No cost (with admission) and no pre-registration!
Please check near the festival entrance for workshop rooms and last-minute changes.
Possibly subject to change.
| Time | Instructor | Workshop | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 am–12:00 pm | Kim Forry and Jan Scopel | Appalachian Flat Foot Dancing | Spice up your square dance game with some cool step dance moves. |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Norma Venable | Lap Dulcimer — Beginner | DAA Tuning. No previous music background required. Dulcimers available for loan during class. Learn the history of the dulcimer, how to hold the instrument, strum and pick, read simple TABs and learn several simple songs. |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Jeff Fedan | Spoons | |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Rosemary Furman | Autoharp — Beginner | Autoharp basics for beginners or anyone who may be autoharp curious. We will take a look at how this box with strings works and how you make music. We’ll have extra autoharps available at the workshop. |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Chris Haddox | Guitar — Intermediate | Learn guitar accompaniment for singing. Experiment using a capo, different chord voicing and tunings. |
| 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Katie McCoy | Fiddle — Beginner | For beginners who can already play a couple songs. Bring your own fiddle. We will practice the D scale and rhythms and learn “Cindy" by ear. |
| 11:00 am–5:30 pm | Various | Singing Jam |
It's Back! This year's singing room leaders will be:
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| 12:45–2:15 pm | Ken Sheller | Ukelele — all levels | Anyone with an instrument that plays chords is welcome. |
| 12:45–2:15 pm | Bob Miller | Hammered Dulcimer — Intermediate | Use Chord Shapes to build the Melody. Learn one of Worley's tunes — the Cuckoo's Nest — and see how common chord shapes on the hammered dulcimer can help to make this melody easier to play. Bring your own dulcimer. |
| 12:45–2:15 pm | Tristan Dennis | Mandolin — Beginner to Intermediate | |
| 12:45–2:15 pm | Dave Haas | Lap dulcimer — Smooth Playing | Novice to Intermediate. DAD tuning. Improve your strum and fingering to facilitate smooth play. Learn backup chords to accompany other players. |
| 12:45–2:15 pm | Trent Porter | Clawhammer Banjo — Alternate Tunings | We’ll start in standard-G tuning and go to common alternate tunings such as Sawmill, Double-C, Open-C, drone tunings, and how to use a capo to play in other keys. |
| 12:45–2:15 pm | Jacob Lambert and Friends | Jamming 101 | All instruments and skill levels — Learn the basics to fitting into an old-time jam. Practical chord identification, tune structure, common melody patterns and practice/tune learning resources. |
| 2:00–3:00 pm | Kim Forry and Jan Scopel | Appalachian Flat Foot Dancing | Spice up your square dance game with some cool step dance moves. |
| 2:30–4:00 pm | Dakota Karper | Fiddle — Intermediate | For fiddlers who want to deepen their old-time sound and jam confidence. Participants will learn regional WV fiddle tunes and traditions, especially from Hampshire and Mineral Counties. A recording device is encouraged. We will focus on bowing patterns, left-hand ornaments, and subtle stylistic details that turn simple melodies into compelling old-time music. |
| 2:30–4:00 pm | Dave Haas | Lap Dulcimer — Intro to Arpeggios | Novice-Intermediate. DAD tuning. Play slow songs beautifully by plucking the strings one-at-a-time. Learn backup chords to accompany others playing slowly. New material this year. |
| 2:30–4:00 pm | Cindy Harris | Autoharp — Intermediate to Advanced | Explore the thumb lead technique that helps autoharpers play everything from waltzes to jigs to fast fiddle tunes. Keys of G and D. Bring your own autoharp. |
| 2:30–4:00 pm | Jeff Fedan | Hammered Dulcimer — Intermediate | |
| 2:30–4:00 pm | Trent Porter | Piedmont Guitar — Intermediate | Participants will learn the basic Piedmont righthand technique, and go through a few simple exercises that build upon each other to help execute the pattern. |
| 2:30–4:00 pm | Celia Faux | Waltz Workshop — Intermediate | |
| 4:00–4:30 pm | Various — Auditorium | Richard Eddy Memorial | An on stage memorial in honor and memory of Richard Eddy. |
| 4:40–6:00 pm+ | Mark Tamsula | Pennsylvania Fiddle Tunes | Mark Tamsula and the Snappin' Bug Stringband will host a jam of SW Pennsylvania tunes from the collections of Samuel Bayard. |
| 4:40–6:00 pm+ | Isaac McCarthy | 3-Finger Banjo — Intermediate | |
| 4:40–6:00 pm+ | Jan Scopel | Bodhran — Beginner | |
| 4:40–6:00 pm+ | Mason Atha | Bass — Advanced Beginner to Intermediate | For bassists looking to take their playing to the next level or for musicians who want to start playing bass. Topics will include crafting effective bass lines, jam etiquette, and how to physically approach the instrument. |
| 4:40–6:00 pm+ | Ron Buchanan | Square Dance Calling | |
| 4:40–6:00 pm+ | Judy Werner | Stories and Songs of Patty Looman (Honor Session) |