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Topic: Interest in a multi-style slide music camp? |
Orville Johnson
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2005 7:13 pm |
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I have a question for all dobro, lap steel, bottleneck and pedal steel players. A friend of mine who is a director of music camps wants to do a week-long camp this summer, probably in mid-July, devoted to slide guitar in these various forms. He’s got a budget, a facility, all the stuff you need to make it happen and is working on the staffing right now. The idea is to have instructors for dobro, lap steel (possibly Sacred Steel), bottleneck, country steel (hopefully both non-pedal and pedal) and Hawaiian.
So the thing he needs to find out is if 60 to 80 people will show up for something like this. If it’s successful it could become an annual event. I love the idea myself and I suggested posting this query at the different internet forums I’m familiar with to see what the interest might be. I’m not asking for suggestions on the staff or programming. Right now the question is " Given that there will be well-known, excellent instructors, it will be a week long, cost will come down between 7 and 9 hundred (tuition, room and food) which is about mid-range for this type of camp and it will be in a scenic, pleasant, non-urban location, would you attend something like this?"
I’m putting this up on the places I know of that might include interested parties. If you know someplace that I don’t (eminently possible) feel free to cut and paste it up there and drop me a email via my website orvillejohnson.com to let me know where it is so I can go look at the response. Thanx a lot for your help and I hope my friend and his organization can make this happen-OrvilleJ
PS I'm going to post this over at pedal steelers as well in hopes all will see it. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Oct 2005 7:56 pm
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Definitely! (If time and money allows....)
Steinar
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 4 Oct 2005 8:14 pm
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I replied on the IGS web site as well, but I'd definitely be interested in such a camp.
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A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2005 8:49 pm
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| Orville-- sounds great...now, as far as location, are you talking the Great Northwest, or....? --Steve |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 5 Oct 2005 2:22 am
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| I would be if it were in the Southeast, but doubt I could afford it in the Northwest. Sounds like a real blast, though. |
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AJ Azure
From:
Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Billy Gilbert
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2005 11:43 am
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Sounds great. I have been going to a bluegrass camp but I'm ready for a change. Colorado would be nice.  Billy |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 5 Oct 2005 12:02 pm
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| You called it, AJ. All the good stuff like that is always a long, long way away when you live out on the right coast... |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Oct 2005 5:35 pm
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Yeah Keith or maaaybe NY but, far East Coast? Nada. What's with that? We have purty areas here too. Heck, I live 20 minutes from Providence, RI and 30 from Boston, MA and I have 2 national parks next to me! We've got plenty of campgrounds,etc. here too. *baffled*
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Orville Johnson
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2005 11:38 am
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| just wanted to bump this back up for one more time thru. the location will, by the way, be up here in the pacific NW. |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2005 8:41 pm
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| Count me in. I could visit old girl friends in Seattle (or not). |
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 10 Oct 2005 8:15 am
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oh yeah! I'd go.
if you consider Colorado, consider checking with places like...
- Fort Lewis College, Durango
- Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
- CU Boulder
- YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park
Universities usually cater to large groups, and seminar type events over the summer months. Relatively inexpensive room and board compared to the normal tourist places like along the I-70 corridor. Scenic options abound. YMCA of the Rockies is good for large groups. They have dorms, and cabins, and meeting spaces.
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Chris Kennison
Colorado
www.book-em-danno.com
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Steven Cearley
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2005 4:49 am
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Oregon would be a good choice. We still use wagon trains. Don't have electricity yet (Ray Montee uses a foot pump generator) but the scenery is great.
STEVE
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Tom Baylis
From:
Portland, Oregon
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Posted 11 Oct 2005 11:50 am
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Orville -
This sounds great to me. The NW setting poses no issues for me (grin) as a fellow Northwesterner. And, being new to lap steel, I would love the benefit of having that much talent & sharing in one place...how could I NOT learn anything during the week?
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Bob Hickish
From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Oct 2005 4:27 pm
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Orville
I'd come to it !
I need some fresh ideas in my playing !
The only draw back -Might - be the cost .
When you have the details worked out , let us
know , I will play a few hundred gigs so I
can afford to come .
Bob |
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