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Friday, August 17 |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | Lutherie Seminar |
Linda Manzer - Acoustic Guitar Design -
Pushing the Envelope |
| 11:00 - 6:00 | Guitar Exhibit Opens | 130 Luthiers Exhibit their Instruments |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Workshop | Joel Tepp - The Art of Accompaniment Using Slide Guitar. |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Workshop | Dale Miller - Fingerstyle Guitar In Standard Tuning |
| 11:30 - 6:00 | Carston Cabaret Concerts | Our Workshop Instructors play a series of concerts in the Carston Cabaret |
| 11:30 - 5:50 | Demonstration Concerts | Various Guitarists demonstrate instruments for our exhibiting luthiers. |
| 11:30 -2:00 | Lunch | BBQ Lunch at the Pickguard Pavilion |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Workshop | John Danley - Thinking Outside the Soundhole |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Workshop | Bill Mize - Developing a more Dynamic Style |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Workshop | Kay Selking - Introduction to Tango Guitar |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Workshop | Ed Gerhard - Performance and Interpretation: Giving your Compositions and Arrangements that Final Polish. |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Workshop | Scott Nygaard - Flatpicking: Touch and Tone |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Workshop | Teja Gerken - Introduction to Alternative Tunings and Extended Fingerstyle Technique |
Saturday, August 18 |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | Lutherie Seminar | Kent Everett - How to Make a Living in Lutherie |
| 11:00 - 6:00 | Guitar Exhibit Opens | 130 Luthiers Exhibit their Instruments |
| 10:30 -12:00 | Workshop | Nigel Gavin - Getting Familiar with Moving Basslines |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Workshop | Rick Ruskin - Fingerstyle Grooves and Roots |
| 11:30 - 6:00 | Carston Cabaret Concerts | Our Workshop Instructors play a series of concerts in the Carston Cabaret |
| 11:30 - 5:50 | Demonstration Concerts | Various Guitarists demonstrate instruments for our exhibiting luthiers. |
| 11:30 -2:00 | Lunch | BBQ Lunch at the Pickguard Pavilion |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Workshop | Pete Madsen - Fingerstyle Blues Guitar |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Workshop | Fran Guidry - Introduction to Slack Key Guitar |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Workshop | Keith Knight - Developing a Business as an Acoustic Musician |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Workshop | Steve Baughman - Overcoming Right Hand Ruts: Adding Life and Groove to your Guitar Playing |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Workshop | Mike Wollenberg - Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Workshop | Mesut Ozgen - The Physiology of Guitar Playing and Training Programs |
| 8:00 | Concert | Sponsored by Schenk Guitars at the Merlot Theater |
Sunday, August 19 |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | Lutherie Seminar | Mark Blanchard - Top Testing: Putting Chladni to Work. |
| 11:00 - 6:00 | Guitar Exhibit Opens | 130 Luthiers Exhibit their Instruments |
| 10:30 -12:00 | Workshop | Peter Finger - Finding Your Own Musical Language |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Workshop | Michael Chapdelaine - Arranging Pop Songs and Composing for Fingerstyle Guitar. |
| 11:30 - 6:00 | Carston Cabaret Concerts | Our Workshop Instructors play a series of concerts in the Carston Cabaret |
| 11:30 - 5:50 | Demonstration Concerts | Various Guitarists demonstrate instruments for our exhibiting luthiers. |
| 11:30 -2:00 | Lunch | BBQ Lunch at the Pickguard Pavilion |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Workshop | Bruce Forman - The Three things: Deconstructing and Demystifying Jazz Improvisation for Guitar |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Workshop | Mary Flower - Blues and Rags Essentials |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Workshop | Nina Gerber - From the Sidelines |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Workshop | Patrick Francis - Harmonic concepts: Basic through Advanced. |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Workshop | Peppino D'agostino - The Art of the Acoustic Guitar |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | Workshop | Kenny Edwards - Musicianship and Guitar Arranging for Songwriters. |