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28 Festival Regulations Wristbands will be given to festival goers at the gate. Wristbands must be worn and visible at all times while on the Festival grounds and camping area. As proof of payment of admission price, wristbands must be shown to Festival staff upon request. No wristband and you will either pay again or be asked to leave the festival. No smoking in the concert area. Tents and umbrellas & high backed chairs are restricted to the right side facing the stage and towards the rear of the concert area. No selling of food or merchandise except by approved vendors. Campers must depart by 12:00 pm on Monday. Cars must be parked in designated areas. Only vehicles belonging to campers are allowed in the camping area. One vehicle allowed per campsite. No bicycle riding or motorized vehicles in the concert area. No weapons of any kind allowed in the park. All animals must be on a leash. Owners or caretakers must clean up after their pets. No pets allowed on the concert area. Parents/Guardians must be responsible for children at all times. Save The Date - 20th Podunk Bluegrass Festival, August 10 to 13, 2017

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28 Festival

Regulations Wristbands will be given to festival goers at the gate. Wristbands must be worn and visible at all times while on the Festival grounds and camping area. As proof of payment of admission price, wristbands must be shown to Festival staff upon request. No wristband and you will either pay again or be asked to leave the festival.

No smoking in the concert area.

Tents and umbrellas & high backed chairs are restricted to the right side facing the stage and towards the rear of the concert area.

No selling of food or merchandise except by approved vendors.

Campers must depart by 12:00 pm on Monday.

Cars must be parked in designated areas. Only vehicles belonging to campers are allowed in the camping area. One vehicle allowed per campsite.

No bicycle riding or motorized vehicles in the concert area.

No weapons of any kind allowed in the park.

All animals must be on a leash. Owners or caretakers must clean up after their pets. No pets allowed on the concert area.

Parents/Guardians must be responsible for children at all times.

Save The Date - 20th Podunk Bluegrass Festival, August 10 to 13, 2017

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26

Dre

w P

eaco

x Fi

rm su

ppor

ter

of th

e Po

dunk

Bl

uegr

ass F

estiv

al TR

IVIA

AN

SWER

S FR

OM

PA

GE

20

1. E

lvis

Pre

sley

2.

Be

quie

t and

don

’t ta

lk!

3. R

onni

e R

eno

4. A

lison

Bro

wn

5.

It w

as w

on in

201

1 fo

r the

201

0 fe

stiv

al

6. B

. In

1948

, bot

h Fl

att a

nd S

crug

gs le

ft M

onro

e's B

lue

Gra

ss B

oys a

nd fo

rmed

thei

r ow

n gr

oup.

Rec

ruiti

ng e

x-M

onro

e m

en Ji

m S

hum

ate

(on

fiddl

e),

and

How

ard

Wat

ts (o

n ba

ss),

they

mov

ed to

Hic

kory

, Nor

th C

arol

ina,

and

wer

e jo

ined

by

Mac

Wis

eman

, who

bec

ame

the

Fogg

y M

ount

ain

Boy

s.

7.

Fla

tt &

Scr

uggs

8.

Joe

Mul

lins &

Rad

io R

ambl

ers

9.

A. M

ac W

isem

an—

He

join

ed th

e Fo

ggy

Mou

ntai

n B

oys i

n 19

48, a

nd a

yea

r la

ter,

he le

ft to

join

Bill

Mon

roe's

Blu

e G

rass

Boy

s.

10.

True

—Le

ster

Fla

tt an

d Ea

rl Sc

rugg

s bro

ke u

p in

196

9 w

hen

Scru

ggs w

ante

d to

cha

nge

thei

r tra

ditio

nal b

lueg

rass

soun

d. F

latt

then

reas

sem

bled

m

ost o

f the

Fog

gy M

ount

ain

Boy

s int

o th

e gr

oup

Nas

hvill

e G

rass

. The

y pl

ayed

his

trad

emar

k bl

uegr

ass s

ound

unt

il Fl

att's

dea

th in

197

9.

11.

Eric

Wei

ssbe

rg, A

rthur

Sm

ith w

as n

omin

ated

for a

197

3 G

olde

n G

lobe

for t

he m

usic

and

Eric

Wei

ssbe

rg a

nd S

teve

Man

del w

ere

nom

inat

ed fo

r th

eir a

rran

gem

ent o

f thi

s son

g. W

eiss

berg

als

o pl

ays p

edal

stee

l, 'd

obro

' , m

ando

lin, a

nd fi

ddle

. 12

. B

. Alis

on K

raus

s is o

ne o

f the

fine

st fi

ddle

rs a

nd v

ocal

ists

in b

lueg

rass

. 13

. D

. Ban

jo p

laye

rs' d

isea

se

14.

C. T

he n

ame

the

Fogg

y M

ount

ain

Boy

s cam

e fr

om th

e tit

le o

f the

Car

ter f

amily

song

'Fog

gy M

ount

aint

op'

3

Ind

ex

Pa

ge

It

em

2

Dee

ring

Ban

jo

3

Inde

x, D

ates

for 2

017,

IBM

A W

OB

Dat

es

4

Spon

sors

, Em

cees

and

Pod

unk

Boa

rd L

ist

5

Emel

in T

heat

re, R

affle

Item

s, W

hat’s

in a

nam

e

6

W

elco

me

Lette

r fro

m H

ebro

n To

wn

Man

ager

and

Pod

unk

Pres

iden

t, La

wn

Tecs

, Lis

ten

on R

adio

7

Im

porta

nt In

form

atio

n, F

estiv

al S

ervi

ces,

Ros

ewoo

d So

und,

Tor

o C

asua

l Gol

f Lea

gue

8

Po

dunk

Kid

s Aca

dem

y In

form

atio

n

9

M

ain

Stag

e Pe

rfor

mer

s

10

A

cous

tic S

tage

Per

form

ers

11

Perf

orm

ers l

istin

g co

ntin

ued,

CT

Scie

nce

Cen

ter

12

2016

Ban

d C

ompe

titio

n In

form

atio

n

13

Pa

st B

and

Com

petit

ion

Win

ners

Lis

ting

14

Fest

ival

Sch

edul

e—A

ll St

ages

15

K

ids A

ctiv

ities

and

Kid

s Aca

dem

y Sc

hedu

le

16

Ven

dor L

istin

g—In

form

atio

n on

Del

’lars

for f

ood

vend

ors,

Trad

ing

Post

17

D

escr

iptio

n of

wor

ksho

ps

18

Firs

t Nia

gara

19

20

Yea

rs o

f Pod

unk

Cro

ssw

ord

Puzz

le—

Com

plet

e fo

r a p

rize,

Jord

an B

rook

, The

Pac

kage

Sto

re

20

Podu

nk T

rivia

and

EN

CO

N P

olic

e &

CT

Con

serv

atio

n O

ffic

ers A

ssoc

.

21

Po

dunk

Blu

egra

ss U

nive

rsity

Info

rmat

ion,

Hul

l’s A

rt Su

pplie

s

22

Te

lefu

nken

Mic

roph

ones

& B

lueg

rass

Caf

é

23

Pe

nmar

Indu

strie

s

24

O

ld C

hurc

h C

once

rt Se

ries,

Serv

ice

Ass

ocia

tes,

P&H

Inno

vatio

ns, L

JB S

peci

al P

hoto

grap

hy

25

Pem

i Val

ley

Blu

egra

ss F

estiv

al 2

017

26

Com

pass

Rec

ords

Triv

ia A

nsw

ers

27

Thirs

ty L

izar

ds

28

Fest

ival

Map

and

Rul

es

All Y

our P

rint

ing

Need

s

Cal

l Tol

l Fre

e: 8

00.4

86.7

426

21s

t P

od

un

k

Blu

eg

ra

ss F

est

iva

l

Don

’t fo

rget

to p

urch

ase

your

201

7 Fe

stiv

al ti

cket

s be

fore

leav

ing.

It’s

the

leas

t exp

ensiv

e tic

ket y

ou w

ill b

e ab

le to

buy

. D

etai

ls ar

e at

the

Podu

nk T

radi

ng P

ost.

Onc

e yo

u le

ave

the

fest

ival

, thi

s tic

ket p

rice

is go

ne f

orev

er.

You

will

get

an

e-m

ail a

t the

end

of

Sept

embe

r w

ith

inst

ruct

ions

on

how

to p

rint y

our

ticke

t fro

m h

ome.

Sor

ry, b

ut th

ere

are

no r

efun

ds o

r ex

chan

ges

on ti

cket

s pu

rcha

sed.

Save

the

Dat

e:

Aug

ust 1

0 to

13,

201

7

Podu

nk is a m

embe

r are you

? Join to

day at ib

ma.org 

Blue

grass L

eade

rship So

cial at P

odun

k, Frid

ay, 12th from

 6:45 ‐ 7

:45 pm

 IBMA World of B

luegrass  

Raleigh, NC Se

pt 27 to 29, 201

6 Get all the inform

aon

 at w

ww.ib

ma.org 

Plea

se r

efra

in f

rom

tal

king

whi

le p

erfo

rman

ces

are

goin

g on

.

It is

dis

trac

ting

and

inco

nsid

erat

e of

you

r ne

ighb

ors.

Th

ank

you.

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4

Tha

nk y

ou t

o ou

r ge

nero

us s

pon

sors

! B

and

Com

pet

itio

n S

pon

sor:

TE

LEFU

NK

EN

ELE

KTR

OA

KU

STIK

K

ids

Aca

dem

y IB

M a

nd

RIB

A

Pri

nti

ng

Sup

por

t: A

&A

Offi

ce S

yste

ms

Wor

ksh

op S

tage

: CT

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

Ad

dit

ion

al S

pon

sors

: A

ll W

aste

, Cum

berla

nd F

arm

s, Th

e D

’Add

ario

Com

pany

, Dee

ring

Banj

o, E

astm

an In

stru

men

ts,

Sam

’s Cl

ub, 3

60 S

igns

, Sto

p &

Sho

p, T

hirs

ty L

izar

ds.

A

spec

ial th

anks

to a

ll th

e m

embe

rs o

f th

e H

ebro

n Li

ons C

lub

and

the

Tow

n of

Heb

ron,

for t

heir

cont

inue

d su

ppor

t!

OU

R F

EST

IVA

L

Ma

ster

s o

f c

er

em

on

ies:

STAN

ZD

ON

IK, B

BU &

Fo

rmer

Pre

siden

t of I

BMA

KI

M F

ORD

, M

s. CT

Blu

egra

ss

( # fo

rdfir

ings

)

DAR

WIN

DAV

IDSO

N,

Phot

ogra

pher

and

co-

host

of

Bro

nzew

ound

, the

bl

uegr

ass

radi

o sh

ow o

n W

ERU

Po

du

nk

Blu

eg

ra

ss M

usi

c Fest

iva

l Execu

tiv

e C

om

mit

tee:

O

ffic

ers

Pat

Coff

ey -

Pre

side

nt

Bob

Fran

cks

- Vi

ce P

resi

dent

Julia

Jam

es -

Tre

asur

er

Terr

y Ta

ngar

one

- Se

cret

ary

C. R

oger

Mos

s -

Exec

utiv

e Di

rect

or

CAPT

AINS

Ji

m B

eave

r -

Mai

n St

age

Man

ager

Pat

Coff

ey -

Fes

tiva

l Log

isti

cs

Jeff

Hor

ton

- W

orks

hop

Stag

e

Rich

Hee

pe -

Gat

e

Bob

Fran

cks—

Tra

sh a

nd F

acili

ties

Julia

& R

ich

Jam

es—

Cam

pgro

und

Kath

y M

oss

- H

ospi

talit

y

Kate

Noo

nan

- Ki

ds A

ctiv

itie

s

Paul

O’C

onne

ll -

Serg

eant

at

Arm

s &

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Jim

Per

ry -

Ban

d Co

mpe

titi

on

Kelly

Stu

per

- Ve

ndor

s

Deb

Szir

bik—

Off

ice

Shaw

n Sz

irbi

k—M

edia

Rel

atio

ns

Terr

y Ta

ngar

one—

Trad

ing

Post

Aver

y Va

nnoy

—Si

te C

rew

Mar

k Va

nnoy

- V

olun

teer

s

Mik

e W

ilcox

- W

ebsi

te a

nd A

cous

tic

Stag

e Pa

st P

resi

dent

s

Mik

e W

ilcox

- Im

med

iate

Pas

t-Pr

esid

ent

(201

1—20

14)

Bria

n H

all—

(200

8— 2

010)

Paul

O’C

onne

ll—(2

005—

2007

)

Mik

e Br

een—

(200

2—20

04)

Dwig

ht K

now

lton

—(2

002)

Mik

e Da

gon—

(199

9-20

01)

Gor

don

Patt

erso

n—(1

996—

1998

) A

spec

ial t

hank

s to

all

the

volu

ntee

rs w

ho w

itho

ut w

e w

ould

not

be

able

to

have

suc

h a

grea

t fe

stiv

al!

25

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24

In M

emor

y of

Sta

n W

atso

n 19

54 -

2007

Vet

eran

Pod

unk

Vol

unte

er

Stan

will

be

deep

ly m

isse

d as

he

was

the

foun

der

of th

e ba

ckst

age

perf

orm

er E

spre

sso

Bar

. W

hen

Vas

sar

was

bac

ksta

ge h

e as

ked

Stan

if

ther

e w

as a

str

ong

cup

of c

offe

e ar

ound

. St

an s

aid

he c

ould

get

his

ex

pres

so m

achi

ne fr

om h

ome

and

did

to m

ake

Vas

sar

very

hap

py

and

now

his

trad

ition

live

s on

...

5

Wh

at’s

In

a N

am

e?

In t

he c

ase

of “

Podu

nk,”

an

awfu

l lot

. T

he w

ord

“Pod

unk”

is

oft

en u

sed

(som

ewha

t un

flat

teri

ngly

) to

ref

er t

o a

smal

l,

inco

nseq

uent

ial,

out

-of-

the

way

tow

n. A

ltho

ugh

we

crea

te a

sm

all

com

mun

ity

of s

orts

dur

ing

this

long

wee

kend

tog

ethe

r, w

e’re

ce

rtai

nly

not

inco

nseq

uent

ial.

The

wor

d “P

odun

k” is

der

ived

fro

m a

n Al

gonq

uin

wor

d us

ed

to d

escr

ibe

a co

nflu

ence

of

stre

ams

or r

iver

s. S

o, t

here

are

doz

ens

of

loca

tion

s th

roug

hout

the

Eas

tern

Uni

ted

Stat

es,

whe

re t

he A

lgon

quin

sp

eaki

ng t

ribe

s liv

ed,

wit

h th

e na

me

“Pod

unk”

att

ache

d.

H

owev

er,

“Pod

unk”

was

als

o th

e na

me

of a

sm

all t

ribe

of

N

ativ

e Am

eric

ans

who

live

d on

the

Eas

t si

de o

f th

e Co

nnec

ticu

t Ri

ver,

in

pre

sent

day

Sou

th W

inds

or a

nd E

ast

Har

tfor

d. E

arly

his

tori

es o

f th

e ar

ea d

escr

ibe

seve

ral P

odun

k vi

llage

s al

ongs

ide

the

Hoc

kanu

m R

iver

, w

hich

flo

ws

righ

t th

roug

h M

arti

n Pa

rk t

he f

esti

val h

ome

from

199

6 to

20

11.

The

who

le a

rea

was

ref

erre

d to

by

the

Algo

nqui

ns a

s “P

odun

k.”

So

, if

any

one

ever

ask

s yo

u, y

ou c

an t

ell t

hem

tha

t ye

s,

Podu

nk is

a r

eal p

lace

, an

d ye

s, y

ou k

now

how

to

get

ther

e! E

ven

thou

gh w

e ar

e no

t on

the

ban

ks a

ny lo

nger

we

are

still

“Po

dunk

”.

Hel

p Su

ppor

t th

e Fe

stiv

al?

Ch

eck

out

the

raff

le it

ems

at t

he P

odun

k tr

adin

g po

st

Inst

rum

ent R

affle

Tic

kets

are

$5.

00 p

er ti

cket

s, or

buy

4 g

et a

5th

on

e fr

ee f

or $

20.0

0:

D

eeri

ng O

pen

Back

Ban

jo w

/sof

t cas

e an

d D

VD

— R

etai

l: $5

85.

East

man

Man

dolin

with

cas

e—Re

tail

$875

Take

a c

hanc

e on

oth

er G

ift B

aske

ts -

$1.

00 f

or 1

, $2

.00

for

3,

$5.0

0 fo

r 10

, $10

.00

for

25.

Pick

the

bask

et y

ou w

ant t

o w

in!

Incl

udes

; hot

el p

acka

ge, M

oheg

an S

un B

uffe

t for

2, C

D’s,

Kid

s an

d m

ore.

Emelin The

atre 153

 Library Lan

e, M

amaron

eck NY 10

543 

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6 A

Wor

d Fr

om T

he P

resid

ent:

I wou

ld li

ke to

wel

com

e al

l of y

ou to

the

20th

Pod

unk

Blu

egra

ss M

usic

Fes

tival

. W

e ar

e an

all-

volu

ntee

r 501

c3 n

on-p

rofit

org

aniz

atio

n. T

his i

s my

seco

nd y

ear a

s pr

esid

ent,

and

our t

hird

yea

r at t

he H

ebro

n Li

ons C

lub

Fairg

roun

ds.

Thos

e of

you

who

hav

e be

en a

ttend

ing

the

fest

ival

for a

num

ber o

f yea

rs a

re a

war

e of

the

stru

ggle

s tha

t we

have

rece

ntly

had

. Th

anks

to a

lot o

f wor

k by

a lo

t of

peop

le, a

nd a

littl

e lu

ck, w

e ar

e no

w se

ttled

into

our

new

hom

e, a

nd la

st y

ear’

s fe

stiv

al g

reat

ly e

xcee

ded

any

of o

ur e

xpec

tatio

ns.

Des

pite

this

, the

re w

ere

a fe

w

glitc

hes t

hat c

ome

with

a n

ew si

te, a

nd w

e ha

ve w

orke

d on

and

hop

eful

ly so

lved

th

em in

ord

er to

mak

e th

is y

ear’

s fes

tival

an

even

big

ger s

ucce

ss.

Ret

urni

ng th

is y

ear i

s our

Aco

ustic

Sta

ge, w

hich

feat

ures

a n

umbe

r of l

ocal

ban

ds

perf

orm

ing

vario

us g

enre

s of a

cous

tic-b

ased

mus

ic.

Als

o re

turn

in th

is y

ear i

s The

V

oice

of P

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ids,

a vo

cal t

alen

t sho

w fo

r chi

ldre

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wou

ld a

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urag

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u to

enj

oy th

e Te

lefu

nken

Ban

d C

ompe

titio

n, S

ongw

riter

s Com

petit

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and

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orks

hop

Stag

e, a

s wel

l as t

he K

ids A

cade

my,

Blu

egra

ss U

nive

rsity

, Kid

s and

Fa

mily

Act

iviti

es, f

ood

conc

essi

ons,

and

vend

ors.

Las

t but

not

leas

t, th

e M

ain

Stag

e fe

atur

es a

noth

er g

reat

line

up o

f nat

iona

l act

s, so

met

hing

that

Pod

unk

has

beco

me

note

d fo

r. In

clo

sing

, I w

ould

like

to th

ank

our s

pons

ors,

with

out w

hose

supp

ort w

e w

ould

be

unab

le to

go

on, t

he H

ebro

n Li

ons C

lub,

who

are

allo

win

g us

to u

se th

eir w

onde

r-fu

l site

, the

tow

n of

Heb

ron

and

the

surr

ound

ing

area

, who

hav

e w

elco

med

us w

ith

open

arm

s, th

e Po

dunk

boa

rd m

embe

rs a

nd c

apta

ins,

our e

xecu

tive

dire

ctor

Rog

er

Mos

s, ou

r vol

unte

ers,

and

of c

ours

e, a

ll th

e bl

uegr

ass f

ans b

oth

old

and

new

. H

ave

fun,

and

ple

ase

resp

ect t

he si

te a

nd e

ach

othe

r. If

you

see

me

on th

e gr

ound

s, fe

el

free

to st

op m

e w

ith a

ny q

uest

ions

or c

omm

ents

, or j

ust s

o sa

y he

llo.

Sinc

erel

y,

Pat C

offe

y, P

resi

dent

Po

dunk

Blu

egra

ss M

usic

Fes

tival

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rt

ing

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e P

od

un

k B

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ras

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stiv

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.

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VIC

ES

INC

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Fall

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ENSE

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turd

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ild M

oon.

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re

are

6 fla

vors

to ta

ste,

incl

udin

g C

ucum

-be

r, R

ose,

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nber

ry, L

aven

der,

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h,

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i Spi

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ome

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e w

orld

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ique

urs

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t coc

k-ta

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w.h

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om

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know

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at e

very

pe

rfor

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ce, e

very

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n th

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unk

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our

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unk

Rad

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omet

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adin

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st H

ours

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d Sp

onso

r of

the

Po

dunk

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ill-to

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atio

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g fe

e at

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te P

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leas

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rmitt

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ils.

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the

beac

h.

N

o Sm

okin

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licy

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e is

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MOK

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e co

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uild

ings

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erfo

rman

ce

or fo

od a

rea

at P

odun

k. T

his

inclu

des

the

Mai

n an

d Ac

oust

ic St

age

Seat

ing

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, all

tent

ed a

reas

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the

wor

ksho

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rn. S

mok

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rmitt

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elp

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ort

The

Inte

rnat

iona

l Blu

egra

ss M

usic

Mus

eum

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hel

p us

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he m

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lueg

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Th

e P

od

un

k k

ids

aca

dem

y

The

Blue

gras

s Ki

ds A

cade

my

is m

ade

poss

ible

by

a co

mm

unit

y G

rant

fro

m IB

M

Again this yea

r, Po

dunk is offering an in

structiona

l & perform

ance pro

gram

 for y

oung blueg

rass m

usicians age

d 7‐17.  Individu

al and gro

up in

struction will be pr

ovided

.  Th

is yea

r's pro

gram

 will aga

in be un

der t

he dire

ction of m

embe

rs of t

he Rho

de Is

land Blueg

rass Assoc

iatio

n. The Aca

demy will prese

nt an en

semble pe

rforman

ce on th

e Main Stag

e on Sun

day morning

.  Don

’t miss the op

portun

ity to w

atch th

ese yo

ung mus

icians play!  T

hose w

ishing to partic

ipate who hav

e no

t signe

d up in adv

ance 

shou

ld arrive ea

rly to th

e first ses

sion

.    L

imite

d instrumen

ts are ava

ilable to borro

w during the festival.   

Mee

ting Times

: Frid

ay 7:00 ‐ 8

:30 pm

, Saturda

y 10:30a

m ‐ 12:oo pm

, 12‐1 lun

ch fo

r aca

demy pa

rticipan

ts, 1:00 ‐ 2

:30 pm

 and Sun

day 11—

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actic

e an

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ance on th

e Main Stag

e.

Kid

s A

cad

em

y S

ta

ff

Sal S

auco

is a

mem

ber o

f one

of R

hode

Isla

nd's

bes

t kno

wn

loca

l ban

ds, "

Lizz

ie J

ames

and

the

Gre

ysto

ne R

ail."

The

y re

gula

rly p

lay

arou

nd th

e ar

ea a

t eve

nts

such

as;

Th

e Bl

uegr

ass

on th

e Pa

wtu

xet F

estiv

al, B

lueg

rass

on

the

Bogs

Fes

tival

, var

ious

stre

et fe

stiv

als,

bot

h of

RI's

wee

kly

Blue

gras

s sh

ows,

clu

bs, w

eddi

ngs,

and

par

ties.

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l als

o ru

ns P

rovi

denc

e's

only

wee

kly

Blue

gras

s sh

ow: B

lueg

rass

Thr

oedo

wn

at N

ick-

a-N

ee's

, and

has

don

e so

for a

lmos

t fou

r yea

rs. D

urin

g th

at ti

me

he h

as c

ycle

d m

any

loca

l, re

gion

al, a

nd n

atio

nal b

ands

thou

gh th

e cl

ub. H

e sc

hedu

les

and

prom

otes

the

band

s, ru

ns th

e so

und,

and

MC

s ea

ch s

how

. H

e is

cur

rent

ly th

e Pr

esid

ent o

f the

Rho

de Is

land

Blu

egra

ss A

llianc

e. R

IBA

serv

es to

pro

mot

e Bl

uegr

ass

and

its e

duca

tion

in th

e so

uthe

rn N

ew E

ngla

nd a

rea.

As

wel

l as

prov

idin

g le

sson

s to

loca

l mus

icia

ns o

n gu

itar a

nd m

ando

lin, h

e ho

sts

thre

e lo

cal j

ams

in R

hode

Isla

nd re

gula

rly h

eld

on th

e 1s

t Sat

urda

y, 1

st S

unda

y, a

nd 3

rd T

uesd

ay in

th

ree

diffe

rent

loca

tions

aro

und

the

stat

e.

Bill

Thi

bode

au s

tarte

d hi

s m

usic

al c

aree

r at a

n ea

rly a

ge w

hile

per

form

ing

with

his

fath

er, S

am T

idw

ell a

nd fa

mily

frie

nd F

red

Pike

. Bi

ll he

lped

cul

tivat

e th

e la

unch

of M

ain

Stre

et M

usic

Stu

dios

in B

ango

r, M

aine

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e gr

oup

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ed a

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ffere

d a

com

plet

e m

usic

al e

xper

ienc

e fro

m le

arni

ng, t

o pl

ay, t

o re

cord

ing

full

leng

th s

ound

track

s. W

hile

on

staf

f, Bi

ll ta

ught

Blu

egra

ss m

usic

for s

ever

al y

ears

and

enh

ance

d th

e le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

e of

cou

ntle

ss m

ando

lin a

nd b

anjo

stu

dent

s, h

e al

so p

rovi

ded

tech

nica

l sup

port

with

re

cord

ing

prod

uctio

n at

Mai

n St

reet

Mus

ic S

tudi

os.

Toda

y as

a p

rofe

ssio

nal p

erfo

rmin

g bl

uegr

ass

mus

icia

n an

d in

stru

ctor

, Bill

Thib

odea

u pu

rsue

s hi

s ca

reer

in m

usic

at R

ick’

s M

usic

al In

stru

men

ts in

Cum

berla

nd, R

hode

Is

land

, whe

re h

e te

ache

s m

ando

lin, g

uita

r, ba

njo

and

fiddl

e. W

ith o

ver 2

0 ye

ars

of te

achi

ng e

xper

ienc

e, B

ill co

ntin

ues

to in

spire

and

mak

e m

usic

fun

for a

ll le

vels

of

stud

ents

. W

hile

pla

ying

in s

ever

al re

gion

al a

nd to

urin

g ba

nds

bill

has

expe

rienc

e ho

stin

g w

orks

hops

, kid

’s a

cade

mie

s, s

low

jam

s, a

nd is

an

activ

e st

aff m

embe

r of T

ony

Wat

t’s B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity. H

is d

ynam

ic m

ando

lin s

tyle

is a

mix

ture

of i

nflu

ence

s fro

m M

onro

e to

Gau

drea

u. B

ill is

cur

rent

ly in

volv

ed in

the

futu

re o

f blu

egra

ss m

usic

, as

he le

ads

his

own

blue

gras

s ba

nd “T

he B

ill Th

ibod

eau

Band

” and

is a

foun

ding

and

ded

icat

ed b

oard

mem

ber t

o R

hode

Isla

nd B

lueg

rass

Allia

nce.

Je

sse

Bur

dick

is a

wel

l-kno

wn

banj

o pl

ayer

and

inst

ruct

or fr

om R

hode

Isla

nd. H

e is

a m

embe

r of L

izzi

e Ja

mes

and

the

Gre

ysto

ne R

ail,

his

own

band

The

Gra

nd R

epub

lic

(who

rele

ased

thei

r firs

t alb

um la

st y

ear),

and

has

per

form

ed e

xten

sive

ly a

long

the

East

Coa

st (a

nd la

tely

Jap

an) w

ith m

any

tale

nted

blu

egra

ss a

rtist

s. J

esse

had

the

good

fo

rtune

of b

eing

abl

e to

per

form

at t

he 2

013

New

port

Folk

Fes

tival

with

Pro

vide

nce

lum

inar

ies

Vudu

Sis

ter.

It w

as th

ere

that

he

drew

the

atte

ntio

n of

the

Dee

ring

Banj

o C

ompa

ny a

nd s

ecur

ed a

spo

t as

a D

eerin

g Ar

tist (

the

Dee

ring

Eagl

e II

bein

g hi

s m

odel

of c

hoic

e). C

urre

ntly

, Jes

se is

ser

ving

on

the

boar

d of

the

Rho

de Is

land

Blu

egra

ss

Allia

nce

as a

mem

ber-a

t-lar

ge a

nd is

wor

king

to p

rom

ote

blue

gras

s m

usic

thro

ugho

ut th

e re

gion

. D

ebbi

e H

all c

ares

abo

ut p

eopl

e an

d bu

ilt a

repu

tatio

n fo

r qua

lity

and

inte

grity

as

a le

ader

am

ong

Rho

de Is

land

’s b

lueg

rass

com

mun

ity w

hen

she

co-fo

unde

d R

hode

Isla

nd

Blue

gras

s Al

lianc

e (R

IBA)

in 2

013.

Cur

rent

ly, D

ebbi

e ho

lds

a se

at o

n th

e ex

ecut

ive

boar

d as

Out

reac

h D

irect

or.

Esta

blis

hed

as a

rhyt

hmic

driv

ing-

forc

e on

the

uprig

ht b

ass

she

curre

ntly

per

form

s w

ith “T

he B

ill Th

ibod

eau

Band

.” D

ebbi

e ta

ps in

to h

er c

hild

hood

mem

orie

s an

d dr

aws

from

her

dee

p-ro

oted

pas

sion

to d

eliv

er a

n en

ergi

zed,

au

then

tic b

lueg

rass

exp

erie

nce.

Bo

rn th

e da

ught

er o

f ico

nic

New

Eng

land

blu

egra

ss p

ione

er a

nd b

and

lead

er B

ill H

all,

blue

gras

s m

usic

is D

ebbi

e’s

herit

age

and

pass

ion.

Fun

dam

enta

lly, s

he c

ares

abo

ut

peop

le a

nd d

emon

stra

tes

that

in h

er c

omm

unic

atio

n st

yle.

Deb

bie

mov

es p

eopl

e th

roug

h ki

nd a

nd e

ncou

ragi

ng w

ords

, and

with

aut

hent

ic g

estu

res

of e

xcep

tiona

l th

ough

tfuln

ess,

she

ass

ures

peo

ple

of th

eir i

ndiv

idua

l sig

nific

ance

. Ad

ject

ives

rout

inel

y us

ed to

des

crib

e D

ebbi

e H

all i

nclu

de "c

ompa

ssio

nate

" "ki

ndhe

arte

d”.

C

harli

e Pi

ke g

rew

up

liste

ning

to b

lueg

rass

mus

ic e

very

Frid

ay n

ight

. Fo

r yea

rs h

is fa

ther

hos

ted

mus

icia

ns a

t the

fam

ily’s

she

d to

pla

y bl

uegr

ass

mus

ic to

geth

er.

The

love

fo

r the

mus

ic w

as p

asse

d on

to C

harli

e w

hen

he in

herit

ed h

is fa

ther

's m

ando

lin a

nd d

ecid

ed to

sta

rt pl

ayin

g hi

mse

lf to

car

ry o

n th

is ri

ch tr

aditi

on.

Mus

icia

ns fr

om a

ll ov

er

New

Eng

land

com

e to

jam

at C

harli

e's

on S

unda

y af

tern

oons

and

the

fam

ily tr

aditi

on, n

ow e

mbr

aced

by

Cha

rlie'

s ch

ildre

n, a

nd a

third

gen

erat

ion

of p

icke

rs, h

as b

een

plan

ted

to c

arry

-on

the

torc

h.

Cha

rlie

is o

ne R

hode

Isla

nd B

lueg

rass

Allia

nce

RIB

A's

foun

ders

, and

Vic

e Pr

esid

ent a

nd o

rgan

izer

of t

he K

id's

Aca

dem

y. H

e br

ings

a h

ealth

y pe

rspe

ctiv

e to

the

boar

d fo

r re

pres

entin

g th

e ch

ildre

n an

d be

ginn

er to

inte

rmed

iate

pic

ker i

n ou

r com

mun

ity.

Cha

rlie

is b

usin

ess

owne

r with

a k

ind

and

gene

rous

hea

rt. H

e ca

res

abou

t peo

ple

and

he

wel

com

es a

ll bl

uegr

ass

mus

icia

ns in

to a

saf

e an

d fu

n en

viro

nmen

t jam

in h

is h

ome

and

beyo

nd.

Tom

Prit

char

d is

a ta

lent

ed m

usic

ian,

ded

icat

ed m

usic

inst

ruct

or, a

nd e

nthu

sias

tic v

olun

teer

for m

usic

rela

ted

orga

niza

tions

. Tom

beg

an h

is m

usic

al jo

urne

y at

the

age

of

ten

whe

n he

lear

ned

to p

lay

viol

a w

ith h

is s

choo

l orc

hest

ra. S

ince

then

, he

has

fost

ered

a d

eep

pass

ion

for p

layi

ng a

nd te

achi

ng m

usic

. Tom

has

ear

ned

a Ba

chel

or o

f M

usic

Edu

catio

n fro

m th

e U

nive

rsity

of R

hode

Isla

nd a

nd is

cur

rent

ly w

orki

ng o

n hi

s M

aste

rs in

Stri

ng M

usic

Edu

catio

n at

Van

derC

ook

Col

lege

of M

usic

in C

hica

go. H

e re

gula

rly a

ttend

s se

min

ars

and

conf

eren

ces

in o

rder

to e

xpan

d hi

s kn

owle

dge

of p

layi

ng a

nd te

achi

ng m

usic

, inc

ludi

ng th

e N

atio

nal A

mer

ican

Stri

ng T

each

er A

ssoc

iatio

n an

nual

con

fere

nces

, Cre

ativ

e St

rings

Wor

ksho

p, S

tring

s W

ithou

t Bou

ndar

ies,

and

the

OSU

Stri

ng T

each

er W

orks

hop.

He

has

been

a p

ublic

sch

ool s

tring

orc

hest

ra te

ache

r fo

r fou

r yea

rs, w

ith p

ositi

ons

in M

assa

chus

etts

and

Rho

de Is

land

and

is c

urre

ntly

teac

hing

in th

e C

rans

ton

Rho

de Is

land

Pub

lic S

choo

l Sys

tem

. To

date

, Tom

has

inst

ruct

ed

upw

ards

of 8

00 s

tude

nts

in m

usic

al th

eory

and

pra

ctic

e. T

om is

the

Ecle

ctic

Sty

les

boar

d m

embe

r of t

he M

assa

chus

etts

Stri

ng T

each

er A

ssoc

iatio

n w

here

he

seek

s to

pr

omot

e st

uden

ts’ l

earn

ing

of ja

zz, b

lueg

rass

, and

oth

er fi

ddle

sty

les.

He

is a

lso

a bo

ard

mem

ber a

t lar

ge fo

r the

Rho

de Is

land

Blu

egra

ss A

llianc

e, o

ne o

f the

larg

est

blue

gras

s m

usic

ass

ocia

tions

in A

mer

ica.

21

Po

du

nk

Blu

eg

ra

ss U

niv

er

sity

Podu

nk's

Blu

egra

ss U

nive

rsity

is a

set o

f sev

en b

egin

ner c

lass

es fo

r adu

lts a

nd te

ens w

ho w

ant t

o ge

t the

righ

t sta

rt, o

r rev

iew

the

fund

amen

tals

. The

se c

lass

es a

re h

ands

-on,

in

tens

ive

lear

ning

exp

erie

nces

, tau

ght i

n a

smal

l gro

up se

tting

(bet

wee

n 3

and

9 st

uden

ts p

er c

lass

). Th

e cl

asse

s will

be

held

at t

he fe

stiv

al o

n Sa

turd

ay, A

ugus

t 9th

from

2

until

4:3

0 pm

, and

the

cost

for t

wo-

and-

a-ha

lf ho

urs o

f ins

truct

ion

is o

nly

$35.

All

you

need

to d

o is

brin

g is

an

inst

rum

ent,

a ch

air a

nd a

n ea

rnes

t des

ire to

lear

n!

The

clas

ses w

ill b

e he

ld a

t var

ious

loca

tions

thro

ugho

ut th

e fe

stiv

al, u

sual

ly a

t the

inst

ruct

or's

own

cam

psite

. To

find

your

spec

ific

clas

s loc

atio

n pl

ease

pla

n to

atte

nd th

e B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity P

revi

ew o

n Fr

iday

at 6

pm

and

/or t

he B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity M

eet &

Gre

et o

n Sa

turd

ay a

t 1 p

m. T

hen

be su

re to

arr

ive

no la

ter t

han

1:45

pm

on

Satu

r-da

y so

you

can

go

with

you

r tea

cher

to th

e cl

ass l

ocat

ion.

Pr

e-re

gist

ratio

n is

not

requ

ired,

but

cla

ss si

ze is

lim

ited

and

you

can

sign

up

for a

ll cl

asse

s at t

he fe

stiv

al b

y e-

mai

ling

or c

allin

g To

ny W

att a

t ton

ywat

t@gm

ail.c

om o

r 615

-33

0-63

96.

Alth

ough

eac

h te

ache

r will

be

addr

essi

ng d

iffer

ent t

opic

s, al

l tea

cher

s will

be

gear

ing

thei

r cla

sses

tow

ards

beg

inne

rs a

nd b

egin

ner/i

nter

med

iate

mus

icia

ns. T

he te

ache

rs a

nd

clas

ses f

or th

e 20

16 P

odun

k B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity a

re:

Fidd

le -

Cat

hy D

ay,

Ban

jo -

Tim

Kru

zic,

Voc

als -

Mar

y M

agui

re, B

ass -

Ste

ve R

oy,

Dob

ro -

And

y K

atz,

Man

dolin

- P

hil Z

imm

erm

an a

nd G

uita

r - T

ony

Wat

t B

elow

are

ten

ques

tions

and

ans

wer

s abo

ut P

odun

k's B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity:

Q. W

hat i

s The

Blu

egra

ss U

nive

rsity

? A

. Sev

en b

egin

ner c

lass

es, e

ach

two

and

a ha

lf ho

urs o

f han

ds-o

n in

stru

ctio

n, fo

r adu

lts a

nd te

ens.

The

clas

ses a

re ta

ught

on

Satu

rday

at t

he fe

stiv

al fr

om 2

unt

il 4:

30 p

m, a

nd th

e co

st is

$35

. Q

. Who

are

the

teac

hers

and

who

are

the

stud

ents

? A

. See

ww

w.th

eblu

egra

ssun

iver

sity

.com

for c

lass

des

crip

tions

and

teac

her b

ios.

Alth

ough

eac

h te

ache

r will

be

addr

essi

ng d

iffer

ent t

opic

s, al

l tea

cher

s will

be

gear

ing

thei

r cla

sses

tow

ards

beg

inne

rs a

nd b

egin

ner/i

nter

med

iate

m

usic

ians

. The

se c

lass

es a

re g

eare

d to

war

ds th

ose

who

wan

t to

get t

he ri

ght s

tart

or re

view

the

fund

amen

tals

. Q

. Can

I ta

ke m

ore

than

one

cla

ss?

A. N

o, u

nfor

tuna

tely

all

of th

e cl

asse

s are

hel

d at

the

sam

e tim

e on

Sat

urda

y fr

om 2

unt

il 4:

30 p

m. B

ut a

ll of

the

teac

hers

hav

e ad

ditio

nal a

vaila

bilit

y, a

nd w

e re

com

men

ded

you

ask

the

teac

her a

bout

oth

er o

ptio

ns, s

uch

as a

priv

ate

less

on a

t ano

ther

tim

e.

Q. H

ow d

o I f

ind

the

spec

ific

clas

s loc

atio

n?

A. C

ome

mee

t you

r tea

cher

at t

he B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity P

revi

ew a

t 6 p

m o

n Fr

iday

and

/or t

he M

eet &

Gre

et a

t 1 p

m o

n Sa

turd

ay. T

hen

be su

re to

arr

ive

no la

ter t

han

1:45

pm

on

Satu

rday

so y

ou c

an g

o w

ith y

our t

each

er to

the

clas

s lo

catio

n.

Q. W

hat a

re th

e B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity P

revi

ew a

nd B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity M

eet &

Gre

et?

A. H

our-

long

sess

ions

mea

nt to

intro

duce

you

to th

e B

lueg

rass

Uni

vers

ity in

stru

ctor

s and

thei

r cla

sses

. Ple

ase

stop

by

and

say

hello

, and

we

can

answ

er a

ny q

uest

ions

you

may

hav

e.

Q. W

hat d

o I n

eed

to b

ring?

A

. You

nee

d to

brin

g an

inst

rum

ent a

nd a

cha

ir, p

refe

rabl

y a

fold

ing

(arm

less

) cha

ir. Y

ou sh

ould

als

o br

ing

$35

in c

ash

or c

heck

mad

e ou

t to

your

inst

ruct

or.

Q. W

hat a

re th

e lim

its o

n cl

ass s

ize?

A

. The

cla

ss si

ze is

lim

ited

to 3

stud

ents

min

imum

and

9 st

uden

ts m

axim

um. T

he m

axim

um c

lass

size

ens

ures

that

eve

ry st

uden

t get

s a sm

all g

roup

lear

ning

env

ironm

ent.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly te

ache

rs m

ay n

ot b

e ab

le to

off

er th

e cl

ass i

f th

ere

are

less

than

3 st

uden

ts. I

n th

at c

ase,

we

high

ly re

com

men

ded

you

ask

your

teac

her a

bout

oth

er o

ptio

ns, s

uch

as a

priv

ate

less

on a

t the

fest

ival

. Q

. Can

I re

cord

the

clas

s?

A. Y

es, y

ou a

re w

elco

me

to m

ake

an a

udio

reco

rdin

g of

you

r cla

ss, p

rovi

ded

you

agre

e no

t to

post

it o

n th

e in

tern

et o

r sha

re it

wid

ely.

Vid

eo re

cord

ing

is n

ot a

llow

ed w

ithou

t exp

licit

perm

issi

on fr

om y

our t

each

er. S

ome

teac

hers

m

ay e

ven

reco

rd th

e cl

ass f

or y

ou a

nd se

nd y

ou a

cop

y la

ter.

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26

1.

Ca

n yo

u na

me

the

owne

r of t

he g

uita

r bel

ow?

2.

Wha

t sho

uld

you

do w

hen

wat

chin

g th

e m

usici

an’s

perfo

rm o

n st

age?

3.

W

ho a

ppea

rs o

n M

erle

Hag

gard

, cla

ssic

hits

"If W

e M

ake

It th

roug

h De

cem

ber,"

"If W

e're

Not

Bac

k in

Lov

e by

M

onda

y," a

nd "R

ambl

in' F

ever

?”

4.

This

artis

t was

bor

n in

Har

tford

, Con

nect

icut,

lear

ned

to p

lay

guita

r at e

ight

and

ban

jo a

t ten

. 5.

W

hat y

ear d

id th

e fe

stiv

al w

in IB

MA’

s “E

vent

of t

he Y

ear”

?

6.

Whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g du

os s

tarte

d ou

t as

mem

bers

of B

ill M

onro

e's

Blue

Gra

ss B

oys?

A.

Ral

ph a

nd C

arte

r St

anle

y, B

. Les

ter F

latt

and

Earl

Scru

ggs,

C. J

im a

nd J

esse

McR

eyno

lds

or D

. Bob

by a

nd S

onny

Osb

ourn

e.

7.

Who

was

on

the

first

Pod

unk

buck

s?

8.

Was

nam

ed IB

MA'

s Em

ergi

ng A

rtist

s of

the

Year

(201

2)

9.

Whi

ch o

f the

follo

win

g w

as in

bot

h Th

e Fo

ggy

Mou

ntai

n Bo

ys a

nd T

he B

lue

Gras

s Bo

ys?

A. M

ac W

isem

an,

B. A

rthur

Lee

'Red

' Sm

iley,

C. J

imm

y M

artin

or D

. Jim

McR

eyno

lds.

10

. Who

was

the

Band

Com

petit

ion

in 2

013?

Blu

egra

ss le

gend

s Le

ster

Fla

tt an

d Ea

rl Sc

rugg

s re

cord

ed a

nd tr

av-

eled

toge

ther

unt

il Fl

att's

dea

th in

197

9. T

rue

False

11

. Whi

ch U

nive

rsity

of W

iscon

sin a

nd J

ullia

rd g

radu

ate

who

se b

anjo

pick

ing

is fe

atur

ed o

n "D

eliv

eran

ce" p

rove

s yo

u do

not

hav

e to

be

a 'g

ood

ol' S

outh

ern

boy'

to p

ick a

mea

n ba

njo?

A. E

ric W

eiss

berg

B. E

arl S

crug

gs,

C. R

alph

Sta

nley

or D

. J. D

. Cro

we.

12

. Not

onl

y m

en a

re fa

mou

s in

blu

egra

ss. T

his

lady

is a

tale

nted

fidd

ler a

nd h

er lo

vely

voca

ls w

ere

feat

ured

on

the

song

s 'D

own

to th

e Ri

ver t

o Pr

ay',

'Did

n't L

eave

Nob

ody

But t

he B

aby',

and

'I'll

Fly

Away

' on

the

mov

ie

soun

dtra

ck o

f 'O

Brot

her,

Whe

re A

rt Th

ou'.

A. D

olly

Parto

n, B

. Alis

on K

raus

s, C

. Reb

a M

cInt

ire o

r D. J

une

Carte

r Cas

h.

13. T

u-Ni

ng is

a: A

. Pai

r of N

ings

, B. C

hine

se fo

lk s

ong,

C. J

ob fo

r an

auto

mec

hani

c, D

. Ban

jo p

laye

rs' d

iseas

e.

14. H

ow d

id F

latt

and

Scru

ggs

choo

se th

e na

me

of th

eir b

and,

The

Fog

gy M

ount

ain

Boys

? A

. Scr

uggs

sai

d th

at

play

ing

in c

ount

ry m

usic

bars

was

'Lik

e lo

okin

g do

wn

from

a fo

ggy

mou

ntai

ntop

'. B.

Les

ter F

latt'

s ho

met

own

was

Fog

gy M

ount

ain,

TN.

C. I

t com

es fr

om th

e so

ng 'F

oggy

Mou

ntai

ntop

' by

the

Carte

r Fam

ily. D

. Ear

l Sc

rugg

s w

as b

orn

in th

e Gr

eat S

mok

y M

ount

ains

.

Con

nuing to be prou

d supp

orters of T

he Pod

unk Blue

grass M

usic Fes

val 

ENCO

N PO

LICE

An

d

CT CON

SERV

ATION

OFFICE

RS A

SSOC

. Goo

d luck fo

r ano

ther su

ccessful year 

9

Abb

y H

olla

nder

Ban

d, A

bby

Hol

land

er is

a s

inge

r, b

ass

play

er,

and

awar

d-w

inni

ng s

ongw

rite

r. In

201

3 sh

e fo

rmed

he

r ba

nd in

Bro

okly

n, N

Y to

per

form

her

ori

gina

l son

gs in

a

trad

itio

nal b

lueg

rass

set

ting

.

Elle

ry M

arsh

all,

fro

m L

os A

ngel

es,

prov

ides

the

ban

jo s

ound

th

at is

one

of

the

grou

p’s

trad

emar

k fe

atur

es.

Jeff

Pic

ker,

a

Port

land

, O

rego

n na

tive

, pl

ays

guit

ar a

nd s

ings

har

mon

y.

The

grou

p is

reg

ular

ly j

oine

d by

som

e of

New

Yor

k’s

best

fi

ddle

pla

yers

. A

ll th

e m

usic

ians

pla

y an

act

ive

role

in

help

ing

Abby

arr

ange

her

son

gs,

mak

ing

the

band

a

dyna

mic

, co

llabo

rati

ve e

xper

ienc

e ro

oted

equ

ally

in t

he t

ime-

hono

red

soun

ds

of b

lueg

rass

and

the

21s

t ce

ntur

y ci

ty t

hey

call

hom

e.

Alis

on B

row

n ha

s ta

ken

an u

nlik

ely

path

in

esta

blis

hing

her

self

as

one

of t

he m

ost

crit

ical

ly

accl

aim

ed b

anjo

ists

in t

he w

orld

. A

form

er

inve

stm

ent

bank

er (

wit

h a

bach

elor

's de

gree

in

His

tory

and

Lit

erat

ure

from

Har

vard

and

an

MBA

fr

om U

CLA)

, Al

ison

is a

Gra

mm

y w

inne

r, U

SA A

rtis

ts

fello

w a

nd c

o-fo

unde

r of

Nas

hvill

e-ba

sed

Com

pass

Re

cord

s. I

n 20

15,

Alis

on r

ecei

ved

the

Dist

ingu

ishe

d Ac

hiev

emen

t Aw

ard

from

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Bl

uegr

ass

Mus

ic A

ssoc

iati

on f

or t

he f

urth

eran

ce o

f bl

uegr

ass

mus

ic.

Alis

on’s

cu

rren

t re

leas

e, T

he S

ong

of t

he B

anjo

, ha

s be

en d

escr

ibed

as

a lo

ve s

ong

to

her

chos

en in

stru

men

t w

ith

Alis

on “

shin

ing

than

ks t

o he

r sk

illed

pla

ying

, im

agin

atio

n an

d pu

rity

of

hear

t.”

(Dow

nbea

t M

agaz

ine)

Co

lebr

ook

Road

has

bec

ome

a st

ando

ut s

trin

g ba

nd,

a bl

uegr

ass

pow

erho

use

mad

e up

of

five

in

divi

dual

s w

hose

sum

is m

ore

than

the

tot

al o

f th

eir

tale

nts.

Fr

om m

odes

t be

ginn

ings

as

a fo

ur-p

iece

ban

d,

Cole

broo

k Ro

ad n

ow p

lays

as

a fi

ve-p

iece

en

sem

ble

and

has

beco

me

a fa

mili

ar n

ame

thro

ugho

ut t

he M

id A

tlan

tic

regi

on.

The

ban

d is

co

mpo

sed

of le

ad s

inge

r, g

uita

r pl

ayer

, an

d so

ngw

rite

r Je

sse

Eise

nbis

e,

man

dolin

ist

and

win

ner

of t

he 2

014

Wat

erm

elon

Par

k Fe

st m

ando

lin c

onte

st

Wad

e Ya

nkey

, up

righ

t ba

ssis

t an

d te

nor

voca

list

Jeff

Cam

pbel

l, b

anjo

ist,

bas

s vo

calis

t, d

obro

pla

yer,

and

win

ner

of t

he T

ellu

ride

Blu

egra

ss F

esti

val b

anjo

co

ntes

t M

ark

Rast

, an

d fi

ddle

r, b

arit

one

voca

list,

and

win

ner

of t

he 2

015

Deer

Cre

ek F

iddl

er’s

Con

vent

ion

blue

gras

s fi

ddle

con

test

Joe

McA

nult

y.

Long

rec

ogni

zed

and

prai

sed

as a

cre

ativ

e fo

rce

in

acou

stic

mus

ic,

Clai

re L

ynch

is a

pio

neer

who

co

ntin

ually

pus

hes

the

boun

dari

es o

f th

e bl

uegr

ass

genr

e. S

he w

as t

he 2

013

Fem

ale

Voca

list

of t

he

Year

for

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Blu

egra

ss M

usic

As

soci

atio

n (I

BMA)

and

a 2

012

reci

pien

t of

th

e U

nite

d St

ates

Art

ists

Wal

ker

Fello

wsh

ip.

Her

ca

reer

has

bee

n de

cora

ted

wit

h m

any

othe

r ac

cola

des

incl

udin

g tw

o G

RAM

MY

nom

inat

ions

and

th

ree

Inte

rnat

iona

l Blu

egra

ss M

usic

Ass

ocia

tion

Fe

mal

e Vo

calis

t aw

ards

in 2

010

and

1997

. I

n 20

14 a

t th

e IB

MA

Awar

ds,

she

rece

ived

tw

o tr

ophi

es:

"Son

g of

the

Yea

r" f

or D

ear

Sist

er,

a co

-w

rite

wit

h Lo

uisa

Bra

nsco

mb

a C

ompa

ss R

ecor

ds r

elea

se;

and

"Rec

orde

d Ev

ent

of t

he Y

ear"

for

a g

uest

voc

al a

ppea

ranc

e w

ith

Spec

ial C

onse

nsus

on

Coun

try

Boy;

A B

lueg

rass

Tri

bute

to

John

Den

ver

(W

ild M

onta

na S

kies

).

The

Del

McC

oury

Ban

d: B

orn

in Y

ork

Coun

ty,

PA

seve

nty

five

yea

rs a

go,

Del M

cCou

ry w

ould

onc

e ha

ve s

eem

ed a

n un

likel

y ca

ndid

ate

for

lege

ndar

y st

atus

. Bi

tten

har

d by

the

blu

egra

ss

bug

whe

n he

hea

rd E

arl S

crug

gs' b

anjo

in t

he e

arly

'5

0s.

McC

oury

bec

ame

a ba

njo

pick

er h

imse

lf,

wor

king

in t

he r

ough

but

live

ly B

alti

mor

e an

d D.

C.

bar

scen

e in

to t

he e

arly

196

0s.

He

got

his

firs

t ta

ste

of t

he li

mel

ight

whe

n he

joi

ned

Bill

Mon

roe'

s Bl

ue G

rass

Boy

s in

ear

ly 1

963;

the

Fath

er o

f Bl

uegr

ass

mov

ed M

cCou

ry f

rom

th

e ba

njo

to g

uita

r, m

ade

him

his

lead

sin

ger,

and

gav

e hi

m a

life

tim

e's

wor

th o

f bl

uegr

ass

tute

lage

dir

ect

from

the

sou

rce.

Fla

sh f

orw

ard

to 1

990s

an

d th

e De

l McC

oury

Ban

d is

on

top

of t

he b

lueg

rass

wor

ld,

alon

g th

e w

ay

givi

ng b

irth

to

a m

ore

star

tlin

g ph

enom

enon

: th

e em

erge

nce

of t

he g

roup

on

to t

he la

rger

mus

ical

sce

ne a

s a

uniq

ue t

orch

bear

er f

or t

he e

ntir

e sw

eep

of

blue

gras

s an

d it

s hi

stor

y. F

or it

tur

ned

out

that

the

unm

ista

kabl

e au

then

tici

ty

of M

cCou

ry's

mus

ic a

long

wit

h hi

s go

od n

atur

ed w

illin

gnes

s to

kee

p al

ert

for

new

sou

nds

and

new

opp

ortu

niti

es h

ad b

red

fans

in s

ome

unlik

ely

plac

es.

That

blu

egra

ss b

red

star

s lik

e G

ill a

nd A

lison

Kra

uss

(who

fir

st m

et D

el a

t a

blue

gras

s fe

stiv

al w

hen

she

fille

d in

for

a m

issi

ng f

iddl

er o

f hi

s) w

ould

sin

g hi

s pr

aise

s w

asn'

t su

rpri

sing

, bu

t w

ho w

ould

hav

e ex

pect

ed c

ount

ry r

ock

icon

s lik

e St

eve

Earl

e or

jam

ban

ds li

ke t

he s

upre

mel

y po

pula

r Ph

ish

to h

ave

join

ed

in t

he c

horu

s? T

he g

roup

app

eare

d on

pri

me

tim

e te

levi

sion

and

beg

an a

n on

goin

g se

ries

of

visi

ts t

o po

pula

r la

te n

ight

TV

talk

sho

ws,

tou

red

rock

clu

bs

and

colle

ge c

ampu

ses,

& f

ound

itse

lf w

elco

me

at c

ount

ry a

nd e

ven

jazz

or

ient

ed f

esti

vals

& v

enue

s.

Jeff

Scr

oggi

ns &

Col

orad

o is

a h

igh-

ener

gy f

ive-

piec

e bl

uegr

ass

band

loca

ted

in t

he W

este

rn

Fron

tier

sta

te o

f Co

lora

do.

Thei

r di

stin

ctiv

e so

und

show

case

s an

ecl

ecti

c ra

nge

of in

flue

nces

tha

t m

arry

sec

ond

and

thir

d ge

nera

tion

blu

egra

ss,

deliv

erin

g a

uniq

ue e

xper

ienc

e th

at c

apti

vate

s au

dien

ces

and

keep

s th

em

gues

sing

: It

’s a

pow

erfu

l, h

igh

mou

ntai

n “b

lueg

rass

exp

losi

on”

that

fe

atur

es w

orld

-cla

ss b

anjo

and

man

dolin

pla

ying

, in

cred

ible

voc

als,

a s

olid

an

d en

erge

tic

rhyt

hm a

nd a

n ea

sy s

tage

ban

ter

that

has

del

ight

ed li

sten

ers

all o

ver

the

wor

ld.

No

mat

ter

the

sour

ce,

Joe

Mul

lins

and

the

Radi

o Ra

mbl

ers

alw

ays

put

thei

r di

stin

ctiv

e st

amp

on a

so

ng,

mak

ing

it a

t on

ce t

heir

ow

n an

d a

part

of

the

chai

n of

tra

diti

on t

hat

lies

at t

he h

eart

of

blue

gras

s. J

MRR

’s p

rofe

ssio

nalis

m a

nd s

ucce

ssfu

l,

heav

ily p

laye

d re

cord

ings

hav

e ke

pt t

hem

in

dem

and

wit

h a

nati

onal

aud

ienc

e. J

oe M

ullin

s &

th

e Ra

dio

Ram

bler

s ha

ve b

een

seen

by

thou

sand

s of

fan

s ac

ross

the

con

tine

nt t

hrou

gh p

erfo

rman

ces

at a

vas

t ar

ray

of v

enue

s in

clud

ing

the

Nat

iona

l Fol

k Fe

stiv

al,

Blue

gras

s U

nder

grou

nd,

Blue

gras

s N

ight

s at

the

Rym

an,

and

regu

lar

gues

t ap

pear

ance

s on

the

Gra

nd O

le O

pry.

The

ir

mos

t re

cent

alb

um,

Sacr

ed M

emor

ies,

has

alr

eady

pro

duce

d a

#1 h

it w

ith

its

firs

t si

ngle

, “A

ll Dr

esse

d U

p,”

whi

ch is

als

o in

the

run

ning

for

IBM

A’s

Song

and

G

ospe

l Rec

orde

d Pe

rfor

man

ce o

f th

e Ye

ar!

In a

ddit

ion

to t

he b

and’

s su

cces

s,

Mul

lins’

is a

fav

orit

e br

oadc

aste

r in

Blu

egra

ss,

on r

adio

ove

r 30

yea

rs in

the

M

idw

est.

He

also

hos

t’s

“Fro

nt P

orch

Fel

low

ship

,” s

yndi

cate

d on

air

eac

h w

eek

in 3

0 st

ates

and

Can

ada

to n

earl

y 20

0 ra

dio

stat

ions

to

thou

sand

s of

in

tern

et f

ans.

Juni

or S

isk

& R

ambl

ers

Choi

ce :

The

re a

ren’

t m

any

voca

lists

who

can

wri

ng e

very

bit

of

lone

som

e ou

t of

a

note

like

Jun

ior

Sisk

. Si

sk f

rom

Fer

rum

, VA

has

sou

lful

, he

artf

elt

voca

ls t

hat

earn

ed h

im t

he 2

013

IBM

A M

ale

Voca

list

of t

he Y

ear

awar

d. T

hey

have

als

o he

lped

him

, al

ong

wit

h hi

s ba

nd R

ambl

ers

Choi

ce,

earn

a n

umbe

r of

ot

her

awar

ds o

ver

the

past

sev

eral

yea

rs,

incl

udin

g 20

14

SPBG

MA

Blue

gras

s Ba

nd o

f th

e Ye

ar.

Juni

or S

isk'

s Ra

mbl

ers

Choi

ce b

and

is

Jona

than

Dill

on o

n M

ando

lin a

nd V

ocal

s, J

ason

Dav

is o

n Ba

njo,

Jam

ie H

arpe

r on

Fid

dle

and

Voca

ls a

nd n

ewes

t m

embe

r N

oah

Brow

n on

Bas

s an

d Vo

cals

.

Ronn

ie R

eno

& R

eno

Trad

itio

n In

195

5, R

eno

was

la

unch

ed in

to b

lueg

rass

gre

atne

ss p

layi

ng

man

dolin

and

sin

ging

in h

is f

athe

r’s

band

, Re

no &

Sm

iley,

and

was

a p

art

of t

hat

act's

gre

at

reco

rdin

gs in

the

50'

s an

d 60

's. H

e th

en j

oine

d th

e fa

med

Osb

orne

Bro

ther

s.

Duri

ng t

he 7

0's

and

earl

y 80

's, R

onni

e w

orke

d w

ith

Mer

le H

agga

rd,

appe

arin

g on

ten

of

Hag

gard

's R

onni

e ha

s pr

oduc

ed m

any

cele

brat

ed a

lbum

s an

d in

199

3, h

e be

gan

prod

ucin

g an

d ho

stin

g hi

s ow

n na

tion

al T

V sh

ow,

“Ren

o's

Old

Tim

e M

usic

Fes

tiva

l.”

Tod

ay,

his

show

is s

een

in 4

6 m

illio

n ho

mes

on

the

RFD

-TV

netw

ork.

In 2

016,

Ron

nie

Reno

was

indu

cted

into

SPB

GM

A’s

Pres

erva

tion

Hal

l of

Gre

ats.

Sid

elin

e is

a p

ower

ful g

roup

of

seas

oned

pro

s w

hich

has

bee

n ge

ttin

g bu

sier

and

bus

ier

sinc

e th

is "

side

pro

ject

" be

cam

e a

mai

n gi

g fo

r it

s m

embe

rs.

Side

line

cons

ists

of

Stev

e Di

lling

(b

anjo

), S

kip

Cher

ryho

lmes

(gu

itar

), J

ason

Moo

re

(bas

s),

Bria

n Al

drid

ge (

man

dolin

), a

nd N

atha

n Al

drid

ge (

fidd

le).

Sid

elin

e ca

ptur

es s

o m

uch

of

wha

t w

as g

reat

abo

ut b

lueg

rass

in t

he 1

980s

and

ea

rly

1990

s. In

larg

e m

easu

re,

Side

line

serv

es u

p w

hat

was

con

tem

pora

ry b

lueg

rass

thi

rty

year

s ag

o. It

sou

nds

trad

itio

nal i

n 20

15.

Side

line'

s dr

ivin

g bl

uegr

ass

wit

h ki

ller

harm

onie

s an

d pr

opul

sive

rh

ythm

, w

ell-

chos

en b

lend

of

new

and

old

mat

eria

l, a

nd e

spec

ially

the

foc

us

bein

g an

equ

al e

nsem

ble

take

s th

e lis

tene

r ri

ght

back

in t

ime

to w

hen

thes

e gu

ys w

ere

jam

min

g in

the

cam

pgro

und.

Si

erra

Hul

l has

bee

n re

cogn

ized

fro

m a

ge 1

1 as

a

virt

uoso

man

dolin

-pla

yer,

ast

onis

hing

aud

ienc

es a

nd

fello

w-m

usic

ians

alik

e. N

ow a

sea

sone

d to

urin

g m

usic

ian

near

ing

her

mid

-20s

, H

ull h

as d

eliv

ered

her

mos

t in

spir

ed,

acco

mpl

ishe

d, a

nd m

atur

e re

cord

ed w

ork

to

date

; no

sm

all f

eat.

Wei

ghte

d M

ind

is a

land

mar

k ac

hiev

emen

t, n

ot j

ust

in S

ierr

a H

ull's

car

eer,

but

in t

he

wor

ld o

f fo

lk-p

op,

blue

gras

s, a

nd a

cous

tic

mus

ic o

vera

ll.

Wit

h in

stru

men

tati

on c

ompr

ised

larg

ely

of m

ando

lin,

bass

, an

d vo

cals

, th

is is

gen

re-t

rans

cend

ing

mus

ic a

t it

s be

st,

wit

h pr

oduc

tion

by

Béla

Fle

ck a

nd s

peci

al h

arm

ony

voca

l gue

sts

Alis

on

Krau

ss,

Abig

ail W

ashb

urn,

and

Rhi

anno

n G

idde

ns a

ddin

g to

the

lust

er.

Th

e So

uth

Caro

lina

Broa

dcas

ters

, st

ars

of t

he

Low

e Vi

ntag

e Ra

dio

Show

, Jo

hn B

oy a

nd B

illy

reco

rdin

g ar

tist

s, a

nd m

aste

rs o

f pr

imit

ive

blue

gras

s, T

he S

outh

Car

olin

a Br

oadc

aste

rs b

ring

so

uthe

rn m

usic

at

its

fine

st t

o th

e st

age.

The

ir

razo

r sh

arp

harm

onie

s, e

xcep

tion

al m

ulti

-in

stru

men

tati

on,

and

fabu

lous

son

g se

lect

ion

will

ha

ve li

sten

ers

rive

ted

to t

heir

sea

ts.

This

uni

que

trio

has

put

the

ir o

wn

spin

on

the

mus

ic o

f th

e fo

othi

lls.

They

've

been

mem

bers

of

The

Smok

ey V

alle

y Bo

ys a

nd R

oan

Mou

ntai

n H

illto

pper

s ye

t th

ey're

not

look

ing

back

war

d. B

etw

een

Andy

Ed

mon

ds' a

nd D

avid

She

ppar

d's

abili

ty t

o w

rite

a n

ew s

ong

that

sou

nds

old

(C

onti

nued

on

Page

11)

Ma

in s

ta

ge P

er

fo

rm

er

s

Page 10: Podunk Bluegrass Festival Program 2016

10

Aco

ust

ic S

TAG

E P

er

fo

rm

er

s Se

th A

dam

: A

thi

rty-

eigh

t ye

ar o

ld s

inge

r/so

ngw

rite

r bo

rn

and

rais

ed in

Con

nect

icut

. I d

escr

ibe

my

mus

ic a

s si

nger

-so

ngw

rite

r/Am

eric

ana/

alt-

coun

try/

folk

/roc

k. T

hat’

s a

lot

of s

ub g

enre

s, b

ut p

roba

bly

the

best

way

to

char

acte

rize

it

. M

y ea

rlie

st in

flue

nces

wer

e El

vis

Pres

ley,

Joh

nny

Cash

, an

d Ke

nny

Roge

rs.

My

dad

used

to

spin

the

ir r

ecor

ds f

or

me

whe

n I w

as a

kid

. Th

ough

I (a

nd m

y pa

rent

s) e

ndur

ed

my

hair

-met

al,

prog

ress

ive-

rock

, an

d gr

unge

pha

ses,

I fi

nd

the

mus

ic I

wri

te n

ow t

o be

the

mos

t he

artf

elt.

Be

lle O

f Th

e Fa

ll: I

n 20

14 T

racy

Wal

ton

prod

uced

Jul

ia

Autu

mn

Ford

’s d

ebut

alb

um a

t hi

s st

udio

On

Deck

Sou

nd

Stud

io.

In e

ssen

ce t

he r

ecor

d is

som

ewha

t th

e bi

rth

of

Belle

of

the

Fall,

as

Trac

y pl

ays

all o

f th

e in

stru

men

ts o

n th

e re

cord

and

Jul

ia s

ings

. La

ter

that

yea

r th

ey w

ould

to

ur t

he E

ast

Coas

t to

geth

er s

hari

ng b

ills

play

ing

sepa

rate

so

lo s

ets,

wit

h Tr

acy

sitt

ing

in o

n so

me

of J

ulia

’s s

ongs

.

Som

etim

es a

n id

ea s

eem

s to

sim

ple

so it

tak

es a

whi

le f

or

it t

o co

me

to f

ruit

ion.

Sim

ply

put,

tw

o is

oft

en b

ette

r th

an o

ne.

Wit

h Be

lle o

f th

e Fa

ll it

was

as

sim

ple

as a

n ag

reem

ent

of “

All i

n.”

Th

e Ca

rLea

ns:

are

a m

usic

al c

olla

bora

tion

bet

wee

n Co

n-ne

ctic

ut b

ased

mus

icia

ns J

im C

arpe

nter

(gu

itar

, vo

cals

),

Sara

h M

acLe

an (

guit

ar,

voca

ls)

and

Cori

na M

alba

urn

(bas

s,

voca

ls).

The

ble

ndin

g of

the

ir d

iver

se m

usic

al b

ack-

grou

nds

crea

tes

a ca

ptiv

atin

g m

usic

al e

xper

ienc

e.

Stee

ped

in p

assi

on f

or s

tory

tel

ling

and

navi

gati

ng t

he

hum

an e

xper

ienc

e, t

heir

ori

gina

l son

gs a

re r

aw a

nd p

ow-

erfu

l - p

aire

d w

ith

a de

liver

y an

d liv

e pe

rfor

man

ce t

hat's

ho

nest

and

mar

ked

by w

ell-

plac

ed m

usic

ians

hip

and

voca

l pr

esen

ce.

Ther

e’s

a ve

rsat

ile s

ound

tha

t co

mes

fro

m t

he t

hree

pie

ce r

oote

d in

Am

eric

ana/

folk

mus

ic,

but

exte

nds

thro

ugh

Coun

try/

Pop/

Blue

s/Ca

jun.

Fr

ank

Crit

elli

: Fr

ank

Crit

elli

wri

tes

song

s. H

e da

bble

s in

ha

iku

and

othe

r sh

ort

poet

ry.

Som

etim

es h

e w

rite

s ot

her

stuf

f to

o. L

ike

post

card

s. H

is s

ongs

are

ava

ilabl

e on

com

pact

dis

c an

d fo

r do

wnl

oad

at In

depe

ndis

c M

usic

Clu

b an

d ot

her

plac

es

like

CD B

aby.

Fra

nk C

rite

lli o

ften

per

form

s liv

e. S

omet

imes

he

per

form

s so

lo,

and

som

etim

es h

e is

acc

ompa

nied

by

one

or

mor

e m

usic

al c

o-co

nspi

rato

rs.

Ove

r th

e ye

ars

he's

play

ed in

st

reet

s an

d su

bway

s, c

offe

ehou

ses,

cla

ssro

oms,

bar

room

s,

club

s, c

olle

ges,

fes

tiva

ls,

thea

ters

, an

d (m

ost

rece

ntly

) in

his

ki

tche

n.

Hea

ther

Fay

: Co

nnec

ticu

t si

nger

/son

gwri

ter

Hea

ther

Fay

’s

late

st r

elea

se C

heri

sh t

he B

roke

n is

spa

rklin

g co

llect

ion

of

lyri

cs-d

rive

n so

ngs

infu

sed

wit

h bl

uegr

ass,

fol

k an

d am

eric

ana

elem

ents

and

fur

ther

sha

ped

by h

arm

onie

s pr

ovid

ed b

y m

an-

dolin

, ba

ss a

nd p

ercu

ssio

n. H

eath

er p

ut o

ut h

er f

irst

alb

um

Scra

pe K

nee’

d G

irl i

n 20

09.

In 2

011

she

gain

ed r

ecog

niti

on

for

beco

min

g on

e of

the

fir

st m

usic

ians

to

use

the

Han

gout

s O

n-Ai

r pl

atfo

rm o

n G

oogl

e+ t

o bu

ild a

glo

bal a

udie

nce

for

her

mus

ic a

nd n

ow h

as m

ore

than

2 M

illio

n gl

obal

fol

low

ers.

Th

e G

irls

Fro

m R

uby

Falls

: T

enne

ssee

Wild

flow

ers

dren

ched

in

whi

sky

and

regr

et.

The

Gir

ls F

rom

Rub

y Fa

lls h

ave

a lit

tle

stor

y to

tel

l. M

ove

on in

and

sit

for

a s

pell.

..

The

Hot

Fla

shes

—an

exc

itin

g an

d ec

lect

ic g

roup

fro

nted

by

thre

e fe

mal

e vo

calis

ts w

ho h

ave

mad

e a

nam

e fo

r th

em-

selv

es o

n th

e N

ew E

ngla

nd m

usic

sce

ne—

have

reu

nite

d af

ter

a 13

yea

r hi

atus

to

brin

g th

eir

tigh

t vo

cal h

arm

onie

s an

d ja

zzy

acou

stic

sty

lings

to

a nu

mbe

r of

sel

ect

venu

es in

the

ar

ea.

The

Flas

hes

are

Amy

Gal

lati

n, w

ho w

ith

her

expr

essi

ve

soul

ful s

ingi

ng h

as m

ade

a na

me

for

hers

elf

both

in t

he U

S/Ca

nada

and

ove

rsea

s, a

war

d-w

inni

ng s

inge

r-so

ngw

rite

r/gu

itar

ist

Gai

l Wad

e, a

nd m

ulti

-ins

trum

enta

list

Pegg

y H

arve

y,

foun

ding

mem

ber

of t

he lb

lueg

rass

gro

up T

rave

r H

ollo

w.

Sa

rah

LeM

ieux

(Th

e Sa

rah

LeM

ieux

Qui

ntet

pla

ys s

omet

hing

ca

lled

"cha

mbe

r ja

zz"

- a

beau

tifu

l hyb

rid

of c

lass

ical

inst

ru-

men

tati

on a

nd n

otat

ed c

ount

erpo

int,

wov

en j

azz

harm

onie

s an

d vo

cal i

mpr

ovis

atio

n. It

's pa

rt D

ebus

sy,

part

Ella

Fit

zger

-al

d, p

art

Klez

mer

; at

onc

e no

stal

gic

and

new

. W

inne

r "B

est

Jazz

" at

the

Con

nect

icut

Mus

ic A

war

ds 2

014

& 2

015.

Dap

hne

Lee

Mar

tin

: F

orev

er b

lend

ing

genr

es in

the

lega

-cy

of

the

grea

t Ti

n Pa

n A

lley

song

wri

ters

, D

aphn

e ta

kes

belo

ved

trad

itio

nal s

outh

ern

root

s so

unds

and

run

s th

em

thro

ugh

meg

apho

nes,

mel

lotr

on,

a ve

ry o

ld t

ube

amp,

a

swam

p an

d a

dark

alle

y or

tw

o. A

s al

way

s, t

he ly

rics

are

fe

rmen

ted

and

dist

illed

in a

bat

htub

ful

l of

mis

fit

Inte

rbel

-lu

m p

rose

. D

aphn

e ha

s be

en t

ouri

ng n

atio

nally

for

the

last

fe

w y

ears

, an

d ha

s ju

st r

elea

sed

her

four

th f

ull-

leng

th

albu

m,

'Fal

l On

Your

Sw

ord'

, ga

rner

ing

the

New

Eng

land

Mus

ic A

war

ds'

Song

wri

ter

of t

he Y

ear.

The

Mea

dow

s Br

othe

rs:

The

New

Eng

land

bas

ed A

mer

i-ca

na r

oots

duo

, Th

e M

eado

ws

Brot

hers

, ar

e be

st k

now

n fo

r th

eir

clos

e si

blin

g ha

rmon

ies,

mel

odio

us,

unsw

eet-

ened

son

gwri

ting

and

exp

ress

ive

mus

ical

ity.

The

bro

th-

ers

infu

se e

ach

care

fully

cra

fted

son

g w

ith

an o

ld s

oul

sens

ibili

ty,

how

ever

spr

yly

deliv

ered

. "V

ocal

har

mon

ies

that

will

mel

t yo

ur h

eart

into

mus

h, g

uita

r ru

ns t

hat

will

se

t yo

ur h

air

on f

ire.

.."

and

supp

le b

lues

-tin

ged

harp

pl

ayin

g m

ake

for

a sa

tisf

ying

, m

eaty

mus

ic e

ncou

nter

. Po

dunk

Thr

owba

cks:

tak

e yo

u ba

ck t

o a

tim

e w

hen

hone

sty,

raw

em

otio

n an

d fr

ee t

houg

ht p

reva

iled.

The

ir

song

s ca

ptur

e th

e hu

man

con

diti

on in

a d

own-

to-e

arth

, gr

itty

and

hon

est

way

, an

d do

n’t

just

des

crib

e an

em

o-ti

on,

but

mak

e yo

u fe

el it

- b

e it

the

sou

lful

ref

lect

ions

of

one

's "d

eepe

st r

egre

ts,"

a c

ount

ry-s

tyle

ral

ly t

o fa

rm-

ers

to "

hold

you

r gr

ound

," a

jaz

z-in

spir

ed r

ock

reto

rt t

o on

e's

"jea

lous

y of

hop

e,"

a tr

adit

iona

l fol

k de

scri

ptio

n of

a h

umbl

e "w

rong

si

de o

f lif

e" o

r a

lyri

cal d

ecla

rati

on o

f a

love

's "s

ingl

e in

tent

ion.

"

Pony

bird

: In

flue

nced

by

the

emot

iona

l roo

ts o

f co

untr

y, t

he

conf

essi

onal

poe

try

of f

olk,

and

the

spa

tial

fre

edom

of

am-

bien

t an

d ha

rmon

ic t

ones

, Po

nybi

rd is

the

sol

o pr

ojec

t of

Je

nnif

er D

auph

inai

s, a

n ev

olvi

ng a

rtis

t w

ho t

rans

late

s so

me-

thin

g bo

th in

tros

pect

ive

and

infi

nite

all

at o

nce.

The

hea

rt

of P

onyb

ird

is d

eriv

ed f

rom

a c

entr

al s

inge

r-so

ngw

rite

r fo

-cu

s, w

ith

a tr

ibe

of p

laye

rs t

hat

sate

llite

the

wor

k.

Jeff

Prz

ech

Sing

er/S

ongw

rite

r -

2015

fin

ds C

onne

ctic

ut

song

wri

ter

Jeff

Prz

ech

supp

orti

ng t

he r

elea

se o

f hi

s de

but

solo

rec

ord,

"So

unds

Lik

e Fr

esh.

" Th

e ti

tle

is a

lit

tle

piec

e of

wor

dpla

y on

Jef

f's la

st n

ame,

whi

ch a

ctu-

ally

doe

s so

und

like

fres

h.

A

rms

& V

oice

s is

the

bra

nd n

ew b

and

anch

ored

by

Stev

e Ro

dger

s (v

ocal

s &

gui

tar)

and

Jes

sy G

riz

(voc

als

and

Keys

) Su

ppor

ted

by S

eth

Adam

(ba

ss/g

uita

r) A

dam

Chr

isto

fers

on

(dru

ms/

perc

ussi

on)

as w

ell a

s gu

est

mem

bers

Jon

ny R

odg-

ers

(gui

tar)

Ian

Bigg

s (g

uita

r) m

icha

el H

ienz

sch

(pia

no).

Ar

ms

and

Voic

es h

ails

fro

m t

he li

vely

and

vit

al m

usic

and

ar

ts t

own

of N

ew H

aven

CT.

The

mem

bers

of

the

band

ea

ch h

ave

a ri

ch h

isto

ry in

the

CT

mus

ic s

cene

. Th

em D

amn

Ham

ilton

s: is

a q

uint

et w

riti

ng a

nd p

er-

form

ing

thei

r ow

n br

and

of e

clec

tic

folk

mus

ic.

Thro

ugh

soar

ing

mel

odie

s, h

aunt

ing

hook

s, a

nd a

dos

e of

dar

k hu

mor

, th

ey t

ell s

tori

es o

f de

vilr

y an

d da

mna

-ti

on.

The

grou

p’s

dive

rse

mus

ical

bac

kgro

unds

cul

mi-

nate

in a

sou

nd w

ith

a ra

nge

of f

eelin

g -

som

etim

es

foot

-sto

mpi

ng c

hant

eys,

sor

row

ful w

altz

es,

head

-bo

bbin

g gr

oove

s, a

nd o

ccas

iona

lly in

tens

e, b

rood

ing

rock

. De

scri

bed

as “

Conn

ecti

cut’

s m

aste

rs o

f th

e ne

w

Amer

ican

Got

hic,

” Th

em D

amn

Ham

ilton

s ar

tful

ly w

eave

s th

eir

infl

uenc

es

toge

ther

to

crea

te a

sty

le a

ll th

eir

own.

A

ndy

Wak

eman

: "S

inge

r-so

ngw

rite

r An

dy W

akem

an,

a Ro

cky

Hill

nat

ive,

is a

n ol

d so

ul a

nd t

hat's

ref

lect

ed in

his

wri

ting

. Th

ough

tful

ly w

ritt

en s

ongs

are

del

iver

ed w

ith

an in

die-

folk

be

nd t

o th

em.

Wak

eman

's so

ngs

are

the

type

of

tune

s th

at

coul

d be

per

form

ed w

ith

a fu

ll ba

ckin

g ba

nd,

or w

ith

just

the

m

an a

nd h

is g

uita

r."

Nan

cy T

ucke

r N

ancy

Tuc

ker’

s so

ngs

are

fille

d w

ith

fun,

fro

lic,

and

life

affi

rmin

g m

essa

ges.

Can

you

imag

ine

a hy

ster

ical

jel

ly-

fish

, ca

ts a

nd m

ice

tang

oing

, an

unf

orge

ttab

le t

rain

rid

e po

w-

ered

by

your

fac

e an

d ar

ms?

It a

ll ha

ppen

s in

her

sho

ws

and

on

her

awar

d-w

inni

ng C

Ds.

Nan

cy’s

mis

sion

is t

o ho

nor

the

play

ful-

ness

of

spir

it in

eac

h of

us

that

lets

eve

ryon

e w

in.

No

mat

ter

wha

t th

e ve

nue,

she

cap

ture

s ea

ch a

udie

nce’

s im

agin

atio

n an

d he

art

wit

h ge

ntle

invi

tati

on a

nd c

onta

giou

s lu

nacy

.

19

Com

plet

e an

d tu

rn in

to T

radi

ng P

ost f

or e

ntry

into

dra

win

g fo

r a p

rize.

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18

11

PERF

ORM

ERS

AT

THE

ON

DEC

K SO

UN

D S

TUD

IO S

HO

WCA

SE—

Thur

sday

El

aine

Atw

ell:

has

bee

n a

song

wri

ter

for

as l

ong

as s

he c

an r

emem

ber.

She

hai

ls f

rom

the

Blu

e Ri

dge

Mou

ntai

ns o

f N

orth

Car

olin

a, w

here

she

was

ra

ised

on

a di

et o

f bl

uegr

ass

and

her

pare

nts'

reco

rd c

olle

ctio

ns.

She

now

mak

es h

er h

ome

in N

ew H

aven

, w

orki

ng a

s a

wri

ter

and

crit

ic a

nd p

layi

ng

mus

ic w

hene

ver

she

gets

a c

hanc

e.

Band

shes

: ca

me

toge

ther

by

chan

ce d

urin

g th

e su

mm

er o

f 20

13.

Frie

nds

sinc

e th

eir

Fres

hman

yea

r of

hig

h sc

hool

, th

eir

even

tual

for

mat

ion

as a

mus

ical

gro

up w

as u

nexp

ecte

d. L

ead

sing

er a

nd s

ongw

rite

r, Z

oe C

hatf

ield

, ha

d be

en w

riti

ng s

ongs

inde

pend

entl

y un

til c

olla

bora

ting

fo

r th

e fi

rst

tim

e w

ith

Athe

na D

emai

lle V

on S

chm

idt

duri

ng t

heir

sop

hom

ore

year

of

high

sch

ool a

t th

e G

reat

er H

artf

ord

Acad

emy

of t

he

Arts

. Du

ring

the

ir S

enio

r ye

ar,

the

two

colla

bora

ted

and

wro

te s

ongs

tog

ethe

r fo

r a

scho

ol p

roje

ct a

nd d

id a

few

sm

all p

erfo

rman

ces

to-

geth

er.

th

e ho

neyc

reep

ers:

are

the

mus

ical

fus

ion

of c

lass

ical

and

mus

ical

the

ater

tra

ined

voc

alis

t Ke

lsea

Bur

ch a

nd s

elf-

taug

ht,

expe

rim

enta

l gu

itar

ist

and

voca

list

Mat

t Sh

ea.

In 2

012,

whi

le l

ivin

g on

a f

arm

in

Haw

aii,

the

duo

beg

an b

y sh

arin

g st

orie

s of

the

ir a

dven

ture

s an

d m

isad

vent

ures

thr

ough

m

usic

. As

tim

e pa

ssed

and

the

sco

pe o

f su

bjec

t m

atte

r br

oade

ned,

a n

ew b

lend

of

acou

stic

tun

es b

egan

to

spro

ut f

rom

the

ric

h so

il of

Am

eric

an

mus

ic.

A sp

lash

of

funk

, a

dollo

p of

fol

k an

d a

heap

ing

spoo

nful

of

soul

hel

p cr

eate

the

ir s

avor

y so

und.

Chri

s Ki

ley:

is a

Con

nect

icut

bas

ed S

inge

r/So

ngw

rite

r an

d pr

oduc

er.

Rive

rs:

"Riv

ers"

is a

hus

band

and

wif

e so

ngw

riti

ng t

eam

mad

e up

of

Mik

e &

Cha

ndra

Riv

ers.

..ov

er t

he p

ast

year

the

y've

bee

n w

riti

ng s

ongs

th

at w

ill b

e on

the

ir u

pcom

ing

debu

t re

cord

to

be r

ecor

ded

earl

y 20

16.

Both

hav

e pl

ayed

in o

ther

ban

ds in

the

pas

t bu

t th

is is

the

ir f

irst

go

in m

usic

tog

ethe

r ap

art

from

sin

ging

aro

und

the

hous

e (a

lway

s a

regu

lar

occu

rren

ce).

 

On Deck So

und Stud

io is providing

 soun

d for the

 Acous

c Stage

MAIN

STAG

E CO

NTINUE

D:

SCB

Cont

inue

d: a

nd Iv

y Sh

eppa

rd's

prow

ess

for

digg

ing

up o

bscu

re f

ield

rec

ordi

ngs.

The

Bro

adca

ster

s m

ost

alw

ays

have

new

son

gs in

the

wor

ks.

Thei

r re

cent

cr

itic

ally

acc

laim

ed r

elea

se "

Tell

Me

Trul

y" f

eatu

res

a br

oad

and

mat

ure

mix

of

soun

ds r

angi

ng f

rom

Sur

ry C

ount

y bl

uegr

ass

to C

arte

r Fa

mily

cou

ntry

and

eve

n th

e Ca

jun

soun

ds o

f La

faye

tte.

Aud

ienc

es w

here

ver

they

go

conn

ect

wit

h th

e Br

oadc

aste

rs t

hrou

gh h

eart

son

gs a

nd g

ood

old

fash

ione

d en

tert

ainm

ent.

Sout

hern

Rai

sed

Com

mit

ted

to t

he L

ord,

eac

h ot

her

and

brin

ging

the

ir m

usic

to

the

peop

le d

efin

es t

his

phen

omen

al g

roup

of

thre

e si

ster

s an

d a

brot

her

that

are

sw

eepi

ng t

he c

ount

ry w

ith

a so

und

that

has

bee

n de

scri

bed

as “

TH

E O

THER

SID

E O

F AM

AZ-

ING

.” O

rigi

nally

tra

ined

in c

lass

ical

mus

ic t

here

is s

omet

hing

abo

ut t

he s

ound

of

thes

e si

blin

gs t

hat

hark

ens

us t

o th

e ha

lcyo

n da

ys o

f ha

wth

orn-

fille

d ai

r pe

rfum

ed w

ith

the

pung

ency

of

the

spri

ng b

loss

oms.

The

re is

a c

erta

in j

e ne

sai

s qu

oi in

the

way

So

uthe

rn R

aise

d si

ngs

that

can

eas

ily in

duce

tea

rs f

rom

our

eye

s. Y

et n

ot a

ll is

IACO

NIC

. Th

ey b

ring

life

wit

h fl

orid

rom

ping

tun

es

or w

ith

all i

nstr

umen

ts in

rec

ess

they

del

iver

a la

yere

d ha

rmon

y dr

iven

a c

appe

lla t

hat

is n

othi

ng s

hort

of

brea

th t

akin

g.

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12

Th

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ick

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ith

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nd

Co

mpetit

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On

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Awar

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atio

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Fan

Favo

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Au

dien

ce m

embe

rs w

ill v

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thei

r fa

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ill p

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he b

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bers

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be

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to

cast

vot

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p to

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he la

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ed.

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er t

hat

boxe

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umbe

rs w

ill b

e ta

llied

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he b

and

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cket

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t w

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clar

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he w

inni

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and.

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om t

he b

ucke

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ill g

o to

war

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he P

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cade

my.

Ban

d m

embe

rs a

re e

xpec

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to b

e pr

esen

t fo

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e pr

esen

tati

on.

Ju

dgin

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e w

ill h

ave

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alif

ied

pane

l of

judg

es.

It is

our

pla

n to

hav

e th

e ba

nds

mee

t w

ith

judg

es a

fter

war

ds t

o be

giv

en f

eedb

ack

on t

heir

per

form

ance

. Ju

dges

incl

ude:

Dav

e Di

ck,

Blue

gras

s Ar

tist

and

Inst

ruct

or,

Darw

in D

avid

son,

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nzew

ound

, th

e bl

uegr

ass

radi

o sh

ow o

n W

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, an

d Ar

nie

Flei

sche

r, P

rom

oter

Em

elin

The

atre

in M

amar

onec

k, N

Y.

Judg

ing

will

be

base

d on

the

follo

win

g ca

tego

ries:

Con

tent

- A

ppea

ranc

e, U

se o

f tim

e, a

ppro

pria

te m

ater

ial.

O

rigin

ality

- O

rigin

al m

ater

ial o

r in

terp

reta

tion

of o

ther

s w

orks

. M

usic

al A

bilit

y -

Voc

al/i

nstr

umen

tal a

bilit

y, to

ne, i

nton

atio

n an

d di

ffic

ulty

. St

age

Pres

ence

- G

roup

com

mun

icat

ion,

flu

idity

, aud

ienc

e ap

peal

and

ent

erta

inm

ent v

alue

. O

vera

ll Im

pres

sion

20

16 C

ompe

titio

n Ba

nds

– Se

e th

em o

n th

e W

orks

hop

Stag

e Fr

iday

and

Sat

urda

y, c

heck

the

sche

dule

for

tim

es!

Dam

n Ta

ll Bu

ildin

gs w

as b

orn

in J

anua

ry o

f 20

13, b

uski

ng o

n N

ewbu

ry S

tree

t in

Bost

on, M

A. T

hrou

gh s

tree

t per

form

ing,

this

dyna

mic

qua

rtet

for

med

the

foun

datio

n fo

r th

e fu

lly-im

mer

sive

and

trul

y el

ectr

ifyin

g pe

rfor

man

ce f

or w

hich

they

are

kno

wn

toda

y. T

he b

and

has

reco

rded

and

rel

ease

d tw

o st

udio

rec

ordi

ngs

since

its

ince

ptio

n. T

heir

late

st

rele

ase,

Dam

n Ta

ll Bu

ildin

gs (2

015)

exp

lore

s m

ore

mod

ern

prod

uctio

n w

hile

sta

ying

true

to th

eir

soul

ful s

tory

telli

ng a

nd f

oot-

stom

ping

gro

oves

. Rel

ease

d Ju

ly ‘1

5 to

a s

old-

out

crow

d at

the

lege

ndar

y C

lub

Pass

im, t

he s

elf-

title

d EP

qui

ckly

bol

ster

ed th

e ba

nd’s

succ

ess

on a

nat

iona

l lev

el. T

heir

first

rel

ease

, Cur

e-A

ll (2

014)

suc

cess

fully

cap

ture

s un

para

llele

d en

ergy

cre

ated

in a

live

set

ting.

Fi

ve in

the

Cha

mbe

r is

a N

ew H

aven

, CT

base

d ro

llick

ing

blue

gras

s an

d ol

d-tim

e st

ring

band

with

a r

ocki

ng e

dge.

Bro

ught

toge

ther

thro

ugh

a se

ries

of m

usic

fes

tival

s du

ring

the

Sum

mer

of

2011

, the

ban

d qu

ickl

y ga

lvan

ized

and

est

ablis

hed

itsel

f as

a s

tapl

e in

the

area

's em

ergi

ng B

lueg

rass

sce

ne. W

ith ti

ght a

rran

gem

ents

, uni

que

harm

ony

voca

ls, a

nd a

sh

ared

pas

sion

for

writ

ing

orig

inal

mus

ic a

s w

ell a

s st

udyi

ng a

nd r

eint

erpr

etin

g th

e bl

uegr

ass

song

boo

k, F

ive

in th

e C

ham

ber

brin

gs a

fre

sh a

nd e

xciti

ng tw

ist to

the

blue

gras

s re

pert

oire

. The

ban

d re

leas

ed th

eir

debu

t alb

um in

the

Fall

of 2

013

entit

led

Live

in th

e C

ham

ber

to r

ave

revi

ews.

.

Man

Abo

ut a

Hor

se P

hilly

’s fa

vorit

e bl

uegr

ass

band

, Man

Abo

ut a

Hor

se b

rand

ishes

str

ong

ties

to th

e fo

lk m

usic

trad

ition

, with

a p

rogr

essiv

e st

reak

that

info

rms

thei

r or

igin

al

song

writ

ing.

Brid

ging

gen

erat

iona

l bou

ndar

ies,

Man

Abo

ut a

Hor

se is

equ

ally

at h

ome

pick

ing

in c

once

rt p

arki

ng lo

ts a

nd p

erfo

rmin

g on

sta

ge a

t som

e of

the

natio

n’s

fines

t bl

uegr

ass

fest

ival

s. M

an A

bout

a H

orse

was

for

med

in 2

014

whe

n tw

o Ph

ilade

lphi

a m

usic

ians

cha

nced

to d

iscov

er a

sha

red

love

of

blue

gras

s ov

er b

eers

at a

Nor

ther

n Li

bert

ies

wat

erin

g ho

le. M

att T

hom

as (b

ass)

and

Roy

Mat

thew

s (g

uita

r an

d vo

cals)

had

pla

yed

in s

ever

al s

ucce

ssfu

l ban

ds, b

ut lo

nged

for

the

clos

e ha

rmon

ies

and

fast

pic

king

of

blue

gras

s m

usic

. The

ban

d’s

rost

er n

ow in

clud

es s

ome

of th

e N

orth

east

’s be

st p

icke

rs, i

nclu

ding

ban

joist

Dan

Whi

tene

r (a

lso o

f wel

l-kno

wn

blue

gras

s/hi

p ho

p ba

nd

Gan

gsta

gras

s), J

ustin

Ste

vens

on (w

hose

man

dolin

pla

ying

is a

fix

ture

in th

e N

ew J

erse

y Pi

nela

nds

blue

gras

s sc

ene)

, and

Eliz

abet

h C

ary,

who

has

tour

ed in

tern

atio

nally

beh

ind

her

virt

uoso

fid

dle

play

ing.

M

ile T

wel

ve is

a f

resh

, har

d dr

ivin

g yo

ung

band

bea

utifu

lly w

alki

ng th

e lin

e be

twee

n or

igin

al a

nd tr

aditi

onal

blu

egra

ss. B

ased

in B

osto

n, M

assa

chus

etts

and

fas

t gai

ning

re

cogn

ition

for

thei

r ou

tsta

ndin

g pe

rfor

man

ces

thro

ugho

ut b

lueg

rass

and

fol

k ci

rcle

s, Ev

an M

urph

y, B

ronw

yn K

eith

-Hyn

es, N

ate

Saba

t and

BB

Bow

ness

cre

ate

capt

ivat

ing

song

s an

d da

ring

inst

rum

enta

l pie

ces

from

div

erse

influ

ence

s. Ba

njo

Lum

inar

y To

ny T

risch

ka s

ays,

"Mile

Tw

elve

is c

arry

ing

the

blue

gras

s tr

aditi

on f

orw

ard

with

cre

ativ

ity a

nd in

tegr

ity."

Sinc

e th

eir

form

atio

n in

the

fall

of 2

014,

Mile

Tw

elve

has

qui

ckly

bee

n on

rise

. Th

ey r

elea

sed

thei

r de

but 6

-tra

ck s

elf

title

d EP

, per

form

ed e

xten

sivel

y th

roug

hout

the

U.S

. and

C

anad

a, in

clud

ing

seve

ral m

ajor

fes

tival

s; G

rey

Fox

Blue

gras

s Fe

stiv

al, O

ssip

ee V

alle

y M

usic

Fes

tival

, Joe

Val

Blu

egra

ss F

estiv

al a

nd B

aygr

ass

Blue

gras

s Fe

stiv

al.

A tr

ack

from

th

eir

debu

t EP

was

fea

ture

d on

Siri

us X

M B

lueg

rass

Jun

ctio

n's

"Han

d Pi

cked

with

Del

McC

oury

", an

othe

r tr

ack

was

fea

ture

d on

Spo

tify'

s "F

resh

Blu

egra

ss"

2015

pla

ylist

and

they

w

ere

sele

cted

as

form

al s

how

case

art

ists

at th

e 20

15 N

orth

Eas

t Fol

k A

llian

ce.

Mile

Tw

elve

look

s fo

rwar

d to

hitt

ing

the

road

aga

in in

201

6 an

d co

ntin

uing

to c

onne

ct w

ith

audi

ence

s ar

ound

the

wor

ld.

See

our

past

win

ners

list

on

page

13

O

ur 2

016

Com

petit

ors:

Who

will

be

next

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D

amn

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Build

ings

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Fi

ve In

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mbe

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Man

Abo

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Hor

se, P

A

Mile

Tw

elve

, MA

17

Desc

rip

tio

n o

f W

or

ksh

ops

THU

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AY

Mar

y M

cGui

re &

Jef

f H

orto

n: P

rese

ntin

g Yo

ur S

ong

in a

Jam

( sh

hhh

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umen

talis

ts N

EED

sing

ers

in j

ams!

) Ja

m e

nerg

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ays

high

whe

n w

e br

ing

our

song

to

it c

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way

s. B

ring

son

g id

eas,

and

we’

ll bu

ild d

efin

ite

skill

s to

use

rig

ht a

way

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stru

ctor

s M

ary

Mag

uire

and

Jef

f H

orto

n. A

bout

Mar

y M

agui

re a

nd J

eff

Hor

ton

Mar

y M

agui

re is

one

of

the

Nor

thea

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mos

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ng a

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alen

ted

sing

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mpo

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k, b

lueg

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d sw

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h 6

reco

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n an

d ap

-pe

arin

g on

sev

eral

oth

er m

usic

ians

rec

ordi

ng p

roje

cts,

Mar

y is

a s

easo

ned

and

perc

epti

ve s

ongs

tres

s. S

he w

ill h

ave

shy

sing

ers

happ

ily le

adin

g so

ngs

in t

heir

ja

ms

in n

o ti

me!

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de Is

land

's Je

ff H

orto

n, a

sol

id b

lueg

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bas

sist

and

sou

lful

sin

ger,

is k

now

n fr

om h

is y

ears

wit

h N

orth

ern

Ligh

ts a

nd is

cur

rent

ly w

ith

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Mar

y M

agui

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and

and

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y H

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nder

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p L

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14 P

odun

k Bl

uegr

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wri

ting

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peti

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fin

alis

t, t

his

song

wri

ting

wor

ksho

p w

ill c

over

dif

fere

nt a

p-pr

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o an

d st

rate

gies

for

wri

ting

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ven

song

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ith

a fo

cus

on e

xpre

ssin

g pe

rson

al e

xper

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d tr

uth

thro

ugh

mus

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h M

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g yo

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win

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r G

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yon,

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e Cr

ane

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earn

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t pr

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and

stra

tegi

es t

o su

cces

sful

ly m

arke

t yo

u an

d yo

ur m

usic

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ing:

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kit

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ebsi

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view

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uote

s -

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keti

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elf

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enue

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g -

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wor

king

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Prof

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Mus

icia

n pr

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ted

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icha

el F

reem

an,

ente

rtai

nmen

t at

torn

ey .

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ses

sion

will

cov

er im

port

ant

lega

l iss

ues

for

the

prof

essi

onal

mus

icia

n.

Jaso

n M

oore

Wor

ksho

p (

Bass

) -

He

star

ted

his

care

er w

ith

the

grea

t Ja

mes

Kin

g Ba

nd in

199

3 an

d st

ayed

the

re t

ill 1

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whe

n he

left

to

join

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ntai

n H

eart

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pla

yed

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h th

em f

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ars

till

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st o

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hen

he le

ft a

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elpe

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rm S

idel

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has

been

on

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rec

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pla

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nd O

le

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er 2

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imes

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bee

n no

min

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for

bas

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of

the

year

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orks

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he w

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o to

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on s

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so w

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spec

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min

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elec

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hate

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mig

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houl

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reat

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ry in

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ativ

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hope

to

see

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ther

e.

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ra H

ull W

orks

hop

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dolin

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l was

ask

ed t

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ay a

t th

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t 11

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ned

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at 1

3, a

nd a

few

yea

rs la

ter

beca

me

the

firs

t bl

uegr

ass

mus

icia

n to

rec

eive

a P

resi

dent

ial S

chol

arsh

ip t

o Be

rkle

e Co

llege

of

Mus

ic.

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24,

the

kid

w

onde

r ha

s co

me

into

her

ow

n as

an

arti

st s

he w

ill d

iscu

ss a

nd p

rovi

de t

ips

on t

he m

ando

lin.

Ronn

ie R

eno

Wor

ksho

p ' R

onni

e w

ill t

ell t

he s

tory

of

his

Dad

and

his

mus

ic w

ith

Bill

Mon

roe

and

the

effe

ct h

is 5

str

ing

banj

o ro

ll ha

d on

the

mus

ic w

e kn

ow

toda

y. A

lso

his

song

wri

ting

, hi

s m

usic

ians

hip

and

his

care

er a

s an

ent

erta

iner

wit

h Re

d Sm

iley.

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d ou

t ho

w h

e br

ough

t Ro

nnie

into

fir

st g

ener

atio

n Bl

uegr

ass

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bef

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as c

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d th

at.

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nie’

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rlie

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flue

nce

in T

V m

ade

him

go

that

dir

ecti

on a

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ow a

fter

man

y ye

ars,

bro

ught

him

to

this

poi

nt.

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Q

and

A ab

out

anyt

hing

wit

h th

e m

usic

and

TV

show

on

RFD

-TV.

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on B

row

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orks

hop

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jo)

In t

he in

stru

men

tal f

ood

chai

n, t

he f

ive-

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ng b

anjo

is o

ne o

f th

e m

ore

dom

inan

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asts

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ud,

bras

h an

d ve

ry h

ard

to t

ame.

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194

5, E

arl S

crug

gs m

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the

bigg

est

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w p

ower

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ingi

ng a

rev

olut

iona

ry p

reci

sion

of

touc

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pth

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one.

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usan

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f th

ree-

fing

er s

tyle

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laye

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ave

sinc

e m

ade

thei

r m

arks

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t no

ne h

as c

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uch

a pa

th o

r m

oved

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far

alon

g it

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on B

row

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he’s

acc

laim

ed a

s on

e of

to

day’

s fi

nest

pro

gres

sive

ban

jo p

laye

rs,

but

you

rare

ly f

ind

her

in a

con

vent

iona

l blu

egra

ss s

etti

ng.

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ead,

she

’s k

now

n fo

r le

adin

g an

ens

embl

e th

at s

uc-

cess

fully

mar

ries

a b

road

arr

ay o

f ro

ots-

infl

uenc

ed m

usic

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lk,

jazz

, Ce

ltic

and

Lat

in.

Sout

h Ca

rolin

a Br

oadc

aste

rs -

Old

-Tim

e Pr

imit

ive

Blue

gras

s Fi

ddlin

g St

yles

of

Nor

th C

arol

ina

& T

enne

ssee

. Iv

y Sh

eppa

rd a

nd A

ndy

Edm

onds

dem

onst

rate

th

eir

take

on

the

fidd

le s

tylin

gs o

f ea

st T

enne

ssee

and

Sur

ry C

ount

y, N

orth

Car

olin

a. A

uni

que

aspe

ct o

f th

e So

uth

Caro

lina

Broa

dcas

ters

is t

hat

the

band

con

-si

sts

of t

wo

stro

ng b

ut d

iffe

rent

fid

dle

play

ers.

Ivy

Shep

pard

hon

ed h

er s

kills

by

the

side

of

the

late

lege

ndar

y Bi

ll Bi

rchf

ield

. Sh

e ha

s st

udie

d an

d ab

sorb

ed

the

old-

tim

e fi

ddle

tra

diti

ons

of t

he m

ount

ains

of

Tenn

esse

e an

d N

orth

Car

olin

a. A

ndy

Edm

onds

pla

yed

for

over

a d

ecad

e w

ith

Surr

y Co

unty

fid

dler

Ben

ton

Flip

pens

. H

e ha

s ad

apte

d th

e bl

uesy

syn

copa

tion

of

Flip

pen

and

com

bine

d it

wit

h el

emen

ts o

f th

e ea

rly

blue

gras

s st

yle.

Tog

ethe

r th

ey o

ffer

a v

ast

arra

y of

fi

ddlin

g w

hich

giv

es t

he S

outh

Car

olin

a Br

oadc

aste

rs p

art

of it

s so

und.

In t

his

wor

ksho

p th

ey'll

pla

y an

d ta

lk a

bout

the

var

ious

fid

dle

infl

uenc

es t

hey

brin

g to

th

e ba

nd.

SATU

RDA

Y

Insp

irin

g Le

ad S

ingi

ng,

wit

h M

ary

Mag

uire

Blu

egra

ss w

elco

mes

sin

gers

to

use

thei

r ow

n vo

ice

to d

eliv

er t

he m

essa

ge in

dis

tinc

tive

and

mea

ning

ful w

ays

that

br

ing

liste

ners

into

the

son

g.

Deve

lop

skill

s as

we

cons

ider

ton

e, p

hras

ing,

a s

ong'

s m

eani

ng,

song

cho

ices

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Cole

broo

k Ro

ad S

ong

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ange

men

t W

orks

hop

Joi

n 20

15 T

elef

unke

n Ba

nd C

ompe

titi

on w

inne

r as

the

y ta

ke a

tra

diti

onal

son

g th

at is

fam

iliar

to

mos

t pi

cker

s (s

uch

as B

ig S

pike

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mer

) an

d w

ork

thro

ugh

the

proc

ess

of h

ow t

o ar

rang

e it

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hin

a 5

piec

e ba

nd.

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hlig

hts

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incl

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arra

ngin

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part

voc

al h

arm

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kick

off

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ding

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oloi

ng,

rhyt

hm a

nd h

ow t

o ba

ck u

p a

solo

ist,

and

dyn

amic

s w

ithi

n th

e lim

its

of a

sta

ndar

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uegr

ass

soun

d. W

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also

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cuss

tr

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iona

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sus

prog

ress

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soun

d an

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w t

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hiev

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bala

nce

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een

the

two.

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ig p

art

of w

inni

ng t

he b

and

cont

est

last

yea

r w

as e

ffec

tive

son

g ar

-ra

ngem

ent,

and

we

thou

ght

we

coul

d sh

are

that

at

the

wor

ksho

p.

Del

McC

oury

Wor

ksho

p—Th

e M

an t

he le

gend

. C

ome

liste

n to

Del

wea

ve h

is s

tory

of

mus

ic a

nd h

isto

ry li

ke n

o on

e el

se c

an.

Rick

Lan

g So

ngw

rite

rs W

orks

hop

1 T

he F

unda

men

tals

of

good

son

gwri

ting

: Id

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fyin

g th

e el

emen

ts o

f a

good

son

g, d

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opin

g go

od w

riti

ng h

abit

s, s

avin

g yo

ur id

eas,

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g co

ncep

ts,

wri

ting

wha

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u kn

ow a

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re f

amili

ar w

ith,

son

g st

ruct

ure,

impo

rtan

ce o

f a

good

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ody,

cre

atin

g an

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ropr

iate

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ic s

etti

ng,

deta

il in

a s

ong,

use

of

visu

al im

ager

y, t

ellin

g a

good

sto

ry.

SUN

DA

Y

Rick

Lan

g So

ngw

rite

rs W

orks

hop

II Ta

king

you

r cr

aft

to t

he n

ext

leve

l: F

urth

er im

prov

ing

and

deve

lopi

ng y

our

song

wri

ting

ski

lls,

valu

e of

co-

wri

ting

, im

-po

rtan

ce o

f re

-wri

ting

& r

e-w

orki

ng y

our

song

s, w

riti

ng b

eyon

d Bl

uegr

ass,

dev

elop

ing

your

ow

n w

riti

ng s

tyle

, so

ng c

riti

que

and

eval

uati

on,

goal

set

ting

.

Rick

alw

ays

hand

out

som

e in

fo t

o w

orks

hop

atte

ndee

s in

clud

ing

his

tips

on

song

wri

ting

he’

s de

velo

ped

over

tim

e. H

e w

ould

like

to

focu

s on

tea

chin

g w

hat

he

has

lear

ned

to t

hose

who

att

end,

to

help

the

m a

long

the

ir s

ongw

riti

ng j

ourn

ey.

Join

us

for

Yoga

on

Satu

rday

8/1

3 an

d Su

nday

8/1

4 fr

om 9

:30

am t

o 10

:30

am a

t th

e Ac

oust

ic S

tage

Are

a. C

lass

es a

re a

lignm

ent

base

d an

d al

l lev

els

are

wel

com

e. C

lass

es a

re f

ree.

Ple

ase

wea

r co

mfo

rtab

le c

loth

ing

and

brin

g a

yoga

mat

or

som

ethi

ng t

o us

e as

pad

ding

. O

ur In

stru

ctor

Sun

dari

Bir

dsal

l, R

YT

200,

tea

ches

yog

a cl

asse

s th

at e

mph

asiz

e m

indf

ul a

war

enes

s an

d se

lf-c

ompa

ssio

n. E

ach

clas

s in

clud

es a

cen

teri

ng a

nd/o

r bo

dy s

can,

yog

ic b

reat

hing

, po

s-tu

res,

and

fin

al r

elax

atio

n.

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Joy

Kill

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Yo

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fir

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20

09 -

The

Pac

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Han

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Band

Ju

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can

defi

nite

ly e

xpec

t to

hea

r m

ore

from

thi

s yo

ung

band

in u

pcom

-in

g ye

ars.

The

y re

turn

in 2

015

to p

erfo

rm o

n th

e m

ain

stag

e.

20

11 -

Tra

vers

Cha

ndle

r &

Ave

ry C

ount

y Ba

nd

Afte

r tw

o ye

ars

of h

ard

tour

ing,

Tra

vers

Cha

ndle

r an

d Av

ery

Coun

ty s

tand

rea

dy t

o ta

ke t

heir

pla

ce in

the

blu

egra

ss w

orld

as

inte

rpre

ters

an

d pr

ogen

itor

s of

all

that

is o

ld s

choo

l in

the

mus

ic.

Stri

ving

to

plea

se b

oth

the

hard

ened

tra

diti

onal

ist

and

to le

ave

a fo

otpr

int

in t

he

youn

ger

gene

rati

on’s

new

aco

usti

c sc

ene,

thi

s ba

nd h

as b

egun

to

com

man

d at

tent

ion.

Th

e gr

oup

cam

e to

geth

er in

200

9 w

ith

the

inte

nt o

f pr

eser

ving

the

lega

cies

of

blue

gras

s m

usic

's lo

st h

eroe

s, w

hile

bri

ngin

g th

ese

soun

ds t

o ne

w a

udie

nces

. M

embe

rs h

ave

garn

ered

muc

h ac

clai

m a

nd IB

MA

acco

lade

s af

ter

stin

ts w

ith

The

Jam

es K

ing

Band

, Da

nny

Pais

ley

and

The

Sout

hern

Gra

ss,

The

Coun

try

Gen

tlem

en,

Spri

ng C

reek

, Da

ve E

vans

, Ka

rl S

hifl

ett

and

The

Big

Coun

try

Show

and

num

erou

s ot

hers

pri

or t

o th

is c

ongl

omer

atio

n. T

hey

are

now

bus

ily c

reat

ing

new

mus

ic w

hile

del

ight

fully

han

ging

on

to in

flue

nces

of

the

past

.

20

10 -

Kat

ie W

ilson

& T

wo

Tim

e St

ring

Ban

d Ra

ised

in N

ew E

ngla

nd,

Kati

e le

ft h

ome

at a

n ea

rly

age

to t

rave

l acr

oss

the

U.S

. an

d Ca

nada

, an

d sh

e liv

ed in

Ala

bam

a fo

r a

few

yea

rs

befo

re r

etur

ning

to

the

Nor

thea

st t

o pu

rsue

her

cal

ling

in m

usic

. T

his

expe

rien

ce g

reat

ly in

flue

nced

her

son

gwri

ting

and

bec

ame

a m

ajor

in

spir

atio

n in

her

dec

isio

n to

em

brac

e th

e bl

uegr

ass

trad

itio

n.

In 2

010,

Kat

ie f

orm

ed t

he T

wo

Tim

e St

ring

Ban

d w

ith

the

inte

ntio

n of

per

form

ing

mat

eria

l fro

m h

er C

D. A

s th

e ba

nd f

ound

its

com

pass

, th

ey s

ettl

ed in

to a

mor

e bl

uegr

ass-

orie

nted

sty

le t

hat

has

been

gre

eted

wit

h ov

erw

helm

ing

audi

ence

app

rova

l. T

he T

TSB

feat

ures

upr

ight

ba

ss,

guit

ar,

banj

o, c

ello

and

fid

dle.

Com

e se

e th

em w

hen

they

ret

urn

to t

he m

ain

stag

e Sa

turd

ay a

nd S

unda

y th

is y

ear.

20

13 -

No

Cont

est

20

14 -

Tum

blin

g Bo

nes

Tum

blin

g Bo

nes

is a

grou

p of

you

ng m

en in

spire

d by

old

mus

ic. D

raw

ing

on b

lueg

rass

and

pre

-WW

II fo

lk, t

hese

son

gste

rs p

lay

a m

ix o

f or

igin

al c

ompo

sitio

ns a

nd tr

aditi

onal

mat

eria

l inf

used

with

the

infe

ctio

us e

nerg

y of

the

rock

’n’ro

ll th

ey w

ere

rear

ed o

n. T

hey

mak

e th

eir

mus

ic w

ith n

othi

ng b

ut a

cous

tic in

stru

men

ts, t

ap s

hoes

, and

mos

t im

port

antly

, the

ir vo

ices

. With

mor

e an

d m

ore

strin

g ba

nds

popp

ing

up

ever

y da

y, th

ese

boys

hav

e es

tabl

ished

them

selv

es a

s on

e of

the

pree

min

ent v

ocal

ly-d

riven

roo

ts g

roup

s. W

ith n

uanc

ed a

cap

pella

go

spel

num

bers

and

inve

ntiv

e ha

rmon

y ar

rang

emen

ts, T

umbl

ing

Bone

s ar

e en

rapt

urin

g au

dien

ces

both

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

and

Eur

ope.

20

15 -

Col

ebro

ok R

oad

From

mod

est b

egin

ning

s as

a f

our-

piec

e ba

nd, C

oleb

rook

Roa

d no

w p

lays

as

a fiv

e-pi

ece

ense

mbl

e an

d ha

s be

com

e a

fam

iliar

nam

e th

roug

hout

the

Mid

Atla

ntic

reg

ion.

The

ban

d is

com

pose

d of

lead

sin

ger,

guita

r pl

ayer

, and

son

gwrit

er J

esse

Eise

nbise

, man

dolin

ist a

nd

win

ner

of th

e 20

14 W

ater

mel

on P

ark

Fest

man

dolin

con

test

Wad

e Ya

nkey

, upr

ight

bas

sist a

nd te

nor

voca

list J

eff

Cam

pbel

l, ba

njoi

st,

bass

voc

alist

, dob

ro p

laye

r, an

d w

inne

r of

the

Tellu

ride

Blue

gras

s Fe

stiv

al b

anjo

con

test

Mar

k Ra

st, a

nd f

iddl

er, b

arito

ne v

ocal

ist, a

nd

win

ner

of th

e 20

15 D

eer

Cre

ek F

iddl

er’s

Con

vent

ion

blue

gras

s fid

dle

cont

est J

oe M

cAnu

lty.

In a

dditi

on to

aw

ard-

win

ning

mem

bers

fro

m a

n ar

ray

of b

ackg

roun

ds, t

he s

ongs

per

form

ed a

re a

lmos

t exc

lusiv

ely

orig

inal

com

posit

ions

w

ith v

aryi

ng th

emes

. The

ban

d w

rites

intr

icat

e an

d dy

nam

ic a

rran

gem

ents

fill

ed w

ith b

oth

voca

l and

inst

rum

enta

l har

mon

y th

at c

reat

es

an in

tere

stin

gly

mod

ern,

com

plex

, and

var

ied

soun

d w

hile

stil

l adh

erin

g to

the

larg

er b

lueg

rass

gen

re.

Col

ebro

ok R

oad

is a

stan

dout

st

ring

band

.

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:00

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tice

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Gam

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Mov

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m —

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Prac

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Shi

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Pe

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Stag

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