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Hill Country Harmonica 2012 is on!!
Hill Country Harmonica 2012 is on!!
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Harmonica411
7 posts
Jan 17, 2012
9:35 PM
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Hill Country Harmonica 2012
Returns again to Waterford, MS from May 18th through 20th, 2012
Registration is now open for the 3nd Annual Hill Country Harmonica 2012 in Waterford, MS. This is a two-and-a-half-day intensive workshop & retreat for blues harmonica students of all levels, featuring at least 19 workshops, multiple jam sessions, and nightly concerts.
Headlining this year's event are...
Grammy Award Nominee &
W.C. Handy award winner
Billy Branch
and his Chicago band, The Sons of Blues
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Delta Groove Recording Artist and
West Coast legend,
Mitch Kashmar
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Piedmont Blues Legendary Harp Player & Board
Member of the National Council for Traditional Arts
Phil Wiggins
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Hill Country Harmonica Founder,
Modern Blues Harmonica Recording Artist &
the leading online Blues Harp Instructor...Satan & Adam's
Adam Gussow
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2011 Blues Critic Awards Nominee,
from Greenwood, Mississippi
Dr Robert "Feel Good" Potts
...in addtion to Mitch, Adam and Phil, also teaching and performing at this year's event are Todd Parrott from North Carolina, returning from Austin - Jimi Lee and teen phenom Brandon Bailey from Memphis.
plus additional workshops on...
Playing the harp through a microphone & amplifying for the blues harp
harmonica repairs
tabbing/improving your playing through technology
"Last year's event was an amplified player's tour-de-force and this year won't let off that gas with Billy Branch, Adam Gussow, Dr. "Feel Good" Potts, not to mention Mitch Kashmar, who the late, great William Clarke called "my absolute favorite blues harp player of his generation, and one of my favorites period", says event director. "BUT we're also privileged to have Phil Wiggins joining us--one of the world's finest acoustic player/teachers and a world renowned master of the Piedmont Blues Style. Plus, we have Todd Parrott, a gospel/blues player who is, along with Jimi Lee, Brandon Bailey and the rest of our facilitators, giving us the opportunity to make the multi-level learning aspects of this event truly world class. It's a "must-be-there" weekend for anybody who plays the blues harp, from the raw beginner to the professional player alike."
If you are a blues harp player or even a blues lover in general, dollar for dollar, player-for-player, this is THE place to be in the summer of 2012!
Hill Country Harmonica is a 2 ½ day event from May 18th through May 20th, 2012 at the Foxfire Ranch in Waterford, Mississippi. Onsite and offsite camping (with showers and facilities) are available! There are additional motels nearby. (Foxfire Ranch is 50 miles south of the Memphis International Airport & about 20 miles north of Oxford, MS and easily accessible by major highways.)
Registration is $175.00 for player/students, $50.00 for non-players accompanying a player. Children 12 and under, accompanied by a registered parent or guardian, get in FREE!
For additional information on this event please visit www.hillcountryharmonica.com
PRESS INFORMATION CALL
JEFF SILVERMAN @ 516-232-0596 or Email jeff@harmonica411.com
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Willspear
36 posts
Jan 17, 2012
10:41 PM
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Waiting to register there but i can likely get that weekend off
If someone wanted to go halves on a rental car from mem I'd likely be down. I don't use a credit card (personal philosophy)so renting a car is a challenge for me.
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Chinn
32 posts
Jan 25, 2012
7:59 PM
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Just figured out that this is just about a 45 minute drive from my house, so I'm thinking it might be possible to make it out there.
I can't find any schedule yet on the site that tells how early things start, and how late the end. Do any previous attendees have a previous timeframe for each day?
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Jehosaphat
157 posts
Jan 25, 2012
9:14 PM
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This sounds so good i'm thinking of flying in from Newzealand.
I've been divorced before and survived ^)
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pharpo
649 posts
Jan 26, 2012
3:52 AM
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@Chinn:
If I remember...things get going 8:30 ish...the seminars run all day and then after dinner there are performances....till late...then of course the "extra curricular " activities go on after that. GREAT TIME !!
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Procrastinator Emeritus
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Chinn
33 posts
Jan 26, 2012
4:55 PM
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Thanks PHarpo, now I guess I need to see if the wife is working that weekend!
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kudzurunner
2945 posts
Jan 26, 2012
10:48 PM
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Please take another look at the homepage, everybody. I've updated it. On Friday, we're having a meetup at The Shak BBQ just outside Oxford from 4 to 7:30 PM, with a set or two of music (outdoors or indoors, depending on the weather) by Adam Gussow and Shine Turner, followed by Deak Harp & his Band hosting the jam at Rooster's Blues House on the Square a couple of miles away (9 PM - 1 AM). Be prepared to eat BBQ and drink beer.
As for Saturday and Sunday, the "formal" part of the program at Foxfire Ranch: 10 AM to midnight both days, with informal stuff happening before and after those posted hours.
Last Edited by on Jan 26, 2012 10:49 PM
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KingoBad
1024 posts
Jan 27, 2012
6:23 AM
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My head is spinning I'm so excited!
Keep preachin' Rev. Gussow! Tell us more about paradise!
This is awesome!
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Danny
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