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Thank you to MicWerks for doing sound for this year's festival! |
No Festival in 2021.
Below is the 2020 schedule.
Scroll down to see the Workshop Schedule.
Concerts, Shows, and Dances
Thursday Night Kick-off Dance (2/13)7pm - 10pm South Bay Grange
Band: Piney Gals & Pals Caller: Charmaine Slaven |
Saturday All Ages Dance (2/15) 2pm - 3pm South Bay Grange
Band: River, Sage & Friends Caller: Caroline Oakley |
Friday Night Events (2/14) |
Saturday Night Dance (2/15) |
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5pm - 7pm Lounge Acts - South Bay Grange
Briar - Featuring Joe Seamons The Sassafrass Sisters 7pm - 10pm Main Concert - South Bay Grange Ella Korth Evie Ladin & Keith Terry Brad Leftwich and The Humdingers 10pm - Midnight Late Night Square Dance South Bay Grange Band: Atlas Stringboard Caller: Conner Maguire
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5pm - 7pm Lounge Acts - South Bay Grange
Brograss Yodelady 7pm - 10pm Main Square Dance - South Bay Grange Band: The Humdingers Caller: Evie Ladin 10pm - Midnight Late Night Cajun Dance South Bay Grange Band: Les Coeurs Criminels |
1pm - 3pm South Bay Grange
Our traditional close-out of the weekend festivities. The Cabaret is open to anyone and we get a mix of festival performers, instructors, participants, and kids. If you've never been you're missing out, and if you have attended, well then, you know what we mean. A sign up sheet is usually floating around the registration table all weekend. Amazing things happen when we open ourselves up to possibilities!!
Our traditional close-out of the weekend festivities. The Cabaret is open to anyone and we get a mix of festival performers, instructors, participants, and kids. If you've never been you're missing out, and if you have attended, well then, you know what we mean. A sign up sheet is usually floating around the registration table all weekend. Amazing things happen when we open ourselves up to possibilities!!
Workshop Schedule (all workshops are free!)
Workshop Locations:
Click HERE for directions to workshop venues
*All workshops run for 1 hour unless otherwise noted*
Click HERE for directions to workshop venues
*All workshops run for 1 hour unless otherwise noted*
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11am - 4pm
(Please note the different workshop locations) |
11am - 5pm
(Please note the different workshop locations) |
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11am - 12pm
Cajun Fiddle Arbutus Back Room Lisa Ornstein Lisa is a masterful fiddler in multiple genres including Cajun, Quebecois, and old time. She's done deep dives into all those styles and provides helpful insight into the style, origins, and backstory of the tunes she teaches. She'll give you some Cajun tunes and discuss techniques that make Cajun fiddling unique. |
11am - 12pm
Old Time Fiddle Arbutus Back Room Lisa Ornstein Master old time fiddler and skilled teacher Lisa Ornstein will help you get some solid old time tunes under your belt. Lisa is known for her insightful tips on bowing that give tunes that old time drive and syncopation. |
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12pm - 1pm
Make a Crankie Grange Lounge Emily Teachout & Shanty Slater Illustrate a tune or ballad on a scroll of paper, then perform it by illuminating it from behind and rolling it by in time to the music. Emily and Shanty will demonstrate a crankie they've already made and then the class will make one together. Bring yourself and your creativity. All supplies provided. 12pm - 1pm Mountain Dulcimer Grange Hall Tom Merrett Tom will teach a couple of simple tunes, and will show a few basic chords and how to incorporate them into songs and melodies. There will be a couple of extra dulcimers on-hand for those who want to try it out. 12pm - 1pm Ukulele Arbutus Front Room Briar Beginning ukulele with Briar (Tina Dietz). Briar will teach the basics of playing the ukulele in an old time music setting. 12pm - 1pm Songs Arbutus Back Room Joe Seamons Woody Guthrie's songs from the Northwest. Multi-instrumentalist and educator Joe Seamons will teach some of the songs Woody wrote for the Bonneville Power Adminstration back in 1941. Joe produced a collection of the 26 songs Woody wrote during his time in the northwest and released them through Smithsonion Folkways Recordings. 1pm - 2pm
Make a Crankie continued Grange Lounge Emily Teachout & Shanty Slater Continued from earlier workshop. 1pm - 2pm Clogging Basics Grange Hall Abby Ladin Learn the fundamental steps, how to string them together and keep a rhythmic pulse from Abby Ladin, of The Humdingers. If you already clog, Abby will challenge you with syncopation and beginning improvisation. 1pm - 2pm Harmony Singing Arbutus Back Room West of Roan Creating harmonies - explore ideas of intuitive harmony singing, and learn basic techniques to two-part singing. Channing and Annie, of West of Roan, have a “no rules” approach and love finding the powerful capacities of two unaccompanied voices. You'll use your true voices to sing, and your bodies to listen. 1pm - 2pm Mandolin Arbutus Back Room Anna Sandys Anna, of Portland's Hops & Honey Goodtime Band, will lead this informative class on old-time backup for mandolin. Explore using the mandolin as a rhythm/percussion instrument for backing up tunes and songs. 2pm - 3pm
Rhythm Grange Lounge Keith Terry Keith, of the Evie Ladin and Keith Terry Duo, will lead this entertaining and informative workshop. Improve your rhythmic skills by exploring downbeats and upbeats, syncopation, polyrhythms, half time/double time, and more. Guaranteed to open ears and expand your rhythmic horizons. 2pm - 3pm Oklahoma Fiddle Tunes Grange Hall Brad Leftwich Brad, of The Humdingers will teach interesting and unusual tunes from two Oklahoma fiddlers that were his mentors: Tom Fuller, from southwest OK, and John Dee Kennedy from Pawnee, in northeast OK. 2pm - 3pm Old Time Songs Arbutus Front Room Jen Witherspoon Come sing some songs with Jen, of Yodelady! Old ballads, old country, nothin fancy, just fun. Lyrics sheets will be provided. 2pm - 3pm Accompaniment Arbutus Back Room River and Sage Scheurell Olympia's own energetic multi-instrumentalist brothers River and Sage will help you explore creative chords in old time music. For those wanting to move beyond the 1, 4, and the 5. 3pm - 4pm
Mandolin Grange Lounge Sam Bartlett Sam, of The Humdingers, will teach a few old-time tunes (at least one from the repertoire of Garry Harrison). Tunes will be taught using an embarrassing amount of singing, as you examine this peculiar instrument stuck at the crossroad of rhythm and melody. 3pm - 4pm Dancing with Others Grange Hall Evie Ladin Evie, of the Evie Ladin & Keith Terry Duo will help you learn the basics of partner dance. Square dance, two step, waltz, more - learn basic skills for dancing with a partner - weight sharing, leading, following, turns, footwork - it's easier than you think and makes dancing together so much more satisfying. |
12pm - 1pm
Harmony Singing Grange Lounge Evie Ladin Using the Carter Family as a jumping off place, Evie will teach simple three part harmony in this beautiful style. Finding harmony lines that sometimes weave around the melody, sometimes cross or create unisons, you will develop a better ability to hear and find parts, and learn what gives these harmonies their particular old-time country sound, and power. 12pm - 1pm Kid Jam Grange Hall Maggie Neatherlin After growing up in the Olympia Old Time music scene, Maggie loves helping younger kids participate in making music. She'll lead a kid-oriented jam with familiar tunes. All acoustic instruments welcome. All interested youngsters are welcome to participate. 12pm - 1m Mandolin Arbutus Front Room Tashi Litch Tashi, of Brograss, will cover fundamental techniques for the right and left hand, and then help the class apply those techniques to a tune. 12pm - 1pm Old Time Guitar Arbutus Back Room Jen Witherspoon Jen, of Yodelady, will go over the basics, some simple and slick bass runs, and a little bit of how to create your own stylish signature in the rhythm section. Chord sheets provided. 1pm - 2pm
Stuntology Grange Lounge Sam Bartlett Learn the best, dumbest tricks you wish you’d been taught by your grandfather. Sam is an authority on best, dumbest tricks and author of 4 books on the topic. “I wish I’d had his books when I was 12.” Ira Glass. 1pm - 2pm Ozark Fiddle Tunes Grange Hall Brad Leftwich Brad, of The Humdingers, will share tunes from Ozark fiddlers: Violet Hensley of Yellville, AR (who is still fiddling at age 103!) and Fate Morrison of Fox, AR. If time allows, you'll also explore one from Howe Teague from Salem, MO. 1pm - 2pm Flatpick Guitar Arbutus Front Room Kaj Litch Kaj, of Brograss, will focus on foundational flat picking technique and then he'll help the class apply those techniques to learn a tune. 1pm - 2pm Clawhammer Banjo Arbutus Back Room Monica Peabody Monica, of Yodelady, will teach the basic clawhammer stroke and rhythm as well as a tune to get you started. 2pm - 3pm
All Ages Dance Grange Hall River, Sage & Friends with Caroline Oakley caller This is a square dance that is especially geared towards inclusion of youngsters. Caller Caroline Oakley specializes in welcoming and fun dances for all ages and abilities and will teach all the necesary moves. Brothers River and Sage Scheuerell will provide energetic and lively tunes. A favorite festival event for many, smiles always abound! 2pm - 3pm Community Discussion Grange Lounge Joe Seamons American roots music was created by a wide range of cultures, and yet we don't see that range reflected in the audiences at many of our festivals. How do we, as musicians and community members, create a more welcoming environment for all types of people to celebrate our music and culture? Joe Seamons, director of The Rhapsody Project, will facilitate a discussion and offer some tools and resources for people interested in these issues. All are welcome to listen or take part! 2pm - 3pm Harmony Singing Arbutus Front Room West of Roan Harmony singing repertoire - join Channing and Annie, of West of Roan, in learning two-part harmonies to some beautiful songs. You'll sing everything acapella, and learn each part note for note. 2pm - 3pm Pitchfork Banjo Arbutus Back Room Cameron DeWhitt Cameron is the innovator behind pitchfork banjo, a three-finger clawhammer technique that allows the player unprecedented access to melody, harmony, and rhythms that are impractical with the standard clawhammer stroke. He'll demonstrate some advanced applications of pitchfork, lead an exercise to develop the right hand technique, and teach some basic applications to a well-known tune. 3pm - 4pm
Grange Hall Teen Jam Maggie Neatherlin and Friends Maggie, and friends, will host a jam geared toward older kids and young adults. All acoustic instruments welcome. This is a chance for young adults to get to know each other and have fun sharing tunes. This jam typically picks up some speed and may blur the lines of genres. Familiarity with basic chords and ability to pick up tunes on the fly, by ear, will help players join in on more tunes, but players of all levels are most welcome! 3pm - 4pm Bass Grange Lounge Abby Ladin Beginning techniques and basic framework for backing up old time tunes in the keys of D and A. Abby, of The Humdingers, will discuss rhythm and timing, communication, and how to find a session’s rhythmic sweet spot. 3pm - 4pm Cajun Accordion Arbutus Folk School Paul Denison Learn the basics of Cajun Accordion from Paul, of Les Coeurs Criminels. Work on playing out of different positions as a foundation for Cajun rhythm and ornamentation. And a tune too! (Paul will be playing a C accordion.) 3pm - 4pm Cajun Singing Arbutus Back Room Jinny Macrae You will learn as many tunes as we have time for and get a few pointers on the unique Cajun French pronunciation. Bring instruments if you want to accompany yourself and recording devices if desired. Lyric sheets will be provided. If you can carry a tune and like to sing loud, you're good. 4pm - 5pm
Guitar Accompaniment Grange Hall Ella Korth In this workshop geared at intermediate level guitar players, Ella will talk about ways of adding variety to your rhythm playing to serve the song you are singing, especially if it is just you and your guitar, and ways of approaching the melody of the song on your guitar. 4pm - 5pm Cajun Twin Fiddle Arbutus Front Room Joanne Pontrello and Paul Denison Joanne and Paul, of Les Coeurs Criminels, will explain some basic chord shapes, how they work across the neck, and different bowing patterns that create that Cajun/Creole rhythm. Learn a tune and apply the method to come up with some fun seconding (the gateway into Cajun music). 4pm - 5pm Cajun Guitar Arbutus Back Room Jinny Macrae Learn how to be that powerful rhythm that drives the Cajun 2 steps and waltzes. You'll need to be able to play the 1, 4 5 in C, G, D, and A and be able to nail the major bar chords. Chord charts will be provided and recording devices encouraged. |
