The 22nd Annual BRITISH COLUMBIA BLUEGRASS WORKSHOP 2011
Week 1: August 21 - August 26, 2011
Sorrento Bluegrass Festival: Saturday, August 27, 2011
Week 2: August 28 - September 2, 2011
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The 22nd Annual BRITISH COLUMBIA BLUEGRASS WORKSHOP 2011
Week 1: August 21 - August 26, 2011 |
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Welcome to the 2011 BCBW Website!
The evaluations are in, and almost all of our participants said that the 2010 workshops were among the best and most fun they've attended. Great news, and also a new standard for us to live up to. Towards that goal, we have another outstanding lineup of folks who love to share in the "full-immersion" music experience, with more variety and some brand new workshops to keep the momentum going!
Week 1, we're delighted that Kathy Kallick will be at the BCBW for her first time leading a rarely offered seminar on Songwriting. We have 2 National Flatpick Champions during Week 1: the always astounding Steve Kaufman and contest picker and bluegrass singing all-around cool guy Tyler Grant. Kathy Barwick, who was a big hit at our 2010 workshop, will be leading the other Flatpicking seminar. On rhythm guitar, we have BCBW all-stars Lee Watson and Chris Coole, and leading our first ever "Guitar 101" seminar (beginning rhythm and flatpicking), we're happy to have expert instructor and unstoppable jam instigator Keith Yoder making the long trek from Iowa! On mandolin, Caleb Klauder is back again by popular demand along with John Kael--a great mandolinist and singer who knows a couple hundred bluegrass songs you've never heard--and BCBW favourites Andrew Collins (Foggy Hogtown Boys) and Ben Rogalsky (The Breakmen).
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From the Kathy Kallick Band, Greg Booth--one of the most original and talented Dobro pickers anywhere--is making his first appearance at the BCBW, and Ivan Rosenberg will lead the other Week 1 Dobro seminar. Our bluegrass banjo staff is comprised of all top-notch performers and workshop all-stars: Jason Homey (Clumsy Lovers), David Keenan (The DownTown Mountain Boys), and Archie Pateman (The Breakmen). We have two first-time BCBW seminar leaders on Clawhammer Banjo: Chris Suen from Vancouver stringband "Shout White Dragon!" and, all the way from Whitehorse, Kim Barlow from the Juno-nominated band "Annie Lou." We're thrilled that the electrifying fiddler from the Kathy Kallick Band, Annie Staninec, will make her first BCBW appearance, with John Showman from the Foggy Hogtown Boys--always a BCBW favourite--leading the other bluegrass fiddle seminar. Kori Miyanishi, who's been central to the development of British Columbia's old time music scene, will lead our first-ever Advanced Old Time Fiddle seminar, with Miriam Sonstenes--who impressed everyone with her fiddling and her top-notch worksho--leading the intermediate old time workshop. Leading our Lead & Harmony Vocals workshop, we have 2 of Canada's most powerful singers, Max Heineman and Anne Louise Genest. Last but not least, our bass workshops will be led by BCBW favourites Mick Nicholson and, from The Breakmen, Matt Lawson.
Week 2 is going to be outstanding this year! We have 3 excellent flatpickers on staff: National Flatpick Champions Tyler Grant and Roger Ferguson, as well as the excellent multi-instrumentalist and jam specialist Keith Yoder. Steve Fisher is back for advanced rhythm guitar, Anne Louise Genest will lead the "Guitar 101" seminar, and we're offering our first ever seminar on "Old Time Backup Guitar" with guitarist extraordinaire Jere Canote. Jere's twin brother Greg Canote is a highly respected old time fiddler who will be joining us as well, and together The Canote Brothers are a fun and uplifting combination who are sure to bring a lot of good times to camp, and ramp up the old time dance to the next level. On bluegrass fiddle we have John Showman and Miriam Sonstenes, both top-notch instructors. Old time music fans have more to look forward to: Jason Romero will be offering our first ever seminar on 3-Finger Old Time Banjo, and Chris Coole will be holding down the clawhammer banjo duties this week. Bluegrass banjo players have a great choice of BCBW veterans--Chris Quinn (Foggy Hogtown Boys), perenial camp favourite Chris Stevens, and Gene Bretecher, who's always a great source of bluegrass knowledge--along with Shanti Bremer from the band "Sweet Lowdown" who will be on our staff for the first time. For bass, we have 2 all-star instructors, Max Heineman (Foggy Hogtown Boys) and Tammy Fassaert (Shearwater). Pharis Romero, who's become one of the most popular singers at workshops throughout the northwest including the Centrum workshops in Port Townsend, will lead our singing workshop this week. On Dobro, we have multi-instrumentalist Kathy Barwick--who wowed us with her tasteful guitar playing last year--and Ivan Rosenberg, who always gets top reviews for his organized approach to sliding. |
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For mandolin, we have some of our very finest BCBW regulars during Week 2: Andrew Collins (Foggy Hogtown Boys), James Whittall (Shearwater), and Bob Hamilton (Done Gone String Band), along with Mark Vaughan, the extraordinary mandolinist from the band Viper Central, who will be joining us for the first time in 2011.
We haven't chosen our official first day of registration, so please don't contact Sorrento Centre just yet. For now, please see the Performers/Seminars page to find out more about our amazing seminar leaders. It's sure to be one of our best workshops, and we hope you'll join us to make our 22nd annual workshop an event to remember!
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