Schedule | Upper Potomac Music

Fiddle Retreat Weekend Schedule 2024

Friday, November 15 , 2024

3:30- 4:45pm Arrival and Check in at Shepherd's Spring

Meet and Greet in the Cafe Mundo Area

5:00pm: Dinner

6:00-7:30 Registration

Also: Impromptu jamming in various locations (see evening sessions)

8:00 pm: Showcase concert in the Gathering Room

9:30pm: Jam sessions

9:30-10:30 Slow Session LL Old-time and Contra Flavor

9:30- Bedtime… Northern Jam (Irish, FC, Contra etc) GR,

Old-Time LL

Saturday, November 16, 2024

8:00am Breakfast

8:45-9:15 Registration

9:30-11:30 am: Class 1

Adv. Beg. - Int. Double Stops and Theory From an Old-Time Fiddlers Perspective (Tessa McCoy) LL

Int. Great Tunes from the Quebecqis Dance Repertoire (Pascal Gemme) Loft

Int.-Adv.. Microtones in Irish Music (Armand Aromin) CB

Int. -Adv. Unusual tunings for Advanced Old Time Fiddling with Chance McCoy GR

Unscheduled break of 10-15 minutes in middle. Coffee available in Café del Mundo

12:00-1:15 pm: Lunch Break

1:30-3:30 pm: Class 2

Adv. Beg.- Int. Intro to Québécois Fiddling (Pascal Gemme) GR

Int. Intermediate Old-Time Repertoire and Technique Builder (Tessa McCoy) LL

Int.-Adv. Triple Meter Bowing in Irish Music (Armand Aromin) Loft

Int.-Adv. Old Time Guitar of Pre-War Virginia with Chance McCoy

Unscheduled break of 10-15 minutes in middle. Coffee available in Café del Mundo

3:45-4:45 pm: Mini Classes and Extras!

Lilting Jam (Armand Aromin) GR

A Bouquet of Simple Tunes that have Awesome Groove! (Pascal Gemme) Loft

Old Time Dance Band Warm-up (Chance and Tessa) LL

5:00-6:00 pm: Dinner Break

6:30-7:15 Open Mike in GR

7:15-7:45 Tune of the Weekend Project LL

8-11:00PM Jams, Tune Sharing and Dancing

Dance: 8-10:45PM DH

8-9:15 Mixed Squares and Contras with the Old Time Band led by Chance

9:30-10:45 Mostly Contras with the New England Band led by Paul

8:30-Bedtime Old Time and NE Jam in GR

8-9 Slow Celtic Session Loft

9:30-Old Time Sessions LL

Sunday, November 17, 2024

8am Breakfast

9:30-11:30 am: Class 3

All Levels. Polka Pulse Bowing (Armand Aromin) CRB

All Levels Old Time Tunes for Mixed Instruments (Chance McCoy) Loft

All Levels Learn an Easy French Song and How to Accompany it with your Fiddle (Pascal Gemme) LL

Adv. Old-Time Tunes From Monroe County, WV (Tessa McCoy) GR

Break for 15 minutes in middle. Coffee available in Café del Mundo

12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch Break

1:15-3:15 pm: Class 4

All Levels. Tiny Tunes (Armand Aromin) Loft

All Levels Old-Time Songs From West Virginia Women (Tessa McCoy) CRB

Int. The Quintessential Sound of Old-time Quebec: La Galope (Pascal Gemme) LL

Int. -Adv. Fiddle Blues By Chance McCoy GR

Unscheduled break of 10-15 minutes in middle. Coffee available in Café del Mundo

4:00pm Move out time...

Location Key: GR Gathering Room, LL Lower Level, L Loft, O Oasis Room,

CRB Conference Room B (Creepy Fawn Room), DH Dining Hall