2017 Weekend Schedule

Swing I: Intro to Swing – Ron Buchanan & Lisa Ornstein
Swing II: Keep on Swing – Ron Buchanan & Lisa Ornstein
Flatfooting – Ira Bernstein
French Canadian – Emily Doebler
Intro to Waltz Clog – Susan Filipiak
Advanced Waltz Clog – Emily Doebler
Beginning Tap – Susan Filipiak
One Step…Two Step…Three Step Social Dances – Susan Filipiak
Beginning Irish – Meghan McCartney Scott
Dance Improvisation: Thinking & Feeling on your Feet – Nic Gareiss & Caleb Teicher
I Don’t Know That Tune – Nic Gareiss & Caleb Teicher
Solo Dance Survey – Nic Gareiss
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly: Classic Steps – Caleb Teicher
Musicians & Dancer – Nic Gareiss & Caleb Teicher
Family Dance – Blue Water Ramblers

Beginning Mandolin – Glynn Russell
Beginning Guitar – Susie Russell
Learn to Play the Saw – Tom Eno
Hammered Dulcimer – Kathy Hagen & Kathy Dean
Lap Dulcimer – Jo McLachlan
Rise Up Singing – all vocalists
Harmony Singing – all vocalists
Round Singing – Rachael Davis
Texas Songs and Songwriters – Ann & Eldon Whitford
Backup Guitar Styles for American Roots Songs – Eldon Whitford
Backing Up Fiddle Tunes – John Warstler & Ruby John
Stand Up Bass – Dominic Davis
Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicked Guitar – Bruce Ling
Blues Improv – David Klein & Nathan Myers
Beginning Fiddle – Bruce Bauman
Twin Fiddling: How to Accompany and Harmonize Fiddle Tunes – Lindsay McCaw & Aaron Lewis
Clawhammer Banjo – Lindsay McCaw
Beyond Beginning Mandolin – Mark Schrock & Bruce Gartner
Beginning Ukulele – Rachael Davis
Ukulele – Beyond The Basic Strum – Frank Youngman
Finger Dexterity 101 for Guitar – Nathan Myers
Métis Fiddle – Ruby John
Swing Fiddle – Aaron Lewis
Calling Workshop – Carole Howard
Songwriters Challenge – Rick Novak

Hula Hoop Making – Missy Cooke/IMAJENation
Stepping Stones – Jo & Jim McLachlan
Henna – Erin Dumond

Pre-Registration is Recommended for:

Wooden Spoon Carving, Part 1 of 2 (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Drew Nelson | Saturday 9:30-Noon | *Continues Sunday 1:30-4pm*
Limited to 10 Participants, ages 16 & up
Participants will be taken through the stages of carving a wooden spoon.  All materials supplies.  Spoon Carving is a 2-day workshop and participants must attend both sessions.  

Build a Step-A-Tune (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Red LeClear | Saturday 9am-Noon
Limited to 16 Participants, ages 12 & up
Each participant will build a 2ft x 2ft Step a Tune. Construction consists of a 2ft x 2ft base, with a 5/8th inch plywood top. Various types of handles will be available. 

Needle Tatting (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructors: Teresa Hummel & Jamie McLachlan | Saturday 9am-Noon
Limited to 16 Participants, ages 16 & up
Participants will be taught the needle method of tatting which uses a series of knots and loops. The lace is formed by a pattern of rings and chains formed from a series of cow hitch or half-hitch knots, called double stitches, over a core thread. The lace will be used to make a bracelet.  Participants will be divided according to skill level.

Walking Stick Carving (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Paul Marsh | Saturday 9:30-Noon | Limited to 12 participants, ages 12+
This workshop will focus on how to select materials, shame size and finish handmade walking sticks from locally provided material.  Participants will walk the Wheatland grounds looking for “blanks” – branches that have fallen – and through personalized instruction will make their own project. 

Bug Bite Balm & Herbal Salve (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Karen Brooksheer | Saturday 1-4pm | Limited to 25 teens and adults
Learn about making comfrey extract and how to use it as a healing salve. There will be recipe handouts and ech participant will get to go home with their own container of salve. 

Macramé Mohair Guitar Strap (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Pop Wagner | Saturday 1-4pm | Limited to 8 adults
*Also offered Sunday 9:30am-12:30pm*
The process for making these mohair guitar straps was adapted from traditional mohair saddle cinch weaving techniques. Metal buckles on the saddle cinches have been replaced with leather ends for the guitar straps. Learn to make one of these for yourself in this three hour workshop. Looms and hand tools provided for use during the class. 

Needle Turn Appliqué
Instructor: Kim Clare | Saturday 1-4:30pm | Limited to 20 teens & adults
Participants will be doing a simple design to learn needle turn method for hand appplique How to make yo-yos to add dimension to your quilt block will also be taught. 

Leather Wallet (Pre-Registration is FULL)
Instructor: Sue Clements | Saturday 9am-Noon
Limited to 10 Participants, ages 16 & up
Ages 13-15 are welcome if accompanied by an adult
Make a thin, flap wallet with one pocket.  Participants will cut out their leather, mark and punch holes and then stitch their wallet together.  You will end up with a simple leather wallet that will fit in your pocket.  Your wallet will be big enough to hold a few dollars and a driver’s license or credit cards.  Your wallet should last for years. 

How Big is the Universe – Steve Shelander
Yeast Baking – Kay & John Kelly
Star Gazing – Day Parking Field
Yoga/Stretching – Catherine Tobin

Pre-Registration is Recommended for:

Butter Churning & Compounding
Instructor: Joseph Baumann | Saturday 1:30-4pm
Limited to 30 teens & adults, ages 16+
This is a participation workshop in which participants will whip cream by hand until it forms a solid. The interesting part of this class comes from the compounding part in which participants will integrate herbs, spices and fruits into the butter they just churned.

Hay Ride – meet behind the Information Building
Ukulele for Kids – Ron Fowler
Children’s Folk Hour – Marcia LeClear and Jan & Ron Fowler
Kids Rhythm/Clog – Emily Doebler
Knot Tying – Chris Sorensen & Friends
Penny Whistle for Kids – Barry Poupard
Tie-Dye – Amanda Waanders, Rhonda Drews, Barb & Darren Root
Tambourine Making – Ralph Madden, Sean Waanders, Olivia Drews, Trinity Mclellean & Elizabeth Herzog
Rope Tricks – Pop Wagner
Woody Guthrie Songs – Drew Nelson
Mask Decorating – Emmy & Mia VanderVeen
Rock Walk – Dan McGuire
Geo-Caching – Banjo Jim
Drum Jam for Kids – Brenda Bonter – Meet at Kids Hill Stage

Pre-Registration is Recommended for:

Friendship Bracelets (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Clara Bauman | Saturday 1:30-2:30 | Limited to 15 Kids and early Teens
Participants under 5 must be accompanied by an adult
*Also offered Sunday 10:30-Noon for Teens & Adults*
Learn to make your own colorful bracelets of threads or yarn. As fun for beginners as it is to intermediates.

Jazz & Traditional Dance – Nic Gareiss & Caleb Teicher
Intro to Percussive Dance – Emily Doebler
Ceili Dance Instruction (all ages) – Meghan McCartney Scott
Beginning Cajun – Ira Bernstein
Beyond Beginning Cajun & Zydeco – Mark Stoltz & New Riverside Ramblers
The Copasetic Walk Around – Susan Filipiak
The Old Soft Shoe – Susan Filipiak
The Copasetic Chair Dance – Susan Filipiak
Clogging Routine to Black Widow Romp – Susan Filipiak
Solo Dance Survey – Nic Gareiss
Family Dance – Rhythm Billies, Jan Fowler calling
Ceili Family Dance
Yoga/Stretching – Catherine Tobin

Beginning Mandolin – Glynn Russell
Beginning Guitar – Susie Russell
Hammered Dulcimer – Kathy Hagen & Kathy Dean
Gospel Sing – all vocalists
Anatomy of the 12 Bar Blues – Nathan Myers
Penny Whistle for Adults – Barry Poupard
Life & Music of A.P. Carter & The Carter Family – Bruce Ling
Country Duets – Rex & Letha Raymond & Dan Brandon
Swing Era Songs – Rachael Davis
Bluegrass Banjo – Aaron Lewis
Playing & Singing Traditional Songs on the Guitar – Mark Baumann
Finger Picking Tunes & Technique for Guitar – Pop Wagner
Country Roots Lead Guitar Styles – Eldon Whitford
Cajun Fiddle – Jack Freeman
All Star Gospel Jam – The Gospel All Star Band
Blues Easy Jam – David Klein
Cajun Jam – K. Jones & The Benzie Playboys
S-L-O-W Jam – Glynn & Susie Russell and Kathy Hagen
Calling Workshop – Ron Buchanan
Songwriters Challenge – Rick Novak (continued from Saturday)

Paper Bead Making – Theresa Hummel & Jo McLachlan
Carving A Walking Stick – Paul Marsh
Hula Hoop Making – Missy Cooke/IMAJENation

Pre-Registration is recommended for:

Spoon Carving, Part 2 of 2 (*continued from Saturday*)
(Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Drew Nelson | Sunday 1:30-4pm | Limited to 10 Participants, ages 16 & up
Participants will be taken through the stages of carving a wooden spoon. All materials supplies. Spoon Carving is a 2-day workshop and participants must attend both sessions.

 Acrylic Painting for Dummies (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Carole Howard | Sunday 9:30-12:30 | Limited to 10 adults
All supplies will be furnished for this workshop.

Acrylic Painting Cures the Blues (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Carole Howard | Sunday 2-5pm | Limited to 10 adults
All supplies will be furnished for this workshop.

Twining/Weaving (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Kathy Berlincourt | Sunday 9:30-Noon

Twining/Weaving (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Kathy Berlincourt | Sunday 1:30-4pm

Macramé Mohair Guitar Strap
Instructor: Pop Wagner | Sunday 9:30-12:30 | Limited to 8 adults
*Also offered Saturday 1-4pm*
The process for making these mohair guitar straps was adapted from traditional mohair saddle cinch weaving techniques. Metal buckles on the saddle cinches have been replaced with leather ends for the guitar straps. Learn to make one of these for yourself in this three hour workshop. Looms and hand tools provided for use during the class.  This is a repeat of Saturday’s class.

Hand Dye Wool Fiber (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Kim Clare | Sunday 1-4pm | Limited to 20 teens and adults
Let’s color our world by dyeing wool fiber! Technique to be determined.

Friendship Bracelets (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Clara Bauman | Sunday 10:30-Noon | Limited to 15 Teens and Adults
Learn to make your own colorful bracelets of threads or yarn.  As fun for beginners as it is to intermediates.

Pre-Registration is recommended for:

Kimchi Making (Pre-Registration is Full)
Instructor: Joseph Baumann | Sunday 9:30-11:30am | Limited to 30 Participants
Ages 16 & up
Kimchi is a Korean side dish made from fermented vegetables. Participants will slice, dice and hack away at vegetables, let them ferment for 3-7 days, and enjoy. There will be some kimchi available for sampling over white rice.

Harmonica – Banjo Jim
Children’s Folk Hour – Marcia LeClear and Jan & Ron Fowler
Kids Party with Blue Water Ramblers
Tie-Dye (con’t from Saturday – Amanda Waanders, Rhonda Drews, Barb & Darren Root
No Sew Bags – Shannon Madden & Marilyn Buggs
Kids in the Kitchen – Kay & John Kelly
Great Lakes Voyageurs Program – Rachel & Wally Ewing
Drum Jam for Kids – Brenda Bonter – Meet at Kids Hill Stage
Fiddle for Kids – Bruce Bauman
Rock Walk – Dan McGuire

Pre-Registration is recommended for:

Lip Balm Making
Instructor: Karen Brooksheer | Sunday 1:30-4pm | Limited to 25 children & teens
*Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult*
Learn how to make simple and effective lip balms with beeswax and natural oils. It’s easy to do and fun for the whole family. Participants will get a basic recipe and be able to watch the process of creating it. Each participant will get a lip balm to take home.