Wintergrass

Scholarship Opportunity for 1-Day Workshop on Innovative Ways to Motivate Students (Snoqualmie Valley Teachers)

armadilo60 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:59:20 +0000

Scholarship Opportunity for 1-Day Workshop on Innovative Ways to Motivate Students and Increase Learning and 4-Day Pass to Award-Winning Wintergrass Music Festival

The Sallal Grange in North Bend, Washington is awarding a scholarship to a Snoqualmie Valley resident (Carnation, Fall City, Preston, Snoqualmie, North Bend or Snoqualmie Pass) or educator teaching in Snoqualmie Valley to a highly acclaimed one-day workshop to be held Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Wintergrass Music Festival ( www.wintergrass.com ) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue, Washington PLUS a 4-day pass for the award-winning Wintergrass Music Festival.

“This is the best workshop that I have ever attended in my 20+ years as a teacher!,” commented Dana Nohavec, teacher at Snoqualmie Elementary School in Snoqualmie, Washington, last year’s scholarship recipient.

According to Snoqualmie resident and Workshop Director, Trisha Tubbs, “This is very exciting!!! I can’t thank the Sallal Grange enough for its generosity! What a terrific opportunity for a Valley resident!”

Asked about the workshop, Tubbs replied “We’ve brought in some leading experts from around the country to create an innovative, interactive and interesting workshop. Teachers attending the workshop in past years raved about what an excellent workshop it was and what a great time they had.”

The Workshop (“Innovative Ways to Motivate Students and Increase Learning: Harnessing the Power of American Roots Music and Dance!!!” ) is approved for 8 clock hours of continuing education for Washington State teachers . It features acclaimed professor Dr. Tom Kopp from the School of Education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio; Nancy Cardwell, former teacher and Special Projects Director for the International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville, Tennessee; Dr. Renata Bratt, PhD., one of the leading eclectic styles educators (and musician) in the country; Beth Fortune, Wintergrass Education Director, Washington Middle School Orchestra and Choir director, and Chair of the American String Teacher Association’s Eclectic Styles committee; and other highly rated educators.

This interactive, “hands-on” workshop will provide educational information on American roots music, share teaching and motivation approaches using music and dance, and provide lesson plans and resources for utilizing bluegrass/Americana music in the classroom. The workshop will provide strategies to increase student motivation to learn, promote cultural awareness, increase music appreciation and engage students with different learning abilities and diverse backgrounds.

Applicants must either live or teach in the Snoqualmie Valley. Teachers, librarians, curriculum specialists student teachers, students studying education, college professors teaching education, and home school parents/educators are eligible to apply For more information about the workshop go to: http://www.acousticsound.org/educators.html

To apply:

1. Applicants must submit a short essay (no more than one page) on why they should be awarded the scholarship.

2. Applicants must include with their essay their name, contact information, and any pertinent information.

3. Although not required, a letter(s) of recommendation would be advisable.

Send applications to the Sallal Grange & Community Hall, PO Box 1688, North Bend, WA 98045 or emailed to info@sallalgrange.org.

The application deadline is Feb 10th, 2012.

The Sallal Grange & Community Hall recently celebrated eighty years of being a local resource and cornerstone for community fellowship and service. The Grange does various activities to benefit the community and local non-profit organizations such as the Mt. Si Helping Hands Food Bank in North Bend, the Mt. Si Community Center, the Linus Project and student/teacher music education, growth and learning. The Grange also hosts public events including a well-regarded open mic the first Friday of every month with a communal potluck beforehand, a family board game night from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm the last Wednesday of every month, concerts throughout the year and lectures/presentations of various topics. More information about the Sallal Grange & Community Hall is available on the web at: www.SallalGrange.org .

An Evening of Acoustic Roots Music with John Reischman & The Jaybirds- Cahalen Morrison & Eli West -Jan 28-2012

armadilo60 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:21:15 +0000

Saturday, January 28

An Evening of Acoustic Roots Music with
John Reischman & The Jaybirds ( a former Wintergrass performer)
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West (Wintergrass 2012 performers)

Columbia City Theater
Show at 8pm, Tickets $15

LISTEN to the artists: http://www.hearthmusic.com/concerts.html
BUY Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/210833

Wow, this is going to be a great night of bluegrass and acoustic roots
music with two of our most favorite bands! Cahalen & Eli are fresh off a
series of tours in the UK and Europe and have some new music to share.
John Reischman & The Jaybirds are one of the finest bluegrass bands
around and are always a delight to catch live.

John Reischman & The Jaybirds
In a marketplace flooded with virtuosic bluegrass ensembles, John
Reischman & The Jaybirds have found a recipe to stand out from the rest:
they go back to the roots of bluegrass and old-time music for their
inspiration, then spin these roots into a new sound. On their new album,
Vintage & Unique, they cover songs and tunes from Bill Monroe, Hobart
Smith, and Hazel Dickens, but the real gems of the album are the
band’s originals. These songs and tunes are clearly informed by the
tradition, but John Reischman & The Jaybirds have an eclectic creativity
that guides their excursions in acoustic roots music.

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
Starting from their mutual love of old-time and bluegrass singing,
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West have brought in a myriad of new ideas and
influences, like the wide, empty spaces of Cahalen’s home state of New
Mexico, or Eli’s crooked harmonies and unorthodox syncopations. But more
importantly, they get that the music needs space to breath, space to
think, space to belong. This is rare in the barn-burning speedster world
of today’s bluegrass picking parties, and it transforms their music into
something entirely new and refreshing.

Snoqualmie Valley Student Scholarship Opportunity for Wintergrass 2012 2- Day American Roots Music Academy

armadilo60 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:51:18 +0000

Student Scholarship Opportunity for 2- Day American Roots Music Academy

The Sallal Grange in North Bend, Washington is awarding a scholarship to a Snoqualmie Valley student in the 4^th to 8^th grades residing in Carnation, Fall City, Preston, Snoqualmie, North Bend or Snoqualmie Pass area to the award-winning Wintergrass Youth Academy to be held February 23 – 24, 2012 at the Wintergrass Music Festival ( www.wintergrass.com ) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue, Washington PLUS a 4-day pass for the Wintergrass Music Festival.

The Wintergrass Youth Academy features internationally acclaimed musician and educator, Joe Craven, and top-notch educators from Washington, Oregon, California and Ohio. The program culminates with a student performance on Friday evening February 24 on one of the main stages at the Wintergrass Music Festival. For more information about the workshop go to: http://www.acousticsound.org/youth.html

To apply:

1. Applicants must submit a short essay (no more than one page) on why they should be awarded the scholarship.

2. Applicants must include with their essay their name, contact information, school, grade and any pertinent information.

3. Although not required, a letter(s) of recommendation would be advisable.

Send applications to the Sallal Grange & Community Hall, PO Box 1688, North Bend, WA 98045 or emailed to info@sallalgrange.org.

The application deadline is Feb 10th 2012.

Wintergrass workshop contact: Trisha Tubbs ttubbs@softresources.com

Hot Buttered Rum

armadilo60 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:14:41 +0000

Hot Buttered Rum is the perfect band for a Wintergrass dance.Friday and Saturday nights will be have a return of Hot Buttered Rum playing dance sets!! Initially formed as an acoustic string band, seven years of constant touring has transformed Hot Buttered Rum into a plugged-in, percussive powerhouse that wows critics and fans alike. Their left-coast rock reveals an access to jazz, country, and world music that few groups can match. While the band’s music belies simple categorization, its songwriting and stage chemistry delights listeners at every turn. This is a band who have a diverse background in music before exploring the bluegrass world. They do a lot of original tunes utilizing their classical,jazz,rock,Grateful Dead & bluegrass roots. Hot Buttered Rum sets often include Bill Monroe classics,fiddle tunes, originals, Grateful Dead songs, The Band and whatever the band is inspired to play at the moment. This quintet plays an amazing variety of instruments including banjo, guitar, Dobro™, ukulele, flute, whistle, clarinet, saxophone, accordion, piano, harmonica,mandolins,violin,bass,guitar. The band’s music has been described as High Altitude Bluegrass. The band is also well known for their involvement by their participating actively in being Green. The bands current bus,whose name is Seana, and previous bus are fueled with biofuels and has landed the band an appearance on NPR’s Car Talk with their song Well-Oiled Machine (produced by Mike Marshall) . The bands website has some great info on their bus aside from their music.Also you can hear a few of their tunes from a live performance of theirs on their website.

Nat Keefe-guitar Aaron Redner-violin,mandolin,electric mandolin Bryan Horne-bass Eric Yates-banjo,guitar, ukelele, flute, whistle,clarinet,saxopophone,accordian,piano, harmonica Dobro Lucas Carlton-Drums

Wintergrass 2012 Parking Information

armadilo60 — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:37:49 +0000

There are 5 levels of parking below Bellevue Place, which is the complex where the Hyatt is located. There are over 1000 parking spots there. Those lots are connected directly to additional lots below Lincoln Place, right across the street. If you are staying at the hotel, you will have FREE PARKING. If you are attending Wintergrass and you park at any time during the day and leave after 8pm, parking is also FREE. The gate goes up at 8pm. If you leave BEFORE 8PM, there are parking charges, but there are a bunch of ways to get parking validation – at any number of restaurants or shops. In addition to all that parking, there is a huge amount of space available across the street at Bellevue Square. All of that parking is free but alittle bit of a walk but not that far. You can see where all of the parking lots are by taking a look at the complex map.

Wintergrass 2012 Schedule!

armadilo60 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:11:18 +0000

As of today January 12th 2012 this is the Wintergrass Schedule. As always with festivals there might be some changes if flights are delayed or other unforeseen circumstances occur.

Here is a link to a printable schedule http://www.acousticsound.org/PDF/Wintergrass-Schedule-12.pdf

Thursday
Grand Ballroom Stage
7pm The Kruger Brothers
8:10pm The Deadly Gentlemen
9:20pm Della Mae
10:30pm The HillBenders
Evergreen Stage
7:15pm Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys
8:25 Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
9:35 Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Regency Ballroom
5pm-9pm workshops
Cedar Ballroom
7:30pm Reader’s Session
Friday
Grand Ballroom Stage
5:45pm Black Prairie
6:55 Red Wine
8:05pm Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
9:15 Bluegrass 45
10:25 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Evergreen Stage
5-6:30pm Youth Academy Show!
6:50 Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
7:55 Druhá Tráva
9:00 The Sweetback Sisters
10:05 The HillBenders
11:10 Black Prairie
Regency Ballroom (dance stage, lots of dance room, very limited seating!)
6:30pm The HillBenders
7:35 The Deadly Gentlemen
8:40 Titans of Twang
10:00 The Wilders
11:20 Hot Buttered Rum
Cedar Ballroom (intimate 175 seat venue)
5pm NW Guitar Showcase
6:30 Bluegrass 45
7:30 Abby Mae & The Homeschool Boys
8:30 Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys
9:30 Della Mae
10:30 The Deadly Gentlemen
Saturday
Grand Ballroom Stage afternoon
12:30 Joe Craven Trio
1:40 Greensky Bluegrass
2:50 The Grascals
4:00 Väsen
5:00-6:15pm Dinner
Grand Ballroom Stage evening
6:15 The Wilders
7:25 Junior Sisk & Rambler Choice
8:35 Druhá Tráva
9:45 The Claire Lynch Band
10:55 Tim O’Brien
Evergreen Stage
2:15pm The Bluegrass Regulators
3:25 Tim O’Brien
4:35 Old-Time Kozmik Trio – Anger, Molsky Eggleston
5:45-6:45pm Dinner
6:30 Titans of Twang
7:45pm Bluegrass 45s
8:55 The Grascals
10:05 The Kruger Brothers
11:15 Väsen
Regency Ballroom (concert seating for afternoon shows only!)
12:40pm Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys
1:50 Junior Sisk & Rambler Choice
3pm Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys
4:10 The Claire Lynch Band
5:20 Red Wine
6:15-7:15pm Dinner
Regency Ballroom (dance stage, lots of dance room, very limited seating!)
7:30 The Sweetback Sisters
8:50 Hot Buttered Rum
10:10 The Wilders
11:30 Greensky Bluegrass
Cedar Ballroom (intimate 175 seat venue)
9-5 workshops
2pm Mandolin Madness hosted by Tony Williamson
3:45 Wayne Henderson workshop
5-5:30pm Dinner
5:45 Tony Williamson & Wayne Henderson
6:45 Anderson Family Bluegrass
7:45 Darol & Emy and Friends
8:45 Della Mae
9:45 Red Wine
10:45 Joe Craven Trio
Sunday
Grand Ballroom Stage
11am Wintergrass Youth Orchestra with
Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky, Rushad Eggleston, Claire Lynch, The Wilders, Väsen
12:30pm Old-Time Kozmik Trio – Anger, Molsky Eggleston
1:45 The Claire Lynch Band
3:30 Väsen
Evergreen Stage
12:10pm Anderson Family Bluegrass
1:20pm The Bluegrass Regulators
2:30pm Bluegrass 45s w/special guests
Cedar Ballroom (intimate 175 seat venue)
noon Post Youth Orchestra celebration!
1pm Kids Show!

Wintergrass 2012 Performers-The Bluegrass Regulators

armadilo60 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:48:47 +0000

The Pacific NW bluegrass scene is known for its strong presence of great youth pickers. The Bluegrass Regulators not only have come out of the great youth programs run at the festivals like Wintergrass, Rivercity and some of the other great Pacific NW festivals but they have also been teaching at the youth programs in the area started by people like the late Chick Rose. Banjo player Luke Dewhirst at 17 is the youngest member (a Rockygrass Banjo Contest winner) also plays banjo for the band Runaway Train. Playing the banjo since 7 years old, he became sponsored by Ome Banjos and proudly plays his OME Gold Phoenix to this day. In 2004, Luke and his sister Kaiti attended the first Wintergrass Youth Academy run by Chick Rose. During the festival, Luke, along with his siblings and cousin Steven, made their debut performance as the family band Dewgrass. He continued to attend the Wintergrass Youth Academy until 2011.

Molly Adkins (18) is the newest member of the Bluegrass Regulators. Being the daughter of guitarist Dale Adkins, Molly has been a familiar face in the Northwest bluegrass scene most of her life. Her debut album entitled Down in the Valley was released in 2004 as a benefit project to raise money for her friend and mentor Carol Harley (of the band Misty River) for her Leukemia treatment fund. Molly began performing as a duo with bandmate Martin Stevens in 2007 and

have a CD produced by the renowned bluegrass artist Kate MacKenzie.

Martin Stevens, 23, has been a part of the Northwest Bluegrass and Contest Fiddle community since age six. Growing up contest fiddling, he won the Washington State Fiddle Contest multiple times in different categories. Martin was a part of the band Athena and the Rivercity Boys for 5 years. Aside from his playing with the Regulators he is also the mandolinist and fiddle player with Dan Crary and Thunderation.

Bassist Josh Adkins (20) was introduced to acoustic music at an early age by his father, bluegrass guitarist Dale Adkins . Josh picked up the mandolin at age ten and then the guitar at thirteen, playing along with his father and grandfather. In his late teens he began playing the upright bass.
In a concerted effort to broaden his musical horizons, Josh was influenced by several artists whose impact is evident in his musicianship today, including Eric Clapton, Queen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tommy Emmanuel, and the Rosenberg Trio.

The Regulators still get to have Luke’s brother Jake appear at select shows when he can get away from his studies at West Point. Jake is well known in the northwest for his powerful rhythm and smooth, tasteful lead playing. Jake has literally been playing guitar since he could walk, encouraged by his father, Gary Dewhirst.
In 2000, Jake started attending the annual Wintergrass Music Festival with his dad and his brother Luke. Over the next few years, he was fortunate enough to spend one-on-one instructional time with guitar masters Kenny Smith, Chris Eldridge, Tim Stafford, and Andy Falco through the Wintergrass Music Academy, quickly growing into a force to be reckoned with in the northwest music scene. In the summer of 2008, 16-year-old Jake started work on his debut CD under the mentorship of Dale Adkins. “Shades of Grey” released in February 2009, quickly gained local and national acclaim. In July 2009, Jake won the Colorado State Flatpicking Championship in Lyons, CO, becoming the youngest winner in the contests 35+ year history.

Luke Dewhirst – Banjo, Vocals , Molly Adkins – Guitar, Vocals,Martin Stevens – Mando, Fiddle, Vocals, Josh Adkins – Bass, Vocals,Jake Dewhirst – Guitar, Vocals

Wintergrass Program-A Great Way to Promote Your Business

armadilo60 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:02:15 +0000

Wintergrass attracts a devoted and loyal audience. An ad in the Wintergrass Program is the perfect way to get your company’s name and product seen by our attendees.

Distribution and Demographics

The Wintergrass Program will be distributed at the festival to 4000 fans each day. Fans come from 28 states, and 5 countries. 40% have incomes over $100,000 per year, while another 41% have incomes between $40,000 and $80,000. 32% have post graduate degrees and 57% have either some college or college degrees. 74% of our audience is between the ages of 45 and 64. 80% regularly attend festivals and concerts, and listen to music at home. 60% also play music. Other strong interests include gardening, reading, travel and hiking.

Please contact Patrice O’Neill to place an ad.

Full details are in the Program Ad Rates PDF.

Wintergrass 2012 Teachers Academy

armadilo60 — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:01:50 +0000

Friday, February 24, 2012

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Check-In.

8:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Workshop

Workshop attendance earns 8 clock hours for Washington state continuing education requirements!

For questions about the Workshop contact:

• Trisha Tubbs at (206) 915-6766 or email ttubbs@softresources.com

• Tom Petersen at thos.m.petersen@gmail.com or 206-546-4865.

The day-long Wintergrass Teacher Training Seminar presents a fun, interesting and innovative way to motivate and teach students! This interactive, “hands-on” seminar will provide educational information on American roots music, share teaching and motivation approaches using music and dance, and provide lesson plans and resources for utilizing bluegrass/Americana music in the classroom. Discover strategies to increase student motivation to learn, provide cultural awareness, promote music appreciation and engage students with different learning abilities and diverse backgrounds.

The course will include sessions on motivational theory and practice in an educational setting, brain research, using bluegrass/Americana music to connect with learners, an overview of bluegrass music history, utilizing bluegrass to meet educational performance standards, case studies for cross-discipline learning, learning to play a song on an instrument (attendees will choose from banjo, mandolin or guitar), history of clogging including a live demo and interactive clogging instruction, bluegrass vocal harmony structure, interaction with acoustic/bluegrass music students at the Wintergrass Youth Academy, and private live bluegrass/Americana music performances by top national artists.

Many Thanks to Our Workshop Sponsors and Donors

Acoustic Sound (Wintergrass) www.acousticsound.org

The Foundation for Bluegrass Music www.bluegrassfoundation.org

International Bluegrass Music Association www.ibma.org

Wintergrass Youth Academy http://www.acousticsound.org/youth.html

Bluegrass Unlimited www.bluegrassmusic.com

Rural Rhythm Records www.ruralrhythm.com

Good Home Grown Music www.goodhomegrownmusic.com

McCoury Music www.mccourymusic.com

Dusty Strings Acoustic Music Shop www.dustystrings.com

Nechville Musical Products www.nechville.com

Ted Brown Music www.tedbrownmusic.com

Wintergrass 2012 Performers-The Anderson Family

armadilo60 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:41:44 +0000

The Anderson Family of Grass Valley, a northern California town steeped in gold rush history. The Andersons first attended the California Bluegrass Association Festival at Grass Valley in 2001, when Daisy was just 8½ weeks old.

At the CBA festival in 2003, Paige and Aimee were inspired by a performance of “Kids on Bluegrass”, the CBA’s popular program for very young pickers. Shortly after that festival, Paige started taking guitar(Paige plays a 2011 Schenk Custom RD Nashville Flattpicker guitar,Schenk Guitars are a Wintergrass Sponsor) by lessons so she could play along with Mark(the Dad) , a fledgling banjo picker. Aimee picked up the fiddle a couple of months after that, starting out on a quarter-size instrument and also taking lessons.

By the 2004 festival, Paige and Aimee were participants in “KOB”, gaining valuable musical and on-stage experience and performing the two tunes the sisters had spent months working out, “Cripple Creek” and “Old Joe Clark”. As Paige recalls their debut, “When our turn came, we walked out on the stage and played our first song and got a huge response. Aimee and I looked at each other with really big smiles on our faces”. It’s fair to say the band was born at that moment. Christy started playing the upright bass, after a false start on the dobro. Ethan picked up the mandolin, enthralled by the picking of Bill Monroe. Daisy started out fiddling on the quarter-size fiddle Aimee had outgrown, displaying an unerring sense of rhythm at a very young age. The family started playing in public early in 2005 and it’s been full speed ahead since then.

In June 2008, the Anderson Family won the Best Bluegrass Band award at the Northern California Artistic Achievement Awards (“The Grassies”) in Nevada City, California.