Banjo camp continues… I attended an excellent demo on playing in a string band this morning, led by Cathy Barton Para followed by another on creating breaks and variations, led by Michael Miles.

In the afternoon, I participated in two workshops. The first was an intro to Round Peak style. I learned a lot about the nuts and bolts of the style from Riley Baugus. There was a lot to absorb in a short period of time, but I think a lot of it will sink in over the coming weeks.

The second was a workshop on drop and double thumb techniques for claw hammer, led by Ken Perlman. Ken led us through this with many exercises we all played together. I was able to make significant improvement in executing these moves, as Ken made sure everyone was doing everything right before moving on, making individual corrections throughout.

After dinner we enjoyed the first of two two-hour faculty concerts, with both Old Time and Bluegrass players from the faculty performing. there was some great music!

Finally, I attended one more jam, led by Chuck Levy. After that there were still quite a few players settling in to play late into the night. Time for me to hit the hay though.