Early
Spring Banjo Fling Schedule
April 3-6, 2008
Mansfield Holiday Inn
31 Hampshire St.
Mansfield, MA 02048
(508) 339-2200
Thursday, April 3
7:00 - 9:00 pm Stroll
Down Memory Lane Starring the Stone Street Strummers with Special Guest
Dave Marty Music from the 1920s and 1930s The Tin Pan Alley Era.
Friday, April 4
Welcome: Courtesy Desk
open 1:00 - 6:00 pm Garden Court Welcome Party 2-6 pm Guest Performers
Dixie Diehards 2:00 - 3:00 pm Steve Caddick and Avalon 3:00 -
4:00 pm
Jeff Grosser 4:00 - 5:00 pm Dave Marty 5:00 - 6:00 pm
7:00 - 9:20 pm
Buckingham Ballroom.
Friday Night concert
performances: Tom Stuip 7:00 - 7:20 pm Paul Doerner 7:20 -
7:40 pm
Kurt and Dave 7:40 - 8:00 pm Steve Caddick 8:00 - 8:20 pm Cynthia Sayer
8:20 - 8:40 pm Jeff Grosser 8:40 - 9:00 pm Mike Hashem
9:00 -
9:20 pm
Saturday, April 5
9:00 am - Jam room
open Ballroom 1:00 pm - closing, Vendors, Wedgewood; 1:00
pm -
Midnight, Open jamming, Boxwood; 1:00 pm - Midnight, Open jamming,
Board Room; 2:00 - 6:00 pm, Welcome Party, Garden Court; 9:30 pm-
closing, Organized jam led by Tom Fee with music selections projected on
screen, Board Room; 1:00 - 6:00 pm, Rehearsal Space, Buckingham;
9:00
AM - 12:00 PM, Welcome/Registration, Courtyard Foyer; workshops, aphitheater
(9:00 AM - 9:55, AM
Mike Currao Intros, FIll-ins and
Endings;. 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM, Dave Marty. My Way", touching mainly
on the importance of the left hand, and chord inversions related to
playing melody with chords; 11:00 AM - Noon, Kurt Abell and Dave Frey,
Transposing a Tune")
Lobby Performances on
Saturday Morning: 9:00am-9:55am, Jim and Geri Rheel, Garden Court;
10:00am-10:55am, Mike Currao, Garden Court. Gala all-star show,
Buckingham Ballroom, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
Headliner Concert 7:30
- 8:10 PM, Michael Nix 7 string Banjo. BUCKINGHAM Ballroom;
8:15 -
9:15 PM, Dave Marty "Mr. Smooth" Plectrum Banjoist extrodinaire.
Sunday April 6
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Buckingham Gospel Jam Hosted by Tom Fee
Old
Time Jazz for a Good
Cause at the Early Spring Banjo Fling
Please bring toiletry and personal items to benefit the poor.
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Updated March 28, 2008
