California Autoharp Gathering

CAG Schedule

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Friday, May 16, 2008 – Adult Schedule

Time
10:00 am	Registration Table Opens at the Patio				Room Locations: ↓
12:00 pm	Lunch Line - Adults				Room “A” St. Peter’s – Upper Dorm Building
1:00 pm	Room A Concert Carey Dubbert				Room “B” St. Luke’s – Lower Dorm Building
1:30 pm	Room A Concert Bodie Wagner				Room “C” St. John’s – Lower Dorm Building (enter door through St. Paul’s room)
2:00 pm	Break				Room “D” Dining Room
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Workshops Set #1	Room A “Autoharp for the Beginner” Evo Bluestein Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: Beginner Keys: C-G-D Description: A class for the new autoharp player. No experience necessary!	Room B “Right-Hand Techniques for the Autoharp” Hal Weeks Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: Beg./Int. Keys: C-G-D Description: Several right-hand rhythm techniques will be illustrated.	Room C “Tuning to Perfection” Bryan Bowers Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: Tricks for getting immaculate tuning.	Room D “Improving Your Sound” Ray Frank & Gove Scrivenor Inst: ALL Type: ALL Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: Ray & Gove will show you how to improve your own play.	Site “E” Under the tree just east of the lodging building. Site “F” Outdoor Patio Area, just west of the dining room. Site “G” – Amphitheater area, just south of the dining room.
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Workshops Set #2	Room A “1960s US Folk Rock” Karen Mueller Inst: Autoharp Type: Chromatic Level: All, except for brand new player Keys: ALL Description: Enjoy learning some of those great ‘60s songs from American artists, for both backup strumming and melody playing.	Room B “Autoharp Maintenance” Pete Daigle Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: The famous maintenance class from one of the best luthiers in the world.	Room C “Strrummm” Lucille Reilly Inst: Autoharp Type: Chromatic Level: Beginner Keys: ALL Description: Strumming styles with songs for the beginner.	Room D “Beginning DADGAG Guitar” Hans York Inst: Guitar Type: ALL Level: Beg/Int/Adv Keys: ALL Description: The master of the DADGAG guitar tuning will teach its’ secrets to all
4:30 pm	Informal Jam & Relax Time
5:20 pm	Dinner Line – Adults
6:10 pm	Room D CAG Lifetime Achievement Awards Honors Ray Frank
6:30 pm – 7:15 pm	Room A World Famous CAG Barn Dance Evo Bluestein & La Familia Pena-Govea Set #1 All Adults Welcomed!
7:15 pm – 8:00 pm	Room A World Famous CAG Barn Dance Evo Bluestein & La Familia Pena-Govea Set #2 All Adults Welcomed!
8:00 pm	Room A Intermission & Set-Up Homemade Carmel Apples Presented by: California Custom Cakes Designer: Sandra Blake
8:30 pm	Room A Concert Sunnyside HS Chamber Choir (Fresno, CA) “Salute to the Music of the 1960s”
9:00 pm	Break
9:05 pm – 9:35 pm	Room A Concert Kathy & Carol
9:35 pm	Break
9:40 pm – 10:10 pm	Room A Concert Gove Scrivenor
10:10 pm	Break
10:15 pm	Room A Concert Chaskinakuy
11:00 pm	Post Concert Jams	Singing Circle

Saturday, May 17, 2008 – Adult Schedule

8:00 am	Breakfast Line
8:50 am – 9:15 am	Room D Staff Introductions
9:15 am – 9:45 am	Room D CAG Lifetime Achievement Awards Honors Carey Dubbert
9:45 am – 10:45 am Workshops Set #3	Room A “Basic Travis Pickin’ the Autoharp” Bodie Wagner Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: Beginner Key: C Description: We’ll learn a version of a funny old fiddle tune called “Boil Them Cabbage Down” and go for holding a rhythm and being able to change chords by the end of our musical dalliance.	Room B “Mother Maybelle Guitar and Autoharp Styles” Kathy & Carol Inst: Autoharp/Guitar Type: ALL Level: Int-Adv Key: ALL Description: Maybelle Carter’s distinctive guitar and autoharp style is surprisingly easy and satisfying to play. We’ll learn 2 Carter Family songs together.	Room C “Andean Rhythms for Autoharp” Chaskinakuy Inst: Autoharp Type: ALL Level: ALL Key: ALL Description: Basic South American rhythms will be presented and taught by this unique musical duo.	Site E “I’d Sing Out Love: Great Folk Songs of the 1960s” Todd Crowley Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton Level: ALL Keys: G-D-F-C Description: For one brief shining moment American folk music rose to the top of the charts and inspired young people to take action and seek change. We’ll revisit some of the great songs of the 1960s folk scene. Songbook provided.
10:45 am	Break
11:00 am – 12:00pm Workshops Set #4	Room A Rapid-Fire Fingering Level: Intermediate and up Lucille Reilly Inst: Autoharp Type: Chromatic & Diatonic Level: Begin & Up Keys: G & F major A great jamming technique using one repetitive fingering sequence and a few chords. Definitely bring three fingerpicks and one thumb pick.	Room B “Autoharp Maintenance” Pete Daigle Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: The famous maintenance class from one of the best luthiers in the world.	Room C “Blues for the Chromatic Harp” Hal Weeks Inst: Autoharp Type: Chromatic Level: Int. & Adv. Keys: ALL Description: How to integrate the “blues” into your playing.	Site E “Classic Storytelling” Bryan Bowers Inst: None Type: None Level: ALL Keys: None Description: How to flesh out the characters in a story from the master storyteller himself.
12:00 pm	Break
12:10 pm	Lunch Line – Adults
1:00 pm	Room D CAG Lifetime Achievement Awards Honors Kathy & Carol
1:30 pm	Break
1:35 pm - 2:35 pm Workshops Set #5 It’s Jam Time!	Room A “Bluestein Family Jam” Jem Bluestein Frayda Bluestein	Room B “Classic Old-Time Fun Jam” Canote Brothers	Room C “Jam with Hal & Todd” Hal Weeks Todd Crowley	Patio “Classic Kenny Hall Songs & Tunes” Kenny Hall Bill Lehr Linda Guerrero Barry Shultz
2:35 pm	Break
2:45 pm – 3:50 pm	Room A “An Hour with Bowers” Bryan Bowers Music, stories, & guests: all the best!
3:50 pm	Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Workshops Set #6	Room A OPEN STAGE For Beginning Autoharpists Hosted by: Kevin Hill New with harp? No worries. Try your new- found skills on the main stage. Everyone is supported. New beginners only! Start with one song only until everyone has had a chance. Autoharp must be part of the performance. Sign-up at the patio.	Room B “Evo’s ‘Step 4’ Method: melody picking and rhythms” Evo Bluestein Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: Int.-Adv. Keys: C-G-D Description: This is Evo’s fourth step of Mel Bay’s best selling autoharp instruction. You’ll learn how to play rhythms and pick melodies at the same time.	Room C “Popular Songs of the 1960s” Hans York Inst: Autoharp & Guitar Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: Learn several songs of the 1960s for both the autoharp and guitar.	Site E “Waltzes” Karen Mueller Inst: Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton Level: Int./Adv. Keys: G-D, Em, Bm, F#m optional Description: Learn some lovely new tunes in ¾ time.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Room A OPEN STAGE For Intermediate & Advanced Autoharpists Hosted by: Kevin Hill Can handle the harp? Great! Show us! Everyone is supported. Start with one song only until everyone has had a chance. Autoharp must be part of the performance. Sign-up at the patio.		Patio Monastery Tour Hosted by: Fresno Folklore Society Please sign-up at the patio. Visit the beautiful monastery. Gentlemen must wear long-sleeved shirts. Ladies must wear skirts and scarves (provided).
6:00 pm – 6:55 pm	Dinner Line - Adults
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm	Room A Concert Todd Crowley
7:40 pm – 8:15 pm	Room A Concert Canote Brothers
8:15 pm – 8:45 pm	Room A Intermission & Set-Up Homemade Ice Cream Cakes Presented by: California Custom Cakes Designer: Sandra Blake
8:45 pm – 9:25 pm	Room A Concert Karen Mueller
9:30 pm – 10:15 pm	Room A Concert The Bluestein Family
11:00 pm – 1:00 am	Room A Midnight Jam Ron Thompson “Blues Master” Facilitated by: Jem Bluestein

Sunday, May 18, 2008 – Adult Schedule

8:00 am	Breakfast Line – Adults
9:00 am – 9:55 am Workshops Set #7	Room A “Playing with Others: Duets and More” Carey Dubbert Inst. Autoharp Type: Chrom./Diaton. Level: ALL Keys: G-D Description: The fun of playing any instrument is increased when you get to play with another person; this workshop addresses listening, taking turns, and partnerships.	Room B “Singing Novelty Songs” Canote Brothers Inst: ALL Type: ALL Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: Classic songs that everyone knows of are taught in a way that is fun and easy to do.	Room C “Carter Family Repertoire” Kathy & Carol Inst: Autoharp & Guitar Type: ALL Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: AP Carter gathered many songs in his collecting trips. The Carters also wrote original songs. We’ll learn melodies and harmonies to several Carter Family songs!	Room D “Jam with Lucille!” Lucille Reilly Inst: Autoharp/any Type: ALL Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: Let’s get together and jam some more! Bring any instrument you like!
9:55 am	Break
10:00 am – 10:55 am Workshops Set #8	Room A “1960s British Folk Rock” Karen Mueller Inst: Autoharp Type: Chromatic Level: All, except for brand new player Keys: ALL Description: Folk and rock favorites from “across the pond” for both backup strumming and melody picking.	Room B “The Best Song we’ll teach of the ‘60s” Canote Brothers Inst: ALL Type: ALL Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: The Canote Brothers will teach their favorite song of the 1960s step-by-step.	Room C “Harmony Workshop” Kathy & Carol Inst: ALL + Voice Type: ALL Level: ALL Keys: ALL Description: We’ll introduce the sounds of various intervals that can be used to create a harmony line. We will learn two songs that use particular intervals in expressive ways.	Room D “Jam Workshop: Slow, simple, beautiful tunes” Carey Dubbert Inst. Autoharp Type: Chrom/Diaton. Level: ALL Keys: G-D Description: Gain confidence, practice backing-up tunes you didn’t know, confidence when it’s your turn, relax and enjoy jamming.
10:55 am	Break
11:00 am – 11:55 am	Room A Concert Evo Bluestein & Friends
11:55 am	Break
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch Line – Adults
1:00 pm – 1:55 pm	Informal Jam Time!
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm	Room A Student Concerts Everyone please attend and cheer on our student musicians!
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Room A Concert Hans York
3:00 pm	Room A Homemade Coffee Cake Presented by: California Custom Cakes Designer: Sandra Blake
3:05 pm – 3:40 pm	Room A Concert Lucille Reilly
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm	Room A Concert Hal Weeks & Friends
4:30 pm	Room A GOLDEN TICKET DRAWING 1. Must be present to win. 2. Each paid registration may enter 3. Slips will be given out at 4:30 pm 4. Winner will receive for CAG 2009: - two registrations - one lodging room for two - two t-shirts (a $550 value!)
4:45 pm	Break Camp
5:00 pm	Clean-Up Committee Party

Friday, May 16, 2008 – Student Schedule

Group A

Coalinga-Huron

Group B

Westside Elementary

Group C

West Fresno

Group D

Selma

Group E

Fresno Arts Council/Monterey County

Bus Departures

Bus #1

11:00 am – depart Fresno State – Faculty parking lot near library/CAMP office

12:30 am – depart Coalinga-Huron, place TBA

1:30 pm – depart Westside Elementary

3:30 pm – arrive at St. Nicholas Ranch

Bus #1

11:00 am – depart Fresno State – Faculty parking lot near library/CAMP office

12:30 am – depart Coalinga-Huron, place TBA

1:30 pm – depart Westside Elementary

3:30 pm – arrive at St. Nicholas Ranch

Bus #2

1:15 pm - depart Fresno State – Faculty parking lot near library/CAMP office

1:45 pm – depart West Fresno Elementary

2:20 pm – depart Selma Unified, place TBA

3:30 pm – arrive at St. Nicholas Ranch

Bus #2

1:15 pm - depart Fresno State – Faculty parking lot near library/CAMP office

1:45 pm – depart West Fresno Elementary

2:20 pm – depart Selma Unified, place TBA

3:30 pm – arrive at St. Nicholas Ranch

Students arrive by their own transportation.

3:30 pm – arrive at St. Nicholas Ranch

3:30 pm

Arrive at Ranch

3:45 pm

Check into Dorms

4:30 pm – 4:55 pm

Room A

Student Orientation with

Mike Mueller

Room A

Student Orientation with

Mike Mueller

Room A

Student Orientation with

Mike Mueller

Room A

Student Orientation with

Mike Mueller

Room A

Student Orientation with

Mike Mueller

5:00 pm

Dinner Line -Students

Dinner Line –

Students

Dinner Line -Students

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm

Post-Dinner Hike

“To the Barn and Around”

Post-Dinner Hike

“To the Barn and Around”

Post-Dinner Hike

“To the Barn and Around”

Post-Dinner Hike

“To the Barn and Around”

Post-Dinner Hike

“To the Barn and Around”

6:15 pm

Dorm Room Break

Get Ready for Dance

Dorm Room Break

Get Ready for Dance

Dorm Room Break

Get Ready for Dance

Dorm Room Break

Get Ready to Swim

Dorm Room Break

Get Ready to Swim

6:30 pm

6:30 pm: Room A

World Famous CAG Barn Dance

Evo Bluestein & La Familia Pena-Govea

7:15 pm: Get Ready to Swim

7:20 pm – Swim Time

7:50 pm – Out of the Pool (cleanup)

6:30 pm: Room A

World Famous CAG Barn Dance

Evo Bluestein & La Familia Pena-Govea

7:15 pm: Get Ready to Swim

7:20 pm – Swim Time

7:50 pm – Out of the Pool (cleanup)

6:30 pm: Room A

World Famous CAG Barn Dance

Evo Bluestein & La Familia Pena-Govea

7:15 pm: Get Ready to Swim

7:20 pm – Swim Time

7:50 pm – Out of the Pool (cleanup)

6:30 pm: Swim Time

7:00 pm: Get Ready for Dance

7:15 pm: Room A World Famous CAG Barn Dance

Evo Bluestein & La Familia Pena-Govea

6:30 pm: Swim Time

7:00 pm: Get Ready for Dance

7:15 pm: Room A World Famous CAG Barn Dance

Evo Bluestein & La Familia Pena-Govea

8:00 pm

Room A

Homemade Carmel Apples

Presented by: California Custom Cakes

Designer: Sandra Blake