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Dear Friends, Welcome to this year’s edition of our newsletter, the Postcard from Swannanoa. It’s Indian Summer here in our valley, with clear, warm days full of brilliant fall colors, and cool nights full of stars. And speaking of nights full of stars, we’re looking forward to another exciting summer next year, and you can read more about how things are shaping up in the “Coming Next Summer” section elsewhere in this newsletter. Our spring Celtic Series, a part of the Mainstage Concerts at Asheville’s Diana Wortham Theatre, !"#$#%&$'$()#'(*'&+#',("-./$'0%#$&'1#-&23'4"&2$&$5' and last year featured concerts by Solas, Lúnasa, Téada, and The Teetotallers. See the “P.S.” section below for details on next spring’s Celtic Series. This summer we began our third decade with the introduction of a brand-new program, Mando & Banjo Week. In addition, Fiddle Week moved from our first week slot to be paired with the new program in week five, and the two programs together Tony Trischka with Alan now offer instruction in banjo, Munde, the Human Capo... 0..-#5')4%.(-2%'4%.'672&4"5'4--' principal instruments for some of the most popular folk genres, including bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, and newgrass. Another record group joined us to help notch our twentieth year of growth. Once again, there was a drawing each week for two free registrations to next spring’s SERFA conference at nearby Montreat. Visit the SERFA website (www. serfa.org) for more details. Our vocal program, Traditional Song Week, kicked off the summer with a killer staff that included Riders in the Sky’s Ranger Doug5'08#9 time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year Dale Ann Bradley, coordinator Julee Glaub, Irish singer
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Brían Ó hAirt, Scottish singer Ed Miller, early country & honky-tonk specialist Mark Weems, freedom singers Kim & Reggie Harris, multitalented Appalachian musician Josh Goforth, shape-note leader Matt Wojcik, Irish radio host and writer Aidan O’Hara, singer and dulcimer player Anne Lough, and gospel singer Shirley Smith Montgomery. Radio host Matt Watroba traced the history of American roots music, and the week was highlighted by special presentations by Appalachian balladeer Betty Smith and Civil War expert Bobby Horton, who gave a one-man performance in period costume on a variety of instruments of the songs of that period. Denisa Rullmoss offered a monster-themed program for children during TradiRanger Doug tional Song/Fiddle, Celtic, and Old-Time Weeks.
Celtic Week was our biggest program this year as we welcomed several new staff members including :"2$+'0..-#"$'Liz & Yvonne Kane, Scottish singer Christina Stewart5'14!#';"#&(%'0..-#"'Emerald Rae and banjo/mandolin player Pio Ryan. We 4-$(',#-3()#.'<43='0..-#"$'Martin Hayes, Liz Carroll, Brian McNeill, Liz Knowles, Andrew Finn Magill, and Jeremy Kittel, guitarist/singer John Doyle5'$2%6#"'4%.'>7&#'!-4?#"'Nuala Kennedy, percussionist Matthew Olwell, Scottish singer/folklorist Ed Miller, guitarists Eamon O’Leary and Donal Clancy, harpers Billy Jackson, and Gráinne Hambly, flutist Kevin Crawford5'0..-#'@'433("dion player Damien Connolly, dancer Erin Duffy Martorano multi-instrumentalist Robin Bullock, tinwhistle player Kathleen Brian McNeill Conneely, Irish singer Cathie
Ryan and Lúnasa’s piper Cillian Vallely. John Skelton once again served as Celtic Week Host. Old-Time Music & Dance Week welcomed another big group, and featured new staff members Wayne Martin, Joseph Decosimo and Jim Collier, along with the college’s own Kevin Kehrberg. Appearing for &+#'0"$&'&2)#'2%'E-.9F2)#'C##=' was Guitar Week vet Lightnin’ by s Santa drop Old-Time Week Wells, who joined veterans Paul Brown, Mike Bryant, Bruce Molsky, David Winston, Mike Fenton, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz, Paul Kovac, coordinator Phil Jamison, John Herrmann, Ellie Grace, Gordy Hinners, Alice Gerrard, Wayne Erbsen, Meredith McIntosh, folklorist and shape-note singer Ron Pen, clogger Rodney Sutton, dulcimer ace Don Pedi and Carol Elizabeth Jones. This year’s Guest Master Artists were the Whitetop Mountain Band5'0..-#" Charlie McCarroll, banjo player Lee Sexton, dancers Thomas Maupin and Jay Bland accompanied by Daniel Rockwell5' 4%.' 0..-#G banjo duo Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle, who also performed with their wonderful hand-made picture scrolls called “crankies.” Guitar Week welcomed new staff Greg Ruby, Sean McGowan, Jack Lawrence, and Mark Hanson, who joined staff alums Adam Rafferty, coordinator Al Petteway, Rolly Brown, Doug Smith, Mike Dowling, blues player Scott Ainslie, bluegrasser Ed Dodson5'1#-&23'0%6#"$&?-2$&$'Robin Bullock, Steve Baughman and Tony McManus, percussive guitarist Vicki Genfan, slack-key guitarist Patrick Landeza. and swing and ukulele wizard Marcy Marxer. The week also featured demonstrations from instrument repairman Randy Hughes and daily displays of the guitars of master luthiers Michael Bashkin, Gerald Sheppard and John Slobod, along with selected inventory from Dream Guitars, a local shop specializing in high-end instruments. The highlight of the week was our Ray’s easy-as-pie, not-at-all!"#$%&'()(*)+,-(./01"/%'.0*#02(3- now-traditional luau, coordinated by Patrick Landeza. Contemporary Folk Week featured newcomers Sally Barris, LJ Booth, Buddy Mondlock
and the touching and hilarious Cheryl Wheeler. Coordinator David Roth also welcomed back a few faces we haven’t seen in a while including Ellis Paul, Cosy Sheridan and Cliff Eberhardt, who joined veterans Jon Vezner, Danny Ellis, Siobhan Quinn, Elvis is in the house... and Ray Chesna. The close partnership with our Guitar Week program continued as many took classes in each program, and the combined programs again proved to be our biggest week. Fiddle Week' >(7"2$+#.' 2%' 2&$' %#,' !42"2%6' ,2&+' Mando & Banjo Week, and the two programs combined jams and band sessions, as well as a new format for the staff concerts which grouped members of both staffs by genres over three nights. Coordinator Julia Weatherford’s stellar staff included bluegrass legend Byron Berline, Beausoleil’s Cajun master and National Heritage Award winner Michael Doucet5' $,2%6GD4HH' 0.dler Jason Anick, improvisational wild man Joe Craven5'(-.9&2)#'0..-#"$'Emily Schaad, Rayna Gellert and Josh Goforth5'I#,'J%6-4%.'0..-#"' Lissa Schneckenbuger5' :"2$+' 0..-#"$' Winifred Horan and Duncan Wickel, Scottish fiddler Ryan McKasson5' 0..-#G3#--(' $2<-2%6$' Tashina and Tristan Clarridge, guitarists David Surette and Roger Bellow, and bassist Kevin Kehrberg. Our new Mando & Banjo Week debuted in spectacular fashion with a staff of banjo and mandolin royalty including bluegrass banjo legends Tony Trischka, Alan Munde and Pete Wernick, clawhammer masters David Holt and Ken Perlman and Irish tenor banjo wizard Seamus Egan. The mandolin staff was no less impressive, featuring international virtuosi Mike Marshall and Radim Zenkl, classical mandolinist Caterina Lichtenberg, bluegrass great Mike Compton, and Irish player Marla Fibish. Adam Tanner taught old-time and beginning mandolin, while Joan Wernick led jams and long-time Doc Watson sideman Jack Lawrence taught guitar. Mike & Caterina in duet
Check out the “Coming Next Summer” section below for a sneak preview of the 2013 lineup.
Family News....
Any of you with notable news you’d like to share with the Gathering community should send a copy &('&+#'K4&+#"2%6'(*03#5'4%.',#/.'<#'+4!!?'&('!7<lish it here... Longtime Gathering attendee Conway Saylor, who teaches at The Citadel, was honored with the South Carolina Governor’s Professor of the Year awards for 2012. She was chosen from 35 candidates nominated by their colleges... Former Youth Scholar Alex Reidinger was recently married to Duncan Boatright... Mando & Banjo Week staffers Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg are expecting their second child right around the time you’ll be reading this... This summer, our Youth Scholarship Fund sponsored 25 students: David Benedict, Kaitlin Kemp, Karin McQuade, Mackenzie Johnston, Nathan Godshall, Nora Flaherty, Olivia Smith, Rachel Ward (Celtic); Grayson Wickel, Jordan Boatman, (Old-Time); Indigo DeSouza,! "#$#! %&'()*+,-., Quincy Dean, (Contemporary Folk); David Fee, Hannah McLeod, Lance Mapp, Mitchell Derrow, Natalie Royal (Guitar); Amelia Quinn-James, Anne Gerhardt, Ellie Propst, Julian Pinelli, Megan Carey, Phoebe Propst (Fiddle); and Chris Sexton (Mando An old-time ‘crankie’ tale & Banjo). while the Austin Friends of Traditional Music sponsored Bren Koch & Ellie Salinas (Old-Time), Interpretive Simulations & Blue Ridge Irish Music Society sponsored Erin Neely (Celtic), Dream Guitars sponsored David Fee (Guitar), The Kerrville Folk Festival sponsored an unnamed recipient, the Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society sponsored Abby Huggins (Old-Time) and Tosco Music Parties sponsored David “Lando” Pieroni and Mike Royal (Guitar). A group of long-time Guitar Week attendees who call themselves “The Shepard Posse” after the dorm they always stay in, sponsored Sara Tobin (Contemporary Folk). This made a total of 35 Youth Scholars for 2012... Key deposit donations to our Youth Scholarship fund this year totaled $8,636, and the total for all donations was $12,306. Our profound thanks to all (*'?(7',+('648#'0%4%324--?'&('+#-!'37-&284&#'4'-(8#' for traditional music and dance in the next genera-
tion... Teachers please note that the Swannanoa Gathering offers (,#)*,&!&,/,0#-!),&('+)#('1/! hours for any of our weeks. Contact your local school board for prior approval... Don’t forget to support your local Public Radio and Television stations. Where would we hear our music without them? For other folk news, don’t forget the magazines Sing Out!, The Old-Time Herald, Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer Players News, Fingerstyle Guitar, AcousSwingin’... tic Musician, Mandolin Magazine and Fiddler.
Coming Next Summer... Traditional Song Week, July 7-13 Celtic Week, July 14-20 Old-Time Music & Dance Week, July 21-27 Contemporary Folk Week, July 28-Aug. 3 Guitar Week, July 28-Aug. 3 Fiddle Week, August 4-10 Mando & Banjo Week, August 4-10 J43+' ?#4"5' ,#' 3(%&2%7#' &(' &"?' &(' 0%#9&7%#' &+#' way we do things in response to the needs of a constantly expanding program. For those families bringing small children, we will continue to provide evening childcare at no additional cost. We will again offer a full Children’s Program, coordinated by Denisa Rullmoss next summer, during our Traditional Song, Celtic and Old-Time Weeks. The Swannanoa Gathering is structured around what we call an ‘open format’, which allows students to create their own curriculum and take as many classes as there are periods in the day. We require that $&7.#%&$'"#62$&#"'*("'$!#3203' Death by chocolate at the Kid’s Program
3-4$$#$5' <7&' 4--(,' &+#)' &(' $,2&3+' 4*&#"' &+#' 0"$&' .4?'2%&('4%(&+#"5'(!#%'3-4$$'2*'&+#?'0%.'&+#?'+48#' made an inappropriate choice. After this ‘settlingin’ period, we expect that students will remain in those classes, and we discourage dropping in and out of classes during the week. This structure allows $&7.#%&$'3(%$2.#"4<-#'>#L2<2-2&?5'4%.'2$'4%'#$$#%&24-' element of our program’s character and appeal. Many of our classes may include musical notation or tablature, though in general, we emphasize learning by ear.
work putting together a staff that includes Riders in the Sky’s master of the cowboy yodel, Ranger Doug, five-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Female Vocalist of the Year Dale Ann Bradley, Irish singer Dáithí Sproule, multi-talented Appalachian musician Josh Goforth, seventh-generation Appalachian ballad singer Sheila Kay Adams, gospel singer Shirley Smith and Sing Out! Radio founder Matt Watroba. There are several more staff to be hired, so watch our website for updates.
In general, classes have a maximum of 15 students. Some may have more or -#$$'&+4%'&+2$'067"#'.7#'&(' the nature of the subject or the discretion of the instructor, and limits for Making monster costumes each class will be indicated in our catalog. Several of the 2012 workshops 0--#.'7!'#4"-?'-4$&'?#4"'4%.',#'#L!#3&'&+4&'&"#%.' to continue as more of our programs approach their limits, and although our schedule of classes is not currently complete, pre-registrations from this newsletter are encouraged. Folks may register with a tuition deposit of $100 and may reserve housing without a deposit. The deadline for pre-registration is Feb. 15. Pre-registrants will be sent a class schedule as soon as it is ready and given priority in class assignments. Full payment is required by June 7 to guarantee a space. After that .4&#5'3-4$$'"#$#"84&2(%$',2--'<#'7%3(%0")#.'7%&2-' we receive the balance. If we are holding a space for a student in a class that is full, and their balance is unpaid after June 7, we may release that space to another student.
Celtic Week, July 14-20, is again packed with a staff of some of the biggest names in Celtic music including Irish fiddlers Liz Carroll, Martin Hayes, Brian In the groove... Conway, Rose Flanagan and Andrew Finn Magill5'M3(&&2$+'0..-#"$'Brian McNeill and Laura Risk, Irish guitarist and singer John Doyle, Lúnasa’s piper Cillian Vallely'4%.'>7&#' player Kevin Crawford5' :"2$+' $2%6#"G>7&#' !-4?#"' Nuala Kennedy, guitarists Donal Clancy and Eamon O’Leary, Celtic Week Host John Skelton, harper/concertina player Gráinne Hambly, Irish singer Cathie Ryan, bodhran player Matt Olwell, whistle player Kathleen Conneely, Cape Breton 0..-#"'Kimberley Fraser, harper Billy Jackson and string wizard Robin Bullock, with more to be added.
At present, we are completing our staff selections for next year, but many of our instructors have already 3(%0")#.B' F+#' (%-2%#' 8#"$2(%' (*' this newsletter will be continually updated with the most current staff roster. Here’s a peek at the 2013 lineup.... Lost in the music Our vocal program, Traditional Song Week, July 7-13, promotes a wide variety of traditional singing styles. This year’s program will feature Coordinator Julee Glaub Weems and husband Mark Weems of Little Windows, are hard at
For Old-Time Music & Dance Week, July 21-27, coordinator Phil Jamison'2$'$&2--'!7&&2%6'&+#'0%2$+2%6' touches on his staff, but you can expect the usual mix of new folks and veteran instructors, all of them well-respected in old-time circles. The staff currently includes Phil Jamison, Tom Sauber, Carol Elizabeth Jones, Brad Leftwich, Gordy Hinners, John Herrmann, Meredith McIntosh, Ron Pen, Alice Gerrard, Joseph Decosimo, Ellie Grace, Rodney Sutton, Don Pedi, Jimmy Triplett, John Hollandsworth, Paul Kovac, Lightnin’ Wells and Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle, who will teach a class in making and presenting picture-story scrolls called ‘crankies,’ accompanied by music and narration. We will continue our tradition of visits by special Guest Master Artists from the senior generation of local traditional performers The Sit-down Square Dance
&+"(76+(7&'&+#',##=B'1-4$$#$',2--'2%3-7.#'0..-#5' clawhammer banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, clogging, square dance, dance calling, southern harmony singing, string band, shaped-note singing and more. Contemporary Folk Week, July 28-August 3, offers an exciting week in artist development for all acoustic performers. Classes will include Honky-tonk angels songwriting, performance, vocal coaching and more, taught by an incredible lineup of performers passionate about their art and equally passionate about inspiring others to develop their own unique gifts. Coordinator David Roth welcomes back for her second year, the legendary, Grammy-winning Janis Ian, who joins an exciting group of newcomers including folk veteran and Berklee instructor Livingston Taylor, blues singer/songwriter Guy Davis, and up & coming songwriters Ellis and Joe Crookston. They join staff returnees Cliff Eberhardt, Sally Barris, Cosy Sheridan, Siobhan Quinn, and guitar theory guru Ray Chesna. A special welcome back, after a long absence, goes to vocal coach Sloan Wainwright. Guitar Week, July 28-August 3, offers classes in 0%6#"$&?-#'4%.'>4&!23=2%6'2%'4',2.#'84"2#&?'(*'$&?-#$B' Coordinator Al Petteway',#-3()#$'*("'&+#2"'0"$&' time at Guitar Week, slide guitar specialist David Jacobs-Strain'4%.'>4&!23=#"'Jim Hurst, who join gypsy jazz player Greg Ruby5'#3-#3&23'0%6#"$&?-2$&$' Muriel Anderson and Pat Kirtley, jazz guitarist Sean McGowan, swing and ukulele whiz Marcy Marxer, Celtic guitarists Tony McManus, Steve Baughman, and Robin Bullock, Rolly Brown, Paul Asbell, Adam Rafferty, bluesman Steve James, Vicki Genfan, and bluegrass guitarist Ed Dodson. Guitar tech Randy Hughes will offer maintenance tips, and this year’s Luthier’s Exhibit will once again feature the guitars of several master luthiers, including John Slobod (www.circaguitars.com), Michael Bashkin (www.bashkinguitars.com), and Gerald Sheppard (www.sheppardguitars.com) as well as amazing instru!! luau ments from the inventory Hula at the
of Dream Guitars (www.dreamguitars.com) located in nearby Weaverville, NC. Next year’s Fiddle Week, August 4-10, will continue to explore a vari#&?' (*' 0..-#' $&?-#$' 4%.' 3(%&2%7#' 2&$' integration with several features of our latest program in mandolin and banjo. Coordinator Julia Weatherford is still completing her lineup, which already features ‘new acoustic music’ pioneer Darol Anger, the great Cajun fiddler Michael 4&(5&%6.(0$!!'. Doucet5' %(&9D7$&9(-.9&2)#' 0..-2%6' great Bruce Molsky, creative force-of-nature Joe Craven, Berklee swing/jazz violinist Matt Glaser, M3(&&2$+G14!#';"#&(%'0..-#"'Emerald Rae, oldtime player Michael Ismerio5' :"2$+' 0..-#"$' Liz Knowles and Jack Devereux, David Kaynor on 3(%&"4.4%3#'4%.'I#,'J%6-4%.'0..-#'4%.'672&4"2$&$' David Surette and Tony Marcus. Our newest program, Mando & Banjo Week, August 4-10, will be building on its momentum next summer, again featuring classes in bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, swing/jazz, newgrass & more for both instruments as well as a few classes in guitar accompaniment. The program continues to be integrated with Fiddle Week through common jams and Band Sessions that encourage players in both programs to form bands that will work up a few tunes throughout the week. The week will once again feature a killer staff with some of the biggest and best-known names in banjo and mandolin circles. The banjo staff includes legendary banjo innovator Tony Trischka, bluegrass great Alan Munde and this year’s winner of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music, Mark Johnson, with his unique ‘clawgrass’ picking style. The mandolin staff includes international mandolin vituoso Mike Marshall, bluegrasser Emory Lester, swing player Don Stiernberg, the eclectic music and playing techniques of Radim Zenkl, Irish player Marla Fibish, classical mandolinist Catarina Lichtenberg, and old-time picker Adam Tanner. We’ll continue to add new features and staff as the program continues to evolve. Watch our website for updates. Pick’n’grin
P.S. N' 17""#%&-?' $3+#.7-#.' K4&+#"2%69$!(%$("#.' concerts for 2013 include the Celtic Series of Mainstage Concerts featuring Fullset on February 28, Altan on March 21, Comas on April 25, and Dougie MacLean on May 12. All shows will be in Asheville’s Diana Wortham Theatre. For tickets, contact (828) 257-4530, or visit <www.dwtheatre. com> for details. N':*'?(7'=%(,'$()#(%#',+(/$'3(%$2.#"2%6'4'3(-lege, our 2.3'44'1/4!56+), would like to know about them! Contact them at 1-800-934-3536 or <admit@warrren-wilson.edu> N':*'?(7/"#'3(%$2.#"2%6'D(2%2%6'7$'4%.'4"#',(%.#"ing what kind of environment you can expect, just remember that the Swannanoa Gathering is not a conference center or resort, but a music camp held on a college campus (remember camp? remember college?). Although the college does a great job accomodating our requests, we do not control their schedules and facilities. We may not be Club Med, but we work hard to make everyone feel welcome. And, unfortunately, we still can’t afford that biodome, so I’m afraid we can’t control the weather, either. N'Q"##'42"!("&'$+7&&-#$',2--'"7%'4&'$#&'&2)#$'&('<#' published in our catalog, so that those requiring $+7&&-#'$#"823#')4?')4=#'&+#2"'>26+&'!-4%$'4"(7%.' &+($#'&2)#$B'M+7&&-#'$!43#'2$'(%'4'0"$&'3()#5'0"$&' served basis. N':*'?(7/"#'2%&#"#$&#.'2%'34"!((-2%6'&('&+#'K4&+#"ing, check out the ‘RideShare’ page at our website. N'E%#'3())(%'R7#$&2(%'(%'(7"'#84-74&2(%$'3(%cerns why different instructors teaching the same class are scheduled at the same time, since many folks expressed a desire to study with both. The reason we have additional sections of the same class is not to provide a double shot of the course to the same group of students, but to allow more students to take the class. To achieve this, we schedule them at the same time to make people choose. The good news is that we work hard to ensure that any choice will be a winner. And for you Celtic and Old-Time C##='0..-#"$5'Fiddle Week should offer you a second opportunity to take classes party
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in your favorite styles. N' 1+2-."#%' 7%.#"' OP' )4?' 3(%&2%7#' &(' $&4?' 2%' 4' room with two adults, at least one of whom is a registered student, at no charge. The accompanying adult should provide bedding and the second adult must agree to the arrangement, otherwise it will be charged as a single room. If you got this newsletter in the mail, you’re already on our mailing list. Please check to make sure that we have your current address and notify us if we need to update it. If this newsletter came to you by some other means, be sure to call or send in the form below to make sure that you’ll receive a copy of our catalog in March. If you’re (%-2%#5'?(7/--'0%.'&+4&'&+#'&#L&'(*'&+2$'%#,$-#&&#"' and our catalog will appear at our website around the time hardcopies appear in the mail. It’s a good idea to check the website occasionally for any program and/or staff updates, and also for additions to the list of concerts we sponsor Late-night snacks fuel the jams. throughout the year. From the course schedule found in our catalog, each student can plan a curriculum tailored to his or her needs and interests. Although it’s possible to register for as many courses as there are class periods for that week, we recommend that students consider carefully how many classes they want to take, since too many may not leave enough opportunity and/or practice time to absorb all the material presented. Those taking a double-#%6&+'0..-#'3-4$$'.7"2%6'1#-&23'C##=5'*("'#L4)!-#5' )4?'0%.'2&'&('<#'4--'&+#?'34%'+4%.-#B'A-$(5'<#347$#' class space is limited, we ask that students adopt a “take all you want, but want all you take” attitude out of consideration for their fellow students. That said, however, overachievement is certainly available for those type-A’s who thrive on that sort of thing. Evening activities might include open mikes, dances, staff concerts, picnics, student showcases, jam sessions, song swaps and more. Each week’s schedule has its own characteristic variations, but in general, the sample schedule on the next page shows what a typical day’s activities might be.
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Breakfast Class Session 1 Coffee break Class Session 2 Lunch Communal Gathering (announcements & special events) Class Session 3 Class Session 4 Supper Slow jams, Group singing, Tutorials etc. Evening events (concerts, dances, open mikes, etc.) Jam Sessions
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If you would like us to send you our free catalog when they become available early next year, or have a friend ?(7/.'-2=#'7$'&('4..'&('(7"')42-2%6'-2$&5'("',4%&'&('6('4+#4.'4%.'!"#9"#62$&#"'*("'%#L&'$7))#"5'0--'(7&'&+#'*(")' below and send it to us. You can also pre-register from the ‘Register’ page at our website. There is no deadline for general registrations, but class enrollment is limited, and we expect some weeks to be full next year. Preregistrants will be sent a class schedule as soon as it is printed and given priority in class assignments. The deadline for pre-registration is Feb. 15. Tuition is $485 per week. The optional housing fee of $385 includes lodging in campus dormitories for six nights and 3 buffet-style meals a day in the college cafeteria. Non-students may accompany an enrolled student for the housing fee of $385 and an activities fee of $130. A tuition deposit of $100 is required for student registration, with a $50 deposit required for non-students. Tuition for our Children’s Program is $175 with a $25 deposit required. Deposits are non-refundable and non-transferrable, and payable by check, money order or VISA/MC/AMEX/ DISCOVER. Full payment at registration is greatly appreciated. If sending deposits, remember that full payment is required by June 7 to guarantee your class choices.
2013 Pre-Registration Form Please send me a copy of your 2013 catalog. Name_________________________________ Sex ______ Address_____________________________________________ City___________________ State_______ Zip______________ Phone(s)_______________Email_________________________ Please register me for:
Traditional Song Week, July 7-13 Celtic Week, July 14-20 Old-Time Week, July 21-27 Guitar Week, July 28-Aug. 3
Send my friend one too! Name_________________________________ Sex ______ Address___________________________________________ City___________________ State_______Zip_____________ Phone(s)______________Email________________________ Contemporary Folk Week, July 28-Aug. 3 Fiddle Week, August 4-10 Mando/Banjo Week, August 4-10
THE DEADLINE FOR PRE-REGISTRATIONS IS FEB. 15. DEPOSITS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERRABLE. I would like to reserve housing _________________________________________________________ Accompanying me will be the non-student (name) __________________________________________ I am registering (#)_________ children in the Children’s Program (Traditional Song, Celtic & Old-Time only) Enclosed is my: check/money order, Check#:___________ VISA/MC/AMEX/DISCOVER #:__________________________________ Exp. date:__________ Cardmember name:___________________________ Security code (last 3 digits on reverse, or AmEx, last 4 digits on front): _____ Tuition deposit, $100/week ....................................................... ___________ Non-student deposit, $50/week................................................. ___________ Children’s Program deposit, $25/week per child....................... ___________ TOTAL........................... ___________
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