Schredule:

1:00 p.m - 1:15 p.m: Welcome

Main Area 1:
1:15 p.m - 2:15 p.m: Sacred Harp Singing(Vocal-All) Margaret Wright
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Canjo Building(All) (simple stringed instrument with tin can resonator, small fee to cover cost of materials) Susan Bittner, Steve Dowell, David, Dana, Nicholas
4:45 pm - 7:00 Dinner Break
7:00 pm - 9:00 Instructor / Attendee Jam (all acoustic instruments welcome)

Side Area 2:
1:15 p.m - 2:15 p.m: Start from the Beginning(HD-B) (loaner HDs available) David and Dana
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: "The Black Nag" with a Strong-Arm Lead(HD-AB up) Scott Reeder 
3:45 p.m - 4:45 p.m: Sing A-Long(Vocal-All) Annette and Margaret 

Back Room Area 3:
1:15 p.m - 2:15 p.m: Let’s Get Started(MD-B) (loaner MDs available) Allie Gill
Mountain Dulcimer Survival Skills(MD-All) Irma Reeder

SS Room Area 4:
1:15 p.m - 2:15 p.m: Psaltery from Scratch(BP-B up) (loaner BPs available) Scott Reeder
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m: Beginning Penny Whistle(PW-B) (Inexpensive PWs available) Joel Vanderveer 
3:45 p.m - 4:45 p.m: Learning the Bounce of Old Time Music(HD-AB Up) Luke Vanderveer

Jam Tent:
1:15 p.m - 2:15 p.m: Vanderveers
Dave and Cheryl Turner 

Friday Workshops

1:15 pm - 2:15 

Area 1 Sacred Harp Singing(Vocal-All) - Margaret Wright
Even if you’ve never heard of Sacred Harp singing, Margaret can show you the ropes and get you started on this historical way of learning to read music by shapes. It’s really not that hard and you believe the harmonies you are going to hear and the beautiful tunes and poetry involved! Come join us for an hour of beautiful music!

Area 2 Start from the Beginning(HD-B) (loaner HDs available) - David and Dana
Let David and Dana introduce you into the world of the hammered dulcimer. They are great beginner teachers that love to get people into playing the dulcimer and some tunes. Some loaner instruments will be available.

Area 3 Let’s Get Started(MD-B) – Allie Gill
Let Allie show you how easy it is to play the mountain dulcimer. She is a great beginner teacher that loves to get people playing the dulcimer with some easy tunes. Some loaner instruments will be available.

Area 4 Psaltery from Scratch(BP-B up) - Scott Reeder
Producing beautiful ethereal sounds, the bowed psaltery is an easy instrument to begin making music with. Come learn how to play a few tunes. Plenty of loaner instruments will be available so you can try it out yourself.

2:30 pm - 3:30 

Area 1 Canjo Building(All) A 2-hour workshop (children with parents or kids of all ages) - Susan Bittner, Steve Dowell, David, Dana, Nicholas The Canjo is a simple stringed instrument with a tin can resonator that is a lot of fun to build and play. A $10 fee will cover all the needed materials and you will walk away with a playable musical instrument. Before you leave we will have a short lesson on how to play it!

Area 2 “The Black Nag” with a Strong-Arm Lead(HD-AB up) - Scott Reeder
This delightful English Country Dance tune and popular jam tune was first published in 1657. Learn to apply a “strong-arm lead” hammering pattern to 6/8-time tunes like this, and you’ll have great fun as you bring them up to speed! Play-along help video provided after the class.

Area 3 Mountain Dulcimer Survival Skills(MD-All) – A 2-hour workshop - Irma Reeder
Do you play solo or with others? Here’s an in-depth look at playing accompaniment. In this 2-hour session, we’ll learn/review some popular favorites, review chords and strumming, then practice playing melody or chords. We’ll go a step further to see how we might play along with unfamiliar songs. What happens when you’re playing in a group/club or jam and don’t know the song? As long as there’s a guitarist, you’ve got it made! We’ll learn how to recognize basic guitar chords that you’ll apply to the dulcimer. This is a great skill for any level. Absolute beginners are welcome to join in or watch. You won’t be able to play everything, but there are some chords that will work for you. This class will include a ‘field trip’ to the Friday night jam!

Area 4 Beginning Penny Whistle(PW-B) - Joel Vanderveer
Come learn what a penny whistle is, how to play it, and a few songs to get you started on your penny whistle journey. Experience how beautiful and simple this instrument really is! For any of the Red River penny whistle classes, bring your own whistle in the key of “D” or buy an inexpensive one from one of the on-site vendors.

3:45 pm - 4:45 

Area 1 Canjo Building(All)

Area 2 Sing A-Long(Vocal-All) - Annette and Margaret
One of the favorite workshops of the festival. Bring your instrument and/or voice and join Annette and Margaret in some fun old tunes everyone loves to sing.

Area 3 Mountain Dulcimer Survival Skills(MD-All) – continued

Area 4 Learning the Bounce of Old Time Music(HD-AB Up) - Luke Vanderveer How to make a song dance.