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The Lead Belly Stage Our newest performance space. It's an all-acoustic mini-amphitheater that will get the audience up close and personal with some very talented performers. |
| Saturday, June 21, 2014 | |
| 12:00pm | Mokai Earthy originals filled with gripping stories and accompanied by Mokai's signature fingerpicking. |
| 1:00pm | Powell St. John Powell St. John is a legendary American singer, songwriter, musician and artist. His musical career began in the mid 1960's in Austin, TX, performing folk songs on the harmonica and guitar. During this period, Powell was a member of the Waller Creek Boys; a folk blues trio featuring Lanny Wiggins and a young Janis Joplin. Janis would later go on to make a hit of Powell's song "Bye, Bye, Baby". |
| 2:00pm | Demystifying Music Theory for Composition & Improvisation Mokai In this session designed for all instruments, learn how to apply basic music theory in a fun way. |
| 3:00pm | Jeanie & Chuck Poling Honky tonk and bluegrass music played with flair on acoustic instruments. |
| 4:00pm | Making Your Performance Work (for Everyone) (2 hours) Michael Smolens This workshop is designed to benefit anyone on the performance spectrum - from someone who has never performed to a highly-experienced performer (and everyone in between). |
| Sunday, June 22, 2014 | |
| 12:00pm | What's in a Chord Name: Music Theory for Everyone Kay Eskenazi In a user-friendly way, this class unveils the essence of chords. |
| 1:00pm | Kif Bender Despite his tender years, Kif Bender has a lot of experience as a singer-songwriter. |
| 2:00pm | Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea (2 hours) Peter Kasin & Richard Adrianowicz We'll start with a brief introduction to the different types of shanties and spend the rest of the workshop singing as much as possible. |
| 4:00pm | Rozanne Gewaar & Band Rozanne Gewaar and Josh Beemish share their original folk ballads that stretch from South Africa, across the American midwest, all the way to San Francisco. Expect deceptively sweet vocals, guitar and banjo that spin powerful tales of fracking, shipwrecks on the bay, and love for land and language. |
| 5:00pm | Art Peterson Fingerpicking blues and ragtime guitar, old-time banjo and flaming accordion are Art's hallmarks. Expect a wide variety of music, some songs to sing along with, and guest musicians. |
| 5:50pm | Matt Small and Pam Small Matt Small and Pam Small, the son and wife of Clem Small, will share one of Clem's songs and lead the audience in a sing-a-long. |