:30

Kids Dancing

Kid Burfl

Cajun Tune and Jam Session

Bonsoir,Catin

Accordion, Fiddle, Guitar, Bass and Triangle
Blues Dancing 101

Daniel R. Martin

An introduction to Blues Dancing, a vernacular dance tradition rooted in the music of the rural South.




Sunday Workshops


Hammond Room

Hickel Room

Egan Room

Sheffield Ballroom

10:30
to
Noon













Noon
to
1:30

Louisiana Song Writing

Christine Balfa, Meagan Berard, Yvetter Landry, Kristi Guillory

Universal Peace Dance

Leah LaBar

Fiddle for Violinists

John Palmes

How to play violin chords and play as a rhythm instrument, get away from the printed page and play along with your cd's.
English Country Dance

Odette Foster

1:30
to
3:00

Washboard What Not

Lucas Hicks

Music Business

Ken Waldman

Return of the Psaltry

Dennis Townsend

Bring your psaltry and I'll bring mine! If not, stop and try out this unique and beautiful instrument.
Mandolin

Charlie Hunt

I mostly teach a tune emphasizing picking technique on the mandolin.

3:00
to
4:30

Cajun & Old-Time Fiddle

Anya Burgess

Intermediate
Mandolin Rags

Devin Champlin

Let's Sing Nature Songs!

Dan Pascucci

Clap your hands, sing along, do a dance, have some fun. Songs celebrating nature and ecological topics.