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- Blue Stone Folk School
- Meat ‘n Taters Ukulele Intensive
- July 6 - 12
- Noblesville, Indiana
- Sunday, July 6
- 6:00 Meet and Greet
- 8:00 Open Mic at Barley Island Brew Pub
- Monday, July 7 - Friday, July 11
- 7:30 Meet for Breakfast
- 9:00 - 12:00 Class
- 12:00 - 1:30 Meet for Lunch
- 1:30 - 5:30 Class
- Evenings Various Optional Activities (Jams, Dinners, etc.)
- Satruday, July 12
- 7:30 Meet for Breakfast
- 9:00 - 12:00 Class
- 12:00 - 7:00 Free Time
- 7:00 - 10:00 Meat ’n Taters Student Concert
- Hedgehog Music Showcase
- Arcadia, Indiana
...My new uke is a hit here in Hawaii. I told everybody in my- "Hawaiian" Uke class about the class I took [at Blue Stone Folk School] last year.
Cliff -Chicago and Hawaii
- Meat ‘n Taters Class Descriptions
- Ukulele Performance with Pops Bayless
- Class size limited to just 8 students
- Pops Bayless has been a performer all of his life. In ukulele performance class Pops will share his secrets for becoming the kind of performer that folks want to hear again and again.
- You will learn about good stage setup, developing set lists, using microphones and delivering schtick. Pops will explain and cover his techniques for lightning fast strums. Students will also discuss and explore music theory and song structure. With this knowledge folks will be able to spice up their playing with moveable chords and learn the fundamentals of playing in any key.
- Pop's students were a hit at last year’s concert at the Hedgehog Music Showcase and will be performing again this year.
- Pops' Biography and Links
- Absolutely one of the best experiences I've ever had. Pops is a fantastic teacher who is able to meet you at your ability level then inspire you to go further than you thought even possible. I will definitely be going again next year, good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.
- Michael - Kentucky
- Playing Chord Melody with Mark “Spanky” Gutierrez
- Class size limited to just 8 students
- For the intermediate player, the most difficult hurdle is understanding how to move into playing melody and chords at the same time.
- With a solid understanding of music theory and how it relates to the ukulele fretboard a player can throw away his chord charts and begin to find how melody can be found within the chords up and down the neck.
- Mark, a proven workshop leader and performer will patiently walk you through the process of understanding music theory and applying it to developing and arranging chord melody solos.
- Students will demonstrate their knowledge and skills when they perform at the Saturday night concert at the Hedgehog Music Showcase.
- Spanky's Bio and Links
- Mark Gurierrez is really, really good. He played on Friday night, and backed up Michelle Kiba as she played. I got one of his CDs that he was selling on Friday. A talented guy.
- Gerald - Houston (About Spanky's performance at the San Antonio Ukulele Festival in 2006)
- Construction with Geoff Davis
- Class size limitedto 6 students
- Participants in the ukulele construction class will each build a mahogany soprano ukulele with a Spanish heel. Geoff’s construction method utilizes jigs and fixtures to ensure that student’s are able to build a high quality instrument. This ukulele’s design is not a copy of a period uke, but is based upon the best of several great 1920s instruments including Martin, Gretsch and Indiana’s own, Frank Bremerman.
- Materials include everything needed to build and play the uke including, mahogany for backs, sides and neck, ebony for fingerboard and bridge, natural bone for nut and bridge saddle, Grover Champion Statute tuners and Aquila Nylgut strings.
- Some students may have an opportunity to finish their instruments with Tru-oil, a quality, easy to apply oil finish.
- Additional materials cost $125.
- Geoff's Bio and Links
- Wrap up time! Basically, if you didn't go to either Pops' Performance class or Geoff's Uke Building class.......... YOU MISSED IT!! Both Great Events and amazing knowledge was passed around. This is something I will carry with me always. How can you put a price tag on that?
- The Uke Building class taught so much that went beyond construction. I'm equipped to do my own setup on my ukes, smoothing frets, lowering action and anything from minor repairs of cracks to major items such as bridge replacements. Geoff's an amazing teacher and host. This was
- probably the most rewarding, hectic week of my life.
- So.. next year, you'd better get !
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- Alan - Chicago
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